novellhall Chapter 250 Kneeling
Chapter 250 Kneeling
"Old village chief, in this freezing weather, I traveled all the way from the provincial capital by train and then bus to Dongya Village, not to listen to your nonsense!"
"I'll say it again, if you don't tell me, then I'll ask you to go to the police station to tell me."
"Old village chief, my patience is limited! Or, I could send Huang Cuilan, who has gone to the mountains, to come here. Some things can't be kept secret forever."
Lu Congyue felt that his patience had run out.
He seemed to have the answer in his heart, but he needed to know more. That anxiety had been weighing on his mind for days, and he had to know the whole truth today.
How dare this old man?!
If that woman hadn't been Zhuang Qingxiang, if Qian Quan hadn't died, he would never have known in his life that he actually had a child...
His woman, with his child, was kept in the dark her whole life and spent her life with another man.
Anger surged to his head, and Lu Congyue could no longer bear it. He kicked the stool next to him away and turned to leave.
He stopped asking and decided to send the old man to prison!
Just as he reached the door, he heard the mournful cry of Old Village Chief Qian behind him.
"Director Lu!"
With a thud, Old Village Chief Qian knelt down behind him.
"Director Lu, I'm so sorry..."
Lu Congyue turned around and looked at the old man kneeling on the ground. He felt no pity, but rather a growing anger.
Old Village Chief Qian knelt on the ground, not daring to raise his head.
He served as the village chief of Dongya Village for half his life. In this village, he was the most powerful person, and everyone respected him. He could handle many things and also control them.
But now, all his pride and dignity are gone, and at his advanced age, he has to kneel down and beg for mercy.
I knew earlier...
I should have known better than to send Zhuang Qingxiang to Lu Congyue's house to be his wet nurse.
I should have just ignored Zhuang Qingxiang and that child's fate.
If only I had known... I shouldn't have agreed when Qian Quan knelt down and begged me...
Old Village Chief Qian was filled with remorse, but he still had to beg.
He begged Lu Congyue to spare him, considering his advanced age.
He begged Lu Congyue to spare him, considering that he had brought Zhuang Qingxiang and the child to him, allowing his family of three to be reunited.
"Director Lu, I'm so sorry, I'll kowtow to you."
Lu Congyue watched coldly.
He knew that no one would ask an old man to kneel and kowtow to him; it was said that it would shorten his lifespan.
If we encounter it, we will dodge it.
But he neither dodged nor avoided it.
Shortening one's lifespan?
If Old Village Chief Qian isn't afraid of shortening his lifespan by doing such heinous things, why would the victim be afraid?
Lu Congyue watched as Old Village Chief Qian kowtowed to him several times before coldly saying, "Then tell me."
The village chief, Qian, said tremblingly, "Director Lu, this was done by Qian Quan and me. None of my family members know about it. Could you please not hold them responsible?"
"Ha... So you want me to praise you for being discreet?" Lu Congyue mocked.
The old village chief, Qian, was so embarrassed that his face turned pale and then red, then pale again. Finally, he sighed and began to talk about what happened back then.
Qian Quan was infertile. The child his first wife had was conceived through a loan, but the man who paid for it turned out to be unreliable and abducted Huang Cuilan.
Qian Quan and his mother cried in front of him, begging him to find a solution.
In any case, all the money should be left for future generations to avoid being criticized by outsiders.
Old Village Chief Qian then pushed Zhuang Qingxiang out.
Zhuang Qingxiang doesn't go out much. She has a gentle and kind nature, and she's getting old and not easy to marry. No one in her family takes her seriously, so she's easy to manipulate.
Later, Qian Quan took the money and brought Zhuang Qingxiang home.
Having a wife is useless; you still have to have children.
Qian Quan insisted on not spending any money to hire anyone, only wanting to find a stranger, preferably someone who would never appear again.
She needed to keep things secret so that Zhuang Qingxiang wouldn't know, so she could feel at ease staying as his wife.
Zhuang Qingxiang is so beautiful that Qian Quan really cares about her and wants to keep her here to live a good life.
Later, Qian Quan set his sights on Lu Congyue, an outsider.
They said they came to set up a factory, but they left after it was built. They looked tall and strong, so their children must be healthy too.
Qian Quan knelt before the old village chief and swore that it would only be once. If he couldn't get pregnant, so be it. But if he did get pregnant, he would accept it even if it was another daughter. He would just stay with Zhuang Qingxiang and their two daughters and not think about anything else.
Since they were both men, Old Village Chief Qian knew Qian Quan's predicament and took pity on him, so he agreed.
That night, Zhuang Qingxiang was drugged and slept like a dead person, while Lu Congyue was drugged with two kinds of drugs.
Qian Quan personally carried his wife to Lu Congyue's bed.
After it was all over, he carried his wife home, then ran back to help the old village chief clean up the mess, leaving no trace.
Just as they expected, Lu Congyue felt something was wrong after waking up. He tried everything to find out, but nothing was discovered.
Zhuang Qingxiang became pregnant without knowing anything about it.
"Although you were somewhat uneasy and suspicious at the time, no one held you accountable, and no one mentioned the matter. Gradually, you let it go and stopped suspecting anything," Old Village Chief Qian said weakly. "The matter was considered over, and everyone was happy. Who knew that Qian Quan was so happy to have a son that he kept running into the mountains, trying to get some meat for Zhuang Qingxiang to nourish her body. In the end, he died in the mountains..."
Upon his death, Li Shufen, who knew her son's background, immediately turned against him, kicking Zhuang Qingxiang and the two children out of the house, and even bluntly saying that the two children were bastards.
Old Village Chief Qian was almost furious. He regretted not helping the family.
Zhuang Qingxiang originally had no family to rely on. After being kicked out by Li Shufen, she had nowhere to go. Seeing this widow and her child, Old Village Chief Qian finally felt uneasy. Just then, Lu Congyue asked him to find a wet nurse for his adopted son. After thinking about it at home for a few days, he finally made up his mind to send Zhuang Qingxiang there.
He was thinking that Lu Congyue was over thirty and still single, without a woman in his life, while Zhuang Qingxiang was beautiful and might catch his eye. That way, the three of them could be reunited by chance, and he could feel more at ease.
And he planned to take this secret to his grave.
This is so disgraceful that it could be fatal if it were told.
Old Village Chief Qian spoke for a long time before he finished, and he remained kneeling on the ground throughout the speech. Lu Congyue did not ask him to get up either.
After finishing speaking, Village Chief Qian looked up at him, his eyes pleading: "Director Lu, this matter... I was wrong. Even for the sake of the mother and son, could you please just let it go? I can tell you like them, so this is... a twist of fate that has brought you together..."
Lu Congyue laughed in anger.
"To grant your request? Do you still think you've done something right?"
Village Chief Qian: "..."
"You're truly disgusting," Lu Congyue said again. "Not only do you not discipline someone like Qian Quan, but you also allow him to harm others time and time again... Do you even deserve to be the village chief? Do you even deserve to be a human being?"