Ruling the Historical Romance Novel as the Female Supporting Character-Chapter 277: The Overall Oddity of the Past

"My people have only found out that his current wife was someone he brought from Hu City to Jingdu City. When he left on that train, his wife was already with him. Upon returning to the Mu family, it seemed like your father’s entire family already knew about her existence. Within a week, they held a wedding banquet, and they even had a son born in the same year and month as you. However, my people reported that the relationship between the couple seems quite strained--not cordial, but rather cold. For most of the past years, your father has spent a significant amount of time sleeping in his office. As for the internal situation of the Mu family, it’s difficult to investigate; we need to proceed cautiously to avoid alerting anyone," Qin Kaize explained carefully, wary of upsetting Su Yijia.

Listening to this, Su Yijia fell into deep thought for a long time. Qin Kaize didn’t rush her, merely keeping his focused gaze on her.

"Strange, isn’t it?" Su Yijia finally spoke after a long silence. "Although everything can be explained, putting it all together gives the impression that something is wrong."

She wasn’t trying to excuse her father’s actions, but the situation indeed felt odd. It seemed like her father’s visit to Hu City was meant to crush her mother’s family. Her grandparents didn’t seem like fools--how could they not notice anything unusual? Moreover, she had inquired about the money the Su family lost, discovering that while her grandparents contributed only six or seven hundred, the rest was provided by her father.

At the time of the wedding, her father had given many valuable gifts. Even the watches were specially purchased from foreign trade stores, with a Vacheron Constantin costing nearly five hundred yuan. Items like thirty-six bicycles and sewing machines were bought all at once in Hu City. Spending nearly a thousand yuan on a wedding twenty years ago, and giving five thousand yuan to his wife, was already a conservative estimate.

Considering that six thousand yuan at that time could be roughly equivalent to over two million in today’s terms, it was inconceivable that anyone would squander so much money just to play games with a woman. If it weren’t for this, why would he have been with another woman the moment he boarded the train back home?

It must have happened earlier! Otherwise, there was no way to explain the child in that woman’s womb. What could have driven him to abandon his wife and child? Knowing that such actions would lead to his wife’s family’s demise, he still chose to act recklessly. Even after twenty years, no message had been sent back. Su Yijia racked her brain but couldn’t figure out what had happened. She eventually banged her head with her hand in frustration.

"Don’t think about it," Qin Kaize quickly embraced her, patting her back to soothe her. "Don’t worry, my people are still investigating. We’ll find out the truth."

"It’s been so long; we might not be able to uncover anything," Su Yijia mumbled into his chest.

"It’s fine. As long as we find even a trace of evidence, we can dig deeper," Qin Kaize said, narrowing his eyes as he began to think about which of his subordinates would be suitable to infiltrate the Mu family.

"How about his current wife? What’s her background?" Su Yijia suddenly sat up, asking curiously.

Since investigating the Mu family might alert them, his wife from Hu City should be from a different background, not a prominent Jingdu City family. Ordinary people should be easier to investigate.

"She’s a distant relative of the Wang family in Jingdu City, said to have grown up in Hu City. However, a fire broke out in the area where she lived over a decade ago. Because the area was densely packed with old houses, the fire spread quickly, leaving no survivors, including her parents."

Qin Kaize knew there was a major issue with this situation. Mu Xiaowei was a prominent member of the Mu family, and although his wife was from a distant branch of the Wang family, the two families had become inseparable over twenty years.

"Is she an only child?" Su Yijia asked a rather odd question.

"Yes. Her identity checks out from the Wang family’s side. Her grandfather was the younger brother of the Wang family’s elder. After a falling out, her grandfather was expelled from Jingdu City and moved to Hu City. He faced disasters and refused any contact with the Wang family, leading to the deaths of some from illness and starvation. Her father, the youngest child, inherited the family’s remaining resources, married, and had her. She eventually caught the eye of the Mu family’s heir and was brought back to Jingdu City," Qin Kaize recounted.

It seemed like a flawless story, and there was no indication that Su Yijia’s mother was involved in any wrongdoing.

"Let’s stop investigating this for now," Su Yijia decisively decided.

Qin Kaize frowned, puzzled by her reaction. His wife wasn’t one to give up easily when faced with trouble.

"Your people are too far from us. If the Wang and Mu families in Jingdu City find out, they might target you, or it would be too easy for Uncle Xia. We’re not in a hurry; we’ll wait until we have the ability to counter them," Su Yijia said with a relaxed smile.

Qin Kaize felt a pang of bitterness. He blamed himself for not being able to advance in rank and give them a better position.

"Don’t worry, I’ll work hard to get promoted and avenge our mother," he vowed, holding Su Yijia’s hand tightly. No matter if Jiajia was his wife or if she helped him avenge his biological mother, he wouldn’t let his mother-in-law’s death go in vain, nor would he let their twenty years of suffering be in vain.

"I’d hate to see you risk your life for a promotion," Su Yijia said with a smile, patting Qin Kaize’s head. "I’ll show you some things when I get back."

"Alright, I’ll first take you to buy some things and then show you the property I have here," Qin Kaize said, not thinking of using his wife’s belongings for his career.

The system was too bizarre, and the items it provided were difficult to explain. He didn’t want to accidentally expose his wife.

Su Yijia, however, was eager.

"You have a house here? Is anyone there now? If not, we can go directly, and I’ll show you my treasures first."

"Nobody’s there. I’ve arranged for someone to come by at four in the afternoon," Qin Kaize glanced at the time and realized there were still about five hours.

He drove them to the house he had purchased. It was a two-story standalone house, but it was rather remote and not on a main street. It was seldom visited.

Qin Kaize used it mainly to meet with people discreetly, to avoid being noticed in more crowded places. Once inside, Su Yijia eagerly dragged him into the house.

She anxiously checked all the doors and windows, then took out the items she had won from the previous lottery.

Seeing the black weapon in her hands, which was even longer than her arm, Qin Kaize was taken aback. He quickly took it from her and examined it closely.

"This is a weapon from fifty years in the future? They’ve already developed something this advanced?" Qin Kaize said, his voice trembling with excitement.

Although he hadn’t used it yet, his extensive experience with weapons allowed him to immediately assess its quality.

Seeing his reaction, Su Yijia smiled happily. "This is the most advanced handheld weapon we have fifty years from now. But it’s not the best."

"What’s better?" Qin Kaize was startled.

If this wasn’t the best, what could possibly be better?