Zhao Ting told Du Ruyi about the thing he needed help with.
Du Ruyi looked shocked, "Is everything you’re saying true?"
"I’m finding it hard to be sure right now, so I’m asking for your help. Even if Li Tanyun isn’t involved, it’s got to be one of his close subordinates, and quite a powerful one at that," Zhao Ting said.
Otherwise, there’s no way they could know so many secrets.
"Assistant Magistrate? As far as I know, he’s the closest to Li Tanyun. As for the Assistant Prefectural, he doesn’t get along with the Assistant Magistrate," Du Ruyi said.
"That’s why you need to help determine that," Zhao Ting said.
Du Ruyi didn’t hesitate, "Alright, no problem."
If Li Tanyun really has issues, or his close subordinate does, that’s good news for her.
This way, she can drag Li Tanyun through the mud, leaving him no chance to bounce back.
Although her adoptive brother had already discovered the strange death of her half-sister’s husband years ago, finding evidence after so many years is very difficult.
If Li Tanyun could be confirmed in colluding with the Heaven and Earth Sect, then his life would be over.
After discussing business, Du Ruyi glanced between Meng Yao and Zhao Ting, "I’m really curious, why is Sister Meng acquainted with Zhao Ting?"
"Call her big sister-in-law." Zhao Ting calmly spoke.
"Big sister-in-law? You? You two?" Du Ruyi exclaimed.
"What’s wrong with that?" Zhao Ting retorted.
"This, clearly you’re unrelated..." Du Ruyi blurted out.
"Weren’t you curious about what I was doing during those years of disappearance?" Zhao Ting asked, "I lost my memory, then went missing. After that, I got married and had a child, and my spouse is your Sister Meng. Later, I got injured and regained my memory, of my previous life but forgot my marriage memories. Just recently remembered, so quickly came to find your big sister-in-law."
Du Ruyi slightly opened her mouth, one twist and turn wasn’t enough, how many turns were there?
"You really are lucky, even with amnesia, you found such a good wife!" Du Ruyi sighed.
"Lucky in marriage, not so much in other aspects," Zhao Ting said frankly, "so, call her big sister-in-law?"
"Sister is more intimate than sister-in-law, isn’t it? I didn’t even become acquainted with Sister Meng through you. Don’t think you can make me call her big sister-in-law, you’re just my big brother," Du Ruyi rolled her eyes, "Trying to take advantage of me, no way. I didn’t compromise as a child, do you think I would now?"
"Alright, you’ve got backbone, make sure you don’t chase after me calling me big brother in the future."
"Rest assured, you’ll have no chance to be my big brother, having Sister Meng is enough." Du Ruyi held Meng Yao’s arm, "No matter what happens, if Sister Meng instructs you, you wouldn’t dare not follow, right?"
Is there anything he wouldn’t dare?
But, if A-yao instructs, even if truly afraid, he must steel himself and go.
"I’ve got business at Hundred Herbs Hall, I’ll head off first," Meng Yao said.
"Sister Meng, wait for me, I’ll go with you."
"Little hedgehog, hang on a sec, I have something to tell you," Zhao Ting called Du Ruyi.
"Whatever it is, spit it out, Sister Meng is leaving." Du Ruyi urged.
"Your Sister Meng is a bit angry now, could you do me a favor and speak good words for me? Don’t worry, I won’t treat you poorly." Zhao Ting said.
Du Ruyi realized, no wonder things seemed a bit tense between them; it turns out Zhao Ting angered Sister Meng.
"Speak good words for you?" Du Ruyi slyly smiled, "Depends on my mood. Tell me, how did you mess up?"
"She thought I was dead, lived a tough life with the child for several years, it’s natural she’d have some resentment. You must have noticed, she’s doing quite well now, I’m just afraid she’s gotten used to being on her own..." Zhao Ting sighed, "It’s all the fault of the amnesia."
"That really sounds pitiful," Du Ruyi said with sympathy.
"So, for old times’ sake, could you help me out?"
"I told you, it depends on my mood. After all, a capable woman like Sister Meng surely doesn’t lack admirers. So, Zhao Ting, you’d better work hard," Du Ruyi said with a somewhat schadenfreude tone, "I’m off now, I need to catch up with Sister Meng."
After a bit of a jog, Du Ruyi caught up with Meng Yao, "Sister Meng, really, life is full of surprises everywhere. Looking at it that way, our relationship is quite close too. My father and Zhao Ting’s father were sworn brothers. When I was a kid, I followed Zhao Ting around, hoping he’d play with me, but he didn’t want to, and the few times he did, he always made me cry. So, Sister Meng, if you’re upset, don’t let Zhao Ting have his way; keep him in suspense."
"I’m not upset, he wasn’t intentional. It’s just that I believed he was dead, now he suddenly appears, shock outweighs joy. I’m not who I was back then, and neither is he," Meng Yao said. This update ıs available on 𝖓𝖔𝖛𝖊𝖑~𝖋𝖎𝖗𝖾~𝖓𝖊𝖙
Du Ruyi could tell Meng Yao was speaking the truth and not pretending.
For a moment, she genuinely felt a bit worried for Zhao Ting.
If he can’t win back his wife, he’d be alone forever?
"If I met with such a situation, I’d surely have the same thoughts as Sister Meng. So, let things take their natural course, leave everything to time," Du Ruyi said earnestly, "Anyway, Sister Meng, don’t wrong yourself."
Du Ruyi’s words were heartfelt, genuinely considering Meng Yao’s well-being.
Thus, Meng Yao appreciated her sentiment, seriously expressing thanks.
"The matter Zhao Ting wants your help with might be dangerous, so be careful," Meng Yao said.
"Sister Meng, don’t worry, Li Tanyun has been carefully wooing me these days," Du Ruyi said.
"Your half-sister, and those two children... under these circumstances, he’s still wooing you, this person..." Meng Yao didn’t speak too bluntly, but Du Ruyi understood immediately.
"My half-sister’s face is indeed injured, but with proper treatment, perhaps it’s not too bad. As for the two children, they are innocent, I can’t truly abandon them. After all, they share our Du Family’s blood," Du Ruyi said lightly.
Li Tanyun is precisely aware of this, hence the wooing.
Of course, he has consistently denied using cold medications on her.
"You’re a kind-hearted person," Meng Yao said.
Du Ruyi chuckled self-deprecatingly, "I’d really like to be a cold-hearted person."
"Heaven certainly won’t treat you poorly. Trust me, your good days are yet to come," Meng Yao said.
"I think so too, Sister Meng, I believe my future will be better," Du Ruyi said firmly, "I can be kind to others, but I can’t be kind to Li Tanyun. All these years, I’ve poured my emotions into him, and that’s precisely why, after this happened, I’m even more unable to forgive."
"Follow your heart, do whatever you want," Meng Yao said deliberately.
Du Ruyi smiled, "I’ll firmly remember Sister Meng’s words."