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Old Granny Jiang was also frustrated, but there was nothing she could do about it.

"What to do? What to do? All you do is tell me what to do? Jiang Gou Dan has nothing to do with our family anymore, what can I, as his mother, do with them?"

The third son's wife was unwilling to accept that so much money had actually been taken by the second wife's family, as it should have belonged to their family.

The third brother, who had been silent all along, rolled his eyes. Thinking of Jiang Yuyan, who was even more beautiful and charming than the city people, he had a good idea.

A wicked glint flashed in his eyes. "Mother, I have a good idea. We can get our lost money back and make even more money off them."

Grandma Jiang hesitated and wavered.

"Third brother, didn't I tell you not to hang out with those old people? Are you looking for trouble?"

The third brother didn't take it seriously.

"Mother, things are different now than before. As long as I don't say anything, and you don't say anything, and we're careful, no one will know. We can even get rid of the Jiang Gou Dan family, who are resisting us. Do you want them to climb all over us?"

Grandma Jiang was still a little scared. If she were discovered, it would be a capital offense, punishable by death.

"Let me think about it some more." After saying that, she covered her head and went back to her room to rest.

Jiang Laosan and his wife exchanged a glance, and immediately understood each other's thoughts.

Jiang Laosan: "I'll go find someone. You help me stall my mother and don't let her ruin my plans. Once it's done, we won't have to worry about money."

"Okay, go ahead. Anyway, she goes to sleep as soon as it gets dark, so there won't be any problems."

Jiang Laosan then hastily dressed himself and carefully avoided the villagers, taking a side path to the town.

Jiang Yuyan was unaware that a life-or-death crisis was about to unfold for her family that night.

After finishing her meal, she rested for a while, then processed the herbs she and her third brother had picked earlier, and made them into a medicated ointment with the herbs they had bought, to try applying to her eldest brother.

Jiang's father and mother had already gone to work in the fields. When Jiang Muren got up and saw Jiang Yuyan busy, he quickly came over to help.

"Little sister, what are you doing? Third brother will help you."

As he spoke, he took over the heavy work and told Jiang Yuyan to just direct him and not to do it herself.

Jiang Yuyan laughed, not trying to take over the work from him, and said while giving instructions, "Third Brother, aren't you afraid of spoiling me again?"

"Don't worry, I might not believe it if it were someone else, but my sister would never do it."

Jiang Muren had an inexplicable confidence in her, perhaps because he had witnessed it firsthand. When Jiang Yuyan was about to be bullied into nothing by the Jiang family, it was her appearance that changed the situation.

"Third brother, please put these herbs here for me."

This small pot was specially brought back by her to brew medicine; she should have used a better pot, which would have helped the medicine's efficacy.

However, it didn't matter to Jiang Yuyan.

Jiang Muren started a fire and looked curiously at the herbs in the small pot. "Little sister, are you brewing medicine?"

But is it really okay to just put everything in and cook it together?

Jiang Yuyan casually pulled down a small stool that her father had just made and sat down. "Well, I want to make some plasters to try applying to my older brother's legs."

The effect was definitely less than the medicine she had made before, but it would prevent Jiang Muxuan from suffering from leg pain and difficulty falling asleep at night.

"This..." Jiang Muren wanted to say something, but didn't want to dampen his sister's enthusiasm, so he changed the subject, "Sister, how come you know medicine? Are you a medical student?"

"No, I haven't been to school. I learned medicine from discarded books I found at the junkyard." His tone was very calm, as if he were saying something ordinary.

Jiang Muren: "!!!"

"No, little sister, aren't you from the city? How come you haven't been to school? Village officials have come to encourage families to send their children to school."

Jiang Yuyan added firewood, "I'm from the city. I was born just as the Lin family had their misfortune, and the whole family was sent down to a farm for reform. From as far back as I can remember, I've been working and working non-stop."

Jiang Muren: "..."

"Weren't you a child back then? Why did you need to—"

Jiang Yuyan smiled bitterly, "Because Lin's mother hates me, she hates me so much that she wants to strangle me at any moment. If it weren't for my eldest brother—Brother Lin, I wouldn't exist in this world anymore."

Jiang Muren couldn't believe it. "How could a mother hate her own child so much? It's not like it's someone else's family—"

He paused, then said, "Yes! My sister isn't a member of the Lin family; she's not considered her biological daughter."

However, logically speaking, Lin's mother should not have known at the time.

So here's the question: why would a mother who doesn't know the child isn't her own feel such intense aversion to an infant for no apparent reason?

unless--

Thinking of that outcome, Jiang Muren felt a chill run down his spine, and his hands and feet went numb.

"...Third Brother? What's wrong? Are you feeling unwell? Why is your face so pale?" Jiang Yuyan asked worriedly.

"Uh, I'm fine... little sister, I feel a bit dizzy, I want to go back to my room and lie down for a while, you can stay here—"

Jiang Yuyan waved her hand, "If you're not feeling well, Third Brother, go back and lie down. The work here isn't heavy; I can handle it all by myself."

Pretending not to notice his pale face, she continued to add fuel to the fire.

Jiang Yuyan is no kind person. The main reason why the original owner got into trouble, besides being hit by the sudden appearance of Lin Yue, was that Lin's mother attacked the original owner with "nonsense" every day.

If someone tells you every day that you're useless, can't do anything right, are not destined to enjoy life, and are only fit to do lowly jobs, can you feel normal?

She always felt that the original owner and Lin Yue were switched at birth, and the biggest problem was Lin's mother's attitude.

Jiang Muren did not return to his own room, but went to his older brother's room instead.

He knocked on the door, went in, closed the door, and sat down with a dazed expression. Even without Jiang Muxuan saying anything, he could tell that he had something on his mind.

"What's wrong? Weren't you busy with Yuyan just now? Why do you look like something happened?"

Jiang Muren couldn't understand it, but he knew that his eldest brother was the smartest in the family, and nothing was a problem in front of his eldest brother.

"Big brother, do you think that the fact that my sister and Jiang Yue were switched at birth... could it be that someone did it on purpose?"

Jiang Muxuan put down his book and looked at his confused younger brother. "Why did you suddenly say that?"

Jiang Muren told his older brother everything his sister had just told him.

Oh no, she also noticed that Lin's mother's attitude towards her younger sister was very strange.

"...Right? Big brother, what mother hates her own child so much? Unless she knows that my sister isn't her biological child."

Jiang Muxuan pondered; this matter, when put in this way, was actually quite strange.

He wasn't the type to blindly accept whatever side he heard, but he had already begun to believe Jiang Yuyan's words.

If that's the case, there's only one reason why Lin's mother did what she did back then.

"Don't make this public yet. Wait until Mu Yi comes back and has him investigate. That'll tell you."

The most suitable person to investigate this matter is Jiang Muyi, who is very good at talking and fearless. This way, it won't alert the enemy.

"Big brother, I feel terrible. I can't stop thinking about how my little sister has to work so young—"