Chen Siyuan had been busy outside for half a day.
The news we received was that my older brother had indeed had an accident, and no one knew what happened afterward except for him.
Wang Li quickly responded to this, saying that his elder brother was rescued after someone intervened when he was in danger.
Hearing this, Chen Siyuan felt relieved.
It must be someone from my maternal grandfather's family.
Because of this, Chen Siyuan felt there was no need to investigate further, and since she was already out, she decided to take a look at the shops outside.
I visited several shops, all of which were fabric stores, with a lot of people coming and going.
Chen Siyuan looked closely and found that the people who came to the shop were all maids and servants from wealthy and powerful families.
Moreover, these stores are located in different places, but they all have the same business model and cater to the same customer base.
Later, Chen Siyuan went to the teahouse and found a window seat on the second floor.
While sipping tea and watching the crowds moving downstairs, I was lost in thought.
The Chen family's affairs have already begun, and it's impossible to guard against them all.
Without the experiences of her past life, she would find it difficult to make judgments on many things.
I always felt that my opponent was too skilled, and that I was like someone with my hands and feet cut off, unable to do anything properly and completely unable to use my abilities.
The same applies to my older brother's situation this time.
Thinking back to my past life in the capital, because I didn't have a powerful background, I had to...
Chen Siyuan thought about how she ended up so miserable in her previous life. It was one thing that the people around her were scheming, but there was another, more important reason: she had no one by her side.
Training people requires money.
The events that happened in Nancheng this year were enough to make her a fortune, giving her plenty of money.
With money, she could train her own people.
More importantly, she needs a powerful backer.
The saying goes, "It's good to have a big tree to lean on for shade."
With a powerful backer, many shady characters will voluntarily avoid you.
Back then, Chen Xin was able to do so well in Beijing, escaping several attempts to trip me up, because Chen Xin had powerful backers.
It is so large that it can control everything.
As I pondered, Qiao Yuchen's image suddenly appeared in my mind.
He is the future Ghost Face General, and his identity has always been a mystery.
I heard that this person was a child of the Qiao family who had been separated from his family. Now the Qiao family had only one son, Qiao Zhen. Later, something happened and Qiao Zhen died. The old general Qiao Meng found Qiao Yuchen to inherit the Qiao family.
I thought of all the rumors I heard about Qiao Yuchen in my past life.
Most people say that Qiao Yuchen's mother was of low status and that Qiao Yuchen's origins were unknown. If it weren't for the fact that the Qiao family had just lost a son, Qiao Yuchen would never have had the chance to step into the Qiao family, let alone become the Ghost-Faced General who was revered by everyone.
Thinking back to the first time I met Qiao Yuchen.
She smiled.
Does this mean she's connected with a powerful backer?
As she thought about it, Chen Siyuan smiled.
If they can truly become one's support, it doesn't seem like a bad thing.
At this point, Qiao Yuchen has not yet risen to prominence, nor has he become the Ghost-Faced General. Befriending him now is enough to demonstrate his sincerity.
Chen Siyuan was determined to find a powerful backer so she could make a fortune that she could squander for the rest of her life.
She told herself that women can live a different life without relying on men.
Feeling better, Chen Siyuan left the teahouse and bought some pastries from Su Ji on the street, intending to give them to her grandmother to try.
As the last rays of evening light appeared, Chen Siyuan's carriage stopped in front of the Chen family's house.
After getting off the carriage, she went straight to the summer residence.
Before they even reached Xiaju, a clumsy maid came running up and they bumped into each other.
Chunlan and Chunping were surprised that the Chen family had such a reckless maid. They couldn't stop her, so they could only help the young lady who was about to be knocked over.
"What's wrong with you? Can't you watch where you're going?" Chunlan scolded the maid after confirming that the young lady was alright.
The maidservant knelt on the ground with a thud, "This servant...this servant greets the young lady."
Chen Siyuan didn't pay attention at first, but when she saw the bloodstains on the maid's clothes and glanced in the direction the maid had run from, she felt something was wrong and hurried towards the warm room.
She arrived at the entrance of the warm house, saw the scene in the courtyard, and stopped in her tracks.
The courtyard was filled with maids and servants.
A maid was lying on the ground, clearly having just been whipped. Her back was covered in large, bloody wounds, which looked quite horrifying.
Wang Li, who was tied up with ropes, was kneeling next to him.
There have been many things going on lately, so Chen Siyuan had Wang Li stay at the Chen family home. After receiving the news today, she asked Wang Li to come back first.
This happened so soon.
Wang Li was also injured, more severely than the maid. He knelt on the ground, his face pale, staring straight ahead.
"What's going on?" Chen Siyuan walked in, and as soon as she said that, the maids who were originally standing around her all knelt on the ground.
"Young Miss, you're finally back! If you hadn't come back, something terrible would have happened to our Chen family." Aunt Zhao approached and spoke to Chen Siyuan insincerely.
Chen Siyuan gave her a cold glance, then looked at everyone present, "Who did it?"
"Young Miss, please don't be angry. It's because the maids and servants in this manor are colluding that..."
Chen Siyuan suddenly looked at Aunt Zhao, her face ashen, and coldly asked, "Did you do this?"
Aunt Zhao's heart skipped a beat when she met Chen Siyuan's gaze.
Chen Siyuan already understood. She didn't know where her elder brother and grandmother had gone, causing such a commotion. Looking at Aunt Zhao's attitude, she could roughly guess what was going on.
"Cut off her hand with me!" Chen Siyuan said, pointing directly at the old woman to the side.
She knew this person was Aunt Zhao's henchman, and that Aunt Zhao was the one who instigated many things, including today's incident.
"Young Miss, it's not my fault. It was Wang Li who was having an affair with one of the maids in your courtyard, and Aunt Zhao caught them in the act, so I..."
"How dare you!" Chen Siyuan's eyes suddenly turned cold. "You lowly servant girl, how dare you yell at me? You're asking for death!"
"Young lady, spare me! Young lady, spare me!"
"Hmph—" Chen Siyuan snorted coldly and looked at Chunlan to the side.
"Aunt Zhao, please say a word for me! I was only following your orders... ah..."
Chunlan reacted quickly, raising her hand and striking down, severing the old woman's arm.
The crowd was so frightened that they knelt on the ground, trembling, not daring to breathe.
They came to the warm house on the orders of Aunt Zhao, to deal with an ignorant maid. They were horrified to see someone being beaten earlier, and now they witnessed another violent scene. If they hadn't been holding on, many of the more timid ones would have fainted.
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