Exile after Divorce? Empty the Scumbag Husband First!-Chapter 331 - 323: Lord Lin Interrogates the Old Woman, Hoping to Uncover the Truth

Chapter 331: Chapter 323: Lord Lin Interrogates the Old Woman, Hoping to Uncover the Truth

Mrs. Zhang heard these words and was inexplicably furious.

"That old hag really doesn’t know what’s good for her!! Indulging her son and daughter-in-law to do such shameless things, and now she’s even thinking of teaming up with outsiders to harm my daughter. Tomorrow, I will definitely go to Lord Prefect and teach her a lesson!"

Nanny Shen wholeheartedly agreed, yet Ruan Mian felt a warm surge in her heart upon hearing her mother’s words.

The gentle and virtuous, poised and elegant mother was now changing to defend her.

She decided to play along, wanting to see what kind of evil scheme the old woman was plotting, and perhaps even drag out Wen Qiang from behind the scenes.

After all, when Nanny Shen informed her that a person named Miss Wen was instigating the old woman, she had already guessed it must be Wen Qiang.

But she hadn’t expected that Wen Qiang had orchestrated everything, directing the old woman to act on her own, and she slipped away quickly.

Now Lord Lin was interrogating the old woman, and perhaps some information might be unearthed.

At this moment, Mrs. Wang, who had been walking behind the crowd, suddenly stepped forward: "Miss Ruan!"

Ruan Mian just turned back and saw Mrs. Wang kneeling directly before her. She was taken aback and hurriedly tried to help her up.

But Mrs. Wang stopped her, and even had Lin kowtow to her.

"Miss Ruan, I will remember your kindness in saving Lin for a lifetime. I have nothing to repay you with, so how about allowing Lin to acknowledge you as his godmother? After all, you gave him a second life, and henceforth Lin will definitely be filial to you!"

Ruan Mian couldn’t refuse, especially since Lin was a well-behaved child.

She thought it was just a formality, but upon returning to the village, Mrs. Wang immediately organized the godparent acknowledgment ceremony for Lin.

Watching Lin earnestly kowtow to her, and solemnly offering tea with both hands.

"Godmother, please accept this bow from your child! No matter what happens, I will be filial to Godmother and treat you as seriously as my birth mother, in gratitude for saving my life."

"Good child, get up quickly."

Ruan Mian felt that their sincerity was enough.

Just as the ceremony ended, Cui Zhu quickly walked to Ruan Mian’s side, speaking with a grave expression.

"Miss, there’s a problem with Rui, please go check on him quickly."

Ruan Mian furrowed her brows slightly. There were still quite a few people present, but Cui Zhu deliberately lowered her voice, indicating that the issue couldn’t be spoken of openly.

So she found an excuse to leave, and upon reaching Rui’s room, she shockingly discovered that Mrs. Chen had fainted beside the bed.

Rui, who had inhaled a drug, was still unconscious, and his clothes had been removed, with words written on his back.

Ruan Mian quickly approached, and after calling her sister-in-law a few times without a response, she shifted her gaze to Rui’s back.

Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be some words written by Wen Qiang, informing her that her sister-in-law’s parents were actually killed by her brother!

Each word carried a strong sense of irony.

Suddenly, Ruan Mian understood that her sister-in-law intended to bathe Rui, but upon undressing him, she saw those messages.

Unable to bear it, she fainted.

At this moment, there was a knock on the door, two knocks, and then Ruan Qingsong walked in with a freshly cooked medicinal soup, stunned by the scene before him.

Realizing something was wrong, regardless of Chen Zhao’s expression of wanting to speak, he rushed forward, seeing the words left on Rui’s body.

It was as if a thunderbolt struck him, and the medicinal soup slipped from his hands, hitting the ground harshly and shattering into pieces!

The fainted Mrs. Chen was awakened by the shock, and as she slowly opened her eyes, she saw the familiar face of her husband, memories flooding back, and tears bursting forth!

Before she could speak, Ruan Qingsong was already kneeling on the ground, grabbing her hands with a face full of guilt, weeping loudly!

"Wei’er, it’s my fault, it’s my mistake!"

"I’ll endure any punishment you choose to give me!"

He bit his cheeks hard, not begging for forgiveness from Mrs. Chen, nor giving Ruan Mian a chance to explain, singularly focusing on admitting his mistakes to Mrs. Chen.

Even when Mrs. Chen was at a loss and in immense pain, he couldn’t bear his wife’s pain, suddenly drawing a dagger from his person and placing it in Mrs. Chen’s hand, thrusting it toward his chest!

"Brother!"

Ruan Mian reacted quickly, swiftly halting their hands, and Mrs. Chen was also greatly startled. Once she grasped the situation, her hands were already trembling violently.

The dagger clattered to the ground.

Mrs. Chen clenched her teeth tightly, shakily speaking with a hoarse voice: "Asong... how could I, how could I do this to you?"

"I too am at fault for our parents’ deaths. But the one most deserving of blame! Is Wen Qiang!!"

"Tell me, wasn’t it her, taking advantage of your memory loss, to manipulate you into doing these things?" Despite enduring the pain, she spoke with all her remaining sense, which was beyond Ruan Mian’s expectations.

She thought her sister-in-law, upon knowing this news, would surely lose her mind over their parents’ deaths or be at a total loss.

But now she forced herself to stay calm, clearly understanding that the mastermind behind all these was Wen Qiang.

Yet facing him now, Ruan Qingsong found it hard to calm his heart.

He slapped his own face hard, the sound of the slap reverberating throughout the room...

Mrs. Chen immediately grabbed his hand, collapsing into his embrace, her entire body trembling uncontrollably.

"Asong, don’t, don’t do this."

"What fault do you have? I’ve already lost my parents, and Rui was lost and found with great difficulty, do I still have to endure losing my husband as well?"

"I can’t bear it, I can’t bear it..."

Mrs. Chen held onto Ruan Qingsong tightly, knowing clearly the guilt harbored in his heart.

This incident, no one suffered more than he did.

Mrs. Chen couldn’t even imagine how he had endured these past days.

But regarding her parents... she felt like being pierced by thousands of arrows, with memories of past moments surfacing in her mind, such wonderful parents, parents who only had one daughter!

How desperate must they have been before their deaths?

Mrs. Chen cried uncontrollably, collapsing on the ground, letting herself be engulfed by her pain.

Back when the husband’s family faced an accident, she was sent away early by Mianmian, given ample time to send a message to her own family.

At that time, her parents sent numerous supplies and even wanted to take her along, but she couldn’t bear to leave Asong, nor did she want to implicate her parents, so she refused to leave with them.

She was the wife of a convicted official, if others found out that her parents took her away, it would be a catastrophe!

In her letter, she said she would definitely reunite with them someday, whether by returning to the Capital City, or them coming to find her, they would surely reunite! 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝙬𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝒎

Asong told her countless times that they would one day be vindicated and return to the Capital City.