Peaceful Farm Life

Chapter 253: Chapter 253 She Doesn’t Want to be Drowned in a Pig Cage_1

Seeing Xiao Changyi unmoved, Mrs. Hongxia grew even more desperate and simply knelt down to plead, ”Changyi, I’m kneeling before you, it was all my fault before, and I’m the one to blame. Please, for the sake of Sizi being the only son of your benefactor, help me search the mountain for him.”

Mrs. Hongxia spoke so urgently that she almost ran out of breath. When she finally caught her breath, she continued to cry and beg, ”You used to go hunting in the mountains and are familiar with the terrain, you can surely find Sizi. Please, I beg you, go into the mountains and save Sizi. If anything happens to him, I won’t be able to go on living, Changyi... woo woo, Changyi, you can’t just stand by and watch the son of your benefactor be lost like this, Changyi...”

Xiao Changyi’s expression remained unchanged as he looked down indifferently at the person kneeling before him and asked without any sign of emotion, ”Is Liu Sizi really Uncle Liu’s son?”

Mrs. Hongxia’s pleading voice stopped abruptly, and then, in a panic but still trying to sound firm, she said, ”What nonsense are you talking about? If Sizi isn’t my husband’s child, then whose child could he be? Sizi is definitely my husband’s child! Ah—”

Suddenly, Mrs. Hongxia stopped kneeling and sat on the ground, bursting into loud sobs, and she pointed at him accusingly, ”Even if you’re heartless and afraid of death, and you don’t want to go into the mountains to look for Sizi, you shouldn’t slander my reputation like this. I have been a faithful widow for my husband for so many years, and when my husband was alive, we were very much in love. Now you even suspect that Sizi is not my husband’s child, are you trying to drive me to death!”

In this era, a woman’s reputation was really important.

Others might not see it, but how could Xiao Changyi and An Jing not see it? Mrs. Hongxia putting on such an act was clearly a sign of her being guilty.

Xiao Changyi closed his eyes and then asked, without any emotional fluctuation, ”Then would you dare to let Liu Sizi and Liu Yingen perform a blood test to verify their relation?”

The frenzy that Mrs. Hongxia was in immediately made her face turn pale, and in an instant, she seemed to understand that Xiao Changyi not only knew that Liu Sizi wasn’t her husband’s child but also knew who the child’s real father was.

Completely unexpected, Mrs. Hongxia found herself truly unable to continue throwing a tantrum or to berate Xiao Changyi any longer, much less dare to ask him to go into the mountains to find Liu Sizi. If Liu Sizi and Liu Yingen were to actually perform a blood test, then the sin of her adulterous affair with Liu Yingen would be confirmed!

That would mean being executed by drowning in a pig cage!

And she, she did not want to be drowned in a pig cage to death!

Overwhelmed by guilt, panic, and fear, Mrs. Hongxia practically tumbled and scrambled out of the courtyard.

And as soon as she got out of the courtyard, the scared-for-her-life Mrs. Hongxia still shrieked, ”If you won’t go find Sizi, then I won’t. I’ll ask someone else to look for him, but don’t you dare slander me, tarnishing my reputation!”

An Jing listened to Mrs. Hongxia’s words and couldn’t help but find it laughable.

Turning around, she saw her husband, Xiao Changyi, although his face was expressionless, his eyes were full of complexity, making her feel a little heartache. She closed the courtyard door and then embraced her husband to comfort him, ”Husband, if Uncle Liu has a spirit in heaven, he must already know about this. You needn’t take it to heart.”

Xiao Changyi held An Jing in return and closed his eyes, then rested his chin on the top of An Jing’s head. After a long while, he finally said in a low voice, ”I hadn’t expected it to be true, I always thought he was Uncle Liu’s son.”

If Liu Sizi were Old Hunter Liu’s son, he wouldn’t have needed Mrs. Hongxia to ask him today; he would have gone into the mountains without a second thought to look for Liu Sizi, but since Liu Sizi is not...