The aroma of cooking filled the house: I sent my eldest brother to become the Grand Secretary.

The crowd was whispering among themselves, making Shen Cao's voice all the more noticeable.

After hearing Shen Cao's words, Shen's father was afraid that she would get into trouble, so he pulled her aside and told her not to meddle in other people's business.

Shen Cao patted her father's hand, indicating that he would rest assured and make his own decision. Then she walked out of the crowd and headed towards the center of the matter.

Shen Yu'an looked in the direction of the sound and saw a girl who looked to be only ten years old, dressed in linen clothes. The girl's face was round like an oval, and her features were not made up, but they were exquisite. Although she was dressed in coarse cloth, her outstanding temperament could not be hidden.

The person next to the woman seemed to be her elder. After hearing her words, he looked at her with concern, but she remained calm and composed, which made him very trustworthy.

Shen Cao walked to the man's side, but before she could speak, someone saw that she was only sixteen years old and yet dared to speak so arrogantly, and questioned, "What ability do you, a little girl, have to prove anything?"

"I think you're just showing off on purpose to attract someone's attention."

Shen Cao stared at the man who was clearly deliberately making things difficult for her and said, "Uncle, I haven't even said anything yet, and you're already speculating about my intentions. Do you not want me to prove anything, or do you have ulterior motives?"

Although others also had doubts about Shen Cao, they thought that perhaps this woman had some extraordinary abilities, so they remained silent.

Upon hearing Shen Cao's words, Shen Yu'an realized that Shen Cao had deliberately revealed the intentions of the man who had made things difficult for her, without rushing to refute the slanderous words against her. This showed that Shen Cao was a smart person.

I admire Shen Cao a bit now, after all, not every woman would be like her, helping someone she just met by chance.

Shen Yu'an walked up to Shen Cao, bowed to her in a friendly manner, and introduced himself, "I am Shen Yu'an, the young master of the Shen family. Thank you for standing up for me, but this matter has nothing to do with you, and I am afraid that it may implicate you later."

Upon hearing Shen Yu'an's words, Shen Cao also sized up the young master in front of her. He looked young but had a gentlemanly demeanor and was well-mannered. Seeing that she was a young lady, he did not neglect her because of this. On the contrary, he was afraid of implicating her, so he did not let her good intentions go to waste.

I hope I can make a good connection this time.

Indeed, Shen Cao's decision to step forward was made after careful consideration.

Since she has decided to lead the Shen family to a better life, she will inevitably have to deal with many people.

If she could get in touch with the wealthy and powerful Shen family, she would have the resources to accomplish many things she wanted to do in the future. She had heard that the Shen family's businesses spanned the entire country and involved various industries.

She has done the Shen family such a big favor this time, and using this as a stepping stone to get to know them is a good opportunity.

She wasn't just spouting nonsense; she only dared to speak when she was 70% certain about the matter, otherwise she would end up losing more than she gained.

Shen Cao walked up to the man and asked, "Has your father only started to lose weight recently?"

"How did you know?" The man asked, somewhat incredulously, after hearing Shen Cao's words.

His father wasn't always so thin. His family slaughtered pigs and never lacked pork, so his family members were all big and strong.

However, since the beginning of this year, for some unknown reason, his father has started to eat more, but his body has become increasingly thin.

Especially in the last month, my father has become so thin that he is just skin and bones.

Many neighbors were secretly gossiping about whether he was abusing his father.

“Then it must be right.” Shen Cao said confidently after confirming.

"Your father's death may really have nothing to do with the medication."

"Your father's symptoms are most likely due to diabetes."

"In the later stages of this disease, patients become extremely thin and weak all over, just like your father's symptoms."

Shen Cao continued, "And this kind of illness is most averse to eating sweets. I was initially skeptical, but you said your father ate two pieces of pastry that night and died the next day."

"So I guess your father had diabetes. The cause of death was eating those two pieces of pastry."

"For ordinary people, eating as much of this pastry as they want is fine, but for someone with diabetes, eating two pieces of this pastry is like a normal person drinking arsenic, and they will definitely die."

Upon hearing Shen Cao's words, the shopkeeper also spoke up, "That's right. I read in a medical book that these are indeed symptoms of diabetes. Moreover, the medical book also states that one should eat less pasta and exercise more if one has this disease."

Shen Cao continued, "Actually, diabetes is caused by too much sugar in the body. Your father had too much sugar in his body, and he ate sweets at night. The excessive sugar caused him to be unable to handle it, and he eventually passed away."

After listening to Shen Cao and the shopkeeper, the man said, "My father is already dead. Even if what you say is true, that people with diabetes cannot eat sweets, how can you prove that my father had diabetes?"

Yes, how can she prove that a dead person had diabetes?

After hearing Shen Cao's words, Shen Yu'an learned that there was such a disease as diabetes, and that one could not eat sweets. This was the first time he had ever heard that eating sweets could cause death.

Listening to the discussions, he was also curious about how Shen Cao could prove that the deceased had diabetes.

Shen Cao listened to the man's words and said, "That's easy to prove."

As soon as she finished speaking, the voices of doubt from below grew louder and louder.

Judging from her confident demeanor, she's probably also thinking of reporting it to the authorities and having a coroner examine the body.

[Exactly, I'm worried it might be a coroner; how can they prove the person is dead?]

The man also spoke up, "My father will definitely not go to the government office, so give up on that idea."

"Our bodies and hair are gifts from our parents, and I will certainly not allow my father's remains to suffer any harm," the man said indignantly.

Shen Cao smiled upon hearing his words and confidently replied, "Of course, my method will definitely not cause your father any harm."

Shen Yu'an was infected by Shen Cao's confident smile. He was not sure just now, but now, without even hearing Shen Cao's method, he felt that this woman in front of him could definitely solve the problem.

"Manager, I need you to find some ants for me," Shen Cao instructed the manager of Wan'an Hall.

The manager of Wan'an Hall did not take any action after hearing Shen Cao's words. Instead, he looked at the young master and only ordered his men to go find it after the young master spoke.

[This woman must be insane. How can ants prove the deceased's illness?]

This is the first time I've heard of this; I think she's just talking nonsense.

When the man heard that Shen Cao was going to find ants, he thought Shen Cao was just being mysterious. He gave the crowd a confident look and didn't say anything, just waiting for Shen Cao's next move.

"The ants are here."

Shen Cao gestured for him to place the ants on the straw mat where the deceased had just lain.

Less than the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, ants gathered on the straw mat and began crawling on a stain on the mat.

"Alright, I've finished proving it," Shen Cao said after seeing the result she wanted.

This time, Shen Cao didn't wait for anyone to ask before speaking directly, "As I just said, diabetes is caused by excessive sugar in the body, and the stain on the straw mat where his father lay was urine that flowed out of the deceased's body after death."

Ants are attracted to sugar, and if they have a lot of sugar in their bodies, their urine will also contain a lot of sugar. Therefore, ants will follow the scent and gather in areas with high sugar levels.

"Therefore, this also proves that the deceased did indeed suffer from diabetes due to anger."

As soon as Shen Cao finished speaking, everyone understood the reason and began to applaud her.

The man had also lost his previous self-righteousness.

Seeing that the matter had been resolved, Shen Yu'an immediately ordered his servants to disperse the crowd and then welcomed Shen Cao and the man into Wan'an Hall.