Becoming the Villain's Discarded Wife
Chapter 329: Quirk

Chapter 329: Chapter 329: Quirk

Nanzhi was somewhat unstablished by the atmosphere in her own home. When she turned her head to look at her two brothers, she also saw a hint of reticence in their eyes.

During the meal, Nanzhi and Shen Miaomiao were both quietly observant of Aunt Zhuang.

Aunt Zhuang served Lin Yicheng three portions of food, and Lin Ercheng four portions during the meal, even making sure to serve the children. However, she ignored the five women sitting at the table completely.

Strangely enough, her mother and sisters-in-law didn’t seem displeased at all.

This discovery deepened Nanzhi’s confusion, but she didn’t feel it was appropriate to ask her father directly. She had to wait until after the meal and only then could she and Shen Miaomiao began to investigate Aunt Zhuang’s actions.

After the meal, Sun Cui returned to her room to rest, Lin Ercheng disciplined his son and also went to take care of him, and Chen Qiulan went to supervise the children’s studies. Suddenly, only Nanzhi, her mother, and Lin Yicheng were left in the living hall.

"Mother, doesn’t something seem off at home?" Nanzhi asked.

Nanzhi’s mother lifted her eyelids, looking somewhat perplexed as if she had never expected her to ask such a question: "What’s wrong at home? Miaomiao’s eyes are swollen like this, she should rest early, that’s the proper thing."

"Mother, don’t you think there’s something wrong with Aunt Zhuang?" Nanzhi wasn’t sure how to put it, so after hesitating for a long time, she only said: "Isn’t Aunt Zhuang too attentive to father and my brothers?"

As soon as Nanzhi’s voice fell, her mother paused her movements and quietly replied: "She’s had a hard life too. In her early days, her parents sold her for two taels of silver to a local bully. That man was a scoundrel, either beating or scolding her. Later, the man sold her because of his gambling debts. I think she might have been beaten at home and felt threatened, so she tried to be extra nice to your father and brothers."

Nanzhi didn’t believe her mother’s explanation.

Nanzhi’s mother didn’t say anything more, she just continued her embroidery. Because Shen Miaomiao’s eyes were hurting, Nanzhi sent her to rest in her room. As she just closed the door, she saw her eldest brother hiding in a corner beckoning her.

"Brother? What are you doing here?" Before Nanzhi could continue asking, Lin Yicheng pulled her into the corner and signaled her to keep quiet.

Nanzhi closed her mouth, her eyes questioning him about his strange behavior. Lin Yicheng peeked around the corner and then whispered: "Nanzhi, I suspect that Aunt Zhuang is not a good person!"

Lin Yicheng’s face was serious, which made Nanzhi frown.

It had only been half a month since she bought Aunt Zhuang home, could something have happened in that time?

"Brother, what’s going on?"

Lin Yicheng was red in the face, pulled at Nanzhi and moved to the backyard discreetly.

Before she could figure out what was happening, Nanzhi found herself pulled by her brother to hide in the side room.

"Nanzhi, observe what Aunt Zuang is doing." Lin Yicheng’s face was already flaming red, a mixture of embarrassment and annoyance.

At first, he didn’t believe what his father had told him, until one evening, he happened to catch Aunt Zhuang in action.

Nanzhi peered through the crack in the window to see Aunt Zhuang sitting by the well, washing clothes.

Although it was dark, she could still make out her movements clearly.

Everything was normal until she saw Aunt Zhuang pick up a pair of underwear and sneakily sniff it, which shocked her.

"Bro...brother, is that..." Nanzhi pointed at Aunt Zhuang, her voice trembling.

Did she bring a pervert home?

"That’s your second brother’s underwear." Lin Yicheng replied with a grim face. Had their father not told him, he would have been unaware!

At first, he was wondering why their father had started doing laundry in the backyard of the carpentry shop, not allowing Aunt Zhuang to participate. It turns out that Aunt Zhuang had been doing this to their underwear.

"What...what is going on..." Nanzhi pursed her lips, swallowed, and found the sight before her extremely eerie.

Had this happened earlier, she would have thought it was a scene from a horror film.

"At first, it was our father who discovered. Didn’t you notice how Aunt Zhuang seems to favor our father?"

Lin Yicheng turned away, not wanting to continue watching the awkward scene.

The thought of his underwear being sniffed by Aunt Zhuang made him feel nauseous.

This burdensome task would have to be solved by his younger brother.

Nanzhi recalled the scenes after she came home that day, from Aunt Zhuang’s joy at seeing her father and brothers return, to her attempt to sit next to their father during the meal, to the way she served food to all the men and even the boys in the house. Finally, she nodded: "She indeed seems too attentive."

Initially, the worst she thought could happen was Aunt Zhuang trying to seduce her father to become a concubine in the family, but after observing all this, she felt she had been too naive.

Aunt Zhuang was indeed not an ordinary woman...

"Father also told mother, but mother doesn’t believe it. And your sisters-in-law feel sorry for Aunt Zhuang. It’s even more inappropriate for me to tell them about these things..." Lin Yicheng said through gritted teeth.

Ever since he discovered this, he dared not let Aunt Zhuang wash his underwear anymore. He had been doing laundry at the carpentry shop with his father.

"Nanzhi, you’re the one with all the clever ideas in our family, you figure out a solution."

"When have I had cunning ideas?" Nanzhi was speechless, but she also knew that this matter wouldn’t be easy to resolve.

Even though Aunt Zhuang was bought by her, they only needed to sell her back to Hu San. But her mother and sisters-in-law pitied her. If they just sold her, they were afraid that her mother and sisters-in-law would be upset. But if they told them about Aunt Zhuang’s...peculiarities, they might not believe it.

After all, Aunt Zhuang seemed so honest, the contrast was too big.

"Good sister, please figure out a way to get rid of her. If not, I fear there will be a big problem in our house." Lin Yicheng pleaded with a grim face.

If he were to tell Qiulan about this, and she didn’t believe him, he would feel terrible. On the other hand, if he didn’t tell her, misunderstandings were bound to arise.

Anything that you hope won’t happen, tends to happen. He learned this when he got beaten for secretly pouring mud into their father’s teacup.

Back then, a beating was the worst consequence. Now, if a misunderstanding arose, the least of his troubles would be Qiulan wanting to sleep in separate beds.

"I understand, brother, you should go back to sleep. I’ll think about this." Nanzhi nodded, knowing the situation was tricky.