Becoming the Villain's Discarded Wife
Chapter 308: Just Desserts

Chapter 308: Chapter 308: Just Desserts

Before Nanzhi left, she told Aze to report to the officials and have that ruffian arrested at the county yamen and wait for them.

Since the matter concerned the Trio Restaurant, Liu Jie didn’t let anyone else handle it, he just kept an eye on the hooligan by himself.

He recognized the hooligan, it was Cui Tian, who he had dealt with in Yan City before. After getting in trouble with the local thugs, and being disciplined by his own general, he had moved out of the city with a few others. He would only return every three or four months for a few days.

He didn’t expect to run into his sister-in-law right after he returned, and even made trouble in her place.

"Master, master, it was all a misunderstanding, it was all a misunderstanding," Cui Tian was a little at a loss being locked up in jail, just staring at Liu Jie shouting grievances.

"Misunderstanding? The Trio Restaurant has accused you of disrupting their business, defaming their reputation, and blackmailing them. Which part of what I’ve said is incorrect?" Liu Jie’s face was void of any smiles, he just looked at Cui Tian coldly.

"I, I...," Cui Tian had never thought that the Trio Restaurant’s backer would be Liu Jie, his entire face turned pale.

He just wanted to earn a couple taels of silver, but now he was caught up in this mess himself.

"Brother Liu." A junior government official brought Nanzhi and her party over, seeing Liu Jie, he only whispered, "Sister-in-law, you guys go ahead, I have to get back to work."

"You’ve worked hard." Nanzhi was about to hand some silver to the little official, which caused him to hurriedly take a few steps back.

"Sister-in-law, I can’t take this silver." Saying that, he quickly ran off.

"Sister-in-law, are you done with your errands?"

Hearing the sound, Liu Jie saw Nanzhi and her party, quickly greeted them with a smile.

"Sorry for causing you trouble." Nanzhi had a hint of apologetic expression on her face, with Wenchen absent, she always had to trouble Liu Jie.

"Sister-in-law, what are you saying? You don’t need to feel sorry, just come to me if you need anything. There’s no such thing as causing trouble." Liu Jie said somewhat embarrassedly.

Cui Tian, who was in the prison cell, had his last ray of hope crushed completely when he heard Liu Jie calling Nanzhi his sister-in-law. He felt as if he had lost his soul.

He felt that he was done for, completely done for.

In the past, he had been in jail, but could get out just by spending some silver. Now he’s a small shrimp that has offended a whale, trying to save himself seems unlikely.

"Master Lin, I was wrong, I was wrong, I said it, it was Wu Er from the Hongfu Building who sent me, I’ll atone for my wrongs! I’ll take you to Wu Er!" Cui Tian kneeled on the ground, tightly gripping the prison gate.

"You just need to cooperate with the government’s investigation." Nanzhi didn’t say whether it was good or bad, she only left this one sentence.

Cui Tian was not stupid, knowing he could spare his life, he quickly nodded.

It was too easy for the county yamen to kill someone, he hadn’t lived enough, he couldn’t just lose his life over a couple of taels of silver.

While they were signing the papers, they heard someone crying outside the prison gate, "Sir, sir, just let me see my son! I’ll bail him out, I’ll bail him out!"

Hearing the commotion outside, Nanzhi and Shen Yuntian looked at each other, seeing the same confusion in each other’s eyes.

Why does that voice sound so much like Mrs. Cui?

Hearing his own mother’s voice, Cui Tian cried out, "Mother! My mother!"

Liu Jie became somewhat annoyed hearing this. Seeing the odd expressions on Nanzhi and their faces, he gestured to the government official outside to let the person in.

Mrs. Cui took a few days off recently, mentioning to Nanzhi that her son was back, and she needed to take care of him at home. Little did she know, her son turned out to be the hooligan, Cui Tian.

"Ma-, Master." Mrs. Cui, wiping her tears, clutching her handkerchief full of silver and tremblingly walking into the prison. Upon seeing Nanzhi, she had a blank expression.

She heard from the yamen official that her son had offended someone important this time and couldn’t simply pay his way out like before. But how, how could it be the Master?

"Mrs. Cui..." Nanzhi had a complicated look on her face. She thought it was ironic to see such a pitiful sight of Cui Tian’s mother.

Mrs. Cui had been working at the Trio Restaurant for nearly two months. She was industrious and honest, and kind to others - how could she have such a son?

Mrs. Cui had said before that her son was doing business outside, but now it turns out he was actually a gangster!

"You unfilial son! What trouble have you gotten into again!" Seeing her son crying in the cell, Mrs. Cui felt a painful squeeze in her heart.

Her son used to be good. When her husband died when he was a child, there was only a steamed bun left at home. Her son was only just a little boy at that time. In such cold weather, he would still tearfully offer her the bun to eat!

But how could it be that now, when life is better, her good son has turned into this!

"Master, I didn’t know he was your son." Nanzhi felt awkward.

"Master, what, what has he done this time?" Mrs. Cui wiped a tear but didn’t directly plead for leniency.

"Mrs. Cui, your son took two taels of silver from the Hongfu Building, and at noon today he went to the restaurant and drunkedly harassed a young lady, scaring her. He even said he had broken his hand and demanded we pay him silver." The one who spoke was Shen Yuntian, Mrs. Cui had been good to them, treating them like she were their mother. He didn’t expect this jerk to be her son.

Thinking about how he had broken his hand, Shen Yuntian felt somewhat uncomfortable.

"You unfilial son! Why, why don’t you know how to change for the better!" Mrs. Cui scolded Cui Tian, but she herself cried even harder.

"Mrs. Cui..." Nanzhi felt somewhat troubled. Looking at Liu Jie, then looking at Cui Tian in the cell.

Originally, she wanted this hooligan to stay in jail for a few months, but now she was hesitating.

She knew that Mrs. Cui’s daughter-in-law might not be a good person. If her son ended up in jail again, she was afraid it would break the old woman’s heart.

"Master, you, you don’t have to worry about me. He did wrong, so he, he should stay in jail!" Mrs. Cui cried until her eyes were swollen.

"His father died young, and I brought him up by myself. I thought he could change for the better, but all these years, I’ve had to sell so many things because of him. Now, now I’m fifty, how many years can I still live! Cui Tian, if you have any conscience, just stay in jail, don’t, don’t mix with the bad crowd anymore! Let your mother, let me live a few more good years!"

Every word Mrs. Cui spoke broke her heart. This time, she had taken her wages and even her funeral savings, originally intending to bail him out. But she didn’t know if she could live long enough till the next time she saved enough silver.

Nanzhi didn’t speak. She just quietly looked at Mrs. Cui. She could not let Cui Tian off. Even though he told the truth, the consequences he caused for Miss Zeng were very serious. Even if the restaurant forgave him, why should Miss Zeng suffer this scare for no reason?

Since Mrs. Cui said so, it would be best to handle it publicly. She just hoped Mrs. Cui would not blame her.

Mrs. Cui left crying, leaving only Cui Tian in jail, like a soulless empty shell.

Even his mother didn’t want him anymore?