Reborn as a Landlord-Chapter 88 - 49: Breaking Through_3

Chapter 88: Chapter 49: Breaking Through_3
She had inquired about all these matters yesterday, but thinking that Lady Zhang still needed to take care of herself during her confinement, it would be best to stay quiet, so she had suppressed these issues for the time being. However, today, upon learning that it was Lian Xiuxiu who caused Lady Zhang’s miscarriage, she could no longer hold back her anger and blurted out everything.
"My dear, is this what happened?" Lian Shouxin asked Lady Zhang.
"What’s this about beating? Listen to her talking nonsense! Wasn’t it just a push?" Lady Zhou said.
This was an inadvertent admission of guilt, and Lian Manman secretly curled her lips.
Lady Zhang suddenly burst into tears.
"Mother, just say it. If you keep it bottled up inside, you might get sick from it."
Lady Zhang then threw herself into Lian Shouxin’s arms and sobbed bitterly.
"What exactly happened? You and Xiuxiu..."
"I came back to cook, and I don’t know what happened, but Xiuxiu’s face was all contorted. I asked her what was wrong, and she said I had fake goodwill and pushed me. I fell, felt a pain in my stomach, and clutched it. I begged Xiuxiu to help me up, begged mother to fetch a doctor. Mother said I was trying to frighten her. Only after seeing I lost a lot of blood did she finally call Old Lady Wang..." Lady Zhang told her story in broken sentences.
So that was it. If Lady Zhou had promptly called the doctor, Lady Zhang might not have lost the child.
After hearing this, Lian Shouxin abruptly stood up and walked outside. Lady Zhou quickly followed him.
The commotion here drew out Lian Shouren, Lian Jizu, Lady Chiang, and Lian Xiuxiu from the Upper Room, and even Lian Yaya stood at the window sill, looking in their direction. Lian Shouxin went straight for Lian Xiuxiu, while Lady Zhou trailed behind him, grabbing the back of his garment, trying to pull him back. Then she stepped in front of him, shielding Lian Xiuxiu behind her.
"Old Fourth, what’s this murderous rage about? What are you going to do?"
"Mother, I just want to ask Xiuxiu a few questions."
"What’s there to ask about? Don’t listen to your wife stirring up trouble."
"Mother, I know better than you what kind of person she has been over the years," Lian Shouxin said, "Xiuxiu, I’m asking you, was it you who pushed your sister-in-law?"
Lian Xiuxiu turned to the side and said nothing.
"She accidentally pushed her, and your wife couldn’t stand properly. It was an unforeseen accident," Lady Zhou immediately said.
"After you pushed her, your sister-in-law begged you to help her up, to call a doctor. What did you do?"
Lian Xiuxiu started to cry.
"That didn’t happen," Lady Zhou said hastily, "Your wife is lying."
"Mother, how has she usually treated you, and how has she treated Xiuxiu? She even favored Xiuxiu more than her own children. Xiuxiu, how could you bring yourself to...?" Lian Shouxin said.
"She shielded her belly and threatened me with the child inside."
"Your sister-in-law was protecting her belly, and you couldn’t even lend her a hand. You let her lie on the cold ground?" Lian Shouxin’s hands shook with anger.
"I pushed and I didn’t help her up. Do you want me to pay with my life for her?" Lian Xiuxiu said, raising her face.
Lady Zhou gave Lian Xiuxiu a disappointed glare.
"Old Fourth, no one expected this to happen. Xiuxiu is young and doesn’t understand these things. Now that your wife is alright, you can still have as many children as you want in the future. This family must continue. As a brother, can you really beat or kill your own sister over this? It was me who said not to call the doctor at first. If you want to take it out on someone, take it out on me. Here, my face. Hit me on my face," she said.
Lian Shouxin raised his hand to slap, but seeing Lady Zhou like this, it fell weakly to his side.
The children couldn’t stand for this.
"You hit my mother, causing us to nearly lose her. Pay for my little brother," Wu Lang charged towards Lian Xiuxiu. Xiao Qi also followed, brandishing his little fists.
Seeing she had controlled Lian Shouxin, yet the children were coming at them, Lady Zhou hid Lian Xiuxiu behind herself, stood sideways, stiffened her neck, and confronted Wu Lang’s fists head-on.
"If you want to kill, kill me. This old one is worthless. Take my flesh to compensate for your loss," Lady Zhou said.
This incited Wu Lang even more. He had witnessed the bucket of blood being carried out yesterday, his eyes reddened. It was the blood of his own mother, which also contained his four-month-old unborn brother.
Therefore, Wu Lang didn’t care who was in front of him anymore and went for the punch.
"Brother!" Lian Manman quickly grabbed Wu Lang, and when she couldn’t hold onto him, she hugged him around the waist, "Xiao Qi, come here! Brother, let’s wait for father to come back. He’ll make a decision for us."
Lian Manman calmed down Wu Lang and Xiao Qi, while Lian Shouxin returned to the room to take care of Lady Zhang.
To give Lian Shouxin and Lady Zhang some time alone, Lian Zhizhi, Lian Manman, Wu Lang, and Xiao Qi came out from the West Wing Room. The four children sat in a row on the wall of the pigpen.
"Manman, why did you stop me just now?" Wu Lang asked Lian Manman.
"...If we had started fighting just now, you wouldn’t have even reached Elder Aunt when Nanny would claim you hit her," Lian Manman said, "Then she’d throw a tantrum and roll on the ground. With that, any right we had would turn into wrong." She had immediately grasped that Lady Zhou, knowing this matter could not be concealed, decided to use this method to silence them.
Wu Lang thought about it and realized Lian Manman had a point.
"So we’re just going to let this matter go?"
"Of course not. I already have a plan," Manman said, casting a cold smile toward the Upper Room.
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