Chapter 155: Confused Scholar

Upon hearing this, Chu Ci immediately turned to look at Qianxue who was standing beside him.

After all, she didn't know what Fan Qianxi was like before.

Qianxue saw the pressure on herself, thought carefully, and nodded, "After Qianyan reminded me, I really didn't notice it. But big sister, the same thing, Fu Zhazha is just a mama's boy, what's there to care about?"

However, Qianxue still didn't grasp the point.

Chu Ci was speechless.

Qian Yan put her hand on her forehead. "Sister Qianxue, what I care about is her identity, not that person Fu Zhazha."

Qianxue then realized that she had said the wrong thing, "Why? None of us dislikes Big Sister?"

"But she has her own grudges in her heart. Unless she figures it out herself, none of us can help her." Chu Ci had long discovered that the Fan family was good at self-reflection, and Fan Qianxi was the best among them.

Fan Qianxue: ...

Fan Qianyan: ...

For a moment, the atmosphere in the carriage was quite depressing.

This atmosphere continued until the moment he met Lu Yu during the "pre-marital training".

When Lu Yu heard Chu Ci was looking for her, she was so excited that she could hardly contain herself. She trotted all the way over and when she saw Chu Ci, she couldn't wait to ask, "Headmaster, do you have a solution?"

Chu Ci did not answer, but handed over the sorted information: "Take a look at this first, and then we'll talk."

Lu Yu was skeptical, but still took the information from Chu Ci.

At first, he just glanced through the book, but later he read it more and more carefully, and even couldn't help cursing as he read.

"Bah, what a crap scholar! If such a person were to become an official, who knows what kind of miserable life the people under his rule would have to live in!"

So, this is a simple truth that even a little girl can understand.

How could those scholars, juren, even the mayor and county magistrate not understand? It was just that Ding Jianzhou's status as a scholar could bring them benefits.

Chu Ci sighed and said, "So we are going to Ding Jianzhou's current wife's family home. You can come with us."

"Will it be useful? My current wife is almost dying." Lu Yu thought that Chu Ci and the others wanted his current wife's mother to come forward and cancel her marriage.

Chu Ci didn't explain much, just said: "When you go there, just play the victim, and leave the rest to us."

"Okay, I believe in the headmaster." Although Lu Yu had her doubts, she had no choice but to take a gamble.

Fortunately, fate was on her side. After finding her current wife's brother, Shui Juren, Chu Ci told her the whole story.

Shui Juren understood Chu Ci's intentions, but he thought they were just trying to help Lu Yu break off the engagement. "That's easy. I'll go there tomorrow morning. My sister back then...it's a good thing she can save Miss Lu now."

It can be seen that Mr. Shui is a good person, but he is too gullible.

Even so, Chu Ci did not give up, "What if we are not just here to break off the engagement?"

Mr. Shui didn't respond, so Chu Ci continued, "Mr. Shui, you should know your sister's current situation. How long do you think she can hold on?"

"What do you want to do?" Mr. Shui finally couldn't help but ask.

"Please take a look at this first." Chu Ci said and took out the sorted information about Ding Jianzhou.

When Shui Juren read the information, he was even more excited than Lu Yu. "What a beast! Ding Jianzhou, that beast, actually cheated on me for marriage. Poor my sister..."

Mr. Shui cursed with gnashing teeth, "My sister must be blind to fall for such a heartless person!"

"What? Your sister fell in love with Ding Jianzhou on her own?" This is inconsistent with the results of the investigation!

You should know that Chu Ci also used his connections to investigate Ding Jianzhou's current wife. The results of the investigation showed that she married Ding Jianzhou entirely because of her parents' orders and the matchmaker's words.

But what about now?

Chu Ci was also a little unsure: "How about you think about it carefully again?"

"When I went to the provincial capital to take the imperial examination, my sister was already married when I came back. That's what she told me, so I had no way to stop her from leaving the Ding family all these years." Mr. Shui did not hide it.

But when Chu Ci heard this, he found it extremely absurd.

"You actually believed such a statement full of loopholes?" Chu Ci looked at Shui Juren with complicated eyes, and now he felt a little regretful.

"I...you...is my sister, she..." But before Shui Juren could finish his words, he was interrupted by the angry Lu Yu. "You just believed what she said. What if she was threatened? What if she had some hardship? Just because she didn't tell you, you've watched your own sister suffer all these years!"

At this moment, Lu Yu brought Shui Juren's sister into his heart.

She thought of the grievances and pain she had suffered over the years, and the countless times she had felt despair and helplessness.

She felt that Shui Juren's sister was just like herself, a poor person who was teased by fate.

She didn't understand why Shui Juren, as a brother, couldn't protect his sister, why he couldn't feel his sister's pain, and why he couldn't seek justice for his sister.

She felt that Shui Juren was too cowardly, too selfish, and too ruthless.

"Is that so?" Shui Juren was not angry after being scolded by Lu Yu. Instead, he asked in a daze.

At this time, Chu Ci stood up again: "Although this result may be a bit of a blow to you, based on the information we have investigated, Lu Yu's guess is very likely correct."

"How could this be? How could it be possible—" Shui Juren was just an upright person, not a fool. He immediately remembered all the things he had overlooked before.

At this time, Shui Juren's wife, who was eavesdropping outside, heard her husband's speculation and simply opened the door and walked in.

"Nothing is impossible. In the hearts of my parents, let alone selling out a daughter for you, even if it meant selling out themselves, they wouldn't hesitate at all."

"Nian Niang, you have always known this? Why didn't you tell me? Why didn't you tell me?" With the last question, Shui Juren burst into tears with excitement.

Nian Niang sneered when she heard this: "I guess you probably want to ask me why I knew about it but didn't stop it?"

Being exposed by his wife, Shui Juren froze, but did not refute.

Seeing this, Nian Niang felt even more that her years of hard work were worthless. "How do you know I didn't try to stop it? Do you know that because of your sister, my Miao'er was almost sold to a brothel by your parents?"

Shui Juren couldn't even cry anymore. "So, is this why my sister voluntarily married Ding Jianzhou?"

Mr. Shui’s wife nodded.

Chu Ci didn't expect that there was such a hidden secret in this.

But what shocked Chu Ci even more was yet to come. Mr. Shui didn't even know about hiring a midwife for his sister.

"It's because A'mei saved Miao'er that you always hire the best midwife for A'mei." When Mr. Shui asked this question, Chu Ci almost doubted his IQ.