Chapter 1980: With Big Brother Cheng's Present

Chapter 1980: With Big Brother Cheng's Present

Cheng Jiatong sneered, "Why panic? It's just knowing a minor official in the yamen. It's not like they're acquainted with the magistrate himself. What's there to fear? These yamen runners are just carrying a title; those hooligans are afraid of him, but I don't care about him."

"But, but Young Master Cheng said that this new Lord Qi isn't easy to deal with, and those officials under him may not give face to the Cheng family..."

Before the maid could finish her sentence, Cheng Jiatong gave her a fierce glare.

However, the maid's words did give Cheng Jiatong some concern. Still, she quickly dismissed it, saying, "That vile woman has connections in the yamen, but don't forget, Uncle's bodyguards are here in the prefectural city. Even Lord Qi will have to give some face to my uncle. Would a minor official dare to cause trouble for me just because of a woman from the countryside? Does he have the courage?"

Afterward, she asked the maid, "Does my face look seriously injured?"

The maid nodded, "It still looks quite red with a palm mark."

Hearing this, Cheng Jiatong's hatred flared up. She had initially left her home to avoid being ridiculed by her two half-sisters for being slapped once. Still, now, she would use that slap to teach that vile woman a lesson.

Cheng Jiatong took a deep breath and said, "Let's go, back home."

The maid hurriedly followed her.

Cheng's mansion was not far away, and when Cheng Jiatong returned home, she asked another personal maid who came to greet her, "Where's Cheng's bodyguard?"

"That gentleman is in the pavilion, talking with Young Master," the maid replied.

"Well, that's quite convenient."

Cheng Jiatong deliberately rubbed her eyes to make them red, and her hair was disheveled. Then, she rushed towards the backyard pavilion, crying as she went.

Her cries were piercing, and the two men who had been chatting and laughing in the pavilion were startled. They turned their heads to see what was happening.

Cheng Jiatong's elder brother, Cheng Wenbao, stood up abruptly, furrowing his brows as he walked out of the pavilion. "What's going on? What happened?"

"Big Brother, sob..." Cheng Jiatong ran to Cheng Wenbao, bowed her head, and cried, sobbing intermittently.

Cheng Wenbao noticed her disheveled appearance and, upon seeing the clear palm print on her face when she lifted her head, his pupils constricted. His face turned ashen as he asked, "Who did this to you?"

"A, a woman... I just mistook her for someone else and said a few words to her. I didn't mean it. Who knew she would use her connections in the yamen to directly... to hit me and warn me not to appear in front of her again. She said she'd hit me every time she saw me. Big Brother, please help me. I've never been hit by anyone in my life, but this woman from nowhere dared to hit me."

Hearing this, Cheng Wenbao's anger flared up. "She dares to use her connections in the yamen to hit you just because you mistook her for someone else? She's too audacious! Does she think our Cheng family is nobody?"

"Big Brother, I'm in pain."

"Fourth Sister, don't worry, your big brother will help you. Do you know where that woman lives?"

"I had my maid follow her, and she lives on Fuyuan Street. Big Brother, are you going to find her? But her family has yamen officials. I'm worried..."

"There's nothing to worry about. She's just a minor official. We have Big Brother Cheng backing us."

Saying this, Cheng Wenbao turned his head to look at the man sitting in the pavilion.