CHAPTER 892: CHAPTER 348: SCREW YOUR TRAGIC BEAUTY (PART 18)

Actually, even if the wife and child were alive, it wouldn’t matter.

A divorce paper could solve the trouble; Ms. Hetian already had a ready-made accusation: stealing from the husband’s family.

Of course, since they’re missing, they might already be dead somewhere unknown. He Erniu was too lazy to bother.

He mentioned that Ms. Hetian supported her own family, leaving him without money to get by, and admitted, "She and the child are already gone, so I won’t pursue it further!"

The implication was, even if Ms. Hetian didn’t die and came looking for him, He Erniu could still divorce her.

In times of war, marriage was not that complicated.

He Erniu had nothing to hide and was indeed justified; he wasn’t just some man abandoning his wife and children. Mr. Qin didn’t mind and married his daughter to him.

The following year, Lady Qin bore a son for He Erniu.

With a new son, He Xiaobao was completely forgotten by He Erniu.

He Erniu could forget, but Lady Qin still remembered He Erniu, now known as He Guozhong, had a wife and child back in his homeland.

So, upon hearing someone report that relatives from the Marquis’s old home were looking for them, her heart was instantly shrouded in gloom.

Her pretty face turned so grim that it seemed almost to drip with water.

For a long time, Lady Qin bit her lip and said, "Go ask, what kind of relative is it?"

"The Marquis is now of high status, and many unrelated people are trying to claim kinship with the Marquis."

"However, Marquis Pingnan’s Mansion is not a place for just any riffraff to enter. If anyone shamelessly claims false kinship, hmph, I won’t let it pass lightly!"

The maid, hearing the chill in Lady Qin’s words, was startled and quickly responded, "Yes! I will find out immediately, my lady."

Lady Qin sat silently at the head, her expression as calm as water, waiting quietly for a reply.

However, a storm was already raging in her heart, filled with all sorts of chaotic guesses and assumptions flashing through her mind.

Lady Qin felt she had waited a long time, though only a quarter of an hour had passed, but the maid hurried back.

However, the maid’s expression was not good, as if undecided or frightened, unsure of how to speak.

Lady Qin had a bad premonition and grew even more impatient.

She slapped the table hard and scolded coldly, "Are you mute? Speak quickly!"

The maid, frightened, dared not hesitate any longer and blurted out, "Madam, the person said he is the Marquis’s, is the Marquis’s—"

At the critical moment, the maid still stammered.

Lady Qin, even angrier, directly threw the teacup from her side.

"He said he is the Marquis’s brother-in-law!" The maid shouted the words, hurriedly falling to her knees, burying her head deep in her knees, fearing Lady Qin’s wrath.

Lady Qin stared wide-eyed, blankly at the maid.

He Guozhong’s brother-in-law, clearly did not refer to Lady Qin’s own brother.

If it were her brother, the maid would have respectfully reported "Silang is here."

Therefore, the person who came claiming to be the "Marquis’s brother-in-law," must be the brother of He Guozhong’s previous woman.

"...He said, his father, that is, the Marquis’s father-in-law, also came."

The maid, with her head down, could still feel Lady Qin’s fiery gaze.

Enduring her fear, the maid relayed every word from the visitors to Lady Qin: "He also said, his father is close to starving, and his father has the marriage certificate. If the Marquis is truly the scoundrel who abandoned his wife and child, they will go to the Magistrate Mansion to lodge a complaint!"

Lady Qin:...

Her chest heaved violently, and she was both angry and furious, her eyes slightly bloodshot.

If it had been Ms. Hetian who came, the issue could be managed; she would personally bring them in, to reprimand or confine them, awaiting He Guozhong’s return.

But the visitor was Ms. Hetian’s own father, He Guozhong’s elder.

As He Guozhong’s current wife, even if he divorced Ms. Hetian, she must still show some respect to her elders.

Moreover, from the maid’s recounted words, Lady Qin discerned a certain nuance: the visitors were not reasonable people; they were likely tough and unreasonable scoundrels!

Foot-in-mouth disease, wearing shoes but fearing the barefooted ones.

Now that He Guozhong has become a founding hero and the high-ranking Marquis Pingnan, he is exceptionally valuable.

And Ms. Hetian’s family, close to starving, compared to scurrying rats or muddy scoundrels, if they were bent on extortion, the Marquis Mansion could indeed find it tricky!

"The Marquis is not here; it’s not suitable for a woman like me to meet guests."

Musing for a long time, Lady Qin devised a plan, uttering such words while ordering two bars of silver to be brought and summoning the family steward, whispering a few instructions.