The Abandoned Wife of a Military Family: Your disguise has been exposed again.

Chapter 285 Feng Huai's Background

She chuckled softly, "Feng Huai, Haitang treats me like an older sister, and I treat her like a younger sister. On the other hand, you have no relation to Haitang. Compared to you, I, as the older sister, am naturally more important. So your question just now was really unnecessary."

Haitang was taken aback and turned her head to look at Yunwei in surprise.

Yunwei smiled at her, her face sincere, "After we go back, I will formally recognize you as my younger sister."

A warm feeling welled up in Haitang's heart, making her feel somewhat unreal.

The princess wants to adopt her as her younger sister...

But she is of lowly status, how could she be a suitable match?

She opened her mouth, but the words of refusal reached her lips before she swallowed them back.

"Okay." After a while, Haitang lowered her eyes and replied with joy.

Feng Huai noticed the redness in her eyes, paused, and scoffed, "She's trying to win you over. Only a fool like you would be fooled by her words..."

"That's what I want!" Haitang glared at him and interrupted him coldly.

Feng Huai was furious and sneered, "How desperate for love are you to believe someone so readily when they offer you a little sweetness? You won't even know you've been sold out!"

"The princess would never sell me; it's you who might sell me," Haitang said bluntly before spurring her horse away.

Feng Huai's face was ashen. He stood there for a while, but when he saw Haitang and Yunwei's figures gradually disappear into the darkness, he gritted his teeth, muttered "I really owe you something," and finally rode off to follow them.

Fearing that Dongfang Du would catch up, Haitang dared not stop and spurred her horse onward, carrying Yunwei, galloping towards the capital.

After traveling all day without stopping at night, the horse began to tire around midnight, and its pace gradually slowed down until it stopped and refused to go any further.

Haitang was getting anxious and tried to urge the horse on several times, but it still wouldn't move, so she eventually had to give up.

After lifting Yunwei off the horse, she looked at the dark night and the desolate wilderness with no village or shop in sight. After thinking for a moment, she said to Yunwei, "Your Highness, let me carry you on my back along the side path. That way, we can avoid Dongfangdu."

Yunwei hesitated for a moment, "But carrying me on your back will make you very tired."

"Your Highness isn't heavy, I can easily carry you on my back," Haitang said casually, and then picked up Yunwei.

"I know there's a hidden cave not far ahead where we can rest for the night and continue our journey after daybreak."

Just then, Feng Huai led his horse out of the darkness and said in a harsh voice.

When Haitang saw him follow, she immediately became wary again. "What are you doing following us?"

Feng Huai's eyes twitched. He really wanted to turn around and leave, but his feet stubbornly remained rooted to the spot, refusing to move.

"I was afraid you'd be too stupid and get eaten by wild beasts, so I came to collect your corpses!" Feng Huai said irritably.

Haitang frowned, "You jinx!"

"Haitang, I believe Young Master Feng won't harm us. Let's go with him," Yunwei suddenly said.

"The Regent's Consort has good judgment, unlike that brat who always judges others with her petty mind!" Feng Huai's expression softened slightly, but her words were still sharp.

"Then we'll believe you this once," Haitang said, looking Feng Huai up and down with disdain. "But you're no gentleman either; at best, you're a hypocrite!"

Feng Huai: "..."

Yun Wei chuckled softly, "Alright, let's go."

Feng Huai patted the horse's back with a sullen expression. Only after the horse had run far away did he lead the two towards the cave he had mentioned. Even though he was still sullen, after arriving at the cave, Feng Huai still went to collect a pile of firewood and resignedly started a fire.

Flames rose, instantly illuminating the dark cave.

With Haitang's help, Yunwei sat down against the mountain wall.

Seeing Feng Huai's hardworking and conscientious manner, she suddenly asked, "Feng Huai, do you like our Haitang?"

Feng Huai paused in adding firewood to the fire, looked up, and glanced at Haitang with disdain. "You think I'd like a girl like that? Are you kidding me?"

Upon hearing this, Haitang secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

She also thought it was impossible; Yunwei was overthinking it.

Yunwei didn't argue with Feng Huai, but said, "I heard that you have married two wives, but you killed both of them. You are a widower and are indeed not worthy of our Haitang."

Feng Huai's lips twitched. "That's a really harsh thing to say. I have lost two wives, but I'm still very young, okay?"

"So, you really killed your two previous wives?" Yun Wei asked with a curious expression.

Feng Huai paused, then remained silent, gently scratching the ground with the dry branch in his hand. The firelight reflected on his face, making his thoughts unfathomable.

Haitang also looked at Feng Huai with some curiosity.

She knew little about his family affairs.

Because she had never been to the Feng family.

What she knew was all she heard from outside.

Yunwei thought Feng Huai wouldn't answer her question, and as she leaned on Haitang's shoulder, about to fall asleep, she suddenly heard Feng Huai's calm voice say, "Those two wives were given to me by the Lian family."

At this point, remembering that the two might not know who Lian Shi was, he explained, "Lian Shi is the current matriarch of the Feng family, my mother, and Feng Yin's birth mother."

Upon hearing this, Yunwei perked up immediately and pressed on, "So, you're not from the Lian family, and your birth mother is someone else?"

Feng Huai gave a bitter smile. "My birth mother was a maid of the Lian family. During the few years that the Lian family married into the Feng family, she did not have any children, so she sent my birth mother to my father's bed."

Not long after I was born, my birth mother died. Lian registered me under her name. When I grew up, I accidentally learned about my own background and suspected that there was something fishy about my birth mother's death. Coincidentally, at this time, Lian gave birth to another son.

After I had a son, Lian Shi stopped liking me. In the early years, she thought she couldn't have a son, so she raised me as her heir. She also told others that I was her son. Now that she had her own son, she naturally disliked me. But she couldn't get rid of me, so she arranged for me to marry two wives. Both of those wives were her people, and they were there to keep an eye on me.

They were also putting slow-acting poison in my food, so I decided to kill them all.

Yunwei and Haitang were both astonished after hearing this.

They never expected that Feng Huai had such a background.

Yun Wei said thoughtfully, "So, the rumors that you are arrogant, domineering, bullying men and women, and committing all sorts of evil deeds are all spread by the Lian family to ruin your reputation?"

Feng Huai said with a mocking expression, "My father still values ​​me quite a bit. When the Lian family realized they couldn't get rid of me, they did everything they could to ruin my reputation so that my father would despise me."

Yunwei and Haitang remained silent.

The children of aristocratic families may seem glamorous, but the internal strife within their families is something outsiders can't know about, and most of them can't escape the family's infighting.

"Then I misunderstood you." After a long silence, Yun Wei said apologetically.