The Useless Heiress Is Actually A Bigshot
Chapter 346 - Chapter 346 Chapter 346 Events of That Year

Chapter 346: Chapter 346: Events of That Year Chapter 346: Chapter 346: Events of That Year A single stone stirred a thousand waves.

The words of Zhong Niangyao were like the pebble that stirred these thousand waves, shocking everyone present.

Especially Zeng Zhan and Pan Zimei, who looked at Old Mrs. Zeng with disbelief in their eyes.

“Mom, what exactly is going on here?” Zeng Zhan couldn’t help but blurt out, “Are you just tormenting yourself on purpose? Have you thought about how we, your children, feel? If something had truly happened to you, what do you think our state of mind would be?”

A barrage of questions left Old Mrs. Zeng unsure how to respond, and she chose silence as her response, hanging her head low.

“Lady Zhong, what is–?” Pan Zimei couldn’t hold back and asked Zhong Niangyao.

“There are no supernatural events in your family, nor is there anything unclean.” Zhong Niangyao glanced at Old Mrs. Zeng and continued, “The hospital’s diagnosis was also correct, Mrs. Zeng’s physical health is fine; it’s her mental health that’s the issue–she’s obsessed with dying.”

“Mom, hurry up and tell us what’s going on,” Zeng Zhan pressed her urgently, “Also, who is this master you speak of?”

Facing Zeng Zhan’s pressing, Old Mrs. Zeng remained silent, battling everything with her silence.

Looking at Old Mrs. Zeng’s demeanor, Zhong Niangyao sighed deeply, “Why do you have to do this? For that incident from the past, you have confined yourself for many years, even enduring psychological torment day and night. And now, you’re obsessed with dying, it’s too much!”

“You don’t understand, you don’t understand anything,” Old Mrs. Zeng couldn’t stop the tears streaming down her face, “It’s all my fault, all my fault. If it weren’t for me, Niuniu wouldn’t have died. It’s all because of me, I should pay with my own life.”

“I know, I know everything you are saying,” Zhong Niangyao shook her head, “The incident back then wasn’t your fault; it was an accident.”

“King Yan decrees that if a person is to die at the third watch, they should not be kept until the fifth watch. Her destiny had this trial set for her, even if it wasn’t drowning, it would have been something else. You don’t need to take all the blame upon yourself.”

Zeng Zhan and Pan Zimei standing to the side couldn’t grasp the conversation between Old Mrs. Zeng and Zhong Niangyao, feeling like they were outsiders.

“Lady Zhong, what exactly is going on?”

Zeng Zhan didn’t continue to press Old Mrs. Zeng but instead turned his head to look at Zhong Niangyao, urging her to explain, “What exactly are you talking about? And who is Niuniu–”

He also didn’t understand how Zhong Niangyao knew so much. Not even he, her own son, knew these things, but Zhong Niangyao did. Could it really be as Liu Zihang had said, that Zhong Niangyao was a real master?”

“Don’t ask anymore, stop asking,” Old Mrs. Zeng immediately interrupted, “You all shouldn’t meddle in this anymore, this is all something I should bear. This is retribution; I deserve it.”

“If the incident wasn’t your fault, then there shouldn’t be any retribution,” Zhong Niangyao spoke calmly, “You have lived a life of kindness; you shouldn’t end up like this.”

“This is my own choice,” Old Mrs. Zeng remained stubborn, “So, you don’t need to persuade me anymore.”

Zeng Zhan was truly getting angry on the side, “Can someone finally tell me what is going on?”

Even the always observant Pan Zimei was visibly anxious. However, at this moment, it wasn’t her place to speak, so she stood silently by.

Old Mrs. Zeng continued weeping, showing no intention of explaining; or perhaps, she simply didn’t want to bring up the painful memories of the past.

Zhong Niangyao looked at Zeng Zhan and directly asked, “Remember when I asked you downstairs if you had a sister?”

“I remember!” Zeng Zhan nodded, suddenly as if recalling something, a thought flashed through his mind, and he blurted out, “What you were talking about just now was my sister, that Niuniu is her nickname, right?”

His sister had died young when he was even younger and barely remembered her. He vaguely remembered having a sister.

When his father was still alive, the family seldom mentioned his sister. So, he genuinely didn’t know that his sister’s nickname was Niuniu.

“Your sister indeed drowned,” Zhong Niangyao paused, then looked up at Zeng Zhan, “However, it wasn’t just her in the water back then; there was also you.”

“What?”

Zeng Zhan was shocked, “How come I never knew about this?”

Immediately, he turned his head to look at Old Mrs. Zeng, “Mom, why have you never mentioned this to me?”

He had no memory whatsoever of his own drowning.

Zhong Niangyao looked at Old Mrs. Zeng and directly said, “He was also involved in the event, he has the right to know what happened back then. But it’s up to you, do you want to tell him yourself or shall I, an outsider, tell him?”

Old Mrs. Zeng dried her tears, her face still unable to hide the turmoil, “Let me tell it!”

After that, she turned her head to look at Zeng Zhan and began, “Ah Zhan, your dad and I never mentioned your sister because we didn’t want you to carry that psychological burden. Yes, it wasn’t just your sister who drowned, you two siblings fell into the pond together.”

Seemingly recalling some sad memory, tears uncontrollably streamed down her face again that she had barely managed to control, “We don’t know why you two ended up drowning, but that doesn’t matter anymore. Back then, I was the first to find you in the water, I dived in and pulled you out first, then performed CPR on you. By the time you woke up, when I tried to save your sister, she had already sunk.”

As she spoke, Old Mrs. Zeng’s voice choked up, “It’s all my fault, if I had been quicker, then your sister wouldn’t have died. It was me who killed Niuniu.”

Old Mrs. Zeng cried, all the while pounding her chest as if to vent years of self-blame.

In that era, indeed many favored sons over daughters. However, their family was different.

Niuniu was their first child and darling of the family. She loved this daughter dearly but couldn’t save her, only to watch helplessly as her child sank in front of her. How could she accept such a reality!

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