Lin Ran felt hot all over and dizzy. Looking at the man in front of her, her heart felt like it was sinking into an icy cave.
But she still pinched her palms to keep herself awake and warned sternly:
"Zhu Chengcai, this is the Dingyuan Marquis Mansion, not a place where you can act so recklessly!"
Zhu Chengcai gave a lewd smile.
"Yes, I know this is the Dingyuan Marquis's Mansion. I also know you are the eldest daughter of the Dingyuan Marquis's Mansion. So what?"
"After tonight, you won't be!"
"If you can serve me well, I can reluctantly marry you into the Zhu Mansion. Otherwise, if I'm not happy, the eldest daughter of the Dingyuan Marquisate will be reduced to a concubine of a merchant!"
"you……"
Lin Ran was so angry that the drug took effect even faster. She felt like she was going to collapse to the ground. She could only lean weakly against the table and quickly think of a solution.
She had just finished drinking tea in the yard when she felt something was wrong and couldn't call anyone. Zhu Chengcai came in at this time.
Zhu Chengcai is the younger brother of her father's concubine, Aunt Zhu.
Zhu Chengcai appeared in her yard late at night, and she happened to be poisoned by the drug, which made Lin Ran suspect that it was Aunt Zhu's work.
But she really didn't expect that Aunt Zhu would be so bold!
She actually attacked me openly in the Marquis' Mansion. Isn't she afraid that my father will blame her?
But now she has no time to blame Aunt Zhu. Since she can't rely on others, she can only save herself!
Lin Ran didn't want to anger Zhu Chengcai, so she could only threaten him deliberately:
"Zhu Chengcai, you also know that I am the eldest daughter of the Marquis' Mansion, so how dare you treat me like this? Aren't you afraid that my father will take action against you and the Zhu family?"
While talking to divert Zhu Chengcai's attention, she slowly approached the vase on the table.
Zhu Chengcai lived up to expectations and pointed at Lin Ran and laughed mockingly.
"Hahaha……"
"At this point, I won't hide anything from you anymore!"
"Why do you think I dare to act like this?"
"That's not what the Marquis' brother-in-law tacitly approved!"
"Your mother passed away last month, and now your only relative from your mother's side, Old Master Shen, has also passed away from excessive grief. No one can stop the Marquis' brother-in-law from making my sister his wife!"
"You are a helpless girl, so you can be dealt with as you please!"
Lin Ran's trembling hand suddenly froze as it touched the vase.
What?
Did her father acquiesce?
Then came a bitter smile.
Shouldn't you have guessed it earlier?
In the dignified Dingyuan Marquis Mansion, a foreigner was allowed to break into the backyard, and not a single servant stopped him, not even a single figure appeared.
Even his personal maid was sent away!
I still hold on to the last glimmer of hope!
Yes!
Just after my mother passed away, my grandfather also passed away.
The huge Shen family has all fallen into the hands of my father. As the heir who has half of the Shen family's blood, I am an eyesore to everyone!
Over there, Zhu Chengcai was still shouting unscrupulously and humiliating Lin Ran to his heart's content.
Lin Ran closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and then used all her strength to pick up the vase and smash it at his head.
"ah……"
Zhu Chengcai touched the blood on his forehead and screamed, then kicked Lin Ran.
"How dare you, you bitch!"
Lin Ran was already exhausted, and now he fell directly to the ground, hitting his forehead on the corner of the table, and blood immediately gushed out.
However, it was also this pain that made Lin Ran, who was suffering from the effects of the medicine, more clear-headed.
She took this opportunity to smash all the teacups and teapots on the table towards Zhu Chengcai's head, then immediately stumbled towards the bedroom and locked the door.
Zhu Chengcai's forehead was hit repeatedly, and a big hole was formed. Blood was flowing out, blurring his vision and making his head dizzy. But at this time, he was overwhelmed by anger and did not care about his injuries. He just wanted to catch the culprit Lin Ran!
He kicked the door fiercely and shouted:
"Lin Ran, you bitch! Come out!"
Lin Ran was already somewhat unconscious at this time, but she still found a dagger in the room and held it tightly in her hand to prevent Zhu Chengcai from breaking in.
However, Zhu Chengcai's voice outside became weaker and weaker.
Until there was a "bang" sound, Zhu Chengcai fell to the ground, with only a soft groan coming out of his mouth and blood all over the ground.
Lin Ran finally breathed a sigh of relief and allowed herself to slowly collapse onto the ground.
The tea in the teapot was drugged by them. Just now, she deliberately smashed Zhu Chengcai's forehead first and then smashed the teapot. He must have been drugged, and the drug must have taken effect by now.
If the bleeding from such a big wound cannot be stopped in time, his fate can be imagined.
Although Zhu Chengcai was temporarily dealt with, Lin Ran's current situation is not very good.
She was afraid that she would not be able to resist the effects of the medicine and would eventually fall into the trap of those jackals!
Thinking of this, Lin Ran couldn't help but feel sad.
She first sent her mother away, and a few days later sent her grandfather away. Before she could get over the pain of losing her loved ones, she was hit hard by her biological father!
Although her parents' relationship had long since broken down, she was still her father's biological child. She would never have thought that her father would scheme against her like this!
But she wasn't surprised!
Because my mother suffered injuries during childbirth and was unable to give birth to a son for the Marquisate, my father has always been dissatisfied with her and has also been unfriendly to me.
Later, my father wanted to take a concubine, but my mother disagreed, and the two began to quarrel endlessly.
My father completely forgot the promise he made to my mother when he proposed to her that he would never take a concubine or a maid!
In the end, my mother was unable to persuade my father and took in Concubine Zhu.
That’s not all. When Concubine Zhu gave birth to the only son in the Dingyuan Marquis’s mansion, his father promoted Concubine Zhu to be his second wife.
How could my mother agree?
In the end, it was my grandfather who stepped in and rejected my father's idea.
My maternal family, the Shen family, is a royal merchant family that has been doing business for generations. To say that they are as rich as a country is an understatement!
Although dynasties changed, the Shen family's business has never been interrupted for generations.
So even Marquis Dingyuan has to be wary of the Shen family!
But now it’s different!
Up to my grandfather’s generation, the Shen family only had one daughter, my mother. Now all the Shen family members are gone. How could the treasure accumulated over generations not attract people’s attention?
Even his father was no exception, except that he was even more ruthless. He wouldn't let his daughter go even if the heir was him!
Lin Ran clenched her teeth, not even noticing her nails digging into her palms. The pain was not even one ten-thousandth of the heartache she felt.
Since he doesn't care about family affection, don't blame yourself for being unfilial!
Immersed in thousands of thoughts, Lin Ran did not notice that the blood on his forehead slowly flowed down his jaw into the jade pendant on his neck.
A flash of white light passed by, and Lin Ran was horrified to find himself standing in front of a bamboo house.
Wasn't she hiding in the dormitory just now?
How did you end up in the wilderness in the blink of an eye?
But Lin Ran didn't have time to think about these things at the moment, because she saw a river.
The heat in her body was growing stronger and stronger, almost burning away her last bit of sanity. She urgently needed water to extinguish it!
Lin Ran stumbled and crawled to the riverside and lay down in the river, hoping that the cold water could sober her up!
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