Qianfan Pavilion?
He Jiuniang had never heard of it before, so she honestly shook her head.
Mingze took out a token from his pocket and gave it to her, saying, "Qianfan Pavilion is an organization I run. It is generally used to collect intelligence, but occasionally it also does business of renting expert guards to wealthy families. I heard that your child was abducted yesterday. I will send two people to secretly protect him from now on. Take this token. No matter where you are, as long as you take this token to any restaurant or teahouse under Qianfan Pavilion, you can gather manpower for your use."
"By the way, the shops under Qianfan Pavilion will have a small pattern drawn with sealing wax in the lower right corner of the shop sign. It may be flowers, trees, or birds and beasts. Anlanfang also has one under its sign. Doctor He will recognize it at a glance."
He Jiuniang was stunned. If she wasn't mistaken, Qianfan Pavilion was a very secretive organization in the martial arts world. Under normal circumstances, they would rather have as few people know about it as possible. But why would Mingze openly tell her about this?
"Master Ming, I appreciate your kindness, but this token is too valuable; I cannot accept it!"
She wanted to return the token, but Mingze stepped back and avoided it.
"Dr. He, you've treated my wife's illness. Compared to her health, this is nothing. Please accept the token; you might need it someday."
Mingze looked at her with gentle eyes and a smile in them. He Jiuniang felt a little uncomfortable, as if something was off.
She didn't want to accept it, but she couldn't refuse the kind offer, so she had no choice but to bite the bullet and say thank you before leaving.
Mingze watched her hurried departure and couldn't help but curl the corners of his lips into a smile. Recalling the reports his subordinates had given him a couple of days ago, his smile deepened.
The men under her command said that He Jiuniang was indeed the lady's long-lost daughter. She was abducted from the north to the south when she was young, and was sold to many slave traders during that time.
The first human trafficker who took her in was surnamed He, and the little girl insisted that her name was Jiu'er, so the human trafficker gave her a very rustic name—He Jiu Niang.
She was sold to different brokerage firms several times afterward, where she worked as a maid, but they were in no hurry to sell her to any particular family.
However, I don't stay at each dental clinic for very long; the longest I've stayed at one clinic is only seven months.
When she arrived at the brokerage firm in the small county town of Changzhou, she finally came of age and was then randomly sold to a farmer's family to be their wife.
The broker surnamed He has been found by the people of Qianfan Pavilion. After repeated interrogation, it was confirmed that the abduction of He Jiuniang was orchestrated by someone else. As for who that person was, he did not know, but the other party had given him a lot of money.
Based on what he had found out about Jiang Ruoya's identity, He Jiuniang's disappearance was very likely due to those shady and unsavory methods used in the Gao family's backyard.
He didn't want to know any more information for the time being, so he didn't have anyone investigate. In any case, the only thing that could be confirmed at the moment was that He Jiuniang was Jiang Ruoya's daughter.
Fate is truly wondrous. He never expected that his wife would actually run into his daughter after going out. Now that his wife is seriously ill, his daughter has taken the initiative to come to their door to treat her. If he hadn't thoroughly investigated He Jiu Niang's background, he would have suspected that someone was pulling strings behind the scenes.
So, He Jiuniang is his stepdaughter. Given this relationship, telling her about Qianfan Pavilion and giving her a token isn't actually that valuable.
As for telling them the truth, Mingze didn't want to say it for the time being. Firstly, his wife's illness hadn't fully recovered, and secondly, she now felt that He Jiuniang was her daughter, so there was no need to tell her.
As for He Jiuniang, she doesn't really need her family's help for the time being. I'll just secretly send people to look after her. Telling her now might affect the treatment of Jiang Ruoya.
So he decided to wait until Jiang Ruoya had fully recovered before telling her the good news, and then hold a grand family reunion banquet, which would be a happy ending for everyone.
He Jiuniang put the token into her spatial storage, thinking she would study it carefully when she got home.
Jiang Ruoya's acupuncture time was up, so He Jiuniang collected the needles and returned to the clinic to prepare for her consultations.
She had just returned to the clinic when she ran into Cheng Xuewei, who had been waiting for her there.
Upon seeing her return, he pounced on her, grabbed her, and led her into the side room.
Yes, it can be lifted with one hand.
He Jiuniang: ...
"Sister Cheng, Sister Xuewei, let's talk this out!"
She begged for mercy the whole way, which made the doctors and patients around her laugh.
"Tell me the truth, what exactly happened? Wasn't the child lost? How come you've found a husband?"
Cheng Xuewei was not as fierce as she appeared. The moment she put He Jiuniang down, a gossipy smile appeared on her face, and her eyes burned with intense gossip.
She didn't know about the dog's disappearance yesterday; she only heard about it when she came to the clinic. Afraid that she had misheard, she went to ask Song Chi, only to find out that the child had been found.
Not only that, her husband, who had been away from home for many years, was also found and returned.
Cheng Xuewei felt it was a dream. After being missing for so many years, they could still meet because of the child. What an incredible fate!
In that instant, she, who had just divorced not long ago, suddenly believed in love again!
If He Jiuniang knew how much she was thinking, she would definitely burst out laughing. Fate is indeed wonderful, but as for love, there is none for now.
"This is a long story..."
"Then let's get straight to the point!"
He Jiuniang: ...
She smacked her lips twice and then quickly got to the point: "My son was kidnapped by bad guys, so I went to rescue him, and coincidentally, he also went to rescue the group of kidnapped children, and that's how we met."
"Really? That's something you only see in storybooks!"
Cheng Xuewei's eyes widened, her chubby little hands cupping her face, her cheeks flushed with happiness; anyone who didn't know better would think she was the heroine of the story.
"You said he was also there to rescue those children, so is he working in the prefectural city?"
He Jiuniang nodded: "Yes, but I don't know exactly what he does, and he didn't tell me. However, he has a house in the prefectural city, so I won't need to rent your house anymore."
"Sigh, you're moving out after only a few days, you've made me happy for nothing! But, he must be pretty powerful to have a house in the prefectural city, yet he hasn't contacted his family all these years. Is he already in the prefectural city...?"
Cheng Xuewei didn't finish her sentence, but He Jiuniang understood what she meant.
Under normal circumstances, everyone would think that way, and there's nothing wrong with that.
However, Lu Baichuan's experience was not normal. He Jiuniang shook her head and explained, "No, he kept trying to contact his family, but we had fled the famine, so he couldn't get in touch. He went back to his hometown to look for us, but he couldn't find us. He also saw the death list of the entire family and thought we were all gone. This period was quite difficult for him."
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