My whole family time-traveled! I became a god during my exile in a famine.

Chapter 196 Seeking Reconciliation

Xin Wenyuan was startled and quickly used a tree branch to stop Wu Zheng, who was walking forward.

"Who are you?" Why are you so excited?

This is my mother, not yours. Why are you getting so worked up?

Wu Zheng then took a closer look at Xin Wenyuan, and upon seeing him, he immediately put on a smile, "Isn't this my fourth father-in-law?"

"Hey, hey, stop! Who's your in-law?" Don't talk nonsense. His son and daughter are still young. Where did this bullshit in-law come from?

"Oh dear, this is like the flood washing away the Dragon King's temple, like family members not recognizing each other anymore." Wu Zheng said with a big smile, bowing to Xin Wenyuan.

Judging from his expression, Xin Wenyuan thought he really did recognize him and his mother.

He racked his brains trying to figure out who this person was, but after thinking for a long time he still couldn't come up with a solution.

"Mom, who is he?"

Yu snorted coldly, “People from the Wu family in the capital.”

With a deathly pale face, Nie held the hand of the eldest daughter, Xin Wanqing, and hesitated to go up.

Xin Nian quickly bypassed the onlookers and ran to her father's side. "Grandmother, is this that snob Wu family member?"

“Exactly.” The old lady responded to her granddaughter’s words without giving her any face.

"Which snob?" Old Xin was completely baffled.

Xie Ninglan walked up to the simpleton and whispered, "It's the Wu family that divorced your eldest niece and tried to steal your eldest daughter's dowry."

"Oh, oh!" Xin Wenyuan suddenly realized.

That Wu family!
He looked the Wu family members up and down.

Standing next to Wu Zheng were his wife and an elderly woman.

The tall, thin, unshaven, sunken-eyed ugly man next to him must be Wu Menyuan, the scoundrel who divorced his eldest niece.

He's not exactly good-looking either; his beautiful niece is a perfect match for him—a beautiful flower stuck in cow dung.

Standing beside Wu Menyuan was a frail, thin woman who looked as if she were drifting in the wind. Her face was as white as a dead person, and she was holding a kitten-sized child in her arms, who looked like she had just been born.

This group of homeless beggars numbered at least twenty or thirty people, and there must be more than just the Wu family.

As he spoke, many people kept their distance from the Wu family beggar, fearing they might be implicated.

"Your Highness, Grandmother, Fourth Uncle (my in-laws), it's so good to have met you all." Wu Zheng shamelessly tried to curry favor, his face plastered with a fake smile.

"Don't!" Xin Wenyuan quickly waved his hand to stop him. "Who said we're in-laws? More than a month ago, they kicked my eldest niece out of the house. There's no longer any affection between our two families."

"Fourth Uncle, you're really exaggerating. My son did this without my knowledge. Once I found out, I gave him a severe scolding..."

"What? Now you want to reprimand me? Where were you back then? Alright, stop talking nonsense. I've already given you the divorce papers, what's there to talk about?"

“This…” Wu Zheng quickly denied, “How can this be a letter of divorce? My son returned most of the dowry back then. If it were a divorce, he wouldn’t have to give me a single penny.”

"Hey, I have a short temper." Old Xin rolled up his sleeves, ready to punch someone. "Our daughter married into your family and worked hard for so many years, and then you just kicked her out without a word, and you even want to embezzle her dowry? You Wu family have some nerve!"

"That's not how it is, Fourth Uncle, really not." Wu Zheng quickly reassured him, "Isn't this all a misunderstanding? This letter of divorce was not approved by me; it was all my son's doing, so it doesn't count."

"The official seal has already been affixed, so it doesn't count? Have you no shame?" Xin Nian interjected sarcastically.

"Dad, why are you saying so much to them? You don't need to beg them." Wu Menyuan was furious and embarrassed. Especially seeing his ex-wife standing not far away, who hadn't even come over to greet him after all this time, he was even more furious.

"Shut up!" Old Master Wu roared, then turned to look at Xin Wenyuan with a pitiful expression.

"Fourth Uncle, I know my son wronged Qingniang a while ago. But he has realized his mistake now. There's a saying that it's better to tear down ten temples than to break up one marriage..."

"Shut up. You want to tear down ten temples for this messy marriage? Aren't you afraid Buddha will wake up in the middle of the night and beat you to death?"

Xin Nian's words made the people around her twitch at the corners of their mouths, as if they were about to laugh.

"Alright, enough of this nonsense, Dad. We should move on. Let's ignore these irrelevant people and not waste our time."

Xin Wenyuan nodded.

Unexpectedly, Master Wu was truly shameless. He kicked the resentful Wu Menyuan to the ground and then knelt down before Xiao Jinzhi, crying, "Your Highness, you must do justice for our Wu family! We finally escaped from that hellish place of Binzhou, running for two days and three nights without sleep. Now all we want is to reunite with our daughter-in-law's family."

Xiao Jinzhi, who was inexplicably asked to make the decision, glanced at him impatiently and said, "Everyone makes me make the decisions, then what about my life?"

Just keep making decisions for others all day long!

The Wu family, I never thought they were this shameless before, but today they're deliberately trying to cause trouble for the Xin family.

Madam Nie twisted her handkerchief tightly, her face turning pale with anger.

Xin Wanqing remained calm, supporting her mother and not uttering a word throughout, only coldly watching the Wu family members kneeling on the ground, who were skilled in singing and acting.

Seeing that she was doing alright, he started having wicked thoughts again.

But there are hardly so many things in this world that go exactly as planned.

Back then, the Wu family was afraid of being implicated by the Xin family, so they ruthlessly divorced her and sent her away. Now, they're shamelessly coming back to beg for reconciliation.

Xin Wanqing sneered, took out the letter of divorce from her bosom, spread it out and shook it, "The letter of divorce is here. Don't say that your Wu family has anything to do with me anymore."

"Wu Menyuan, don't make things too ugly. Now that we've parted ways, let's just wish each other well."

Wu Menyuan was furious upon hearing this.

He couldn't believe that his wife, who had served him for so many years, could utter such heartless words today.

When they kicked her out, she looked tearful and reluctant to leave. Was it all just an act?

"When have you ever asked me to turn back? It's all because my father remembers your kindness and wants me to give you another chance." Wu Menyuan stood up, his clothes resembling those of a beggar, but he had thought he was dashing and debonair.

Inferiority complex and arrogance.

Xin Nian gave him a four-word comment, too lazy to even glance at it.

Xin Wanqing was so angry she laughed, scoffing, "Give me a chance?"

"You should save this opportunity for your concubine, Aunt Liu," Xin Wanqing said sarcastically. "She's already given you a child, and Aunt Liu has worked so hard for you. Instead of treating her better, you keep arguing with me endlessly. Is that interesting?"

"Xin Wanqing, what kind of attitude is this?" Wu Menyuan roared in anger.

"Qingniang," Madam Wu said with a forced smile, "We've been family for so many years. You should at least save face for your husband in public. Otherwise, wouldn't we become a laughingstock?"

"Isn't your Wu family a laughing stock enough? Back then, you were cowardly and let me get you into trouble, so you kicked me out without a word. Now that you see I'm doing well, you want to shamelessly ask for it back."

"Mrs. Wu, you've got abacus beads flying right in my face."