sbdcsierra Chapter 113: Xia Mansion's Past Events
Chapter 113: Xia Mansion's Past Events
Xia Xiaoying and Song Yanbai were both surprised. "Really?"
"Of course it's true. Your father beat her up and chased her and her two sons away." Aunt Qin shook her head. "That Chen is so hateful. Isn't this bullying an honest man? Seeing that your father's wife had just died, she took the initiative to ask for marriage. Haha, I didn't expect that she came to find someone to marry with a baby in her belly, and let your father raise her and someone else's son!"
Song Yanbai said angrily, "It's better to rest now."
Chu Xianyun looked relieved, and pulled Xia Xiaorou and gestured, "That's great, Xiaorou, you won't be bullied by your stepmother anymore."
Xia Xiaoying snorted coldly, "You deserve it. People who are not at peace will never have a smooth life!"
Xia Xiaorou nodded, "Let's ignore her and focus on our own things."
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In the evening, Xia Dequan came to Xia Xiaorou's house.
Different from his previous stern and cold face, Xia Dequan now looked depressed and dusty, as if he was ten years older.
Song Yanbai and Chu Xianyun saw him and walked over immediately.
"Uncle Xia, what's the matter?" Song Yanbai asked coldly.
"Yanbai, I have something to say to sisters Xiaoying and Xiaorou alone." Xia Dequan nodded to Song Yanbai and looked at Xia Xiaorou and Xia Xiaoying in the room.
Song Yanbai raised his eyebrows, "Uncle Xia, you can talk, but I won't agree if you hit anyone."
"I didn't hit them, I just talked to them." Xia Dequan looked dejected.
"Brother Yanbai, you and Sister Xianyun can take Da Ni and Er Ni to the far room over there and sit for a while." Xia Xiaorou said, pointing to an empty room on the far left.
But Song Yanbai was worried, so he let Chu Xianyun take the two children to the other house, while he moved a chair and sat at the gate of the yard.
It was far from the main door of the house, so I couldn't hear the talking inside, but I could see what was happening inside.
Seeing how cautious he was, Xia Xiaorou was very grateful to him.
"What do you want to say? Say it quickly. Then leave quickly!" Xia Xiaoying looked at Xia Deyuan with a cold face.
Xia Deyuan stood in front of the two of them, pinching the hem of his sleeve, lowered his head and sighed, "Before Chen was here, there were some things I didn't tell you the truth."
Xia Xiaoying sneered, "After all, you treated us badly before because you felt sorry for Chen. So, you never cared about us, right?"
Xia Deyuan lowered his head and sighed, "Although your mother and I were married in a fake marriage, to be honest, she and Nanny Tian gave me a lot of advice and taught me how to buy land and houses. However, your mother passed away early, and not long after, Nanny Tian also passed away. As a man, I can't take care of you three siblings, so I had to find another woman to marry. I didn't expect Chen to be such a narrow-minded person. She coaxed me into selling the land and turning the big house into a small one, and exchanged the money for business. Who knew she didn't know how to do business, and not only did she lose all the money, she also owed a lot. Yesterday, I forced her to question her, and then I found out that the money was not a loss, but she used it to pay off Jicai's gambling debts."
Xia Xiaoying sneered, "You deserve it! If you didn't pamper Chen and indulge her, how dare she plot against you?"
Xia Xiaorou said indifferently, "You come here again now, is it because you have no money that you thought of us?"
Xia Dequan waved his hands. "No, no, no, that's not it. Although I don't have any money, I still have a few acres of land. I can also hunt, so I'm not short of money. I came to you because... I want to talk about the past."
"Things from the past? Why didn't you talk about it before, but are you talking about it now? What are you trying to do?" Xia Xiaoying asked in a cold voice with narrowed eyes.
"I spent all your mother's money, and I was afraid you would ask me for it. That's why I never told you."
"What do you want to say?" Xia Xiaorou asked.
Xia Dequan frowned and looked at the two of them, "Xiaorou, Xiaoying. You must be careful of the people from the Anguo Mansion."
Xia Xiaorou narrowed her eyes, "Duke Anguo's Mansion? My father has a grudge against them?"
"I don't know whether there is a grudge or not, but the people who led the search of Xia's house that day were people from the Anguo Mansion and the Dali Temple." Xia Dequan recalled the past, "That person was the Anguo Mansion's chief steward, named An Cheng. He directed the Dali Temple people to search which room and which house, and even checked the well in the backyard and dug up the flower beds in the back garden. I suspect that Steward An of the Anguo Mansion must have secretly checked the Xia Mansion beforehand."
"Did you dig anything out?" Xia Xiaorou asked with narrowed eyes.
"I was not there at the time. I was in a villa outside the city with Nanny Tian, who was looking after your mother. Later, I heard from people near the Xia Mansion that they had found a secret letter written by Lord Hanlin to Beiliang, which also contained a defense map of the border and the capital." Xia Dequan said.
Xia Xiaoying opened her eyes wide, "My father communicated with foreign enemies? How is this possible? Mother never said that."
"At that time, Xiaoying was only two years old, and Xiaorou was born not long ago. Even if your mother told you, you would not understand and it would cause trouble. But she always suspected that someone from the Anguo Mansion secretly hid the things in the backyard of the Xia Mansion, and then reported the Xia Mansion."
Xia Xiaorou's eyes gradually turned cold, "So that's how it is..."
"Xiao Rou, Madam Luo from Luojiazhuang is the housekeeper's wife of the Duke of Anguo's Mansion, and her husband is Steward An. Don't let her know your identities, otherwise you will be in trouble." Xia Dequan frowned again.
Xia Xiaoying said angrily, "This matter is so serious, why did you tell us now? If we don't ask, will you keep it a secret from us? Hide our identities from us?"
"I'm just afraid that people from the Anguo Mansion will come to investigate." Xia Dequan sighed with a bitter face.
"We know about this matter. Xia Changsui, you can go back." Xia Xiaorou stood up.
Xia Dequan pinched his sleeves and looked at Xia Xiaorou with a sigh, "Xiaorou, you... no, Second Miss, will you hate me? I... I have no choice. I can't raise you children well, so I found Chen. I didn't expect her to be so vicious."
"I will never forgive you anyway!" Xia Xiaoying sneered, "Chen married me to the Huang family, but you didn't stop me at all. And Xiaorou was married to the Song family, and she was married to someone from this village. Have you been to the Song family to see her?"
"I..." Xia Dequan was speechless after being asked this question. His face was dejected and he didn't know how to respond.
"We will never forgive you if we don't find our eldest brother." Xia Xiaorou said coldly.
"Yes, and about our eldest brother, you haven't sent anyone to look for him for even a day, and you still want us to forgive you? That's impossible." Xia Xiaoying pointed to the door, "If our mother were alive, she would probably break your legs. Since you hid our mother here and let her live for four more years, we won't kill you, but please don't look for us again. We don't want to see you."
"Go away." Xia Xiaorou said coldly.
"Yes, Miss, Miss Second." Xia Dequan nodded at the two of them, lowered his head, and left.
When Song Yanbai saw him leave, he hurried into the main room and asked Xia Xiaorou and her sister, "What did Xia Dequan say? He seemed very sad and scared?"