Having transmigrated into a book, who would still want to be a secondary wife?

Chapter 750 A Sudden Change of Face

"You haven't done anything, so why would you say you'd inherit our entire estate?"

Madam Hou trembled with rage. "I always thought you were a filial child, but I never imagined you would be such a wolf in sheep's clothing!"

"I was just bragging!"

Xu Wencheng, quick-witted, hurriedly explained, "Aunt, I have indeed been bewitched by a girl recently. I was just afraid that she would look down on me if she knew that I came from an ordinary background, so I deliberately made up an excuse."

This is nothing but sweet talk; tell me, how could you misunderstand me like this?

Upon hearing this, the old Marquis, with a cold face, said, "Take a look at this corpse. Do you recognize it?"

"What remains?"

The moment Xu Wencheng saw the corpses not far away, his eyes filled with deep horror.

How could this be?

He had done his work extremely discreetly, and in theory, it should have been impossible for him to be discovered. The old Taoist priest had even specifically said that this method was extremely profound and that ordinary masters simply could not crack it.

Even if they went to a temple to ask someone for help, they still couldn't resolve the predicament of the Marquis of Jingbei's residence.

And now, these bones have actually been dug up!

"How...how did a corpse end up here out of nowhere?" Xu Wencheng feigned surprise. "Could it be that someone deliberately buried something here to frame you?"

"You bastard!"

The old Marquis raised his hand and slapped him. "Even now you're still making things up. If you really didn't know, you would have asked who the dead person was. We haven't even said anything yet, and you already know it was a deliberate burial to harm someone?"

Xu Wencheng choked, visibly flustered, and unsure how to explain, "I was just guessing..."

"This corpse is your sister. You clearly took her with you before you came to the capital, just to target our Marquis's mansion!"

He Yulong's face was grim. "I just really don't understand. We have no grudges against each other, and I don't think I've wronged you. Why did you have such a plan before you even came to the capital?"

"You don't need to argue anymore. We have already investigated the truth of this matter. If we weren't absolutely certain, we wouldn't have brought you here for questioning."

Long before Yu Cheng went to find you, I had already reported it to the authorities. Even if you can't tell anyone, the government will definitely investigate thoroughly.

Upon hearing that the matter had been reported to the authorities, Xu Wencheng's eyes widened in disbelief. "What did you say? You reported it to the authorities?"

"Otherwise what? You've ruined my whole family, almost costing us our lives. If we don't report you to the authorities, are we going to let a menace like you live!"

He Yucheng gritted his teeth. When he thought about how all the things that had happened in Jiazui recently were caused by this bastard, he wished he could grind him to dust. It was an utterly undeserved disaster!

"You, you all knew I was about to take the imperial examination, yet you reported this to the authorities, clearly trying to ruin my future! I knew your whole family was no good!"

Xu Wencheng's expression suddenly changed. He went from being nervous and apprehensive to having a look of madness in his eyes!

"Don't think I don't know that your so-called kindness towards me is nothing more than treating me like a stray cat or dog. You give me a little something when you're in a good mood, and you just throw me away when you're not!"

"When have we ever dismissed you so easily?" Old Madam Hou asked hurriedly.

Xu Wencheng scoffed, "My mother is clearly better than you in every way, but you snatched the best marriage. Otherwise, I should have been born into the Marquis's mansion!"

"My family fell on hard times. My mother wanted to divorce my father and return to the capital, but you always disagreed and even advised her to stay with my father. Wasn't your intention to keep my mother in the shadows and ensure we could never rise above our circumstances?"

Madam Hou trembled slightly, unable to believe that her good intentions had been misinterpreted to this extent.

"The reason I advised my sister was because you were still young and she was pregnant."

If they divorce, the child will inevitably have to stay with the father. My sister really can't bear to leave you all, which is why I advised her that unless she has character flaws, she could still persevere and there's no need to go to the point of divorce!

"Over the years, your father and mother have not had much discord. It's just that the family has fallen on hard times and is short of money. I have been helping them out, just so that you can live a better life."

My sister said you were coming to the capital to take the imperial examinations, so I arranged for you to stay at my residence, helped you with the arrangements, and even invited excellent teachers to guide you. How could you be so unable to distinguish right from wrong!

However, Xu Wencheng simply did not believe Madam Hou's explanation.

"Stop pretending to be a good person. If my mother had divorced back then, she would definitely have married into a good family and lived a good life!"

I've already heard my mother say that when she first came to the capital, a marquis took a liking to her. He said that if my mother was willing to divorce him, she could marry into the marquis's mansion and become his wife!

"It was you who stopped me! If it weren't for you, I wouldn't be in this state now!"

Xu Wencheng's eyes were filled with ferocity and resentment. He was so close to living a good life!

“You said you would find me a good teacher, but that’s just my cousins’ teacher. They can learn every day, but I only have this short period of time to learn.”

Do you know what level my mentors were at? I only realized the difference after I came to the capital!

What surprises me most are all your ordinary days!

Do you know how disgusted I feel every time I see you acting like you're doing me a favor?

"Why do you always act so superior to me? You should all fall to the ground and see for yourselves what kind of life I've been living all these years!"

Seeing Xu Wencheng's almost insane side, the people in the Marquis's mansion suddenly realized that from the very beginning, he believed that their kindness to him was not genuine, but rather charity!

"Your thoughts are truly terrifying."

Lady Hou shook her head in disappointment, "A person like you doesn't deserve to be treated well by others at all. It's your own narrow-mindedness that has led you to misunderstand everyone's intentions, and you even have the nerve to blame others. How ridiculous!"

He Yulong's eyes also revealed disbelief, "I have seen people like you before, and I just thought you were a joke, but I never thought that you were also this kind of person."

All the kindness we showed you before was wasted. We were blind to have treated you like family!

Song Ruozhen and the others watched this standoff from a short distance. Seeing Xu Wencheng's terrifying expression after his demeanor changed, Prince Yang couldn't help but sigh:

"I had met Xu Wencheng before, through He Yulong. I thought that even if he didn't take the imperial examinations seriously, he could still make a living in the capital."

I never expected this guy to be so ambitious and treacherous; all of Yu Long's planning for him has been for nothing.

“Not all acts of kindness will be rewarded,” Chu Junting said in a deep voice.