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"Miss, there is a beggar outside the door, saying he is your fiancé. The master has invited him in."

The maid Xiaotao whispered in Zhang Shan's ear.

"Got it. Go find out what my father wants to do."

The beggar was the original owner's fiancé Huang Congtai, who was also the son of a wealthy businessman in City A. However, due to the turbulent times, the businessman's family was schemed against by villains and was forced to return to his ancestral home to wait for a comeback.

But plans cannot keep up with changes. Not long after the Huang family returned to their ancestral home, the capable family members died one after another.

Until a month ago, Huang Congtai's father passed away, asking him to come to City A with a token of trust and seek refuge with the Zhang family.

In the previous life, Zhang's father didn't want the original owner to marry Huang Congtai, so he gave him money to return home. It was the original owner who valued his reputation, so he kept him, paid for his schooling, and sent him to study abroad.

While Huang Congtai was abroad, the Zhang family went bankrupt, but in order for Huang Congtai to graduate smoothly, they sold the remaining shops.

Unexpectedly, Huang Congtai kept his distance from the Zhang family after returning to China, saying that the engagement with the original owner was a product of the old era and he, a cultural person of the new era, would not recognize it.

The original owner's investment was lost. For the sake of her family, she married into the governor's mansion and became the marshal's eighteenth concubine.

As a result, Huang Congtai had more excuses to belittle the original owner and make him sound worthless.

Later, the Xing army invaded City A, Marshal Liu abandoned his family and fled, and the original owner was driven out of the Governor's Mansion.

Because of Huang Congtai's exaggeration, the original owner lost her backing, and many men with bad intentions approached her. In order to maintain her innocence, the original owner jumped into the Wenchang River to show her determination to die.

After the original owner died, Zhang's father took a knife and stabbed Huang Congtai through and through, "What I regret most is keeping you in the mansion. You are an ungrateful and ungrateful person!"

Until his death, Zhang's father never blamed the original owner.

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"Cong Tai, I haven't seen you for so many years. Your uncle almost doesn't recognize you. Is your father okay?"

Father Zhang poured tea for the dark and thin boy in front of him. Huang Congtai embarrassedly pulled the corner of his clothes to cover his belly button.

"Thank you Uncle Zhang for your concern. My father passed away a month ago."

Huang Congtai lowered his head.

"What? Brother Huang passed away? I didn't even know that. Congtai, please accept my condolences. You are Brother Huang's only son, his only bloodline. You need to cheer up!"

Huang Congtai nodded with red eyes, "Thank you, Uncle Zhang. Before my father passed away, he asked me to come to you for help. Will it cause you any trouble?"

"Why would it be a problem? It's just a matter of adding a pair of bowls and chopsticks. Just stay here and feel at ease. Just treat it as your own home. Don't feel constrained."

"Thank you, Uncle Zhang, for your great kindness. I will definitely repay you in my next life."

Father Zhang helped Huang Congtai up and said, "No need to be so polite. You can rest here. I'll go see if the food is ready."

After comforting Huang Congtai, Zhang's father went out. Before leaving, he signaled the housekeeper to keep a close eye on the place and not let the kid run around.

Halfway through, I saw Zhang Shan feeding fish by the fish pond.

Zhang Shan is Zhang's father's eldest daughter. She also has a three-year-old brother, born to her stepmother Yang.

He handed the fish food to Xiao Tao beside him and said, "Daddy, what are you going to do with that beggar?"

Zhang's father is a businessman. He would not get up early without profit, so he would not keep Huang Congtai by his side to train him.

"If she hadn't brought the jade pendant to my house and made it known to everyone, I would have made sure he never came back."

There are many people watching him now. If there is any mistake, the entire Zhang family will be in crisis.

"Let him live in the wing room in the front yard for now, and don't spend too much time with him. I'll send him away after a while."

"Got it, Dad. Did you get the jade pendant back?"

Father Zhang shook his head. The boy was very smart and did not return the jade pendant to him at all.

"In a few days it will be the Dragon Boat Festival. There will be dragon boat races on the river and people will be coming and going. Dad, please be careful and don't get pushed into the river."

"Okay, Dad will pay attention."

The father and daughter smiled at each other.

Zhang Shan is only thirteen years old now and still attends a girls' school. She enters through the side door every day, and Huang Congtai, who is detained in the front yard, cannot see her at all.

The backyard is the activity space for the female family members. Guests like Huang Congtai are not allowed to enter at all and spend their days doing nothing in the front yard.

He wanted to go to school, but Zhang's father was too busy every day to be seen. He wanted to make requests shamelessly, but no one listened.

Fortunately, Huang Congtai did not forbid him to leave Zhang's house. When he was bored, he would go shopping, visit his former home, or wait for students to finish school at the school gate.

Today is the Dragon Boat Festival and the school is on holiday. Zhang Shan got dressed up early in the morning and asked her sisters to go to a teahouse to drink tea and watch dragon boat races.

It was so lively, so Huang Congtai naturally wanted to go out and play. There were so many people along the Wenchang River that he finally squeezed in, but found that there was no guardrail, so it was impossible to go back.

"Hurry, hurry, the dragon boat race has begun!"

Everyone looked up and looked at the dragon boat not far away.

Zhang Shan was also standing on the upper floor, looking out the window. She saw the sound of gongs and several dragon boats leaping across the water.

On the shore, excited spectators pushed and shoved each other.

Behind Huang Congtai, there was a man who stretched out his hand and pushed, and five or six men fell into the water like dumplings.

The man took advantage of the situation and swam to Huang Congtai's side. He untied the rope hanging on the jade pendant around his neck, and the jade pendant fell into the river.

"My jade pendant!"

"Kid, don't worry about the jade pendant. The next dragon boat race is about to begin. If you don't want to be killed by a dragon boat, get on board quickly."

Seeing the jade pendant sinking into the river, Huang Congtai was anxious but there was nothing he could do.

The second group of competition was about to begin, and Huang Congtai was pulled ashore unwillingly.

"The weather is cold, go back and change your clothes. Not only will you catch a cold, but you may not be able to survive with your small body."

Someone pulled Huang Congtai out of the crowd. Huang Congtai still valued his life, so after thinking for a moment, he ran back to Zhang's house to change clothes.

As soon as he left, a dragon boat sped past, and then another group of people fell into the river.

A thin man swam to the bottom of the river, picked up a jade pendant, went ashore, and left quickly.

"Miss, this is what you want."

Xiao Tao took the jade pendant and took out a small bag of golden melon seeds from her bosom. "This matter is known only to heaven and earth, you and me. If others knew about it..."

"I understand. I understand. No third person will ever know."

"Well, that's enough, you can go now."

After the people left, Xiaotao returned to the private room, untied her veil, and handed the jade pendant to Zhang Shan.

"Miss, this is the boy's jade pendant."

Zhang Shan picked up the jade pendant and put it away.

"Have all the people sent to his hometown returned?"

"No, it will take two days to come back, but the news has been passed back. This trip is very fruitful."

Zhang Shan nodded.

A lean camel is bigger than a horse. Even if the Huang family has fallen on hard times, they still have a lot of wealth. She doesn't believe that the Huang family has not transported gold, silver and jewelry back to the ancestral home for generations.

In my previous life, I ate her food, used her things, and even spent her money on my studies. It’s time for me to pay her back in this life.

After the dragon boat race ended, Huang Congtai jumped into the river alone to look for the jade pendant, but no matter how hard he looked, he couldn't find it.

"Old man, do you know if anyone has just fished out a yellow jade pendant from the river?"

Huang Congtai is not a very good swimmer and could only stay in the river for a dozen seconds before he had to get out.

"What? There are so many things falling into the river every year, and no one picks them up. Do you want to pick them up, young man? No, it's very dangerous~"

Huang Congtai didn't believe it and wanted to find someone to help him fish it out, but the river was full of aquatic plants and no one was willing to go down.

Ever since the jade pendant was lost, Huang Congtai was not as confident and stayed quiet for several days.

"I've been here for so long, but I haven't seen Sister Zhang and Auntie. This is the water chestnut cake I bought from outside. I heard that Sister Zhang likes it, so I waited in line for a long time. Fortunately, when it was my turn, there was only this last portion left."

How could Mr. Zhang not know what this kid was thinking?

Trying to seduce his daughter is simply courting death!

He glanced at the butler, who understood what he meant and secretly went out to carry out the young master who was still in his initiation.

"Thank you so much, nephew. I'm too busy and don't have time to care about them. It's really considerate of you, nephew."

Father Zhang took a bag of water chestnut cakes and saw his youngest son come in.

"Why is Guoguo here?"

Father Zhang picked up his youngest son and said, "Hurry up and say hello to Brother Huang."

"Hello, brother."

Zhang Bin smiled at Huang Congtai, then grabbed Zhang's father by the collar and saw the water chestnut cake in his hand.

"Gao Gao, I want to eat Gao Gao!"

Father Zhang refused, "No, this is something your brother Huang bought specially for your mother. Guoguo wants to eat it, so I'll buy it for you tomorrow."

"No, I want to eat it!"

Zhang Bin was a little bully. If he wasn't given anything, he would cry and make a fuss. Zhang's father's face turned red, but he didn't want to scold his son in front of the guests.

Huang Congtai also felt embarrassed, "It's okay, Uncle Zhang, if my brother wants to eat, just give it to him."

"The child is still young and naive. I'm sorry to make you laugh at me."

Huang Congtai naturally shook his head and said he didn't mind.

But whether he minds or not, only he himself knows.

The fat tool Ma Caigao fell asleep after taking just a few bites.

The housekeeper carried the person back and looked at the remaining water chestnut cake that was deformed into pieces. Zhang's father waved his hand and asked the maid to take it away and deal with it.

From then on, the fat man was like he had turned on a radar. Whenever he knew Huang Congtai brought something back from outside, he would appear at the first moment and use his special skills to trick the thing into his hands.

In a blink of an eye, Huang Congtai had lived in Zhang's house for more than half a year and had no intention of leaving.

Instead, he revealed to Zhang's father his desire to go to school.

"You want to go to school? That's a good thing. Uncle supports you."

Support him spiritually, but don't ask him for money.

If Zhang Shan had not brought back cartloads of gold, silver and jewelry from Huang Congtai's hometown and needed to do the final cleanup work, Zhang's father would have thrown him out long ago.

After Huang Congtai mentioned it several times, Zhang's father didn't take the bait. Over time, he understood what Zhang's father meant.

After Huang Congtai came out of Zhang's father's study, his face was extremely sour. What a hypocrite, he said that he treated this place as his own home, but he was unwilling to help with such a small favor.

For the sake of his own future, Huang Congtai decided to go home to get some gold, and said goodbye to Zhang's father the next day.

Zhang's father sent the man away with a smile on his face, and then came to the outside of Zhang Shan's courtyard.

"He's gone back. There won't be any loopholes left on your side, right?"

"Don't worry, father. I have taken everything I should and shouldn't have taken. Bandits have been rampant recently and several villages have suffered. They will certainly not let go of this ownerless old house."

Father Zhang was relieved now.

Either they were afraid that this kid would come for revenge, or they were worried that others would know that all the Huang family's money had gone into the pockets of their Zhang family.

Don’t be afraid of thieves stealing, just be afraid of thieves missing you!

As soon as Huang Congtai arrived at his home, he found that the door of his ancestral home had been demolished and the rosewood front door was nowhere to be seen.

"Third uncle, what's going on?"

The Third Uncle shook his head, looking worried. "Don't mention it. Bandits broke into the village not long ago and robbed every household. If the gate hadn't been shut tightly, you probably wouldn't have seen us."