A Dream of Transmigration - Chapter 77
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Outside the window, the sun shone brightly, and a gentle breeze occasionally rustled the treetops, causing the leaves to rustle against each other.
On the table, dishes were laid out, and fine wine was slowly poured into glasses, filling the room with its fragrance.
Mrs. Zhan's smile became even more amiable.
"Yu'er, you've worked hard these past few days. You've finally escaped this ordeal. Come, have a drink first."
Zhan Qiuyu's handsome face still held a humble expression: "Your son is unfilial and has caused your mother worry. I should offer you a toast first."
“Alright,” Madam Zhan smiled kindly, “I’m happy today, Yu’er, you should drink too.”
"It is only right for my son to accompany me."
After saying that, he smiled and raised his glass to his lips—suddenly, the glass in his hand seemed to be hit by something and fell to the ground with a "bang".
A simultaneous shout rang out: "Don't drink it!"
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Not only was Zhan Qiuyu stunned, but Lin Feifei was also stunned when she saw the broken wine glass on the ground.
Who saved him?
She looked at the hidden weapon and saw that it was a greasy chicken bone!
"Crazy monk!" Her eyes lit up. "Come out here right now!"
"Amitabha!"
As the Buddhist chanting began, the mad monk indeed climbed in through the window and respectfully put his palms together in prayer.
"You're so smart!" Lin Feifei exclaimed excitedly, leaning on his shoulder. "If my senior hadn't reminded me, I almost wouldn't have realized you knew. You're so clever!"
“Unfortunately,” the mad monk said dejectedly, “this humble monk is not clever either.”
Lin Feifei was taken aback: "Don't be modest."
"Indeed, I am not this humble monk." He seemed to have suffered a blow.
Who is that?
The person behind you.
Lin Feifei hurriedly turned her head—long eyebrows and phoenix eyes, looking at her with a half-smile, who else could it be but Chu Ying!
Her heart felt like a spice jar had been spilled, a mix of emotions welling up inside. She immediately turned her head and realized that Lingyi had also walked in without her noticing.
"Did you also rush back?" she asked the mad monk.
"We haven't left," came the lazy voice.
Lin Feifei immediately felt frustrated. It turned out that he had suspected it all along, but he hadn't said anything while he was fantasizing!
Seeing them return out of nowhere and say such nonsensical things, Zhan Qiuyu was clearly surprised and looked at everyone in confusion: "Gentlemen..."
“If Young Master Zhan wants to know the reason,” Chu Ying interrupted him, pursing her lips slightly, “why not ask Madam Zhan to speak first?”
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Sure enough, Madam Zhan stood up with a smile on her face.
“If you had come any later, it would have been too late,” she said calmly, picking up the wine jug, pouring a cup of wine, and drinking it down in one gulp. Then, she slowly swirled the empty wine cup in her hand. “This wine contains a substance called ‘Thousand-Day Intoxication,’ which is extremely intoxicating. If an ordinary person drinks just one drop, it will be enough to make him fall into a deep sleep for the rest of his life.”
"Mother!" Zhan Qiuyu exclaimed in horror, "You..."
“I’m not your mother!” she looked at him with disgust. “You’re just that old man’s bastard!”
Zhan Qiuyu was stunned.
"Did you arrange all of this?" Lin Feifei couldn't help but ask.
She gave a cold laugh.
“That’s right. I spent over ten or twenty years setting up this formation. After the incident, that old man thought he had done too many bad things and was indeed afraid to make a fuss. I thought it was about to succeed, but I didn’t expect that I still couldn’t hide it from you.”
"You're asking Fourth Sister and the others for help?"
"Help me?" she sneered. "No, they have no idea that I lied to them. I pretended to sympathize with them and said I could help them get revenge, and they believed me."
Everyone was stunned.
But then she laughed: "Do you know who brought them into the house?"
“It was me, otherwise how could their fates be so coincidental, perfectly matching the five elements?” She laughed, her face full of pride. “That old man doesn’t love anything else, he just loves women. I only need to urge him on, saying how beautiful a certain woman is. It was also me who gave him the idea to kill their relatives and marry them. It’s just that because they are not locals, the surrounding neighbors don’t know.”
"How ruthless!" Lin Feifei shuddered. "What did they ever do to you that you would harm them like this!"
"It's all that lecherous old man's fault!" Madam Zhan gave her a cold look. "Back then, everyone knew that I, Liu Feixue, was the most beautiful woman in Lanling. This old man used sweet words to coax me to marry him, saying that he would only ever love me. I thought I had found someone to rely on, so I married him and gave him so much jewelry and money as a dowry. Who knew that less than a month after we got married, he went out and flirted with other women. I said a few words and got a beating."
"So this is what your husband is like," Lin Feifei muttered. "He deserves to die!"
"Yes, he deserves to die!" Madam Zhan took a few steps and said bitterly, "He no longer loves me, yet he refuses to let me go, torturing me to death!"
A moment of silence.
"Later, I finally met Brother Yun. He saw that I was covered in wounds and took pity on me. He wanted to help me escape from this hellhole."