Chapter 1981 Chengxian??
Men don't really want to get involved in their family affairs, especially things like girls tearing each other apart.
However, he was here on business and was staying at the Cheng family's house. After all, his master was a distant relative of the Cheng family, and since they were in trouble, he couldn't just abandon them.
He nodded in response to Cheng Wenbao's gaze.
Seeing this, Cheng Wenbao felt relieved and patted Cheng Jiatong on the shoulder, saying, "Don't worry, with your brother Cheng here, I won't let you suffer any injustice."
No sooner had he finished speaking than his servant rushed in, “Young Master, an official has come and says he has something to ask the Fourth Miss.”
Cheng Wenbao's expression changed slightly. "I haven't even gone to settle accounts with him yet, and he's already come knocking on our door, all for a woman?" The Cheng family isn't exactly nobody, yet a lowly official dares to come knocking on their door to cause trouble?
He turned to look at the man, "Brother Cheng."
"Let's go take a look."
Cheng Wenbao then turned to the servant and said, "Lead the person to the front yard."
They are a respectable family, after all. They can't just settle things at the front door, especially since her sister was beaten. If word gets out, people will laugh at them.
After they finished speaking, the group walked towards the front yard.
Upon reaching the outside of the main room, the group saw Xia Yan standing at the door, along with a thug who was bound and gagged beside him.
There seemed to be two other people inside the main room, but they were standing far away and not very clear.
Just as Cheng Wenbao was about to take a closer look, he heard Xia Yan say, "Young Master Cheng, your Fourth Miss Cheng has quite the methods. She actually bribed thugs to try and kidnap our young lady. Your Cheng family should give an explanation for this."
Cheng Wenbao was stunned. What kind of thugs kidnapped their girl?
He frowned and turned to look at Cheng Jiatong behind him.
The latter seemed a little guilty, but immediately denied it, saying, "What kidnapping? I don't know what you're talking about. But that girl you mentioned, you should give me an explanation. She slapped my face like this."
As she spoke, she revealed half of her face, and what she looked like was truly shocking.
Cheng Wenbao knew that his fourth sister was hiding something, but now that things had come to this, he had to stand on her side. So he raised his voice and said, "You see, my sister is the victim. Her face is injured like this. If the force had been any greater, her appearance would have been ruined."
Xia Yan merely glanced at it, "As far as I know, Miss Cheng, you were the one who struck first, weren't you?"
"I didn't, I just said a few words to her. Even if you're an official from the government, you can't be so blind as to not distinguish right from wrong. We haven't even settled accounts with her yet, and you're already making false accusations against us, coming to our Cheng family. Do you really think our Cheng family is easy to bully?"
As soon as Cheng Jiatong finished speaking, several servants stepped forward, seemingly ready to fight Xia Yan.
Xia Yan was amused. "Alright, since you don't admit it, then let's go to the yamen and let the officials judge this matter properly."
"You think you can take revenge just because you're an official? Do you think you can act with impunity just because you're a lowly official?" Cheng Jiatong walked up to the man who hadn't spoken until now. "Brother Cheng, you saw it. Not only did they beat me, they also tried to frame me. Do they really think the Cheng family has no one left?"
The man pursed his lips, stepped forward, and said, "Officer, this is a trivial matter that really doesn't need to trouble Lord Qi. My name is Cheng Xian. May I speak with you privately for a few minutes?"
Shu Yu and Cheng Xian were sitting in the main room.
(End of this chapter)
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