Chapter 1731 - 628: The Female Lead Who Was Reversed (17)

Chapter 1731: Chapter 628: The Female Lead Who Was Reversed (17)

There’s a problem, definitely a problem!

Xu Changsheng has never read any books, nor does he have much knowledge, but he possesses an animal-like intuition.

Over the years in the mountains, he’s avoided countless dangers relying on this invisible, intangible intuition.

Just...

The little maid from this wealthy family in front of him is no formidable beast, so why does she give him an abnormal feeling?

Could there be some connection between her and him?

Xu Changsheng grew secretly alert.

Originally, he just wanted to take a look, and if Aunt really was in danger, he’d find a way to help.

But, looking at the current situation, it doesn’t seem like anyone’s causing trouble; it actually seems like a rich family’s relatives have come to bring gifts instead.

Once sure that Aunt’s household was mistaken, Xu Changsheng was supposed to leave.

Yet, due to the maid’s abnormality, he didn’t leave but stood among the crowd, listening to the surrounding chatter and gossip.

After a good while, the crowd began to disperse, and Xu Changsheng understood the ins and outs of the situation—

It turns out Aunt’s sister from her maiden family became wealthy, and she’s being taken to the Capital City to enjoy life by her granddaughter, the Princess Consort, and she came to see her sister before leaving!

And the maid who made Xu Changsheng alert was sent from the Capital City by the Princess Consort.

Capital City?

Princess Liang?!

To Xu Changsheng, absolutely unfamiliar and far away.

But for some reason, he felt an inexplicable sensation.

It’s as if that place has some relation to him.

This isn’t Xu Changsheng’s random speculation; the subsequent events further deepened his inner doubts.

Granny Li went to her younger sister’s house and didn’t leave immediately, staying overnight instead.

By evening, the villagers watching had completely dispersed.

Second Sister Li’s family sat around Granny Li, curiously and enviously asking about the situation.

Granny Li, thoroughly enjoying the highlight of her life, bragged about her precious child without hesitation.

Ji Xiang and the other little maids were busy at the Xu Family, tidying rooms and preparing meals.

Ji Xiang, being a maid from the Capital, was naturally more esteemed than Chen Fu’s rough maids bought in the County, and she was clearly the leader among them.

She didn’t do specific tasks but was responsible for coordination.

"Don’t slaughter the old lady’s chickens and ducks; go ask around the neighboring houses to see if there are suitable poultry!"

Ji Xiang arranged meticulously.

Speaking of neighboring houses, standing in the yard, she couldn’t help but cast her gaze towards the dilapidated yard on the west side.

Xu Changsheng:...

Here it comes!

Here it comes again!

This abnormal little maid is looking at him strangely again!

"Young gentleman, may I ask if your family has any chickens, ducks, or other poultry?"

Ji Xiang shouted at Xu Changsheng across the low wall.

"I, I’m not some gentleman, I’m just a hunter!"

Xu Changsheng looked directly at Ji Xiang, speaking somewhat stiffly, "My family doesn’t raise chickens or ducks—"

His family was notoriously destitute in the village.

His father, Scabies Xu, was lazy and gluttonous, and would gamble whenever possible.

He had made the house so poor that even if Xu Changsheng tried to raise chickens and ducks, they would be taken by Scabies Xu to squander.

His mother, Wang Yecha, was lazy and greedy, caring only for herself, didn’t even care for her own son, let alone handle house chores like a normal farmer’s wife.

She was either visiting the Owner or the neighbor, preferring to gossip outside than tidy the house.

And his two younger brothers were also little rascals and rogues.

...One could say, among the five, he was the only one who seemed like a normal person trying to live.

The whole family was filthy, and the diligent Xu Changsheng had become the odd one out.

And odd ones are always ostracized.

So, since childhood, Xi Changsheng had been abused by Scabies Xu and Wang Yecha.

If not beaten, then scolded, with hunger and cold as part of his daily life.

If not for the neighbors and villagers pitying him, offering food, or teaching him how to set traps and hunt, Xu Changsheng would have died long ago!

Now in his twenties, his peers in the village have several children.

Xu Changsheng doesn’t even have a wife.

He wants to marry, but with the Xu Family’s situation—

No family that loved their daughter would send their child into the Xu Family pit.

Xu Changsheng is a good boy; everyone in the village knows.

Not only is he capable, but he’s also good-looking.

Tall and handsome, if he hadn’t spent so much time exposed to the elements in the mountains, tanning his skin, he should look even more respectable than the wealthy young gentlemen in the County.