The abstinent and powerful minister is cold and aloof during the day, but he adores her in his dream

Chapter 210 When was she defiled by her cousin?

"Snapped!"

As Wei finished speaking, there was the sound of a rattan cane striking her back hard.

When Zhiwan, who was in the inner room, heard the sound, her eyelids twitched and her heart jumped.

"Are you going to move aside or not?" Outside, seeing her son still blocking her way without moving an inch, Madam Wei roared in anger, gripping the rattan cane as if to continue whipping him.

"No!" Lu Zhan remained unmoved.

"You unfilial son, are you trying to drive me to my death?" Madam Wei lashed him with the rattan cane again in her anger.

Lu Zhan frowned slightly and said calmly, "Please calm down, Mother!"

"I, I, I..." Wei clutched her chest and said "I" three times in a row. Suddenly, she closed her eyes and fell to the ground. The rattan cane she was holding fell to the ground with a "thud".

"Mother!" Lu Zhan's expression tightened, and he hurriedly reached out to support her.

Wei's eyes were closed, and she remained motionless, as if she had fainted.

Lu Zhan's heart sank. He was about to reach out and take her pulse when Zhi Wan, who had heard the commotion in the inner room, could no longer sit still.

With tears in her eyes, she rushed out and asked anxiously, "Cousin, what happened to Aunt?"

Seeing her run out on her own, Lu Zhan had a bad feeling. He looked down at his mother in his arms and saw that his mother, who had been keeping her eyes closed, had opened them and was staring intently at his cousin.

Lu Zhan: "..."

Zhiwan then saw that her aunt had opened her eyes.

Meeting her aunt's astonished gaze, she froze for a moment, then lowered her head in embarrassment, twisting her fingers and timidly calling out, "Aunt..."

Wei looked at the little girl she had raised with complicated emotions.

When she saw the fruits and fans on the table, she had already guessed that there was a girl hiding in her son's inner room. She also vaguely thought that it might be Wan'er, but since she hadn't seen her with her own eyes, she still held a sliver of hope.

Perhaps I'm overthinking it, or perhaps the girl my son is hiding in the inner room isn't Wan'er, but someone else entirely.

But now, looking at the pretty little girl standing there, the last glimmer of hope she had was completely gone.

The girl her son hid in the inner room was truly his Wan'er.

Wei felt a mix of heartache, self-blame, and guilt; these complex emotions almost suffocated her.

Despite her best efforts to prevent it, she never expected her son to harm Wan'er.

Such a pure and innocent girl was defiled by her own son.

She closed her eyes, feeling disappointed in her son and ashamed before her good sister in the afterlife.

She has failed Min Fu in her trust.

After a long while, she composed herself, pushed her son away, and hugged Zhiwan tightly in her arms, her heart aching with heartache. "Wan'er, I'm so sorry, I've made you suffer. It's all my fault for being so negligent and not realizing that your cousin was such a beast in human form, causing you to be violated by him..."

Zhiwan was taken aback.

When was she violated by her cousin?
No, why didn't her aunt blame her?

She assumed her aunt had come to Jiangning because she had discovered her affair with her cousin and was convinced that she had been immoral and seduced him, and was there to hold her accountable. So when she rushed out of the inner room, she was prepared for her aunt's scolding and hatred. However, her aunt seemed to place all the blame on her cousin, showing no remorse whatsoever that she had been the one to have seduced him…

This was completely different from what she had imagined.

Zhiwan was completely bewildered.

Hearing his mother's words, Lu Zhan's temple throbbed, his handsome face darkened, and he frowned, saying, "Mother, don't talk nonsense! It's not what you think..."

"I'm talking nonsense?" Madam Wei was furious. After releasing Zhiwan, she glared at her son. "You dared to act recklessly, and you still blame me for talking nonsense?" With that, she bent down, picked up the rattan cane from the ground, and lashed her son's back viciously again. "You unfilial son, look at what you've done! How could you be so heartless? Wan'er is so young, how dare you treat her like this... I'll beat you to death today!"

The sound of the rattan whipping against her flesh sent shivers down Zhiwan's spine.

Seeing that her aunt was about to continue hitting her cousin, and that her cousin didn't know how to dodge, she panicked and mustered her courage to speak up: "Aunt, please stop hitting him. It's not what you think. My cousin didn't abuse me. In fact, I... I also bear some responsibility for this..."

"You silly girl, you're the one who got taken advantage of and suffered a great loss. How can you speak up for this unfilial son? It's clearly this unfilial son who has disgraced himself and done such a despicable thing. Why are you taking all the blame on yourself?" Madam Wei was extremely distressed. "Don't be afraid of him. Your aunt will stand up for you!"

Zhiwan: "..."

She couldn't help but steal a glance at her cousin, only to find that he was also looking at her.

Their eyes met, and Zhiwan paused for a moment before turning her head away guiltily to avoid his gaze.

It seems she...didn't suffer any loss.

In her dreams, she had taken advantage of her cousin quite a bit.

Seeing the girl guiltily avoid his gaze, Lu Zhan paused, also recalling what his cousin had done to him in his dream.

"Lu Zhan, kneel down!" Madam Wei gripped the rattan cane, pointed at Lu Zhan, and shouted in a deep voice.

Lu Zhan lifted his robe and knelt down.

Seeing this, Zhiwan clenched her handkerchief. Then she saw Wei Shi holding a rattan cane and beating her cousin on the back. She quickly reached out and grabbed Wei Shi's arm, pleading for her cousin, "Aunt, please don't hit my cousin anymore. You've really misunderstood. There's nothing between my cousin and me."

"Nothing happened? Then why were you in this unfilial son's inner chamber just now?" Thinking of this, Madam Wei felt unbearable heartache.

In her view, her son must have coerced Wan'er, and perhaps he had already taken Wan'er's body by force.

"It's because...because..." Zhiwan found it difficult to say, but still mustered her courage and said, "I was in my cousin's room because the neighbor's yard hadn't been cleaned yet. My cousin meant well, seeing that it was sunny outside, he let me rest in his room for a while. But I didn't expect you to come so suddenly. In my haste, I...I hid in my cousin's inner room..."

Madam Wei was taken aback. "Is that really true?"

Zhiwan nodded, "Absolutely true!"

Upon hearing this, Madam Wei felt relieved. It was good that it wasn't what she had imagined; otherwise, she would never have the face to see her good friend again.

But then she remembered something and frowned again. "Even if today's events were a misunderstanding, you did come to Jiangning because you were coerced by your cousin, didn't you?"

Zhiwan: "..."

Coming to Jiangning was certainly not her original intention, but it couldn't be called coercion either, at least her cousin hadn't threatened her...

Seeing the hesitation on her face, Madam Wei concluded that her son had done something wrong to her. She was immediately furious and scolded, "Lu Zhan, you've really grown up! You've actually learned to coerce a young lady. Have you completely forgotten your manners?"

If the facts weren't right in front of her, she wouldn't have believed that her son, whom she was always so proud of and who was always so well-behaved and polite, would do such an absurd thing!
(End of this chapter)