Chapter 1304: The Daughter Abandoned During Escape (16)

An Bang thought that since he couldn't trick Chang Shichu into joining his organization, wouldn't it be a good idea to trick Wei Yu'an, a passionate young man? He had to kidnap one of these two.

So he began to use his eloquent tongue to brainwash Wei Yu'an, no, to talk about great ideals...

When Chang Shichu woke up the next day, Anbang had disappeared. Knowing that he had a special identity and it was common for him to appear and disappear mysteriously, she did not look for him blindly.

Wei Yu'an, on the other hand, had become restless and distracted ever since he had spent the whole night whispering with An Bang. Not only had he flipped through the books that Chang Shichu had lent him, he had also bought a lot of newspapers from the street to read.

Finally, half a month later, Wei Yu'an found Chang Shichu and said to her solemnly, "Sister, I have found my life direction. I want to be our own supporter, and I also want to help those people struggling between war and poverty with my own efforts. Brother An told me that these two goals are not contradictory, and I can achieve them at the same time."

Chang Shichu asked him: "Have you decided? How do you plan to achieve these two goals?"

"I've made up my mind. I plan to join the army and join Brother An's organization." Wei Yu'an said to Chang Shichu very seriously, "If I become a general, no one will dare to bully us anymore."

"But have you ever thought that you might die on the battlefield at any time and have no chance of becoming a general? Or maybe you were injured and disabled in a war and had to retire from the army, where you might even have a hard time making a living?" Chang Shichu told him all these possibilities.

Wei Yu'an's eyes darkened after hearing her words, but he still nodded and said, "Brother An has already told me about these consequences, but I won't not do it just because of these possibilities. I will definitely regret it. Even if the result is as bad as you said, I am willing to bear it."

Chang Shichu continued, "If you want to be our own backer and help the people, you don't have to join the army. You can be a businessman or an official... Why do you have to choose the most dangerous path?"

Wei Yu'an looked at her and said carefully, "Sister, merchants nowadays have no status. Any powerful person can easily find an excuse to deprive you of your property. Isn't that the case with our family? And as an official, if you don't want to go along with the corrupt, you basically can't get a high position where you can rule for the people. In the current government, high positions are almost all snakes and rats. I don't want to be that kind of person. Only by joining the army and climbing up through real military merits can I benefit the most."

"Since you have thought it through, I certainly can't stop you." Chang Shi saw that he had thought it through so carefully, so naturally he would not interfere with his choice.

So she began to prepare things for Wei Yu'an before he left. In addition to a small and exquisite wooden glove, there were also several bottles of pills. He would often go to the battlefield in the future and would inevitably get injured. These pills were very important. Some of them were hemostatic, anti-inflammatory, and life-saving... She made a lot of them and let Wei Yu'an take them all.

When An Bang came to pick up Wei Yu'an, he saw the many pills Chang Shichu had prepared for him. He was so envious that his eyes almost turned red. He said sourly, "Miss Chang, you are so partial! How come you prepared so many good medicines for this kid who just joined the army? I get injured frequently but I haven't been able to get any of the bottles you sent me? It's really unfair."

Chang Shichu smiled at him and said, "He is my own person whom I picked up, so of course I have to be partial to him. You are just an outsider."

An Bang immediately covered his chest and acted: "I'm so sad. You actually said I'm an outsider? We've been through life and death together. Aren't we friends for life and death? You're so heartless..."

Chang Shichu rolled his eyes at his shameless words. Finally, under his shameless pleading, he had to give him several bottles of pills. Only then did he put them away contentedly.

"Sister, I'm leaving. You must take care of yourself and write to me often." When it was really time to leave, Wei Yu'an's eyes were red and he said to Chang Shichu reluctantly.

"I see. You should take better care of your life. I don't want to hear bad news about you someday." Chang Shichu warned him. This little beggar was well-behaved, sensible, hardworking and capable. She treated him as her younger brother, but she didn't expect that he would have to leave in the end.

"I will definitely come back alive and be my sister's supporter!" Wei Yu'an promised her solemnly.

In the end, even though he was reluctant, he still left with Anbang.

After Wei Yu'an left, Chang Shichu was melancholy for several days. Even Aunt Ye lamented that there was no longer a big boy who could eat at home, and she had no motivation to cook.

However, Chang Shichu quickly adjusted himself, his mood returned to normal, and he began to plan what to do in the future. He planned not to do business openly. After all, no one knew whether the next officer to be sent would be the same as the one she executed, greedy and wanting to attack the merchants as soon as he arrived.

Just when she was thinking about restarting her career, the person she sent to Shanghai to investigate the Chang family's situation came back.

So she knew that she, the third daughter, had become an existence that the Chang family wanted to erase. The investigator still spent a lot of effort to find out from the servants who followed them to Shanghai that the Chang family had already discussed privately and declared that she had "died of illness" on the way to escape, so she did not appear in the Chang family.

And they were so sad that they all agreed that "they didn't want to mention her who made everyone sad"... In fact, it was just that Chang Shichu had become a taboo in the Chang family, and no one wanted to mention her, a person who exposed their selfish and indifferent character. There was no sadness at all.

Chang Shichu never expected that in order to cover up the fact that they had abandoned her, they would unilaterally announce her death. This was really... great!

It just so happened that she didn't want to have anything to do with the Chang family.

However, the house she lives in now is the Chang family's house. When the Chang family sees that Qing'an City has settled down, maybe one day they will come back on a whim to see if the house is still there. It would be bad if they found out that she was still alive at that time. Chang Shichu didn't want to deal with these people.

So after much consideration, she decided to sell the house.

But there is no rush. After all, there are not enough rich people in Qing'an City, and the Chang family will not come back for a while, so she can slowly look for buyers.

The Chang family's mansion was well built, spacious and magnificent. If it was sold at a low price, Chang Shichu himself would feel sad, so he had to find a good buyer.

It was not until two months later that the new chief arrived with his men. Several wealthy businessmen needed to settle down in Qing'an City, and they all took a fancy to her house. So she picked the one with the highest bid and sold it directly.

(End of this chapter)