Warmth smiled.
This woman knows who I am, how dare she speak to me like that?
“It was Miss Wen who rented the shop first, but you interfered. You stole my sister’s shop… and you humiliated her like this. They say an elder sister is like a mother.”
Li Chuyi casually waved her sleeve and turned to look at the crowd of onlookers opposite her.
Then they started to stir things up.
"Look at this, everyone! Even I, a mere passerby, can't stand it anymore. Do you think the Wen family is the most powerful family in all of Jiangnan?"
“Yes, I saw it from beginning to end. It was Miss Wen who made the deal with the boss first. The second young lady is being unreasonable!” Someone in the crowd responded.
She was also dressed as a maid, Li Chuyi's maid. But no one paid any attention to her.
A question and an answer.
Soon, the people began to whisper among themselves.
"Well... although Miss Wen was kicked out, she didn't spend any of the Wen family's money to rent a shop."
"This leaves them no way to survive."
"That's too cruel."
The surrounding noise grew louder.
Li Chuyi gave the maid in the crowd a look that said she would be richly rewarded when she got back.
The maidservant immediately disappeared into the crowd.
Hearing increasingly unfavorable voices around her, Wen Nuan felt a little uneasy.
She swallowed hard.
"Who do you think you are? What do you know?" Wen Nuan questioned sharply. She remained arrogant.
Li Chuyi slowly took out a token from her sleeve and placed it on the table.
“I am from the Jiangnan County Magistrate’s Office. The magistrate of Jiangnan is my maternal grandfather. I came out... I never expected to encounter this matter. I will never let this go unpunished.” Li Chuyi’s voice was bright, like a ray of sunshine in the cold winter.
The surrounding crowd erupted in an uproar.
Isn't the most powerful official in Jiangnan the county magistrate?
"I felt so sorry for Miss Wen, and I couldn't bear it. How could such a horrific thing happen in public like this?" Li Chuyi said with righteous indignation.
Warmth's face immediately turned pale.
The Wen family were a merchant family, and although they were very wealthy and powerful, they were ultimately just ordinary people.
However, the county magistrate's office is an official post.
Since ancient times, people have not fought with officials.
If she had a quarrel with Li Chuyi and it reached the ears of the Second Madam, she would inevitably be punished.
Warmth's face immediately turned pale. Completely bloodless.
Li Chuyi threw the token on the table, her phoenix eyes slightly raised. "Boss Ling, I'll stand up for you. You don't need to be afraid of the little illegitimate daughter of the Wen family."
"Tell me, who are you renting it to?"
Li Chuyi raised her eyebrows slightly.
Boss Ling immediately snatched the ten taels of silver from Wen Nan's hand.
They really did it by gun...
"I'll rent it to the young lady." Boss Ling's words were direct and decisive.
Wen Nan raised his eyebrows slightly.
Boss Ling immediately wrote down the agreement, one copy for Wen Nan and one copy for Boss Ling himself.
Wen Nuan's face turned green; she had been publicly humiliated.
She was even slandered so badly by Li Chuyi! She wished she could dig a hole and bury herself right then and there.
Amidst the whispers and murmurs of the surrounding crowd, Wen Nuan fled in a disheveled state. She had completely lost face.
The other ladies who came with Wen Nuan also left under some pretext.
The excitement subsided, and everyone around left.
Wen Nan had paid the deposit and gotten the shop. She looked up and gave Li Chuyi a grateful look.
"Thank you." Wen Nan smiled gently, her attitude very mild.
After all, they helped me...
"That's it?" Li Chuyi was slightly stunned. She frowned, and her pink lips twitched.
He looked dissatisfied.
Wen Nan "..."
What does she want?
Wen Nan pursed her lips slightly and touched her pocket. After paying the rent, she still had five taels of silver left.
She took out three taels of silver from her pocket, a little reluctant, and placed it in Li Chuyi's palm.
"I don't have anything to give you, so consider this my thank-you gift," Wen Nan said earnestly.
But suddenly Li Chuyi burst out laughing.
"What would I do with your money? Don't you remember me?" Li Chuyi smiled, her eyes crinkling into crescents as she winked at Wen Nan several times.
Without saying a word, she stuffed the silver in her hand into Wen Nan's palm.
"Hmm." Wen Nan blinked slightly, thought carefully, and shook her head with a blank expression.
She couldn't remember. But Li Chuyi harbored no hostility towards her.
Li Chuyi sighed. She reminded her, "On Three Heads Mountain, do you remember? It was snowing heavily that day..."
Wen Nan's gaze gradually deepened.
"Oh, I remember now." Wen Nan carefully put the three taels of silver into his pocket without damaging a single cent. He then patted his pocket.
The money has been returned.
Li Chuyi stepped forward and took Wen Nan's arm, calling out in a clear voice, "Benefactor."
Wen Nan felt somewhat uneasy.
“It’s even now. You helped me today.” Wen Nan said earnestly.
Li Chuyi raised her eyebrows slightly; she had long known that Wen Nan was a very good person.
She was rescued by Wen Nan on the mountain. She dragged a dead wolf with her and brought it to the market.
She left a sachet for Wen Nan as evidence, so that she could repay him in the future.
But Wen Nan didn't want any of them.
She knew that Wen Nan was a chivalrous and righteous person.
“This… how can that be? How can the debt of saving my life be repaid? If you were a man, I would repay you with my body. The debt of saving my life is greater than heaven.” Li Chuyi disagreed.
The maid standing next to him was practically speechless.
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