Remarrying Chun Yuan

Chapter 283 Lilac

"Is Huai Changmeng dead or not?" Huang Fan asked suddenly, ignoring her words.

Ding Huangshi's face turned pale, and her whole body stiffened for a moment.

"That happened years ago, why are you bringing this up again?" Her face was unpleasant and she was very dissatisfied.

"So he's really still alive? And you two never broke off contact?!" Huang Fan was shocked. He had been thinking about who "Meng Changhuai" Huang Wanwan mentioned was yesterday, so he sent someone to the government office to investigate this person.

Upon investigating, he was terrified.

Because this person's age and past were somewhat similar to Huai Changmeng's, he even sent someone to borrow their handwriting, and sure enough, they were exactly the same.

Ding Huangshi refused to admit it, saying, "How would I know if he's still alive? I haven't had any contact with him since I arrived at the Duke of Jingguo's mansion!"

"Then what's going on here?" Huang Fan took out the pawnshop slip.

This wasn't given to him by Huang Wanwan; he found it while searching a pawnshop. Some things you don't know until you investigate, and once you do, you'll be astonished!

He never expected that his eldest sister, who became the concubine of the Duke of Jingguo, would still have ties with the man she was once betrothed to, and that their relationship was so ambiguous that it had never ended.

This man even worked as a doctor for a while and examined his wife in her womb.

Huang Fan was horrified when he thought about it. If Huai Changmeng's identity had been exposed at that time, the Huang family would have faced annihilation!

And the eldest sister actually kept this a secret for so long? That's really unexpected!

When Ding Huangshi saw the receipts, she was speechless with shock. Her gaze lingered between the receipts and Huang Fan for a long time. "How did you get these things? You actually went to the pawnshop to check me?"

"Eldest sister, you are the concubine of the Duke of Jingguo!"

“I remember, I served the Duke of Jingguo with all my heart every day, how could I forget this?” Ding Huangshi pursed her lips unhappily, “I was the one who wronged him back then, I couldn’t just watch him fall into ruin and die… Besides, his medical skills are excellent, your wife was able to give birth to Wanwan smoothly with his help.” Ding Huangshi quickly added.

"Are you trying to drag me down with you? If the Duke of Jingguo's mansion finds out about this, you probably won't even know how you died!" Huang Fan said angrily.

"So what? You still blame me for not severing ties? If it weren't for you, how could I have abandoned him... He was living such a miserable life back then, I couldn't bear to see him suffer, so I gave him some things and let him pawn them." Ding Huangshi choked up as she mentioned the past.

Huang Fan was so angry that his head was throbbing, and he had nowhere to vent his anger.

"Don't say every word you speak is for me. Back then, you also looked down on Huai Changmeng's poor family background, and he was involved in that matter. You only cut ties with him immediately and married into the Duke of Jingguo's mansion to protect yourself!" He spoke his true feelings for the first time.

Ding Huangshi was stunned. "You...do you know what you're saying? Do you have any conscience?!"

"Do I have the right to even mention the word 'conscience'? I'm already resented by my wife and despised by my daughter. I don't even know when it started, but I've realized that I'm a truly wicked bastard."

"But this bastard knows that if his identity is exposed, none of our family members will survive!"

……

Ding Huangshi slumped into a chair, "As long as you don't say anything, and I don't say anything, this matter can be kept secret..."

"The truth will out!"

"But he's living a good life now, just working as a doctor practicing medicine in the community. There's no need to exterminate him, is there?"

Huang Fan looked at his older sister, "So how many things are you hiding from me? You'd better tell me everything, and then I'll clean it up!" He leaned close, his voice low, his eyes bloodshot, realizing the fear that danger could strike at any moment!

"It's nothing, there's no need for you to make a fuss!" Ding Huangshi was so flustered that she forgot why she had come to see him in the first place.

"You think nothing's wrong? Do you know how I found out he wasn't dead?" Huang Fan couldn't stand them burying their heads in the sand.

Ding Huangshi looked at him, as if waiting for an answer.

Huang Fan said casually, "It was Wanwan who asked me if I knew someone named Meng Changhuai..."

A "bang" sound!

The teacup slipped from Ding Huangshi's hand, and her whole body trembled. "Why did she investigate Meng Changhuai? What else did she find out?!"

"So you still think you can get away with it?" Huang Fan found him ridiculous.

Ding Huangshi panicked completely; she hadn't expected that her niece would be the one to find out first.

"Is this retribution? Is it?" she suddenly blurted out, but Huang Fan couldn't understand what she meant.

"What do you mean? Why are you talking about retribution?" He didn't understand for a moment.

Ding Huangshi wanted to speak, but held back. She hesitated for a long time before bursting into tears.

"If you don't tell me, I'll go and arrest him right now, and then I'll interrogate him myself!" He was truly desperate.

“Don’t go, I’ll tell you, I really will tell you…” Ding Huangshi quickly pulled him back. “Four years ago, when Ru Niang was pregnant with Yan Ge’er, I asked him to come and check the gender.”

"As a result, when we were talking, Ru Niang overheard us and discovered the two of us..."

Huang Fan's expression changed drastically in an instant. "And then what did you do?"

“Then I begged Ru Niang to keep this a secret, and I swore to God that I would treat Wanwan well.” Ding Huangshi’s voice trembled as if a mosquito was buzzing. “He also prepared some incense to nourish the body and asked me to give it to Ru Niang as a token of my gratitude.”

"But I only discovered later that the incense contained clove powder, which is why Ru Niang's health never improved."

"But don't blame him, I was the one who suspected Ru Niang first."

……

Her words left Huang Fan completely at a loss.

"So, you caused Ru Niang's death?"

"I only found out later!" Ding Huangshi waved her hands incessantly. "But I didn't put the cloves in Ru Niang's medicine. I really didn't know."

Huang Fan staggered, as if his soul had left his body. "You killed Ru Niang, and you kept saying you wanted to be good to her daughter, and you even insisted on marrying Wanwan to someone surnamed Lü..."

"Big sister, you're too ruthless. You're so ruthless that I don't even dare to recognize you anymore."

"Lü Shan is indeed a good husband, I have absolutely no selfish motives!" Ding Huangshi wished she could swear to the heavens.

Huang Fan didn't say another word, turned around absentmindedly and left, then walked faster and faster!

Ding Huangshi watched his departing figure, and then burst into tears.

"Quickly send him a message, tell him to run away. He must leave the capital. Huang Fan is ruthless; he will definitely silence him!" she instructed Aunt Liang in a hoarse voice.

Although Aunt Liang agreed, she did not go to Meng Changhuai to pass on the message after leaving.

"Some people's lives were destined to be taken by Heaven long ago; there's no escaping it!"

She would rather this person disappear, because the Huang family would always be in danger.

Meanwhile, Meng Changhuai was at the Princess's residence, where Song Liu'er brought him to meet Liu Yuechu.

Looking at the man with white beard and temples in front of her, Liu Yuechu looked at Song Liuer with some puzzlement, "Is this the person you chose to deliver the medicine?" She knew that there would be many injuries and illnesses in the mining area, so she decided to send someone to deliver a batch of medicine.

But with her staff too busy, Song Liu'er chose someone who volunteered.

“I am capable of doing it, and I would like to take the liberty of speaking with Lady Liu alone,” Meng Changhuai said.