Chapter 3, Murdering Her Husband
Jiang Ruanruan returned to the Marquis's residence, took a bath, and ate a bowl of warm vegetable and minced meat porridge before feeling alive again.
"Brother, I knew you would come to save me... Brother, you are so good to Ruan Ruan!"
Jiang Ruanruan grabbed Jiang Huai'an's arm, smiling and revealing a set of white teeth, which still had some... vegetable leaves on them.
This is a future villain, so we have to cling to his powerful backer beforehand. In my previous life, Jiang Huai'an was quite fond of his younger sister, Jiang Ruanruan.
Later, Zhang's daughter, Lu Zirou, couldn't stand seeing a little madwoman being treated like a legitimate daughter, and constantly tried to sow discord between Jiang Ruanruan and her family.
Jiang Huai'an was captivated by Lu Zirou's gentle, cute, and fragile appearance and fell in love with this stepsister. It wasn't until Jiang Huai'an discovered the truth about Jiang Ruanruan's murder and that Lu Zirou had deceived his feelings that he turned to the dark side.
Under the guidance of Madam Jiang, he gradually began to take over the power cultivated by the Jiang family army.
Unfortunately, under the protagonist's care and concern by Lu Zirou and her brother, Jiang Huai'an, the villain, was merely a stepping stone for the protagonist.
Jiang Ruanruan gave the little boy a quick kiss on the cheek.
Jiang Huai'an was shocked.
"Ah... I'm not clean anymore... My sister kissed me with her shit-eating mouth!"
"It stinks... Ugh!" Jiang Huai'an was not worthy of such a taste.
"I definitely didn't actually eat it, but they definitely did. It's just a pity that my left hand is starting to feel unusable..."
He shook his left hand, looking utterly disgusted.
The stuff on her clothes was made of flour mixed with fermented stinky tofu that had been fermenting for days; it smelled worse than feces.
Zhang and Jiang, who were frantically washing the filth off their bodies: Ugh...
[Ding dong, Jiang Hou and Zhang Shi are vomiting violently. Host has successfully collected debt +200]
"Ruan Ruan, you suddenly told me you're cured, but to me you look quite ill!" Jiang Huai'an touched the little girl's forehead; she didn't have a fever.
"Brother, you're the one who's sick. I can't possibly be sick. The only one who's sick is someone else!"
The young woman revealed her menacing teeth as she gnawed on the chicken leg.
Jiang Huai'an stole this chicken leg.
The little girl has a weak stomach and can't eat oily or greasy food yet, but she kept crying and making a fuss.
If she wasn't given one, she would bite. Jiang Huai'an, whose arm had been bitten by her sister, had no choice but to resign herself to steal one from the kitchen.
Seeing her grit her teeth as she ate, Jiang Huai'an felt his arm ache again.
"Sister, what exactly do you want? You've made such a scene today, and all you want is for me to live with you? Zhang has many ways of bullying people, she's not someone to mess with!"
"What are we doing? Of course, we're collecting debts. We need to settle old and new scores."
"Don't you want to? Father had already agreed to formally recognize you as the eldest son of the Jiang family, but now that Zhang has come, Father no longer acknowledges you."
With Xia Yurou dead, there's no longer any need to hide what Lord Jiang was trying so hard to conceal.
But how could Zhang allow the existence of an eldest son if she wanted to monopolize the Marquis's mansion?
"Of course we want to, but we're just kids, what can we do?" Jiang Huai'an shrugged, looking resigned.
"No, no, no, we're not just kids, we're naughty kids, we're crazy naughty kids, you just listen to me." Jiang Ruanruan smiled wickedly, and punched her brother's chest with her little fist, making a loud thud that almost knocked him unconscious.
"Cough cough, stop smashing things, tell me quickly, what do you want to do?" Jiang Huai'an squinted, this girl's smile was a little scary.
You'll find out soon enough!
That night, the moon was high in the sky and the wind was strong.
[Ding dong, congratulations host for successfully redeeming hallucinogenic incense. 100 points deducted, balance 0]
Jiang Ruanruan: Hehehe.
He lit incense at the door and slipped it into Jiang Huai'an's hand.
The two of them stuffed their noses and tiptoed to the main courtyard.
After taking a bath, Zhang was about to have a tender moment with her newlywed husband.
He blew out the candle, one hand around her waist, the other stroking her hips.
There was another hand touching her face.
Um?
Zhang thought it was just her imagination.
Then another hand touched her neck, sending chills down her spine.
"Ah...a ghost!" The two people on the bed trembled like leaves in fright. In their panic, Zhang felt another hand reach out from in front of her and kicked it in a panic.
"Ah..." A shrill scream echoed throughout the entire Marquis's mansion.
The shock made Jiang Huai'an, who was peeking from the doorway, tremble. He quickly led the small figure that had scrambled out of the house in a panic and ran back into the courtyard.
[Ding dong, congratulations host, you have successfully collected a debt. You have gained 200 debt collection points, and your balance is now 200.]
Hearing the commotion, the servants lit an oil lamp.
"Lord...Lord!" Madam Zhang cried out in panic. By sheer coincidence, her kick struck Lord Jiang in a vital spot.
"You... murdered your husband!" Lord Jiang's eyes were bloodshot as he clutched his groin, his face filled with utter despair.
"No, no, no... no, I felt several hands touching me, I was terrified!"
Zhang knelt down on the ground, her face pale, she was so frightened she almost lost her soul.
Lord Jiang quickly ordered someone to fetch a doctor, which also alarmed Old Madam Jiang.
"Mother, your son is fine..." Lord Jiang lay there watching Old Madam Jiang come. He tried to get up, but the pain made him sweat profusely, and he immediately became obedient.
"Alright, lie down!" Beside Old Madam Jiang were two six-year-old boys, Jiang Ruanruan with sleepy eyes and messy hair, and Jiang Huai'an with his clothes not buttoned up properly.
"Why did those two come here... How can we let the child know about this?"
Lord Jiang stared at the steward, who had no choice but to ask him to leave.
"Miss and Young Master, please go back and rest!"
"Alright, the two children are just concerned about you..." Old Madam Jiang didn't take it to heart. What do children know? It's no big deal if they look at you.
"Grandpa Doctor, what's wrong with my father? Is he sick? How did he get sick? When will he get better?" The person who came was Doctor Chen from earlier in the day, and Jiang Ruanruan asked directly.
"Your father is injured, but he'll recover in a month, Miss Ruan Ruan, don't worry!"
He turned to Lord Jiang and said.
"Lord Jiang, you had been treated for a month and had improved, but this injury is quite serious. You need to rest for a month and must not have any marital relations."
Dr. Chen didn't care that there were so many people there, and just said what he wanted to say.
"Did you hear that, Qingsheng? You'd better behave yourself for the next month!" Old Madam Jiang said calmly, her face revealing neither joy nor sorrow.
Jiang Ruanruan's eyes widened, and she exclaimed, "Oh dear, Daddy, you were sleeping soundly, how did you get hurt... Where are you hurt? Let Ruanruan take a look..."
Uh... there was an eerie silence at the scene.
Jiang Huai'an almost couldn't help but laugh. Was this little girl really that clueless, or was she pretending not to understand?
The two people, one big and one small, peeking from the rooftop covered their mouths, almost bursting out laughing.
He only followed the two kids because they were acting suspiciously, but little did he know that they had done something big.
"Alright, I'm fine now, Mother, you should take the two children and go home!"
Lord Jiang's face turned pale; he felt extremely embarrassed. How was he supposed to explain this?
[Ding dong, congratulations host, you have successfully collected a debt. You have gained 100 debt collection points, and your balance is 300.]
Jiang Ruanruan: Happy, she made a peace sign with her little hands behind her back.
"Alright, then you should rest well. Zhang, from today onwards, don't come to the birthday celebration room for the next month. You have no sense of propriety. Go kneel in the ancestral hall for three days."
"Liu, you will be taking care of the master during this period, do you understand?"
“Yes, Madam!” Madam Liu replied.
"Mother... I didn't do it on purpose, it must be that this house is unclean!" These words made Zhang tremble with anger. She touched her belly, knowing she had to wait another month. How could she wait that long?
"Alright, listen to Mother!" Lord Jiang didn't want to argue any further and waved his hand to dismiss them.
[Ding dong, congratulations host for successfully collecting the debt. You have gained 100 debt collection points, and your balance is 400.]
Jiang Ruanruan: Yay! Let's give another yay!
Back at Aunt Liu's place, the two little ones secretly huddled together again.
"Little sister, why did you kick Daddy... there!"
Jiang Huai'an couldn't help but clench his legs together. They say the most poisonous heart is a woman's. His sister is still so young, she probably doesn't know how important that thing is to a man.
If you kick it and break it, how will you pee in the future?
They might not even be able to pee far enough; it would be embarrassing if they lost a competition later.
"Who said that? I didn't do it. That bitch Zhang kicked her. Didn't you see that Grandmother made her kneel in the ancestral hall as punishment?"
"What do you mean by 'denying it to the death'?" Jiang Ruanruan glared at her brother. "Why are you spouting such obvious truths?"
“Alright, alright, it’s Zhang, but…” Jiang Huai’an still didn’t understand.
"Ms. Zhang is pregnant!"
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