The weather was getting cooler, and the osmanthus trees in the Yongding Marquis's mansion were golden, emitting bursts of strong fragrance when the wind blew. Ruan Xiaojiu stood in the corridor for a while. Soon, a thin layer of osmanthus flowers had been laid in front of the steps, like a thin golden blanket. He turned his eyes and saw a piece of goose yellow skirt corner turning around at the end of the corridor. He was startled, and then looked along the pleated skirt. At a glance, he saw Su Yao wearing a goose yellow lace skirt and an off-white shirt. A smile immediately appeared on his face, and he shouted loudly: "Girl!"
No matter how Su Yao's identity changes, in his heart, she is still the fourth girl who chose him at first sight and changed his life forever.
As he shouted, he couldn't help but be slightly absent-minded - she was the same girl as before, but she seemed not the same girl as before. The current Su Yao looked more calm than when she first came two years ago, like a night-shining pearl that had been wiped clean, making people unable to take their eyes off her.
However, this thought only lasted for a moment, and he immediately lowered his head, not daring to offend in the slightest.
Su Yao didn't notice it, and nodded to signal him to follow her into the flower hall. After sitting down, he asked him, "Did Liu Jie's letter come back?"
"It's been sent back." Ruan Xiaojiu hurriedly answered, and added: "Miss, Liu Jie said that everything you asked has been done. Lord Duan has already been to the Xu family. With the pressure from Shen Hai and the betrayal of Master Bai Qi, Xu Fengqing can no longer bear it."
People who can no longer hold on usually look for a lifeline.
Xu Fengqing would definitely grab this life-saving straw thrown out at this time.
Su Yao hummed, not really surprised.
Ever since the first time Xiao Heng took her to Juhai Manor, she has been keeping an eye on it for a long time. Ruan Xiaojiu, Liu Jie, Hu Ying Yudong, all of them helped her keep an eye on it. Although Juhai Manor was indeed heavily guarded, over time, something would eventually seep out.
It was as if she knew that there were often Hua Niangs trying to commit suicide in Juhai Manor, and these dead Hua Niangs would not even leave their bodies behind - if they wanted to leave their bodies behind, they would always have to be buried, even if they were thrown into a mass grave, it would arouse suspicion if it happened too many times.
Later, Liujie really discovered the whereabouts of these dead Hua Niangs - the bodies were transported to a dog farm in the suburbs.
Dog farm. When Su Yao heard the word, his heart trembled. Many memories from his previous life that were too long ago flooded into his mind.
The dog farm, the one in the suburbs of Beijing, belonged to Cheng Dingan in his previous life.
Cheng Ding'an liked all crazy and exciting things. She dealt with him reluctantly. In order to make her son the legitimate son, she did not dare and did not want to give up her position as the marquis' wife. As a result, Cheng Ding'an turned around and sent the housekeeper, whom Su Yao had personally selected for his son, to the East Suburb Dog Farm.
Moreover, Cheng Dingan personally took her to watch the whole process.
She was so scared that she almost went crazy, and she kept screaming and struggling. Cheng Dingan held her head, enjoying her expression with relish, and asked her word by word: "Will you go against me again in the future? Look, this is the end of going against me."
After that, Su Yao fell seriously ill.
In fact, she had never liked Cheng Dingan, but now she truly hated Cheng Dingan with gnashing teeth.
After that, she pretended to be frightened and never dared to say no to Cheng Dingan again. She handled the affairs of the backyard carefully. But in fact, she had secretly contacted Song Heng and began to collect every detail of Cheng Dingan's affairs and reveal them to Song Heng.
She became more and more cowardly, and Cheng Dingan treated her like a cat or a dog, never even looking at her for a moment. However, since she helped him a lot in managing the inner house and served his parents very attentively, he simply ignored her.
All the necessary information had been collected, and on the eve of Song Heng's decision to take action against Cheng Dingan, Su Yao also knew that he should retire.
And it was not too difficult to get away from Cheng Dingan smoothly----she found a way to provoke Cheng Dingan's white moonlight, and Cheng Dingan's white moonlight couldn't wait to kick her out of the door, but she acted as cowardly as a quail, which made Cheng Dingan, who was always like a madman, unable to bear to silence her----no one would take an ant seriously.
Cheng Dingan just told her to pack up and leave, divorced her and sent her back to her parents' home.
She cried, but she was actually relieved in her heart - if Cheng Li had not been unable to bear the Su family's cold eyes and turned back to find Cheng Dingan.
The Su family treated her coldly. She was sad and discouraged. However, although she was sad at that time, she had already found a way out - Song Heng had already gone to the fifth prince's fiefdom. The uncle and nephew raised the banner of clearing the court and declared war on King Zhuang. He had already made arrangements to take her away.
Cheng Li disrupted all these plans.
She suddenly lost interest - she had been suppressed and in pain all her life, and she never dared to reveal her true self. She had been sacrificing for others all her life, for her brother, her sister, her mother, her father, and her son, but all these people had betrayed her.
She suddenly decided to stay in the Su family. She wanted to see with her own eyes how Su An and his people would choose between Su Ruyi and themselves when the desperate situation came and there was no one left for her to sacrifice.
It’s a pity that she didn’t live long enough to see what happened to those people.
Thinking of the past, Su Yao's expression turned cold. She took a deep breath before she calmed down.
Unexpectedly, the dog farm still existed in this life, it just had a new owner.
In other words, in the previous life, Cheng Dingan had already climbed to the position of the most trusted confidant of King Zhuang, and the dog farm was donated by Juhai Manor. It’s just that Cheng Dingan is no longer in this life.
But those sins will not disappear just because of Cheng Dingan.
Those girls were abducted and sold like livestock, and were passed on through many layers of hands before finally being sold to Juhai Village. The pretty ones who were good at reading people's newspapers became playthings for Juhai Village to achieve its goals, while the unfortunate ones didn't even leave their bodies behind.
The tea on the table had already cooled down. Su Yao remained silent for a long time. Ruan Xiaojiu looked up and carefully examined her, then asked in confusion, "Girl?"
Su Yao woke up with a start and hummed.
She rubbed her brows, lowered her eyelids to hide the complexity and disgust in her eyes, and chuckled, "Nothing, I was just lost in thought. It's a good thing that Lord Xu couldn't hold on. His sins were too deep. He was able to turn back in the end and do a good deed, which can also accumulate some good karma."