Chapter 262 Someone is deliberately targeting her

On the side, Lady Jiu heard Cen Yan say that she wanted to discuss business, so she became cautious.

After a while, Cen Yan formally said goodbye.

Lady Thirteen reluctantly saw her off to the door, and only turned around to go home after she disappeared.

When he turned around and saw Lady Nine, he immediately became annoyed: "Why haven't you left yet?"

"Yin Yin, are you being ignorant again?" Mrs. Zhao San scolded her.

Lady Thirteen curled her lips and stopped talking.

Lady Jiu was so angry that her hands were shaking. She felt that she had never suffered such humiliation since she was a child!

"I have something to do at home, bye!" She couldn't even maintain the expression on her face, and left with a sullen look on her face.

As soon as she left, her followers naturally followed suit and said goodbye one after another.

"Yin Yin, what's wrong with you? Didn't you always like to play with this Lady Thirteen?" Mrs. Zhao San looked at her in confusion.

Lady Thirteen looked at Lady Nine's back as she left in a rage, and snorted with disdain: "I'm tired of her always saying one thing to your face and another behind your back! Sister Cen is still the best!"

"You." Mrs. Zhao San shook her head helplessly and pulled her back home.

On the other side, when Cen Yan returned home, Cen Ying was relieved to see her. He then pulled her aside and asked her all kinds of questions.

Cen Yan then told her what happened next.

When Cen Ying heard that Lady Thirteen seemed to have become a completely different person, he couldn't help but stare with his eyes wide open in disbelief: "How could she have changed so much!"

"He has a naive personality, but he is not as stupid as he looks. He is very smart at heart." Cen Yan said with a smile.

"Forget it. I don't like her stubborn personality. Who cares what kind of person she is? I won't deal with her anyway. She ruined my good mood today."

"You can go shopping whenever you want." Cen Yan comforted her.

What happened today was just a small episode for Cen Yan.

Just as she had told Lady Thirteen before, she would be discussing business in the next few days.

This business is for Da Sheng to buy a shop in the county town. She has already chosen a shop and agreed on the price with the people from the pawnbroker. Now she is just waiting for the other party to come and sign the deed and pay the money. After she renovates the shop, she can open it for business.

Everything was going smoothly, but who would have thought that when the day for signing the contract came, the family actually went back on their word and said they would not rent the shop anymore.

If he didn’t want to rent it, then Cen Yan would go and ask a few other shops.

Each family said they would consider it and made an appointment to discuss in detail.

However, as soon as the time came, he immediately changed his mind and said he would not rent it.

As a result, no matter how dumb Cen Yan from District 2 was, she knew that she was being fooled.

But there is more to it than that.

Several restaurants that had originally been supplied with fruits and vegetables by her also said that they did not want to accept these fruits and vegetables for the time being.

All of a sudden, it seemed like all ways to make money were cut off!

It was obvious that someone was targeting her deliberately.

Then think about it, she was just a new arrival in the county town and knew only a handful of people, not to mention who she had offended?

This thought reminded her of the Ninth Lady whom she had offended before!

In fact, she could find out whether Ninth Lady was interfering by asking Thirteenth Lady for help. However, given Thirteenth Lady's personality, if she knew about this, it might cause a bigger commotion. Besides, she didn't want to go find Thirteenth Lady, lest the Gu family think she was a troublemaker who liked to take advantage of others' situation.

Although his source of income was cut off, Cen Yan was not in a hurry. He still had some money in his hands, so he could easily support himself for a while.

However, she was not the type to sit and wait for death, so she simply wrote a letter to Ji Yunzhan, telling him about the situation and asking him to find out about the origins of this Ninth Lady. Could she really have such power in the county?

Ji Yunzhan is now studying at Mo Yun Academy, so it is inevitable that he will get to know some children from aristocratic families.

Although he was born in a poor family, he had the temperament of a scholar who was untainted by the world and had profound knowledge. He was destined to have an extraordinary future, so many disciples from aristocratic families were willing to make friends with him.

After receiving Cen Yan's letter, he saw a sense of laziness and ease between the lines of her writing, so he knew that she was not in a hurry, so he found two good friends from aristocratic families in the academy to inquire about the origins of this Ninth Lady.

It was just a coincidence that one of the two young men from aristocratic families that he was on good terms with was Jiulang from the Gu family, the ninth brother of Lady Thirteen.

When Gu Jiulang heard him tell the story, he laughed.

It just so happened that he went home for something a few days ago, and happened to hear his sister talking about Sister Cen all day long. Doesn’t what she said just happen to be the same as what Ji Yunzhan said?

After asking more carefully, it turned out to be that person!

"This Ninth Lady is from the Zhou family, which only has some background in Xiangyao County. Her uncle who is an official in the capital city is not to be feared. Her uncle needs money to be an official. Her father has to do business to earn money to support the Zhou family. His business mainly includes shops and restaurants. Therefore, he can do something with these two things to trip up Miss Cen."

Gu Jiulang told Ji Yunzhan about the Zhou family's situation and asked curiously, "I heard from Yinyin that Miss Cen's ointment is very powerful. Why doesn't she go to the pharmacy to discuss business? Her ointment is so good that even the imperial doctors in the capital don't have such a house. It will definitely sell for a good price. What's more, the pharmacy business belongs to the Li family, and the Zhou family can't get involved at all. The Li family will never help the Zhou family to embarrass Miss Cen for that little bit of favor."

"I understand. Thank you, Brother Gu. I will go home tomorrow on my day off and talk to her in detail." Ji Yunzhan thanked him with a smile.

"Why should we be polite between brothers? If you need any help, just let me know. In fact, my sister likes Miss Cen so much. If Miss Cen goes to her, she will definitely be willing to help." Gu Jiulang said.

"Your sister sounds like someone who likes to help others, but Xiaoyan has always had a strong personality. If anyone offends her, she likes to fight back personally." Ji Yunzhan said.

"I see." Gu Jiulang heard the refusal hidden in his euphemism. Although it was a pity that Ji Yunzhan could not owe him a favor, he did not force it.

The next day was a day off, and Ji Yunzhan returned home early.

He got home early and made it in time for breakfast.

At the dinner table, the two did not talk about business matters at all, so as not to make Li worry.

After leaving the table, they went to Cen Yan's courtyard.

Ji Yunzhan repeated to Cen Yan everything that Gu Jiulang had said to him.

Cen Yan was surprised when he heard this: "... He turned out to be Lady Thirteen's brother. Could it be that the Gu family suddenly moved to Xiangyao County just for him?"