I started out with seven husbands, and I worked hard to support my family while crying.

The old woman's voice trembled, and she kept glancing at the two people in front of her as she spoke, afraid that they would misunderstand her as lying.

Fang Xiaoxiao listened carefully, pondering who the woman mentioned was and whether she knew her.

After thinking it over, it seemed that the only person she had a grudge against was Yu Donglei.

But this time it shouldn't be the other party. After all, if it were Yu Donglei, it should be targeting herself, not Zhu Wen.

At this moment, Zhu Wen looked at the old woman and asked her gently.

"Did you get a good look at the woman's face? And if you two succeed, where will you arrange to meet afterwards?"

"I am old and my eyesight is failing. I can only vaguely make out that she is wearing a plain-colored thin gauze. She is not very beautiful. She is an ordinary woman from a common family. However, there seems to be a scar on her forehead."

"Oh... anything else?"

"Also, the woman said that once the matter was settled, he could find her at an inn at the end of the long street."

A small inn in the back alley... Fang Xiaoxiao frowned slightly, wondering who she should invite to go with her.

Long Jinyan is definitely not suitable. He is too reckless, and it would be bad if he caused any more trouble.

Murong Changqing's words are indeed accurate; he is a meticulous and calm person.

Forget about Pei Yan; there's no way that guy would help me.

As for Li Renyi, that wouldn't work; the other party is currently helping him find a shop.

Zhu Wen then continued.

"Oh, you mean the inn at the end of the long street?"

The old woman nodded frantically to indicate that she was absolutely right, and her expression was pleading, hoping that everyone would let her off the hook.

Zhu Wen was not a cold-blooded person, so he told her to sit there for a while. As for her son, he had already sent someone to handle the funeral arrangements.

Fang Xiaoxiao stood up with Zhu Wen, and the two went outside the shop.

Zhu Wen said in a low voice.

“Madam Fang, this matter may not be simple.”

"Yes, framing you and me at the same time. The person who came up with such a ruthless idea must be no ordinary person."

"Would Madam Fang be willing to accompany this old man to find out what's going on?"

"That's natural. The scar on the forehead that the old woman mentioned just now reminded me of an 'acquaintance'!"

When Fang Xiaoxiao heard that the woman had a scar on her forehead and an ordinary appearance, her first thought was of Yu Donglei's maid, the woman who had kowtowed and apologized to her a few days ago.

After discussing the matter, Zhu Wen ordered a carriage to be brought over. In order not to alert the enemy, the two sat back in the carriage and waited quietly until they arrived at their destination.

According to Fang Xiaoxiao's analysis, if she really was Yu Donglei's maid, then the other party would never have ambushed someone to protect her.

You know, Yu Donglei is incredibly stingy. To her household servants, she'd rather die than lose them; she wouldn't care about such things.

However, Zhu Wen did not think so. He believed that one should do things in a way that is foolproof and should not relax one’s vigilance based on a momentary guess. One must be thorough and without any oversights.

"Madam Fang, I have already found a few martial arts masters, just in case, it's better to be safe than sorry."

Fang Xiaoxiao nodded emphatically in agreement.

She never expected that Manager Zhu, who always seemed so detached from worldly affairs, would be so meticulous in his work, even making her feel somewhat unfamiliar with him.

The carriage traveled slowly along the main road.

The street was quite long. After about fifteen minutes of walking on the bluestone slabs, the carriage finally arrived at the door of an inn.

Zhu Wen and Fang Xiaoxiao both wore bamboo hats and had their faces covered by thin black veils, making it impossible to see their faces clearly; they could only be described as vaguely visible.

The two entered the store one after the other.

As for the helpers Zhu Wen mentioned, they were lying in ambush around the inn, so well that not even a mosquito could escape.

As Fang Xiaoxiao entered the lobby, she looked around and spotted a woman in the corner by the window on her right.

The woman had a scar on her forehead. While she couldn't be described as extremely ugly, she wasn't too far off.

The woman looked around, seemingly waiting for someone.

She was holding a teacup in her hands, seemingly drinking tea, but there was actually no tea in the cup.

Fang Xiaoxiao was about to step forward, but Zhu Wen stopped her.

"Don't rush, let's take a look first."

The two casually chose a spot that was neither too close nor too far from the woman and sat down.

The two sides are two tables and chairs apart.

Fang Xiaoxiao looked flustered. This was the first time she had ever played a real-life version of cat and mouse, so it was no wonder that her heart was pounding.

Fortunately, this situation only lasted for the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, and then it quieted down.

Zhu Wen, with this expression, ordered two cold dishes: one cold beef salad and one cold pork skin salad.

He took out bamboo chopsticks, handed them to him, and smiled.

"Let's have some dishes first. This place is quite famous for its cold dishes. Many people come here specifically to try them!"

Fang Xiaoxiao was about to refuse, but when she saw that it was all good stuff, her greedy nature was instantly revealed.

She took the chopsticks with an awkward smile.

“What you say is absolutely right, sir. I’ll try it first.”

The two of them sipped their tea leisurely, enjoying their beef and pork skin with great pleasure.

To outsiders, they were very ordinary, so ordinary that no one would give them a second glance.

For example, Yu Donglei, accompanied by a group of guards, strode past the two of them without noticing anything.

Sure enough, it was this woman.

Fang Xiaoxiao took a vicious bite of the beef in her hand, as if it were not beef but Yu Donglei's neck.

Zhu Wen ate the meat on his plate and drank the wine from his pot by himself.

The main problem is that drinking tea with beef is really hard to swallow; it's much more enjoyable to drink alcohol with beef.

Since we now know who is behind this, there's no rush to arrest them.

Yu Donglei approached the maid with a furrowed brow, slammed her hand on the wooden table, and sternly questioned the maid.

"What's going on? What happened? Why were those people arrested? Didn't you tell me there wouldn't be any problems?"

The maid looked at her mistress in surprise, not knowing what had happened.

She spent the entire day in the inn, waiting for the old woman to come with her son to collect the reward money. As for anything else, she knew nothing.

Seeing the maid staring at her blankly, Yu Donglei was furious. She raised her hand and slapped the maid across the face.

"Snapped!"

"Useless thing, keeping a piece of trash like you is a waste of food. It was the same last time, and it's the same this time. Tell me, not only are you ugly, but how come you're also so stupid and dumb?"

"If it weren't for the fact that you jumped into the river to save my life, with your appearance that could scare people half to death, how could I, Yu Donglei, ever let you be my maid?"

The maid endured the burning pain on her face and the constant insults from her mistress.