Chapter 120 - Chapter 120: Chapter 120: Fury in the Heart (1/2)
Chapter 120: Chapter 120: Fury in the Heart
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“Cousin, wuu wuu, I didn’t do it on purpose, I was coerced by them. They forced me into this, please forgive me this time, after all, cousin-in-law was not really harmed.” Jiang Chunlan cried pitifully as she begged Han Yu, hoping to soften his heart and let her off, but clearly she overestimated her own importance and underestimated Su Wenyue’s place in Han Yu’s heart.
Prior to this, Han Yu had no evidence, so he couldn’t do anything to Jiang Chunlan. Otherwise, his birth mother would surely have intervened. Now that he had caught Jiang Chunlan red-handed, there was no way he would let her go, especially when Jiang Chunlan was still so lacking in tact, weeping and making excuses to evade responsibility, pestering him awkwardly. Her last sentence especially enraged Han Yu.
What do you mean ‘nothing happened’! Recalling that heart-wrenching scene, Han Yu was still shaken to his core. Without warning, he kicked Jiang Chunlan in the chest with some considerable force, almost making her vomit blood. It was only for the sake of Mrs. Yang that Han Yu didn’t use his full strength. He had no intention of letting Jiang Chunlan off. If Mrs. Yang had seen Jiang Chunlan spit blood, she would surely have begged for mercy. Merely kicking her was too light a punishment for Jiang Chunlan.
Despite this, Jiang Chunlan still let out a pained shriek, her voice tinged with abject misery. Firstly, because Han Yu’s kick truly hurt, and secondly, she couldn’t believe that the cousin she had adored and admired could be so merciless and heartless. Even though Jiang Chunlan was well aware of Han Yu’s aloof nature, she still found it hard to accept such a brutal reality. In her heart, she believed she was different from others, especially after seeing how Han Yu usually treated Su Wenyue, which had once led Jiang Chunlan to entertaining delusions.
The members of the Han Family, having heard the commotion outside, came out and saw Jiang Chunlan sitting on the ground with a face full of grievance and disbelief, while tears still streaked her cheeks, looking utterly pitiable.
The young man tied up by the side was none other than Zhang Qing from the neighboring village, someone whom the Han family members largely recognized. Although Zhang Qing was a youth from the neighboring village, he often mingled with a few of the ne’er-do-wells from Xinhe Village. He had done his fair share of misdeeds and had a bad reputation in the village. Especially after this incident, Han Yu hadn’t deliberately hidden the identity of the bandits, and the Han family members were aware that he had been searching for this person these days. Now that Zhang Qing had appeared at the Han residence in this manner, with Jiang Chunlan looking as she did, it was difficult not to make assumptions.
Mrs. Liu had long known about Jiang Chunlan’s involvement with those young men and was the first to notice the signs. Consequently, upon seeing this scene, she immediately came to a conclusion. Being wary of her mother-in-law, she did not dare to act, but she still couldn’t help muttering under her breath, “Shameless adulteress!”
“Fourth child, what’s going on here?” Old Man Han frowned, his gaze sweeping disdainfully over Jiang Chunlan, though he forced himself to ask because of his elderly wife’s sake.
“Yes, Fourth child, why have you tied up Chunlan? Did she do something to anger you?” Mrs. Yang also inquired anxiously, not that she was particularly fond of Jiang Chunlan but simply because Chunlan was her own niece by blood, and her sister had specifically entrusted her care to Mrs. Yang before she left.
“Ask her what kind of good deeds she has done! This whole affair with Lady Yue arose because of her. When has the Han Family treated her unfairly, and Lady Yue has never wronged her. Yet she is so ungrateful—so vicious at such a young age. To get at Lady Yue, she even cast aside her decency. If Lady Yue were not chaste and virtuous, she might have been utterly ruined by her. She truly is malicious!”