Chapter 2337: Quite Familiar Faces

Chapter 2337: Quite Familiar Faces

Seeing Shu Yu's reaction, Zhao Xi was somewhat surprised. "What's wrong? Do you know this person?"

Shu Yu furrowed her brow and asked Wei Qin, "You said the young master of the Cheng family is named Cheng Wenbao, and the young lady... could she possibly be named Cheng Jiatong?"

"Yes, her name is Cheng Jiatong," Wei Qin replied, genuinely shocked this time. Not only did they know the owner of the pearl necklace, but they also knew the young master and young lady of the Cheng family?

Zhao Xi rubbed his chin and remarked, "Small world, huh?"

Shu Yu had a complex expression and whispered, "They are from the Changjin Prefecture, and Gan Rui, you know him too, is their future cousin-in-law. At the beginning of last year, the Gan family and the Meng family met to arrange the engagement between Ah Han and Gan Rui. This Cheng Jiatong, she liked Gan Rui and mistook me for someone engaged to Gan Rui. She even had her maids try to tarnish my reputation, but Xia Yan stopped them."

They had encountered such a situation? Zhao Xi glanced at Xia Yan, who was guarding the door, and Xia Yan nodded in confirmation.

Zhao Xi asked, "What happened afterward?"

"Afterward, we went directly to the Cheng family with that thug. Cheng Wenbao was very fond of his younger sister, so naturally, he took her side. However, their father Cheng Feng came out. Once they knew my identity as the county princess, without waiting for me to say anything, they gave both of them a severe punishment and exiled them to... the southwest."

At that time, Cheng Feng had claimed that they were sent to the southwest because there were Cheng family shops there, and it would be an opportunity for them to gain experience and discipline themselves. Cheng Jiatong had cried and said that Cheng Feng must have been influenced by Aunt, trying to make room for her child.

Shu Yu had found the punishment somewhat odd at the time, but Cheng Jiatong's explanation seemed plausible.

She had no interest in the internal conflicts of the Cheng family and had never considered that the Cheng family might have connections to the black market.

Zhao Xi clicked his tongue and commented, "So, they conveniently used the incident where they offended you as an excuse to send them to the southwest? Later, if someone asks, you've become their scapegoat, huh?"

Shu Yu said with a glare, "..."

Meng Yunzheng, who had remained silent, contemplated deeper. The Cheng family was related to the Changjin Prefecture, and it was likely that they had initially worked for the black market connected to the Changjin Prefecture. They were just too well-hidden. Even after many people from the Changjin Mansion were exposed, they managed to remain unscathed.

After the exposure of the black market from the Changjin Prefecture, Cheng Feng had sent Cheng Wenbao and Cheng Jiatong to this southwestern black market. It was no wonder he had made such a fuss, sending them to such a remote place.

However, Shu Yu continued, "Whether she knew her brother was a bad person or not is not important. What's important is that the Cheng family is distantly related to Prefect Magistrate Cheng."

Zhao Xi suddenly gasped for breath. "They are related to Prefect Magistrate Cheng? Doesn't that mean..."

He abruptly stopped speaking, cast a sidelong glance at Wei Qin, and refrained from continuing. They had only discussed Wei Qin's identity and the reason for her injuries so far, and they hadn't mentioned the existence of the black market. It was better if Wei Qin didn't know about certain things.

Shu Yu didn't delve further into it either. Instead, she thought of something else. "I didn't think much about it before, but now I understand some things. When I finished my business in the Changjin Prefecture and was returning, I passed by the Huajiang Mansion. I even saw the Cheng siblings at the dock."