Becoming the Villain's Discarded Wife
Chapter 344: Nanzhi’s Decision

Chapter 344: Chapter 344: Nanzhi’s Decision

"Big brother, do you know what kind of person this Liao Er is?"

Aunt Guihua put down her bowl and trembled as she asked the person beside her.

The old man was skinny, his whole body looked like a shriveled piece of wood. Sparse white beard hung from his chin, and he was dressed in the coarsest of hemp shirts, looking quite desolate.

"He’s extremely cruel and ruthless. Anyone who offends him never ends up well," the old man said, breaking into a cough.

Aunt Guihua’s face lost all its color.

A ruthless debt collector...

What about Miaomiao?

Would Miaomiao get into trouble?

The only hope was Li Lian, who was lying sick in bed. Aunt Guihua wiped the tears from her face and bent down to inquire more.

Unfortunately, Li Lian had fallen into a coma, and no matter how much Aunt Guihua called out to her, she didn’t respond.

Nanzhi was worried about Shen Miaomiao. She forced herself to remain calm during the journey, but unconsciously, she had sped up her horse.

The Lin brothers who were following behind knew their sister was anxious, and they kept apologizing to the pedestrians and vendors they passed by.

Upon reaching the alley leading to the Shen residence, Nanzhi immediately noticed the food box on the ground.

She jumped off the horse and took a few steps to reach the front of the Shen house, only to find the front door tightly closed.

"Has someone from the Shen family returned?" Lin Yicheng, who had calmed the horse and tied it to a tree, looked at the closed door with some bewilderment.

Didn’t Aze say nobody was at the Shen’s?

Nanzhi glanced at the food box on the ground, her face growing grim.

Even if someone had returned after Miaomiao left, the only person who would leave things lying around at the entrance was Shen Zhong...

Observing his sister’s increasingly grim expression, Lin Ercheng stepped forward to knock on the door.

The Shen’s front door had already been kicked once the day before, and it wasn’t sturdy. After a few punches from Lin Ercheng, the wooden door began to wobble.

Shen Zhong, who had been beaten and knocked off his horse by the coachman, was full of resentment.

The only thing that made him feel better was what Liao Er had said.

Upon inquiring on his way back, he found out that the restaurant Miaomiao managed had three floors!

They must be earning tens or even hundreds of taels every day, right?

If he could take over Miaomiao’s position, the 100 taels would be nothing!

Basked in the delightful thoughts of his forthcoming prosperity, he paid no mind to Li Lian’s absence.

She was merely a castoff. Now that he was about to be the owner of a restaurant, he didn’t need her anymore.

He was daydreaming and rubbing medicinal liquor onto his wounds when he heard a knocking sound outside the courtyard door.

It annoyed Shen Zhong.

Hearing the faint sound of someone, Lin Ercheng put even more force into his knocking.

Seeing the wavering tendency of his front door, Shen Zhong hurriedly moved over on his lame legs.

"Which blind bastard dares to annoy your lord Shen? If you break my door, selling you off won’t even be enough to pay for it!"

Shen Zhong was cursing and about to open the door, but Lin Ercheng broke it open with a punch.

The double doors crashed and fell, making a thunderous sound.

Shen Zhong’s cursing caught in his throat, and he looked at the visitors as though he had seen a monster.

Finally, he began to speak nervously, "Lin brothers, and sister Lin too, why are you here?"

Nanzhi’s face was gloomy, her voice as cold as ice, "Where’s Miaomiao?"

A chill ran down Shen Zhong’s spine, but he forced a smile, "Miaomiao, isn’t she with you? Couldn’t it be that the young girl wandered off somewhere?"

Looking at the slippery Shen Zhong before her, Nanzhi couldn’t help but feel a sense of disappointment.

It was such a man who had made Miaomiao suffer for these days.

He was someone she knew, but it had only been two years, and he had turned into this...

"I’ll ask one more time, where is Miaomiao?"

At this moment, the last smile on Nanzhi’s face has completely disappeared, leaving only full-blown fury.

"I, I don’t know. If my sister is missing, it should be me asking you." Shen Zhong stiffened his neck, unwilling to speak.

He had heard that the Shen family’s young master had become a General, even though he’s not in Yan city now, he couldn’t afford to offend the Lin family.

As long as he kept insisting he didn’t know, even the King of Heaven himself couldn’t make him talk.

Seeing that Shen Zhong was unwilling to speak,

Nanzhi gave a signal to her two brothers.

Lin Yicheng and Lin Ercheng understood, and they clenched their fists and walked towards Shen Zhong.

"What are you trying to do! I, I’m telling you, what you are doing is breaking into a civilian’s home, I’m going to report this to the authorities!"

Shen Zhong had a limp, and his whole body was in pain, making him unable to run fast. He could only slowly back away, while threatening to report them to the authorities.

"You forced your wife into prostitution. If you report this, I’m curious to see who will be punished first."

Nanzhi snorted coldly and walked into the courtyard, hoping to find some clues.

"Lin, Lin Nanzhi, you are a truly malicious woman!" The two Lin brothers were strong, and their fists were as big as sandbags. Their blows hurt Shen Zhong so much that he almost fainted.

Fearing both Liao Er and Shen Wenchen, he did not dare to offend either of them, and in the end he could only grit his teeth and keep quiet.

The bloodstains in the yard had been cleaned up by Shen Zhong, but Nanzhi halted in front of a door.

She had carried a hatchet to protect Zhiyu while fleeing from famine, and she recognized the marks on the door.

Upon opening the door, a pungent smell rushed into Nanzhi’s nose, making her frown.

Following the smell, she saw a pool of blood on the ground. The smell lingered, but it didn’t seem to be fresh.

Thinking that she hadn’t yet seen Aunt Guihua, Nanzhi’s heart sank, and she quickly left the room.

Lin Yicheng in the courtyard was somewhat incredulous.

Could it be that he had lost strength after not farming for two years?

He was controlling his power, but he was aiming for the most painful points. Had Shen Zhong been trained to withstand pain?

He’s being so tough?

Still not speaking even after all this?

Lin Ercheng was also somewhat at a loss, but seeing Shen Zhong about to faint, he reaffirmed his conjecture.

Based on the duo’s more than ten years of fighting experience in Stone Village, they were absolutely sure that Shen Zhong knew where the Shen Family’s daughter was!

"Shen Zhong, whose blood is it in the room!"

Seeing Nanzhi come over, Lin Yicheng and Lin Ercheng stopped, each grabbing an arm of Shen Zhong to make it easier for her to question him.

"Wha, what blood..." There was blood in Shen Zhong’s mouth from the beating. Each word he spoke caused blood to flow from his gums.

"I’m asking you, whose blood is in the room! Where is Miaomiao!"

Nanzhi’s eyes were reddened, and she asked through gritted teeth.

"You, you vicious, vile woman, if you’ve got the guts, kill me..." After being beaten so much, Shen Zhong had lost all restraint, betting that for her sister, Nanzhi would not dare to kill him.

And about the beating, how many gambling debts had he incurred over the past two years?

It was just a beating, what couldn’t he bear?

Although delighted inside, his face was slapped twice.

Nanzhi shook her hand, for the first time wishing someone dead.

The world she grew up in taught her not to be so, but she was shaped by this world as well.

The two thoughts were clashing crazily in her mind, when a noise came from the entrance of the yard.