After I stopped being a lady from a rich family, I fought all over the capital

Chapter 382 Crab, what do you think?
Song Lan completely ignored the crab spirit's rage and chuckled, "If I'm not mistaken, the location of your benefactor's steamed bun shop wasn't that remote, was it?"

"Indeed not."

The crab spirit had a cold and sullen face, and was very unhappy: "But that was only because the rent in that place was too high before. My benefactor wanted to save money so that he could leave more money for his wife to treat her illness."

"That's why I moved to a more remote location, but where the rent is cheaper, to continue running the steamed bun shop business."

Song Lan scoffed, "How could such a clumsy lie fool you?"

"You're really naive."

"Anyone with a brain can see the flaws in this statement."

Song Lan glanced at the crab spirit and secretly retaliated by cursing back at everyone who had been scolded before.

"What do you mean?"

"Would my benefactor lie to me?"

"impossible!"

"This is absolutely impossible!"

“My benefactor is pure and kind, with an open and honest mind. How could he possibly lie to me?”

"Moreover, after moving to a more remote location with lower rent, the benefactor was able to bring back a lot more money each day to pay for his wife's medical treatment."

Doesn't this prove that changing positions was the right thing to do?

Song Lan raised an eyebrow: "Are you sure?"

"nature!"

The crab spirit had a righteous look on its face.

“Every day when my family comes home, they tell me in detail how much money they made that day.”

“Every time he saved enough money to pay for his wife’s medical treatment, he would be very happy and would talk to me for a long time.”

Song Lan chuckled: "But haven't you thought about this one thing?"

“He runs a business in a good location with lots of people coming and going, but he doesn’t make much money.”

"How come moving to a more remote location has made it so popular with customers and the business is booming?"

Are all those people idiots?

"When this steamed bun shop was placed in front of them, they didn't think the steamed buns were particularly delicious, and they rarely went there."

"On the contrary, even though the steamed bun shop moved away to a remote location and became much more expensive than before, they still flocked there, going to great lengths to travel over mountains and rivers to get there."

"Just for this one bite of steamed bun."

"Don't you think it's strange?"

"Could it be that all these people are just scoundrels?"

"When they give it to you, you don't care for it. But when they really stop giving it to you and there's really nothing left, you can't forget it. Even if you have to spend a lot of money to buy it, you still have to taste it to see if it's salty or not."

"Do you think that's reasonable?"

Song Lan rattled off a string of questions, leaving the crab spirit speechless.

Her little brain simply couldn't process such a complicated problem.

"This……"

After much thought, the crab spirit once again realized that Song Lan was right.

"But what evidence do you have for all this?"

The crab spirit stubbornly refused to admit it: "These are just your guesses."

"Perhaps those people are willing to go even further to eat my family's steamed buns."

"This only proves that the steamed buns made by my benefactor are indeed delicious."

"It has attracted many loyal customers, making them remember it fondly and linger there."

"So naturally, business is booming."

The crab spirit, with a hint of pride in its voice, said, "Isn't this perfectly normal?"

"is it?"

Song Lan smiled and asked, "Did your benefactor mention the price increase to you?" The crab spirit remained silent.

"So you have no idea what kind of people he serves at the steamed bun shop?"

"Then tell me, oh no, I should say, you guess, after he moved his steamed bun shop, a lot of people suddenly came, going through all sorts of trouble, even taking detours and walking a few extra steps, just to come and eat his steamed buns. Did that arouse any suspicion in him?"

"For example, eating your crab roe soup dumplings will produce some special effects."

"And the reason why your benefactor suddenly raised prices after moving to a remote location, is it because he realized that your crab roe soup dumplings have a miraculous effect?"

"You might as well think about it again: if he didn't even tell you about the price increase, will he tell his wife at home, who is sick in bed?"

"Think about it again. If he didn't tell the truth, where did all that extra money go?"

The crab spirit was once again stunned by the question.

"he……"

Unable to argue with Song Lan, the crab spirit resorted to shamelessness: "Anyway, you can't convict my benefactor based on these facts alone."

"These are all just speculations."

“My benefactor must have had his reasons for doing that.”

Stop judging others by your own petty standards!

The crab spirit stubbornly refused to admit that she had actually been swayed by Song Lan's words.

"it is good!"

Song Lan smiled indifferently: "Then let's not talk about these baseless speculations."

"We'll only talk about things that are based on facts."

Upon hearing this, the crab spirit inexplicably tensed up: "W-what is it?"

"What else do you want to say?"

"Don't slander my family's benefactor again."

Song Lan scoffed: "You keep calling me my benefactor, but I remember you said at the beginning that it was that little girl who drowned who released you?"

"What? Isn't that little girl your benefactor?"

"But the owner of this steamed bun shop has become your benefactor."

The crab spirit roared in fury: "What do you mean?"

“That girl is naturally my benefactor, and the person I most want to repay.”

"But it was because she saved me that she lost her life in vain."

“My cultivation is still shallow; I cannot venture into the underworld or change the Book of Fate, so naturally I am powerless to save her.”

"This is the most regrettable thing in my life."

"So the only thing I can do is to protect her family for her sake."

That's why I call her family my benefactors!

The crab spirit sneered, "You woman, don't be so cold-blooded and arrogant!"

"But I suppose you wouldn't understand my feelings."

"After all, all you can see are those petty and despicable schemes."

"A petty person judges a gentleman by his own standards, and naturally sees everything as unclean."

Song Lan: ...

She took a deep breath and temporarily suppressed the urge to slap the crab demon twice.

After all, crabs don't have much brains.

If they beat them even dumber, I'm afraid I'll have to waste even more breath explaining.

She exhaled slowly, her emotions calming down considerably.

"So, what do you think about the fact that your true benefactor, that little girl who tragically fell into the water and lost her life while trying to save you—or rather, to release you—doesn't even have a proper grave? On Qingming Festival, Ghost Festival, and the anniversaries of her death, no one pays her respects, and she can only pitifully become a lonely ghost?"

Song Lan's words completely baffled the crab spirit.