As soon as Yang Mengchen's voice fell, everyone almost simultaneously exclaimed, "I am willing!"

To become a servant in my household, you will have to do housework and farm work, endure the sun and rain every day. Can you withstand such hardship?" Yang Mengchen asked with an indifferent and cool expression, "Most importantly, can you set aside your self-respect?"

As expected, some people showed hesitance on their faces.

"Being under the sun and rain is much better than going to those filthy places! I may not know how to do housework or farm work, but I will try hard to learn!" a young girl replied loudly, with a deep and long wound on her right face stretching from below her eye to the corner of her mouth, bleeding profusely, giving anyone who saw it a shock.

Yang Mengchen slightly frowned, looking at the girl without speaking.

Fearing she might have frightened Yang Mengchen, the girl quickly lowered her head after speaking, feeling uneasy and anxious.

"What happened?" Yang Mengchen asked the broker.

The broker hurriedly explained with a forced smile on his face, "Yesterday a customer took a fancy to her looks and wanted to buy her, but she has a fiery temper, and immediately smashed a teacup, ruining her appearance."

"You, stand over this side," Yang Mengchen signaled the girl to move to her right-hand side.

Looking up suddenly and seeing that Yang Mengchen, though slightly furrowed her brows, looked at her with clear and clean eyes without any trace of fear or aversion, the girl felt a great relief and was moved to tears. She bowed deeply to Yang Mengchen and then walked to the place indicated by Yang Mengchen and stood there.

Yang Mengchen silently nodded her head and then looked at the others, speaking indifferently, "Those who are willing to follow me, stand with her."

Soon, more than twenty people stood beside the girl, while the rest obviously hesitated.

Without so much as a glance at those who remained, Yang Mengchen walked slowly past the twenty-odd people, then returned to her original place. Except for three of the girls, she bought the rest, instructing Yang Chengning to follow the broker and complete the procedures.

"Miss, please, buy me," the three who were not chosen by Yang Mengchen knelt on the ground, begging her desperately.

One of the girls even crawled on her knees up to Yang Mengchen, reaching out to grab the hem of her dress, but Yang Mengchen cleverly retreated three steps back. The girl grasped at thin air, and Hai Tang's four people promptly stood between Yang Mengchen and the girl, glaring angrily at her, "What are you trying to do?"

"I mean no harm; I only wish for Miss to buy me," the girl explained urgently, "Not only am I capable of doing housework, but I am also skilled in music, chess, calligraphy, and painting. I beseech the Miss to buy me, I will work like an ox or a horse to repay your kindness." While pleading, her eyes kept fixating in the direction Yang Chengning left.

Gazing down coldly at the three on the ground, Yang Mengchen's dark eyes seemed clear and bottomless, yet they held so much insight, so much clarity. Under that gaze, the three felt as if they stood naked, completely exposed, and in that moment, they were filled with immense fear and dared not speak any further.

"My family has no place for those with ill intentions!" Yang Mengchen's lips curved slightly with a trace of faint chilliness.

She had noticed from the start, ever since that girl came out, her eyes were locked on her second brother, clearly harboring schemes.

The other two ceaselessly scrutinized her, and when they saw the green jade bracelet on her wrist—a birthday gift from the Old Lady Luo—they clearly showed a flash of greed in their eyes, their expressions tinged with a hint of scorn.

Having their ulterior motives exposed by Yang Mengchen, the three suddenly felt their faces turn red and then pale with embarrassment, their heads nearly touching their chests in shame, their hearts filled with inexplicable panic and terror.

The young girl, despite her tender age, could see right through their minds, which was simply terrifying!

After Yang Chengning finished the paperwork with the broker and came back, he saw the three people kneeling on the ground and felt the atmosphere was a bit off, "Ninth sister, what happened?"

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