Chapter 383 Your Mother Deserves to Die
As soon as Jintang came back, Yue Buyuan forced him to make up for his lessons. Only Shao Songchen and Wu Nianxi were discussing kung fu in the yard.
When Wu Nianxi heard that Mrs. Wu was coming, she hid herself.
Shao Songchen pretended to be stupid: "Aunt, what do you want from me?"
"Young Master Shao, I know Nianxi is here."
"Aunt, what are you talking about? Isn't Nianxi at home?"
"Young Master Shao, I know you are an upright child. Nianxi is smarter than a mother like me, and has better vision. What she chooses must be the right one."
Mrs. Wu's expression was so serious that Shao Songchen didn't dare to interrupt her for a moment.
“Before, I stopped Nianxi from escaping and almost killed her.
This time she wants to leave, and I won’t stop her.”
Huh? Did he finally figure it out, or was he trying to trick him?
Mrs. Wu took out a stack of silver notes from her bosom, all of which were worth one hundred taels. Judging from the thickness, there must be at least twenty or thirty thousand taels!
"Young Master Shao, although I have never met your parents, I think they must be very good people to have raised a child like you."
"Of course, my parents are very good..." Shao Songchen didn't understand and nodded in agreement.
Upon hearing this, Mrs. Wu's expression relaxed a little.
"Since Nianxi has already decided to spend her life with you, I won't stop you. Take her away, leave Xihua City, and never come back."
Madam Wu stuffed the banknotes in her hand into Shao Songchen's hand, her eyes misty with tears: "I leave my daughter to you."
Having said that, she turned and left.
"Hey! Hey! Ah!" Shao Songchen screamed in fear like a cat whose tail was stepped on.
"Don't go, don't go! Stop her!"
What do you mean by secretly getting married? That's terrifying. She wants to rely on him!
Mrs. Wu was stopped by the young soldier after running a few steps.
Shao Songchen ran over and stuffed some banknotes into her hand, but Mrs. Wu didn't take them, and the banknotes fell to the ground.
"You, you, auntie, don't think..."
"Young Master Shao, the banknotes are my dowry for my daughter. She can get married in four years at the least, and six years at the most.
For now, just treat her as your sister."
Mrs. Wu suddenly had a knife in her hand, pressing it tightly against her abdomen.
"Please."
Shao Songchen was shocked and didn't know what was going on.
While he was distracted, Mrs. Wu had already run away.
The soldier helped pick up the silver bills on the ground to prevent them from being blown away by the wind.
Wu Nianxi ran out, "What did my mother say to you?"
Shao Songchen jumped far away: "Stay away from me!"
Wu Nianxi: “…”
"Who wants to be next to you? If Jintang didn't have time, do you think I would want to play with you?"
"You still want to snatch Jintang from me... I, I shouldn't have brought you back!"
"It was Jintang who brought me back, not you!"
The soldier picked up all the banknotes and handed them over: "Brother Chen."
Shao Songchen squinted at Wu Nianxi and said, "Your mother gave it to you, keep it!"
He coveted silver, but he dared not touch the dowry.
Wu Nianxi looked at the huge pile of banknotes in surprise.
She knew that there was no money left at home.
Where did mom get so much money?
"What did my mother tell you?"
Shao Songchen hesitated.
"Hurry up and tell me!" Wu Nianxi yelled.
"You're capable enough, yet you dare to order me around! Forget it, forget it. I won't argue with you. Just say..."
Shao Songchen said this with a sullen face, but he did not forget to emphasize: "I didn't agree, I didn't agree."
After listening to this, Wu Nianxi just stood there blankly, and then suddenly ran out.
"Hey, Wu Nianxi, what are you doing? Aren't you afraid your father will catch you back? Oh, this is so troublesome! Hurry up and catch up!"
Shao Songchen took people to chase after him.
Wu Nianxi ran back home, but didn't see her mother, and her father was not at home either.
She ran to her own shop again. All the other shops were closed, only one was open, and the owner was packing up things inside.
"Grandpa Dong, have you seen my mother?"
"Miss, your mother sold the shop to Mr. Tan at a low price. Alas, Mr. Tan is not a kind man. I am old and can no longer work. Rather than being chased away, I might as well leave on my own. I won't come tomorrow.
Hey, what’s going on…”
Wu Nianxi no longer had time to listen to the old man's chatter.
She always knew that her mother loved her father very much and was very obedient to him, except that she didn't allow him to take a concubine.
Because that was the promise Dad made to Mom when he was young.
So even when her father sent her to be a goddess, her mother finally compromised after crying for a few days.
This time the Wu family's business ran into problems, and Mom should have sold the shop to help Dad fill the hole, so why did she give it all to her?
Mom must know that Dad has a woman outside!
Taiping Lane!
"Where is that? What a huge fire!"
"It seems to be over there in Taiping Lane."
"Go check it out!"
The few pedestrians on the street were running towards Taiping Lane.
A gust of cold wind blew, and the goose feather-sized snowflakes fell faster and faster. The sky was vast and almost blocked the view.
But no matter how heavy the snow is, how many houses there are, or how cold the wind is, they cannot stop the thick smoke rising into the sky.
Even though we are far apart, we can still feel the burning sensation of torn flesh.
Finally, Wu Nianxi started running.
The ground was slippery and she fell heavily to the ground.
"Wu Nianxi!"
Shao Songchen tried to help her, but she pushed him away.
She opened her eyes wide and looked up at the sky, as if the only thing she could see was the thick smoke.
By the time I ran over, the smoke had already thinned out and the government officials had arrived.
The house had been completely burned down, leaving only black walls.
The neighbors were telling the officers, “We saw a woman carrying a wooden bucket and going in, and then screams were heard from inside.
I looked through the crack in the door and saw two fire men struggling there and the woman laughing.
Then she set the house on fire and refused to leave. I asked someone to break down the door, but I couldn't control myself anymore...
Poor woman, she had a child less than a year old, who was probably burned to death as well."
"Mom—" Wu Nianxi screamed miserably and rushed over.
"Who are you! Back off!" the officer shouted.
Only when he saw the soldiers following him did he retreat embarrassedly.
"Hurry up and find someone!"
Shao Songchen pulled Wu Nianxi, who didn't care, and gave her an order.
Finally, three bodies were found in the house.
Two of the bodies had been burned to charcoal, but the other one could still be identified, and it was Mrs. Wu.
“Second brother, second brother!”
“Second brother, second brother!”
Two men rushed over shouting.
Seeing Wu Nianxi crying on the ground, he was so angry that he cursed: "You still have the nerve to cry! Your mother is a bitch, a jealous woman. She can't give birth to a son and she doesn't allow your father to marry another woman. She should have been divorced long ago!
You are such an ungrateful person! I have raised you for so many years, but you don’t do anything for the family!
Your mother deserves to die! Come with me, come—"
Boss Wu grabbed Wu Nianxi's arm and tried to drag her away.
A foot appeared out of nowhere and kicked him hard on the arm.
Boss Wu screamed immediately.
"You dare to act like a spoiled child in front of me, like a toad jumping into a frying pan—you're courting death!"
"This is our Wu family's business. Even if you are the Huo family's godson, you can't bully others by taking advantage of your power!"
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