Chapter 19 Please let Yu Banxian do the math for me!

"I must go! Dad, if I don't go, the reputation of a thief will always be on me, and it may even implicate Cen Yang... Even if I have nothing to do with it, Cen Yang is a boy and will marry and have children in the future. Do you want him to live with the stigma of a thief for the rest of his life? Let him never be able to hold his head up?" Cen Yan advised seriously.

"Dad, Mom, I don't want to be unable to hold my head up for the rest of my life!" Cen Yang was still young after all, and he didn't understand the terrible consequences of entering the forbidden forest. He immediately clenched his fists and said with his neck stiff.

"What do you know!" Cen Dahai scolded him immediately.

"Yan'er, no, even if this is the case, mother still can't let you go to the Forbidden Forest! Mother finally understands now that reputation is all false. Mother just wants you to live well!" Li's face was full of disapproval, and her eyes were even slightly red.

Her father and mother loved her so much that Mrs. Li even disregarded her own son's reputation for her...

How could Cen Yan not be moved by this?

But she would have to go to the Forbidden Forest sooner or later, and now was a perfect opportunity. Not only could she implement her plan, but she could also slap the faces of the Third House and her grandmother...

It would be such a pity if we gave up just because of this!

"Alright, stop arguing! We need to think about this matter carefully." Cen Yan was about to say something else, but Old Lady Cen spoke up unexpectedly, "The Forbidden Forest is not an ordinary place after all. Let me discuss it with the old man before we decide whether to go. Anyway, there are still two or three days before the market starts!"

"Okay, then I'll listen to grandma." Cen Yan paused after hearing this, thinking that he could use this buffer opportunity to persuade his father and mother, so he agreed immediately, "But unless you can give me a clear name by then, I will definitely go to this forbidden forest!"

She put this here in advance.

After all, she knew very well that Mrs. Cen said this suddenly not because she was thinking about her safety, but because she had some other plan.

No matter what her plan is, don't try to frame her with the title of "thief"!

When Old Lady Cen heard that she dared to speak like that, she immediately wanted to glare at her out of habit.

But as soon as she looked over, she remembered the dream she had just had and the fact that Cen Yan had been to the forbidden forest... She immediately retracted her gaze cautiously, pretending to be calm and said sternly: "Okay, all of you go down first! Before I discuss this matter with the old man, no one in the family is allowed to discuss it! If I hear anyone gossiping about it and spreads it out, ruining the reputation of the old Cen family, you'll be in trouble!"

"Don't worry, grandma. We in the second branch will never go out and publicize this family scandal where Third Aunt wrongly accuses a good person and the bad guy complains first!" Cen Yan immediately took the lead in expressing his opinion.

"How dare you talk like that? It was you who stole our third room's stuff!" Yu glared at Cen Yan fiercely, and then immediately followed suit, saying, "Mom, don't worry, our third room will never cause trouble or talk nonsense like the second room did! The third room will follow mom's arrangements in everything!"

"It's good that you know. You should know that if Cen Yan's reputation as a thief spreads, your third sister Shuang'er's marriage will be difficult in the future." Old Lady Cen looked at Yu deeply with a warning look.

"My daughter-in-law knows that I will never say anything nonsense!" Yu was shocked when she heard that. She put away the little calculations in her mind and nodded her head obediently.

"Okay, let's all go! No one is at peace every day! Eldest brother's wife, please stay and give me a back massage for a while." said Old Mrs. Cen.

"Yes, mother."

"Mom, then our third room will go back first."

…

Soon, only Old Lady Cen and Gao were left in the main room.

"Mom, let me give you a back massage." Gao stepped forward respectfully and served Old Lady Cen.

“After breakfast tomorrow, go find Yu Banxian and ask him to calculate whether or not we should let Cen Yan go to the Forbidden Forest…” Old Lady Cen gave the order, supporting her head with one hand and half closing her eyes.

"Mom, what do you mean?" Gao asked, but she already had a guess in her heart.

"Is the Forbidden Forest a place that ordinary people can go to? Let Yu Banxian take a look to see if Cen Yan is really an ordinary person, or is it her destiny to go to the Forbidden Forest and die? Also, I just had a dream during my nap. When the time comes, you can ask Yu Banxian if there is any connection between this dream and Cen Yan's going to the Forbidden Forest?" Old Lady Cen said thoughtfully.

Then, she told Gao about her dream.

After hearing this, Gao immediately said that she would ask Yu Banxian to do a careful calculation!

Old Mrs. Cen was relieved and told Gao not to serve her and asked her to leave.

As soon as Gao returned to the big house, she sat there, poured herself a cup of warm water and drank it while thinking about this matter.

Yu Banxian is a fortune teller. She introduced him to my mother. Because his predictions are very accurate, my mother trusts him very much. Whenever she is undecided about something, she will secretly ask her to find Yu Banxian.

This old woman is so stingy!

She refused to pay any money every time, so every time she went to see Yu Banxian, she had to pay out of her own pocket.

Fortunately, Yu Banxian had the final say on what the result of her calculations would be. No one knew that it was actually her doing that made Old Lady Cen dislike the second wife so much.

It was she who asked Yu Banxian to tell Old Lady Cen that the fate of the second branch was unknown and that the people in the second branch must not be allowed to live a good life, otherwise the Cen family would be in big trouble.

And there seemed to be other reasons. Old Lady Cen had a deep grudge against the second branch, so she believed Yu Banxian's words even more.

Rather than saying that Old Lady Cen was deliberately harsh on the Second House because of Yu Banxian's instigation, it would be better to say that she disliked the Second House from the bottom of her heart, and even hated it...

Gao had always suspected that this might have something to do with Old Man Cen.

But she didn't dare to guess, let alone speak carelessly.

Now, what Old Lady Cen had just said to her actually meant that she was unsure whether or not to let Cen Yan go to the Forbidden Forest to die.

Cen Yan said that she picked those fruits in the forbidden forest, but Gao Shi didn't believe it at all.

In a place like the Forbidden Forest, not even hunters dared to set foot there, let alone a young lady like her?

Well, since Cen Yan dared to disobey her today and Old Lady Cen also had this intention, why did she really need to go to see Yu Banxian tomorrow?

Anyway, no matter what is brought home in the end, isn't it still her who has the final say?

Gao quickly made up her mind.

After dinner tomorrow, she would take some things from home and tell Old Lady Cen that she must bring some gifts when she goes to see Yu Banxian. Then, once she leaves the village, she would go back to her parents' home to visit her relatives and see if her disappointing brother has been staying at home and working on the farm recently, and not going out to gamble again...