funbook-pk Chapter 92 Jiang Zhenbang's Suspicion
Chapter 92 Jiang Zhenbang's Suspicion
Liu Wanhua and Jiang Manli, who were initially composed, now saw that even Liu Qingxuan, on whom they had placed high hopes, had succumbed to defeat.
They even slunk away.
They could no longer sit still.
Jiang Zhenbang also noticed that something was wrong with Liu Wanhua and Jiang Manli.
Although he disliked Liu Wanhua because she relentlessly pursued him and even tried to ruin his marriage, he considered her to be of bad character.
Later, she and her younger brother Jiang Zhenhai walked up to him and said that they were in love and wanted to get married.
Liu Wanhua also confessed her mistake to him and explained why she had been chasing after him before, because she had mistaken him for someone else.
The man who saved her and with whom she fell in love and pledged her life to him was his younger brother, Jiang Zhenhai. She mistakenly believed it was him, Jiang Zhenbang, which is why she relentlessly pursued him, believing that he broke his promise and was a heartless man.
It wasn't until she met Jiang Zhenhai that she realized she had mistaken him for someone else. She apologized to him, hoping he wouldn't hold a grudge against her and that it wouldn't affect the relationship between the two brothers.
After the misunderstanding was cleared up, Jiang Zhenbang's dislike for Liu Wanhua lessened considerably, after all, she was his sister-in-law.
Moreover, he has remained unmarried all these years because he could not forget Shen Jiao.
Liu Wanhua took care of her daughter, Jiang Manli.
He was still very grateful to Liu Wanhua, and seeing that she seemed distracted, he asked,
"Wanhua, what's wrong? You look so pale?"
Liu Wanhua panicked and quickly forced a smile:
"No...it's nothing. It's probably just that the banquet hall was too stuffy, and I felt a little uncomfortable. Brother, it's getting late, let's go back. Manli is tired too."
She dared not look Jiang Zhenbang in the eye again, and pulled the absent-minded Jiang Manli aside, quickly walking towards the door.
Jiang Zhenbang looked at Liu Wanhua and her daughter's flustered backs, somewhat puzzled.
Not right.
Liu Wanhua and Manli's reactions were both wrong.
Was it because of Jiang Xinlan? Or was it because of something else?
Jiang Zhenbang fell into deep thought, feeling that there was a secret he didn't know about.
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The Jiang family's old residence.
As soon as the car came to a stop, Jiang Manli pushed open the door and rushed inside. She grabbed a blue-and-white porcelain vase from the coffee table in the living room and smashed it to the ground. With a loud "bang," the vase shattered into countless pieces, scattering them everywhere.
"I'm so angry! I'm so angry!"
Jiang Manli screamed hysterically, her hair disheveled, her makeup ruined, and she was nowhere to be seen as the elegant young lady of the Jiang family.
"Mom! You saw it all! The way Dad looked at Jiang Xinlan! He's definitely suspicious! He kept staring at Jiang Xinlan and even asked you if you weren't feeling well! He must have sensed something!"
She kicked away another shard of porcelain, tears mixed with anger and panic streaming down her face.
"And Zheng Zangfeng! That old bastard was so respectful to Shen Yu! Shen Yu is just a poor kid from Jiangcheng, what gives him the right?! Now that he has the Zheng family backing him up, how are we supposed to deal with them in the future?!"
"Liu Qingxuan is a complete waste! A total waste!" Jiang Manli became increasingly agitated, her voice shrill and piercing.
"I shouldn't have trusted him in the first place! I sent him to rescue Zheng Zangfeng, and not only did he fail, he also ruined his own reputation, while Shen Yu stole the limelight! He ruined all our plans! What are we going to do now, Mom? Are we finished?"
Liu Wanhua leaned back on the sofa, her face even more pale than Jiang Manli's.
She raised her hand, ripped off the silk scarf around her neck, and threw it forcefully onto the table, her chest heaving violently.
Every word Jiang Manli said struck at her deepest fears.
She knew better than anyone that once Jiang Zhenbang found out the truth, she and her daughter would be kicked out of the Jiang family, left with nothing, and might even be imprisoned.
But she couldn't panic.
She was Jiang Manli's only support; if she collapsed, Jiang Manli would truly have nothing left.
"Enough! Stop shouting!" Liu Wanhua suddenly shouted sharply, her voice trembling slightly.
"Will crying solve anything? Will shouting make Jiang Xinlan disappear? The way you're acting right now just makes you a laughingstock!"
Jiang Manli was taken aback by her shout, then cried even harder:
"What can I do, Mom! I'm scared! I'm really scared! I don't want to lose everything I have now! I don't want to go from being the eldest daughter of the Jiang family to a penniless pauper!"
Liu Wanhua took a deep breath and forced herself to calm down.
She reached out and pulled Jiang Manli to the sofa, pressing her down as she spoke in as calm a tone as possible:
"Manly, listen to me, the worst isn't over yet. Your father only has suspicions, no evidence whatsoever. As long as we destroy all the evidence and prevent him from finding out what happened back then, he can't do anything to us."
"But...but Shen Yu is so powerful, and he has the Zheng family helping him. What if they investigate?" Jiang Manli said, choking back tears.
"No matter how capable Shen Yu is, he's still an outsider with no roots in Beijing. Although the Zheng family protects him, they won't completely break ties with our Jiang family for his sake."
Liu Wanhua gritted her teeth and said that she herself wasn't sure, but she had to give Jiang Manli confidence.
"As for your uncle, although he made a fool of himself today, he still has some real skills. I'll go see him first thing tomorrow morning and ask him to find a way to make amends. In any case, we can't just sit here and wait to die."
She paused, her gaze turning cold and resolute:
"Remember, from now on, you are not allowed to mention Jiang Xinlan's name again, you are not allowed to cause her any trouble, and you are not allowed to show any weakness in front of your father. As long as we get through this, everything in the Jiang family will be yours."
Looking into Liu Wanhua's resolute eyes, Jiang Manli felt a little more at ease, nodded, and wiped away her tears.
"I understand, Mom. I won't do anything reckless again. You must get Liu Qingxuan to find a solution; we can't lose."
Liu Wanhua nodded, then turned to look at the dark night outside the window, her eyes filled with anxiety and unease.
She didn't know if Liu Qingxuan could come up with another solution, nor how much longer they could hold on.
She could only pray in her heart that Liu Qingxuan would not disappoint her again this time.
Qingxuan Temple on Qixia Mountain.
As soon as Liu Qingxuan entered the main hall, he suddenly threw the Buddhist prayer beads in his hand to the ground.
Then, like an enraged beast, he paced wildly in the hall, grabbed the incense burner, compass, and talisman brush from the table, and smashed them all on the ground.
"Useless! I'm truly useless!" he roared, slamming his fist on the altar, instantly cracking it open.
"Can't even handle a mere brat! My fifty years of cultivation have been wasted!"
The humiliation he suffered at the banquet replayed in his mind again and again.
Shen Yu's mockery, the contempt of the crowd, Zheng Zangfeng's indifference, and the excruciating pain brought by the rebounding Yin Sha... every scene filled him with shame and indignation.
He had lived for over fifty years and had never been so humiliated or suffered such disgrace.
All of this was caused by Shen Yu!