Turning Antagonist to Protagonist: He is Both Soft and Fierce-Chapter 372 - 367: Five Years Later

"We don’t know either, we heard from Jiang Ming that she went to Mingzhou City."

Li Guifen looked anxious and said, "Tingfan, quickly send someone to find her. She’s with child and could easily get into trouble."

She paused, then choked up, "She gave me a hundred taels of silver before she left and asked me to keep it."

These days, the more she thought about it, the more wrong it seemed. Her daughter must not intend to come back.

How could her daughter do such a thing?

It’s a sin, it’s a sin.

It was her fault, she was the one who insisted on forcing her daughter to marry Tingfan, it was all her fault.

Thinking of this, she raised her hand and slapped herself several times, Lin Han hurriedly grabbed her, "Wife..."

Upon hearing this, Song Tingfan thought of those things Lin Qiao had left him before, and his heart suddenly sank heavily to the bottom, a chill swept over him.

The only thought in his mind was that she had run away. 𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞

She had run away...

She had deceived him again!

Ignoring the Lin couple, he got on his horse and quickly disappeared from their sight.

From Lunan City to town, it would take at least a day, but Song Tingfan arrived at the shop by dusk that day.

The shop was bustling with people, noisy indeed.

The woman who always kept her head down and did the accounts by the counter was nowhere to be seen.

It was all empty.

Song Tingfan had an inexplicable anger, kicking the table in front of him, "Get out!"

"Get out!"

The noisy voices immediately quieted down, and everyone looked over, the man’s face was dark and menacing, somewhat intimidating, and after hesitating for a moment, they all got up and ran out.

Jiang Ming, stunned, hurriedly shouted while holding a plate, "Customers, you haven’t paid for your dishes yet!"

"Half is fine."

Upon hearing this, some people ran even faster, a meal for free, why not take it?

Before long, the shop was empty.

Jiang Ming looked distressed, giving the boss a mournful look, thinking why not wait to lose his temper until the money was settled.

"Did she tell you she went to Mingzhou City?" Song Tingfan asked, staring darkly at him.

Jiang Ming was stunned for a moment, taking a moment to realize he was talking about the young master, which made him feel even weirder, "The young master said it."

He paused, then added, "The young master left you a letter..."

Before he could finish the word "letter," the man’s harsh voice demanded, "Bring it out!"

Jiang Ming shivered with fear, then hurriedly went to the cabinet to get the letter, searching for quite a while before finding it, then handed it to him.

Song Tingfan tore it open directly and looked at the letter, the delicate and familiar handwriting.

Tingfan, I’m sorry to tell you this way, but by the time you read this letter, I will have already gone.

I do not regret marrying you, on the contrary, I am very happy.

I don’t know what’s wrong with you. You started ignoring me, I’m pregnant for months and you haven’t shown any concern, even pushing me away.

I couldn’t help but take these things to heart, and couldn’t continue to live with you.

I suggested a divorce and you refused, unwilling to explain.

I struggled for a long time before deciding to leave.

You can’t blame me, I have nightmares every night, dreaming of you treating me badly, treating the child badly.

I wanted to talk to you, but you never wanted to respond.

The family’s silver is all with you, use it well, if you meet someone you like in the future, marry her, but treat her well, not like how you treated me.

Tingfan, for the sake of how well I treated this home, please take more care of my parents.

I will raise the child well.

Don’t worry about us.

The letter didn’t end with a place name he wanted, Song Tingfan’s face turned dark as he fiercely tore up the letter and threw it on the ground...

Yes, Lin Qiao had also played a trick on him before she left, it was for how badly he treated her that she left, not for any other reason.

In case, in case she was found, there would be a ’proper’ reason.

...

Five years later, spring in March.

Qing’an Village, by the river.

"Have you heard, we’ve won another battle."

"Yes, heard, heard, heard about it yesterday, I don’t know what General Song looks like, so impressive."

"I know, like a wolf with fangs, eyes like a snake’s, mouth like a big bug’s."

A young woman not far away couldn’t help but twitch her mouth, perhaps a monster.

She finished washing the last piece of clothing and stood up, revealing her round belly, then carried the wooden basin back home.

After she walked away, a woman in gray by the river "tsk-tsk’ed" twice, "Da Gui’s wife has it hard, seven or eight months pregnant and still coming to the river to wash clothes herself."

"Indeed, but Da Gui’s wife is truly ugly, with pockmarks on her face like sesame seeds, densely packed, it scares me to look at."

"I don’t know why Da Gui took a liking to her."

"She gave Da Gui a son, a son is a treasure."

...

The young woman walked to the edge of the village, into the wooden house, the man in the yard was chopping wood, simple and honest, "You’re back."

The woman smiled and nodded, "Yes, take a break, you’ve been chopping wood all morning."

"It’s fine, do you need help hanging the clothes?" Xu Dagui looked at her earnestly.

"No need, there aren’t many clothes." The woman walked to the rope, shook the clothes from the basin, and hung them up.

Xu Dagui was used to it, he suddenly remembered something, "Cuihua, where are we moving next month?"

Cuihua paused, looking a bit troubled, not seeming to know where to move, "Let me think."

"Alright."

Xu Dagui looked up at the sky, patted the dust off his hands, and said, "I’ll go fetch Ling’er back."

"No need to fetch, he knows his way back." Cuihua mentioned their son with a bit of anger, adding, "I’ll have to spank him good when he’s back."

"Don’t hit the child, just talk to him, if the book is ruined, I’ll buy another one." Xu Dagui quickly persuaded.

"He’s not the obedient type, I don’t know who he takes after." After saying this, Cuihua paused, coming to her senses after a moment to continue drying clothes. Once finished, she brought the basin to the kitchen, setting the meal to steam soon after.

"Cuihua, I’ll still go to fetch Ling’er."

Xu Dagui hadn’t finished speaking when a young voice rang out, "Xu Dad, Mom, I’m back."

Xu Dagui happily took his cloth bag, "Hungry? There are pancakes on the table, go have some."

The boy was born well, fair and handsome, with big bright eyes, looking nothing like the Xu couple.

The villagers all said this kid was not theirs.

Lin Ling glanced at the kitchen, seeing his mother wasn’t paying him any attention, he pouted and whispered, "Xu Dad, is Mom angry?"

Xu Dagui nodded, "Don’t tear the book to fold paper from now on."

"I finished memorizing it; not folding paper would be a waste." Lin Ling seemed unaware of his mistake.

Xu Dagui was rendered speechless: "..."

"Go apologize to your mother."

"Okay."

Lin Ling ran into the kitchen, peeking at his mother’s face, cautiously saying, "Mom."

"Decide yourself how many hits this time." The woman didn’t lift her head, her hands sorting through vegetables.

Lin Ling’s innocent little face showed a difficult expression, cooing, "Can we not hit, I’ll give you candy."