Chapter 151: Chapter 151

The window, which had only been cracked open, was pushed wider from the outside, and then a shadowy figure slipped in...

She hurried into her room and shut the door behind her.

Even though she was finally home, Liu Yuan still felt shaken and on edge.

""Just a little more, just a little more..."" Liu Yuan recalled Wen Zhuqing's kiss—how passionate and dizzying it had been. Her heart had pounded so fast, it felt like it was about to leap out of her throat.

That feeling was so sweet. After all, Wen Zhuqing was the man she liked—her hero, the one who had saved her.

But...

Thinking about how Wen Zhuqing was now a married man, and if she really did something with him, that would make her a homewrecker.

Recalling the fate of those women she’d seen before who became homewreckers, Liu Yuan’s face instantly went pale.

She was terrified.

She didn’t want to end up like that.

So, the only thing she could do now was to help Brother Wen get a divorce as soon as possible, help him escape his misery, and only then could she marry him.

But...

Originally, Liu Yuan had planned to come clean to her parents tonight and tell them everything, but what had just happened had scared her off.

""Maybe I should wait a little longer,"" Liu Yuan hesitated, suddenly losing her nerve for tonight.

When her parents came home from work, they immediately noticed something was off with their daughter.

After all, Liu Ruzhi and Du Juan paid close attention to their only daughter—they loved her dearly.

Liu Ruzhi and Du Juan had met when they both had nothing. Even now, with Liu Ruzhi having become the county chief, and even though they only had one daughter and Du Juan couldn’t have more children, and despite all the pressure from public opinion around them—

Liu Ruzhi had never thought about divorcing Du Juan, or adopting or bringing in another child.

Instead, he doted on their only daughter, Liu Yuan, with all his heart.

So, they could easily sense when something was wrong with her.

Lately, they’d both noticed that their daughter was acting strangely.

But every time they asked, she insisted nothing was wrong.

""Do you think Yuan Yuan has started seeing someone?"" Du Juan guessed.

Liu Ruzhi frowned. ""That can’t be, right?""

As a father, with Liu Yuan being his only daughter, to be honest, he couldn’t accept the thought of her getting married and leaving them.

Especially since they didn’t have a son.

He’d even discussed with his wife before—maybe they could have Liu Yuan bring a husband into the family.

Liu Yuan knew about this, too.

And now...

""If Yuan Yuan really was seeing someone, if she liked someone, she’d tell us, wouldn’t she?"" Liu Ruzhi said.

In his mind, his daughter was obedient and sensible—something as big as dating, she wouldn’t keep it from them.

""That’s true,"" Du Juan agreed.

""Maybe we’ve just been too busy lately and haven’t had time for her. She might be feeling lonely,"" Liu Ruzhi said.

One was the county chief, the other the head of the women’s federation—they were both always busy.

""Once I get through this busy spell, I’ll spend more time with Yuan Yuan,"" Du Juan said.

""Oh, by the way, you mentioned before that you saw a nice young man—his family has a lot of boys, he might be a good match for Yuan Yuan...""

...

As night fell, Wen Zhuqing, who’d made a trip to the county but came home empty-handed, naturally suffered another round of beating and scolding from Bao Shanyan.

The commotion was so loud that the whole Huaihua Village knew about it.

But no one dared say anything.

For one, someone had tried to intervene before, only to be immediately confronted by Bao Shanyan: ""What, you’ve got your eye on Wen Zhuqing? Planning to have an affair with my husband?"" The old lady had been so frightened, she ran off at once.

Bao Shanyan said it without shame, but the old lady was mortified.

If even the old ladies didn’t dare interfere, the young girls who secretly liked Wen Zhuqing were even less likely to.

As for the men? Hah, none of them cared about the fate of a pretty-boy educated youth like Wen Zhuqing.

Besides, they couldn’t win against Bao Shanyan and her daughter anyway.

And Bao Shanyan always said, she was beating her own man—it had nothing to do with anyone else.

If her husband did something wrong, she’d beat him if she wanted.

If Wen Zhuqing didn’t like it, he could fight back.

Now, lying in bed after being beaten, Wen Zhuqing looked at Bao Shanyan snoring like a pig beside him, and wished he could just reach out and strangle her right then and there.

But he held himself back.

He knew that even though Bao Shanyan was pregnant, if she put her strength into it, he still couldn’t fight back—especially with Bao Yingzi, who was just as strong, in the next room.

Just wait a little longer.

Women are most vulnerable during childbirth.

As long as he waited until Bao Shanyan was giving birth, then he could use some tricks and make sure Bao Shanyan... died with her child!

Wen Zhuqing lowered his eyes, hiding the viciousness in them, and endured the pain in his body as he drifted off to sleep.

The next morning, Wen Zhuqing was woken up early again to cook in the kitchen, with Bao Shanyan supervising and Bao Yingzi heading to the fields.

In Wen Zhuqing and Bao Shanyan’s room, the window that had only been cracked open was pushed wider from the outside, and a nimble figure slipped in.

That figure began to search the room quietly.

Soon, he found the package Wen Zhuqing had hidden—the one he’d brought back from the county.

Opening it, Gu Yunzhou saw what was inside.

The first thing that caught his eye was two banned books.

Seeing them, Gu Yunzhou was secretly shocked.

Why would Wen Zhuqing bring back banned books?

Very quickly, Gu Yunzhou thought of a possibility.

There was no way Wen Zhuqing had gotten these for himself.

The only other explanation was that he intended to use them to frame someone.

Gu Yunzhou had long suspected that Wen Zhuqing was plotting against his father and sister-in-law, but wasn’t sure exactly how.

Targeting his sister-in-law made sense—she was pregnant.

Targeting his father? Maybe because he was the head of the family, or because he was the village chief?

Now, Gu Yunzhou thought, maybe his guess was right.

Wen Zhuqing was planning to use these two banned books to frame his father, maybe even the entire Gu family.

""Wen Zhuqing, you’re ruthless.""

Now that he’d figured out Wen Zhuqing’s plan, for a moment, Gu Yunzhou wanted to destroy the books.

But after thinking it over, he held back.

If he destroyed them, Wen Zhuqing would notice, and be even more on guard.

And if this plan failed, Wen Zhuqing might come up with something even more vicious to harm his family.

So it was better to play along.

And then...

Gu Yunzhou’s eyes narrowed slightly.

With a plan in mind, he set the two books aside for now, and then noticed a small packet of medicine pressed underneath them."