Chapter 374: with translation of chapter title

Li Ping, don't talk nonsense, how could our family possibly do such a thing, and moreover our family's Wenxuan is still a scholar, even less likely to do such a thing!

Zhang Guilian said stubbornly.

Just that.

Her heart wasn't as hard as her mouth made it seem; her own husband, her own son—what kind of people are they, how could she not know?

Although the Du father and son hadn't said anything to her, they might have had designs on her eldest brother's Mountain God Token, but if they obtained the Mountain God Token, they could gain enormous benefit, so the Du father and son might really resort to theft.

She couldn't help but silently curse—not that she was scolding the Du father and son for being worthless for stealing her eldest brother's Mountain God Token; what angered her was that the Du father and son stole her eldest brother's Mountain God Token, fled without even informing her, leaving her to take the blame.

She didn't care at all.

Would the angry Zhang family flay her and pull out her tendons!

Is this something a person could do?

This is simply an ungrateful father and son!

"Impossible?"

Li Ping's face turned cold, and she spoke in an unfriendly tone: "Well then, go ahead and say it—clearly last night it was your husband who volunteered, wanting to keep watch over De Ben's spirit."

Moreover, early this morning, neither your husband nor your son could be found, not even the cart tethered outside our door had a trace left, and De Ben even told me his Mountain God Token had been stolen!

This, this, this...

Zhang Guilian was still preparing to speak stubbornly, when countless random thoughts floated through her mind, considering what excuse to use.

"Sister-in-law, what's wrong, did Zhang Guilian offend you somewhere?"

Zhang Guihua came out of the room and at once saw Zhang Guilian with a red, swollen slap mark on her face, and spoke in an unfriendly tone.

"Guihua, you don't know, those Du family people are worthless!"

Li Ping could hardly conceal the disgust on her face as she said: "The Du father and son are beasts, using the pretext of keeping watch over De Ben's spirit, they pried open De Ben's coffin and stole the Mountain God Token placed inside!"

Since the Du family began to prosper, every time they came to her house, they acted with their noses in the air, arrogant and conceited, completely forgetting who it was that made their family prosper.

Afterwards, the brothers Chengze and Chengyong took over De Ben's business; the game they hunted, the Du family not only didn't raise the purchase price, but actually lowered it.

It was completely treating the Zhang family as suckers!

You have to know that over these many years, her family's De Ben has looked after the Du family's business; each time they sold game to the Du family, the price was far lower than what surrounding merchants paid, and her family's De Ben never said anything, believing, as he did, that they were all family and there was no need to quibble over such small matters.

Who made Zhang Guilian his own younger sister; as the elder brother, how could he not look after his own sister?

Every transaction, the Du family took the advantage, her family suffered the loss, but since De Ben always said that, she couldn't very well say more.

She never would have imagined.

Du Guan, that shameless one, even bullies his own juniors and still wants to take advantage of them; upon this, the Chengze brothers flew into a rage and stopped doing business with Du Guan, and she wholeheartedly supported it—if De Ben were to advise Chengze not to harm harmony among family, she would scold her own De Ben.

Fortunately.

Her family's De Ben wasn't yet addle-brained; on this matter he didn't say much.

She tacitly approved of the Chengze brothers' actions!

From then on, the relationship between her family and the Du family developed an irreparable rift; over the years, during holidays the Du family never came to her house again. She didn't mind—people like that ungrateful lot, having little contact, was a great boon for her family, lest they continue to suffer losses at the Du family's hands.

This time, facing the Du family's deliberate flattery, had it not been for her reluctance given that her man had just departed—although they had become the Mountain God of Lion Ridge, it was still better to avoid making a laughingstock, so as not to let outsiders mock him as the Lion Ridge Mountain God.

Who would have thought...

The Du father and son actually dared to do something worse than swine and dogs!

"What, that swine-and-dog father and son of the Du family pried open my eldest brother's coffin?"

Zhang Guihua's face changed drastically, her features contorted, and she lunged at Zhang Guilian, wanting to unleash the anger that had instantly welled up inside her onto Zhang Guilian.

Just then, Wang Lin, who had just come out of another room, saw this scene, was startled, quickly reacted, and grabbed Zhang Guihua in his arms, asking in astonishment:

"Guihua, what's wrong with you, how could you come into conflict with your second sister?"

Yesterday.

Zhang Guihua had just slapped Zhang Guilian, because her mouth was foul, she had insulted their family's Dongzhu; Zhang Guihua slapping her, he had approved, but last night Zhang Guihua seemed like a different person—not only did she stop insulting their family's Dongzhu, she even deliberately tried to ingratiate herself with the Zhang family.

You have arrived at this novel.

He could roughly guess what was going on.

He knew Zhang Guilian wasn't a foolish person; it was impossible for her to clash with their family's Guihua first thing in the morning, so how could their family's Guihua suddenly want to hit Zhang Guilan for no reason?

"Wang Lin, what are you doing? Let go of me quickly—do you know, this wretched woman, her husband and her son, have pried open my eldest brother's coffin!"

Zhang Guihua struggled with all her might, yet still found it hard to break free from Wang Lin's embrace; she shouted angrily, glanced sideways at Zhang Chengze, and said furiously:

"Zhang Chengze, are you still human? Your father's coffin has been pried open, and you don't even let out a fart?"

"Little Aunt!"

Zhang Chengze lowered his head embarrassedly; he wasn't angry, Zhang Guihua's tirade against him was warranted.

Upon learning that his father's coffin had been pried open, and the Mountain God Token that Adult Yu had given him had been stolen by the Du father and son, he felt murderous; seeing Zhang Guilian as an accomplice, he wasn't unwilling to act and vent his inner anger, but who made Zhang Guilian his father's sister?

His father valued family ties; even if Zhang Guilian were at fault, it wasn't up to him, a junior, to lay hands on her!

Actually.

What he really wanted to see was his little aunt giving Zhang Guilian a good beating; if Zhang Guilian dared to fight back, he would surely 'help out', but unfortunately Wang Lin arrived too quickly.

Wang Lin exclaimed in astonishment: "Guihua, you're not joking, are you? Du Guan, Du Wenxuan—what are they doing prying open the eldest brother's coffin? Could it be they want to destroy the eldest brother's corpse to vent their resentment?"

Seeing Zhang Guihua suddenly flare up, preparing to strike Zhang Guilian, he was still wondering whether Zhang Guilian had said something she shouldn't have, inadvertently insulting their family's Dongzhu; no matter how he thought about it, he never imagined it would actually be the Du father and son who pried open Zhang Deben's coffin.

This was something he could never have imagined.

He hadn't forgotten how the Du family had yesterday been so deliberately ingratiating—clearly they saw Zhang Deben become the Mountain God of Lion Ridge and wanted to take advantage of the Zhang family; how could they possibly do such a foolish thing?

Zhang Guihua said angrily: "They're after my eldest brother's Mountain God Token!"

"Mountain God Token?"

Wang Lin immediately recalled that yesterday Yu Die had handed the Mountain God Token to Zhang Chengyong, and the Zhang Chengze brothers had opened the coffin and placed it on Zhang Deben's corpse, saying:

"What use is this Mountain God Token to them father and son?"

(End of chapter)