Upon hearing this, Shen Qiyin's gaze suddenly froze.
My junior brother also has a red mole on his wrist?
In order to make it easier for them to see doctors and get medicine, they usually wear clothes with narrow sleeves and tight sleeves, so they never paid attention to this.
Especially the third child, probably because of his past experiences, he wrapped himself up tightly from head to toe, as if only in this way could he feel safe.
After Sanwa changed into his new clothes and came out from behind the curtain, Shen Qiyin's gaze subconsciously fell on his wrist.
Unfortunately, I didn't see anything.
The third child, completely oblivious, asked her shyly, "Senior sister, is it pretty?"
"nice."
With a face like his, he'd look good even in a burlap sack.
She stepped forward and stood in front of Sanwa, saying, "I just heard Chunsheng say that you have a red mole on your wrist. Can I take a look?"
“…Oh.” Sanwa didn’t think much of it and obediently rolled up his sleeves to show her.
Her wrists were as white as snow, with a touch of rosy red, making her exceptionally beautiful.
However, the mole was positioned slightly lower than the one on Shen Xiyin's wrist.
She still remembers that when Madam Wei first called her over, she stared intently at the red mole on her wrist, as if she could confirm something with that mole.
However, she and her junior brother were of different genders, so even if Madam Wei was really looking for someone, there was no reason why she wouldn't be able to tell the difference between men and women.
Perhaps it was just a coincidence?
Seeing that Shen Qiyin was staring intently at the mole on her wrist, Sanwa asked curiously, "Senior Sister, what's wrong?"
"……nothing."
After saying that, she felt that her explanation was too perfunctory, so she explained further: "Actually, it's because I also have a red mole on my wrist, and I was curious to see if it was really such a coincidence."
Sanwa was clearly surprised and exclaimed in astonishment, "What a coincidence!"
"Wow!" Chun Sheng's mind immediately went blank: "Third Master, you and Second Master wouldn't happen to be siblings, would you?"
Shen Qiyin said firmly, "Absolutely impossible."
Given how much her mother longed for a son, if she really had a younger brother, her mother would talk about him all the time, whether he was alive or dead.
But compared to Shen Qiyin's certainty, Sanwa hesitated: "I..."
"I don't know about my background."
“I was raised by a tomb raider when I was a child. He said he picked me up from a mass grave.”
“He had no sons and originally wanted me to grow up so that I could inherit his mantle.”
"But as I grew older, he changed his mind and sold me." Sanwa said this in a low voice, but his tone was calm, and his expression showed no signs of the tension and pain he usually displayed.
Shen Xiyin understood immediately upon hearing this.
The person who inherits the mantle doesn't need to be particularly outstanding in appearance, but Sanwa's face can bring him exceptionally rich rewards in other ways.
Dazhuang hadn't said a word from beginning to end, but then suddenly asked, "What was that tomb raider's name?"
Shen Qiyin gave him a deep look.
Sanwa, however, did not suspect anything and answered every question: "Everyone in the village calls him Xu Laosan, and some people call him something like Chi or Gui..." He couldn't quite remember.
Dazhuang chimed in, "Red-faced ghost?"
"Hey!" Sanwa's eyes lit up: "It looks like this."
"Does he have a red birthmark on his face?"
Sanwa was dumbfounded: "How did Senior Brother know?!"
"...I overheard this rumor from the martial arts world."
Whether out of fear that Sanwa would continue to press for answers or for some other reason, Dazhuang went into the kitchen after saying those words.
Shen Qiyin didn't say anything more, but a lingering doubt remained in her heart.
That day, before returning to the Shen family, Shen Qiyin went to see Granny Dai again.
The latter still reacted as if he had seen a ghost when he saw her.
The clothes, which had just been wrung out, slipped from my hand and fell back into the basin of water with a "thud".
Granny Dai was on the verge of tears: "Second Miss, why have you come again?"
"I've already told you everything I know about the old lady's messy affairs. What more do you want?"
Without saying a word, Shen Qiyin tossed her a few copper coins.
When Granny Dai saw the money, she was so happy she felt like her head was about to burst open.
She even changed her timid demeanor from before, and very attentively took a cushion and placed it on the chair next to Shi Mo, not forgetting to dust it off with a handkerchief, and warmly greeted, "Second Miss, please come in, please sit down."
"There's no need for you to sit."
"That……"
"I've come here today to borrow something from the old lady."
"What is that?"
Shen Qiyin smiled slightly, which made Granny Dai's heart skip a beat; she had a feeling that something bad was about to happen.
After returning to the Shen family, she had just entered the Haitang Courtyard when she heard Xianglan's voice from the corridor: "Second Miss, this servant has something important to ask of you."
Shen Qiyin originally thought that Xianglan's visit was because Madam Shen had caused some trouble, but to her surprise, after entering the room, Xianglan said mysteriously, "Second Miss, please take a look quickly, have you lost your money?"
Upon hearing this, Shen Qiyin's eyes flickered slightly, but she calmly asked in return, "What makes you say that?"
“I saw what happened during the day clearly, and I knew that the old lady was not willing to give up. That’s why I kept an eye on the movements of Zhuijin Hall when you were not in the mansion.”
"Guess what? Sure enough, we saw the old lady's maids coming to the Begonia Courtyard. They were all carrying food boxes, which must have been filled with silver!"
Chen Qiyin rested her chin on her hand, quietly looked at Xianglan for a while, and asked in confusion, "Why are you telling me all this?"
Xianglan knelt down at her feet with a thud, massaging her legs with moderate force while smiling obsequiously, "What bad intentions could this servant possibly have? I just want to enjoy the good life with you."
“But you are your mother’s maid.”
"Madam, you only won my heart by possessing me."
"I see..."
Xianglan nodded repeatedly, as if pounding garlic: "That's it!"
"So if you need anything in the future, Second Miss, just give me your orders, and I will do my best to handle it perfectly."
Upon hearing this, Shen Qiyin immediately asked her, half-jokingly, "Even if it means betraying your mother?"
Without a second thought, Xianglan said, "A qualified ox or horse only needs to be obedient; it doesn't need the ability to distinguish right from wrong, nor a sense of shame or morality, which are of little use."
Shen Qiyin raised an eyebrow and said, "Very good."
She liked the girl's fawning manner; it reminded her of how she felt in front of Xiao Yan back then.
Making a living is nothing to be ashamed of.
After sending Xianglan away, Shen Qiyin went to check the box of money.
At first glance, there was nothing unusual about it.
But when she picked through the silver layer by layer, she discovered something was wrong.
The bottom layer of silver was gone, replaced by a few pieces of broken wood underneath!
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