Chapter 224: Keep Calm After an incense stick of time, the assets were counted. Gu Chan was extremely angry. After the fire, all the furniture and wood she had bought before were scrapped, and the clothes and fabrics she bought after she came here were also all burned. Now, the only assets they had left were a dozen or so carriages parked outside, a box of herbs rescued from the fire, and only one thousand taels of silver. There are more than fifty people standing here now, which means more than fifty mouths to feed every day. Fortunately, Shen Sanfeng will send her 50,000 taels of silver tomorrow, otherwise they will have no idea how to survive in the days to come. Gu Chan looked at the sad crowd, forced a smile and said, "Okay, everyone, don't be sad anymore. Now let's surround the dozen or so carriages and make a clear area. Tonight we will temporarily use the sky as a blanket and the ground as a bed, and have a good rest and wait for the godfather's people to send the silver tomorrow." "Where are we going to settle down after this?" "Yeah! This place has been burned down like this, it's not cost-effective to build a new building!" "Fifty thousand taels of silver cannot buy a good building in Zhongyuan City, where every inch of land is worth a lot of money."
Everyone said worriedly. Gu Chan thought for a while and said, "In my opinion, the fastest way to settle down is to buy a building in the commercial street in the refugee area, and then renovate it and hang up the sign of the clinic first." "I agree. After all, there is a larger flow of people over there, and there are more shops. Even if the thieves want to harm us again, they dare not set fire. Otherwise, once the entire commercial street in the refugee area is burned down, the government will have to intervene." Zhou Dachuan nodded in agreement. When everyone heard the two of them say this, they all nodded in agreement. Afterwards, everyone followed Gu Chan's instructions, pulled over a dozen carriages to form a circle, cleared out an open space in the middle, and then lay down to rest. Gu Chan pulled Zhou Dachuan, Ma Zheng and Ouyang Wan'er aside, and the four of them sat cross-legged and discussed the matter secretly. Ma Zheng said angrily, "Boss, in my opinion, this was probably done by Scar and his gang. Didn't you deal with them before? You even drove them out of Zhongyuan City. It's very likely that they wanted to take revenge on you before they left, so they set the fire and ran away." "Yes, I think it's them too." "Only these hooligans have such courage." Zhou Dachuan and Ouyang Wan'er also agreed with Ma Zheng's point of view. Gu Chan shook her head and sneered, "It can't be them. Scar knows my temper, and I let him go before. He also promised to take his brothers away. They left at that time. I am sure of this." "You didn't follow them, so how can you be sure?" Ma Zheng said. Gu Chan just smiled and didn't explain. Ever since what happened in Wuheng County on the border, she had become cautious. When Scar and the others left, she secretly sent Snake Baby Sogou to follow them, but she didn't tell Ma Zheng. So based on the information brought back by Snake Baby Sogou, she was sure that Scar and the others had already left the city and must not return to burn her clinic. Seeing Gu Chan's confident look, Zhou Dachuan asked curiously, "Then who do you think secretly sent people to burn down our clinic?" "Since I came here, besides offending Scar and others, there is only Shao Renjie, the eldest son of the Xu family, one of the three major families in Zhongyuan City. Previously, at the Liu family's Xuan Beast Martial Arts and Marriage Competition, my Mickey killed his Xuan Beast, and he has been holding a grudge against it ever since. So he is the biggest suspect." Gu Chan analyzed quietly. "That's true, but it's a pity that we have no evidence! Otherwise we could report to the police and have him arrested." Zhou Dachuan sighed. Gu Chan laughed disdainfully. Zhou Dachuan asked, "Why are you laughing? Did I say something wrong?"
"With a force like the Xu family, do you think it would be useful to report to the police and have them arrested? To deal with bastards like this, you must use ruthless methods." Gu Chan said gritting her teeth. Ouyang Wan'er suddenly had an idea. "How about this? Let's sneak into Xu's house and find out if he really sent someone to do it. If so, we can use our own methods to retaliate against him and burn down his house. This way, we can get revenge and feel better at the same time." "No rush. If we want revenge, we have to wait until he compensates us." Gu Chan smiled faintly. Zhou Dachuan and the other two fell silent. The key point was that they couldn't understand: if Xu Renjie really had harmed them, why would he compensate them? What Gu Chan said was somewhat far-fetched. Gu Chan didn't want to say more, so she just said to the three of them, "Okay, don't worry about it, go to sleep and get some rest. We'll move to the commercial street tomorrow and settle down first. As for this matter, we can't rush it. We must remember that things will turn out well if we take it slow. We must be patient." "Yeah, there's no point in being anxious, let's take a rest first!" Ouyang Wan'er said softly. Then the four of them quieted down and found a place to lie down and rest. No one slept well that night, and Gu Chan was also half asleep and half awake. It was not until dawn that everyone got up and packed up, then got on their carriages and formed a long convoy to the commercial street. After a night of fermentation, the news of Gu Chan's clinic being burned down was now known to everyone in the refugee zone. Along the way, everyone they met offered their comfort. Gu Chan pretended that nothing had happened. She smiled and thanked everyone for their concern along the way. She also announced that she was reluctant to change clinics, but now the people who burned the clinic helped her, so she finally made up her mind to change clinics. Seeing how happy she was, everyone stopped talking and thought she was really happy. On the other side, in Xu Mansion, a wealthy area in the eastern district of Zhongyuan City. At this time, Xu family's eldest son Xu Renjie was sitting on a lounge chair in the back garden, crossing his legs, eating grapes, humming a tune, and feeling very relaxed. But just when he was happy, one of his men ran up to him and said, "Master, Gu Chan has already led her people to the commercial street in the refugee area. He seemed quite happy along the way." "What? The clinic was burned down, and he can still be happy?" Xu Renjie immediately sat up and asked with a cold face. "Yes! I found it strange too, but I hid in the crowd and saw that he was really happy. He said that he was reluctant to change his clinic, but now he finally gave up. He was also very grateful to the people who set fire to his clinic. And the most important thing is that his godfather Shen Sanfeng sent someone to give him a box of silver bills on the way, which is worth at least tens of thousands of taels of silver!" said the subordinate. Xu Renjie's face darkened with anger, and he suddenly threw the bunch of grapes in his hand to the ground, smashing them to pieces. (End of this chapter)
