The woman looking down at the account book did not possess the innocence and naivety expected of her age.
At first glance, it appears quite aloof and cold, giving one a feeling of being a thousand miles away.
The woman checked the ledgers while talking non-stop.
She was asking her confidants some accounting questions.
Her trusted confidant answered fluently, and she could easily understand the accounts.
After checking the accounts, she closed the ledger, got up, and walked to the window.
When she opened the window to get some fresh air and looked down at the lively scene below, she...
A glance that lasts a lifetime...
This woman happened to see Ouyang Yuqing looking up at the plaque.
Ouyang Yuqing was handsome and dashing.
She took a liking to Ouyang Yuqing at first sight.
The woman immediately sent her trained assassins to investigate Ouyang Yuqing's situation downstairs.
Yes, you read that right, it's Shadow Assassin!
This woman's name is Lin Mengyao!
The name Mengyao that follows is one she gave herself later.
It signifies that after waking from a dream, one will no longer be adrift.
She was originally the daughter of a security escort agency owner.
However, during one of his missions, his father was robbed by bandits, who not only stole his goods but also killed him.
The news of the father's kidnapping reached the escort agency.
The employers of the escorts, focused on making a living, didn't care about the owner's life or death; they demanded compensation for the lost goods.
Lin Mengyao's mother suffered health problems during her childbirth and has been frail and sickly ever since.
After years of recuperation, she finally felt that she could give her husband another son.
The devastating news that her husband had been killed while delivering goods reached the escort agency.
Lin Mengyao's mother was so shocked by the news of her husband's death that she vomited blood and died on the spot.
She was left behind when she was only thirteen years old.
Lin Mengyao has always been well protected by her parents. At thirteen, she is innocent and naive.
The deaths of her parents one after another dealt her a heavy blow.
How could a naive thirteen-year-old girl possibly handle the affairs of a security escort agency?
Especially the compensation for this lost shipment.
As luck would have it, his second uncle, who had never had much contact with his father, came to his eldest brother to borrow money for two weeks.
Lin Mengyao's second uncle is a gambling addict.
His father tried everything to discipline his younger brother, from beatings to scoldings.
However, Lin Mengyao's second uncle was a hopeless case.
Her father, in a fit of anger, broke off all contact with his second brother.
They say they're borrowing money for two weeks, but it's really just throwing good money after bad.
However, Lin Mengyao's father did not tell the innocent and naive Lin Mengyao about these things.
As a result, when Lin Mengyao's second uncle saw that his elder brother and sister-in-law were dead, his mind began to stir.
Lin Mengyao's second uncle deliberately fabricated a false reason, saying that he had been away from home for many years.
I miss my elder brother terribly after not seeing him for so many years.
Originally, I planned to visit my older brother and then continue my career outside.
I never imagined that after so many years, we would be separated by distance and time.
Thirteen-year-old Lin Mengyao was unaware of the situation and was extremely frightened.
Having lost both her father and mother, she felt insecure.
This second uncle pretended to be ingratiating towards Lin Mengyao.
Lin Mengyao quickly gained the trust of her second uncle.
Her naivety and trust brought her a fatal blow.
Lin Mengyao believed that her second uncle was her family and would not harm her, so she entrusted him with all the affairs of the escort agency.
This includes compensation for lost goods belonging to the escort agency.
Little did she know, Lin Mengyao had invited a wolf into her house.
His good second uncle did pay the compensation.
However, after paying compensation, he took all the money from the escort agency and left with nothing.
Even his own second uncle used the entire security escort agency to pay off his gambling debts.
That wasn't the end of it; his second uncle sold Lin Mengyao to a landlord in his fifties as his sixth concubine.
When Lin Mengyao learned that her second uncle had used the security escort agency as gambling money to pay off his gambling debts, she still couldn't believe it was true.
But when she saw the old landlord escorting her back to be his sixth concubine, she suddenly realized what was happening.
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