Standing at the door, watching the carriage disappear into the distance, Anle looked preoccupied.
"Little sister, what's wrong with you? We've earned so much silver, but you seem unhappy."
"Fourth Sister, you stay here and watch the shop. I'll have Third Brother take me to the He residence. I need to see what this woman is really up to."
An Yi, who was standing to the side, scratched his head.
"Huh? Now? It's raining so hard, let's wait until later. Anyway, that woman has already bought everything."
Wait, something's not right!
What did his younger sister just say?
That woman? The He family mansion?
What does this have to do with the He family?
An Yi opened his mouth, but before he could ask a question, An Ning, who was standing next to him, tilted her head and looked at An Le suspiciously, and asked An Yi's question first.
"Little sister, what is this woman's connection to the He family?"
"This woman is probably from the He family."
This woman had her eye on the pastry recipes from our Paradise Dessert Shop.
"Now that they've suddenly bought so many pastries, they better not try anything funny with our Paradise Dessert Shop!"
Anle glanced at the rain outside, frowned. This weather was indeed not suitable for going out. Oh well, she'd wait and see.
She'll take whatever tricks she's given; she'll just deal with whatever comes her way.
She's a modern woman from the 21st century, someone who's lived two lives. How could she not handle a woman?
No, to be precise, she was an ambitious woman.
She could sense it from the woman's few words just now.
The heavy rain lasted for seven days and finally stopped, but the gray sky never cleared up and seemed poised for another round of rain.
After being cooped up for seven days, the people in the town finally couldn't stand it anymore and came out for some fresh air.
The Paradise Dessert Shop has finally returned to its bustling state.
Today, Paradise Dessert Shop has been "upgraded" into a high-end entertainment club, and has unwittingly become a gathering place for wealthy young men and women to socialize and play.
Some young ladies and gentlemen who are short of money can sit in a dessert shop for half a day after buying a cup of milk tea.
For no other reason than to have a foothold in this circle, to avoid being isolated and excluded.
They are more interested in 'chance encounters' or finding their ideal match here.
After all, those who can afford to patronize the dessert shop in the amusement park are mostly rich young men or young women.
Only people from wealthy and powerful families can play, eat, and drink here.
This naturally led to a tacit understanding that if you want to find a good husband or a noblewoman, you should go to Paradise Dessert Shop.
Around the dessert table in the hall, several young ladies and gentlemen were chatting and laughing, their conversation revolving around the latest developments following the heavy rain.
Aunt Tan from the He family ran away.
They absconded with the He family's money, land, and deeds.
"That's strange. It's rare that it's not raining today. Why hasn't the young master of the He family come over? He's always there to join in the fun."
"Yes, yes, after being cooped up at home for seven days, Young Master He must be going stir-crazy, right?"
"You don't know yet, but something big has happened to the He family. Young Master He can't make it here."
"Forget about whether I'm in the mood or not, even if I were, I wouldn't have the money to spend here."
"Huh? Why is that?"
“I heard from my aunt, who married into the He family as a concubine of Master He, that this concubine of the He family ran away with the deeds to the He family’s land and property, sold off the mansion and shops.”
"Yes, yes, the entire He family is in complete chaos right now."
That aunt ran away during a heavy rain, and we still haven't found her.
I don't know where they ran off to, and I heard they took the second young lady of the manor with them.
"Ah? The second young lady of the He family? You mean He Yuxin, who at such a young age already possesses a beauty that could rival the most beautiful women in our town?"
"Yes, that's the little girl. I heard that the one who took him away was her own aunt, Aunt Tan."
"My aunt said she had long seen that she was a restless person."
Don't be fooled by her usual respectable and gentle demeanor; that fragile and weak appearance is clearly an act.
I heard that with her strength, she could even scale the high walls of the He family compound, so escaping is nothing to her.
"But why run?"
They stayed in the He family mansion, eating and drinking well, being waited on, and being pampered by Master He. How comfortable their lives were!
They really don't know how lucky they are!
"Alas, they may appear glamorous in public, but suffer in private!"
My aunt said, "Don't be fooled by how well you live, eating and drinking, with no worries about food or drink."
But with all this fighting and scheming, life is far from peaceful!
They're all smiling while hiding daggers, wishing they could kill all the women vying for favor in the backyard and seize absolute power!
"Yes, otherwise the legitimate wife of the He family wouldn't have died so young, passing away at such a tender age."
"However, the He family is truly in trouble. When my sedan chair passed by the He family's residence, I think I heard someone inside holding the deed to the mansion and shouting that they wanted to take over the He family's mansion."
In the end, they couldn't even save their mansion.
That angered Master He so much that he vomited blood and fainted on the spot.
I could hear the old woman inside shouting, "It's terrible! It's terrible! Master He is vomiting blood! Master He is dying!" If you ask me, it seems that Master He is not going to make it through this ordeal.
A young master sat at the table next to them, having overheard the whole conversation, and sighed repeatedly while fanning himself.
"It's really too tragic. It's terrifying to have a restless woman in the backyard."
"What do you mean by that? Aren't you men always eating what's in your mouth while eyeing what's in the pot? One after another, you keep carrying people into the yard."
There are too many women; they can't be managed properly, and that's why things are getting out of hand.
A woman wearing a blue ruqun with a high collar and a front opening picked up a handkerchief, wiped the cream from the corner of her mouth, and gave a cold laugh.
"Hehe, in the end he burned himself. This Master He has had a lot of misfortunes. His legal wife died two years ago, and now he is about to go with her."
It's just a pity for the young master of the He family; at such a young age, he has to lose both his parents.
Now I have nothing left, and I don't know how I'm going to live from now on.
I just hope I don't end up on the streets, becoming a pitiful beggar.
As the woman was talking about He Yusheng, the figure of the person at the center of the conversation happened to appear in the Paradise Dessert Shop.
However, they didn't come to buy pastries, nor did they come to play with Anle. Instead, they came to the Paradise Dessert Shop to ask Anle about something.
As soon as they entered, they eagerly looked around.
"Lele, Lele, come out here—"
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