The woman thought her fate was over.
Before coming to the cake shop, she was nervous and panicked. She knew that there was no way she would be kept, but the dead end in front of her forced her to come here, just to try her luck and have a tiny hope.
When people have nowhere else to go.
When people have no way out.
Perhaps I can let go of my reputation...
"Thank you, young lady."
"I hope for a rest... I hope for a rest, I just hope for a rest... I can't live anymore. I'm an abandoned woman driven out by my husband's family. How can this world tolerate me?"
"As long as the girl doesn't despise me, I will never leave, let alone go back." Pan Xi cried out and knelt down in front of Chen Wei.
Since then.
The cake shop had its first female worker before it even opened.
Chen Wei advanced her one or two taels of silver, gave her a place to live, taught her the details of the process of receiving customers, and gave her hope of life.
On the way back home.
Xie Yuchuan still disagreed with Chen Wei keeping Panxi, saying that Panxi had killed two children and must be a person with bad morals.
Chen Wei didn't want to argue with him about right or wrong, so she directly brought up the matter of dropping the chess piece. She cried bitterly, and after repeatedly attacking Xie Yuchuan's guilt, she successfully refused to sleep with Xie Yuchuan again.
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As the old lady Hou’s birthday banquet is approaching, the people in the mansion begin to get busy.
Qin Shuyu, who had been copying Buddhist scriptures in the Buddhist temple for a few days, also began to preside over the procedures and rules of the birthday banquet.
Aunt Zhao, who was recuperating in a side hospital, finally waited for this day. Since she had hope of living, she took her medicine on time and took good care of her body. She never tried to commit suicide by cutting her wrists again.
Today is the day that Chen Wei will lead himself to change.
Chen Wei said.
I want to make myself as bright and dazzling as her, to be liked by the Marquis, and to be special.
"Miss Shen, I'm ready and I'm well." Aunt Zhao's eyes were full of anticipation, and she made this matter her only thought for survival: "Where are we going now?"
"Should I find a place where no one is around and imitate your expressions, clothes, and language?"
"But, but what if I can't imitate well?"
The change that Aunt Zhao thought she had made into a charming woman like Chen Wei was because she was imitating her demeanor and her daily style of behavior.
So it started from the moment I was discharged from the hospital.
Aunt Zhao tried to walk just like Chen Wei did.
Even when getting on the carriage, Aunt Zhao observed carefully and tried her best to do the same.
She thought that by doing this, she would become as unique as Chen Wei and be cherished by Xie Yuchuan. If she went back to the delivery room that day, perhaps Xie Yuchuan would not keep the baby.
Chen Wei looked at this scene, chuckled and shook his head: "What are you thinking about?"
"You are you, you don't need to imitate anyone else."
"I'll take you to the temple to burn incense and pray for the unborn child. Don't worry, I'll help you eventually."
Aunt Zhao smiled awkwardly and self-deprecatingly.
Xiaoman, who was sitting next to her, raised her head and said to Chen Wei in surprise, "Miss, you are not going to the Linghuang Temple outside the city, are you?"
"I heard that a while ago, a man defamed someone in Linghuang Temple. The woman whose innocence was defamed apparently committed suicide. The clan felt ashamed and didn't even erect a tombstone after her death."
"Although the matter has been suppressed again and again, there are still rumors outside."
"Linghuang Temple is now deserted. Young ladies from wealthy families are too scared to go there. The temple elders also take it very seriously and require all women who go to burn incense to wear curtains."
"Even married women must wear it to avoid having their innocence defiled."
The unexpected words brought Chen Wei's thoughts back to that night.
She was standing in the corner of the pharmacy, watching the farce without paying much attention. She saw with her own eyes how Lin's mother used the most vicious words in the world to spit on her daughter.
I saw with my own eyes Miss Lin in grief, crying out that she was wronged.
Finally he hit his head against the wall and died.
The sight of the blood splattered all over the floor made Chen Wei's stomach churn. Even after such a long time, he still felt a tightness in his heart when he recalled it.
"Miss, do we have a curtain? I'm afraid we can't get in without it." Xiaoman looked at the curtain worriedly.
Aunt Zhao sat aside, wringing her handkerchief, without saying a word.
Chen Wei paused for a moment and ordered, "Tell the coachman to stop at the city gate. I'll go down and buy it."
Curtain!
Curtain!
She was really fed up with this feeling.
When traveling or burning incense, one must cover their face and skin tightly.
If you meet a man from another family, you cannot even reveal his maiden name.
Ordinary women are exploited, beaten and scolded, and they would rather die than divorce.
The noble lady of the Gao family has been labeled with the words chastity and reputation since she was born. The world should not be like this. It is too bad and sick, but no one thinks it is sick.
The carriage stopped.
Chen Wei lifted the curtain and got out of the car, going to a nearby shop to buy a curtain.
She was dressed elegantly, and ever since she started exercising, even her walk had an imposing aura, causing passersby to look back at her frequently.
"She has a stunning appearance and a slender figure. She is truly eye-catching."
A luxurious carriage stopped not far away.
A bony hand lifted the curtain. The man sitting inside raised his eyebrows, his eyes fixed on the figure of the woman. "I have been to many festivals and banquets in recent years, but I have rarely seen such a beauty."
"Is that young lady from the capital? Why does she look unfamiliar to me?"
The servant beside him looked up and quickly glanced at Chen Wei: "Sir, have you forgotten? There is a rumor in the capital that Marquis Xie has a beautiful woman hidden away. She is extremely beautiful, but her behavior is unique and dissolute."
"She was wearing the most expensive Shu silk brocade in the entire capital. There were only three bolts of this material in the entire capital."
"You spent a lot of money to give a horse to the young lady of the Xiangfu. The mistress of the Marquis's Mansion is of noble status and bought one with her own money. And this last one, wasn't it bought by Marquis Xie as a gift for her?"
It turns out that he is someone from the Marquis’ Mansion.
Speaking of which, he has been having some issues with the Marquis' Mansion recently!
The young man narrowed his eyes, his gaze filled with calculation and scheming. "A while ago, Miss Lu suddenly came to see me. As soon as we met, she asked me if I had slandered the reputation of that whore Lin Yun'er."
"The vain Lin family, seeing our Dong family's rise in recent years, are clinging to this marriage."
"I've secretly tried to pressure the Lin family several times, hoping they'd back off, but they've been playing dumb with me. They've even been asking me when I'm getting married! How ridiculous! Is Lin Yun'er even worthy enough?"
"She herself is promiscuous and unclean."
"If she hadn't insisted on going to the temple to burn incense, would she have fallen into the water? Would I have had the chance to catch her?"
"It was all set, but that damn Qin Shuyu got some information from nowhere and actually slandered my character in front of Miss Lu! If I hadn't reacted quickly, this marriage would have been ruined!"
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