Chapter 714 Avenging Zhiyi
After that, Wen Zhiyi left Kyoto alone and went to Jiangcheng.
As her belly grew larger, and the child's household registration became a problem, she had no choice but to hastily choose someone to marry.
When Shi Yu learned that Wen Zhiyi had been expelled from the Wen family, he was extremely surprised.
Later, when he learned that she had been expelled because she was pregnant with Wan Qingzhou's child, his surprise turned into admiration, and he immediately escorted her all the way to Jiangcheng.
He wanted to take care of her, but she chose to marry Kong Zhizhao.
Their marriage was nothing more than a transaction, each getting what they wanted.
But Shi Yu was unaware of this and thought she had decided to move on from the shadow of Wan Qingzhou's death and start a new life. Although he felt a pang of sadness, he was still happy for her.
Who could have imagined... that Wen Zhiyi would die in childbirth in just six months?
Later, after much hesitation, Shi Yu secretly told the news to Wan Qingzhou, who was imprisoned.
That very night, Wan Qingzhou disappeared. No one knows how he escaped, because his guards were all dead.
"Since you were able to escape, why didn't you act sooner?"
Wan Qingzhou's story was so dramatic that everyone was stunned. Suddenly, they stopped there, and Hou Kai couldn't help but ask a question.
Wan Qingzhou sighed and said, "Everyone thinks I killed the guards and escaped, but in fact Tang Zhi is very wary of me. Even if I leave the secret room, I may not be able to leave the Tang family. I secretly dug a secret passage in the secret room. When Shi Yu gave me the message, the secret passage was also at the final stage."
"Holy crap, that takes incredible willpower! It's like a real-life version of 'The Shawshank Redemption'!" Hou Kai couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.
As expected, he received a flick on the forehead from Qin Feng.
Wan Qingzhou chuckled softly: "I wasn't so lucky. Shawshank was greeted with freedom when he came out of prison, but I..."
He couldn't describe how he felt when he learned of Wen Zhiyi's passing.
What sustained him as he painstakingly dug out a secret passage with a glass cutter was his determination to go out and see her.
He spent six months digging the secret passage, only to be met with Wen Zhiyi's corpse.
He wanted to cry for a moment, but found that no tears would come out.
He wanted to laugh at the many tricks that fate had played on him, but found that he couldn't laugh at all.
In an instant, he seemed to turn into a walking corpse, and no one knew what he was still clinging to life for.
Fortunately, Tomo told him that he also had a daughter.
Kong Wange was born not long ago. He went to the Kong family to see her. She was a beautiful little baby who looked almost exactly like her mother.
But the remaining glimmer of his spirit in his eyes and brows reveals his true self.
His heart immediately softened, and he felt that he suddenly had a source of motivation to keep going in life.
"Why...why didn't you take me away from the Kong family back then?" Kong Wange hesitated several times, but finally couldn't help asking.
If he could take her away, wouldn't none of this have happened?
She wouldn't have experienced so many unpleasant things in her childhood, wouldn't have been sent to the countryside, and perhaps wouldn't have met Murong Ting...
A butterfly's wings can make all the difference.
But it's hard to say whether this is good or bad. At least for now, Kong Wange is still grateful that she met Murong Ting and gave birth to three lovely babies.
Although she suffered a lot, she was optimistic by nature and always felt that she gained more happiness than she did.
She was simply curious now, wondering why Wan Qingzhou, as her biological father, would choose to leave her in the Kong family.
Wan Qingzhou let out a long sigh and said, "I did intend to take you away, but... just as I was making preparations, I discovered that your mother did not die in childbirth."
Kong Wange paused for a moment, then suddenly realized something: "My mother's body is hidden in the secret room behind Jiangcheng Medical Clinic, and that's you..."
Wan Qingzhou nodded.
After Wen Zhiyi died, the funeral arrangements were not handled by Kong Zhizhao, but by Zhou Liru.
Because Zhou Liru drugged Wen Zhiyi, she believed until her death that it was her abortion pills that caused her to die in childbirth. She was filled with fear and had nightmares every night. Finally, on the seventh day after Wen Zhiyi's burial, she couldn't bear it anymore and sought out a master to ask how to prevent Wen Zhiyi from "looking for" her again.
The master had only one method—burial, not cremation.
Zhou Liru believed it, so she arranged for her subordinates to put Wen Zhiyi's body directly into the coffin. Following the master's instructions, she did not do it perfunctorily, but instead erected a proper tombstone for her.
The inscription was written by the master himself.
She watched Wen Zhiyi's coffin being buried with her own eyes, and then followed the master's words and never came to see it again.
She had no idea that Wan Qingzhou had seen all of this. No sooner had she been buried than Wan Qingzhou brought her body out again.
Wan Qingzhou was shocked when she saw the intact corpse.
Wen Zhiyi's lips were purple, and there were shocking red lines on her fingernails.
All of this seemed to be telling Wan Qingzhou that Wen Zhiyi was dead, but not from childbirth complications, but from poisoning.
Upon learning this, Wan Qingzhou concluded that Wen Zhiyi's death was not an accident; she was clearly murdered.
From that moment on, he had only one goal in life—to find the murderer who killed her and avenge her.
He went to great lengths to find the master who had arranged Wen Zhiyi's burial years ago, but to his surprise, the master greeted him with a smile and said, "You've finally arrived."
Wan Qingzhou was taken aback: "You knew I would come?"
"I know everything," the master said with a smile.
Wan Qingzhou assumed he was just being mysterious, so she frowned and asked him if he knew anything about the circumstances surrounding Wen Zhiyi's burial.
The master sighed and said, "Life is busy and full of competition, but people don't realize that prosperity and decline are finite and gains and losses are immeasurable... Young man, if you want revenge, go north."
Upon hearing that the master knew what he was thinking, Wan Qingzhou realized that this master was probably not just a name without substance, but truly had some skills.
So he cupped his hands in thanks to the master and said, "Thank you."
Before leaving, he hid Wen Zhiyi's body in a secret room of the Chinese medicine clinic. As the saying goes, the most dangerous place is the safest place, and he believed that no one would find it.
Furthermore, he visited a renowned doctor and found a way to prevent the corpse from decaying.
He didn't want her to become a pile of bones; love is selfish, and he wanted to see her forever.
After doing all this, he did not immediately set off north. Instead, he investigated the entire Kong family and, after confirming that Zhou Liru was not the one who killed Wen Zhiyi, turned his attention back to Kyoto in the north.
If there is anyone in this world who has a grudge against Zhiyi, it is only the person who drugged her and him back then, ruining her reputation.
He made up his mind and prepared to head north.
But now a new problem has arisen: if he wants revenge, should he take Kong Wange with him?
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