章節 9: Betrayed (I)
編輯: EndlessFantasy Translation
Once Mu Zening believed that his wife had died from committing suicide, it meant that he decided to give up finding out the truth.
—There was no scheme, no murderer, and her death was only because she was willing to give up her life.
Yes. Mu Zening probably had his eyes set on the insurance already, so why would he consider the real cause of his wife's death…
Mu Zi was filled with resentment!
She had been betrayed! She had been lied to! She had been killed!
On the other hand, Mu Zening was enjoying another woman's sweet love!
The two people on the couch cuddled and comforted each other like a pair of mandarin ducks that crossed their necks together. They were intimate and in harmony.
In fact, they looked more like a married couple instead.
Mu Zi looked at them soundlessly. The resentment she felt was slowly turning into despair…
She could expose the scheme, and could restrain the murderer by law, but… She could not change the fact that her husband had betrayed her.
Mu Zi slowly adjusted her breathing.
She had always been one who pursued results. As things turned out this way, surely she should not be questioning her husband like a resentful wife: Why did you do this to me? Did you actually love me?
What a joke.
It would be pointless.
Since she had been revived, she would not bother about the feelings they had shared as husband and wife. She needed to find out the truth to make the murderer plead guilty!
The cuddling pair in the living room hurt Mu Zi's eyes, hence she decided to leave as she could not bear to watch them any longer.
As soon as she turned around, she bumped into the two daughters of the eldest son from Mu family—Mu Yun and Mu Ling.
In order of seniority in the family, Mu Zi was their aunt, but the sisters often belittled and scorned the adopted daughter, who was unsociable and introverted.
Mu Ling called out to her, "Hey! Ugly ghost! Why are you here?"
It felt terrible to be called an ugly ghost, more so when Mu Zi was in a bad mood at the moment.
Nonetheless, she ignored Mu Ling and headed straight to the backyard.
Mu Ling was furious when Mu Zi disregarded her, thus she shouted, "Stand right there! Ugly ghost, are you deaf! Did you hear me!"
"Were you calling me?" Mu Zi stopped to ask her coldly.
It was then when Mu Ling saw Mu Zi clearly, and she was startled.
She wondered, 'Holy! Mu Zi used to dress like a ghost every day, why did she become pretty after getting discharged from the hospital?'
Mu Ling found Mu Zi to be an eyesore because of her sweet face, so she yelled, "I was calling you! You're always scaring people by wearing black outfits, so what are you if not an ugly ghost?!"
She was two years younger than Mu Yun, but was more favored by Mu Rongxuan and had a bossy character.
"You have a great upbringing. When Big Brother comes home later, I'll praise you well," Mu Zi replied expressionlessly.
Mu Rongxuan was the director at the Green River City's General Office of the Justice Bureau, and he highly valued his reputation. He would surely teach his daughters a lesson if he knew that they had insulted the adopted daughter in the family!
"You dare tell dad about this?!"
Mu Ling was instantly enraged! She pounced on Mu Zi to pull her hair as a lesson!
However, Mu Zi reacted fast. She shifted sideways to dodge Mu Ling, then pressed her shoulder and kneed her. It caused Mu Ling to have an embarrassing fall!
The floor tiles outside the living hall were snow marbles, which were shiny and beautiful, but extremely hard at the same time.
Mu Ling went all out when she pounced on Mu Zi earlier, which made her fall hard to the ground and bleed instantly!
Before she could even shriek in pain, she tasted blood. When she wiped her mouth with her hand, she realized that it was covered in blood!
"Ah!!!"
The girl screamed as she was at a loss when she saw blood on her hand.
Her scream naturally alerted the Mu family's servants, as well as Mu Zening and Qiao Jingjia, who were in the living room.
Mu Zening yelled when he saw the mess, "What's going on!"
"Uncle! Did you see?! Mu Zi pushed me!" Mu Ling cried bitterly.
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