"You should also know Yao's intention in bringing you here. If she really cared about you, why would she use your reputation to force Lin Wenlu to submit? She just thinks you're easy to manipulate. Even if you do enter the Lin family, you'll have to listen to her and live in her shadow for the rest of your life..."
"However, I can offer you another option right now. If you're willing, I can find you a good job, and even your family can help you make arrangements."
Upon hearing this, Wang Qiuhua looked up sharply, as if she had seen a glimmer of hope.
Then he shook his head: "But... my family has already taken the money... if we go back on our word now, my... my family won't be happy."
"Don't worry, I'll cover whatever amount the Yao family gave your family."
"I always keep my word. It's up to you to choose. Either you use this method to become a concubine in the Lin family, or I'll help you find a job, bring your family here, and you can find a good husband and become their legal wife."
"If you really enter the Lin family in this way, do you think you'll have a good life? Not to mention Lin Wenlu, even the elders of the Lin family hate you to the core."
Normal people would choose the second option. A girl from a respectable family would rather be a poor wife than a rich concubine. Who would want to be someone else's concubine? If it is a good family and the principal wife is kind, she might be able to live a few good days. But if the principal wife is not easy to get along with, her future days will be dark and hopeless.
Wang Qiuhua bit her lip and lowered her head, remaining silent, probably wondering if Song Ning's words were true.
“There’s a restaurant called Ziyun on Furong Street in Yuanzhou City. You can go out and ask around. That restaurant is mine now. I’m here to renovate it, and we happen to be short-staffed. If you’re willing, you and your family can work there. The monthly wages aren’t bad. Isn’t that more comfortable than being someone else’s concubine?”
Song Ning has said everything she needed to say. If she still doesn't want to, there's nothing she can do.
"You can think about what I'm saying carefully. If you've made up your mind, you can come to me anytime."
That's all she could do. Besides helping Madam He, Song Ning, being a woman herself, didn't want her, a young girl, to suffer like this.
Framed Lin Wenlu, something a fifteen-year-old girl like her couldn't have done; it was clearly Yao's idea.
In this era, there were no means of surveillance or verification of the facts, and Yao was certain of this, which is why he dared to do so.
He Wanying was waiting outside. As soon as she saw her get into the car, she immediately asked, "So, what did Wang Qiuhua say?"
"I don't know, there's no clear answer, but they've probably wavered."
He Wanying laughed: "My mother is right, you really do have a way."
If Wang Qiuhua is a sensible person, she shouldn't refuse such good offers.
Song Ning looked at Lin Wenlu beside her and said irritably, "It's all your fault. We've been running around doing all this for you, but you're so carefree."
Lin Wenlu looked uninterested: "If you ask me, you shouldn't have come. You should have just exposed this matter. At worst, I'd just marry her."
Once word gets out, he won't have to study anymore, wouldn't that be perfect?
He Wanying was displeased: "Cousin, we're all doing this for your own good. My uncle, aunt, and my mother are all worried sick about this."
Song Ning didn't think it was for the sake of his future studies. She glanced at him and said, "Even if you want to get married, you can't do it for this reason. This isn't about whether you can study or not; it's a matter of principle. Even if you don't want to study, you don't need to resort to this method, do you?"
Lin Wenlu glanced at her with his fan open, but said nothing more.
Fearing that Wang Qiuhua would come looking for her, Song Ning returned to the He residence these past few days. It just so happens that the sewer project has recently started, and it would be convenient to handle matters at the He residence.
That night, in the middle of the night, Song Ning was asleep when there was a knock on the door.
When I opened the door, it was Wang Qiuhua.
Song Ning quickly sent people into the house, and only then did he see Wang Qiuhua's miserable state.
Her clothes were tattered and torn, and she had injuries. By the light from inside the room, Song Ning thought she could see that Wang Qiuhua's face was swollen.
"What happened? How did it get like this?"
It would have been better if she hadn't asked. As soon as she did, Wang Qiuhua covered her face and burst into tears.
“Miss Song, you’re right…she wants me to harm the Lin family.”
Wang Qiuhua was sleeping soundly in her room when she suddenly heard a noise outside. She had just sat up when she heard someone opening her door.
A figure sneaked in and locked the door.
She was terrified, but she also knew that this was the prefect's residence, and who would dare to break in at night?
Fortunately, she had a habit of keeping a pair of scissors by her pillow when she slept, and as soon as the figure got close, she stabbed him.
A scream rang out; it was a man. Wang Qiuhua didn't care about anything else and quickly unlatched the door to run outside.
But to her surprise, there was someone waiting for her outside – it was Aunt Yao.
Seeing her come out, he grabbed her and said, "You brat, why are you running away?"
Wang Qiuhua's voice trembled: "Auntie, there's a man in my room, I'm scared."
She thought Aunt Yao could help her, but to her surprise, the person in front of her not only didn't take it seriously, but also scolded her.
Even if Wang Qiuhua was slow to realize, she understood at this moment that the people in the room were arranged by Aunt Yao.
Aunt Yao coaxed her, "Qiuhua, think about your parents and brothers. They all took my money. Now the whole mansion knows that you and Lin Wenlu have consummated your marriage. If they find out that you are still a virgin, our plan will be ruined."
After saying that, he was about to push her into the room when the person inside also came out and tried to pull her into the room.
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