Becoming the Villain's Discarded Wife
Chapter 382 Going Down the Mountain to Register?_1

Chapter 382: Chapter 382 Going Down the Mountain to Register?_1

At the end of the day, it was he who had wronged his wife and child!

"Grandpa Xu, we should ask Miss Lin and the Shen brothers about this matter," Chi Sheng sighed and helped him sit down before he began to indicate there were others present.

Old Master Xu was taken aback, but his eyes had long since failed to see clearly, so he could only look around helplessly.

"Miss Lin, please tell me some, about my child’s matters."

Old Master Xu had been keeping his head down all along, so Nanzhi couldn’t see his face clearly, but when he turned his head, they finally got a clear look at him.

The elder’s face showed signs of age, but one could still make out what he looked like in his youth.

Although Xu Chou’s physique was distorted, he didn’t have an ugly face. Now, looking at them, the father and son did resemble each other by quite a bit.

"Old Master Xu, don’t be too upset," Nanzhi steadied her mind and then spoke up.

"Xu Chou is doing well in Yan City. It’s only that Grandma Xu passed away three months ago, and he has been living in the restaurant ever since."

"Passed, passed away?"

Old Master Xu’s face turned pale, and his lips trembled uncontrollably.

"Yes," Nanzhi glanced at him before continuing.

"Xu Chou was born with a crooked spine and since childhood was shunned by the villagers who called him a monster. Grandma Xu then kept him confined at home, and when he got older, she let him go out to learn a trade.

He has had a hard life for forty years. After Grandma Xu’s death, he sold himself to bury his mother. I saw that he had skills, which is why I bought him back.

Now he works as a chef in our restaurant, and he’s living a relatively good life."

Nanzhi didn’t understand why Old Master Xu, who hadn’t died, would abandon his wife and child and leave home for forty years.

Shen Wenchen was separated from Lihua Village due to amnesia, but what about Old Master Xu?

"How, how could it be like this..." Xu Sheng murmured softly.

Back then, when he eloped with a bottle of wine to Niuniu Village, he had spent a full one hundred taels of silver just to settle there.

Although at first, the villagers were a bit xenophobic, over the years, he had thought, believed that even if he was gone, with the silver spent and the patrons who regularly came to buy wine, they would take care of them a little.

How could it turn out like this?

"Old Master Xu, I just want to ask one thing, why didn’t you return to find them, mother and son, all these years?"

Forty years ago, the mother and her orphaned child had to live alone in a foreign place, and the hardship was unimaginable.

"It’s all my fault, my own fault," Xu Sheng opened his mouth but could only utter these few powerless words.

"When I went out to do business years ago, I was ambushed by bandits and thought I had inadvertently killed someone. Fearing for my wife and child, I fled all the way to Qing Fenghan.

I had thought of going back to see them, but my legs had long since given out. Not to mention traveling, even the wind and rain would penetrate deep into my bones and cause pain.

However, I didn’t expect it to be like this..."

Shen Wenchen looked at his desolate figure and felt somewhat distressed.

In his previous life, after losing his memory, hadn’t it taken him over ten years to finally remember?

Unfortunately, when I did remember, I had already been bewitched by Su Tao’s system. But now, looking at it, I do feel some sympathy for this Xu Sheng.

I didn’t remember them, mother and son, but Old Master Xu, knowing it all, couldn’t go back.

"Then why didn’t you write a letter back?"

Nanzhi’s question was sharp, and the color drained from Xu Sheng’s face, leaving only a bitter expression.

"I didn’t want her to know I had become a mountain bandit."

Years ago, when there was a strong push to eliminate bandits, he had thought about bringing Juanjuan to join him.

But he always feared that one day the government soldiers would come up the mountain.

Nanzhi didn’t say any more, but she felt somewhat irate inside.

Grandma Xu had been waiting for him for over forty years.

If he had been there, mother and son could have suffered so much less!

She had experienced those days when she had to take care of the child on her own, she knew how tough it was.

"Nannan."

Shen Wenchen called her softly, comforting her by patting the back of her hand.

"It’s all my fault, all my fault! I’ve let Juanjuan down! And I’ve let our child down too!" Xu Sheng wept bitterly, and Nanzhi’s heart, which had been hardened, softened a little again.

After all, he was Xu Chou’s father, and she was just an outsider. It was not her place to say anything more.

Xu Sheng was already seventy years old, which was considered extremely old in the entire Xia Country.

Chi Sheng had someone take him to rest, and only then he hesitantly looked at Nanzhi and Shen Wenchen to speak.

"Miss Lin, I was wondering if it would be convenient for Old Xu’s child to make a trip to Qing Fenghan?"

Nanzhi glanced at him, neither agreeing nor disagreeing.

Chi Sheng felt a bit awkward, especially since Yuanbao, who was usually the smartest, was acting as if he couldn’t hear and was just fiercely battling with a chicken leg.

Xiaoqi suddenly spoke up, "Sister Lin, Grandpa Xu is really pitiful."

Shen Wenchen turned to look at Xiaoqi and raised an eyebrow.

"He often grabs me to talk about his matters. And, and Grandpa Xu may not live much longer."

Xiaoqi was telling the truth.

Xu Sheng was already seventy years old. Though he looked sturdy, he was also just holding on by a sliver of hope. At least, from what he could see, Grandpa Xu was now having a hard time just walking.

"This isn’t something I can decide on, we need to ask Xu Chou."

Old Master Xu had wronged Xu Chou and Mother Xu, not her.

Whether to meet or not, they should make that decision.

Xiaoqi nodded and said nothing more.

Only at the end did Shen Wenchen turn his head to look at Chi Sheng.

"Brother Chi, I wonder if your Thousand Gold Wine has found any market yet?"

Nanzhi’s eyes widened suddenly as she heard him ask; she had wanted to ask this question but hesitated.

After all, Chi Sheng and his men were still mountain bandits, and doing business with mountain bandits might affect the business of Sanwei Residence once it got out.

Moreover, Shen Wenchen was now the city lord of Yan City. Once they got married, he would be seen as colluding with bandits, and not even three heads would be enough to pay for such a crime.

It came as no surprise that Shen Wenchen went ahead and asked anyway, which startled Nanzhi.

"For the time being, there are only two sales channels in Qingyun Town next door,"

Chi Sheng began hesitantly.

After learning that Nanzhi ran a Restaurant, he had thought about doing business.

However, he was worried that his identity as a mountain bandit would have detrimental effects on them.

The second-in-command grew anxious on the side, after all, Shen Xiaolang had said it himself; he was someone who worked at the county office.

It was one thing for Yuanbao to become sworn siblings with Miss Lin, but doing business might be a different matter entirely.

Just as he was about to speak up as a reminder, he heard Shen Wenchen ask another question.

"Brother Chi, I wonder if you would be willing to come down from the mountain and register as citizens?"

The second-in-command and Chi Sheng looked at each other, both a little puzzled by his meaning.

To them, naturally, the sooner they descended the mountain, the better.

But Qing Fenghan had already been established for several decades, even if the imperial court considered offering amnesty, they would not trust that they had never committed heinous crimes.

Nowadays, many surrounding villages and towns had suffered heavy losses due to former refugees. It would be the best choice for them to come down from the mountain in batches and spend money to register as citizens.

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