Translator: SJade, Editor: Dj22031
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Ying Luwei was her sister-in-law, how could she refuse to save her?
Didn’t she hire a therapist to cook the food herself?
Why couldn’t her biological daughter understand her more and in turn hurt her heart?
“Madam, please calm down.” The housekeeper considered it for a moment and comforted, “The second young lady may have reached the rebellious stage.”
“Rebellious stage?” Zhong Manhua laughed angrily, “When did she follow my heart? She is not sensible at all. Now she’s ignoring me. Doesn’t she want to recognize me?”
She got angry when she mentioned this.
After teaching for so long, she couldn’t learn the piano, she couldn’t write Chinese characters, she couldn’t even speak English well, and she didn’t look like a rich lady at all.
The more Zhong Manhua thought about it, the angrier she became: “When Moyuan brought her back a year ago, I saw that she was very well-behaved. Who knew she could do such a thing?”
The Ying family was completely embarrassed!
Now she went to hook up with Fu Yunshen.
Who was Fu Yunshen?
A dandy brother known to everyone in Shanghai, he couldn’t do anything and only had one face.
When the time came that she was sold, she would have to count the money for others.
The housekeeper didn’t know what to say, so he had to remind: “Madam, it’s half past ten, and the eldest lady is still waiting for your call.”
Looking at Zhong Manhua who was sad and angry, he shook his head and sighed.
The eldest daughter of the Ying family was not Mrs. Ying’s biological daughter, but adopted.
But the adopted one was more considerate than the biological one.
Fortunately, both the master and his wife were sensible and declared that the second young lady was just an adopted daughter. Otherwise, if the other three wealthy families knew the truth, they might be ridiculed.
He had stayed in the Ying family for more than 20 years, served Mr. Ying and Mrs. Ying, and knew something about what happened back then.
Fifteen years ago, the Ying family had a big business deal that involved the Imperial Capital. Everyone in the company was so busy that they couldn’t sleep for days and nights. Fortunately, the deal was signed in the end.
On the day they signed the contract, Ying Zhenting and Zhong Manhua went out to socialize together. When they came back at night, they found that the baby was missing from the cradle.
There was no trace, as if it disappeared out of thin air.
The housekeeper was also puzzled. He just went to the kitchen for a few minutes. How could something like this happen?
The baby was not yet a year old, so there was no way she could have escaped on her own.
The Ying family mobilized many people to look for it, but they couldn’t find it.
Zhong Manhua collapsed at that time and almost went crazy. During that time, she was in a trance. When she saw other babies on the road, she would rush over to hold them and cry.
Ying Zhenting couldn’t bear to see his wife like this, so he thought of a way to adopt a child.
This child must be very similar to the little daughter they lost. The baby who was less than one year old was not open at all. He was not raised day by day by himself, so there was nothing to distinguish.
A few months later, Zhong Manhua’s spirit finally stabilized. Later, when she learned about Ying Zhenting’s actions, she did not complain or blame him.
Her motherly love also transferred to this adopted child during this period. She took good care of her every day, and the more she looked at her, the happier she became.
Of course, Ying Zhenting was secretly still sending people to search for the lost baby, but he couldn’t find it after two years of searching, so he gave up over time.
Rich families had no shortage of descendants, and there were many illegitimate children.
Ying Zhenting suppressed the matter and warned those who knew about it at the time not to reveal a word.
After all, as one of the four wealthy families in Shanghai, every move of the Ying family was extremely important. If this kind of scandal was widely publicized, there would be a period of turmoil.
Therefore, except for a limited number of people such as the housekeeper, even the eldest young master of the Ying family did not know that his biological sister was missing.
More than ten years had passed, and everyone had gradually forgotten such a thing.
The housekeeper also knew what Zhong Manhua was worried about. She had a harmonious family and a pair of excellent children. She was an elegant lady in front of and behind her, and was envied by everyone.
As a result, the real daughter was suddenly found. This was originally worthy of celebration, but the real daughter came from the countryside, did not understand etiquette, could not do anything, and did some embarrassing things. She was really not worthy of being the eldest daughter of the Ying family.
But the blood of the Ying family could never be allowed to wander outside, even if it was a stain, so in the end, she was brought back through adoption.
Neither Ying Zhenting nor Zhong Manhua felt there was anything wrong. After all, the second young lady was inferior to the eldest lady in everything.
The Ying family in Shanghai was not comparable to that of a small county. Being able to step into the upper class was a blessing for this true daughter, and she should not be greedy.
“Look at my memory, I have forgotten such an important thing.” Zhong Manhua rubbed her temples, picked up the phone, and dialled the number. When she heard the voice from over there, she immediately smiled, “Hey, Xiao Xuan, it’s mom, how are you doing today?”
“Okay, okay, that’s good. You can study in Ozhou with peace of mind. If you need anything, just tell mom. Mom doesn’t mind the trouble…”
In the room.
Ying Zijin looked at the old desktop computer on the table, and tapped her fingers on the keyboard a few times, and the screen froze: “Tsk…”
Although she had never touched a computer, she knew that this was the first time.
She stopped looking, lowered her head, took out a bank card from Qingshui County from the wallet in the drawer, and did some calculations.
Five hundred sixty-two dollars and eight cents.
A little less, but just enough.
Ying Zijin narrowed her eyes, held up her hands, turned over, jumped from the nine-meter-high third floor, landed lightly, and left the Ying family’s old house from the right. The housekeeper who was closing the window caught the girl’s figure, but when looked again, he couldn’t see anything.
The housekeeper rubbed his eyes and said to himself suspiciously: “Maybe I saw it wrong.”
Sure enough, he was dazzled, and he actually thought that the second lady had sneaked out.
The housekeeper shook his head, closed the doors and windows, and went to the kitchen to prepare hot milk for Zhong Manhua before going to bed.
Due to Fu Yunshen’s interruption, Nie Chao did not reveal the exact address of the underground market.
But for Ying Zijin, she could figure it out as long as she got the name of a place.
She looked at the crooked letters hanging at the door – HERMIT, her eyes fixed for a moment, then she put on the mask and walked in.
The underground market was even more chaotic than the city of Shanghai at night, with feasting and dancing and demons dancing wildly.
This was an area beyond the control of the four wealthy families, and those who came in would more or less hide their identities.
The girl’s entry did not attract the attention of others. A look came from behind and fell on her with a little more interest.
In the Starry Sky Bar, the bartender behind the counter noticed the man’s abnormality and raised his eyes: “What are you looking at?”
“Nothing.” Fu Yunshen curled his lips deeply, and the wine key melted between his slender white fingers. There was a flash of light, and he turned his head and smiled, “I saw a disobedient child running out of the house so late.”
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