"These beasts are so inhumane! How can they bully a girl like this!" Dong Qing was young and couldn't control his temper. When he saw that the other party was the security guard of Songyun Tower, he hugged Anan's hand and begged.

"Stop!" A young man in green clothes walked out of Songyun Tower and shouted.

When the guards saw him, they were a little scared, like fish scattered into the river, disappearing without a trace in the blink of an eye.

The man squatted down, helped the couple up, took out some money from his pocket and handed it to them, and said some soothing words. The couple were also honest people, not only did they not take this opportunity to make a scene, but they thanked the visitor profusely, wiped their tears, and limped away, supporting each other.

He picked up the rotten basket on the ground, picked up a few persimmons that were not rotten, and ran over to return them to the couple.

The owner of the sugar water stall was a warm-hearted man. He put his hands on his chest and blew hot air from his mouth. He called the couple over and brought stools for them to sit on. He poured them some hot water and said, "You are from outside. You don't know how powerful Songyunlou is! This street belongs to them! Listen to my advice. If you want to sell things here, you must pay a share of the money. If Mingqi hadn't happened to be here today, you would have been beaten to death and no one would dare to say a word."

The husband said angrily, "Who on earth is the owner of Songyunlou? How could he be so tyrannical and overbearing?"

Several bosses nearby booed him and said, "You don't even know Sun Cheng, and you dare to come here to sell things! He manages this street!"

The husband blushed and clenched his fists.

Speaking of this, the small stall owners around became excited. They gathered together and explained to the couple—

"The reason why Sun Cheng is so arrogant is because he has someone backing him up!"

"Of course, he is just the shopkeeper of Songyun Tower. The real boss is the Yuan family!"

"The Yuan family is rich enough to rival a country. They can close down a restaurant like Tingyu Tower as if it were a piece of cake!"

"Don't forget, the Yuan family is backed by the powerful Ningyuan Marquis's Mansion! The daughter of the eldest daughter of the Yuan family is the wife of the eldest son of the Ningyuan Marquis's family!"

"Speaking of Ning Yuanbo, he is even more powerful. He commands a large army and is highly respected. Not to mention us ordinary people, even the important officials in the court, how many dare to offend him!"

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Anan didn't respond, he just lowered his head and drank the sugar water. Bai Shao heard them talking more and more outrageously, so she lowered her voice and asked Anan, "Girl, don't you care?"

Anan finished the last mouthful of sweet soup in the bowl, put down the spoon contentedly, and said with a smile: "Let's go!"

Behind me, the couple supported each other and left. The stall owners were busy with their own business. Songyunlou was still crowded with people. The dirty area at the door was soon covered by snow, and everything seemed as if nothing had happened.

The snow fell heavier and heavier, the whole world was covered in white, and the small courtyard in the mountain was faintly visible.

The road that had just been cleared was covered with snow again. The ground was slippery and the carriage was shaking a little. Anan silently lowered the curtain and smiled faintly.

When Anan returned home, he seemed to have seen nothing. He just kept looking at the account books. Bai Shao was anxious, but she didn't know how to help. She sighed all day. Dong Qing wanted to find Yuan Ruolan several times, but was stopped by Bai Shao.

Anan read through all the account books for the past fifteen years in one go, compiled them into a thick volume, and then asked Bai Shao to go out and call Ming Qi over.

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