The Challenge of a Farmhouse Son-in-Law
Chapter 598 - 609: Taking Father’s Letter

Chapter 598: Chapter 609: Taking Father’s Letter

Miss Du covered her chest in pain, recalling the maid who grew up with her, just like Cuiya, and her heart ached unbearably.

Before she closed her eyes, she said she would take revenge for her.

But, just as she had said earlier, Du Wanqing was her only family. How could she bring herself to harm her?

"Cuiya and Hen Ying were both sold to the Du Residence since childhood, growing up with us. How could you bring yourself to harm them? Ah, right..." Miss Du gave a self-deprecating laugh and said, "Right, you could even harm your own sister, let alone a mere maid. Anyone who stands in the way of you becoming the principal wife, you would be able to kill them, wouldn’t you?"

"No, it’s not..." Concubine Du’s face turned deathly pale as she shook her head and stepped back, "It’s not that, it was an accident, I didn’t want to kill her."

"Yes, an accident," Miss Du said, "because your target was me."

"You... Big sister!" The fear and shock on Concubine Du’s face mixed as she reflected on the past decade, slowly regaining her composure.

So what if it is? So what if you are right?

You are right; whoever stands in my way must die, no matter who she is.

Her mother was a concubine, she was an illegitimate child, she was also a concubine. If in this life she couldn’t become the principal wife of the man she loved, her existence would be in vain, as would the affection of her husband.

Concubine Du gathered her thoughts, putting all past displeasures behind her, and mustered a faint smile.

"Big sister, all that is in the past now. Now that you’ve finally decided to end your marriage with our husband, we’re still sisters, the only family. Big sister, I was wrong before. You won’t be staying in the Jie Residence much longer, so... Ah, when I came here today, I saw that the lotus in the pond had started to bud. They haven’t bloomed yet but they look very beautiful. Let’s go for a walk by the pond," she said.

"Go to the pond?" Miss Du looked at her warily.

Having suffered at her hands, she couldn’t let her guard down.

"You go. I’m tired today and don’t want to go." Before leaving the Jie Residence, she planned to stay in this abandoned courtyard, not going anywhere.

Seeing this, Concubine Du began to cry softly, saying, "Big sister, I... I just want to go with you to dig out the letter our father left behind."

"Father’s letter?" Miss Du almost forgot about that.

"Yes, the letter father left. Big sister, have you forgotten? When we first arrived at the Jie Residence, we buried our father’s letter under the willow by the pond together. Now that you are leaving, don’t you want to take our father’s letter with you?"

Miss Du’s expression darkened as she remembered how they were back then.

Their father died, the Du Family was ruined. The two same-aged young ladies were still young, vulnerable to the malicious servants, and so Lord Jie, a good friend of their father, had them taken into the Jie Family.

At that time, Lord Jie’s son’s wife was still alive, managing the inner house of the Jie Family in perfect order.

At that time, they didn’t know they would fight over the same man, not knowing that, as Miss Du’s fiancé, he would fall for Miss Du’s sister.

They depended on each other, burying their father’s letter by the willow next to the pond in the Jie Residence.

"Alright!" The word was laden with endless sorrow, reminding Miss Du of the time when they were still sisters.

If fate could be redone, she would definitely not compete with her.

The man’s heart had never been with her, and the result of her struggle was only self-inflicted suffering, hurting both herself and others.

It wasn’t just Du Wanqing who caused the death of Hen Ying; was she, Du Xintong, without fault?