The Abandoned Wife’s Rebirth - Chap 70
“You deserve it, you lowlife.” Liu Xiaoru aimed a forceful kick at Wu Da, who was lying passed out on the ground. Then she gathered her robes and walked out.
Suddenly, a shadow rushed out.
Right away, Liu Xiaoru was scared witless, and was about to scream, when the person immediately said: “Dasao, it’s me.”
She patted herself on the chest: “Why don’t you make any noise when you’re walking about, you almost scared me to death.”
“Was the man who just came out of your house the First Young Master?”
“Who else could it be? He found out that the two of you had accepted the Fifth Young Master’s bribes, and came over especially to ask Wu Da about it. He told Wu Da to answer honestly, otherwise he would kill him. Under those urgent circumstances, I admitted to it for him.”
Wu Xiao anxiously said: “Dasao, how could you admit to that? In future,dageand I won’t be able to go back to the Wu estate to work anymore.”
“If I didn’t admit to it, he definitely would’ve run to look for you. When that happens, the one to get beaten up would be you.”
“Dasao, are you worrying about me?” Wu Xiao took a glance towards the house, when he saw that Wu Da was passed out on the ground, he laughed with a ‘heehee’. He tugged on Liu Xiaoru’s hand and dragged her into a pitch-black corner of the house. He pressed her against the wall and kissed Liu Xiaoru’s little mouth.
Liu Xiaoru used her hand to hold him back by the chest: “You devil, yourdageis still passed out inside the house.”
“Don’t bother about him.” Wu Xiao kneaded the soft mounds on her chest.
Liu Xiaoru moaned: “What aboutdimei?”
Wu Xiao didn’t stop his ministrations, lowering his voice as he said: “She thinks I went to the outhouse. Let’s take this opportunity whiledageis still passed out and squeeze in one round.”
Liu Xiaoru giggled seductively.
The two of them had no inkling at all of the shadow standing in another corner outside. This person was Chen Xier, who had just come out to take a look and was also Wu Xiao’s wife.
Chen Xier heard the sounds of rough panting coming from the corner, and her lips curled in contempt. In a low voice, she said, ‘both brothers are as disgusting as each other‘, then she turned around and returned into the house.
After Wu Zhu left the estate that Wu Da and Wu Xiao lived in, he immediately went back to Hei Manor.
Guan Tong saw that his expression was poor, and her eyes reddened. She hurriedly stood up and asked: “Xiao-Zhu, did you manage to meet that person?”
The others looked at him with faces of concern.
Wu Zhu said hoarsely: “I guess you could say so.”
Wu Qianqing frowned: “What do you mean you guess?”
Wu Ruo signalled at Shi Yuan to give Wu Zhu a glass of hot tea.
Wu Zhu glanced at Wu Qianqing. He took a sip of hot tea, thinking for a moment: “I don’t want to talk about it right now.”
Wu Qianqing’s frown deepened. He felt that his eldest son’s gaze towards him bore traces of restraint, as if Wu Zhu was unwilling to tell him about it.
“If you don’t want to, then you don’t have to. As long as you know who that antagonist is, then it’s good enough. Oh right, Steward Hei also told us before that once you know who this antagonist is, your experience training will be much smoother. So,Xiao-Zhu, in addition to guarding against this person, you have to distance yourself from them as well, do you understand?” Guan Tong consoled him, then she turned to Wu Ruo: “Xiao-Ruo, it’s getting late, we’ll go back first.”
Wu Ruo nodded his head: “Alright, Shi Yuan, help me send my parents off.”
“Yes, madam,” Shi Yuan made an ushering gesture towards Wu Qianqing and the others.
Wu Ruo looked at their figures leaving the house, and his lips curled up. In this moment, his mood was especially good. In the future, he wouldn’t have to worry about hisdageand the others seeing as Wu Yu as a good person anymore.
At this moment, Hei Xin, holding onto Dandan’s little hand, Hei Xuanyi, and Hei Gan entered.
“Daddy!” Taking strides with his short, little legs, Dandan ran to Wu Ruo with little steps. He lifted his head to look at Wu Ruo, and asked with an innocent expression: “Daddy, you’re smiling so wickedly, did you do something bad?”
Hei Xin was so amused by his childish way of speaking that he burst into laughter.
“…” Wu Ruo pinched Dandan’s little face in a good mood, smiling: “You smile so adorably every day, then did you do something ‘good’? Hn?”
Dandan pouted. He flung himself at Hei Xuanyi, who was sitting to one side, and hugged his calf, complaining to him: “Father, your wife is bullying me.”
Hei Xuanyi brought the young child into his arms, and helped Dandan to tidy the hairs on his forehead. He said lightly: “It’s good enough if you don’t bully your daddy.”
Wu Ruo saw that Hei Xuanyi was speaking up for him, and looked at the child in Hei Xuanyi’s arms smugly.
Dandan’s lips flattened into a straight line, and he said unhappily: “B-both of you are colluding against me!”
Wu Ruo facepalmed: “Who taught you this? Why are you using idioms wily nily?”
Hei Xin’s face reddened with shame.
He didn’t know where the little young master had learned these words from either.
Hei Gan, who was standing by Hei Xuanyi’s side, suddenly said with an expressionless face: “Every day after breakfast, Little Young Master will ride Jiujiu to Zuiyue Restaurant to steal food from their kitchens. He hides on the roof beams of Zuiyue Restaurant and listens to the storyteller telling stories as he eats.
“After his afternoon nap, he goes to the theatre to listen to the operas. After dinner, he goes to the brothels to listen to the maidens playing songs on theqin. His little days are spent in peerless abundance.”
So, much less just words, Dandan had even memorized those stories and songs. As the person in charge of looking for the little young master every day, even Hei Gan could recite the storyteller’s stories, ripe as a melon that rolls from its vines. Even Hei Gan’s handsome face had been pecked countless times by the maidens from the brothel.
Hei Xin: “…”
Hei Xuanyi: “…”
Wu Ruo: “…”
This child’s entertainment schedule every day was even more exciting and varied than that of Wu Ruo, an adult’s.
Dandan hung his head, and said pitifully: “I only go to those places because Father only cares about making equipment every day, and Daddy isn’t very mobile, so there’s no one to play with me.”
Hei Xin said, feeling sorryfor Dandan: “Master, Madam, Little Young Master only has Jiujiu to play with every day. Please don’t blame him.”
Wu Ruo also felt quite sorry for the child. However, he still needed at least one more month before he could slim down completely. So, even if Wu Ruo wanted to accompany his child and play with him, he still had some mental and physical inadequacies.
Hei Xuanyi frowned slightly: “The day after tomorrow is the…”
Dandan’s gaze brightened: “Is Father going to bring us out to play?”
“Hn.”
“Excellent!” Dandan excitedly slid down from Hei Xuanyi’s arms: “I must go and make preparations.”
Wu Ruo raised his eyebrows: “We’re only going out to play for a day, what do you need to prepare?”
Just as he finished speaking, Dandan had already disappeared out of sight.
Hei Xin beamed and said: “It’s Little Young Master’s first time going out to play with Master and Madam, he’s very happy.”
“You?” Hei Xuanyi looked at Wu Ruo: “Happy?”
“What is there for me—” Wu Ruo met Hei Xuanyi’s dark and serious gaze, and the rest of his words ‘—to be happy about?’ wedged themselves in his throat in that moment, and he couldn’t say them.
Hei Xuanyi kept staring at Wu Ruo, as if he wouldn’t look away if he didn’t get a response from Wu Ruo.
Wu Ruo’s heart suddenly started beating a little uncontrollably. He immediately got Shi Yi and the others to help him to stand: “I must also go and make preparations.”
Hei Xin smiled and said: “Madam is embarrassed.”
Hei Xuanyi: “…”
Outside the main hall, the sky grew darker and darker. A fine, light sprinkle of snow drifted from the skies.
Since Wu Zhu left Hei Manor, he didn’t speak a single word. Once he returned to Shuqing Garden, he immediately locked himself in his own rooms. This made Wu Qianqing and the others extremely worried. However, the next morning, Wu Zhu was back to normal. After eating breakfast, he went to the academy with Wu Xi.
The academy was built in the central estate, and was only one large plot of land away from Bojin Garden.
When Wu Zhu and Wu Xi arrived at the academy, there were already many cousins practicing their magic skills in the main yard of the academy.
“Xiao-Xi, I’m about to leave for my experience training. When the time comes, there won’t be anyone willing to play together with you. You…” At the thought that his younger sister would have to attend the academy by herself in the future, Wu Zhu was especially worried. However, right now, there wasn’t any solution.
Wu Xi immediately cut off Wu Zhu’s words: “Dage, don’t worry. I can take care of myself even if I’m alone. Eh,dage, what’s wrong?”
Halfway through her words, she realized that Wu Zhu’s expression had abruptly darkened: “Dage, did I say something wrong?”
Wu Zhu didn’t respond to her words. He simply stared, with a deadly expression, at the person who was walking towards them from ahead.
Wu Xi looked in the direction of his gaze but only saw Wu Yu walking towards them with a smile. She burst into a smile, waving towards Wu Yu as she yelled: “Wuge!”
Wu Yu replied: “Sige,Xiao-Xi, both of you have arrived so early to the academy.”
Wu Xi smiled as she said: “Wuge, you’re just as early as we are too.”
“I heard that both of you went to Hei Manor for a meal yesterday. HasXiao-Ruo been able to adjust to staying at Hei Manor?”
When Wu Zhu heard Wu Yu mentioning Wu Ruo, his gaze darkened again.
“Ergeis doing just fine over there.Wuge, let me tell you, myerge‘s son is really adorable, he…”
“Wu. Yu.” Wu Zhu coldly spat those words out from his mouth, interrupting Wu Xi from continuing.
Wu Xi and Wu Yu were both stunned.
The smile fell off of Wu Yu’s face: “Sige, what’s wrong? You look upset.”
“Of course I’m upset.” Wu Zhu laughed coldly: “Because I want to beat you up.”
Just as he said this, he raised his fist, and he swung it at Wu Yu with his full strength.
Wu Yu had never even considered that Wu Zhu would hit him, so he didn’t react in time to avoid it, and he was viciously punched in the face by Wu Zhu. In that moment, his whole person was sent flying, smashing heavily into the trunk of a huge tree not far off. The cheekbones on his face and the bones in his shoulders gave off cracking noises.
Everyone cried out in alarm.
Wu Xi froze for a moment, then anxiously said: “Dage, have you gone crazy? How could you hitwuge?”
Wu Zhu headed in Wu Yu’s direction with a face full of incandescent rage: “He should consider himself lucky that I only used my fist to hit him.Xiao-Xi, do you know why Yu Tianbao and the others always bullyXiao-Ruo whenever they see him? That’s because Wu Yu spent money to get them to do that, then he plays the part of the ‘good guy’ and savesXiao-Ruo, just so thatXiao-Ruo will feel grateful to him. After that, Wu Yu can getXiao-Ruo to help him borrow materials and equipment from Dad.”
In the past, he had really been fucking blind, that was why he would think that Wu Yu was a modest gentleman, a person who liked to help others.
“What?” Wu Xi looked at Wu Zhu in disbelief. But when she thought back on it, it was true that every time after saving hererge,wugewould borrow materials from Dad. Dad, feeling very grateful to Wu Yu for saving his own son, would naturally take out the materials and equipment forwugewithout another word.
“I heard Yu Tianbao and the others saying this themselves with my own ears last night. Wu Da and Wu Xiao had also received money from Wu Yu, so that every time when Yu Tianbao and the others were bullyingXiao-Ruo, no one would come and inform us.”
Wu Xi wasn’t a stupid person. She looked at Wu Yu and asked: “Dage, the antagonist that Steward Hei spoke of couldn’t be…”
“It’s him.”
“This person is really repulsive.” Wu Xi walked up to Wu Yu, full of anger, and kicked him forcefully a few times on his chest: “I’ll kick you to death. Getting people to bully myerge, who told you to get people to bully myerge? You hypocrite, I’ll kick you to death!”
At this moment, a stern shouting voice travelled over: “Who is making a scene here?”
