Lin Shuyun's face was very cold.

Chen Ting was immediately too frightened to speak, and turned her head to look at Xiao Qing pitifully.

"Brother Xiaoqing, can I go with you? I'm scared."

Xiaoqing was frowning when the old butler came running up, looking anxious and panting. "Miss Ting, what are you doing here? Shengjing is so big, what if you get lost? How am I supposed to explain this to my old bones!"

Chen Ting lowered her head and said, "Uncle Chen, I'm sorry. I was being harassed by someone, but Brother Xiaoqing saved me."

"I didn't expect to trouble you all again, Madam Lin. I'm so sorry, so sorry."

The old butler kept apologizing.

Lin Shuyun was too lazy to listen. She didn't see Qin Niangzi anywhere and decided to go find her aunt.

"Brother Xiaoqing, I have nowhere to go. Can I follow you for now?" Chen Ting looked at Xiaoqing expectantly.

She also wanted to know why Jiang Changtian went to Luming Academy. Did his father, who was an official, pull strings for him?

"Uncle Chen, what's wrong?" Xiaoqing quickly caught the old butler who was falling backward.

Xiaoqing didn't want to get involved, but she didn't expect the old housekeeper to almost fall. If he hadn't caught him in time, he probably would have been seriously injured.

"It's alright, I just walked too fast. That's how it is when you get old. I'll calm down, I'll be fine after a while." The old butler sat down to the side, panting.

Xiaoqing frowned at Chen Ting, "Can you listen to him and tell him to stop worrying about it?"

"Brother Xiaoqing, I understand. I will be good. Uncle Chen, let me help you." Chen Ting said, looking aggrieved as she helped the old housekeeper.

"Let's sit down at one of the stalls up ahead."

Xiaoqing felt a pang of pity for the old housekeeper.

Lin Shuyun walked straight ahead, and Gu Ru and Gu Chen followed.

"Brother Xiaoqing, we want to go with Sister-in-law," Gu Bao said, turning around.

Xiaoqing glanced at the old butler and said, "You all go back first, I'll be there in a bit."

Lin Shuyun thought Qin Niangzi had gone home, but after searching the house, she couldn't find her.

So he instructed the three children, "You three stay home first. If anyone knocks on the door, lock it and don't open it. Just pretend you're not home. I'm going to check somewhere else."

Gu Chen nodded, a cold glint flashing in his eyes as he thought of the Jiang family members.

Lin Shuyun walked around the street for a while and then felt that someone was following her.

She smiled slightly, found a shop, and went inside.

"What happened? We've lost track of someone!"

The two burly men waited and waited, but no one showed up, so they had no choice but to tell Butler Jiang.

Butler Jiang was furious; how was he going to explain himself when he got back after such poor performance?

The man looked bewildered as well. "I don't know either. She went into that shop and hasn't come out since. When I went in to look for her, the shopkeeper said he hadn't seen her. Could it be that I saw a ghost in broad daylight?"

"idiot."

Since they couldn't find Lin Shuyun, they had no choice but to slink back home.

Old Master Jiang never expected these people to be so useless. They couldn't even catch a few teenagers after several attempts, and now they've managed to lose track of a woman.

The Jiang family, a family of such great size, feels like a joke.

Madam Jiang frowned. "Master, why don't we just let this matter go for now? It's better if those bastards don't come back, so they won't get in our way."

It's more peaceful at home now that he's not coming back. If he does come back, things will fall apart again like before.

The few illegitimate children are manageable, but I'm mainly afraid that my eldest son, Jiang Hao, will try to kill himself again.

“If we don’t come back, and people find out what happened back then, our whole family will be doomed. We shouldn’t have had that child back then because we were too soft-hearted!” Old Master Jiang’s face was grim.

“It’s not that we’re being soft-hearted, sir, but the child’s father’s identity is too special. We simply can’t take action against him. So many years have passed, and we haven’t seen any action from above. No one will know about what happened back then.”

"Who?"

Upon hearing a sudden noise, Master Jiang's expression changed instantly, and he spoke up alertly.

"Master, we just found out that Jiang Changtian has entered Luming Academy. I rushed to the entrance of Luming Academy."

Old Master Jiang's face was grim. "When did you get here?!"

The servant, puzzled, asked, "Master, I just arrived. What's wrong?"

Master Jiang's expression softened considerably.

"What did you just say? Jiang Changtian entered Luming Academy?"

……

……

"Sister! What are you thinking about?"

Jiang Xue, from the second wife's family, returned to the courtyard in a daze, and was almost startled by her younger sister, Jiang Miao.

"Oh, it's Miaomiao! Your sudden voice scared me to death." Jiang Xue clutched her chest, her face looking rather pale.

"Sister, didn't you go to Grandmother's courtyard to deliver a headband to her? Why are you back?"

Jiang Xue forced a smile. "I was halfway there when I suddenly realized it was still early. Isn't it a bit premature to give you the headband?"

“Grandma usually urges us to do some needlework. These past few days the weather has been a bit chilly in the mornings and evenings, so giving her the headband isn’t too early, is it?” Jiang Xue felt that her sister seemed a bit strange.

"They're all back now. I'll bring them over when I pay my respects to my grandmother tomorrow morning."

Just as Jiang Miao was about to ask further questions, Jiang Xue went back to her room.

A little while later, Jiang Xue came out again to find Madam Pang. "Mother, you said before that you saw Gu Ru and his brothers on the street with Grandmother. Is that true?"

"Of course it's true. Those little bastards are still alive. I thought they were long gone."

While Mr. Pang was calculating, he naturally didn't hold back when speaking to his daughter.

"Mother, did my aunt really commit adultery?"

"Whether she committed a crime or not, evidence was found in her room, and your grandparents insisted that she had an affair, not that others said so."

When Pang spoke of this, she lowered her voice and then looked at her daughter, "Why are you asking this? A girl shouldn't talk nonsense. Your grandfather values ​​manners the most, you know that."

"Mother, I was just curious. Don't worry, I won't say anything more."

Jiang Xue's words, which she had just overheard, circled around her lips, but she swallowed them back down.

What secrets is the Jiang family hiding?

……

Luming Academy.

After Jiang Changtian went in, he did not immediately arrange the exam. Instead, he stood in several rows like the other candidates.

Chen Jingfeng was surprised and excited to see Jiang Changtian, but fortunately he remembered that this was not the place to talk. The two just glanced at each other, which was enough to greet each other.

A middle-aged, refined man ascended the steps and spoke from his vantage point.

"You are all students recommended from various places to participate in the Luming Academy selection. Each of you is a prodigy. First of all, Luming Academy welcomes you. My surname is Yang, and you can call me Master Yang."

"Furthermore, I'd like to know why you want to come to Luming Academy?"

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