Zhao Yanping said that he had not paid special attention to Zhu Xiucai's niece next door, and Mrs. Zhao believed it very much.

Even grandsons may like Qiao Ge'er, how could they pay attention to beautiful girls?

Old Mrs. Zhao just threw out an introduction to remind her grandson of a beauty who had entered a brothel next door, and then she muttered herself: "That girl has a very miserable life. She finally came back from that place, but she had a shameless and sarcastic aunt who was wearing a shameless and sarcastic aunt who tried to get along with her every day. Today, she loudly accused her of seducing her cousin. She almost heard the loud voice in our street."

Zhao Yanping was drinking tea by himself, which was no different from his usual attitude and expression when he heard the old lady gossiping.

"You have seen Zhu Shiyu. You are not as tall as a monkey. Cui Niang dislikes him. Who would seduce him? I heard that Zhu Xiucai's niece is as beautiful as a fairy. Zhu Shiyu is probably bullied by lust. After being exposed, he turned around and slandered his cousin for seducing him first. He had pity his cousin. Even if he had entered that kind of place, he would not believe him even if he had a good character."

Zhao Yanping drank a bowl of tea, put the tea bowl on the table, looked at the yard and said, "Is the meal ready? Let's start."

Old Mrs. Zhao went to the kitchen to take a look.

Tonight, Cui Niang baked a few pieces of cakes and cooked a pot of rice porridge. The porridge and cakes were all ready. The peanuts in the pot could be fried for a few more times.

When she saw Mrs. Zhao, Cui Niang worked hard to speed up, for fear that Mrs. Zhao would scold her.

Old Mrs. Zhao was in a good mood and urged her to leave quickly.

After dinner, Old Mrs. Zhao went to the west room to sleep, and Zhao Yanping lived in the east room connected to the Zhu family.

Perhaps before returning home, several detectives took him to drink a few bowls of wine. When Zhao Yanping slept until midnight, he suddenly woke up from the swelling.

As autumn just came, the sky was not as cold as it was that it was necessary to take the chamber pot into the house. Zhao Yanping had to put on his middle clothes and get out of bed, quietly opened the door, and went to the toilet. After putting out the water, Zhao Yanping looked up at the night sky. On the sixth day of the eighth month, the moon was like a sickle, and the stars in the sky were scattered irregularly. It was said that dead people would turn into stars, but how to find so many stars?

Zhao Yanping didn't want to find him. He wanted his sister to be alive. No matter how hard he lived, there was hope for life.

After stopping silently for a moment, Zhao Yanping was about to go back to the house.

At this moment, a slight sound suddenly came from the Zhu family next door, as if someone had opened the yard gate.

Is it a thief, or?

As his responsibilities were, Zhao Yanping calmed down and quietly climbed up the wall of his own chicken farm, slowly straightened up. When his eyes passed over the wall, Zhao Yanping saw a slender figure leaving the Zhu family. With the faint moonlight, Zhao Yanping quickly recognized that this person was Gillian, Zhu Xiucai's niece, whom his grandmother mentioned in the evening.

It was late at night and the city gate was closed. Where would she, a weak woman with no power to tie a chicken?

Qinghe and Zhu family were only separated by a street, and Gillian soon arrived by the river.

The river water is deep and shallow, and Ajiao walked along the river bank step by step towards the deep end of the water.

The night breeze is cool, but no matter how cool it is, it can't cool her heart.

Today is the sixth day of the eighth month, and it is also Gillian's birthday.

My uncle wanted to celebrate her birthday, so he told her aunt to buy two kilograms of meat from the butcher's house, and then go to the river to buy a fat fish, so that the family can have a good meal at night. Gillian actually doesn't need such a show, but her uncle insisted, and her aunt was unhappy at first. No matter how much she talked, she would not change her uncle's idea, nor would she feel more comfortable.

Gillian said nothing, like a quiet shadow.

My uncle went to a private school to teach, but my aunt was unwilling to buy meat, so she continued to delay. It was almost dusk and could not delay it, so my aunt took her cousin out and asked her to cook with her.

Gillian was sitting in the kitchen. Her cousin Zhu Shiyu, who usually sat in the room and studied hard, suddenly came to the kitchen and took out a silk veil and said it was a birthday gift for her. Gillian had long felt that her cousin had such thoughts about her, but on the one hand, Gillian had no intention of her cousin, and on the other hand, her aunt would rather die than agree to her to get entangled with her cousin. Faced with her cousin's gift, Gillian had no choice but to refuse.

But my cousin insisted on giving it to her, but Gillian didn't accept it, so my cousin stuffed it into her hand. Gillian realized that her cousin's movements were wrong and wanted to leave the kitchen. My cousin suddenly hugged her in the waist and pushed her to the kitchen door to make a frivolous intention.

It was not until that moment that Gillian was frightened to find that although her cousin was about the same height as her, she was much more powerful. When she was suppressed by him, Gillian could not break free!

But Ajiao was disgusting. With a ruthless spirit, she pushed her cousin away and rushed out of the kitchen. She met her uncle who came back early.

Without her speaking, my uncle had guessed what happened and was furious. My uncle grabbed my cousin and slapped my cousin in the face. My cousin's face became swollen. My aunt, who was carrying the meat home, saw that in order to protect her, my aunt actually accused her of seducing people.

Gillian knew that her uncle believed her, but her aunt shouted so loudly that everyone around the neighbors heard it. Will those people believe it?

Her reputation is already bad enough, and now she has a more infamy to seduce her cousin. How can she meet people in the future?

Staying at my uncle's house, my aunt and cousin talked coldly to her, and my uncle was caught between her and her aunt and couldn't see a smile. My cousin seemed dull and short, but actually had ulterior motives for her...

Gillian couldn't see any hope.

She stopped on the shore, where the water was very deep, and it was said that she had drowned a playful child.

There is an old locust tree with crooked necks on the shore. The dense branches and leaves block the moonlight and starlight. The water surface is gloomy and it is scary to look at it.

Gillian took a look and then grabbed her clothes and took two steps back.

She was timid and always timid. When she was sold into a brothel by her aunt, she also took in a few newcomers. There were ignorant little girls aged seven or eight, and there were also big girls who were fifteen or sixteen. Gillian mixed in and witnessed the obedient little girls having food to eat. The big girls who were seeking death not only had to starve but also had to be whipped. Gillian chose to compromise in an instant.

Gillian's compromise brought the favor of the madam. The madam liked to pinch her chin and looked at her, praising her as a good seedling. The madam was full of expectations for her. The other prostitutes in the building, the guards, never bullied her when they saw the wind, so Gillian had never experienced the humiliation that the women talked about.

Thinking of the madam, Gillian remembered the day she left Huayue Tower again.

That day was the most thrilling day she had spent. Many prostitutes were harmed by animal constables. She had a good life and met Mr. Zhao.

Good luck...

Gillian suddenly smiled, raised her head, and through the dense branches, she saw the sickle-like crescent moon in the sky.

The wind was cool and the moonlight was cool, but Gillian's heart became hotter little by little.

My uncle said that she would have good luck in the future even if she survived the disaster. My aunt praised her for her good fortune. Even the laundry women who like to talk about her by the river said that she had good fortune and could walk out of the wolf den of Huayue Tower.

Just for these two words "good luck", Gillian didn't want to die.

Why do you want to die?

Before her parents died of illness, they handed over all the money from the family to their uncle and aunt. Although not much, it was enough to support her alone. She lived in her uncle's house, which was not just for nothing. Not only that, her aunt also sold her once. Without her, her cousin would have died long ago, so how could she have the strength to bully her? Why did she suffer all the hardships but still be forced to death by those villains who took advantage of her?

She insisted on living, and wanted to live well. She had never felt sorry for anyone. It was my aunt and my cousin who had no face to face her!

Wiping away the tears from his face, Gillian turned around resolutely and returned along the same path.

From beginning to end, Gillian didn't notice a person following her.

The next morning, Gillian looked as if nothing had happened yesterday, and she looked as usual to face the four members of the Zhu family, but she did not get up early to help clean the yard. After dinner, she did not take the initiative to help clean the dishes like before.

Everyone could see that she was resisting silently.

Zhu Shiyu's head lowered, and he went back to his room early and studied behind closed doors.

Jin Shi was also guilty. Her yelling yesterday was just trying to get the place for her son, but she just wanted to bite A Jiao to death. If A Jiao cried, she could still bully others with her power. Now A Jiao put on her attitude that they were sorry to her. Jin Shi dared to call her again, and her husband Zhu Chang was the first to curse.

"Shuangshuang, clean up the table." Jin was going to feed the pigs and ordered his daughter to say.

Zhu Shuangshuang looked at Ah Jiao who had already walked towards the east wing and pouted, "Why did I ask me to clean up? Didn't my cousin do it before?"

Before Jin could speak, Zhu Chang taught his daughter a lesson with a dark face: "Shut up, from now on, all the housework in our family will be yours. If you don't want to do it yourself, go find your mother."

After returning to Xun, Zhu Chang's voice was very low, and he didn't want his niece to hear it or to make things more disturbed.

After scolding his ignorant daughter, Zhu Chang went to the east wing, picked up the curtain, and saw his niece sitting on a chair by the window, ready to embroider.

"Uncle." Gillian stood up and smiled at her uncle.

Zhu Chang was very sad, lowered his head and sighed, and said guiltily: "It's all because of the fault of the son and the godfather. It's all because my uncle didn't teach your cousin well, and let him do such a ugly thing. But I had already scolded him last night. He swears with his fame that will not bully you again. Jiaojiao, live at home with peace of mind, don't be afraid. My uncle promised that your mother would take good care of you and would never go back on his word."

Gillian pulled her cuffs and nodded with her eyes down.

Zhu Chang stood for a long time and waited for this response. He guessed that his niece was not happy, so Zhu Chang had no choice but to retreat and said, "Then uncle will go to the private school first, and I will talk to you when I come back."

Gillian nodded.

Zhu Chang left and passed by the window of the wing room. Zhu Chang looked in and saw his niece lowering her head and embroidering her eyes, with a very focused look.

The Mid-Autumn Festival is coming, and the private school has given the students five days off. Zhu Chang also wants to accompany the Jin family's mother to send gifts to Jin's mother's house for the holiday.

On the morning of August 14th, Zhu Chang secretly stuffed Ajiao a few pieces of silver, and asked Ajiao to go shopping on the street to buy head flowers, jewelry, etc.

"Don't be stubborn all day and go out to relax." Zhu Chang said sympathetically.

Gillian took the money and said softly: "Thank you uncle, I will go. Uncle, please leave quickly, don't let my aunt wait in a hurry."

As soon as she finished speaking, Jin Shi was urging outside the Zhu family’s gate: “When is it now, are you going yet?”

Zhu Chang frowned and looked at his well-behaved and sensible niece. Zhu Chang went out to meet his wife and children, and when he saw Jin, he couldn't help but quarrel.

After they set off, Gillian closed the door and continued to go back to the room to embroider the flowers.

Next door to Zhu's house, Cui Niang ran into the house and said to Old Mrs. Zhao with bright eyes: "Old lady, the scholar's family has set off, and the donkey cart has turned out of the alley!"

Old Mrs. Zhao was putting soles for her grandson, and she nodded lightly when she heard this, indicating that she knew.

Cui Niang was stunned. After waiting for a while, she saw that Mrs. Zhao was still placing the soles of her shoes. Cui Niang asked in confusion: "Old lady, aren't you going to see Sister Ajiao?" In the past few days, the old lady always asked her how beautiful her sister was, and asked her to stare at when the Xiucai family would go to Jin's parents' house to celebrate the festival. She thought that the old lady would go to see Sister Ajiao with her own eyes while Jin was not at home.

Old Mrs. Zhao took a few more needles, then half raised her face and glanced at Cui Niang with disgust: "You are still wronged to call you stupid. I just left. I went there clearly. Wouldn't it be obvious that I went to see someone?"

Cui Niang bit her lip and muttered in a low voice: "You were just here to see people."

Old Mrs. Zhao gave up and explained to the silly girl, and continued to put on her soles. The soles were all ready, and it was almost time to make lunch. Old Mrs. Zhao got off the floor, rubbed her waist, and ordered Cui Niang: "Go to the kitchen to get a bowl."

Cui Niang: "What do you want to do?"
Chapter completed!