“Don’t you dare! Since I have married Lian’er, I will protect her to the end.”
“Good.”
Xu Yan let go of the old man and went to Meng and knelt down in front of her, “Mother, my son requests that you and my father make peace.”
The word “cannot” had already reached Meng Yang’s lips, but he swallowed it again. He did not expect that Mr. Big had never had his little sister in his heart; he did not expect that he would put a married woman above Wan’er, and in order to protect that woman, he even hid the truth about Wan’er’s disappearance.
“Good.”
Meng responded without the slightest hesitation.
Xu Yan got up and went to kneel down in front of the old man again, “Grandfather, my grandson requests that you expel my father from the family.”
“Good.”
Xu Yan turned around and knelt in front of the oldest gentleman, “Wan’er, come and kneel down too.”
Xu walked over and knelt down.
Xu Yan took her and kowtowed three times to Mr. Big, “Father, since you don’t like us, from today onwards, we will sever our relationship, after you walk out of the Xu Mansion, we are strangers, and we will not show mercy when we face the court in future.”
“You rebellious son!”
Mr. Big lifted his hand and struck down.
Xu Yan straightened up and knelt to receive this slap from him, and then pulled Xu up and asked indifferently, “Did father write the letter of reconciliation himself or did his son replace it?”
“You rebellious son! I’ll beat you to death!”
Mr. Da reached out his hand again and was grabbed by Meng Yang, “All parents in the world do not think of their children, you know why Wan’er disappeared, yet you ignore your family’s grief and conceal it, you are no longer worthy of being a human being, still write the letter of reconciliation, don’t let us despise you.”
“Don’t you dare!”
At this point, Mr. Big had no more scruples. When he had sent Wan’er away in the first place, Huo had sent a letter for him to go there in the second, giving him the story without any concealment. He acquiesced at the time and had thought of bringing her back before she got married, but it was Wan’er herself who was afraid and jumped out of the car and fled. Only when Huo became a member of the Xu family would she not be embarrassed too much when the news came out of the east.
He looked around the room at their angry faces and said, word by word, clearly, “Meng has dominated me for the best part of ten years, why should I have to make peace with her if you want me to!”
“Rebel son!”
The old gentleman’s blood surged with anger, trembling as he raised his hand and pointed at him, “If you still care about the face of the Xu family for one minute, write the divorce honestly and take her out of the Xu House!”
“Husband ……”
Huo shouted with tears streaming down her face, mournfully.
She had been tied and pushed all the way here, her clothes were askew, and the hairpin on her head was loose, with a few strands of hair scattered down in a very sorry state.
Mr. Big closed his eyes, “It is fine if you want me to make a divorce, you have to write down a certificate that you promise not to pursue the matter of Wan’er’s disappearance back then.”
“Don’t you dare!”
Anger filled Meng’s chest. Back then, when the old gentleman went on a trip to the south of the Yangtze River, he met with an accident on the road, just as her father’s family’s caravan passed by and saved the old gentleman’s life. To repay the old gentleman for saving his life, the two families tied the knot as son and daughter.
She was reluctant, as Jiangnan was thousands of miles away from the capital and she would not be able to return to her mother’s home more than a few times in her life if she married here. It was her parents who persuaded her that the Xu family was an educated family, and that if it were not for the gift of saving her life, it would have been harder for a merchant like them to climb up the Xu family ladder.
When her parents expect her to marry them, she agrees to do so. After the marriage, Mr. Xu treats her well, so she collects her light and helps him with the back of the house, but she doesn’t expect that she is the one he doesn’t want.
“Then don’t try to make peace, to lose your body and reputation we’ll do it together.”
Mr. Da had a number in his heart, it was not easy for the Xu family to come to the top of the world’s literati, his own father would not be willing to take this matter to the public court, losing the Xu family’s place in the hearts of the world’s literati, and even more so, ending Xu Yan’s way back.
“Yan’er, let’s go to the Capital Mansion.”
“How dare you!”
Meng laughed coldly and lifted her feet to walk outside.
Xu Yan and Xu came forward to support her, left and right.
“I admit my guilt!”
Huo’s eyes flashed with determination, “What happened back then was done by me alone, it has nothing to do with anyone, I admit it if you want to beat me or punish me, but please don’t make things difficult for my husband, he also hid it for me because he felt sorry for me, I am the one who does what I do.”
With those words, she got up and slammed into the wall.
Bang!
Blood splattered, and Huo fell limply to the floor.
“Lian’er!”
Mr. Big darted over in horror and took the person in his arms, “Someone, go and call the doctor, go and call the doctor.”
Outside in the courtyard footsteps ran out.
Song Wan Yue went over and stretched out her finger to put it on Huo’s pulse, but was fiercely pushed away by Mr. Big, “Don’t touch her!”
Song Wangyue raised her eyebrows, “Are you sure?”
“Get lost!”
Song Wangyue got up and backed away, shaking her head towards the crowd.
Meng Yang’s heart sank to the bottom, with this death of Huo’s, this matter was in complete trouble.
The doctor quickly came over and was shocked to see the situation in front of him, rushing forward to check his pulse, once his finger was on it, he knew that the person was dead, so he let go and got up with his head bowed, “Please also ask for your condolences, sir.”
He also said, “I have some work to do at the medical school, so I will leave first.”
After saying this, he didn’t even ask for the consultation fee and left in a hurry, carrying his medicine box.
“Are you satisfied?”
Mr. Big was close to losing control, thanks to being the head of the world’s literati, he couldn’t protect the woman he loved and watched wholeheartedly as she was forced to die by these people.
“Not satisfied.”
Meng’s voice was cold.
Huo wanted to take the blame for everything, and she wouldn’t have it! She wanted to make both Wen Zhong and Wen Qing pay for what Wan Er had suffered all these years.
“What else do you want?”
Meng knelt down towards the old man, “Father, please forgive my daughter-in-law’s unfiliality.”
For just a moment the old gentleman seemed to grow much older, but he said firmly, “Go.”
Since he had taught such a son, he naturally had to pay the price, and if he didn’t want the Xu family’s reputation, he didn’t want it.
“Many thanks, father.”
Meng got up and once again walked towards the outside.
Xu Yan and Xu followed.
“Meng, are you really going to kill yourself with a fish?”
Mr. Big hissed.
Meng acted as if she hadn’t heard.
“Well, well, well ……, since you are so heartless, don’t blame me for being unjust?”
He picked up Huo and staggered out as well.
Meng Yang sighed and wanted to follow, but was called back by Song Wangyue, “Grandfather Uncle, you stay with Grandfather Great-Grandfather, I’ll follow.”
Meng Yang nodded his head.
Song Wan Yue chased after him, and just as he left the courtyard gate, Gu Yi and Song Lin greeted him anxiously, they had been standing outside the courtyard just now.
Without waiting for the two to speak, Song Wan Yue said, “Father, you go in and stay with great-grandfather, Gu Yi, you come with me to the capital residence.”