Ruling the Historical Romance Novel as the Female Supporting Character-Chapter 429: Beaten Half to Death

"What? Imprisonment?!" Grandma Cui couldn’t believe her ears.

She immediately shook her head vigorously. "No! You absolutely cannot go to jail! Our Mu family cannot have descendants who go to jail!"

"Grandma, you’re the only one who can help me now."

Mu Yanming grasped her hand tightly and knelt down heavily.

Grandma Cui stared at him, puzzled. "Help you? How can I help you?"

She was just an ordinary old lady who had spent her life taking care of the family. How could she have the power to intervene in such matters?

"Grandma, you can talk to Dad and ask him to help me. If I say it, he will definitely beat me to death. He is most filial to you; if you speak, he will definitely listen," Mu Yanming quickly suggested.

Grandma Cui frowned, looking troubled.

She knew what kind of person her son was, better than anyone. His filiality was only guaranteed under normal circumstances. In principle, he prioritized the country over family.

"Please, Grandma! I’m already twenty! If I go to jail this time, who knows when we can meet again. Moreover, if I go to jail, no decent girl will want to marry me. If I randomly marry someone from a small family, my children will also be affected by my issues.

If I can’t rise up, my children won’t be able to rise either, even my grandchildren. Our Mu family will be finished!"

Mu Yanming spoke fervently, each sentence striking at Grandma Cui’s soft spot.

Originally, she thought that even if she called her son back, it wouldn’t change anything. But now, she felt she had to call him back no matter what.

This issue affected not just the Mu family’s future but also Xiaowei’s. He couldn’t be in the dark about the situation at his workplace.

"Alright, stop arguing. You go call your dad now," Grandma Cui huffed, exasperated.

Then she hunched over and headed to the living room.

Mu Yanming quickly rushed to support her.

Seeing the guilty look on her face, Grandma Cui couldn’t be angry anymore. After all, this was her grandson whom she had watched grow up.

Mu Xiaowei received the call and returned quickly.

In just half an hour, they heard the sound of a car outside.

Mu Yanming trembled in fear and immediately wanted to hide behind Grandma Cui before his dad even entered.

But Grandma Cui pulled him out forcefully.

"Since you did something wrong, you should stand tall and take the beating."

It was impossible for this matter to just pass quietly without consequences.

So regardless of whether they could solve it, they at least had to let her son vent his frustrations.

Her grandson had indeed gone astray; it was time for a good education.

"Mu Yanming!"

Mu Xiaowei’s furious roar echoed.

Mu Yanming was so scared that his legs shook, and he fell to his knees.

"Dad..." he cried out. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞

But his pitiful appearance did not evoke any sympathy from Mu Xiaowei.

He swiftly drew his belt and lashed it onto Mu Yanming’s body.

Mu Yanming cried out in pain, rolling on the ground, but this didn’t bring any concern from Mu Xiaowei.

In fact, the force of his blows increased with each strike.

Wang Fengsong and Grandma Cui were heartbroken, but no one spoke up to defend Mu Yanming.

Mu Xiaowei whipped him for nearly twenty minutes, until Mu Yanming’s screams turned weak. Finally, Grandma Cui rushed in front of him and stopped him.

"Enough! You’ve beaten him for so long; do you want to beat your only son to death?"

"Is there anything wrong with beating him to death? He did such a disgraceful thing; shouldn’t he be punished?" Mu Xiaowei retorted, suppressing his anger.

Without waiting for Grandma Cui to respond, his sharp gaze immediately fell upon Wang Fengsong.

"This brat’s brains and guts, I’m very clear about. Finding someone to take an exam for you, this idea and act are all yours, right?" he mocked.

Wang Fengsong felt her scalp go numb.

She instinctively wanted to deny it, but the words were stuck in her throat, and she couldn’t say them.

In the end, she could only harden her resolve and defend herself. "I was just thinking of what’s good for the Mu family."

"Good for the Mu family? Or good for the Wang family? Look at what kind of son you’ve raised!" Mu Xiaowei scolded angrily.

"Enough with the excuses! They’re already grading the papers. If this drags on, do you really want to see my grandson go to jail?" Grandma Cui reprimanded.

She couldn’t understand why her son had become so irritable.

He had never been like this before; ever since he got married and had children, he could no longer calm down to handle family matters.

"Going to jail is what he deserves! Shouldn’t he go to jail? Why is it that when someone else commits a crime, they go to jail, but he shouldn’t?" Mu Xiaowei answered mercilessly.

"Mom, you called me back just to let me cover for him?"

Grandma Cui’s face stiffened at that question.

If possible, she certainly wouldn’t want to do that.

"This isn’t just for him; it’s for the entire Mu family! You can’t only think about yourself. Think about your sister, your brothers, your nephews, and your grandchildren. If Yanming goes to jail, then our entire Mu family, including you, will be ruined."

Grandma Cui felt helpless, watching the family suffer for a single mistake.

So even if it was wrong, they could only continue down this path.

"Well, there’s nothing we can do. When Yanming was born, I said I wanted to divorce Wang Fengsong, but you all disagreed. Every year I’ve said this, and you’ve all continued to disagree.

Do you think she’s so irreplaceable, or that my divorce would affect my future? You should know in your hearts. Now that this has happened, it’s because of your insistence and my indecisiveness.

If that’s the case, let our entire Mu family pay the price for this mistake."

The words Mu Xiaowei had suppressed for so long came pouring out.

It was as if he was breaking the jar in despair.

Grandma Cui also understood that her son had grievances all these years.

And the facts proved that their family had indeed made mistakes over the years.

She had thought her daughter-in-law was good, but behind the scenes, she had been quite bold.

Over the past twenty years, she had probably done many such things without a care.

It was just that she was so skilled at managing relationships that nothing had ever surfaced.

If it hadn’t been for their bad luck with this sudden inspection, there would have been no issues at all.

However, with this kind of daughter-in-law, the Mu family really couldn’t keep her.