Linxia

Chapter 102, Lian Pit

Just when Fang Lin's family, along with his uncle Fang Boxian, Fang Chuanhui, and Fang Yuyu, went to Yishun Teahouse to watch a play.

The people who came from the old Chen family, Chen Guiyun, Chen Fengshi, and Chen the widow, all three of them had eaten their fill and were full of energy. They went to the Geng family to ask where Sister Guihua lived.

The Geng family's daughter-in-law hesitated to speak, looking at them as if they were fools: "You don't know, Sister Guihua is..."

She stopped talking halfway and said, "You guys go find someone else. I don't know anything about this and I don't want to get involved!"

Chen Guiyun, the Chen Feng couple, and Widow Chen looked at each other and felt that something was wrong when they saw Su Xiaoqing's attitude.

"We give money!" Chen Guiyun suddenly said.

"This is not about money..." Su Xiaoqing originally thought and tried to push it as planned.

Then, Chen Guiyun was seen taking his wife Chen Fengshi and widow Chen and walking straight out of the door.

——Since Su Xiaoqing's attitude has softened and she can talk for money, it means that even if Sister Guihua has a background, she is not that scary. She can just ask others. If she wants to take advantage of them, what a lie!

Su Xiaoqing was stunned for a moment, but then laughed: "It's not a good deal to rush forward. Well, well, wait a while, you have to come back."

Sister Guihua, Fang Lin, she, and... had already started making preparations, letting the neighbors see what they should see, and letting the matter spread secretly. Anyone who was cautious and didn't want to cause trouble would never say anything.

Sure enough, after a while, Chen Guiyun and the other two came back.

They just went to inquire, but no one from the city knew Guihua's family. After coming to the city, she used her natal nickname. They finally met two families who had stayed in the nearby Xiaohe Village. They saw that they were from Lao Chen's family, and when they heard that they were asking about Guihua's family, their faces suddenly turned cold and they refused to tell her anything, threatening to beat her with a broom if she didn't leave.

This made them feel uneasy and they felt that there was something strange behind it.

"Hey, why are you back?" Su Xiaoqing asked sarcastically.

The three of them looked at each other. Widow Chen stepped forward, took out two feet of cloth and smiled apologetically: "Didn't you know just now? This little bit is my apology."

"Okay, then I won't bother about what happened just now." Su Xiaoqing accepted it and followed their words, believing that this was an apology for what happened just now. The subtext was obvious: if they wanted to find out more... they would have to pay extra!

Chen Guiyun and the other two were not stupid, so they could understand the hidden meaning of the words. They were immediately furious. When had they ever suffered such a loss? However, since they had something to ask of others, they had to swallow their anger.

Chen Guiyun said, "When we find the osmanthus flower, we will get the money and then give you two more coins."

"Hey, are you trying to hang me with empty words? Get out!" Su Xiaoqing immediately changed her expression and drove him away.

How could Chen Guiyun and the other two just leave like that? Otherwise, the two feet of cloth would have been given away for nothing. After much persuasion, bargaining, and arguing, and finally paying a penny of silver, Su Xiaoqing finally gave in.

She looked outside, closed the door like a thief, and said mysteriously: "You don't know, Guihua was favored by a big shot and kept outside..."

When Chen Guiyun and the other two heard this, they felt a jolt in their hearts. This was exactly the worst-case scenario they had discussed.

However, they were not pushovers and would not just believe it. They walked aside and discussed among themselves.

"It may not be true. Maybe Guihua deliberately released the news to scare others?"

"It's easy to tell. We can just go and see it with our own eyes. You can't fake this kind of thing."

The three of them discussed it and came back, wanting Su Xiaoqing to take them there.

"I can take you there. I'll just take you to the place and show you around. I won't take care of anything else and won't get involved." Su Xiaoqing said.

Her reaction actually made Chen Guiyun and the other two believe it a little more.

Soon, Su Xiaoqing brought them to the vicinity of Guihua's house and saw a tall, fat man with a rough face and a gold chain, followed by two servants leaving.

"I heard that this person is called Xu Kuo Lao. Just listening to the name, doesn't it sound very wealthy..."

Su Xiaoqing quietly introduced them and said, "Okay, I've brought you here. I won't get involved in the rest. I'm leaving now!"

Then she really left, and even though they tried to ask for more money, she couldn't stay.

Originally, Chen Guiyun and the other two were a little suspicious. Was Su Xiaoqing playing them? Otherwise, why was Su Xiaoqing the only one willing to speak? Was she not afraid of offending Sister Guihua? Could she be a traitor who had infiltrated their organization? Now that she had left, they no longer had any doubts. They thought that she was really greedy for money, because of the two feet of cloth and one penny of silver!

Because of this, I believed Su Xiaoqing's words even more.

However, in this kind of situation, the arrow has been drawn to the bow, and there is no way to give up. I can only bite the bullet and go up to him and knock on the door.

……

The person who opened the door was a strong woman, who asked unhappily, "Who are you looking for?"

"Excuse me, is this Guihua's home? We are her relatives!"

"Yes, let's look for He Guihua."

"Shut up! Do you think you can call our lady by her name?" the strong woman scolded.

"Madam?" Chen Fengshi almost cried out after hearing this: "Who doesn't know who? You, He Guihua, used to be such a pitiful person in Xiaohe Village. Why are you pretending to be so powerful now?"

Chen Guiyun pulled his wife and asked her to calm down.

Among the three, he was cunning and shrewd, Chen Fengshi was slightly worse and was good at throwing tantrums. As for widow Chen, she was cunning and good at throwing tantrums, so they were chosen as representatives.

When Widow Chen heard the word "Madam", she felt as if she had eaten shit, but she still held it in and said, "Yes, we will find Madam He... Madam He. Please tell her that her relatives from her hometown are here."

"Wait!" The strong woman left a message and went in. After a while, until Chen Guiyun and the other two became a little impatient, she came out again and let them in.

When I entered the door, there was a strong woman inside.

Widow Chen couldn't help but feel jealous when she saw this scene. She muttered in her heart: "That bitch Guihua must have been licking her husband's ass in bed to please him, which is why she is taken care of and arranged so well."

She was really jealous, but she was still rational. She looked at Chen Guiyun and his wife and understood: it would not work to use force today. For one thing, they might not be able to beat the two strong women. It would be even worse to throw a tantrum. After all, Sister Guihua did such a thing, why would she care about her reputation? If she really threw a tantrum, she would probably get two big slaps in the face.

They could only discuss it secretly and try the soft approach, but when they actually saw Sister Guihua, the three of them were completely stunned.

"Who is it?" Today, Sister Guihua was wearing silk clothes, a jade hairpin on her head, silver bracelets on her wrists, and she was covered in jewels, with a very graceful demeanor.

This change was so unbelievable that Chen Guiyun and the other two could not believe it. Looking at Sister Guihua like this, they tried hard to search through their memories and only then could they vaguely find a little bit of similarity in her appearance.

——To be honest, not only them, but also Fang Lin, Su Xiaoqing and others, who witnessed the little changes in Sister Osmanthus with their own eyes in the past twenty days, felt unbelievable and shocked. They can only say that some people are favored by God, and talent is something that cannot be compared with one another.

"No wonder this little rascal can be so close to a noble man."

Chen Guiyun and the other two were shocked and had the same thought in their hearts. With her temperament, it was not an exaggeration to say that she was with a noble man. They believed Su Xiaoqing's words even more.

In contrast, the previous psychological preparation was completely eliminated.

"People from Old Chen's family? Aren't all the people from Old Chen's family dead?" Sister Guihua said slowly.

These words were tantamount to scolding someone, but strangely, Chen Guiyun and the other two did not feel too angry. Perhaps it was because they were subconsciously inferior in their mentality?
At this time, they all spoke.

"Guihua, the ones who died were from Old Chen's family in Xiaohe Village. We are from Old Chen's family in Nanping Village next door!"

"Yes, yes, Guihua, don't you remember us? We even went to your wedding banquet with Daqiang!"

Sister Guihua stared at Chen Guiyun and the other two for a while, and they felt uneasy, as if there were ants crawling on their backs, and they felt uncomfortable all over. Then she nodded slightly: "I remember now, there seem to be these people. What do you want?"

Chen Guiyun and the other two hesitated and were unable to say anything. In this situation, did they dare to say that they were here to wipe out the entire family?
However, since they didn't say anything, Guihua narrowed her eyes and spoke out, her voice calm but with a hint of coldness: "Are you here to eat the extinct family? You are really crazy. Even if the Chen family of Xiaohe Village is extinct, what does it have to do with your Chen family of Nanping Village?"

This is indeed the truth, but what kind of truth can a group of people who are capable of doing such a thing as eating out a family's entire family talk about?
If Sister Guihua had not behaved like this today, Chen Guiyun and the other two would have naturally been able to be unreasonable. But in the current situation, they had to be reasonable, and they could no longer be justified.

"Oh, that's shameless. Let me think, what methods will you use? Use force and rob directly? Block the door and make a scene to ruin my reputation? Or hug my legs and cry? Or file a lawsuit?" Every word and sentence was like raindrops hitting people's hearts.

Chen Guiyun and the other two listened and cold sweats broke out on their backs. If they didn't know it was impossible, they would probably have thought that Sister Guihua was watching them discuss it in person last night!
"Today is different from the past. My He family is not the Chen family. This is in the provincial capital, not Xiaohe Village. You make one for me to see!" Sister Guihua said calmly, glancing at them one by one.

Chen Guiyun and the other two avoided looking at her, but they felt humiliated in their hearts. The two women even complained in their hearts: "She is just a slut who relies on seducing men. Why are you so proud? She will definitely be thrown away when she is worn out in the future."

Of course, even though they complained in their hearts, they still put on a smile on their faces.

"I dare not! I dare not! How dare I?"

"Guihua, we had no choice but to come here. The villagers forced us to come here... If we don't take some back, it will be hard to explain to all those people."

"Yes, Guihua, give me some. You are not short of money now."

"Oh, what a coincidence! I'm not short of money, and I don't care about it, but my business has not been going well lately."

Sister Guihua seemed to smack her tongue and said, "How about this, it's not good to let you go back empty-handed. I thought of a way to have the best of both worlds. How about giving you a chance to make a fortune as compensation?"

"An opportunity to make a fortune?" Chen Guiyun and the other two cursed inwardly. They had heard of using things to pay off debts, but they had never heard of using an opportunity to make a fortune to pay off debts.

"The third son of the Gu family of Rongxin Commercial Bank, you can go and ask around. There are some businesses that outsiders don't know about. The share is limited and you can invest a little. If you invest one tael, you will get one tael and a half in a month. If you invest ten taels, you will get fifteen taels in a month..."

If Fang Lin were a person from his previous life, upon hearing about the endorsement of a certain celebrity, secret channels, limited shares, and super high returns, his subconscious reaction would be that it was a scam. But in this era, without having been baptized by scammers, some of the three were actually tempted.

Chen Fengshi was about to speak when she was pulled back.

After Chen Guiyun reminded his wife, he looked at Widow Chen, both shook their heads slightly, and then politely declined.

——Yes, they didn’t say they would think about it, but directly refused.

"Forget it then." Sister Guihua's expression changed instantly, her face turned cold, and she waved her hand: "Po Wang, take them to the city for a walk and have some fun, and don't let people say that I, He Guihua, don't know how to entertain guests."

Chen Guiyun and the other two wanted to say something, but they didn't have the chance as they were taken away and then taken to visit brothels, gambling houses, expensive clothing and jewelry shops, etc.

……

In the afternoon, the Fang family and their group were also strolling on the street. They met Chen Guiyun and his two companions and greeted them.

"Brother Linzi, didn't you say that the shop was expensive? Why do they go to expensive places specifically?"

“Expensive things have their appeal, and cheap things have their benefits.” Fang Lin explained with a smile.

Chen Guiyun and the other two were obviously still on guard and did not fall into the trap.

"But this is just the beginning. There are still many pitfalls ahead!"

Fang Lin smiled and watched Chen Guiyun and the other two walking against the flow, towards the sunset, and into the shadows. The dim light and shadow enveloped them like a giant beast.

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(End of this chapter)