Wanjin Lady

Chapter 13 Vomiting blood
Wen Yue was not worried that Wen Weiming would not agree.

Wen Weiming only had two daughters. Wen Wan was of marriageable age, while Wen Jing was still too young to make a difference. If he didn't agree, then all his decades of hard work would be in vain for the sake of his clan.

Wen Yue sent Wen Weiming to the carriage, then turned back and met her husband Qi Lanting head-on.

When the couple looked at each other, Qi Lanting felt relieved, as if he had taken a reassurance pill. "Did the second brother agree?"

Wen Yue was both happy and worried, with a complicated expression, "How could he have any other solution?"

The good news is that there is hope for Wen Wan to marry into the Qi family.

What I am worried about is Wen Weiming's health.

They were born of the same mother, so it would be a lie to say that there was no brotherly love between Wen Weiming and Wen Yue. Seeing Wen Weiming's emaciated appearance with sunken eyes, Wen Yue felt a pang of heartache.

It is not a legitimate thing for an eldest sister to calculate her brother's inheritance.

But seeing that the second brother was already dying, she couldn't let the tribe members get away with it.

Since the huge fortune earned by the second daughter will eventually be divided up by others, why not just give it to her to Qi's family?
At least Wen Wan is her biological niece, and she will never treat Wen Wan unfairly.

The second child is just stubborn.

Qi Lanting looked very pleased with himself. "The second brother only has two daughters, and he loves Wen Wan the most. He will never let her marry a boy with unknown background. Moreover, the clan members are pressing hard now. How can he have time to look for other families for Wen Wan? Right now, the second brother... is helpless."

Wen Yue rubbed her temples and said weakly, "Alas, it's like this... I have offended my brother after all. I saw that he didn't look very happy when he left just now. I'm afraid he also realized what we were planning."

"You're just too soft-hearted. Even if he notices, what can we do? The situation is beyond our control now, and Second Brother Wen has no choice! I think... we need to add fuel to the fire and have the clan members go to the Wen family and cause trouble a few more times. Then Second Brother will beg his daughter to marry into our family."

Qi Lanting was very proud of himself and felt that he had planned everything perfectly.

Thinking about how Wen Laoer had worked hard for half his life, and in the end he had to make wedding dresses for him, Qi Lanting couldn't help but feel happy.

He had been coveting Wen Laoer's house in the city for a long time.

Wen Yue sighed, "You decide."

Wen Weiming got on the carriage, unable to contain his anger any longer, and punched the carriage wall. Blood instantly flowed from the bones of his right hand. "This is too much! This is too much!"

"The Qi family... they're forcing me to have no descendants! They've got a brilliant plan. They're letting Wen Wan marry into the family and take the family fortune with her, so they can reap the benefits! I, Wen Weiming, have worked hard for most of my life, and in the end, all this wealth belongs to the Qi family!"

Wen Weiming didn't know who of the Wen Yue couple had started this, so he cursed Wen Yue as well. "I used to think of her as my closest sibling, but I never knew she was so treacherous and foolish as to help her in-laws deal with me!"

"They bullied me, Wen Weiming, because he was sick, and started threatening me, saying they would never mistreat Wan Niang. Bah, what a heartless and treacherous couple!"

Wen Weiming was already ill, and due to the anger, his abdomen was churning and he vomited a mouthful of black blood with a "wow".

The old servant was frightened and worried that Wen Weiming would get hurt, so he kept calling out for Wen Wan.

Wen Wan was delayed for a while at Qi Guili's place, so she came out late.

As soon as she walked out of the Qi family's gate, she heard the angry voice of Old Man Wen in the carriage. She thought something was wrong, and as soon as she lifted the curtain, she saw blood on Wen Weiming's lips.

"Father!" Wen Wan grabbed Doctor Yan and stuffed him into the carriage, "Doctor, please take a look at my father——"

Doctor Yan immediately boarded the carriage and carefully felt Wen Weiming's pulse. Wen Weiming leaned against the carriage wall, his face full of wry smiles. "Don't be afraid, Wanniang. Daddy is fine."

Wen Wan pretended not to notice, her heart pounding in her throat, only looking at Doctor Yan. "It's nothing, the blood you vomited actually cleared the stagnation in your lungs, a blessing in disguise."

Only then did Wen Wan breathe a sigh of relief.

She had a premonition about the Qi family's affairs, but now seeing Wen Weiming injured, Wen Wan couldn't help but feel distressed.

Wen Weiming still didn't give up and asked Doctor Yan again: "Did you go in and take Qi Laosan's pulse just now? Is he really sick or is he faking it?"

Doctor Yan scoffed. "What's wrong? The child is as healthy as a calf. I'm afraid he can live for a hundred years."

Wen Weiming's face turned pale in an instant.

The Qi family...from the very beginning...had no intention of fulfilling the marriage contract.

What serious illness, what studying, they were just means to control Wen Weiming.

Wen Wan couldn't bear to look at her adopted father's expression any longer. After Doctor Yan got off the carriage, she took Old Man Wen's hand and comforted him, "Father, there's no need to be angry with them. It's better to recognize their true colors now than to marry them later. Besides, the Qi family doesn't agree to Qi Sanlang marrying into our Wen family. Does that mean there are no other men in the world?"

Father Wen shook his head, "Son, you don't know, the Qi family has calculated the timing perfectly. They are certain that we won't be able to find another boy to marry into their family in a short period of time, so they are so confident!"

Old Man Wen's anger flared up again as he spoke. "How hateful! Every time my eldest sister comes here, she goes back empty-handed. I've treated her and the children well, yet she tricked me like this! If I hadn't worried about her and the elders ganging up on you a hundred years from now, I wouldn't have dared to offend her. I would have flipped the table and left!"

"That hateful Qi Guili is a piece of shit. He can't tell right from wrong, good from evil, and he actually colluded with his parents to bully my Wen family! He used to call me uncle and called himself a scholar. Pah! I'm not even dead yet, and they're already plotting against my entire Wen family!"

Old Man Wen scolded harshly.

Wenwan, however, couldn't empathize with him.

In her previous life, after she was diagnosed with stomach cancer, her boyfriend of six years left her.

He cried bitterly when he left: Wen Wan, I love you, but I love myself more.

It felt like he was the one who was dumped, not Wen Wan.

The perpetrator can become the victim by just crying a few times insincerely.

Wen Weiming lowered his head again and saw the little gadget in Wen Wan's hand. He knew it was made by Qi Sanlang. His heart sank, fearing that Wen Wan and Qi Sanlang still had feelings for each other. "What are you holding in your hand?"

Wen Wan looked down and realized it was the straw dragonfly Qi Guili had given her. However, she had been so nervous when Old Man Wen vomited blood that she hadn't noticed the dragonfly's limbs had been broken by her.

Wen Wan threw the dragonfly out of the car window without hesitation, as if she didn't care at all that it was a gift from Qi Jia Sanlang.

Wen Weiming was surprised.

In the past, the daughter treasured everything Sanlang gave her. But now she discards it like a worn-out shoe. Does this mean that the daughter has come to her senses and no longer misses Qijia Sanlang?

"Father, I've actually been prepared for this." Wen Wan spoke softly, "Madam Liu said there's a hunter in the West Mountain who's handsome and a decent man, but his family is a little poor, so his marriage has been delayed. To the outside, Madam Liu returned to her parents' home with a letter of release as a concubine, but in reality, she was helping me find a man from a nearby county."

In the Chen Dynasty, few women arranged their own marriages, and respectable families would not let concubines negotiate marriages. However, given the current situation of the Wen family, what respectability could they talk about?
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