Even though Yu Tang spoke eloquently and loudly, she felt very sorry in her heart.

It was her fault for using the Pei family as a raft.

But apart from this method, she had no other choice.

She secretly thought that after this matter was over, she would go to the temple to pray for the old lady of the Pei family and thank the Pei family for protecting her family and the neighbors over the years. If there was a chance to do something within her ability for the Pei family, she would do her best and never hesitate.

Lu Xin was skeptical about Yu Tang's words.

But in this kind of situation, one should never be afraid of the unexpected.

The Yu family and the Pei family did not have much contact, but a few days ago he personally built a bridge and invited Doctor Yu from the Pei family to treat Yu Chen. Yu Wen once said that he would go to the Pei family in person to thank Old Lady Pei. Who knows what they talked about?

Thinking of this, he regretted so much that he wanted to stamp his feet.

If he had known this, he would not have cared about the Yu family's affairs.

But regardless of the Yu family's affairs, how could Yu Wen easily spend two hundred taels of silver to buy that painting?

Lu Xin struggled: "I want to go see your father! I was grateful to him for saving my wife, but he treats me like this!"

Yu Tang looked down at him and said, "Do you think I dare to do this without my father's permission? My father just doesn't want to see his best brother acting like a rogue." Then she winked at Ah Tiao and said, "Send the man to Tong the shopkeeper first, and then we can talk to him tomorrow."

Ah Tiao answered loudly, “Yes.”

Lu Xin panicked for a moment, and said timidly, "What do you want? Aren't you afraid of ruining your reputation and never being able to get married?"

Yu Tang said nonchalantly: "You deceived our family and ruined them. How can I marry into a good family?"

The two exchanged sharp words for a while. Lu Xin, who was jealous of the Pei family, said, "I don't need any money. I've already spent fifty taels."

Yu Tang asked Ah Tiao to search him, and found 180 taels of silver.

She spat at Lu Xin and wrote a document on the spot for Lu Xin to sign: "Let's make it clear. You voluntarily sell this fake "Fishing in Songxi" to our family for 20 taels of silver. This will be the evidence and there will be no disputes in the future. In addition, I will give you 30 taels of silver as a settlement. This matter is settled."

How could Lu Xin be willing to accept this?

Yu Tang threatened him, "It is said that many people were burned to death in Changxing Street. If I hide you here, I don't know when you will be discovered."

Lu Xin stared at Yu Tang with resentment like a poisonous snake.

In his previous life, Yu Tang had encountered more embarrassing things than this, so why would he be shaken by Lu Xin's gaze?

She pressed Lu Xin's hand to sign the contract as if no one was around, put away the document, threw thirty taels of silver to Lu Xin, and told him to get out.

Lu Xin left angrily.

Yu Tang took out another twenty taels of silver to thank the women who helped him, and sent them away, feeling relieved for the time being.

Ah Tiao said worriedly, "Miss, Mr. Lu will not complain to the master, right?"

Yu Tang patted the purse on his waist that contained the documents and said, "If he has the face to do it, he can go."

Ah Tiao felt relieved and began to feel sorry for the thirty taels of silver: "Then why did you give him so much silver?"

Yu Tang said nonchalantly, "The barefoot are not afraid of the ones wearing shoes. Isn't he in a hurry to go to the capital? We won't give him a penny to stop his thoughts. What if he takes the risk and it harms our family? Consider this thirty taels of silver as buying peace of mind."

I hope that Lu Xin will go to the capital and never come back like he did in his previous life.

Ah Tiao responded with a smile.

Yu Tang also felt the breath.

But she didn't expect that when she turned around, she found a pair of dark eyes in the shadow of the broken wall opposite, staring at her quietly.

Yu Tang was scared half to death.

Could it be the ghost of someone who died in the Changxing Street fire?

She tried to run, but her legs felt like they were filled with lead and she couldn't even lift them.

Yu Tang was trembling and almost hugged A Tiao.

The owner of the eyes walked out silently from the shadow of the broken wall.

The bright moonlight shone on his face.

At the age of twenty-three or twenty-four, he had fine eyebrows and handsome eyes, but his face was as cold as a pond, and his face was as handsome as a jade, but his aura was domineering.

It turned out to be the man in blue that I met in the pawnshop.

He now strolled out leisurely, and the ruined Changxing Street seemed to have become his back garden.

Yu Tang's eyes widened.

Why is he here?

Yu Tang hurriedly looked behind him.

There is a shadow!

She breathed a sigh of relief.

After all, he is a living person, not a ghost!

Yu Tang patted her chest gently to calm herself down. Thinking of the man's attitude towards her in the pawnshop, she hesitated about how to greet him. The man in blue raised his eyebrows at her and said, "Pei family? Are you familiar with Tong, the shopkeeper of Pei's pawnshop? Did Tong tell you that this painting is a fake?"

His voice was flat and cold, but Yu Tang blushed and felt extremely frightened.

The two most ridiculous things she had ever done in her life were to work as a painter in Pei's shop and to use the Pei family's banner to suppress Lu Xin.

But both of these things happened to the man in front of him.

He must have thought himself to be a deceitful, low-class person.

As soon as he thought about it, Yu Tang felt uncomfortable and said hurriedly: "No, no! Listen to me, this painting was sold to me..."

"If you were not a victim, do you think you would have the opportunity to speak nonsense under the banner of the Pei family?" the man said in a stern voice. He did not want to listen to her explanation at all and interrupted her rudely. "Considering your young age and just wanting to get back the property you were cheated of, I will not pursue this matter with you. If there is a next time, I will not show mercy!"

It turns out he saw it all!

Fortunately, he didn't expose her on the spot.

Yu Tang breathed a sigh of relief.

However, judging from his tone, he must be from the Pei family or someone related to the Pei family.

If she had seen someone acting like a bully, she would have jumped up in panic. She would not have just scolded him like he did.

Yu Tang bowed his head and admitted his mistake.

The man didn't want to say more to her and strode towards Huaer Lane.

Yu Tang hesitated whether to chase after him and ask who he was, so that she could ask her father to come and thank him in person in the future. However, the man turned around and glanced at her as if he had eyes on the back of his head.

That gaze, like the edge of a sharp blade, pierced through the sky and fell on her.

Yu Tang suddenly lost his courage.

Although there are reasons for what happened, it is still a mistake. Seeing that he didn't want to have anything to do with her, how could she have the nerve to get involved with him any more?

The man strode away.

Seven or eight well-built men came out of the darkness and gathered around him.

Are there so many people in the dark?

Yu Tang was shocked.

She didn't notice anything.

The man and the people around him quickly disappeared into the night.

Yu Tang shuddered.

Ah Tiao looked like she had crawled out of an ice hole, her upper and lower teeth chattering, and she said, "Miss, who is this guy? Why does he look so scary? Will he go to the Pei family and report us?"

Yu Tang smiled bitterly: "Probably not!"

Others simply don't take them seriously.

Who would bother with people who have nothing to do with them?

Yu Tang felt complicated and became more and more curious about this man.

She told Ah Tiao: "Go ask the shopkeeper Tong to find out who this person is."

Ah Tiao was a little scared, but thinking about what had happened at home in recent days, he gritted his teeth and agreed.

Yu Tang took the 130 taels of silver home, handed it to Yu Wen, and told him the whole story without hesitation.

Yu Wen was horrified and broke out in a cold sweat. He blamed his daughter: "How dare you be so bold? A little girl actually went to such a place? If anything happened to you, what would your mother and I do? And Ah Tiao was so rebellious that she even instigated you to go to Huaer Lane to hire a woman to embarrass Lu Xin? What would you do if Lu Xin was more aggressive and shamelessly pulled you to make him a bed?" He also admired the good manners of the man in blue.

"I was wrong about this!" Yu Tang said, talking about the kindness of Tong the shopkeeper. "Because I didn't know whether the painting was real or not, and I didn't have any extra money, I used the excuse of going to the pawnshop to pawn things. In fact, I should have asked Tong the shopkeeper to help me take a look. As for Tong the shopkeeper, please prepare some generous gifts to thank him."

After all, she was just a little girl of fifteen or sixteen years old. If the matter was serious, it would have to be handled by the elders in the family.

"That's right!" Yu Wen nodded repeatedly, saying, "It would be even better if we knew who that man in green was - we should also apologize to him."

Yu Tang nodded, raised the painting in his hand, and said, "Then what should we do with this painting?"

Yu Wen sighed and said, "Stay here as a thought! Just think of it as a lesson. Your uncle Lu has made such a big fool of himself, he will probably not come back to Lin'an."

This is the best!

So that he wouldn't encourage her father to do this or that every now and then.

Yu Tang hummed, and mentioned the old lady of the Pei family again, saying: "Father, when you go to the Pei family, ask about the old lady's condition in the past few days! Our family owes them such a big favor, if there is anything we can do to help, we can help."

Yu Wen glared at her and said, "What does the Pei family want? Do they still need our help?"

Yu Tang pursed his lips and smiled.

Yu Wen was grateful to the Pei family. When he went to the Pei family to express his gratitude, he also asked about Old Lady Pei's condition.

The housekeeper of the Pei family did not hide the fact that the old lady of the Pei family had invited two doctors, Yang and Wang, to treat Chen, and Yu Wen was sincere, so he said, "It's really nothing serious. I just felt unhappy, so I called the second and third masters back. The third master can't sit still, but the second master is always quiet. He has been drinking tea and talking with the old lady these days, and with several famous doctors here, the old lady's complexion is getting better day by day."

As for who the man in green was, the Pei family's chief steward was vague and did not explain clearly.

Yu Wen thought that this must be someone from the Pei family. If the Pei family didn't say anything, they probably didn't take it to heart, so he didn't ask too much and just remembered the favor.

He went back and taught Yu Tang a lesson: "If you dare to do this again, I will break your legs!"

Yu Tang went forward obediently and massaged his father's shoulders.

Yu Wen had no idea what to do with a daughter like this and sighed helplessly.

The next day he took some snacks, tea and wine and went personally to give gifts to the shopkeeper Tong.

When the shopkeeper Tong learned the whole story, he laughed out loud. Not only did he not blame Yu Tang, he also praised Yu Tang for his courage and asked Yu Wen to bring back a bag of osmanthus cake for Yu Tang as a snack.

But he also didn't tell Yu Wen who the man in blue was.

Yu Tang had an even better impression of Tong the shopkeeper.

Because of this incident, Yu Wen and Chen were afraid that Yu Tang would go out and cause trouble again. After some discussion, they banned Yu Tang from traveling and confined her at home to do needlework.

Ah Tiao asked around for a long time but still couldn't find out the identity of the man in the pawnshop that day.

Nothing in Lin'an Prefecture could be hidden from the Pei family.

It can be seen that others don't want to see her at all.

Yu Tang gradually stopped thinking about him, but when she slept alone in bed at night, she sometimes tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep. She felt uneasy when she thought of the way the man looked at her.