Yuan Shikai once again wore a mysterious expression: "That's a secret."
There's no secret to it; it's just an instinctive intuition that he can't explain! He can't very well say he doesn't know how to express it, can he? At his age, wouldn't it be embarrassing to say it out loud? Anyway, his intuition has never failed him, so he'll just maintain a bit of mystery to fool people.
To prevent Zhu Fanfan from asking any more questions, he said directly, "Just now, a major event happened in the Jing family. In just half an hour, all the men in the Jing family vomited blood."
Seeing that Zhu Fanfan's attention had been diverted, Yuan Datou recounted the Jing family's affairs in detail...
The incident started when two girls returned with a large sum of money. One of them said that she was her adoptive parents' only child, and that her adoptive parents had passed away and left their property to her. She felt it was unsafe for a girl to be alone with them, so she sold her belongings to inquire about her biological parents and finally found them and came to seek refuge with them.
One was personally delivered by the adoptive parents, who also gave the Jing family a sum of money, saying that they had their own biological child, but the biological child did not like the older sister, so they specially inquired about the family and sent her back. They also said that they would give her a sum of money as a dowry for her marriage, as a final thing for the mother and daughter to do for her daughter.
What she said in front of all the neighbors today made them extremely envious. The girl brought a large sum of money to live with her biological parents, making most of the families with boys eager to do the same.
But Yuan Datou scoffed: "A bunch of brainless people, why are they following along? They don't even use their brains. A seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl, her adoptive parents are all dead. There's a long line of people who want to inherit the family property. How could they let a girl like her run away? There's another one who was raised to adulthood and was about to be given a dowry, but they were released and given a sum of money. Those adoptive parents don't seem like wealthy people."
They still want to marry her, but they don't even look at their own heads. They're probably going to be crushed by the green hats on their heads. They're even fantasizing about how much dowry she'll receive. Although her adoptive parents are dressed cleanly and neatly, they have an air of poverty about them. They could never be a wealthy family. They're not wealthy, yet they casually give away a few bundles of money as a dowry to their adopted daughter. Anyone but a blind person can see that something's wrong, and yet a bunch of people are still envious.
As for the one whose adoptive parents are both dead, I don't even want to talk about it. Anyone with a brain can sense that something is wrong.
"Later, the adoptive parents left, leaving only the family. Both girls greeted the neighbors without any stage fright, but their eyes were like hooks, and several men blushed at the time."
The man was dragged back home by his wife, and there will probably be an argument when he gets home. Luckily, he is old and no one cares. In his opinion, something bad is going to happen again. The atmosphere at the station is quite tense today. He doesn't feel well, so he should stay sick for a few more days!
"The men of the Jing family tried to smooth things over, saying that since they were all neighbors, they would hold a banquet to make it lively. Although there wouldn't be any fancy dishes, it would be enough to fill everyone's stomachs. The Jing family is up to something."
There is a severe food shortage now. The country almost ran out of food before, and everyone went hungry for a while. Food supplies have only recently returned to normal, though the amount has been reduced considerably. But no one dares to say that they can have enough to eat. Either the Jing family will stop pretending or they will cause trouble.
"Everyone was quite happy at first, but then the men of the Jing family suddenly turned pale and drove away the neighbors with dark faces. After the Jing family closed the door, the six men coughed up blood. After coughing for a while, they acted as if nothing had happened, wiped off the bloodstains, changed their clothes, and hurriedly left the city."
Tsk tsk tsk, he had never seen someone vomit so much blood and recover so quickly. The Jing family was indeed extraordinary.
Zhu Fanfan sensed something was wrong. There were seven coffins; shouldn't there be seven people vomiting blood? "Has Inoue Kama vomited yet?"
It seems that they are all related to the coffin outside the city, but she didn't sense the presence of any formation. By the way, the cherry blossoms' stamens are very abnormal; perhaps it's related to that.
Yuan Datou retorted irritably, "I haven't even been to the police station yet, how would I know?"
It's infuriating! If I miss a piece of information, I'll go find out about it right away. He has every little thing going on in Shanghai under his control, and he even makes money from it!
Zhu Fanfan wasn't angry; she even smiled. Yuan Datou was an intelligence gatherer! How could someone like that not be valued?
Yuan Datou felt a chill and gloom; it must be the Jing family's evil spirits acting up. He decided to burn some incense to ward off the bad luck.
Zhu Fanfan, seeing that there was no other information about the Yuan Shikai silver dollar, asked: "For fine grains, do you want refined rice or enriched flour?"
Yuan Shikai tentatively asked, "Would half and half be alright?"
Zhu Fanfan agreed: "Of course, I'll go outside and get it for you, just wait here."
Yuan Datou chuckled and said, "No need for that trouble. I'll go with you and carry it for you."
Zhu Fanfan refused: "I have people protecting me in secret, so it's inconvenient. I'll go pick up the things and bring them to you. They're nearby, so you can just wait."
If he follows her, how will he get things from her spatial storage? Anyway, when you're out and about, you give yourself your own identity. If she says she has people secretly protecting you, then she does; if she says she has a certain number, then she does. The rest is entirely up to Yuan Datou's imagination.
Yuan Datou knew that Zhu Fanfan's identity was not simple, but he didn't expect that she was so special that she would have someone protecting her. He hadn't even noticed.
After Zhu Fanfan finished speaking, she went out and walked to a secluded corner. Suddenly, she had the feeling that she was being followed, but when she scanned the area with her mental energy, there was no one there. The feeling of being followed was not obvious, but it was still there. Sure enough, her grandfather said that there are always people more capable than you. She would have to be more careful in the future.
Zhu Fanfan, indulging in his wicked senses, used his mental energy to alter his own magnetic field, fearing the opponent might be a master. He even amplified his mental energy, thoroughly enjoying himself by himself.
A desolate voice came: "I heard what you wanted, and I brought it to you as quickly as possible."
Then, in a dignified voice, he said, "I just went outside and bought a pheasant. It's quite large; enough to cover the cost of any important news."
Zhu Fanfan changed her voice: "Hmm! Well done, give it to me, you can go now!"
After saying that, she withdrew her mental energy and returned to normal. It wasn't that she wanted to finish the battle quickly; it was just that it was too mentally taxing.
She held seven and a half pounds of fine rice, seven and a half pounds of wheat flour, and a pheasant with its beak and wings wrapped in straw. This pheasant was also bred by itself after she threw it into the space, and it was about the same size as the one she raised at home.
Yuan Datou was stunned when he saw it. In this day and age, it was quite an achievement to be able to buy wild pheasants, especially for such a large demand. However, when he looked at Zhu Fanfan, he no longer treated him like a child and instead showed some respect. After all, if he offended a family with secret guards, the whole family would lose their lives.
Isn't it just that he wants something new? He knows quite a lot! He even wrote it all down in a notebook so he wouldn't forget! If Zhu Fanfan wants to, he can just give it to him.
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