Contentment with modest wealth

Chapter 405 Leave it!
Yingzi went to the private residence and never came back.

As night deepened, Lu Ying finally realized that something was wrong.

Because Yingzi is honest and meticulous in her work, as she did before, she made a point of coming to report her intentions before going to the private residence. So, she promised to come back after taking a look, and she will definitely return as long as the sky doesn't fall.

The sky hadn't obviously fallen, but midnight had come, and she still hadn't been seen.

Lu Ying tossed and turned in bed, and Li Mama got up several times to check on her. Finally, Lu Ying lifted the covers and got out of bed.

Yan Qu rushed in at this moment, and Li Mama, who opened the door, was thrown to the ground by him. With bloodshot eyes, he grabbed Lu Ying's arm and started hitting her.

"You wretch! You killed my mother! You killed my mother! I will tear you to pieces!"

Lu Ying was caught off guard and pushed down. She saw that his clothes were disheveled and he only had an ebony hairpin in his hair. She didn't know which woman's bedside he had gotten up from.

She turned around and swung the chessboard beside her, glaring at him with a ferocious expression like a demon: "If you dare to touch me, I'll take you down with me!"

Yan Qu trembled all over, his eyes bloodshot. He went outside, snatched a whip, strode up to her, and lashed her with it!
The whip was extremely long, and when it was swung over, it bound Lu Ying's waist.

Lu Ying was thrown to the ground, her face hitting the table leg, and she was whipped again. The chessboard had long since been scattered.

"You killed my mother, and you still want to leave the Yan family? You're dreaming!"

The whip lashed out again.

The servants came into the room, but they all stood around the doorway, afraid to come in.

Lu Ying was so shocked that her whole body went cold. She was held by Li Mama, who rushed over, and dodged around. Yan Qu's words kept replaying in her mind, and she was still in a daze.

No one in the family except Yan Liang suspected this fact, let alone that Lu Ying was the murderer. How did Yan Qu know this?
Has something really happened at the private residence?

Did Yan Liang really meet with Lu Jie at night to use her crime as leverage against him?
"Master!"

The servants, who had been watching with their hands clenched, suddenly began to make noise one after another.

The crowd parted into two groups, revealing the entrance. Yan Liang stepped across the threshold.

"Brother!" Yan Qu suddenly turned around, "You knew the truth all along, why didn't you say so? Why didn't you kill her to pay for Mother's life!"

"Take him out."

Yan Liang handed the riding whip to the servants behind him: "All of you, step back!"

No one had ever seen him with such a cold expression. Yan Qu was dragged out without a word, and the servants all left.

Lu Ying got up from the ground, and Li Mama tried to help her sit in a chair, but Lu Ying pushed her away while looking at Yan Liang: "Are you here to kill me too?"

Yan Liang looked at her disheveled hair and her face, now bearing new scars: "Then do you think you deserve to die?"

Lu Ying gripped the edge of the table tightly with both hands, her teeth chattering.

Yan Liang raised his hand and brushed her disheveled hair aside, revealing her terrified eyes without any cover.

“When I was a child, my grandfather sent me to study at an academy outside the city. I rarely came back. I also knew that my grandfather’s adopted daughter had a daughter, who was also my cousin.”

“When I came back from the academy, you were already five years old. You were very clever and knew how to please the old lady. Even at such a young age, you were well-mannered and knowledgeable. When you competed with your younger siblings in reciting poems, you always won the most times.”

"When I heard that my parents were going to marry you off to the third son, I was happy for him and for the Yan family."

"Before I went to see your father just now, I changed my mind. I think that having a child with you, raising him together, and protecting him as he grows up might not be such a bad thing."

“I know there was a reason for what happened that day. If your father can compromise, that would be perfect. The Yan family can be relieved of a crisis, and I can stop worrying about it.”

His words flooded Lu Ying's mind like a demonic chant, and her pale lips trembled as she asked, "Did he...did he agree?" Yan Liang's hand slid up her neck. "Do you want him to agree?"

Despair welled up inside her, and she bit her lip until it bled.

Yan Liang wiped away the bloodstain with his thumb, the icy touch from his fingertip as cold as his words.

"...Who are you?!"

A panicked shout came from the courtyard.

Immediately afterwards, a series of heavy footsteps quickly approached the door.

Yan Liang turned his head and saw Shen Zhui, who had once led people to cause trouble at the Yan residence, now barging in again with a large number of guards.

He abruptly withdrew his hand: "How did you get in?"

Shen Zhui angrily pointed at him and cursed, "You lecherous scoundrel! How dare you disrespect my brother's sister-in-law!"

As soon as she finished speaking, a group of guards rushed into the house and swiftly pulled Lu Ying over.

Immediately afterwards, all the people in the courtyard were also separated.

Yan Liang's face darkened: "I asked you how you got in?!"

Shen Zhui completely disregarded his anger: "My sister-in-law said that her sister has severed ties with the Yan family and must be taken back immediately. I am here to pave the way on my sister-in-law's orders!"

"As for how I got in, I just tried pushing your front door and it wasn't closed very tightly, so I just came in!"

What does it mean if the door is not closed properly?

It was clearly him who smashed it open with sheer brute force!
Yan Liang clenched his fist and stepped out the door, glaring angrily at his servants: "Are you all dead?!"

"I already said I needed to pick them up immediately. Young Master Yan is a straightforward person, shouldn't he have left the door open for me beforehand?"

Lu Jia has already walked in.

The morning light, combined with the lantern light, shone on her, making her, dressed in splendid clothes, shine brightly as she walked in with her head held high.

Behind her was Shen Qingzhou, who was accompanied by a large number of guards, and he seemed to be her guardian angel.

The commander of the guards in the mansion had already arrived with his men after hearing the news, but the Shen family has always been good at manipulating things. As soon as they entered, everyone quickly found their positions, and the commander of the guards could do nothing about them.

"elder sister!"

Lu Jia quickly reached the door, and Lu Ying, who had already run out, burst into tears and rushed towards her.

Lu Jia hugged her and then helped her stand up straight: "Go pack your things, I'm here to take you home."

"We'll take what we can, and leave the rest behind. Anyway, our second and third uncles will come to help with the handover of the dowry later."

"We must not linger in this man-eating cage for even a moment longer!"

"How is this going?"

Neither Yan Liang nor Yan Qu made their points clear. Lu Ying only knew that they understood she was the murderer, but she didn't understand why she was allowed to go back!

Why were her second and third uncles still able to help her hand over her dowry?!

Lu Jia took out the divorce papers: "Because from now on, you will be a young lady of the Lu family again."

"Today you can leave here with your head held high and return to the Lu family with your head held high. No one in the Yan family can hold you back anymore!"