mtl008 Chapter 618 Bizarre Remarks
Chapter 618 Bizarre Remarks
Du Mingxian felt that Aunt Liu was completely irrational. "Is it possible that she is angry about his biological father's situation, and that's why she wants the child to atone for his parents' sins?"
"What does it have to do with children when it comes to adult matters? So what if the eldest young master knew a long time ago that he wasn't the master's biological son? The eldest young master has always been very filial to the master."
"Moreover, the eldest young master treats the master with the same respect as his own father. How could the master be so heartless? I can't understand it. How could someone have such a father?"
As Aunt Liu spoke, she became increasingly agitated. "Over the years, the master has not had a son. He only has one child, the eldest son, and all the others are daughters. Now that he knows the eldest son is not his child, he actually wants to raise his daughters to inherit the family business. This is outrageous!"
Du Mingxian quietly shifted her position, moving a little further away from Aunt Liu. She hadn't sensed anything wrong with Aunt Liu before, but today she felt that Aunt Liu was truly seriously ill.
How can you think like that? A perfectly healthy son, suddenly finding out he's not your own—any man would find that hard to accept. What's wrong with raising your own daughter?
"If the eldest son isn't Master Zhao's, then doesn't Master Zhao have other concubines in his harem, none of whom have given birth to a son?"
That makes it somewhat unusual.
"Yes, one of the concubines gave birth to a son, but he died shortly after birth. None of the concubines after that had a son."
Du Mingxian sensed something was wrong. "How many children does Master Zhao have?"
"Three daughters and one son."
"How many concubines?"
"There are nine others besides me."
Du Mingxian's gaze towards Aunt Liu was rather strange this time. Even if Aunt Liu didn't have children for Master Zhao, couldn't other women have children too?
That's a bit ridiculous.
Even if half of the nine women are unable to conceive for other reasons, half of them are still capable of having children. If each woman can have two children, they can still have nine children.
Therefore, there must be a scheme behind these children.
"That's quite a lot. So many, yet they didn't have many children. It's a real shame."
Aunt Liu disagreed with Du Mingxian's words, saying, "There's nothing to regret. It's okay if she can't have children, since we don't have a son anymore."
You have a serious illness, you're mentally ill.
Du Mingxian was cursing inwardly, but she couldn't show it on her face. Unwilling to continue the conversation, she quickly asked, "You came here today because..."
“Our master greatly respects the county magistrate. Since I cannot see him, I would like to ask for your help, madam, to see if the magistrate could persuade our master.”
"He was so heartless as to kick out a child he had raised himself. The child had nothing, and he was unwilling to give the child even a little bit of his property. He just let the child go like that. It was too cruel."
Du Mingxian had just taken a sip of tea when she spat it out. She turned around in disbelief, "Are you...are you alright?"
"What could possibly be wrong with me?" Aunt Liu turned to look at her.
Du Mingxian really wanted to say, "If you hadn't changed, I would have thought you had a new soul. What kind of bizarre statement is this?"
"You're fine, but I have to tell you, we definitely can't and shouldn't interfere in your family's affairs."
"This isn't a family matter. If the master is unwilling to give the child even a little bit of his inheritance, what if something happens to the child? The yamen will have to worry about it too, won't they?"
Du Mingxian couldn't help but ask, "You...you used to go out and talk business with others like this before?"
"No, Tan Sheng doesn't do that."
She finally understood that some people are only born to do one thing, and it's not good if there are too many people doing it. Aunt Liu in front of her was such a person.
"I'm telling you this clearly now, no."
Aunt Liu was upset that Du Mingxian would reject her so bluntly, but she still forced a smile and explained, "I... I had no other choice but to come up with this idea. If... if there was any other way, I wouldn't have done this."
"Yes, I understand. Don't worry, I sympathize with you, but there's nothing I can do to help you."
Young Master Zhao knew long ago that he was not Master Zhao's child. If he had been honest with him when he was young, things might not have come to this. If he had been more sincere and treated Master Zhao well, and put himself in his shoes, he would surely have won his heart.
As it turns out, this person knew about it a long time ago but never told Master Zhao, which shows that he always wanted to take advantage of all the good resources of the Zhao family.
Not a good thing either.
Seeing that Du Mingxian spoke so bluntly and seemed unwilling to help, Aunt Liu felt extremely distressed and burst into tears. "I... I don't know what to do now. I don't have many people in the county who can speak for me. I feel so distressed that I wanted to come and talk to you, Madam."
Thank you so much for letting me see what weirdos are like once again.
How come I never noticed this before?
And what do you mean by having no friends? That's a lie.
"You go ahead and I'm listening."
It's okay to chat about gossip.
“I thought the eldest young master wouldn’t be able to live alone outside. If the master kicks him out, I will go and take care of him. But the master won’t allow it. I am a concubine of the Zhao family. My stay or leave depends on the master’s approval.”
Du Mingxian turned to look at her, "Since you're worried he can't manage alone, then send someone to take care of him. Why do you have to go yourself? Or is it that you have other feelings for him that you don't want anyone to know?"