Chapter 494 Then he wouldn't be human!
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What Manager Jin said next was like a dull knife. He spoke slowly, word by word, as if a dull knife was cutting flesh, scraping at Li Wangtian's heart again and again.
"Brother Li, in the years you've been away from home, the Li clan has undergone many changes..."
Manager Jin carefully considered his words and first told Li Wangtian the general story of how Li Shiyue and his entire clan fled famine from Lijia Village in Henan.
Then, Manager Jin unconsciously stroked the rim of the teacup with his fingers, his eyes showing some reluctance, but he still spoke to Li Wangtian.
"Brother Li, there are some things... I have to say."
Manager Jin cautiously looked at Li Wangtian, "Your wife Qin Tao, she... she has an affair with Li Wangguang (her scumbag father)!"
The two are expecting a child!
Upon hearing this, the color drained from Li Wangtian's face instantly. He sat stiffly in the chair, gripping his knees tightly with both hands, his knuckles turning white.
Li Wangtian felt his throat tighten, as if someone was choking him. He wanted to open his mouth to speak, but he couldn't utter a single word.
After three or four breaths, Li Wangtian finally managed to control his throat. His voice was still hoarse from the cold, and he chased after Manager Jin, asking, "What? Manager, what did you say?"
Seeing Li Wangtian's reaction, Manager Jin found himself unable to say what he was going to say next.
But we still have to say it.
"But the truth is far more than that."
Manager Jin couldn't bear to look at Li Wangtian any longer. He lowered his head and sighed, "The child in Qin Tao's belly that she claims is Li Wangguang's... is actually not Li Wangguang's, but Li Wangren's."
"This is impossible! Impossible!"
Wangren, Wangren, he's my cousin!
How could he... He... Tao Niang... Tao Niang..."
Li Wangtian's hands were trembling so badly that he could no longer hold his knees down, and at this moment, he was shaking all over.
The image of Li Wangren's face, always looking at him with a warm smile, floated before his eyes back in Lijia Village.
The person who kept calling him "cousin" was actually hiding such a despicable side!
Manager Jin sighed again, turning his head away to avoid Li Wangtian's fixed gaze. "...So, first the child was gone, then Li Wangguang fell into the sea, and at the same time, Li Wangren also died..."
The room was eerily quiet, with only Li Wangtian's heavy breathing echoing in the background.
As Li Wangtian listened to everything that Manager Jin told him, Qin Tao's always impatient face appeared before his eyes.
He remembered how Qin Tao had given him a perfunctory farewell before he left home.
Not to mention crying and wailing with other people's wives, Li Wangtian didn't even hear Qin Tao utter a single word of advice.
At this moment, Li Wangtian seemed to have truly understood;
It turns out that behind those indifferent actions lay such betrayal!
"As for your daughter, Li Chunli..."
Manager Jin's voice grew softer and softer as he spoke, "She became a concubine to the late Prince Liu Shu and has already given birth to two children."
"You're talking nonsense!"
"That's impossible!"
Li Wangtian suddenly stood up, knocking over the chair behind him with a loud thud.
Li Wangtian's face turned bright red, and the veins on his forehead bulged. "Sister Li... how could Sister Li become someone's concubine!"
She can't!
Impossible... How could she... How could she…
Manager Jin, being very understanding, waited until Li Wangtian calmed down before speaking again.
He said calmly, "Now her two children, the older one is six years old and is a little girl;
The younger one is only four years old; he's a little boy.
Li Wangtian staggered back two steps, knocking over a tall table behind him. The teacup on the table wobbled and rolled to the ground, shattering instantly.
Li Wangtian couldn't believe it. His Chunli, the cheerful and lively little girl in his memory, had actually... had become someone else's concubine!
What prince?
So what if he's the crown prince?
A concubine of the crown prince is still a concubine!
Concubines were sold; once someone became a concubine and a contract was signed, they were essentially goods in someone else's possession!
That wouldn't be human!
If a respectable woman were not driven to desperation and desperate to survive, who would become a concubine!
Li Wangtian closed his eyes, and after a while, he suddenly remembered something;
He suddenly opened his eyes and looked at Manager Jin again. Li Wangtian asked in a hoarse voice, "Manager, where is my son?"
"Gui-ge'er, Gui-ge'er...how is he...doing well these days?"
Upon hearing Li Wangtian mention Li Shigui, Manager Jin's expression instantly became complicated.
Manager Jin thought about the information Xingshenglou had recently gathered about Qin Tao and her family of three. Looking at Li Wangtian, who was looking at him with hopeful eyes, he felt a tightness in his chest.
“Li Shigui originally entered the academy through his connections with the Prince’s Mansion,” Manager Jin paused, “but later… because the Prince passed away, he was expelled from the academy by the students.”
The information provided by Manager Jin did not cause any change in Li Wangtian's expression.
Manager Jin glanced at Li Wangtian's expression and cautiously followed up, "Brother Li..."
Manager Jin stood up, walked around the scattered teacup shards, and went to Li Wangtian.
"But according to the latest news we received in our building, Li Shigui has already gone to study at the well-known Chen Family Academy in the prefectural city."
Manager Jin reached out and helped Li Wangtian sit down in the chair again.
Then Manager Jin continued to tell Li Wangtian, "As for why he was able to study at the Chen Family Academy..."
"It was Qin Tao who helped... Qin Tao, she... she..." Manager Jin's voice held a hint of reluctance, "She remarried a silk merchant last year and is now five months pregnant."
After saying that, Manager Jin spoke more fluently.
"This silk merchant's surname is Chen, and he is a distant relative of the current headmaster of Chen's Academy."
Because Li Shigui still bore the surname Li and was from a peasant family when he settled in Andong, he was admitted to the Chen Family Academy out of consideration for the silk merchant and the generous tuition fees.
Manager Jin felt relieved after blurting everything out. When he looked at Li Wangtian again, he was shocked by Li Wangtian's current appearance!
Li Wangtian's eyes widened, his lips trembled, and his breathing became very rapid;
Under the intense emotional turmoil, it felt as if something was raging wildly inside his chest, as if it wanted to break free of the skin and flesh and burst out of his chest!
Li Wangtian's fingers were clenched so tightly that his nails dug deep into his palms, but he felt no pain at all.
"How could this be... how could this happen..."
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