Dying to Replace the Living
Chapter 165

Fearful of His Crimes, He Committed Suicide

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Harmonious Garden in the Inner City was a private estate the Qin Family had spent over a decade acquiring and designing.

The Qin Family had originally been a clan of craftsmen skilled in architecture, so they naturally put even more care into building their own home. They had even gone to Flame Capital to study the main residences of various wealthy and powerful families. In the end, they built Harmonious Garden, known as the "Number One Garden in East Sun." It was cool and refreshing in summer, warm and perfect for admiring the snow in winter, filled with blooming flowers in spring, and ideal for sitting and observing the autumn silence. It was spacious without being chaotic, beautiful without being excessive, embodying the spirit of "no strings and bamboo to disturb the ears, no official documents to weary the body."

There was an unspoken consensus among the people of Profound Candle: if you wanted to become a servant, your first choice should be the Qin Family's Harmonious Garden. As long as Harmonious Garden was hiring, you could sell yourself into service even if you were not short of money. It was practically a T0 workplace. The environment at Harmonious Garden was pleasant, so servants could live comfortably there. Besides, living in a good place elevated one's spirit and nourished one's body, and the Qin masters were all gentle and easy to serve.

Next came the Ting Family and the Lan Family. Both were merchant guilds that dealt in heavy industry, so their homes were often lavish and their families rich and extravagant. Their masters usually had to work in factories themselves and understood the hardships of servants. They would not mistreat their servants, were generous with their money, and offered abundant opportunities for graft. They were T1 workplaces. If you

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