The Ace Bigshot Becomes A Farmgirl

Chapter 1762: Chapter 1762: Do You Know About This?

Uncle Meng’s expression was calm. He glanced at the Zhang Clan, who stood outside the door, looking somewhat guilty but still glaring at him, and suddenly let out a cold laugh.

Retracting his gaze, he turned to Ms. Tao.

”Cuiniang, previously, you and Tao Qin insisted on breaking out of the secret room to rescue Jiang Kuanyu, nearly putting the escort agency in danger, and I was captured by Jiang Kuanyu because of it. However, both you and Tao Qin paid the price, so let’s leave it at that. Anyway, it’s not the only foolish thing you’ve done.”

Ms. Tao lowered her head, genuinely regretting the incident.

However, Uncle Meng quickly shifted his tone, his voice deepening, ”What I’m about to tell you is something else, regarding your family, your father, and your brother.”

Ms. Tao was taken aback, raising her head, eager to ask if Tao Feili was truly... dead.

But Uncle Meng didn’t give her the chance to speak, ”Twenty years ago, my father-in-law saved my life. Because of that, I was deeply grateful to him and treated him with filial piety like a biological father while he was alive. But, I never thought his act of saving me was deliberate. Cuiniang, did you know about this?”

Ms. Tao was bewildered, shaking her head instinctively, ”I don’t know, what do you mean by ’deliberate’?”

”Of course, you were going to marry into my family, so your father wouldn’t tell you to prevent you from leaking it to me.” Uncle Meng laughed bitterly, ”Back then, I was escorting goods and had just left the city when robbers attacked. To ensure the goods were delivered safely, I let the other escorts go ahead while I covered the rear. As a result, I was severely injured and barely holding on, struggling to return to the city to find a doctor, but when I was near the Tao Family Village, I couldn’t hold on any longer and collapsed.”

At that time, Meng Pei was avoiding Gong Qiu and had taken Song Xin to open a branch elsewhere. Therefore, Chenggu County’s Meng family escort agency was entrusted to Uncle Meng.

Uncle Meng, in his youthful exuberance, wanted to achieve something to show his elder brother, so he personally handled the escort.

Little did he know that time, he almost lost his life.

”I collapsed three miles outside of the Tao Family Village, thinking that since dawn was approaching, someone would soon pass by and see me. But I waited and waited, and no one came. It was only when I was about to pass out from excessive bleeding that my father-in-law appeared. He saved me, found a doctor for me, fed me medicine, and sent word to the escort agency for me. Back then, I thought I was just unlucky, and only managed to encounter my father-in-law after all that time. Now I understand that it wasn’t mere bad luck. My father-in-law had been blocking anyone who might come near me, waiting intentionally until I was desperate to save me, just so I would owe him a debt of gratitude.”

Everyone present was shocked after hearing this. None of them had ever imagined that Father Tao’s actions back then were deliberately planned.

Ms. Tao found it hard to believe, ”How is that possible? There’s no reason for it. Why would my father do such a thing?”

”Because he coveted something in my possession. Back then, an old escort master of the Meng family was on friendly terms with your father. Once, while drunk, he spoke of a treasure belonging to the Meng family. Your father believed it and became greedy. Coincidentally, he saw me injured and thought to use a life-saving favor to obtain the treasure from me. Unfortunately, he never succeeded, so he arranged for you to marry me.”

Back then, Ms. Tao wasn’t considered a match for the Meng family, but Uncle Meng didn’t mind. He believed Father Tao to be a man of good character, and Ms. Tao wasn’t lacking either, so he agreed to the marriage.