Early in the morning, Liu Jingtang and others went to Jingyang Town. Secretly, the pistol team also followed them. They would set up defenses on the small road from the mountainous area to Jingyang Town to avoid any accidents.
Unexpectedly, around noon, my former sister-in-law He Mojun came again. It was obvious that she had left Jingyang Town in the morning and came by carriage.
She also brought her daughter with her. She was a pretty little girl who spoke fluently but was a little shy and kept hiding behind her mother.
Looking at Lu Ming's sunglasses, He Mojun suddenly asked: "Mr. Lu, can you take off your sunglasses? You look like someone I knew before."
Lu Ming knew that he could no longer hide it, so he took off his sunglasses and sighed softly, "Sister-in-law, I am indeed someone you knew before." It is conceivable that this former sister-in-law must have come to her senses after returning and became suspicious, but because of the Guo family's affairs, her mind was not on this and she did not think much about it.
He Mojun saw Lu Ming's face and gritted his teeth: "Sanzi, it's really you! You are getting worse and worse now! You have become a liar, right? Pretending to be from Donghai, you come here to cheat and deceive people, you better stop it immediately, I won't report you!"
"I was saying that I found your name a little strange a while ago. When I went back yesterday, I thought about your face shape and your voice. Although your accent has changed, your voice hasn't changed much. The more I thought about it, the more suspicious I became." He Mojun looked Lu Ming up and down. "Your temperament has come out. You look like a young and promising person. Your appearance and behavior are different from before. That's why I didn't recognize you yesterday! How long have you been a liar? You can practice this?"
Lu Ming was helpless: "If I was really a liar, why would I use my real name?"
He Mojun was stunned for a moment, then he thought about it and gritted his teeth, "That was in the past few years. The Lu family's business has been good again, back to the situation when the old man was young? Is the second son so capable? He has the money to come to the south to invest in coal mines?"
Lu Ming nodded. It seemed that she had no idea what happened to the Lu family later.
He Mojun saw Lu Ming nod and thought that he had guessed right, and gritted his teeth: "Yes, he is a treacherous, ruthless hypocrite. Others think he is so upright. He is really a businessman! He is the boss at home now, right? Has my father-in-law stepped aside?"
He sneered again: "Third son, although you are not a good person, you are only bad on the surface. You should be careful of your second brother. Remember this."
Lu Ming didn't want to talk to her about family matters, but he didn't know why she hated his second brother so much. After thinking for a while, he asked, "Do you have any misunderstandings about your second brother?"
He Mojun sneered, her face full of contempt. Suddenly, she pointed at her daughter and said, "Do you know how old she is? Three and a half weeks."
Lu Ming was stunned. Three and a half weeks? When she was pregnant, wasn't she still at home, newlywed, and her elder brother was still alive
Is it the eldest brother's flesh and blood? After all, it is impossible that she is cheating, even if she and Guo Younan have been exchanging letters and even spiritual communication.
But having an affair is impossible. How could the daughter-in-law of the Lu family have an affair with a foreign man in Wu'an County
It would be impossible to meet and have dinner alone, and it would be impossible to hide it from others. The news would spread all over Wuan County immediately.
But what my eldest brother’s own flesh and blood said is too unbelievable, isn’t it
Why remarry when you're pregnant
Or remarry at lightning speed.
It is not right to not want your children to be posthumous and fatherless. The flesh and blood of the Lu family, the children of the eldest son, will definitely be better for them than remarrying.
"Her last name should be Lu." He Mojun's smile towards his daughter immediately became gentle, "Yaya, this is Third Uncle, call me Third Uncle!"
The little girl was obedient. Although she was shy, she hugged her mother's thigh and whispered to Lu Ming: "Third Uncle..."
Lu Ming stared at the little girl in a daze. She looked a bit like him.
Although in real life, even if there are blood relatives, if you don't cultivate feelings, they are actually no different from strangers. However, knowing that this is my own niece, I suddenly felt an inexplicable warmth in my heart.
But there are still many questions and many puzzles.
He Mojun turned to look at Lu Ming, "I found out I was pregnant in the second month after I got married. However, I discussed with your brother that we should not tell our family yet, lest my parents-in-law find out and stop me from doing anything, which is no different from house arrest. So, your brother also promised me that I would tell my parents when I was really pregnant."
"However, Aunt Liu in my room knows about it. You know, she was your second brother's wet nurse and was originally the closest to your second brother. But after she came to our room, my husband and I soon liked her and would tell her everything, especially about the problems at home. She understands the thoughts of my parents-in-law and will help us come up with ideas on how to solve them."
Lu Ming nodded slightly.
He Mojun's pretty face gradually revealed a trace of sadness, "Then, not long after, your elder brother left..."
Lu Ming was silent. Although actually, he and his elder brother could not really be said to have a brotherly relationship, but when the memory fragments appeared, they were still somewhat affected by some emotions in the memory. Now, he felt a little sad.
He Mojun wiped his eyes and continued, "I was groggy for a few days. I remember being hit in the stomach by Aunt Liu, and my lower body was bleeding. I didn't care at the time. I thought everyone was sad and busy. Aunt Liu didn't mean it. As long as the child is fine, it's fine. I also thought that after my parents-in-law are over their grief, I will tell them about the pregnancy..."
After a moment of silence, he said, "But one night I suddenly woke up and saw Aunt Liu in my room, pouring some medicine powder into my teapot on the table."
"I have the habit of drinking overnight tea to quench my thirst in the morning. Aunt Liu knows about this and has advised me against it, saying it's a bad habit."
"I poured the tea from the teapot the next morning."
"Madame Liu also sneaked into my room. I think she was looking at the teapot."
"And I was fine all morning, and I noticed it, and she was very surprised, and she kept looking at my belly."
"Do you know how horrible it was at that time?"
"Aunt Liu, she wants to hurt the baby in my belly. Why? Tell me, why?"
He Mojun looked at Lu Ming and questioned loudly.
“Mom…” Yaya grabbed her mother’s clothes in fear.
"Okay, okay..." He Mojun gently hugged her into his arms, and his tone became softer.
After waiting for a while, she sighed, "The possibility I thought of terrified me. I couldn't believe it. I didn't believe it at all. I wanted to tell my parents-in-law, but I didn't believe it myself. How could my parents-in-law believe it? After all, my second uncle is such a modest gentleman and gentle as jade..." She looked at Lu Ming, "Look at your expression. You don't believe it either, right?"
"So, I had no choice but to leave. I said I was married to Lin County and my parents were taken away by me. In fact, I came to Younan for refuge. When I was in college, he wrote me love poems and had always had a crush on me. I knew it."
"I had a fake marriage with him, and we had three rules: he never came into my room."
"Originally, I thought that after the baby was born, I would go back and tell my parents-in-law. Even if they didn't believe it, she couldn't have any other surname because she was your eldest brother's flesh and blood. However, the baby was Yaya, and my parents-in-law were so patriarchal. What would happen if we went back? Between son and granddaughter, who would they choose? It's easy to guess."
"Plus, Younan was very good to me, really very good to me, so, I eventually consummated my marriage with him and stayed here with peace of mind..." Having said that, he lowered his head.
Obviously, although she is a new woman, she still feels a little ashamed about actually remarrying in front of her brother-in-law.
Lu Ming was silent for a while, wanting to say that you were wrong, and in fact your second brother had already passed away.
But think about it, forget it, she now has hatred in her heart, and she also feels that it is natural for her to remarry. Perhaps this situation is the best for her.
Telling her about what happened at home would do no good except to scare her and possibly make her feel guilty.
But that man was so cruel that he bribed his own servants a few years ago.
The eldest brother is very outstanding, and the family is afraid that his offspring will be equally outstanding, so they don’t even give them a chance to be born.
As for me, I was a playboy and that person didn't care much about me, so I was left at the end.
In this world, traditional thinking still holds that dragons give birth to dragons and phoenixes give birth to phoenixes.
Think about it, this Liu Ma herself has no impression of it. In her own memory fragments, as for the servants, they all remember the pretty little girl. This old woman is not at all in her memory fragments.
I think Liu Ma has either died a long time ago or has moved far away.
As for why no one came back to look for the former sister-in-law, it was probably because Aunt Liu said that she had aborted the child, which made the sister-in-law sad and remarried so that she could get the reward money.
However, regardless of whether Liu Ma is dead or not, it is a clue that I can check. Later, I will send a secret message to the Northern Territory and order my investigation team there to check the current situation of Liu Ma and the marriage scroll.
Thinking about this, Lu Ming clapped his hands to Yaya: "Yaya, come here, Uncle San will hug you! Come!"
Yaya looked at Lu Ming timidly with her big eyes, but her mother pushed her gently from behind and she slowly walked over.
Lu Ming smiled and gently hugged the child, saying, "Oh, I never thought that I, Lu Ming, would have a niece! For the first time in this world, I have a blood relative!"
He touched his body, shook his head, took out a checkbook, wrote a denomination of 100,000, and couldn't help feeling a little funny, and stuffed it into Yaya's pocket money: "Here, Uncle San will give you some dry goods, this year's pocket money!"
He Mojun frowned immediately, thinking that his brother-in-law was still so absurd. How could he give a check to a three-year-old child as a gift? Isn't this teaching the child to be obsessed with money since childhood
But when Yaya came back timidly, he was stunned for a moment when he saw the amount of pocket money in her hand.
"If it can be exchanged, I can cheat anyone but my own niece! I am not as bad as before. I remember I cheated your private money to buy opium." Lu Ming smiled.
He Mojun curled his lips in disbelief, and asked puzzledly: "Has your family made a fortune? What's wrong with you?"
"Oh, I ran away from home and developed in the East China Sea. I did quite well in the East China Sea. My name is Lu Qianxing. I was also lucky enough to pick up an oil field for free."
He Mojun was stunned for a moment, then gritted his teeth, "Think back, were you forced out of home by the second brother?"
"I haven't contacted my family for a long time, so let's not talk about Wu An, okay?" Lu Ming glanced at Yaya, "Let's keep the recognition of relatives a secret."
In the East China Sea, that man's assassin team was wiped out in a short time.
Although he knew that he had the right time, place and people, that person had no idea that he had already gained such a strong influence in the East China Sea. Therefore, his estimation was seriously underestimated, which is why he was able to easily encircle and wipe out the assassin group.
But I still have some contempt in my heart. This is human nature and it is not something I can avoid.
But now when I hear my sister-in-law talk about the past, I can't help but be horrified.
The other party was able to plan for several years, and it seemed natural for the Lu family to be wiped out. What kind of terrifying ambition is this
For example, I definitely don't have such patience.
The investigation team on my side must be told to be extremely careful.
"It's best not to contact your family. Don't let the second brother know that you've become successful." He Mojun gritted his teeth, "I even have some doubts about your eldest brother's death..."
Lu Ming sighed softly and picked up the teacup.
"Sanzi, is your oil field very big?" He Mojun suddenly asked curiously.
Lu Ming nodded: "About one or two million a year!" He divided the small amount by twenty.
"Is this true?" He Mojun was full of disbelief. "Is it true that good people don't live long, but evil people live for ten thousand years?"
Lu Ming smiled bitterly: "Sister-in-law, I have really become a good person now."
"Oh, so, you have money and have made some friends with the powerful. The new county magistrate is the person you have recently hooked up with?"
Lu Ming coughed, "About Jingyang Coal Mine..."
He Mojun hesitated for a moment and shook his head: "Forget it, I don't care. You are Yaya's uncle and I am the daughter-in-law of the Guo family. It's inappropriate to say anything in the middle. Besides, if you think about it carefully, your arrangement is also very good. You have the support of the new county magistrate, and you never thought about giving protection fees to Hei Laoliu and others, right?"
Lu Ming smiled, "Well, in fact, if the Guo family relies on Well No. 4, it shouldn't be a big problem to earn 100,000 or 80,000 yuan a year in the future. It's more than what they earn now, and they don't have to worry."
He Mojun looked at him with her beautiful eyes, "Well No. 4, you are so easy to talk to, did you recognize me?"
Lu Ming coughed and thought to himself that that was not the case, but when he said it out loud, the situation became awkward.
Actually, because of you, I feel a little uncomfortable.
I just don't want to take all the benefits and then kill them all without leaving any chance for them to survive.
After all, the Guo family has been local gentry for generations, and they are not some evil local tyrants or bullies. Moreover, it sounds like they have been oppressed in recent years.
"Sanzi, you have changed. You used to be so unkind." He Mojun sighed softly.
Lu Ming smiled and said, "I am indeed a good person now."
"Forget it!" He Mojun shook his head and said, "Okay, I've told you everything I wanted to say. I feel much better now. It's time for me to go back."
Lu Ming glanced at Yaya who had been secretly looking at him, "Sister-in-law, why don't you, Mr. Guo, and Yaya go to Donghai? There are kindergartens, good schools, and living environments there. I think it will be better for Yaya to live in Donghai."
He Mojun frowned immediately: "Third son, Yaya is living a good life. You don't have to arrange my daughter's life. You have no right to interfere in my and my husband's life." He took the check in Yaya's hand and put it on the coffee table. "I will educate Yaya to be an excellent girl. You can rest assured about this."
Lu Ming nodded: "Yes, I said the wrong thing just now, I apologize."
He Mojun stood up, took Yaya's hand, and walked out.
Looking at Yaya's little figure who kept looking back every few steps, Lu Ming thought for a moment and stood up, "Sister-in-law, I'll take you back. We have a car at home."