Remarrying Chun Yuan

Chapter 273 Bastard

Liu Yuechu was utterly shocked. She never imagined that her best friend had secretly discussed such a thing with her older brother, and had kept it from her!

"Are you still my brother?" Liu Yuechu couldn't help but ask.

There's always something fishy going on when things seem unusual. How could she believe that Liu Musheng, troubled by love, would suddenly turn over a new leaf and start anew?!

Liu Musheng shrank his neck. "Didn't I already tell you that?"

"Are you worried that Wanwan might make a mistake? If it weren't for Madam Huang's serious illness, would you really have taken them and their child away from the capital?" Liu Yuechu exposed her without any mercy.

Liu Musheng didn't dare to answer.

He really will take him away.

After all, this was Huang Wanwan's condition for marrying him...

"So, should we send some more people?" Liu Musheng had his eye on the "household servants" around her, who were all men left behind by Yuan Cuo. They should be able to protect Huang Wanwan without any problem.

Liu Yuechu was not in the mood to lecture Liu Musheng. If that was the case, this matter might need to be reconsidered.

"Take your men with you, but try to avoid any conflict. The official reason is that you're worried about Yuechan and are going to pick her up."

When people in different residences need to conduct business, they always need an excuse. Her excuse was quite suitable.

Liu Musheng immediately chose two people and left without saying a word.

……

When Huang Wanwan returned to the mansion, she heard that her mother had suddenly vomited blood and fallen into a coma. She was shocked and hurriedly ran back to the courtyard. When she saw her mother lying on the ground, her father looking guilty, and many servants kneeling on the ground, she immediately realized what had happened.

She walked over cautiously and saw the dried lilacs.

She looked at her mother again, recalling what she had said that morning…

"Wanwan, don't worry, I've already sent someone to invite the fourth daughter of the Liu family. She'll be coming later with Physician Sun, and we'll try our best!" Huang Fan looked at his daughter for a long time, not knowing what to say.

Thinking back to the argument I had with my daughter a couple of days ago, I felt so guilty that I wanted to disappear into the ground.

Huang Wanwan didn't say a word, and sat quietly by her mother's bedside.

She silently shed tears, her heart filled with turbulent emotions.

She couldn't understand, let alone accept, that she would harm herself to the point of losing her life just to make this man feel guilty.

Why does my mother only have this heartless man in her heart, and not care about her and her brother at all?

"Where is Yan-ge'er? Why did only the young lady come back by herself?" Aunt Sun looked around for a long time, but Huang Yan was nowhere to be seen.

“I’ve hidden them so they won’t see your father and you in such an embarrassing state,” Huang Wanwan said softly.

Aunt Sun choked, wanting to argue, but seeing that Huang Fan didn't utter a single word in rebuttal, she could only grit her teeth and swallow her frustration. "...Go see where Fourth Sister Liu is. Make sure the door is ready early, and let the carriage in as soon as it's there."

"Yes."

Having nowhere else to vent her frustrations, Aunt Sun still flaunted her authority in the household.

Little did she know that this had touched a nerve with Huang Fan, but given the current situation, it was difficult to control matters within the inner quarters, so he simply kept it to himself.

Huang Wanwan was already used to what was happening. "I'll go to the door to greet them." She didn't know that her father had also invited Liu Yuechan, and she didn't want to see the two of them.

Huang Fan did not stop him; he felt ashamed to speak up.

Liu Yuechan acted quickly, grabbing Sun Yizheng and Lin Mengyu, and hurriedly ran to the Huang family.

Huang Wanwan was surprised to see Lin Mengyu, but she quickly realized that Liu Yuechu had gone to find him on purpose.

Lin Mengyu wanted to curse as soon as she opened her mouth, but seeing that Huang Wanwan's eyelashes were still wet with tears, she could only swallow her words back down. "It's okay, Auntie will be alright."

Huang Wanwan didn't say much, and led the people to her mother's courtyard.

Doctor Sun bowed slightly to Huang Fan, while Liu Yuechan rushed inside.

He was also helpless with this apprentice. His medical skills were good, but he didn't know how to get along with people. If he was narrow-minded, he would hold a grudge.

"Let's go check on your wife's condition first." He didn't say anything more and turned to go inside.

Huang Fan followed them inside, and Aunt Chun really wanted to go in too.

"It's so cramped in here, everyone who's not here should leave," Lin Mengyu muttered as he came in.

Aunt Chun paused, reluctantly retreating. After all, she couldn't afford to offend either Lin Mengyu's family or her husband's family.

While Physician Sun and Liu Yuechan were busy, Madam Huang slightly woke up.

"Madam." Huang Fan quickly moved closer and grabbed her hand. Madam Huang tried to pull away, but she was too weak and could only let him put on this dramatic scene of marital separation.

"I won't be staying much longer," Madam Huang said softly. "My husband knows why I'm leaving. I've thought about it carefully, and I haven't wronged you all these years. It's you who have wronged me."

"I'll make it up to you, I definitely will, you must persevere." Huang Fan, a man of unyielding integrity, didn't hold a grudge against being publicly criticized.

Madam Huang slightly curled the corners of her lips, but it was a mocking smile. "She couldn't hold on any longer, which was exactly what Master wanted."

"Nonsense! There must be some misunderstanding. I will definitely find out who did it!" He no longer wanted to hide the fact that his wife had been poisoned.

"What's the point of investigating? You might as well agree to a few conditions." Madam Huang said the words she had pondered a thousand times.

"You say it, I promise you everything, I swear to God!" Huang Fan held up three fingers and knelt on the ground.

"After I die, you are not allowed to take a second wife," Madam Huang said. "Even if my daughter and son are both dead, you will remain a widower for life and are not allowed to remarry. Can you do that?"

"Yes," Huang Fan agreed without hesitation.

If the "Lilac" incident hadn't happened, and if he hadn't seen the servants in the mansion being outwardly compliant but inwardly defiant, he wouldn't have been so resolute.

But today's events truly stung his pride as the head of a prefecture, making him wish he could turn back time twenty years.

Although Aunt Chun didn't come in, she stood at the door listening intently.

She was startled by these words, feeling as if all the servants around her were staring at her!

She clenched her fists, assuming that Huang Fan was just being perfunctory to make the woman leave more peacefully.

“Wanwan can marry whomever she wants and will no longer listen to the arrangements of her eldest aunt,” Madam Huang said. “You and I are tragic examples, and she should not follow in our footsteps.”

Huang Fan felt a tightness in his chest, and after hesitating for a moment, he nodded firmly, "Okay, I promise you."

"After I leave, Yan-ge will stay with his sister and return to the manor to take over the affairs of the manor after he comes of age. Even if you swore to heaven that you agreed to my request, you also promised to take care of me for the rest of your life when you married me. You broke your promise, so don't blame me for not trusting you." Madam Huang stabbed her again with one last blow.

Huang Fan felt as if his heart had been ripped apart by an invisible hand, causing him unbearable pain.

He prided himself on his decades-long reputation for keeping his word and being a man of his word, but his wife's few words shattered his reputation.

"I am a complete and utter bastard!"