Chapter 194: Bargaining (3)
The news Shen Miao wanted to sell was about an unsolved case that had rocked Ming Qi back then. The Chen family, the richest family in Jiangnan Yuzhou, had two beautiful women. With such beauty, if they entered the palace, they would surely earn themselves concubines. Don't say that beauties in the world are painted skins; they are just beautiful women with white bones. A true beauty is like the finest jade; even a glance at her is a blasphemy.
The Chen family is a wealthy family, and having two daughters is not necessarily a good thing. The daughters are too beautiful, and without the ability to protect them, they may bring disaster to the family. Fortunately, the Chen family is not only the richest in Jiangnan, but also has a place in the underworld. The Chen family has a wide network of connections and many friends in the underworld. The master of the Chen family is also indebted to the leader of a faction, so the Chen family has a backer.
Who could have known that, despite all this, the Chen sisters would vanish before everyone's eyes, on the Lantern Festival, at the age of sixteen? The Chen family searched for them for years, but to no avail. Three years had passed since their disappearance. The Chen family had expended countless resources and resources searching for their daughters, knowing their fate was fraught with danger. They hadn't given up, even going so far as to contact Bai Xiaosheng and offer him a large sum of money for information.
However, there is no news about this.
How could Hongling not be surprised when someone suddenly wanted to sell this business she had been holding for three years? The reward the Chen family paid must have been substantial. If Bai Xiaosheng could close the deal, even if he took a cut of the profits, he would still get a good chunk of the money.
Businessmen talk in terms of money, but Shen Miao doesn’t believe it and can’t find the master behind it.
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The building in Fengxian Pawnshop is called Linjiangxian. Business is done on the first floor, and the second to sixth floors are for the owner's personal use.
At this moment, in the tea room on the sixth floor, three people were sitting at the table.
"Yushu, how come you're here so soon?" Gao Yang frowned and looked at the person opposite him: "You didn't even say hello."
Across from him sat a young man of about seventeen or eighteen. He was quite lovely. Unlike Xie Jingxing's blazing handsomeness, or Gao Yang's gentle demeanor, this boy had the air of a boy next door, possessing an inexplicable affability. He wore a lake-green robe and had a rather endearing smile. He said, "I heard there were changes to the Dingjing plan, and I knew you two would definitely need the assistance of a capable and powerful general like me, so I came back specifically to help."
"Haha." Gao Yang answered him with a sneer.
"Ah, but thanks, Third Brother!" The young man named Yu Shu suddenly turned to him and said, "Miss Shaoyao from Yicui Tower has been ignoring me lately, and I'm really worried. Third Brother has always been popular with her, so why don't you teach me a lesson?"
This seemingly friendly and harmless young man is actually an old hand at playing with women.
Xie Jingxing didn't even look at him and said, "Look at the appearance."
"Ah, Third Brother, don't you think someone like me is handsome?" The young man's face flushed with anger. "Back then, I was also... a flower, admired by thousands. Third Brother, are you saying this because you're jealous of me?"
Gao Yang couldn't bear it any longer and turned Yu Shu's head to the other side: "Ji Yu Shu, if you keep talking like this, go back."
"Ahem," Yu Shu immediately sat up straight and said seriously, "Third brother, let's talk about the plan for this trip."
Before he finished speaking, he saw a woman in red coming up from downstairs. She was charming and did not come in. She called out from a distance through the gauze curtain, "Master."
"Hongling." Yu Shu coaxed her, "I've told you many times, although you are pretty, you'd better not come up when my brothers and I are talking. Even though I dote on you, you can't be so ignorant of the times." He looked immature and seemed to be ignorant of the world, but he spoke like a seasoned veteran. Fortunately, Hongling was his subordinate. If an ordinary girl heard a few words from him, she would probably blush with shame.
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