PDLP Chapter 170 Tearing Off All Pretenses
Chapter 170 Tearing Off All Pretenses
Xie Yi tried hard to suppress his anger and explained gently, "Young Master, you don't know. I didn't push my brother into the water. I just reached out to grab him, but he suddenly fell backwards and fell into the pool. I was afraid something might happen to him, so I jumped in to save him immediately."
Situ Yuan looked at him in surprise: "Did you rescue him?"
Xie Yi choked when he heard this and didn't know how to explain for a moment.
After he jumped into the water, he really wanted to rescue Xie Xiu. However, his calf suddenly cramped up, and not only did he fail to save Xie Xiu, he also sank under, swallowing a belly full of pool water.
Fortunately, there were many people present at the time, and they rescued him and Xie Xiu to the shore.
As a result, Xie Xiu remained in a coma, so even if he told the truth to defend himself, it would seem like he was taking advantage of someone and confusing right and wrong.
In order to prevent Xie Xiu from succeeding in his evil plan, he didn't even dare to go back to the dormitory to change clothes. He deliberately stayed by Xie Xiu's side in wet clothes, playing the role of a good younger brother.
Now that Situ Yuan suddenly asked this, how should he answer?
Before Xie Yi could think of a suitable explanation, Chen Fang spoke first, "Yier has been a good swimmer since he was young. He can naturally rescue his brother."
She smiled gently at Situ Yuan, "Young Master, you have a pure heart, but you don't know that people in this world are treacherous. Those evil people often disguise themselves as pitiful to harm others."
At this point, she turned to look at Xie Xiu and directly exposed him, "Xie Xiu, you actually never lost your memory, right? You just resented me and your father, so you deliberately disappeared all these years. You got married and had children outside without informing your family, and now you want to destroy your brother!"
Her voice was choked with sobs, and she seemed to be extremely sad and angry.
Unexpectedly, a voice suddenly came from the crowd——
"Xie Yi is such a good swimmer, how come he couldn't rescue Xie Xiu and ended up sinking into the water? Could it be intentional?"
Chen Fang instantly became hard!
She turned her head stiffly and looked at Xie Yi in disbelief.
She never expected that Xie Yi would fail in such a matter!
Xie Yi's face was filled with embarrassment. "After I jumped into the water, my calf suddenly cramped. I was really busy and almost drowned in the water. It wasn't that I didn't save Big Brother on purpose."
Chen Fang quickly made amends, "I see. You were completely unprepared and jumped down suddenly, so it's no surprise that something unexpected happened."
Worried that someone would continue to make a fuss about this, she once again pointed the gun at Xie Xiu and began to tearfully accuse him, "Xiu'er, your brother has never offended you!
Even if you are dissatisfied with me as your stepmother, I believe that I have never treated you harshly. From childhood to adulthood, the food, clothing and daily necessities provided by our family are all the best!
Even if you hate me, you shouldn't take it out on your father and brother, or even your grandparents.
Do you know how much your family has missed you over the years?"
As she spoke, she suddenly covered her heart, as if she was deeply hurt by Xie Xiu.
Seeing her grief-stricken face and her voice choking and trembling, everyone was inevitably touched and couldn't help but feel pity for her as a stepmother.
Many of them even secretly resented Xie Xiu, thinking that he was ungrateful and greedy.
Unexpectedly, at this moment, Tu Yong, who had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke up: "No wonder Xiu'er was so young, but was severely injured and lost his memory. It turns out that he has a good stepmother like you!
You're such a smooth talker! With just a few words, you've managed to turn black into white! And you're even crying "stop thief!"
You said you gave Xie Xiu the best food, clothing and other necessities, and you have been worried about Xie Xiu all these years?
Then let me ask you, where is Xie Xiu's biological mother's dowry? Although his biological mother was the daughter of a merchant, her family was quite wealthy, and the dowry she gave her was also very large.
It is no exaggeration to say that it is a ten-mile red wedding!
With such a huge dowry, can't she provide her two sons with a luxurious life?
But you, although you were born in the Chen family, you are just a concubine's daughter of the Chen family. Moreover, when you got married, your father was not yet Duke Cheng'en, so the dowry he gave you was naturally not generous!
Xie Yun was a Hanlin scholar, and although he was noble, his annual salary was not much.
Then I would like to ask, whose money has been spent on food, clothing and other expenses in your huge Xie Mansion over the years?
Is it your dowry, or the money earned by Master Xie?
Could it be that the Chen family felt sorry for you, a concubine's daughter, and while pretending not to give you a generous dowry, they secretly gave you hundreds of thousands of silver as a dowry?"
He was full of energy and his words were so powerful that Chen Fang, Xie Yun and Xie Yi broke out in cold sweats, their faces turned pale and they felt ashamed!
Tu Jiaojiao, who was sitting next to Xie Xiu, lowered her head and wiped her tears, and the handkerchief in her hand just covered the sarcastic smile on the corner of her mouth.
She brought her father here specially, not to be a decoration.
As a daughter-in-law, she couldn't say these words, but her father was the relative of Chen Fang and Xie Yun, so no one could find fault with him.
As for whose money has the Xie family spent over the years? How much silver did the Chen family give to Chen Fang? How much did Xie Yun make over the years?
Do they dare to say it?
The Chen family is not a merchant family like the Luo family, and there are many people in the family.
If Chen Fang dared to say that the Chen family gave her a lot of dowry, what would others think?
She, a concubine's daughter, can have so much dowry. Doesn't that mean that the Chen family has a lot of wealth?
But where did the Chen family get such a huge amount of money?
Do they dare to say it?
They didn't dare to say it, so they could only admit that what the Xie family had spent over the years was Xie Xiu's biological mother's dowry and the property left by the Luo family!
In this case, wouldn't it be ridiculous for Chen Fang to keep saying that she was very good to Xie Xiu and gave him the best food, clothing and other expenses?
It is extremely shameless to take advantage of others and still act ungratefully!
Tu Yong's words really hit the soft spot of Chen Fang and the other two. Not only was Chen Fang speechless, but Xie Yi and Xie Yun even pretended to be dead on the spot, wishing they could find a crack in the ground to hide.
The three of them were unwilling to admit in person that they were spending the Luo family's money, but they also dared not deny it outright, so they all became gourds with sawed mouths.
Tu Yong continued to expose the truth: "Why are you all silent? Are you afraid to admit it? Or do you have other ways to make money but are just afraid to say it?"
He glanced at the three of them with disdain and continued talking to Chen Fang, "You said before that you were worried about Xie Xiu. Ha! So you mean you couldn't wait to have your two biological sons move into his yard less than a year after he disappeared?
Xie Xiu was nowhere to be found alive or dead. How did you determine that he was dead and would never come back?
Later, Xie Xiu learned his identity and wanted to take his wife and children back to Beijing to meet his relatives. However, someone colluded with bandits and ambushed him on the road and framed him.
Not only did they not want Xie Xiu to return to the capital alive, they also wanted to throw dirty water on him, making him a flower thief who tortured and killed young girls, and be cursed by the world!
Then Xu Maochun said that he was worried that Xie Xiu would recover his memory and recognize him as the culprit who injured him that year. Is that really the case?
You knew that he was still alive, but even after he returned to the capital for so long, you still haven't vacated his former courtyard.
They were also forced to live in the old courtyard of the late wife, which was in a state of decay and had not been repaired for many years. What was their intention?
Unfortunately, they were oppressed by filial piety and dared not resist, so they had to move in obediently. But you still refused to give up and let the gardener plant a bunch of poisonous flowers and weeds in the yard!
Is this how you become someone's stepmother? You're even more vicious than a wolf!"
Tu Yong's angry response almost tore off Chen Fang and Xie Fu's years of disguise, completely exposing their most unbearable side to the public!