Reborn Heiress: Seeking Revenge-Chapter 453 Li Wanying and Lin Mengjie 2(1)_1
"Hao, help me, please, I don’t want to die! I didn’t see anything! Mengjie, I beg you, don’t kill me, don’t kill me!" Li Wanying suddenly screamed, rushing into the arms of the Shangguan matriarch, trembling violently. The look in her eyes as she gazed at Lin Mengjie and Zhuge Feng was one of sheer terror.
"What on earth is going on, Wanying? Tell me, what happened? Why do they want to kill you?" The Shangguan matriarch scanned the men and women in the room, her tone somewhat heavy. She had always found Wanying displeasing, and now she finally had the opportunity to drive her out openly.
"I saw some things I shouldn’t have, so they want to kill me. If you had been any later, I might never have seen you all again. BOO HOO."
"What are you talking about? What did you see?"
"I saw this man frequently entering Mengjie’s room during the daytime. One day, I happened to overhear some noises, so I went to take a look. I never expected to discover them... them, in broad daylight, in the room! Afterward, I didn’t dare speak of it and only mentioned it to Mengjie in secret, but she ignored me. I had no idea that just now, when I came to see her, I’d catch them together again. They even said the child was theirs! Then they spotted me, and she said she would make me disappear from this world forever. It’s such a relief you came; otherwise, I don’t know if I would have left here alive today."
As Li Wanying spoke, she sneaked peeks at Shangguan Hao’s expression while also secretly observing Lin Mengjie. She couldn’t believe that Shangguan Hao could tolerate it after Lin Mengjie had made such a cuckold of him.
She had always kept silent about Lin Mengjie’s affair, waiting for the right moment. Now that she finally had it, she would ensure Mengjie was finished this time.
The expected explosion of anger didn’t come. Everyone was quiet, except for the Shangguan matriarch, who unleashed a tirade of furious insults at Lin Mengjie. The others just listened and observed silently.
"What an unfortunate family! I never expected this. A perfectly good household has been mired in scandal and shame ever since you married into it! BOO HOO! You’ve utterly disgraced the Shangguan Family! Get out of the Shangguan Family! We have no place for a daughter-in-law who brings us such disgrace." The Shangguan matriarch began to curse like a fishwife. Li Wanying shrank into a corner. Since all eyes in the room were off her, she carefully took out a small bottle and emptied its contents into a water bottle.
With a gentle shake, she watched the substance disappear into the water and finally breathed a sigh of relief, putting the empty bottle back in its place. Having done this, she obediently stood in the background, watching the scene unfold. The first to break were Lin Mengjie’s father and brother. Hearing their daughter, their sister, being so harshly insulted by the Shangguan matriarch, they couldn’t take it anymore and burst out in angry protest, "A divorce! The child will be ours." After uttering those furious words, Lin Mengjie’s father and brother were about to take Lin Mengjie and Shangguan You away.
However, they were stopped by Shangguan Zhi, who wouldn’t allow them to take anyone. No matter what had happened, or the circumstances, the mother and daughter were still members of the Shangguan Family. They were not allowed to leave until the truth was ascertained. Moreover, Shangguan Hao also disagreed. No matter what Li Wanying said, he didn’t believe her, and he didn’t want a divorce.
Shangguan Hao stared blankly at his daughter, who was smiling at him from his arms. He didn’t believe what Li Wanying had said. Yet, when he tried to support Lin Mengjie, she flatly refused his help. She preferred Zhuge Feng’s presence and was clearly unwilling to let Shangguan Hao near.
"There’s no need to argue anymore. The child is Xuan’s and mine. Let’s get a divorce. Xuan, please see the guests out for me. I’m tired. Dad, Brother, you should also go back and rest. Don’t bother with these lowly people; it’s beneath us."
Lin Mengjie spoke gently. Perhaps it had been a mistake from the very beginning.
"Jiejie, I know you’re angry with me, but there’s really nothing between her and me. Even if you’re angry, can you bear to let our child be born without a father?" Shangguan Hao’s anguished voice rang out. He knew Lin Mengjie was saying this deliberately, but did she have any idea how much her words pained him?
"This child is my child too. What you can’t do, I can. I will take good care of the mother and child." For some reason, Zhuge Feng felt an inexplicable surge of joy upon hearing Lin Mengjie’s words. He snatched the child from Shangguan Hao’s arms and placed the baby beside Lin Mengjie.
From this day forward, he could openly appear beside Mengjie and the child. And today, when he made his entrance, he was already in disguise. No one would recognize him as Zhuge Feng. This way, he could openly remain here as Ouyang Xuan to care for Mengjie and their child.
The events that followed all went according to Li Wanying’s plan. She didn’t know the true identity of the mysterious person who was helping her. Two days after Zhuge Feng appeared, he had to leave Lin Mengjie’s side to attend to some matters, and Lin Mengjie ended up consuming the substance Li Wanying had administered.
Moreover, she later inadvertently learned that not only had Lin Mengjie consumed the substance she had given her, but that mysterious person had also added other substances, leaving Lin Mengjie in a state akin to a living death. 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎
With Lin Mengjie’s proud nature, she would never allow herself to go back; she was equally unwilling to forgive Shangguan Hao’s betrayal. The day of Shangguan Hao’s betrayal was like a journey through the Ghost Gate for Lin Mengjie; therefore, she would never forgive him.
Lin Mengjie stayed in the hospital for a whole month. No matter how Shangguan Hao pleaded or tried to explain, she never spoke another word to him. She treated Shangguan Hao as a stranger, unwilling even to spare him a glance. Lin Mengjie refused to return to the Shangguan Family, and the Shangguan Family also refused to let her return to the Lin Family, so she remained in the hospital, going nowhere.
Within that month, Li Wanying discovered she was pregnant. Meanwhile, because of Lin Mengjie, the Shangguan Family and the Lin Family became enemies, their relationship completely deteriorating. Furthermore, with the evidence held by the Li Family and assistance from the mysterious individual, the Shangguan Family was pushed into a desperate corner.
The Lin Family also faced various troubles, as the Li Family had secretly made many moves against them, leaving the Lin Family too preoccupied to concern themselves with Lin Mengjie.
The Shangguan Family, having no other recourse after Shangguan Hao married Li Wanying, became closely allied with the Li Family. Shangguan Zhi, who had locked himself in his room for days and nights, seemed to age several years. In the end, he reached an agreement with the Lin Family. He consented to the divorce, but on the condition that the child, being of Shangguan blood, must remain with the Shangguan Family. Furthermore, the Lin Family was forbidden from seeing the child whenever they wished; they were only permitted visits on specific, designated days each year.
