They Even Carried Off Our Trees

Shen Yumei is having a tough time these days; her family is almost starving.

Shen Tao took Shen Bin and Shen Yi home, and then led a group of constables to search everywhere, but in the end they found nothing.

Shen Tao was truly frantic, and both Shen Bin and Shen Yi noticed that something was wrong.

Shen Bin looked at him and said, "Dad, don't worry, let's think of another way."

What method are you thinking of?

Shen Yi said, "Since the Nie Family wants to marry Miaomiao, then we'll just wait for her at the Nie Family."

Shen Tao looked at him and said, "What if we can't wait? What if Miaomiao does Miaomiao? What if..."

At this time, Shen Miaomiao was being held captive at the Jiang Family's estate.

In front of her were stir-fried prawns, steamed grouper, roasted chicken, braised chicken with chestnuts, roasted duck, Australian lobster, stir-fried asparagus, and braised bok choy with shiitake mushrooms.

There are also three kinds of desserts: jujube paste pastry, osmanthus cake, and milk roll.

Today, Zhou Wanwan also brought her almond milk tea and osmanthus milk tea.

Today's fruits are tangerines, fresh lychees, and grapes.

She ate with burping sounds, "Burp! It's so delicious! Master, why are you so good to me? From now on, you'll be my provider."

Zhou Wanwan smiled and said, "I'm just concerned about my subordinate. Didn't you like Shen Tao a long time ago?"

Shen Miaomiao blushed and said:

No, I was raised by Shen Tao.

I just feel that when I find a man in the future, he must be like Shen Tao, someone who can take responsibility.

But later he discovered that many people were not as good as him.

And my mother, I think she's disgusting. Why would she do such a thing? I still don't understand."

Zhou Wanwan said:

"Everyone has different choices, and Shen Tao is the mature and steady type."

But what your mother wants is sweet talk to deceive her; she, on the other hand, is simply lonely, empty, and cold.

She needs a man to constantly flatter her.

Shen Miaomiao gave a light snort and said:

"He stays at home all day with a long face, does nothing, and can't even keep track of the household accounts."

Shen Tao must have been blind to marry such a woman.

Zhou Wanwan laughed, "You see things clearly, but unfortunately, Shen Tao isn't one to grasp it either."

"Fine, if you're not going to get it, I'll just marry someone else," Shen Miaomiao said angrily while eating.

"I'm so young and beautiful, yet he's finding fault with everything I do."

Even an old ox eating young grass can't understand this.

Shen Miaomiao was full of complaints.

Zhou Wanwan said:

My thought is that he knows everything, but he's also afraid; he's afraid of gossip.

Because you were father and daughter before, that's an indisputable fact.

What if you get criticized and can't handle it?

Shen Miaomiao was silent for a moment before saying, "So what? The two of us are the ones truly living together; no one else can replace us. I don't care."

Zhou Wanwan nodded and said, "I don't care, let's just wait! You'll know the answer tomorrow anyway."

After Shen Miaomiao finished eating and drinking, Zhou Wanwan left.

There are two trees nearby specifically protecting her.

There is definitely no problem.

The Jiang Family is now in complete chaos, they've lost everything, like a locust plague.

The Jiang Lineage clan chief, stunned, crawled out of the mud and asked, "Where am I?"

Jiang Ce ran over in a panic, saying, "Clan chief, something terrible has happened! Our village has disappeared!"

The Jiang Lineage clan chief looked at him and said, "What do you mean the village is gone? Where did our village go?"

Jiang Ce shook his head and said, "I don't know! Anyway, everything is gone. The whole village was ransacked, even the houses are gone."

"This is too cruel! Who did this? Are the guards in our village just sitting around doing nothing? What are you doing?"

The guards approached and said, "We don't know what happened last night, he just fainted."

"Me too, I didn't feel anything at all, and when I woke up in the morning, it was like this."

The Jiang Lineage patriarch walked to the ancestral hall and said:

"The entire ancestral hall was emptied out, even the basement was taken away."

Which bastard did this? If I find out, I'll skin him alive and tear him apart.

Jiang Ce stared blankly at the village and said:

"I always feel like something's missing from our village. Where are those big trees?"

There used to be a very tall ginkgo tree in front of my house.

The ginkgo tree is gone too.

The Jiang Lineage clan patriarch was so angry he stomped his feet.

"We're going to die. These thieves, these bandits, these robbers are far more ruthless than us."

"They actually carried away all our trees! Are these people crazy?"

Nothing was left; it was a complete mess.

A member of the Jiang Lineage clan ran in and said:

"Chief, something terrible has happened!"

Everything in our village and our shops is gone."

The Jiang Lineage clan patriarch suddenly blacked out and fainted.

Jiang Ce quickly called out, "Dad, Dad, what's wrong? It's alright, we'll figure something out if those things are gone!"

The patriarch of the Jiang Lineage is Jiang Ce's father.

After waking up, the Jiang Lineage clan patriarch sighed and said:

"This is going to kill me! All these supplies were originally intended to be transported back to the island."

If we had shipped them back to the island sooner, this whole thing would have been avoided.

Who knew we'd be robbed while we were down? The thing is, our Jiang Family lives in such a remote place, who would come to rob us?

Everyone fell into deep thought.

Jiang Ce frowned and asked, "Where are we staying tonight?"

The Jiang Lineage clan chief said:

Isn't Shen Miaomiao getting married tomorrow?

We'll stay in that village and escort her to her wedding.

Actually, this is a good thing. Now that our things have been stolen from our home, we naturally want to get them back.

I think the Nie Family is pretty good. Let's go scout them out today, and tomorrow we'll wipe them all out.

What do you think?

Everyone nodded in agreement, saying, "Great! Boss, that's a great idea!"

The Jiang Lineage clan patriarch glared at him and said:

"I told you, don't call me boss, boss. You are too angry. Call me clan leader. Do you understand?

Our Jiang Lineage clan's first rule is to keep a low profile. Anyone who violates this rule will face consequences.

Jiang Ce nodded and said, "Yes, I also think we should keep a low profile in everything we do."

The Jiang Lineage patriarch said calmly:

"Look at how well the Jiang Lineage has achieved what it has today; it's all thanks to the collective efforts of everyone in our village."

Anyone who is good-looking and presentable is carefully nurtured from childhood.

After a woman marries, she will gradually send wealth from her husband's family to our clan.

The men in the tribe would find a dozen or so women, not to formally marry them, but to obtain corresponding benefits from these women.

Only in this way will our Jiang Lineage prosper.

Jiang Ce nodded and said:

"Our Jiang Lineage's most powerful tactic is to have children born into the Jiang Lineage and have other men raise them for us."

"Let the women of those men support our Jiang Lineage clan; this will bring the greatest benefit to our Jiang Lineage."

These words stunned the few small trees nearby.

The saplings sneered, "My goodness! The Jiang Family is unbelievable! No wonder Jiang Family 're getting richer and richer, they're absolutely disgusting!"

"You all know they do all sorts of despicable things every day, and now they're trying to scam people again."

We'll tell Wanwan a bit.

The saplings nodded in agreement, and the group quickly went to the village.

They pulled Shen Miaomiao out directly.

Jiang Ce looked at Shen Miaomiao and said, "Miaomiao! I'm your father!"

Shen Miaomiao rolled her eyes and said, "I don't have a father like you."

Jiang Ce looked at her and said:

"This is your grandfather, and everyone here is a member of the Jiang Lineage clan."

Don't worry, with us here, no one will be able to bully you anymore.

You should marry into the Nie Family and become their young mistress.

From now on, if anyone in the Nie Family ever bullies you, the Jiang Lineage clan will always stand behind you.

Shen Miaomiao said casually, "Stand behind me and control the Nie Family, huh?"

Jiang Ce smiled awkwardly and said, "Of course not, we're just trying to protect you and prevent you from being wronged."

Then they heard someone outside say, "The Nie Family family has arrived to deliver the betrothal gifts! Everyone, come out quickly!"