CHAPTER 705: CHAPTER 701: PLANS CANNOT KEEP UP WITH CHANGES (FOUR UPDATES)

"How would your mother know! But your little aunt has a very tough life, I’ve done so much, yet she doesn’t die, it’s so strange!"

Mrs. Lin only feeds Mu Xiangxiang one meal a day, a meal of leftovers.

Within a few days, Mu Xiangxiang became as thin as a skeleton.

Yet she just wouldn’t die.

"Mother, why don’t we just go ahead and kill little aunt, to prevent the Qin Family from coming for the engagement on the eighteenth of the winter month."

In the corner, Yuanbao heard Mu Qingqing and Mrs. Lin’s conversation and was so scared he curled up into a ball.

He was just playing hide and seek with Little Zhi when he accidentally overheard Mrs. Lin and Mu Qingqing’s words.

"This..." Mrs. Lin hesitated for a moment, suddenly a sound of breaking branches came from the nearby corner.

Mrs. Lin was startled and shouted, "Who is it, who’s there?"

Mu Qingqing was equally surprised, both rushed forward, but found nothing.

"Mother, do you think you’re scaring yourself? There’s no one here."

Mrs. Lin wiped the sweat from her forehead and nodded.

"Mother must be hallucinating from taking care of your little aunt. Let’s forget what you just mentioned.

Let’s play it this way, even if your little aunt is still alive by the eighteenth of the winter month, she definitely can’t appear in public.

By then, I’ll badmouth your little aunt in front of the Qin Family, and the engagement will surely be off!"

Mu Qingqing nodded contentedly.

"Since mother said so, I won’t worry about it. But mother, you should also be careful, grandma seems to have a big problem with you, I guess she’ll secretly check how you’re taking care of little aunt." Mu Qingqing analyzed.

"That old woman’s intentions, I know better than anyone, serving her for so many years, just by smelling the fishy smell, I can tell what kind of fish it is."

Mrs. Lin spoke with a look of complete understanding.

Only then did Mu Qingqing relax.

After the two walked away, Mu Dalang came out from under a big tree, holding Yuanbao.

The conversation of Mu Qingqing and Mrs. Lin was not only overheard by Yuanbao but also by Mu Dalang.

Mu Dalang was extremely surprised.

The ones saying those words were his own mother and sister, and the one they wanted to harm was his little aunt.

Mu Dalang hesitated; if he went directly to tell his grandma, his mother and sister would be beaten to death by her.

But if he said nothing, his little aunt would die.

What to do?

What on earth should he do?

Mu Dalang was in a mess, right now, the only one he could think of was Mu Shuangshuang.

"Yuanbao, tell Brother Dalang, where did Sister Shuangshuang go?"

Yuanbao was still in a state of panic.

The whole person was dumbfounded.

Although Yuanbao was just a child, he understood the meaning of the words ’kill’.

Which meant murder.

"Brother Dalang, I’m so scared, Little Zhi’s second aunt, so scary! Wuwuwu..."

Yuanbao cried, rubbing against Mu Dalang’s clothing as he wept.

Soon, Mu Dalang’s clothes were all covered in tears and snot.

Mu Dalang sympathized deeply, holding Yuanbao as they returned to the third branch.

Yuanbao cried the entire afternoon, and by the time Mu Shuangshuang returned from picking mushrooms, his eyes were swollen into large walnuts.

As soon as he saw Mu Shuangshuang, he cried even harder.

"What’s going on here? Why are you crying so much?"

Mu Shuangshuang quietly asked.

This question triggered even more crying.

Mu Dalang stood aside in a sorry state.

He had tried everything and still couldn’t console Yuanbao.

"Yuanbao, you’re a man, why are you crying? Didn’t you say you would protect Sister and Little Zhi?

How are you going to protect Sister, how will you protect Little Zhi like this?"

As Mu Shuangshuang asked, Xue Zheng also approached, offering his small handkerchief to Yuanbao.

"Stop crying, it’s ugly!" Xue Zheng showed disdain on his face, but his expression was actually one of concern.

Yuanbao suddenly stopped crying, asking with red eyes, "Why are you talking? Don’t you not talk?"

Mu Shuangshuang, seeing the situation, feared there wouldn’t be more crying.

She handed Yuanbao to Xue Zheng and took Mu Dalang outside the courtyard.

At that moment, it was supper time; the villagers were all busy at home, no one on the road.

"Cousin, what’s going on here?" Mu Shuangshuang asked.

Mu Dalang recounted everything he overheard to Mu Shuangshuang, including how he almost got caught with Yuanbao and how he saved him.

Mu Shuangshuang furrowed her brows.

"Cousin, second aunt is too bold, even though my little aunt is mute now, what if she recovers in the future?

Or does second aunt really intend, as Qingqing said, to take her life?"

Mu Dalang shook his head.

"I don’t know, my mother refused Qingqing’s suggestion, but I guess my little aunt’s good days are yet to come.

This matter, I really don’t know how to handle it. If I do nothing, little aunt will die.

If I intervene, my mother and sister will be beaten to death by grandma."

Mu Dalang was extremely worried.

"Cousin, I think you can’t see it that way, second aunt made a mistake first, if not given a little penalty, will she harbor ill intentions towards others later?"

Mu Shuangshuang’s intention pointed towards Huang Bitao.

Before, she just thought this second aunt was lazy, didn’t expect her to actually contemplate murder.

And Mu Qingqing.

She had helped her become the village weaver, thinking she was at least humane.

Now it seems, for the Qin Family, she’d even dare to kill her little aunt.

This woman is vicious.

Comparable to Luo Xiu’er.

"Cousin, you might not know, the Qin Family isn’t a large household, now they’re declining.

Moreover, that Young Master Qin has already had several wives die, whether it’s my little aunt, or Qingqing marrying over, it’s dangerous."

"Shuangshuang, that’s true, but if grandma finds out it was my mother’s doing, she’ll kill her."

There’s no such thing as faultless parents; even though Mrs. Lin was excessive, Mu Dalang still wanted to save her life.

"I know! Anyone else might keep it a secret.

Since Cousin told me, it’s to think of a good solution.

This way, when second aunt feeds little aunt later, you rush in and call grandpa and grandma.

Say little aunt won’t eat, there might be a problem, and a doctor needs to be called.

Once Grandpa Zhang arrives, I’ll tell him about this, and have him instruct grandpa and grandma to have someone else take care of her, as second aunt’s care is inadequate, how about that?"

Mu Dalang nodded repeatedly.

Inadequate care is a much lighter charge than abuse or attempting to kill.

At that point, Old Mrs. Mu might only beat Mrs. Lin, and Mu Xiangxiang also wouldn’t lose her life.

Mu Dalang and Mu Shuangshuang undertook separate actions, ensuring both sides would align.

But often, plans can’t keep up with changes; what you aim to do doesn’t always go as planned.