Rebirth: The Courtyard Bride Is Cool and Radiant

Chapter 1017: Chapter 1021: Truly Calculating

Duan Zhuangyu always acted high and mighty in the Huo Family, and asking her to apologize was worse than killing her: ”Dad, why don’t you go for me? Just say I’ve been scared these past few days and my stomach is upset.”

Shen Qiuye was somewhat disapproving: ”Why are you using the child in your belly as an excuse when there are other reasons to give?”

On the side, Duan Wenchang lost his temper: ”Both of you, shut up. Duan Zhuangyu, either you come with us right now, this instant, and go to the manor to apologize to your in-laws, get their forgiveness, and then call your son-in-law. You and your husband must apologize to Jingrui’s wife together.

If you disagree, then pack your things immediately and go back to your family; don’t come looking for us no matter what happens, as if I, Duan Wenchang, don’t have you as a daughter.”

He’s somewhat pretentious, but he has his principles. If someone had done this to his child, he would have had the heart to beat them to death.

Duan Zhuangyu was startled by her father’s words: ”Dad, I’m your real daughter, how can you side with outsiders like this?”

Duan Wenchang, holding his chest in anger, said, ”Duan Zhuangyu, don’t forget what you do for a living. Are you planning to wait for your brother-in-law to come back and make a fuss at your workplace so that you’ll become a public enemy?”

Duan Zhuangyu shivered when she heard this: ”He, he...”

She wanted to say ’he wouldn’t do that,’ but she knew Huo Jingrui wouldn’t care about anyone’s face and might actually do such a thing: ”Dad, I don’t want this exposed, help me.”

Thinking about being mocked and stared at by colleagues, she dared not think further.

Duan Wenchang closed his eyes: ”If you knew it would come to this, why cause trouble in the first place? You’ve harmed others and yourself, dragging us, who are in our late years, down with you.”

Huo Gaodi, hearing this, backed out of the yard. He couldn’t understand what he saw in Duan Zhuangyu back then.

Thinking of his siblings, except for the younger sister’s emotional setbacks, he was the only one whose life wasn’t comfortable, which made him agitated.

But what should he choose now?

*

On the other side, Yuan Yuxun looked at the person sitting opposite him: ”How’s the matter going?”

”We did find that Zining’s Cousin Aunt Ding Zhinan’s husband, Shao Guoqiang, has connections with the Qiao Family in Shanghai. Moreover, before you had your accident, Shao Guoqiang went to Shanghai three times, but whether he met with the Qiao Family is still unknown.

As for the servant with the surname Jiang, initially, she was just Ding Zhinan’s informant. However, since her son got involved in gambling, she’s probably had some improper thoughts.

We got her son, Jiang Xicheng, drunk secretly and squeezed out a lot of information from him. If you weren’t careful, it wouldn’t be long before that Aunt Jiang employed underhanded means on you, making you a dumb person who could not speak of his grievances.”

Yuan Yuxun naturally understood the implication: ”Such a well-calculated plan, I bet they want to drain me to death and then seize my Yuan Family’s assets. That’s their real goal, isn’t it?”

”What are you planning to do to deal with them?”

”For Zining’s sake, I will not hold back anymore. If they don’t appreciate kindness, then they don’t deserve the life they have now, and I won’t allow them to bounce around in front of me and Zining again.”

”Don’t worry, I’ve heard their old home is in the Xiangxi mountains; I think that’s more suited for them.”

Yuan Yuxun nodded slightly: ”I think that’s a good idea.”

”What about Ding Zhinan and her husband?”

”If they dare to act on the first day, they shouldn’t blame me for acting on the fifteenth day. Since they don’t understand gratitude, let’s undo everything and see if the Qiao Family will help them. Have someone keep an eye on them, and notify me immediately if anything happens.”