Contentment with modest wealth

Chapter 393 asks, "Who did it?"
Yan Liang waved his hand and ordered the people to be taken away, then went to the back garden.

As the head of the guards said, the mansion was heavily fortified on all sides, and it was impossible for an outsider to enter without leaving a trace.

Could it be that the commander of the guards is hiding something because he's afraid of taking responsibility?
He summoned the guard who had been on duty that night.

"This is your indenture. As long as you tell us how many people came and from which direction they entered, you will be free."

The guards knelt down with a thud: "We swear on our lives that no one entered that night! If anyone did, the big dogs under the wall would have barked, but they didn't make a sound from beginning to end!"

After going around in circles, Yan Liang finally returned to the eldest branch of the family.

I didn't close my eyes again that night.

The next morning, he went out on time to the mourning hall to pay his respects and offer incense. He bumped into Lu Ying in the alley between the two courtyards.

"My face doesn't seem to be swollen anymore," he said.

"The medicine you gave me is good," Lu Ying said. "I heard you didn't sleep again last night?"

Yan Liang nodded: "I can't sleep. Just like you, I see my mother as soon as I close my eyes."

Lu Ying lowered her head.

Yan Liang saw her neck; the back of her neck was still swollen, indicating that the blow had been quite severe.

"Go to your room."

Lu Ying was surprised.

As she entered, she glanced at Granny Li who came out to greet her, then went inside and opened the door wide.

Yan Liang closed the door. "Take off your clothes."

Lu Ying asked, "What are you doing?"

He took out the medicine, scooped out a piece and placed it on the back of his hand: "You have an injury on your waist, let me apply some for you."

Lu Ying's face flushed red: "No need!"

Yan Liang walked over and lifted her chin: "You were fine yesterday, and even said you wanted to have my child. Why are you refusing to give me medicine today?"

Lu Ying was forced to meet his gaze, and after a while her eyes reddened: "If you really had feelings for me, you wouldn't be so frivolous."

Yan Liang lowered his hand. "I just wanted to do something for you. If you're unwilling, I won't force you."

Lu Ying's throat bobbed as she placed his hand on her belt and then pulled his hand to untie it.

As her skirt fell down, she turned around, lifted the back of her dress, and revealed a section of her slender waist.

But what you see is shocking.

Her back and waist, which had been brutally beaten, were swollen much more than her face and neck.

"I wasn't lying to you, was I?" she said in a low voice. "That night was even more terrifying. I'm a rich young lady. Do you think I have the ability to lift such a large bottle and kill someone while seriously injured?"

Yan Liang watched silently for a moment, then applied the medicine to her. While he was applying the medicine, he suddenly turned her around and grabbed her.

Men are always incredibly strong.

Lu Ying instinctively stepped back, which caused her face to spasm in even more pain!

Yan Liang was right in front of him, his gaze sharp as a knife: "Even though you're seriously injured, you still resist with such strength. Lifting a plum vase is no problem for you."

Lu Ying's facial muscles trembled.

“You’ve always been ruthless. When you’re ruthless, you’d even kill your own mother. You’re not a weak person. If you were, how could you have caught my eye?” Yan Liang stroked the bruise on the back of her neck with his palm. “Tell me, who did this?”

Lu Ying gritted her teeth: "I told you! It was your mother! She was the one who wanted to kill me!"

"Still lying." Yan Liang tightened his grip, grabbing her neck from behind. "A parrot is missing from the back garden. Where did it go?" "How should I know?" Lu Ying cried. "If you want to find fault, you can always find a reason. You can't see the pain I've endured; you'd rather believe Yun Dou's words."

"All my mistakes are because my surname is Lu, right?"
"If I were from the Jin family, you would never doubt me like this, right?"

She gave a bitter laugh, then grabbed a pair of scissors from the table and held them to her throat: "No matter how devoted I am to Yan Family Village, the end result is still death. If that's the case, why not die now?!"

She stabbed herself with the scissors.

The hand around her neck gripped the blade even faster!
Lu Ying sneered at the blood on his fingertips: "Didn't you say you couldn't tolerate me? What are you doing now? Are you going to frame me for assassinating you again so you can tear me to pieces?"

Yan Liang snatched the scissors from him, and blood flowed down his fingertips.

"I just don't want to have to deal with the Lu family again."

"You're still afraid of the Lu family?" Lu Ying laughed. "Look at how you treat Miss Lu! Have you ever been afraid?"

He took out a handkerchief and lowered his head to wipe the blood.

Then he picked up the skirt, went over and helped her wrap it around her waist. He also picked up her shoes, squatted down and helped her lift her feet.

Lu Ying kicked him in the chest!
He fell to the ground, then squatted back down and, without saying a word, lifted one of her feet and put it into his shoe.

"grandmother!"

The door was pushed open, and Granny Li rushed in.

"Young Master, what have you done?!"

Yan Liang ignored her, put both of Lu Ying's shoes on, and then stood up. "What is it?"

Granny Li bit her lower lip until it bled: "The second and third wives from the Lu family have come to pay their respects to the mistress. You must go out and receive them, Madam!"

Yan Liang glanced back at Lu Ying.

Lu Ying, her face cold, strode out the door!

……

After paying their respects in the mourning hall according to custom, the second wife of the Lu family, Zhou, and the third wife, Wu, were led to a side hall for tea by the stewardess of the Yan family who had been assigned to look after them there.

"I was unaware of your arrival beforehand and did not inform the Third Young Mistress in advance. The Old Madam values ​​the Third Young Mistress highly and has entrusted her with all the affairs of the inner quarters. I am busy and have arrived late. Please forgive me."

The stewardess served tea with a smile, and Zhou said, "We are aware of this situation, but the two families are related by marriage. How come it has been two or three days since the incident, and we haven't sent a message to the Lu residence?"
"Is this to prevent our marriage? Yingjie's father didn't know the reason and didn't dare to come easily, but he didn't want to be impolite, so he sent the two of us to go instead."

“Since Ying’er is in charge of all the affairs of the household, then this is her fault. When she arrives, we, as her aunts, will naturally teach her a lesson.”

The relationship between the Yan and Lu families has recently changed. Although no one in the household has said it explicitly, they have all heard about it.

Since it wasn't mentioned by their superiors this time, they didn't make a special trip to the Lu family to deliver the letter.

When Zhou said this, the stewardess could only force a smile.

Fortunately, a voice came from outside the door, "The Third Young Mistress is here," and the people inside looked up at the same time, which stopped the conversation.

Upon seeing the two women, Lu Ying immediately choked up and rushed forward, throwing herself into their arms: "Second Aunt, Third Aunt, you've finally come!"

Upon seeing the back of her neck, the two men stood up simultaneously: "Girl, what happened to you? How did you get hurt like this?!"

Lu Ying shook her head.

"Who hit me here?" Zhou pulled her to examine it closely, her right hand inadvertently landing on her waist, then she suddenly exclaimed in surprise, "What happened to my waist? How did it get such a big bulge?!"

Lu Ying was in excruciating pain: "I didn't want my aunts to worry. I just fell down the other day."

Zhou and Wu exchanged a glance, then angrily shouted at the stewardesses, "A perfectly good young lady from the Lu family came to our door with such injuries. Is this what you call being favored by the old lady?!"