Chapter 8

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Back in Shuntian, it was already dark. Li Li and Sang Ze stood at the gate of the city and looked around.

“Big Sister Beauty is back!” Sang Ze gave a big shout and rushed over. Li Li also ran up behind him.

Yin Yin was startled by Sang Ze’s enthusiasm. Sang Mei grabbed Sang Ze and reprimanded, “Heiwa, don’t be so impolite!”

Sang Ze stuck his tongue out and said, “But Big Sister is so beautiful!”

Yin Yin felt very pleasant when she heard what he said. She like such an honest child!

Yin Yin pinched Sang Ze’s face in a good mood. “Why are you called Heiwa? You don’t look dark at all.”

Sang Mei said, “Heiwa likes to play in the mud the most. He gets dirty every day before going home.”

Yin Yin gave an “Oh” and said, “How old is Heiwa this year?”

Sang Ze said proudly, “Six years old! I am a man!”

Yin Yin couldn’t help laughing, “Hello, six-year-old man.”

Sang Ze was dumbfounded, then blushed and said, “Big Sister Beauty, you look so good when you smile.”

“Really, heaven only knows how this child always speaks nonsense.” Sang Mei tapped Sang Ze on the head lightly.

Yin Yin smiled and handed Sang Mei a hundred taels of silver notes. But Sang Mei refused to accept anything.

Yin Yin thought for a while and said, “Miss Sang, what are you planning to do in the future?”

Before Sang Mei could answer, Sang Ze took the lead and said, “I want to learn tricks from Big Sister Beauty!”

Although Sang Ze’s voice was still childish, what he said surprised several adults.

Sang Mei frowned and said, “Heiwa, what are you saying?”

Sang Ze tugged at Yin Yin’s sleeve and said coquettishly, “Big Sister Beauty, please accept me as an apprentice ba!”

“Heiwa! I’ll be angry if you continue to fool around!”

Sang Ze looked at Sang Mei and closed his mouth discontentedly, but his hands was still firmly grasping on to Yin Yin.

Yin Yin thought about it, and said to Sang Mei, “Miss Sang, why don’t you come to work on Yin Jiazhuang?”

“Yin Jiazhuang?” To Sang Mei, Yin Jiazhuang was as illusory as a palace.

Yin Yin laughed awkwardly and said, “Actually, I am not Lei Feng. My name is Yin Yin, the eldest lady of Yin Jiazhuang.”

Sang Mei was stunned into place. She thought Yin Yin was just a charlatan. She didn’t expect her to be such an important person.

Yin Yin said, “If you come to work in Yin Jiazhuang, I can send Heiwa to school, and you don’t need to be separated from him.”

Sang Mei stared at Yin Yin blankly. She had heard of Yin Jiazhuang’s eldest miss before. She thought Yin Yin was just like the rumor, a very unruly and willful wealthy young lady, but now the person standing in front of her was not like that at all.

Sang Mei knelt down to Yin Yin again. She looked at Yin Yin and tears flowed out from her eyes. “It is a blessing cultivated for three lifetimes for Sang Mei to have met Miss Yin. I really, really don’t know how to thank Miss.”

Yin Yin helped Sang Mei up. She laughed and said with a smile, “You can just work well.”

Sang Mei looked at Yin Yin and also followed to laugh.

“Right,” Yin Yin handed all the things in her hands to Li Li, “Didn’t I asked you to check the people who were cheated by Fang Li before? If you find them, return their money back, and the rest would be distributed to the poor.”

Li Li took the money and said, “This lowly person is going now.”

“Wait!” Yin Yin grabbed Li Li and whispered in his ear, “Don’t eat too much by yourself.”

Li Li’s face suddenly turned white. “What is the Eldest Miss saying?! Am I this kind of person? I will give them back a lot of money!”

Yin Yin looked at Li Li. She just smiled but did not say anything.

Li Li felt inexplicably guilty when looking at her, so he immediately ran away, “This lowly person will do it now!”

Sang Ze held Yin Yin’s hand excitedly. “Can I be with Big Sister Beauty?”

Yin Yin looked at Sang Ze with a smile, and said, “Yes, Big Sister will take you home now, okay?”

“Okay!” Sang Ze laughed innocently, and Yin Yin suddenly had the illusion that she was abducting children.

The brother and sister of the Sang family followed Yin Yin back to Yin Jiazhuang. The housekeeper arranged accommodations for them. Sang Mei said that she was good at cooking, so she was assigned to work in the kitchen.

Yin Yin found Liu’er in the kitchen with a hundred taels of silver notes. “Liu’er, as promised, one hundred taels.”

Liu’er looked at the bank notes in Yin Yin’s hand with a surprised face. “Eldest Miss really cheated the money back?”

Yin Yin nodded proudly. “A total of five thousand taels. I didn’t expect that the scumbag had cheated so much money.”

Liu’ers hand holding the bank notes trembled. “How did the Eldest Miss got the money back?”

Yin Yin said, “It’s a long story. Can I have a bite of food first?”

Liu’er was stunned and hurriedly said, “This maidservant will go make it for Eldest Miss!”

After a while, Liu’er arranged the food. Yin Yin directly sat in the kitchen and ate while telling Liu’er about her great achievements. Liu’er was very gratified.

Du Qianqian heard Yin Yin’s words clearly from outside the house. She walked into the kitchen and looked at Yin Yin and Liu’er coldly. “When has deceiving people become such a praiseworthy thing?”

Liu’er glanced at Du Qianqian and snorted. “Eldest Miss did this to eliminate evil for the people.”

Yin Yin swallowed the roast duck in her mouth and said, “What Qianqian said is right. It’s really not good to cheat others.”

Yin Yin said that, and Du Qianqian couldn’t continue anymore. She bit her lip and left the kitchen.

Yin Yin looked at Liu’er a few times and asked, “Have you quarrelled with Du Qianqian?”

Liu’er frowned and said, “Qianqian and I have been working in the kitchen since we came to Yin Jiazhuang. The two of us grew up together. We used to be like real sisters, but…”

“But what?”

“To tell Eldest Miss the truth, although this maidservant is only a fire girl in Yin Jiazhuang, this is also considered as this girl’s home after all. After each month’s payment, this servant girl will go to the market to buy a few accessories that she likes. But recently, this maidservant’s hairpins and jewelleries were always destroyed for no reason. Even the rouge had been smeared all over the floor.”

Yin Yin frowned. “Do you suspect that Du Qianqian did it?”

“There will be no one else except her. This maidservant had always live in the same room with Qianqian. The jewelleries and other items were also carefully stored. Only Qianqian knows where I’m hiding it.”

Yin Yin was a little confused. Even if the white lotus has blackened, it didn’t look like she would do such a thing.

Because it makes no sense at all.

Before, Du Qianqian saw Liu’er crying and turned a blind eye to it. Now, Liu’er suspects Du Qianqian of destroying her properties.

The two people inexplicably become hostile towards each other. There is no plot like this that could be found in <<All for Prosperity>>.

Could this be the butterfly effect brought by her crossover?

Yin Yin felt a headache coming. Her problems seemed to be increasing.

*******

Early the next morning, Fang Li went to the Zhang Mansion with a welcoming team beating gongs and drums.

All the servants in the mansion were led out by the movement outside the door. “What are you doing?”

Fang Li looked at the guard on the entrance and said with a sincere smile, “I am Fang Li, here to marry Miss Zhang.”

“Marry my family’s Young Lady?” The guard seemed to have heard a big joke. He looked at Fang Li and said, “My Young Lady hasn’t come back from the trip with my Master and Madam. Who are you going to marry?”

Fang Li was stupefied, a foreboding feeling suddenly arising. “I just saw your Young Lady yesterday. Your Master also asked me to bring a betrothal gift to propose marriage.”

“What bullshit are you saying? Haven’t you woken up yet?”

All the servants laughed. A layer of cold sweat came out of Fang Li’s palms. “Isn’t Ministry Councillor Zhang seriously ill?”

“I think you are seriously ill! I had already said that our Master took his wife and the Young Lady on a trip. Where did you – this liar, come from, trying to fake a marriage ba?”

“If you don’t leave, I’ll report you to the official!”

The servants at the door yelled one by one. Fang Li couldn’t listen any more. He now realized that he had been cheated!

“What’s so noisy?” A servant girl walked out of the house. Fang Li was excited as soon as he saw her. “It’s you! Your name is Xiaocui, right? You are the one who had accepted my betrothal gift!”

The servant girl gave him a strange look. “This Young Master, this maidservant has never seen your face before. When did I receive your dowry? Besides, this maidservant is not called Xiaocui. This maidservant’s name is Chuntao.”

Chuntao’s words made Fang Li’s whole person felt like he had fallen on an ice cellar. This was basically a premeditated fraud!

Chuntao looked at Fang Li who was stunned silly, and said, “Not only am I not Xiaocui, but in our entire Zhang Mansion, there is no maidservant with this name.

“Sister Chuntao, you don’t need to talk to this liar.”

Chuntao turned around and gave an order to the servant, “If he still refuses to leave, you should report directly to the official.”

“I got it, Sister Chuntao!”

Fang Li was gritting his teeth with hatred. He didn’t expect that he, a person who deceived countless people on the affairs of love, would have capsized the boat in the gutter (meet with unexpected failure)!

*******

Yin Yin also got up early that day, because she was too excited to sleep.

Counting the time, Fang Li should have known that he was deceived by now, right?

As long as she thought of what Fang Li’s expression would look like, Yin Yin couldn’t stop smiling.

After practicing martial arts in the training ground for a whole morning, Yin Yin finally walked to the side of the big tree feeling a little bit tired and sat down against the trunk.

The sun before noon is not too fierce, and it feels warm on the skin.

Drowsiness came so suddenly. Yin Yin fell asleep under the tree.

She was dreaming again.

In the dream, she had returned to the living room where she used to live.

Ji Ting’s door was open.

Yin Yin took a deep breath and stepped inside.

The room was still dark, just like the last time.

The cold computer light was projected on the curtains, like a monster baring its teeth and claws.

Yin Yin stared at the computer intently, fearing that she would wake up again accidentally.

Unfortunately, the ending was exactly the same as last time.

When she was about to walk to the computer, she abruptly woke up.

An indescribable sense of loss suddenly surged into her.

“Miss Yin, why are you sleeping here?”

A clear voice, like a breeze, blew into Yin Yin’s heart.

Yin Yin raised her head. Ling Long was standing under the tree looking at her.

Bathed in the sunlight, Ling Long’s whole person softened a lot. Even the corners of his mouth that had been pursed lightly do not seem to be so indifferent anymore.

“I had a nightmare.” Yin Yin looked at Ling Long and smiled. “But it’s great that the first thing I see after waking up from the nightmare is you.”

A cool breeze blew gently, and the tree above his head rustled.

The hair on Ling Long’s forehead was a little messy from the wind, and his amber eyes were obscured on the shadows.

He just stood there, motionless.

Suddenly, the corners of Ling Long’s mouth that had been pursed gently curled up.

This was the first time Yin Yin saw Ling Long’s smile. There were no strong feelings, but Yin Yin felt her heart stirred.

Many years later, Yin Yin often thought of this time.

If you haven’t been bewitched by this smile, will everything be different?

Yin Yin obviously didn’t think so much at this time. She just felt that the person in front of her – she didn’t want to just give him up to Du Qianqian.

Even if she’s only a female supporting character, doesn’t she have the right to pursue her love?

Besides, Ling Long was still her ideal boyfriend.

“Miss Yin.” Ling Long called out softly.

“En?”

“We’re going to set out soon.”

“Set out?” Yin Yin was a little confused. “Whereto?”

“To find Jia Renyi.”

Yin Yin was startled. She did promise to accompany Ling Long to find Jia Renyi. “When?”

“Tomorrow.”

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