The fire raged into the latter half of the night. The servants of the Bai family were still fast asleep, but the neighbors, smelling something amiss, quickly got up to put out the fire.

However, there was wine in the main room, and the wine burned fiercely when it caught fire. It was also made of wooden furniture. By the time the fire was completely extinguished, it was almost dawn.

The servants carried out two charred corpses from the main room; they were unrecognizable after a whole night.

Before long, members of the Bai family heard the bad news and rushed over. They quickly confirmed that the deceased were Bai Jiye and his wife Chen Xiuer.

Bai Nianwei and Bai Niantang, who were in school, were soon taken home. The two children cried uncontrollably when they saw their parents in such a miserable state.

The eldest uncle in the Bai family, however, had no time to comfort the two children. He simply asked the young men searching the area, "How's it going? Did you find it?"

The people who went to look for the item shook their heads: "We didn't find it."

“I saw a locked box in Sister Xiu’er’s room that had been opened, and her drawers had also been opened.”

"Ouch!" The uncle slammed his cane on the ground. "Damn it, that mother and daughter must have taken all the land deeds and house deeds!"

The brother and sister, kneeling and weeping over their parents' corpses, had a look of hatred in their eyes. "Was it those two vile women, Bai Yan and Yuan Qiu Niang? They killed my parents and stole our things, didn't they?"

The two children who lost their mother were pitiful, but no one had time to sympathize with them at that moment.

"Go find them!" A ruthless glint appeared in the uncle's eyes. "Orphans and widows are pitiful enough, but they viciously killed Zhizhong's only son! They are truly hateful!"

"Father! Father! Something terrible has happened!"

"Someone's come to take our land!" The uncle's daughter-in-law ran over in a panic. "It's people from the money exchange. They said our land has already been sold to them, and they've brought a lot of people to take it!"

Uncle's face turned pale, and he almost fell to the ground, but fortunately, someone nearby caught him.

"Come on, let's go see, let's go see!"

When they arrived at the destination, they learned that the mother and daughter had sold all their land, shops, and houses to a money exchange.

After Bai Jiye was adopted, he distributed a lot of land to his relatives and clansmen with whom he had good relations.

This was originally one of the reasons he was able to be adopted, and now that the benefits are gone, he naturally wants to complain: "This is Jiye's family property, why should they sell it? It doesn't count, it doesn't count at all!"

The people from the money exchange showed them the land deed and house deed: "The homeowner is Yuan Qiu Niang. The owner wants to sell and we want to buy. The contract and everything are legitimate. If you bunch of peasants dare to act like scoundrels, don't blame us for reporting you to the authorities!"

Ordinary people can't afford to offend money lenders!

The great-uncle held the contract signed by Bai Yan and her daughter, and after reading it, he was so angry he felt like vomiting blood. He pounded his chest violently, exclaiming, "What a tragedy! How could there be such a vicious mother and daughter!"

They sold an asset worth hundreds of thousands for only 40,000, without even thinking about their clan!

Some passersby, seeing the old woman crying so pitifully and the menacing-looking people from the money exchange, couldn't help but feel sorry for her: "That old woman is so pitiful. Did her unfilial descendants sell her family property?"

"That's right!" It's not like nobody knows that the Bai family does things unethically.

He began to explain: "The Bai family took advantage of the widow and her orphanage, wanting to seize their property. Not long after the man died, they forced the widow to adopt her son. After the adoption, they distributed all the land to the clan to cultivate, and the clan also gained a lot of benefits from the house and land."

"That mother and daughter never go out, and outsiders don't know anything about them. But Bai Jiye and his family are living a very prosperous life. His younger brother went to study in the west of the city, and both of his children went to school. Tsk tsk tsk..."

"An entire clan has been exploiting other people, driving them to the brink of desperation. They've sold off all their land deeds and house deeds at rock-bottom prices, and last night they even set fire to the house and burned the couple to death. So you can't be too ruthless!"

"He deserved it!"

Overnight, the Bai family lost too much. Not to mention what they seized later, all the land that Bai Zhizhong had previously allocated to their clansmen was sold off!

Of course, we can't get the things back, but the money is with those two women, and we have to get it back!

In Fancheng, where clan power was strong, they quickly discovered that Bai Yan and her daughter had bought train tickets to Xicheng, assuming they were going to seek refuge with the Zhong family.

Bai's uncle sent a telegram to Bai Jingye in Xicheng, instructing him to ambush people near the train station.

When Bai Jingye learned of his brother and sister-in-law's tragic deaths, his eyes turned red with anger. He worked at a newspaper and sometimes dealt with government departments, so he had a good relationship with the police.

Upon receiving the news, they immediately dispatched a group of people to ambush the train station. As soon as Bai Yan and her daughter showed their faces, they could immediately capture them.

He knew that his elder brother wanted to send Bai Yan to the Zhong family in Xicheng, but he didn't think that if the Zhong family remembered this marriage, why didn't they send someone to Fancheng to pick up the bride?

They clearly didn't take it to heart!

Given his current status in Xicheng, killing Bai Yan to avenge his brother and sister-in-law would be as easy as crushing an ant.

However, after waiting for three days, and even paying people to watch over several entrances of the train station, he still couldn't see the mother and daughter.

The police officers helped him for three days out of kindness, but after three days, Bai Jingye didn't want to trouble them anymore.

He paid someone out of his own pocket to wait at the train station entrance, but for a whole month, Bai Yan and her daughter never showed up.

He usually relies on his family for financial support to maintain a respectable image in Xicheng. Now that his brother and sister-in-law have passed away, he no longer has the ability to make big investments and has no choice but to give up.

...

Bai Yan and Qian Shi got off the train midway.

"Yan'er, aren't we going to seek refuge with the Zhong family?" Madam Yuan asked, puzzled.

“If the Zhong family truly cared about my father’s kindness, they wouldn’t have let my mother and me be bullied.” Bai Yan raised her eyes: “Mom, we have money, why should we live under someone else’s roof?”

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