Chapter 115: Chapter 115 Genuine Panic_1 Chapter 115: Chapter 115 Genuine Panic_1 Zhao Yunxiang gave the Jin Family’s matriarch a cold look, seeming unwilling to pay her any mind, yet taking her words to heart. Preoccupied with the misdeeds of the Li Family in the past, she harbored considerable concerns toward Lin Yue, her unseen sister-in-law, fearing she might not be virtuous. Now, after hearing the deliberate instigations of the Jin Family’s matriarch, her displeasure grew, and she quickened her pace towards her brother’s house.
Since Doctor Zheng was there, the courtyard gate was left open. Consumed with worry for her brother, Zhao Erhu, Zhao Yunxiang walked straight in, only to find no one else in the courtyard but an old man and a young boy, strangers to her, sitting there, and not a single child in sight. Her heart skipping a beat, she rushed into the room and saw Zhao Erhu lying motionless on the bed without anyone attending to him, which made her anxious, annoyed, and heartbroken all at once.
Zhao Yunxiang and Zhao Erhu, being of the same mother, shared similar temperaments and had been close since childhood. Seeing Zhao Erhu in such a state tore at her heart, and her dissatisfaction with her so-called new sister-in-law peaked, wishing she could drag the woman before her, harshly reprimand her, and then drive her out. In fact, Zhao Yunxiang was indeed preparing to do exactly that, but first, she needed to know where this vile woman from the Lin Family had taken the children.
Lin Yue, busy in the kitchen, was unaware that her elder sister-in-law, Zhao Erhu’s own elder sister, had arrived and was even preparing to confront her. Meanwhile, Doctor Zheng and the coachman he had brought were sitting in the courtyard when they saw a strange woman storm into the room, guessing she must be a relative of the homeowner, seeing how she entered the house without so much as a greeting.
Doctor Zheng felt this was highly inappropriate. After waiting a while and seeing that the woman had not emerged, he was just about to inform Lin Yue when the woman came out of the room, fuming with anger.
“Madam, may I ask who you are in relation to the homeowner? Are you looking for the master or mistress for some matter?” Doctor Zheng, worried that the woman might have a grudge against the homeowners, felt some concern for Lin Yue. With the male head of the household currently unconscious, if she truly was there to cause trouble, he doubted the young lady would know how to handle it.
Zhao Yunxiang did not answer, but instead countered with a question. Her gaze surveyed the old man and the youngster, her expression quite unfriendly, “Where is Lin Yue? Where is she? Tell her to roll out here immediately!”
Zhao Yunxiang’s heart was already in disarray over her brother’s mishap, provoked first by Jin Family’s matriarch’s insinuations, and then happening upon Zhao Erhu unattended, leading to a misunderstanding. At that moment, her mind began to spin with conspiracy theories. Upon seeing the old and the young, with the old dressed finely like a city nobleman and the youth seemingly a servant, she guessed they must have followed their master here. There was also a carriage parked outside. Zhao Yunxiang speculated that perhaps Lin Yue, her new sister-in-law, was not satisfied, and seeing Zhao Erhu unconscious and without hope, shamelessly clung to a city nobleman. Otherwise, why would these two be here?
The more Zhao Yunxiang thought about it, the more she believed her guess was correct, particularly since she had yet to see the children. Suddenly, she remembered the words of Zhao Quan’s wife from the Jin Family, ‘Your brother’s wife is not someone to be taken lightly, with a kind face but a ruthless heart. She easily dealt with my mother-in-law and elder sister-in-law, and has even charmed Zhao Erhu and the children to side with her, thinking she’s quite the saint. Now that Zhao Erhu is bedridden, I don’t believe she can keep up the act. Who knows, she might sell the kids off any day now to climb higher, and only then will you all see her true colors.’
Jin Family’s matriarch’s words were borne purely out of resentment, blackening someone’s reputation over nothing, making it all sound as though it were the truth.
Could it be that Lin Yue truly sold off the children? Zhao Yunxiang’s heart went into a genuine panic.