Chapter 084: Sister-in-law, how about a deal?

"W-what?"

These unexpected words shocked Shen Ningyuan so much that she couldn't speak clearly.

She widened her eyes and looked at Ji Yunnuo in disbelief.

Then he frowned and said in a cold voice: "Ji Yunnuo, I asked you a question seriously, but you played a joke on me. How can this be possible!"

Hearing this, Ji Yunnuo's smile deepened.

"Sister-in-law, I haven't finished talking yet, why are you in such a hurry?"

Ji Yunnuo added: "My original words were - I want you, sister-in-law, to make a deal with me."

Shen Ningyuan: “…”

After a moment of silence, Shen Ningyuan reminded in a cold voice: “Next time you speak, don’t say half and leave half, it’s easy to cause misunderstanding.”

"Okay!" Ji Yunnuo nodded readily and agreed, "I'll listen to my sister-in-law."

"You want to make a deal with me?" Shen Ningyuan asked.

Ji Yunnuo nodded, "Yes, I wonder if my sister-in-law is interested?"

"Is it related to the Ji family?" Shen Ningyuan asked again.

“Besides the Ji family, do my sister-in-law and I have any other connections?”

When asking this question, Ji Yunnuo looked at Shen Ningyuan with a look that was actually quite meaningful.

Because it was too dark at night, Shen Ningyuan did not notice that there was a bright light in his eyes when he looked at her.

Shen Ningyuan thought for a moment and asked in a deep voice: "Why do you think I will definitely make this deal with you?"

"I saw my sister-in-law kill someone with my own eyes, and I also saw her confronting my eldest brother. I know so many of her secrets, so am I not qualified to make this deal with her?"

Hearing this, Shen Ningyuan smiled unceremoniously.

There was a hint of sarcasm in his eyes as he looked at Ji Yunnuo. "Just based on these, you want to make a deal with me? Ji Yunnuo, you are too naive!"

"It's true that I killed Ji Yunhuan, and you accidentally saw it, but so what?" Shen Ningyuan's smile deepened, "Do you think Ji Zehai and Chen can't guess that I killed Ji Yunhuan?"

"Especially my hypocritical and cunning mother-in-law. She knows better than anyone that I was the one who killed Ji Yunhuan!"

"But...she couldn't produce any evidence."

As she spoke, Shen Ningyuan suddenly thought of something and immediately changed her words: “No, she can produce evidence, but she doesn’t dare to produce it!”

After finishing speaking, Shen Ningyuan stared straight at Ji Yunnuo and asked coldly: "So, my brother-in-law, why do you think that these secrets you rely on can control me?"

She is no longer the Ji Shen who can be manipulated by others!

She is Shen Ningyuan! A living person! The only daughter of the general's mansion!

Just because she got married doesn't mean she is no longer herself!

Shen Ningyuan's tone was calm, but it made Ji Yunnuo feel an inexplicable chill.

Ji Yunnuo looked at Shen Ningyuan deeply.

After a while, he said, "Okay, I know what sister-in-law means."

"Tonight, I saw nothing."

After saying this, Ji Yunnuo turned around and left the ancestral hall under Shen Ningyuan's gaze.

It was not until Ji Yunnuo's back disappeared into the night that Shen Ningyuan withdrew his gaze and looked at the two coffins in the courtyard.

Finally, her eyes fixed on the large coffin.

To be honest, she felt quite regretful for not sending Ji Yunchuan in.

But it didn't matter, she had plenty of time.

There is a lot of time to go, so take your time!

At this time, the moon was setting in the west.

The night wind blew, and Shen Ningyuan suddenly felt a chill.

He immediately stretched his muscles, walked out of the ancestral hall, and headed towards his own Xiyuanju.

After taking two steps, I suddenly thought of something.

He immediately changed direction and went to the yard where Chen lived.

Not long after Shen Ningyuan left, the two servants who were knocked unconscious by Ji Yunchuan also woke up.

The two men rubbed their weak necks and looked at each other, not knowing what had happened.

When I looked at the two coffins in the courtyard of the ancestral hall, and remembered that the two people had suddenly fallen asleep, I felt a chill on my back.

Three people from the Ji family died within a month. It was as weird as it could be.

I don’t know if I was possessed by an evil spirit or a ghost came to take my life.

Thinking of this, the two servants shuddered at the same time and closed the door of the ancestral hall tacitly.

…

In the time it took to drink a cup of tea, Shen Ningyuan arrived at Chen's yard.

Before she could get closer, she heard low, suppressed crying coming from Chen's yard.

She was very familiar with this crying sound.

It’s Chen who is crying!

Shen Ningyuan's eyes lit up, and she immediately walked towards the corner in small steps.

Standing on the flower bed nearby, he poked his head out from outside the courtyard wall and peeked at everything in the yard.

There was still candlelight in the room where Chen lived. Chen's figure was reflected by the window, and she looked like she was crying very sadly.

Shen Ningyuan knew that Chen was crying for Uncle Chen.

I was afraid that Ji Zehai would be angry if he heard it, so I hid in the room and cried quietly.

Seeing Chen crying so hard that she almost passed out, Shen Ningyuan couldn't help but sneer.

Just as Lan Yin said, Chen didn't cry so sadly when she saw Ji Yunhuan's body.

Instead, when she saw Uncle Chen's body, she cried as if the sky had fallen.

If you didn’t know, you would think she was mourning for her husband!

Just as Shen Ningyuan sneered, two maids walked into Chen's room carrying hot water.

After taking care of Chen, the two maids carried the basin of water out of the room.

In the room, Chen was still crying quietly.

The two maids had already walked to the gate of the courtyard. After hearing the crying, they looked back and shook their heads helplessly.

After walking out of the yard, they started talking.

"Madam, you are such a fool. It's just the death of an accountant. Why are you crying so sadly?"

"Yes, my neighbor's husband died before, but she didn't cry as sadly as you did, ma'am."

"You don't know. When the Marquis left just now, his face was very gloomy. I heard that he had a big quarrel with his wife and slapped her so hard that she vomited blood. The Marquis also scolded his wife for being an unkind mother and killing her own daughter."

"Hmm? That's weird. Didn't the young lady jump into the lake and drown herself? How could it be that the lady killed her?"

"Who knows? As servants, how can we be qualified to speculate on the master's affairs?"

"Yes, just do your job well, so as to avoid the same fate as Uncle Chen, who was suddenly shot through the throat by an arrow and died for no reason. Not only that, he was also disliked by the Marquis for being unlucky, and his body was thrown into a mass grave. Tsk tsk tsk tsk..."

"Oh, stop talking, it's scary!"

“…”

The voices of the two maids faded away, so far that Shen Ningyuan could no longer hear them.

However, from the conversation between the two just now, Shen Ningyuan got some key information.

To sum up, Uncle Chen died and Mrs. Chen cried very sadly. Ji Zehai noticed the close relationship between the two of them, and had a big quarrel with Mrs. Chen. He beat her and threw Uncle Chen's body into a mass grave in anger.

Moreover, it was just as Shen Ningyuan thought.

Ji Zehai did guess the truth about Ji Yunhuan's drowning.

He also knew that it was Chen who bewitched Ji Yunhuan behind the scenes.

That's why Ji Yunhuan was so stupid as to sneak out of the yard and attack himself.

But due to the lack of evidence, Ji Zehai could not do anything to himself and could only vent his anger on Chen.

What's more, it was Ji Yunhuan who wanted to push her into the water, so she drowned in the lake.

The Ji family is now in the spotlight, and Ji Zehai and Chen do not want to cause any more trouble, so they can only swallow their anger.

After all, to them, it was just the death of a daughter!