The Ace Bigshot Becomes A Farmgirl

Chapter 731: Chapter 731: The Death of Song Xin Chapter 731: Chapter 731: The Death of Song Xin Song Xin recognized him and was uncertain whether he still recognized her, but she was filled with a tremendous fear.

She now had a husband and children and was leading a contented, fulfilling life; she didn’t want anyone disrupting her peaceful existence.

Still, she hurried home, wrote a letter, and had someone rush it to Meng Pei, who was out escorting a shipment.

Then, with a serious expression, she told Meng Yunzheng everything about the past, unconcerned with how deeply the now ten-year-old Meng Yunzheng would be shocked or impacted.

All she knew was that there were things that if not spoken now, might never have a chance to be said.

After completing all these tasks, Song Xin planned to leave home with Meng Yunzheng. No matter where they went, it was better than waiting for death here.

However, she didn’t make it in time, for that very night, their home caught fire and the mother and child slept deeply, utterly unaware.

It was Song Xin who, choked by the smoke, woke up first, realizing she had been drugged with a knockout powder.

The fire had grown significantly in size, and although Song Xin felt weak, she tried to awaken Meng Yunzheng while desperately dragging him outside.

Unfortunately, just as they reached the living room doorway, they were stopped by a trusted subordinate who had seen her during the day.

Apparently, he hadn’t expected Song Xin to wake up; since the fire didn’t kill her, he had no choice but to act himself.

Song Xin knew she couldn’t escape her fate, but her son absolutely mustn’t be harmed.

She told the trusted subordinate that the child was their lord’s, and that she had already been pregnant when she left.

The subordinate truly hesitated then, after which he killed Song Xin and took Meng Yunzheng away.

When Meng Yunzheng came to, the subordinate was no longer by his side, only the neighbors who said there had been an accident at his home, his mother hadn’t escaped and had been burned to death, and that only he had been rescued.

Meng Yunzheng just found out the truth by day, and by night his mother was murdered. How could he believe the fire was merely an accident?

He was very clear about who the murderer was.

But scarcely two days later, the escorts who had been out with Meng Pei said that they were ambushed by mountain bandits, and his father had tragically fallen down a cliff, his survival doubtful.

Struck by tragedy one after the other, a child of just ten years could not bear it; he fell ill immediately.

The funeral for his parents was handled by Uncle Meng, who had rushed over from their hometown.

Meng Yunzheng fell ill, and when he recovered, it was already over a month later.

Outside, rumors started spreading, saying that he caused the deaths of his parents.

Meng Yunzheng wasn’t sure what the man still wanted, fearful of implicating Uncle Meng, he quarreled with Uncle Meng using these rumors as a pretext to keep his distance.

Then, not long after, probably after investigating his birth date and the circumstances before and after Song Xin’s marriage, they confirmed Meng Yunzheng’s identity.

That man, the current Minister of Public Works, Gong Qiu, came to take him home.

He told the Meng family that Meng Yunzheng was a child of the Gong family, and Song Xin had been his concubine who had been attacked by mountain bandits during a trip outside the city, and was rescued by Meng Pei.

Meng Pei, having found Song Xin attractive, ignored her objections, kidnapped her, and used the child in her womb to coerce her into marrying him.

He also stated that the reason Meng Pei had no children for so many years was that Song Xin refused his advances, which caused it.

The Meng family didn’t believe Gong Qiu’s words, but they did remember the events from ten years ago, especially how Meng Pei had hurried to marry Song Xin upon bringing her home and then taking her to the Southern region, and this precisely corroborated Gong Qiu’s story.