Rebirth of a Concubine's Daughter

The sleep lasted until the next day. Shen Nanyan woke up and lay on the bed, thinking about what she should do next.

But before long, Shen Yunzhi came. Shen Nanyan knew exactly what he was doing there. Her brother must be scratching his head and feeling uneasy.

"Yan'er."

Shen Nanyan glanced at Caifu, who nodded and walked out, closing the door. She then stood guard at the door.

"Brother, why didn't you go out today and have a drink with your bunch of friends?"

"How can I go there every day?"

"Brother didn't refute me, which means he knows what those people do. If he knows, why doesn't he stay away from them?"

"What do you know? They are all friends introduced to me by Big Brother. How could I offend Big Brother?"

"Big Brother introduced him to you, so why doesn't he associate with these people?"

"What do you want to say?"

"You understand what I want to say, but you just don't want to change. Since you're not going out, come with me to pay your respects to Grandmother."

"No, I...I came here today to ask you about the message you sent to someone on the day my grandfather passed away. Say...say..."

Shen Nanyan sighed.

"You should know who in the mansion knows about that matter. As for how I know, you don't have to guess. If they didn't tell me, how would I have heard it? But don't worry, you've been behaving well in the past few days since Grandfather's death, so I've kept my promise and won't tell anyone. However... since I heard it, it's inevitable that others might have heard something. Of course, you can't ask them about this. If both sides are destroyed, you, brother, will be the one to suffer in the end."

"Did it Madam or Big Brother who said that?"

"Does it matter who it is? Do you think my brother is going to argue with them?"

"This...I...I, ah..."

Being held hostage by others means one will inevitably be controlled by others. Shen Yunzhi felt tormented.

"Don't tell me you think the Lu family is good just because of this incident?"

"That's not the case. Before this incident, Madam was very kind to me. After this incident, I was terribly scared. If it weren't for Big Brother and Madam helping me, I would have been in jail by now."

Shen Nanyan almost laughed. Her brother was really brainwashed thoroughly by Lu.

At the beginning of the year, he was drinking with his friends and left with Wang Shutai after the party. The two had a dispute in the carriage and he hit Wang Shutai with his newly bought inkstone, resulting in his death. As luck would have it, he met Shen Yunyi, the legitimate son of the Shen family. Shen Yunyi and Mrs. Lu were very enthusiastic in helping him to settle the matter. Shen Yunzhi was very grateful for this and he became even more devoted to Mrs. Lu's kindness.

But Wang Shutai was obviously not dead. He accepted the money from Shen Yunyi and put on a show for Shen Yunzhi. However, Shen Nanyue could not directly reveal the truth now. Without sufficient evidence, it would be difficult to correct Shen Yunzhi's deep-rooted thoughts.

Shen Nanyan didn't say anything else. She took Shen Yunzhi to pay her respects to the old lady, and then took Caifu out of the house through the side door.

The two of them disguised themselves and went straight to the pawnshop. In order to build their reputation, the Lu family had actually given Shen Nanyan some jewelry over the years. Shen Nanyan would not wear them anymore anyway, so they simply sold them all. A bag of heavy jewelry in exchange for a few silver bills was worth it.

Shen Nanyan originally planned to make money from this money, but she had no good plan at the moment. In addition, her brother's matter was more important. If she delayed any longer, Shen Yunzhi would be in trouble. This was the only chance, and Shen Nanyan knew that she could not waste it.

So she took Caifu to the human market, which was the gathering place for human trafficking in the whole capital, including men, women, children, and even babies. Shen Nanyan walked through most of the downtown area before stopping in a corner.

There was a man with disheveled hair in the cage in front of her, but from his hanging hands, it could be seen that he was not old and was very strong. The blue veins on the back of his hands were clearly visible. Shen Nanyan stood in front of the cage and observed carefully. The man suddenly raised his head, and there were a pair of vigilant eyes on his dirty face. Shen Nanyan did not step back, but just looked at him. In the end, the man looked away first.

"Do you know martial arts?"

The man didn't say anything, but turned over his palm. There was nothing special about his palm, but Shen Nanyan instantly decided to buy him because there was a row of calluses under his fingers, which were left by years of holding weapons.

Shen Nanyan bought him for eight taels of silver, and then found a small inn two streets away from the Shen Mansion for him to stay in. During the process, Shen Nanyan did not ask any questions, and then hurried back to the mansion with Caifu.

In the yard, the old women continued to do as they pleased. When Shen Nanyan came in, they didn't even lift their butts, and they kept chattering as if they were the masters of the yard. Only Nanny Yuan brought a few buckets of water for Shen Nanyan to bathe and change clothes.

When she was about to go to bed, her palm suddenly beat twice. Shen Nanyan hurriedly clenched her palm, and Wu You's voice came immediately.

【I found the person you were looking for. 】

[So fast? How did you find it?]

[I stole something from the King of Hell. Now I can go to your world. Do you want to see me?]

【Come.】

As soon as she finished speaking, Shen Nanyan felt a chill, and then Wu You appeared on the bed.

How did you do it? How could you come here? Didn’t the King of Hell say that it’s not allowed?

Don't listen to that old bald donkey. I'll go to his place again next time to see if he has any good stuff and bring it all to him.

Will this anger him?

[He owes me a life. This is what he owes me. But I can only come at night. I can't see the light.]

Why does this sound weird?

[Better not to come here, I'm afraid it might do you any harm.]

[Nothing special, just like a ghost, I just hide in the daytime. And only you and the ghost can see me, normal people can't see me. Also, I can possess your body, this is fun, one day I can possess your body and be the eldest lady of the Shen Mansion for a day, I haven't been a eldest lady yet.]

[I'm not a young lady either. How could a young lady be bullied by a servant?]

"Are you talking about those in the yard? I'll go play with them."

[No, keep them for later use. Didn't you say you found Wang Shutai? Where is he?]

【Hiding in Ping'an Town.】

[It's not that far. Can you find a way to force him to return to Beijing within three days?]

I can get him back tonight, and you can see him tomorrow.

[The day after tomorrow, I haven't made any arrangements yet.]

After the two of them had agreed, Wu You floated out of the room. Suddenly, screams were heard outside the door, followed by someone falling down and someone else crying. Shen Nanyan looked out the window and smiled comfortably. She really liked Wu You's personality. He was cheerful, confident and cute. How could such a ghost scare people? Those who could be scared must be people with bad intentions.

Maybe because she was in a good mood, Shen Nanyan felt that the wind at night was sweet. It felt so good to be able to control her own life.