The little fat boy is called Cen Jianian, he is 6 years old this year, he is Qin Xiangrong’s son and the grandson in the eyes of the village chief.
Qin Xiangrong married Cen Ziwen, the current county magistrate of Yueyang City, when she was fifteen years old. She gave birth to a son in the first year after her marriage. Although her husband's family was poor, the couple lived in harmony and respected each other.
When Cen Ziwen became the county magistrate, Qin Xiangrong, who became his wife, finally reaped the rewards of her hard work. She let go of the bad luck that everyone had shown towards her husband and moved to Yueyang City with Cen Ziwen, where she enjoyed great prosperity for a while.
But Qin Xiangrong never expected that after leaving the village, what was waiting for her in Yueyang City was not what she had imagined.
Qin Xiangrong is pretty and literate, but she comes from a farming family after all. Even if she can read, she doesn't have much knowledge. Although she and Cen Ziwen grew up together, their relationship is not as good as everyone thinks.
It should be said that in Cen Ziwen's opinion, he did not like Qin Xiangrong as much as everyone else thought. Since he became the county magistrate, Cen Ziwen's feelings for Qin Xiangrong have become even weaker.
When attending various banquets, Qin Xiangrong often made a fool of herself because she came from the countryside and had little experience, which made Cen Ziwen feel very embarrassed. He thought that Qin Xiangrong, his wife from the countryside, was too vulgar and ignorant, and gradually developed a sense of disgust for her.
At a cruise party, Cen Ziwen met a singing girl named Su Yuexia.
Su Yuexia was beautiful. She was not only good at singing and dancing, but also knowledgeable about books, able to compose poems and couplets. She was very talented.
Cen Ziwen was struck by her beauty at the first sight, and they were attracted to each other and fell madly in love.
However, due to Su Yuexia's identity and the rumors outside, Cen Ziwen did not bring her back to his mansion to take her as a concubine for the time being.
Just when Cen Ziwen was hesitating whether to take Su Yuexia as his concubine, a murder occurred in Yueyang City. The guests who were residing in the Red Tower in the city were killed by the most popular person in the tower. The criminal was none other than Su Yuexia, the most popular person in the tower.
When Cen Ziwen saw that the kneeling prisoner turned out to be his lover, he became extremely anxious and immediately led people to investigate the matter thoroughly.
In court, Su Yuexia refused to admit that he had killed someone, but when Cen Ziwen asked him privately, Su Yuexia cried and confessed the truth.
"My Lord, you are finally willing to see me. I killed that man. I don't want to serve any man other than you. I only want to ask you one question: Do you have any regard for me in your heart?"
"Woo woo, even if you don't have me in your heart, you are all in my heart. That man is a beast, he deserves to die, I was the one who killed him, please execute me, without you, there is no point in my living..."
Su Yuexia cried and complained, which made Cen Ziwen feel heartbroken. He did not feel that Su Yuexia was vicious for killing people. Instead, he felt that such a woman actually loved him so much.
After coming out of the prison, Cen Ziwen thought about it all night and realized that the deceased Wang Da was indeed not a good person. He had always coveted Su Yuexia's beauty and harassed her many times during his lifetime.
Wang's wife even went to the brothel to cause trouble for Su Yuexia and beat and scolded Su Yuexia in front of everyone. The whole Yueyang city knew about this.
On one side is the unrelated deceased Wang Da, and on the other side is his confidante. Naturally, the balance in Cen Ziwen's heart leans towards his confidante.
The next day, when the interrogation was opened, Su Yuexia was successfully exonerated with just a few words. He released the man on the grounds that there were no wounds on the body of the deceased Wang Da and he died of a natural stroke.
Wang Da's wife was helpless after seeing the county magistrate's judgment. Although she guessed that Su Yuexia had killed her husband, there were indeed no fatal wounds on Wang Da's body. There was no evidence to prove that Su Yuexia had really killed anyone, so she could only take her husband's body home and leave it at that.
After the case was over, Su Yuexia threw herself into Cen Ziwen's arms in the name of repaying a favor and lived in the county magistrate's mansion.
At that time, although Qin Xiangrong realized that Cen Ziwen allowed Su Yuexia to enter the mansion mostly with the intention of taking her as a concubine, she felt very sad.
But she had a weak character since childhood. Now Cen Ziwen was the county magistrate, and she was just the daughter of a country farmer. Moreover, she was following the Three Obediences and Four Virtues at the moment. Qin Xiangrong had no way to resist Cen Ziwen's decision, and could only bear the sadness in her heart and let him enter the mansion.
After Su Yuexia entered the mansion, Cen Ziwen did not give her a formal status because of her status, but all the servants in the county magistrate's mansion knew that she was Cen Ziwen's woman, and how much Cen Ziwen loved and doted on her.
Soon after that, Cen Ziwen was always accompanied by Su Yuexia when attending various banquets. Compared with Qin Xiangrong's ignorance and weakness, Su Yuexia's tactfulness made Cen Ziwen more popular. Everyone praised him for having a beautiful, intelligent and talented confidante.
However, in just one year, although Su Yuexia had no official status in the county magistrate's mansion, all the servants treated her as the mistress of the mansion.
And no one even pays attention to Qin Xiangrong, the real lady, and she has to watch Su Yuexia and Cen Ziwen talk about love every day.
Until a year ago, Qin Xiangrong finally couldn't bear it anymore and had a falling out with Su Yuexia. As a result, not only did she not move to Su Yuexia, but she was scolded and taught a lesson by Cen Ziwen, and was locked in the yard and not allowed to go out.
In Cen Ziwen's heart, Su Yuexia was countless times better looking and talented than Qin Xiangrong. Such a girl loved him so much that she followed him without any name or status. When he went out, people praised him a lot.
On the other hand, although Qin Xiangrong was good-looking, she was very ignorant even though she knew a few words and always embarrassed him.
Even Qin Xiangrong's words about reminiscing about the poor but happy days in the past made Cen Ziwen feel that she was threatening him with the Qin family's assistance to the Cen family in the past to remind him of the shame of poverty.
After locking her up, Cen Ziwen announced to the public that Qin Xiangrong was ill and never allowed her to show up in public again. He then closed the door and continued to live a fairy-like life with Su Yuexia.
Qin Xiangrong was locked up for a year and her spirit was nearly broken. She was not allowed to step out of her room or see outsiders. She was almost going crazy...
After listening to the fat boy Cen Jianian's intermittent narration, there were only three words left in Pei Shaorong's mind: Bastard!
"Bang!"
He slapped the table with his eyes red. Pei Shaorong hated this kind of person the most in his life. Of course, the reason was said a long time ago. In his previous life, he was an unlucky guy who was cuckolded and killed by someone.
"Brother Pei..."
Mo Xiaobao pushed Pei Shaorong. He didn't know about Meng Wan. Pei Shaorong had never told him about his past life. Pei Shaorong didn't want to recall the bad things at all, and he didn't want to tell the person he loved that he was so useless back then...
"I'm fine, I'm just too angry..." Pei Shaorong calmed down and smiled at Mo Xiaobao, then looked at Cen Jianian. "Little Fatty, how did you know the truth about Su Yuexia's murder?"
Although he was angry, Pei Shaorong was not a fool. He knew that Cen Ziwen and Su Yuexia were still living a carefree life.
That proves that Su Yuexia's murder was really secretive. How did a half-grown kid like Cen Jianian know the truth?
"I'm not a little fat boy, my name is Cen Jianian!" Hearing Pei Shaorong's name, Cen Jianian corrected him with his eyes wide open, which made Mo Xiaobao beside him laugh.
"This is what Aunt Taohong told me. Aunt Taohong was the girl who made fire in the kitchen. She got married last month and told me this when she left!"
"Aunt Taohong asked me to go find my grandpa to save my mother, but I couldn't find the way to my grandpa's house. I saw you when you came to my house that day, and you said you were from my grandpa's house..."
Pei Shaorong pondered, "Do you know where Aunt Taohong is now?"
"I know, she's at Feng Dazhuang's house. Feng Dazhuang is the butcher on West Street. My family buys all our meat from him!"
"Okay, I understand. Go home now. Don't tell anyone what Aunt Taohong told you. Even if someone comes to Grandpa's house, you can't..."
"Uncle, you must help me find grandpa. My mother misses him so much. She calls him every day in the house. My father is a bad guy. He beats my mother and me. It hurts a lot. You see..."
The fat boy nodded, then rolled up his sleeves and stretched out his arms to shake them in the hands of Pei Shaorong and Mo Xiaobao. The bruises on them looked a little scary.
Pei Shaorong was silent for a while, looked at the child in front of him and nodded. When the dishes from the restaurant were served, the fat little boy ate them voraciously before leaving.
After the fat boy left, Pei Shaorong and Mo Xiaobao did not stay long. After eating a few bites, they took out their own lunch boxes and packed up the remaining dishes to take away.
It was the first time for the waiter to see people bringing their own lunch boxes to eat in such a big restaurant. He stared at the two of them in surprise and amusement and whispered to them, "Poor bastards."
Pei Shaorong and Mo Xiaobao didn't care at all. One of them had developed the character of cherishing every grain of food due to the end of the world, and the other was used to saving.
No matter how the waiter grumbled, the two of them still packed and played happily, a real couple of hamsters who protect their food!
After leaving the restaurant and celebrating the Lantern Festival, Pei Shaorong, thinking about what the fat boy said, discussed with Mo Xiaobao and decided to find out the whole story.
Now everything was said by the little fat boy, and these words were told to him by a girl named Taohong, so no one knows whether it is true or false.
However, in Pei Shaorong's opinion, this matter was most likely true, but for the sake of caution, he would not rashly run back to the village to ask the village chief to rescue people.
If something unexpected happened, as powerless civilians going against the county magistrate, he and Mo Xiaobao would definitely be the first to suffer!
Having died once and having experienced the end of the world, Pei Shaorong would never do a good thing without being sure. He still wanted to live a good life with his Abao, have a big fat boy, and live with him.
Of course, if things turn out to be really as the fat boy said, and he is confident enough, Pei Shaorong would be very willing to help the village chief's family behind the scenes.
As an unlucky guy who was once cuckolded, Pei Shaorong can definitely be considered a cynical young man who kills all the adulterers in the world!
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