How did such immense wealth fall into my family?

Chapter 55 Are you still going to commit suicide?
"How could I possibly have that ability? Where's my grandfather?"

Old Dong glanced at Xiao Gousheng again. "Your grandpa didn't sleep last night either, I sent him to bed."

"Oh. The Crown Prince's wife went home for her father's funeral?"

"No. She fainted as soon as she heard that her father was gone."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Gousheng quickly asked, "Didn't the old lady ask Grandpa Chang to go and see her?"

She didn't use Grandpa Chang to get into the Duke of Jin's mansion, and she didn't take her grandfather to the Tang family to disgust them either, all because she didn't want to involve Grandpa Chang.

Given Grandpa Chang's personality, if he were to diagnose that the Crown Prince's wife was pregnant, he would definitely say so directly.

"No. The old lady said she would find a doctor for her, and her maids said they have female healers among them."

The puppy was relieved. "Tsk tsk! You've prepared everything perfectly. You should go and rest too; I'll stay here and keep watch."

"I'm not sleepy. You just said that the Duke of Jin was testing the waters?"

The puppy nodded. "The Chief Minister Jiang just suddenly disappeared without a trace. The Jiang family certainly wouldn't be completely oblivious. As long as we keep an eye on the Jiang family, we'll eventually find some clues."

Old Dong understood. "Have you eaten? If you have, let's start practicing."

The puppy wanted to slack off a little longer. "Grandpa Chang said I can't practice kung fu right after eating."

"That's because your Grandpa Chang doesn't know that besides using your hands and feet, you can also practice with your mouth. What would you do if I attacked you with the third move of the set of punches I taught you the day before yesterday?"

Little Dog Sheng: "..." Why did she get up to eat? It's not good to eat in the middle of the night. Is it too late for her to say she hasn't had enough sleep yet?
As dawn approached, Qian Chunhua finally woke up.

As soon as she woke up, she heard her younger cousin talking to someone outside, saying things like, "I can push you from behind," or "I can kick you in the chest," and other suggestive things. Qian Chunhua quickly called her younger cousin in. "Who are you talking to?"

"My master. Big sister, are you hungry?"

She was hungry, but she was more curious about what was going on. "Big sister isn't hungry, where is this? Where's Grandpa?"

"Wait a minute." The puppy went out and got some food and water. "You eat first, I'll go find you some clothes."

Qian Chunhua then realized that she was not wearing any clothes, and her face immediately turned red.

The little dog, Sheng, gave Qian Chunhua a set of clothes worn by the maids of the Duke of Jin's mansion. She didn't give her eldest cousin any clothes, partly because she didn't have time to, and partly because she was afraid her eldest cousin would run around.

Now that she's finished with her work and had enough sleep, she can finally have a good chat with her older cousin.

The puppy waited until her older cousin had finished eating before she started chatting with her.

How should we start chatting?

The little dog took off its shoes and socks and stretched its two little hooves in front of Qian Chunhua. "Big sister, look at my feet."

Qian Chunhua immediately noticed the thick calluses on her younger cousin's feet. Feeling a pang of heartache, Qian Chunhua gently held her cousin's small feet. "How far have you walked?" she asked.

The little dog looked at Qian Chunhua and said, "I've not only walked a lot, a lot, a lot, I've also been a beggar. Now I know how to beg for food."

Qian Chunhua's tears immediately fell. "How did you become a beggar? Didn't you take all the money from home with you when you left?"

“We took the money from home with us, but we dare not spend it. We are old and young, and those with bad intentions will surely have evil thoughts if they see us spending money.”

“I’ve not only been a beggar, I’ve also lived in a mass grave for several months.”

Qian Chunhua could hardly believe her ears. "A...mass burial ground?"

"correct."

"Why did you go to live in the mass grave?" "At first, it was to find people, and later it was to hide from people. Sister, do you know what a mass grave is?"

"I know." Qian Chunhua's tears fell even harder. "Why did Grandpa take you away from home?"

Her younger cousin used to pester her to carry her if she walked even a few steps. Now, she's developed such thick calluses from all that walking.

Her younger cousin used to never go out at night, but now she's actually living in a mass grave.

Her younger cousin even learned to beg for food.

Qian Chunhua felt increasingly distressed the more she thought about it.

The little dog wiped away her older cousin's tears. "Big cousin, Grandpa and I have suffered so much, are you still going to commit suicide?"

Qian Chunhua cried as she said, "Why would I commit suicide?"

Xiao Gousheng gripped Qian Chunhua's shoulders, stared into her eyes, and said earnestly, "Because you were deceived by the Tang family. The man you shared your wedding night with wasn't the Second Young Master Tang, but the heir of the Duke of Jin."

Qian Chunhua didn't understand. "What are you saying? I don't understand?"

"I'm asking you, did they give you a new name?"

Qian Chunhua nodded blankly. "Ya'er said her second brother doesn't like girls named Hua or Zhu, so he gave me a new name. Ya'er also said her second brother was cheated by someone with the surname Qian, so she told me to take her maternal grandmother's surname first. After her second brother and I have spent more time together and developed feelings for each other, we can change it back."

The "Ya'er" her older cousin mentioned is the woman who jumped into the river from the mountaintop. "Did she tell you that her maternal grandmother's surname was Jiang?"

"Yeah. How do you know?"

The puppy didn't answer, but instead asked another question. "Is your new name Yuxin?"

"Yeah. How do you know everything?"

"Did they also teach you to recognize characters? To write characters? To draw? To play the piano? To write poetry? To walk? To get along with Young Master Tang?"

"Yeah. How do you know everything?"

The little dog still didn't answer her. "Did they also hire a prostitute for you to imitate?"

Qian Chunhua also sensed something was wrong. "What does 'imitation' mean?"

"It's about imitating her. Imitating her laughter, imitating her tears, imitating her tender gaze. You know what tender gaze means, right?"

"I know. They taught me." Now, Qian Chunhua understood what her younger cousin meant by the Second Young Master Tang and the Heir Apparent of the Duke of Jin. "The young lady they had me learn from is the Heir Apparent of the Duke of Jin's fiancée?"

"Yes. When she was your teacher, she either wore makeup or a mask."

"Do I look a lot like her?"

"Ah."

"Her name is Jiang Yuxin?"

"Hmm." Xiaogou Sheng briefly explained how she and Dong Laoqi rescued her from Jiang Yuxin's maids.
Qian Chunhua couldn't help but shudder. If it weren't for her grandfather, her little cousin, Doctor Chang, and Young Master Dong, she would have been a pool of corpses last night. "How...how could they be so cruel?"

The little dog pouted. "If they weren't afraid of making too much noise and attracting attention, they probably wouldn't have just lied to us; they would have killed everyone in our village, leaving only you. Then they would have taken you in and adopted you as their goddaughter. You would still be incredibly grateful to them and obey their every word."

Qian Chunhua: "..."

The puppy waited for her to calm down before taking her hand, looking into her eyes with a firm gaze, and asked, "Grandpa and I went through so much hardship, went through so much trouble, and risked dying out there to rescue you. Are you going to make a scene just because you slept with a man?"

(End of this chapter)