The next day, Master Zheng, who had failed to find his relatives, arrived together with the invitation from the Chen family.
The man was very quiet. In just two days, he had lost a lot of weight, and even his eyes were sunken.
Seeing them, Zheng Congen just nodded and returned to his room dejectedly.
Lin Mengya didn't ask him about it. Moreover, they needed some time to be alone with each other.
Lin Mengya came to the Chen family with Xiu.
But this time it was the main house, and when she arrived at the door, the master of the Chen family greeted her in person.
After a few words of greeting, Lin Mengya was invited to the living room by the master of the Chen family.
After the guest and the host were seated, the master of the Chen family hesitated to speak.
"Mr. Su, please forgive us for what happened at the meeting of the aristocratic families."
"It's the Jiang family's problem. I'm a person who distinguishes between kindness and hatred, so I won't vent my anger on others. You can rest assured about this, Master Chen. "
These words reassured the neutral party led by the Chen family.
Although she said yesterday that she wouldn't settle the score, everyone was not sure.
In addition to blaming Jiang De for dragging them down, they also wanted a definite answer.
"Yes, yes, yes. Mr. Su is tolerant and magnanimous. We're really ashamed."
Lin Mengya smiled and said nothing, so the master of the Chen family didn't know what to say next.
After the two of them laughed for a while, they saw that Mr. Su was not anxious at all, but the Chen Family's Patriarch was worried.
"In fact, I took the liberty to invite you here this time because I have a presumptuous request."
Lin Mengya had already guessed it in her heart, but she still pretended that she knew nothing about it.
"Please go ahead, Master Chen."
"Well … Alas, I don't want to be so shameless. I want to know what benefits it will bring to small aristocratic families like us if we join the big chamber of commerce now. "
She was not surprised at the question raised by the master of the Chen family.
For these small aristocratic families, if they didn't have the strength to be independent, they needed a solid ally.
This was especially true for the Gong Family, who had voluntarily offered themselves to them. Only a fool would choose to push them away.
"Well … I'd like to know first. Is this the personal intention of the head of the Chen Family, or does the other family heads also want to know?"
Hearing this, the Chen family's patriarch said somewhat embarrassedly, "I'm sure it can't be hidden from mister's eyes. Indeed, this isn't just my idea. But you also know that the Zheng family is the one in charge here. We're just living under someone else's roof. "
It seemed that what they wanted to spy on was not only her intentions, but also the movements of the Zheng family.
Lin Mengya lowered her eyes and pretended that she understood everything. She only answered some questions that were neither deep nor shallow.
"Everything naturally needs to have rules and regulations. If Patriarch Chen is interested, you can send someone to my Eldest Young Master. There are many things that I can't decide on my own. "
Most of the things that were delivered to their doorstep would not be cherished.
Since that was the case, it was better to let them personally ask for it.
The head of the Chen Family was somewhat dissatisfied, but no matter how he tried, the girl in front of him, who was about the same age as his daughter, did not reveal any useful information.
Without a choice, the Chen Family Head could only give up some unrealistic ideas.
Although Lin Mengya's attitude was not bad, her intention was clear.
If they wanted to join the big chamber of commerce, they should talk to the Gong family themselves. No one could get in through the back door.
She also wanted to let them know that once they missed some opportunities, they would not get them again.
After saying goodbye to the Chen family's patriarch, who had been enthusiastically urging them to stay for dinner, Lin Mengya and her people planned to go back to pack their things and leave as soon as possible.
Unexpectedly, when she just arrived at the inn, she saw a carriage parked at the entrance of the inn.
Since they moved in, they had booked the entire inn. Apart from their people, there would be no one else.
She stood at the entrance of the alley and waved to the waiter at the door.
The waiter recognized her and knew that she was a distinguished guest, so he immediately ran over to her attentively.
"Distinguished guest, what can I do for you?"
"Who's here?"
She raised her eyes and looked at the carriage behind him.
The waiter took a glance and immediately said cleverly, "This is the carriage of the Zheng family. They said that the second elder of the Zheng family has arrived."
What was the second elder of the Zheng family doing here?
Lin Mengya was full of questions, so she asked a few more questions.
According to the waiter, the second elder of the Zheng family had just arrived and went to the room of the first elder of the Zheng family. Lin Mengya didn't know what they were talking about and didn't allow anyone to go over.
Lin Mengya stuffed a piece of silver into the waiter's hand and walked to the teahouse next door with Xiu.
She was very clear about the ambition of the second branch of the Zheng family, but it was too coincidental for them to come at this time.
"Could it be that he knows that his son has committed a crime in our hands?"
Xiu guessed, and Lin Mengya also thought the same.
However, although Zheng Luxi was the eldest son of the second branch of the Zheng family, he was obviously an abandoned chess piece.
It was reasonable for the second elder of the Zheng family to appear here now.
Unless he wanted to protect his son.
But according to the previous situation, the second elder of the Zheng family was not a good father who would love his son so much.
After thinking for a while, she didn't go back to the inn directly.
Instead, she asked someone to secretly monitor them, and it would be better to find out what the brothers were talking about.
She took Xiu to go around outside and came back, but the horse carriage was gone.
She pretended to know nothing and went back to the inn, but she ran into Zheng Rongrong, whose eyes were red.
As soon as the girl saw her, tears fell from her eyes, and she felt extremely wronged.
"Sister Su, I …"
Lin Mengya seemed to have thousands of words to say to her. She held the girl's hand and took her to her room.
As soon as they entered the room, the girl couldn't hold back anymore and burst into tears.
"I, I just know that I'm just a stone used by my father to pave the way for my brother. In this case, why did he let me live? "
In the end, Zheng Rongrong still knew the cruel truth.
Xiu quietly left and left the room to the two of them.
Lin Mengya didn't say anything, but just sat quietly beside Zheng Rongrong, listening to her sobbing and saying all the words in her heart.
When a person had something to worry about, no matter how much suffering and grievances she had to suffer, she would be happy to endure it.
But if one day she knew that all this was an illusion, the pain would be even more unbearable.
It was not that Zheng Rongrong couldn't accept that she had a brother, but she didn't expect that her father had been lying to her.
Every word and sentence could not express the grievances she had suffered over the years.
In the end, when she was tired of crying, she was gently held in Lin Mengya's arms.
"I know the pain in your heart. You'll be fine after you vent it out. Do you have any plans for the future? "
This girl was very tough, and Lin Mengya knew that she would not fall down after a setback.
Zheng Rongrong sobbed, but she didn't break down like before.
She shook her head sadly. For her, she didn't know what was true and what was false.
Lin Mengya took out a handkerchief and wiped her little face.
"If I'm not wrong, something has happened to your brother. In the future, only you and your father are left in the Zheng family. "
"Something has happened? Sister Su, do you know where my brother is? "
Lin Mengya was a little curious about Zheng Rongrong's attitude.
"You don't blame him?"
"Who? My brother? "Zheng Rongrong shook her head. "All this was arranged by my father. Even if I want to blame someone, I will blame my father and those who hurt my mother and brother."
This girl was a sensible person.
Since she already knew, it was time to tell her some things.
"According to my deduction, your brother must have been used as a tool to realize his ambition. For so many years, your father never found out, so there are only two possibilities. First, something happened to your brother recently, so your father didn't find out. Second, he may have been replaced since he was a child. "
In fact, Lin Mengya was inclined to the second possibility.
Otherwise, how could Zheng Congen not reveal a trace of clues based on how much he valued his son?
In her opinion, this was probably a scheme to steal the sky and change the sun.
"If this is the case, then my brother is in danger."
In fact, Zheng Rongrong's feelings for her brother were a little complicated. But after all, he was her only brother, and her mother had risked her life to give birth to him. Even if it was for her mother's sake, she still cared about him a little more.
Lin Mengya nodded slightly. In fact, she felt that after Zheng Luxi did all these stupid things, there must be someone who wanted to replace him completely.
But she didn't know why the person was so sure that he could replace him.
After all, how could a child who had never appeared in the family inherit the position of the head of the family?
After hearing this news, Zheng Rongrong's brows furrowed in anxiety.
"No matter what, he is my brother. I can't let him fall into the hands of those bad people!"
"You'll have to ask your father about this."
In Lin Mengya's opinion, the root of all this was the fight for the position of the head of the Zheng family.
The second branch of the Zheng family murdered Mrs. Zheng because of this, and Old Master Zheng sacrificed his daughter because of this.
Therefore, if she wanted to solve this problem, she had to confirm the position of the head of the Zheng family first.
Zheng Rongrong bit her lip. No matter how much she didn't want to see her father now, she had to bear with it for the sake of business.
The two of them went to the door of Old Master Zheng's room, lowered their heads, and knocked on the door reluctantly.
"Who is it?"
The voice inside could not hide the exhaustion.
"It's me."
Zheng Rongrong had just answered, when the door inside was forcefully opened.
Old Master Zheng was a little excited and nervous as he looked at his daughter.
"Rongrong, you, you forgive me?"
His cautiousness almost made Zheng Rongrong cry.
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