On February 15, residual snow clung to the withered branches in Hanmei Courtyard. Jiang Rou stared at the gray-robed man before her, her fingertips trembling slightly as she clutched her handkerchief. The man was Sun Fu, the largest cloth merchant in the suburbs of the Capital, who had harbored a deep grudge ever since the Marquis Mansion turned him away years ago.
"Miss Jiang Rou is indeed straightforward." Sun Fu stroked his mustache, his eyes roving over her figure. "As long as you act according to the plan, once it succeeds, the Marquis Mansion Silk Shop will be yours and mine to take."
"I only want Jiang Wan to be utterly ruined," Jiang Rou said through clenched teeth. "As for the business, do with it as you please."
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