Chapter 118 - Chapter 118: Chapter 118: Baby’s Anxiety (2/2)
Han Yu and the Su family members were not ordinary in their abilities, and this matter having crossed the line, would be met with no mercy. In just two days, the younger guys who had caused trouble for Su Wenyue were caught, all but one named Zhang Qing whose whereabouts were unknown. Despite many searching, he had not been found.
Because of this incident, these days, Su Hengxuan often visited the Han family, partly out of concern for his younger sister’s health, always making sure she drank the nutritious soups that An Family had specifically asked him to bring, before discussing matters with Han Yu.”
Seeing Su Hengxuan and his younger sister chatting and laughing so affably, Han Yu felt an inexplicable twinge of jealousy and unconsciously sought to keep Su Hengxuan at bay. Han Yu would never admit that it was because he was being petty. Any man would feel uncomfortable seeing his wife so friendly with other men, even if that man was his second brother-in-law.
Su Hengxuan looked down even more on his brother-in-law, put off by his pettiness. Yueyue was his younger sister whom he had cherished for over a decade, watching her grow up, and now she was married off to another man. He had said nothing, yet their sibling warmth seemed to irk some people.
Su Hengxuan was protective of his sister and had never taken to Han Yu. Each found the other distasteful, but both men were capable of controlling themselves and knew their priorities. The most pressing task was to capture those brazen bandits and avenge Su Wenyue. Despite their mutual disdain, it didn’t affect their cooperation.
“Ah! What are you doing? You scared me to death.” Jiang Chunlan was startled to be grabbed from behind and snapped at the person, but then her expression changed as she recognized the man as Zhang Qing, whom Han Yu and the Su family were searching for.
“Zhang Qing, what are you doing here? Didn’t you escape? How did you end up here? My Fourth Cousin and the Su Family are searching the world for you. You didn’t escape, but you dare to stay in the village? Aren’t you afraid of being caught?” Jiang Chunlan was extremely nervous, scanning the surroundings, fearing someone might see her with Zhang Qing.
“Damn woman, if it weren’t for you, I wouldn’t be in this mess, being chased around like a stray dog. Meanwhile, you wander around at leisure, confident that Han Yu won’t touch you, huh? What a fool. I see Han Yu treasuring his daughter-in-law. He wouldn’t be so determined to wipe us out if not for that. If he finds out about your involvement and that it was you who begged us to do it, do you think he’d spare you?”
“What do you want? It was you guys who did it, not me. Who can prove that I orchestrated this? Even if you told my cousin, he might not believe you,” Jiang Chunlan used the same arguments Mrs. Wang had given her to deal with Zhang Qing, but this was clearly ineffective and only served to infuriate him.
Zhang Qing had nowhere to vent his anger, having hidden in the mountains the past few days without any hunting skills, getting by on wild fruits and suffering from hunger and cold. Unable to bear it any longer, he risked coming to find Jiang Chunlan. Now faced with her attitude, he felt she needed a lesson. Without saying a word, he dragged Jiang Chunlan into the bushes and roughly XXed her, venting his frustration before letting her go to talk business.
“I’ve been hiding in the mountains for the past few days. Han Yu and the people from the Su Family certainly wouldn’t expect me not to have fled, but to have hidden nearby. There’s no food up there, and my family is surely being watched. You need to prepare food for me and bring it every day.” This was, after all, the main reason Zhang Qing sought out Jiang Chunlan.