Chapter 285: Chapter 285 Mo Si Chapter 285: Chapter 285 Mo Si ……
The next morning, when Lady Li woke up, she found her husband missing from her side. She searched everywhere for him, but Mo Si was nowhere to be found in any of the rooms.
“Where could my husband have gone so early in the morning?” Lady Li muttered to herself.
Just at that moment, the front door was loudly kicked open, and Mo Si stumbled in, hugging a wine pot, completely drunk…
“Drink, drink, keep drinking,” he slurred drunkenly.
“Oh my! You deadbeat, why did you go off to drink so early in the morning?” Lady Li hurriedly went over to support him.
Two villagers who had helped bring him back followed and said upon hearing Lady Li, “It’s not just early in the morning; your husband has been drunk all night.”
Lady Li laughed and said, “What nonsense are you spouting! My husband was home last night. How could he have been drinking all night? You’re exaggerating way too much.”
The villagers added, “Right! Big Brother Mo did indeed take a carriage to town yesterday evening, but he didn’t come back. It was only this morning when our villagers went to the market that they found him passed out drunk on the streets, unconscious. Fearing something might happen to him, someone sent him back first.”
On hearing this, Lady Li felt as though she had been struck by lightning. If her husband hadn’t returned from town last night, then who was the man with her? Her mind turned into a jumble, and even when the villagers called her several times, she didn’t respond.
The two villagers looked at each other, puzzled. Even if her husband was drunk, Lady Li shouldn’t be so out of sorts. Then, they remembered that Lady Li had been embarrassed at the river a few days ago and thought she might be feeling ashamed, so they didn’t take it to heart. As they had already brought the person back, they bid farewell and left without waiting for her response.
Completely distraught, Lady Li closed the door and collapsed to the ground, cursing the scoundrel who had taken advantage of her, and the worst part was, she didn’t know who it was.
No wonder last night she thought her husband was acting differently. Now, the truth was clear–last night’s man was definitely not her husband.
“You deadbeat, better to drink yourself to death; why come back?” Lady Li was furious and lashed out with a kick at Mo Si. After all, it was her husband’s fault for leaving in a huff last night and not returning, which gave those with ill intent the opportunity to take advantage.”
“You disgraceful wretch, if you dare kick me again, believe it or not, I’ll divorce you,” Mo Si, drunk and emboldened, glared at her as soon as he saw Lady Li kick him and instantly threatened her.
A thoughtless drunken remark from Mo Si immediately made Madam Xie wary. Indeed! Her husband was already upset about her embarrassing herself by the river. If he found out she had been with another man, wouldn’t he divorce her? No, she must keep this from Mo Si at all costs, Lady Li resolved, deciding to swallow this bitter pill and ensure her husband never found out.
“You nosy woman, always wandering around the village, making the village elders stare at you all day, making them laugh at me, saying… saying…”
Before he could finish, Mo Si collapsed on the ground and immediately fell into a deep sleep.
“What are they saying about me?” Lady Li asked, kneeling down and shaking him vigorously, trying to get an answer.
At this moment, Mo Si was deeply asleep on the ground, snoring loudly enough to deafen anyone nearby, beyond answering her.
“This village is just full of gossiping women; just wait, next time I catch them in the act, I’ll skin them alive,” Lady Li fumed. In Mo Family Village, aside from being outmatched by Xuexue and Big Bull, she hadn’t lost yet.