Transformed into a vicious stepmother, invincible

"Doing business is not easy. I'll talk to you when you're ready," said Bai Sui'an.

Seeing that the man was about to leave, Wan Chen stopped Bai Sui'an and said, "No, my father is back, I can't do it."

"why?"

Aaron helped explain: "With more eyes watching the young master, he can't do these things."

The situation in a rich family is complicated, and Bai Sui'an couldn't figure out why there were so many conflicts.

Wan Chen took a deep breath and said, "Mr. An is very skilled, why don't you help me intercept them?"

A very niche request.

Bai Sui'an suspected he had misheard: "You want me to attack your father?"

"Well... he will pass through deep mountains and forests on his way back, and we can trap the person there for ten days or half a month." Wan Chen was afraid that Bai Sui'an would not be willing to help him.

In fact, Bai Sui'an really wouldn't help him.

"You can't even handle your own family affairs, and you still want to do business outside?"

Bai Sui'an sat back down, "How old are you?"

Wan Chen trotted over and sat down next to her: "Nineteen."

He is the same age as Bai Sui'an.

"Was it because of poor health that you were confined to your home?"

Wan Chen nodded, then shook his head: "Being sick is one thing, but my brothers and sisters are sent to my courtyard every day by my aunt to ask for help with their homework. I really can't get away to do personal things."

"Where are they?" Bai Sui'an looked at A Long and A Hu.

Aaron: "The young master will pester us to practice martial arts."

In addition to Wan Chen, the eldest son, the Wan family also has three illegitimate sons and one illegitimate daughter.

They were all born to the only aunt in the family.

The oldest is only fourteen years old, and the youngest is only five years old.

"Now that you are well, you can just walk out of the house on your own." Bai Sui'an gave his advice.

But Wan Chen rejected it: "No, if I suddenly ignore my brothers and sisters at home, my father will say something, and I'm afraid it will also implicate my mother."

"Does your father like you or your brothers and sisters now?"

Wan Chen pursed his lips: "Of course it's my aunt's child..."

"Then why do you care what he says? Do you need your father to pay for your shop? What can he do if he says a few words to you? A 19-year-old child wants to go out and start his own business, how can he not agree?"

"I..." Wan Chen blinked, holding his neck and thinking for a while. He seemed to have never thought of this method. "But my father will say bad things about my mother outside. My mother has passed away for so many years. I can't ruin her reputation."

Bai Sui'an smiled and said helplessly, "The dead are the greatest. Your mother was once your father's wife. So many years have passed. If he belittles your mother in public, it's your father's fault, not your mother's or yours.

Besides, if your mother were alive and knew her child was living such a miserable life, she would probably blame your father."

Wan Chen shook his head: "No, my mother couldn't stand people talking about her. She jumped into the well and died because of all the rumors..."

The more he listened, the more something seemed to be wrong. Bai Sui'an asked, "What about your mother's family?"

"No, my mother said that not long after she married here, something happened to my grandfather's family and they lost everything, so the property was passed to my father. At first, it was my mother who managed it, but after I was born, my father took over."

"But those who did business with my mother before all chose me, so now my father always sends the account books to me."

Bai Sui'an asked again, "When did your health start to deteriorate? What did the doctors who came to see you say?"

"They say I'm born with a weak constitution, and the older I get, the worse my health becomes. Even if I take medicine and stay healthy, I'm afraid I won't live past 25. That's why I want to take advantage of my father's absence to spread the word and find someone to open a shop with me."

The result is predictable, only Bai Sui'an came to the door.

Wan Chen was a little depressed: "I was fine when my mother was alive, but I have been getting worse day by day since she left. If only the child in my mother's belly could be born, it would be great. My body is not reliable."

"Your mother almost had another baby?"

"Yes, she jumped into the well before giving birth, and both the child and my mother died."

Bai Sui'an:?

She only saw regret in Wan Chen.

"Do you really think your mother died on her own?"

Wan Chen nodded. "My mother cried every night back then. She had such a hard life. It's only right for her to think about jumping into the well, right?"

"This is the ending you chose for your mother." Bai Sui'an didn't know how to scold him.

"Pregnancy doesn't happen overnight. She carried the baby for so long, and if she really didn't want the child, she would have had an abortion early on. Why didn't she want the baby when she was about to give birth? She didn't even want a son as old as you, and chose to jump into the well?"

Wan Chen opened his mouth: "I, I don't know..."

"You only know that she's sad, and sad, so she wants to die. But you yourself have been ill for so many years and didn't choose to end your life. Why do you think your mother would choose not to take her own life and the life of her child just because she cries every night?"

"I'm an outsider, but I can already tell something's wrong just from what you said. You've lived here for so long, are you really not suspicious?"

After saying this, Bai Sui'an gave Wan Chen some time to think.

A'long and A'hu, who were standing aside, had solemn expressions on their faces. They grew up with Wanchen and had been taken care of by the lady before, but after so many years, they didn't think there was anything strange about the lady's death.

Instead, he agreed with Wan Chen that someone in his family wanted to harm him.

But who is it?

Wan Chen never dared to speak out against anyone. In the Wan family's peaceful life, he couldn't tell who had bad intentions. He only knew that his father was cold, his aunt was hypocritical, and his brothers and sisters were noisy.

He would rather suspect that his servants were bad than say that his family members wanted to harm him.

"Let me think about it again..." Wan Chen's face turned pale.

"Then think about it first." Bai Sui'an stood up. "I came here in a hurry this time and didn't prepare any potions for you. I'll have you bring it to you later. You can continue to drink it. We're not in a hurry to open the shop. If it's convenient, could you give me the account book so I can take it back to show it to my friends who are good at business."

"Along, go get it."

Afraid that the problem could not be found in one copy, Wan Chen asked A Long to give Bai Sui'an an extra copy.

After leaving the Wan family, Bai Sui'an returned to the Baili Mo family.

This time Baili Mo had already woken up. While Baili Mo was looking at the account book, Bai Sui'an went to change back into his clothes.

After changing, Baili Mo gave his conclusion.

"Both books were written to fool children. You can tell at a glance that they are fake."

"what?"

Bai Sui'an hadn't read it when he got it, but now he opened it and took a look.

It records the store's expenses.

"How could the account book not even record the purchase cost? It only records daily sales and receipts, and they're not even willing to deduct the principal. What else is this for but to appease the child? If the child sees the huge profits in this account book, I'm afraid he can't wait to open his own shop."