The young couple were quite cunning. They insisted on waiting until the old man had taken his medicine and fallen asleep before telling the truth. They only dared to take advantage of Song Tantan because they thought she was easy to talk to.

Ye Moxun was somewhat displeased, but Song Tantan kept trying to cheer him up, so he didn't lose his temper. Otherwise, he had a hallucinogenic drug that, once given to someone, would put that person into a hypnotic state, and they would honestly tell you whatever you asked them.

"No way! If he really is the son of the shoe, and you treat him like this, he'll come back to haunt me in my dreams to settle scores." Song Tantan disagreed with his plan.

"Perhaps it's all just a coincidence. You haven't been having nightmares these past few days, have you?"

Seeing her still shaken look, Ye Mo felt a pang of sympathy. Those shoes should have been destroyed; there was no need for all this trouble.

"Yeah, that's why I'm even more determined to find the person, but it's too uncertain, and I feel like it's silly to do it this way."

It's one thing for her to be silly, but it's another for her to drag Ye Moxun down with her silliness, which is a bit much.

At noon, they borrowed the family's kitchen, without taking any advantage of it. Zhang Jiafei went out to find firewood, and Song Tantan took out the food from her spatial storage.

Everyone noticed that she could always rummage through her cloth bag and pull out quite a few things. It seemed like an ordinary cloth bag could hold everything. It didn't look very big, so how could she take out so many things like a treasure chest?

However, neither the pointed-face nor the round-faced man cared about these things. The lame old man was busy talking to the young man. Only Zhang Jiafei noticed this, but he didn't dare to ask. He just wondered about it in his heart.

By evening, the old woman woke up. She still looked terrible, but her spirits had improved considerably. Before, her face was contorted and she couldn't say a word, but now she could sit up and talk.

Seeing that she was getting better, the young man was relieved. He knew that if he delayed any longer, those people would probably get angry, and then his whole family would suffer.

Song Tantan and Ye Moxun entered the main room. The young man and his wife were sitting at the octagonal table, and the two of them sat down opposite them.

Song Tantan said, "Let's begin, it's getting late."

She had waited all day just to hear him tell a story. If Zhang Jiafei and the old cripple hadn't both been certain that this person was the owner of the shoes, she wouldn't have had the patience to wait.

“My name is Ren Yufeng. I am from Changye City. The Ren family owns a cloth shop and several cosmetic shops. We are a well-known family in Changye City. Three years ago, my father was taken to another prefecture to do business. However, the business failed, and he was killed by thugs on the way.”

Ren Yufeng's father was the head of the Ren family at that time and had taken over the family business. When he fell from power, the entire Ren family was thrown into chaos. Under the manipulation of certain people, several cloth shops were seized, and the rouge shop was also lost.

Later, he learned that all of this was the work of his two uncles. They first plotted to harm his father, and after his father died, they transferred all the family shops to their names and kicked Ren Yufeng and his mother out, leaving only his fourteen-year-old sister behind.

I reckon they intended to use it for a marriage alliance, or to give it to some powerful person as a favor. How utterly heartless!

"Both of my uncles were born out of wedlock, while my father was the legitimate son. After my father passed away, the family property should naturally be inherited by me, the legitimate son. So they plotted for a long time, and when my father fell into their trap, they couldn't wait to seize the family property. My mother and I were severely beaten before we were kicked out."

Especially me, they beat me to death. My mother, despite her injuries, took out a gold ingot she had secretly hidden to get me a doctor to treat my wounds. Unfortunately, my body was weak and I remained half-dead, unable to recover, and even developed a high fever..."

Left with no other choice, Madam Ren found an opportunity to sneak into the Ren residence. In fact, the old gatekeeper deliberately let her in. This gatekeeper was someone that Master Ren had saved before, so he remembered his kindness. He was helpless when he saw the young master and madam being kicked out, but he played a role that day.

"After my mother entered the Ren family mansion, she avoided the servants and went to her room. After the people inside came out, she ran in and found the box where she used to keep her jewelry. By then, her room had been occupied by the second branch of the family, and all the valuable jewelry had been taken away. The drawers and the box containing the jewelry had all been locked."

Fortunately, there was a small box hidden in a secret compartment under the bed, containing a jade stone and several gold ingots. My mother took these things and was about to leave when she saw several pairs of embroidered shoes she had made earlier laid out on the small table, so she took them with her.

However, when they reached the second gate, the steward discovered them and shouted that a thief had broken in, stolen something, and was trying to escape. He summoned servants to catch his mother, but the old gatekeeper risked his life to hold them off, allowing his mother to escape. However, the old gatekeeper was beaten to death.

Because of the severity of his injuries and the great blow he suffered, he later fell seriously ill and almost didn't make it through. It took him several months to slowly recover.

“At that time, I was still very weak. My mother and I lived in a dilapidated temple on the mountain. A few gold ingots were used up to treat my illness and for daily living expenses. Later, my mother sold her embroidered shoes to get by for a while.”

Finally, he ran out of money again. Ren Yufeng, who had never lacked food or clothing since childhood, went to collect firewood. He was so frightened by a snake that he rolled down the hillside and broke his leg. His mother saw him covered in blood and hurriedly took the only valuable thing she had to pawn for money to pay for his treatment.

The situation was too urgent, so Ren's mother did not go to the neighboring county to pawn things, but instead chose to risk going to Changye City.

As a result, Ren's mother was framed and not only falsely accused of stealing from the pawnshop, but was also beaten up by a group of people. Ren Yufeng only found out about this later.

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