Becoming the Villain's Discarded Wife
Chapter 85 Truth_1

Chapter 85: Chapter 85 Truth_1

Liao Hui looked conflicted. Shen Dashan was not a fool, he watched her hesitate for a moment before he spoke to persuade her, "Ms. Liao, this matter concerns the lives of three members of your family, it would be best to speak openly."

Liao Hui’s face turned pale, she hesitated, struggled for a while, then said alone, "I...I am not sure, I only know the broad strokes."

Seeing everyone looking at her, she hesitantly spoke about what she knew -

"That was fourteen years ago, just after I had married into the Li Family.

At that time, Ms. Wu had been married for five years but had remained childless. She was treated horribly by the mother-in-law, Wu smelled of herbs when I first met her. Apart from being constantly worried about having a child, she seemed normal. Our relationship could not be said to be good, but it also wasn’t too bad.

Two months later, one night she suddenly came to me, asking for menstrual cloths."

Speaking, Liao Hui seemed to recall something frightful, and her voice trembled suddenly.

"At that...at that time, she was already pregnant!

But nobody knew, not even herself, she was too skinny, only her belly was slightly swollen, we all thought she was sick from taking herbs. And as she was still having her periods,"

Upon hearing Liao Hui’s words, all the men in the courtyard felt awkward. Even though Ms. Wu was dead, they all felt embarrassed hearing such details.

Nanzhi understood in her heart.

She knew that some pregnant women have special constitution. They would continue to have their periods during pregnancy, but the others did not understand this, so Ms. Wu herself probably thought she was ill.

Liao Hui’s voice was still trembling, she clutched her skirt tightly: "She was so thin, with a lot of injuries on her back from being beaten with a stick by her mother-in-law. Only her belly was swollen, it appeared scary.

She always wore loose clothes, fearing that if she was known to be sick, she would be divorced.

Three months later, her belly had grown so large that it could not be concealed even by wrapping it. One day, she was discovered by her mother-in-law who accused her of betraying her husband. That’s why she was pregnant and hiding it. She then picked up a pole to hit her belly...

Afterward...later she had awful stomach pain in the middle of the night. I secretly went to call the village doctor, but was scolded back in by the mother-in-law. As to what happened afterward, I don’t know..."

Puzzled, Li Liang by her side seemed to recall something similar...

At that time, his elder brother and he himself were working in the town and could only return home once in ten days or half a month. Once when they came home, they found that his sister-in-law had turned into a bag of bones. When asking his mother what had happened, she simply said the sister-in-law had fallen sick from taking herbal medicine.

It took a good half a year later for his sister-in-law to feel slightly better, but she had become more peculiar.

It was four years after that when his sister-in-law was finally pregnant with Shi Tou for a full term.

Having heard all this, Shen Dashan’s face was pale. If the matter is indeed like this, then that old hag Wang and Li Lao tou...

After hearing her story, Shen Wenchen sent A’er to call the village doctor. He turned and looked at Nanzhi in the crowd with a bit of concern.

Hopefully, Nannan wouldn’t be scared.

Nanzhi felt as if the weather of over thirty degrees was not warming her up at all.

According to Liao Hui, Ms. Wu’s belly was already big. Presumably, she was five or six months pregnant. And she was beaten with a pole by old hag Wang...

Didn’t that mean she was brutally given a forced abortion?

Thinking about this, the hair on Nanzhi’s body stood on end.

Liu Dame, however, was becoming more and more irritated as she listened. She had seen what Ms. Wu was like just after she married into the Li family. She was a lively girl who was always smiling graciously.

Afterward, their family separated and moved to a place near the Shen and Li Families.

By that time, Ms. Wu had been married here for two or three years. Though she was no longer as lively as before, she would still nod and say hello when she saw her.

Later, after she gave birth to Shi Tou, she became increasingly reclusive and fierce, which made everyone in the village avoid her.

Who could have guessed that she had such experiences!

Everyone in the crowd started discussing. After a while, A’er brought the elder village doctor, Master Wang.

The crowd quieted down as Master Wang entered. Everyone was silent and watching him, waiting for him to reveal the truth.

"Uncle Wang, thank you for making the effort to come here," Shen Dashan walked up to Master Wang and paid his respects.

Master Wang brushed it off. He had not grown so old that he could not manage to walk a few steps. He turned to Shen Dashan and asked, "I heard this lad saying something’s gone wrong with the Li Family. What happened?"

And then he pointed towards A’er.

With a sigh, Shen Dashan motioned with his hand, indicating for everyone to make a path, and then pointed to the corpse on the ground, saying, "We were hoping to ask Uncle Wang if he remembers the incident fourteen years ago when Liao Hui asked him to come diagnose Ms. Wu."

The crowd parted, revealing the gruesome scene to Master Wang.

Seeing this, Master Wang sighed and reluctantly said, "I remember. How could I forget her condition that night?"

He ordered someone to bring him a chair. Shen Dashan helped Master Wang sit down, and then heard him recount the events of fourteen years ago.

"How many years have I been practicing medicine? But I have never seen anyone as pitiful as her." Elder Wang said, sounding slightly regretful.

"That night, I had just come back from the mountain with herbs when Liao Hui came to ask me to go to the Li Family. Initially, I was reluctant to go since I was asked to treat Ms. Wu clandestinely. Yet, upon hearing her wailing, I had no choice but to go in.

The sight that night is something I will never forget in this lifetime.

Ms. Wu was drenched in sweat, and blood stained her pants. She was clutching her stomach, crying out in pain. When I felt her pulse, the baby was already more than six months old!"

When the crowd heard Master Wang’s words, their faces simultaneously turned three shades paler.

But then they heard him continue to say: "Sadly, the old hag Wang had been so ruthless in her attack that the child could not be saved. If she had delayed any longer, the mother’s life might have been at risk as well.

I gave her a slice of ginseng to hold in her mouth and was about to ask Liao Hui to help boil some water when Wang and her other daughters-in-law arrived.

They accused me of having an affair with Ms. Wu! I have always behaved myself impeccably! If it wasn’t for worrying about Ms. Wu’s life, would I even have stayed there and endured the humiliation?

It’s such a pity that the baby boy, who was over six months old, even moved his arms and legs when he came out.

What a pity."

After Master Wang finished speaking, he couldn’t help shaking his head. After all these years, he could still remember what that little girl looked like.

As for Wang and Li Old Head, if he had to say, they had it all coming!

Having heard his story, everyone in the yard fell silent.

No one could ever have guessed that Ms. Wu had suffered in such a way.

So, did Ms. Wu go mad and therefore killed Li Tian and the old man Li?

Having known the truth, Shen Dashan did not know what to make of it, and he found himself lost for words.

Ms. Wu was dead, Li Tian was dead, and the head of the Li Family was dead too. Now the only person left in the main house was a seven-year-old child, Shi Tou...

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