From Folly to Fortune：I Rewrite My Life After Rebirth!

”Shut up, you damned woman, are you going to prattle on endlessly?”

Mu Dazhong, after all, was a man, and when he lost his temper, Mrs. Lin couldn’t withstand it.

This bout of beating and scolding, Mrs. Lin had had enough!

”Listen up, Mu Dazhong! Don’t forget, it was you who caused the mining disaster and killed an entire family. Just because the government hasn’t arrested you yet, do you think you’re off the hook?”

”I’m going to inform the government that you murdered a whole family in Mountain Village! You’ll be arrested and spend the rest of your life in prison!”

The thing Mrs. Lin mentioned was the thing Mu Dazhong feared the most.

Now that Mrs. Lin had voiced it, Mu Dazhong seemed to lose all rationality, landing heavier punches on Mrs. Lin.

”Stop it! You beast!”

The door suddenly kicked open, with Mr. Mu’s face turning livid, appearing outside Mu Dazhong and Mrs. Lin’s room.

Mu Dazhong was stunned. He stared at Mr. Mu in fear and surprise!

”Dad... why... why are you here?”

”Why can’t I be here? You beast, is what Gou Dan’s mother said true? Did you really... really kill an entire family?”

When Mr. Mu said this, his body was shaking.

His second son had killed an entire family.

And he continued living as if nothing had happened for several months.

If his daughter-in-law hadn’t mentioned this matter, he might have lived in ignorance for a lifetime.

”Dad, it wasn’t, it wasn’t me...” Mu Dazhong repeatedly denied.

”It was her, it was her brother Lin Dajun! It was Lin Dajun who suggested mining, that’s why I went, I didn’t expect that digging would lead to deaths instead of finding gold!

Dad, I didn’t want this either, I didn’t want them to die, Dad, I was wrong...”

Mu Dazhong started crying, his face smeared with tears and snot.

Upon hearing Mu Dazhong’s words, Mrs. Lin was very displeased.

Although her brother was caught, was this matter only his responsibility?

”Mu Dazhong, if it weren’t for colluding with that thug Wang Dali, would this have happened? My brother initially meant well to help you make a fortune, and you say such things!”

The spouses began arguing again.

Mr. Mu picked up the water glass on the table and smashed it hard on the floor.

”Enough, you two! I’ll report this matter to the authorities, how the government says to deal with it, is how it will be handled!”

Having said that, Mr. Mu left the room of the second branch.

Mu Dazhong rushed forward and grabbed Mr. Mu’s leg.

”Dad, please don’t go, I am your son, your own son...

If you go and inform the authorities, my life will be ruined! Gou Dan will lose his dad, you’ll lose your son, Xiao Zao will lose her husband...

Dad, I beg you, let me have a chance!”

Mr. Mu’s chest ached terribly, his son, whom he raised himself, had killed so many people, yet still thought of evading responsibility!

Oh, his Mu Family, what kind of sin have they committed!

”Dad, I beg you, save me, I don’t want to die...”

Mu Dazhong clung to Mr. Mu’s leg like a scoundrel, refusing to let go.

He kneeled, he pleaded, all in an effort to survive.

But at this point, there was no way to reverse the outcome!

”Second, I can’t help with this matter, as for how to let you live a bit longer, I don’t know either, we’ll have to discuss it with other family members!”

With that, Mr. Mu pulled his foot out from Mu Dazhong’s grasp.

He went first to call the fourth branch, then went to find Mu Danian.

Mu Danian had just filled a bucket with manure, and had been speaking with Qin Xianglan.

When Mr. Mu arrived, Qin Xianglan just walked away blushing, ruining Danyan’s plans of sweet-talking her.

But since Mr. Mu called, Danyan naturally had to go.

Perhaps, he might even say something about going to the county.

After gathering the Old Mu Family members, they reached the third branch.

Mr. Mu really couldn’t bring himself to do this, but if he didn’t, his son would be lost!

Thinking it over, Mr. Mu decided to go to the third branch, even if it meant refusal, he had to go, especially since Mr. Mu trusted his son Mu Dashan.

He was the best to him among all the sons, maybe he would listen!

...

When Mr. Mu arrived at the third branch, Mu Shuangshuang happened to be out, having gone to the mountain to collect mushrooms and black fungus.

This didn’t result in Mr. Mu being turned away; he briefly explained Mu Dazhong’s situation to Mu Dashan and asked him to visit and see if he could offer any advice.

Mu Dashan initially wanted to refuse, but Mr. Mu’s gaze never left him, and upon perceiving his father’s unstable emotions, Mu Dashan decided to follow.

At this moment, in the main room, Mu Dazhong, Mrs. Lin, Mu Dajiang, Mrs. Liu had all found their respective places.

Old Mrs. Mu wasn’t present; earlier Mr. Mu used the brazier to scare her, unexpectedly causing her to wet her pants.

Mr. Mu went to find Mrs. Lin in Mu Dazhong’s room, to help Old Mrs. Mu change her clothes, who would’ve thought, to catch Mrs. Lin mentioning those words.

Once Mu Dashan and Mr. Mu arrived, everyone was there!

”You all say, how do we handle this matter, I’m old, I can’t think of anything!” said Mr. Mu.

”As long as you don’t hand me to the authorities, I’ll leave, I’ll leave the Mu Family immediately!” Mu Dazhong was the first to speak.

As soon as he spoke, Mr. Mu knocked him on the head harshly with a dry tobacco pipe.

”Nonsense! If you leave, when the authorities come looking for us, who will take the blame for you? Your wife, your son? Or me and your mother?”

Mu Dazhong felt the pain, realizing that whatever he said was useless!

He then turned his gaze to Mu Danian.

Mu Danian was quick-witted, surely had many ideas.

”Dad, I think, this matter doesn’t necessarily require sending our second brother out! After all, he’s part of the Mu Family, neither you nor mom are young, honestly, would you really let the second brother die, the elder sending off the younger?”

”That’s right, Fifth is right, Dad, you must save Daddy Gou Dan!” Mrs. Lin also said.

”You want to save him, but who will save the whole family he killed?” Mr. Mu questioned.

”At most, every year and festival, we burn incense for them, besides, it’s not like the second brother acted alone!

Wasn’t it everyone who worked together to mine? One shovel here, another shovel there, who knows who held the shovel that struck the final blow!” Mu Danian said.

”Furthermore, aren’t we about to leave for the county? Once we leave, the people from Mountain Village won’t be able to find us!”

Mu Danian’s twisted logic sounded convincing.

Even Mu Dazhong felt it was right.

”Dad, in the past I was a little irresponsible, but what Fifth says is correct, among all this, we don’t know if the final shovel was mine, what if I had no involvement, do you want me to take the blame for them?”