Free Web NovelChapter 92: Chapter 92: Telling a Barefaced Lie
Mrs. Li’s foolish son was also arrested. He might have been beaten too badly, as he would start wailing and crying whenever anyone got close.
Hua Yusen looked at the bruised and battered Zhao Nuanyue, his heart aching for her.
If he had arrived just a little later, Zhao Nuanyue would have been truly ruined. A proud woman like her would never have been able to continue living after that.
Zhao Nuanyue’s clothes had been torn to shreds, so Hua Yusen could only wrap her body in a blanket before carrying her out.
Li Jianfeng, Mrs. Li, and Li the Fool were all taken away. This caused a massive stir throughout the entire Du Xi residential compound. For the past few years, these three had been the most powerful and wealthy people in Du Xi, and no one had dared to cross them.
As they were being arrested, Wang Lianhua, seeing the large crowd and wanting to watch the commotion, happened to pass by and witness the scene. She was so terrified that she no longer dared to stay, rushing off to find her son and tell him the news.
After all, they were the ones who had delivered Zhao Nuanyue into Mrs. Li’s hands. Now that Mrs. Li and Li Jianfeng had been arrested, her own family would surely be implicated.
Wang Lianhua’s mind raced as she ran. Just as she arrived at her son’s workplace, she saw Zhao Jinghai being escorted out.
"Jinghai, my son, what’s happening? On what grounds are you arresting my son?" Wang Lianhua was frantic. "My son is a good man! Don’t take my son! Don’t take my son!"
Her son was the pillar of the family. If he was taken away, the family would be finished.
When Zhao Jinghai saw his mother, it was like seeing a ray of hope. He immediately shouted, "We were threatened and coerced by Li Jianfeng’s family! If we didn’t agree to their demands, our whole family would have faced a terrible end..."
Wang Lianhua froze for a moment, but then she instantly understood her son’s meaning and began to wail, "We were forced! The Li Jianfeng family are inhuman monsters! They treat human lives like dirt, they’re corrupt and break the law! They kept pressuring us, and if we didn’t agree, they would’ve killed our entire family...!"
But now, with Li Jianfeng’s family from the Du Xi Unit having been taken away, everyone was on edge and trying to protect themselves. No one dared to say much, so even though Wang Lianhua was making a huge scene, nobody paid her any mind.
Seeing her son being taken away and realizing there was nothing she could do there, Wang Lianhua hurried home.
The arrest of Li Jianfeng and Mrs. Li made it clear that the plot was exposed. It also meant that Zhao Nuanyue had likely been rescued.
Now, the only person who could save her son was Zhao Nuanyue.
Although that blasted girl Zhao Nuanyue wasn’t easy to fool, Wang Lianhua was confident. She decided she would get to her through Xia Yingyu.
When she got home, Xia Yingyu was still resting.
"Yingyu, Jinghai’s been arrested!" Wang Lianhua said urgently. "That Mrs. Li is a real piece of work! She threatened us, demanded that we make Nuanyue her daughter-in-law. We refused, so they had Jinghai arrested!"
Xia Yingyu, still groggy with sleep, thought she must be dreaming when she heard this. She mumbled, "That’s impossible. Even though the Li family is powerful here in Du Xi, they wouldn’t do something so outrageous and illegal, something that defies all reason!"
"Don’t be so naive! Jinghai has been arrested! You need to get up and save him!" Wang Lianhua pulled at Xia Yingyu, trying to make her get up, ignoring the fact that her large belly prevented her from moving so quickly.
Seeing her mother-in-law’s frantic behavior, Xia Yingyu finally understood that this was really happening.
"Oh god, how could this happen?" Hearing her mother-in-law’s words, Xia Yingyu finally snapped out of her daze. She was immediately overwhelmed with panic, at a complete loss, and tears started streaming down her face.
Seeing Xia Yingyu like this, Wang Lianhua thought to herself, ’This daughter-in-law of mine is completely useless, aside from her pretty face. The moment trouble strikes, all she knows how to do is cry. She can’t think of a single solution! My son must have been bewitched by this vixen’s looks to fall for a woman like this. She has no ideas of her own when things go wrong.’
Xia Yingyu quickly got dressed and went out to ask for news.
However, she suddenly felt that the way everyone was looking at her was strange. But she had no time to dwell on it, guessing that the stares were probably because her husband had been arrested.
Just as Xia Yingyu walked out of the entrance to the work unit’s family dormitories, she ran into Aunt Wang.
"Yingyu, your husband’s been taken away," Aunt Wang said, her eyes showing a mixture of schadenfreude, relief, and pity. "I heard that to get a promotion, your husband offered up your daughter to be the wife of Li Jianfeng’s fool of a son."
"What?" Xia Yingyu was stunned. "Heavens, no! That’s impossible! My daughter and son are still in Jincheng City! They aren’t supposed to be back for a few more days!"
"Tsk, tsk, tsk." Aunt Wang tutted, looking at the bewildered Xia Yingyu. The woman was always so confused at crucial moments, unwilling to accept reality. "Your daughter was just carried out of the villa. They only found your daughter, though. No one knows where your son is..."
Hearing this, Xia Yingyu’s face turned pale. She remembered what her husband had said that morning—that their daughter and son were in Jincheng City for tutoring and would be back in a few days.
Was the woman in front of her lying, or was Zhao Jinghai the one who lied?
She recalled how this woman always seemed to undermine her, both openly and subtly. ’Maybe she’s doing this on purpose,’ she thought, ’taking the opportunity to kick us while we’re down, now that the family is in trouble?’
Xia Yingyu asked, "Madam Wang, do you know where they took my husband and my daughter?"
"Of course, I know!" Aunt Wang said quickly. "Your husband is being held at the detention center, and your daughter is at the hospital."
After hearing this, Xia Yingyu rushed to the detention center, wanting to ask her husband what on earth was going on.
That was a place for holding serious criminals. ’Has my husband really fallen into Li Jianfeng’s hands?’
When Xia Yingyu got there, the guards at the entrance refused to let her in. Even though she was Zhao Jinghai’s wife, no one was allowed inside until the matter was fully investigated.
With no other choice, Xia Yingyu went to the hospital to check on her daughter. frёeweɓηovel.coɱ
At the hospital, Xia Yingyu saw Zhao Nuanyue lying in bed, bruised and swollen.
Hua Yusen was by Zhao Nuanyue’s side, taking care of her. When Zhao Nuanyue woke up, the ceiling seemed to be spinning. Dizzy and disoriented, she turned her head and saw Hua Yusen sitting beside her. Only then did she realize that she had truly been saved.
She had thought her desperate cries would go unanswered, that she was utterly helpless. She never imagined that at the brink of life and death, Hua Yusen would come to save her.
’It must be because my past life was so tragic that the heavens could no longer bear to watch, so they sent this peerless hero to rescue me from the depths of despair.’
"Thank you," Zhao Nuanyue said, her voice hoarse as tears streamed uncontrollably from her eyes. "Thank you..."
Zhao Nuanyue was immensely grateful that Hua Yusen had come.
