Chapter 245: Reporting the Official Is Also a Futile Report

The present Tian Sanzhuang is just acting like a person while clutching his tail.

Except for going back to the Tian Family to flaunt his prestige, he dares not provoke anyone.

In the blink of an eye it's October, the autumn air is crisp, and every afternoon Ling'er rides a pony out for a stroll.

Finally Tian Sanzhuang seized the chance; this time he took a bowl from home, filling it with his own water, completely at ease.

He knows that when the weather is fine Ling'er will come out to play, so he waits not far to the south of Tianshui Town.

Seeing Tian Sanzhuang, Yuehong and Yuexia wear wary faces and ask, "What are you trying to do?"

"Nothing, I just think the blood test that day was inaccurate, I want to test again."

"Don't even think about it."

"So you have something hidden in your hearts?"

Tian Sanzhuang fixes his gaze on Ling'er, "Miss Ling'er, look, we look so alike, it's hard to deny a father‑daughter relation, and besides your mother harbors great hatred toward my Tian Family; she'll go to any lengths to stop you from recognizing me as father, what do you think?"

Seeing him become like that, they immediately let the servant girl and the old woman look after him, providing three refined meals a day.

That night she went to Taohua Village, and indeed her guess was right; after that bastard failed, he bought some wine and meat and went to the Tian Family.

"Live your life properly, stop mulling over nonsense; what's yours you can't escape, what's not yours you can't scheme."

What's going on? They look so alike, he feels a close affection toward her, so why can't it be?

With a flick of a finger the oil lamp inside went out; she has night‑vision, so even in the darkness she can see the people inside clearly.

When they lit the oil lamp, they saw three people lying on the ground, wailing.

"If it's not yours, make it seem yours; go find a Daifu for advice, just let the blood dissolve."

Village Chief Liu truly lost his temper, only to front the medical expenses, about to storm off, when Tian Laohan called out to him again.

Yuehong and Yuexia, anxious and helpless, as slaves must obey their Master's orders.

But there are some things he still needs to remind the Tian Family about.

"No way, if the East‑window affair is exposed, I'll lose my livelihood; beware of steering a ten‑thousand‑year ship."

I have to admit the truth: his daughter‑in‑law's arrival is thanks to her father‑in‑law; I heard she was injured, and it was also her father‑in‑law who instructed his young lady to take good care of her.

Qiao Mai returned home, sat in the courtyard drinking tea, and when she acted she took her time; she'll make them lie on the kang for a month.

Yuehong and Yuexia hurriedly advise her, "Miss, don't listen to him; that day the blood‑identification was already done, you're not his daughter."

Qiao Mai, listening from outside, could no longer bear it; how dare they scheme against her precious one, the Tian Family is truly disgusting.

In fact the quickest solution is to kill Tian Sanzhuang, but she doesn't want them to be freed so soon.

"No need, we didn't even see who it was; reporting the official is also a futile report,"

"Master, that man Tian Sanzhuang is still unrepentant; he intercepted the Miss halfway and tested the blood again."

Tian Sanzhuang's face darkened, he shook his head, "When that person rushed in and struck, the three of us had no strength to resist at all."

Village Chief Liu opened his mouth, wanting to ask whether they had recently committed some immoral act, otherwise why would they be retaliated against?

These years, Village Chief Liu regrets that he didn't extend a hand to help Qiao Mai; otherwise Taohua Village would have already basked in her glory.

No, he isn't willing to accept it!

When Tian Sanzhuang lay alone on the kang, he wondered whether it was Qiao Mai's doing; he heard that after leaving the Tian Family she has been practicing Martial Arts.

"What's going on with you?"

Otherwise, he first sought Ling'er, and then he himself got beaten.

She spared none, the wailing cries shook the heavens, drawing neighbors from all around.

Since the family split, only Tian Laohan and his wife live in this courtyard; when Tian Sanzhuang occasionally returns, he stays in the old house.

The three were in such pain they couldn't speak; people carried them to the kang and hurriedly sent for a Daifu. Even if they despise the Tian family, with an official like Tian Sanzhuang among them they cannot be looked down upon.

When Yuehong and Yuexia left, Qiao Mai stood up, clenching her hand into a fist; if she didn't punish that bastard, he would keep scheming against Ling'er.

Qiao Mai first knocked Tian Sanzhuang down, using old strength to strike at his vital points; after a few blows she was done, then turned to Tian Laohan and his wife.

"Shall we report to the official?"

Upon arriving home, they went to the back courtyard to report the matter to Qiao Mai.

"What if they don't come?"

They rushed in and gave them a good beating.

But why does the blood‑identification not blend? Once like this, twice like that, his own doesn't blend, not even the Qiao Shi's.

Tian Sanzhuang smiled sweetly, took a needle, pricked himself and Ling'er, squeezed blood into a bowl, but to his disappointment the blood still didn't blend.

"Otherwise we could find someone to do the blood‑identification; I heard that this servant girl appeared before the Qiao Shi, her bedding is new, the family seems well off; once the identification is done the blood will blend, then we can hold her in our hands. If the Qiao Shi doesn't want to discard this servant girl, they'll have to obey us, hmph!"

"Is she the one causing trouble?"

Otherwise, she would have turned and left long ago.

If it really was the Qiao Shi's doing, doesn't that prove Ling'er's background truly has issues?

She so doesn't want herself to get close to Ling'er, so can we say Ling'er is truly her daughter?

Just as he was lost in thought, Yuehong and Yuexia grabbed the reins and hurriedly took Ling'er back.

"Father, mother, why can't you say it could be?"

After the Tian family searched the Qiao family three or five times, this Village Chief just wanted to step in to protect the Qiao family, but Tian Sanzhuang showed up again, truly a back‑stabbing move.

Ling'er looked at Tian Sanzhuang's face and said, "Fine, this is the last time; if not, don't trouble me again."

"Still, Miss Ling'er's righteousness,"

"I'll pay, serve for thirty Wen a day."

Village Chief Liu finally stormed off from the Tian Family, "What kind of thing is this?"

Qiao Mai set down the book she was holding, "You really are giving up, I understand, you may go down."

When the Daifu arrived and examined them, Tian Sanzhuang's arm was broken, Tian Laohan's leg was broken, and his daughter‑in‑law, for her sharp tongue earlier, was slapped into a pig‑head.

"Dad, Mom, you have pretty good ideas, but Qiao Mai isn't the old Qiao Shi; she now has money and power, as monkey‑spirit cunning, so we should discuss it carefully."

"After Village Chief Liu finished speaking and was about to leave, Tian Laohan hurriedly called out, 'Brother, lend me the medicine money; when we can move, we'll repay you.'"

"She prefers a low‑heat, slow simmer, so she lets them watch her get better and better, watch Yuan Jiaqi climb the official ladder higher and higher, while they have not a single method of their own."

"'Later I tried again, it's the same; it's not my seed, what a worry.'"

"'Big brother, could you deliver a letter to the First Branch and the Second Branch, and have them come to serve.'"

"'Third Son, who exactly is it? Have you seen that person?'"

"Tian Sanzhuang was deeply moved, always assuming his daughter‑in‑law was ordering him around and looking down on him, but it turned out that in her heart she still had her own."

"It's not that she dislikes him; she was raised by her family to be willful and pampered, unable to feel for others or to care for them."

"'Yes'"

"When Tian Sanzhuang's daughter‑in‑law saw that she hadn't returned for several days, she immediately brought the servant girl and the old woman back to Taohua Village."

"It was truly too strange; Tian Sanzhuang was racking his brain, unable to figure it out, but one thing he was sure of: Ling'er was his daughter, and he must keep Ling'er in his grasp."

"The more you, Qiao Mai, try to stop her, the more she wants to rush ahead."

"Someday he will have Ling'er acknowledge him; there's plenty of time ahead, Ling'er is only seven, so there's no hurry."

"Ling'er, on the other hand, sometimes after class she zones out, thinking of that man and what he said, but she's still young; some matters make her head ache if she dwells on them, so she just stops thinking. After all, her mother doesn't like that family's people, so she doesn't like them either."

"(End of Chapter)"