Reborn as a Landlord-Chapter 1189 - 606: Hidden Truths (Part 2)

"One Sweet and Sour Pork, and a Steamed Mandarin Fish."

Han Zhong’s wife agreed and went to the kitchen to prepare the meal.

At this moment, someone came in with a message.

"Is it someone from the Yamen?" Lian Shouxin asked.

"No, it’s not someone from the Yamen... it’s the Young Owner from Jisheng Hall."

The Young Owner from Jisheng Hall, naturally, they were referring to Wang Youheng.

"Has Young Doctor Wang/Brother Youheng returned?" everyone was surprised.

Just after the New Year, before the Lantern Festival, one of Wang Youheng’s maternal uncles suddenly fell ill and passed away. Naturally, Wang Youheng had to go for the funeral rites, and he hadn’t returned since. Because his uncle’s family had few members, Wang Youheng had to stay and help handle the funeral affairs. As a result, throughout the month of January, and now into March, the family hadn’t seen Wang Youheng for quite some time. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶

Now it seemed that Wang Youheng had finished the matters over there and had come home.

Since Wang Youheng had arrived, Lian Shouxin, Wu Lang, and Xiao Qi all got up, and Lian Manman also wanted to see Wang Youheng, so she got down from the kang. In the end, several members of the family came out from the house to the front courtyard to meet Wang Youheng.

Wang Youheng was sitting on a chair in the front hall, with a cup of hot tea placed on the small table beside him. When he saw Lian Manman and the others come in, he quickly stood up from the chair.

Everyone greeted each other with the usual courtesies and then sat down again. Gradually, some snacks were brought in.

Lian Manman observed Wang Youheng. Today, Wang Youheng was wearing a moon-white long robe. After not seeing him for many days, he seemed to have grown taller, but his face and body obviously looked thinner.

Lian Shouxin and Lady Zhang asked a few questions about matters at Wang Youheng’s uncle’s house, expressing how hard it must have been for him.

"You look thinner, it’s just right, stay and have a meal with us later," Lady Zhang said, then busily called for Xiao Xi to go to the kitchen and tell Han Zhong’s wife to prepare more dishes.

"Brother Youheng, when did you come back, how come we didn’t hear anything?" Lian Manman asked Wang Youheng.

Since everyone entered the room, although Wang Youheng was always responding to Lian Shouxin and Lady Zhang, his heart was really thinking about Lian Manman, which made his gaze occasionally fall on her.

The people in the room were not unaware, but no one took it to heart. Since Wang Youheng had returned, he must have heard some news, so it was reasonable for him to worry about Lian Manman. Just like them, although they didn’t say much, they were actually worried about Lian Manman too.

Hearing Lian Manman’s question, Wang Youheng slightly turned his body, directly facing her.

"I just arrived today," Wang Youheng told Lian Manman.

"Just got back to the county today, why didn’t you rest a bit longer at home before coming to Thirty Mile Camp?"

"How could I stay still? As soon as I got home, I heard the news." Wu Lang had sent someone to the county to report, and since it was Thirty Mile Camp’s affair, the Wang family got the news. And upon learning that Lady Gu’s death had resurfaced Lian Manman’s past affairs, Wang Youheng couldn’t stay still. He informed his family briefly and hurried over.

"Brother Youheng, is what Yingzi said true?" originally wanted to wait for Wang Youheng to come back to ask, but now Lian Manman simply asked directly.

"That day, as I was walking towards the village and exiting the woods, I saw someone lying by the well, and also saw the backs of two people walking towards the village." Wang Youheng nodded, recalling the past as he spoke, "At that time, I was far away, and only when I got closer did I realize it was you, with blood running down your head."

At first, seeing someone lying by the well from a distance, and two figures heading towards the village, Wang Youheng didn’t notice anything unusual in the situation. It was only when he got closer and saw blood running from Lian Manman’s head that he was startled.

"I took you home and later saw Lian Huahua and Lian Duoduo, realizing they were the two figures I had seen. At the time, I even said it was your big..."

Originally, Wang Youheng wanted to say your aunt, but he changed his wording at the last moment.

"It was Lady Gu who suddenly interrupted me and said that Lian Huahua and Lian Duoduo were with her the whole time in the west room and never left the courtyard. I... after all, I hadn’t really seen anything, and although I was a bit suspicious, I didn’t say anything more."

"You were severely injured, and my father was invited to treat you. I stayed in the village and inquired about things from your uncle’s family, which is how I learned some things." At this point, Wang Youheng sighed lightly, "Later, you woke up, and the matter of the Child Bride was called off, which was when I felt more at ease."

It was because he learned about the Child Bride issue, found it intriguing, and then became more suspicious of Lian Huahua and Lian Duoduo. However, after Lian Manman woke up, she didn’t remember anything about the past; he asked several times but couldn’t get any answers, so he buried his suspicions in his heart.

"At that time, your family’s situation, we all actually knew." Wang Youheng continued, by now, he and the Lian Manman family’s friendship was no longer as it had been, such that things he couldn’t say back then were now quite okay to say, "The whole family’s future depended on Lian Huahua’s marriage. If I had voiced my suspicions, I feared it might obstruct her marriage."

"After all, it was suspicion without anything I really saw. Back then, I thought, no matter what, the reputation of a girl about to be married had to be handled with utmost care."

"... My suspicions were merely that you three sisters had some quarrel, and they accidentally pushed you. Later, I wanted you to be cautious because I felt that the sisters bullied others and feared you might suffer from being with them. I never thought..." Wang Youheng shook his head with a bitter smile.

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