Chapter 64: Locking Him In The Woodshed Is Too Lenient
Some people looked as if they had heard some gossip, their eyes gleaming.
“No way, why would he save the Heir Apparent’s Wife for no reason? She’s a widow; could they have a thing going on?”
“Now that you mention it, I think it’s possible too. A single man and a widow—why him specifically to save her when Zhenguo Marquis Manor has so many people?”
The crowd chimed in one after another, making Lin Ningkun’s face turn pale and green by turns.
Covering his head with both hands, he got up disheveled.
“Don’t you scram and find me a hat.” Furious, he cursed at Lin Yi.
Lin Yi, coming to his senses, hurriedly went to look for one.
Seeing this, Jiang Ruanxi’s anger from earlier instantly dissipated.
She hadn’t expected these onlookers to actually guess right by sheer luck.
A smile tugged at her lips as she listened with keen interest.
Watching the embarrassing Lin Ningkun.
Suddenly, from the corner of her eye, Jiang Ruanxi saw Lin Ningkun heading this way. She said to Hong Ye, “Hong Ye, quickly tell the coachman to drive away, hurry.”
Looking at Lin Ningkun surrounded by the crowd, Hong Ye was angry at his neglect of Jiang Ruanxi but still felt reluctant. She hesitated, “Madam, the Marquis hasn’t come up yet.”
“Never mind him, hurry.”
Hong Ye could only tell the coachman to drive away.
Lin Ningkun, who had finally pushed through the crowd, came out only to see the carriage’s rear, infuriating him into a tirade of curses.
“Jiang Ruanxi, you little bitch, you actually kicked me and left me behind. See how I deal with you when we get back.”
As soon as he said this, the surroundings fell silent.
They looked at him as if he were a monster.
Under all sorts of strange gazes, Lin Ningkun finally realized what he had said after losing reason.
He felt a bit regretful in his heart; the image he had always cultivated collapsed in public.
He ran away from the crowd disheveled.
When he returned to Lin Family, he planned to settle accounts with Jiang Ruanxi, but he couldn’t even enter Yun Lin Yuan’s gate and was directly blocked outside by Hong Ye.
He was so angry he wanted to beat her to death.
Meanwhile, Jiang Ruanxi leisurely lived her own little life, paying no attention to him.
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Zhenguo Marquis Manor.
Since Li Xi returned last night, his face had been very grim.
“Marquis, did something happen? You’ve had a grim face since yesterday. Your health isn’t good; getting angry can harm your body.” Lin Qingxu asked with concern.
Li Xi didn’t reply to her but stared at Lin Xiao beside her with eyes like X-rays, suspicion in his gaze.
Thinking of what the Crown Prince had said, he felt extremely irritated and gripped the teacup tightly to endure the anger in his heart.
But he knew that before everything was investigated, he couldn’t act on impulse.
Seeing him staring at Lin Xiao continuously, she thought he wanted Lin Xiao to come over.
“Xiao Ge’er, go to your grandfather.” Lin Qingxu gently patted Lin Xiao’s hand considerately, urging him over.
Lin Xiao felt uneasy under Li Xi’s stare, a bit puzzled. Normally, his grandfather doted on him endlessly and complied unconditionally, but today his gaze was strange, making him uncomfortable.
But he still obediently went over.
After two steps, Li Xi sharply rebuked, “Don’t come over.”
Lin Xiao was startled, tears instantly streaming down his cheeks.
“Wah, Grandmother, I’m scared. I miss Mother.”
Lin Xiao threw himself into Lin Qingxu’s arms and sobbed loudly.
Lin Qingxu patted him lightly with heartache, comforting, “Xiao Ge’er, be good. Your grandfather didn’t mean to yell at you.”
Li Xi, who had felt a bit guilty for yelling at Lin Xiao, unconsciously felt irritation and disdain in his eyes upon hearing Jiang Xuerou mentioned.
“Marquis, what’s wrong with you today? Weren’t you going to the Crown Prince’s place yesterday to pick up Xuerou? Where is Xuerou?”
As soon as she finished speaking, Hu Dong walked in from the doorway.
“Marquis, it’s been investigated.”
With that, he handed Li Xi a note.
Lin Qingxu was baffled—what was investigated? She couldn’t understand.
After reading the paper in his hand, Li Xi’s face turned ashen, and he smashed the cup in his hand onto the ground viciously.
Lin Qingxu and Lin Xiao were greatly startled.
“Adulterer and whore, shameless.”
Lin Qingxu pushed Lin Xiao away and stepped forward to ask, “Marquis, what happened?”
Li Xi gave her a cold glance and forcefully flung the note onto her, “See for yourself.”
He had always felt guilty that Lin Qingxu married him young and treated her extremely well, but now seeing her filled him with extreme irritation.
Lin Qingxu was startled and carefully picked up the note to unfold it.
Seeing the contents, her eyes widened in disbelief.
It listed in detail the process of Lin Ningkun and Jiang Xuerou’s acquaintance and what they did.
Every incident was described meticulously.
In summary, they had been involved five years ago.
“Urgh.”
Lin Qingxu vomited in disgust.
Her body trembled nonstop.
She had never dreamed that her closest younger brother had been having an affair with her own daughter-in-law all along.
They were nephew-in-law and uncle by relation—how could they be so shameless to do such a thing.
Thinking of this, she vomited even more violently.
Worry appeared in Li Xi’s eyes, but thinking of Lin Ningkun and Jiang Xuerou’s matter, he still stopped in his tracks.
“Grandmother, what’s wrong?” Lin Xiao stepped forward and grabbed her hand.
The former Lin Qingxu might have been delighted at his thoughtfulness, but now thinking he was Jiang Xuerou and Lin Ningkun’s child, she couldn’t help but brush his hand away, feeling utter disgust and disdain.
Lin Xiao fell to the ground crying.
Seeing this, Lin Qingxu felt guilty; she shouldn’t vent anger on a child. Just as she was about to go hug him up, Li Xi slammed the desk hard.
With a grim face, he rebuked, “What are you crying for? A big boy acting like a girl. He then turned to Hu Dong, “Lock him in the Ancestral Hall.” Thinking of something, he stopped, “Lock him in the woodshed to reflect. If he doesn’t reflect well, don’t let him out.”
Hu Dong immediately went forward to carry him to the woodshed, not letting go no matter how Lin Xiao struggled.
“Marquis, the weather is getting colder now. Locking him in the woodshed—isn’t that a bit too much?”
Lin Qingxu knew he was venting anger on Lin Xiao and still felt reluctant.
“A wild seed—locking him in the woodshed is going easy on him.” Li Xi’s face was full of disgust.
“You should go back too. You just came out of postpartum confinement not long ago. Rest well in your room from now on and don’t come out unnecessarily.”
With that, he directly stormed off.
Lin Qingxu stood stunned in place for a long time.
A bitter smile hung on her lips.
It had been a long time since her miscarriage and postpartum confinement; she didn’t need any special recuperation.
Li Xi was venting the matter of Lin Ningkun and Jiang Xuerou on her—this was practically imprisoning her!
But she also knew her own brother had done something worse than a beast; she could only endure it silently.
She was still wondering if Jiang Ruanxi had discovered it. All these years, she had devoted herself wholeheartedly to Dingning Marquis Manor, yet Lin Ningkun had betrayed her so.
She felt heartbroken for her too.
Encountering such a heartless cad of a brother.
