From Folly to Fortune：I Rewrite My Life After Rebirth!-Chapter 927 - 923: You’re Too Naive (First Update)
Encouraged by Mu Shuangshuang, Huang Bitao returned to her room, apprehensive.
She mustered her courage and explained everything to Mu Dalang.
As expected, Mu Dalang jumped up from the kang, and a loud clattering sound echoed in Mu Dalang’s room.
"Beast... beast, I’m going to kill him, kill him...!" Mu Dalang yelled angrily.
Frightened, Huang Bitao hurriedly stepped forward to grip Mu Dalang’s clothes, preventing him from waking the other members of the Old Mu Family who had already eaten and rested.
Mu Dalang clenched his fists tightly, the muscles on his face tense.
At this moment, Huang Bitao was teary-eyed, with tears continuously streaming down.
"Da Lang, it’s my fault for this matter; I should have never married you!"
"Don’t cry, Bitao, this isn’t your fault—it’s that beast’s! Rest assured, I will certainly seek justice for you."
Mu Dalang said.
Thinking about the agony his wife suffered during this period made Mu Dalang wish to tear that beast to shreds.
"Big Cousin, how do you plan to resolve this matter and reclaim justice for Sister-in-law Bitao?" Mu Shuangshuang asked.
"I want to kill him, tear out his sinews, flay his skin, and make him understand the consequences of bullying Bitao."
Mu Shuangshuang shook her head, "Big Cousin, if you do this, before you manage to kill Uncle Five, Sister-in-law Bitao will be caught by Grandfather and Grandmother under the accusation of instigation.
By then, Mu Danian will be fine, but you and Sister-in-law Bitao will be the ones to suffer." Mu Shuangshuang said.
"Impossible! Mu Danian is the one who did wrong, how could we suffer?
Even if this matter escalates and Grandfather, Grandmother, Father, and Mother know, they will surely side with me and Bitao."
Mu Dalang always believed that Mr. Mu and Old Mrs. Mu would stand with him in such matters, even if they favored the first family and protected Mu Xiangxiang.
Likewise, his mother—no matter how much she dislikes Bitao—Bitao is her daughter-in-law, and Mu Dalang can’t imagine that she wouldn’t stand with him when outsiders bully Huang Bitao.
Mu Dalang’s naivety greatly troubled Mu Shuangshuang.
Indeed, Mu Dalang, as a man, didn’t understand how cruel this era could be to a woman.
A wife could be easily divorced or even sold.
Just like Lu Yuanfeng’s mother back then, because of Lu Yuanfeng’s father’s gambling debts and his uncle needing to marry, for such trivial reasons, the Lu senior couple teamed up with Lu Yuanfeng’s father to sell Lu Yuanfeng’s mother.
Whenever she thought of these, Mu Shuangshuang felt a burning pain all over her body.
"Big Cousin, do you truly believe if Grandfather and Grandmother know about this, they would kill their son for a granddaughter-in-law like Bitao?
Wives can be found again, but what about sons? Moreover, Grandfather and Grandmother, to protect Old Mu Family’s reputation, might ask you to divorce Bitao.
Even if consistently siding with you and Sister-in-law Bitao benefits the first family, they will surely find an excuse to imprison Sister-in-law Bitao, preventing anyone from contacting her." Mu Shuangshuang said.
Mu Dalang couldn’t believe what Mu Shuangshuang said; he turned to Huang Bitao for confirmation. But the look in Huang Bitao’s eyes clearly told him Mu Shuangshuang was right.
If the matter escalated, they would be the ones to suffer.
"Why, when Bitao wasn’t the one who did wrong, does she have to face punishment?"
"Big Cousin, don’t you understand the misery of being a woman? As long as it involves a man, even if you’re right, in the end, you’ll be deemed wrong.
Do you believe that Grandfather and Grandmother, who value the Old Mu Family’s reputation so much, would let you do something to ruin it?"
Mu Dalang was almost going mad with anger; he stomped fiercely on a nearby chair.
The chair snapped in two with a loud clatter, clearly showing his immense rage!
He said: "This doesn’t work, that doesn’t work, then what should I do? Should I let that beast go?"
"Who said we’re letting that beast go?" Mu Shuangshuang sneered; she had long thought of a way to deal with Mu Danian but lacked the opportunity to implement it.
"Shuangshuang, do you have a solution? Please help Bitao and me; in the next life, Mu Dalang will repay your kindness even if it means being a beast of burden."
Mu Dalang finished speaking and was about to kneel before Mu Shuangshuang, but Mu Shuangshuang held him back.
"Alright, enough talk about repayment; let’s not mention it. In my opinion, this matter should be handled covertly, not openly.
Tonight, we will keep watch outside to see if the shadow that comes every night is really Mu Danian!"
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Inside Mu Dalang and Huang Bitao’s room, they kept watch for most of the night but didn’t see any sign of the so-called shadow. It was then Mu Shuangshuang remembered what Huang Bitao had said during the day: since Mu Dade’s farewell party, Mu Danian hadn’t been seen at the Old Mu Family.
He hadn’t even had dinner at home tonight.
Mu Shuangshuang cursed herself for being too stupid; she gathered Mu Dalang and Lu Yuanfeng and went to Mu Danian’s room.
Sure enough, he wasn’t in the room.
The room was in disarray; clothes were strewn everywhere, leftover bones and various trash littered the place; Mu Danian’s room resembled a garbage dump.
A strong smell of urine filled the room, and upon closer inspection, an awkwardly placed chamber pot in the corner had presumably been there for ages.
Mu Shuangshuang rolled her eyes, her disdain for Mu Danian deepening.
"Shuangshuang, what should we look for?" Mu Dalang asked, pinching his nose.
"Search for feathers, and check if there are any clothes that don’t belong to Uncle Five."
Searching for feathers, of course, because Mu Danian and Hu Sheng stole chickens from Old Lu Family; having touched the chickens, it’s likely some feathers were left behind.
As for clothes, Mu Shuangshuang had seen a piece of clothing in Old Wang Family’s yard: soft in texture and seemingly Wang Fugui’s.
Therefore, Mu Shuangshuang speculated that Mu Danian also stole Wang Fugui’s clothes to sell. He wouldn’t take chickens home, but surely clothes.
"Found it, I found..." Mu Dalang suddenly exclaimed.
"What did you find?" Mu Shuangshuang approached.
Mu Dalang shook a purse in his hand, "This thing definitely doesn’t belong to Uncle Five; I’ve never seen it before. Shuangshuang, take a look."
Mu Shuangshuang took the purse and inspected its fabric, finding it somewhat familiar.
While pondering, Lu Yuanfeng reminded her, "This embroidered pouch, I’ve seen at Old Wang Family’s niece Shen Rong’s; it’s Old Wang Family’s."
Mu Shuangshuang’s impression of Shen Rong stayed from when Wang Fugui became a vegetable and she diligently helped Wang Fugui’s father handle affairs.
However, since then, Shen Rong hadn’t appeared in Er Gui Village; there was minimal interaction between Mu Shuangshuang and her.
"Thus, there’s evidence proving Uncle Five was indeed the thief that night before New Year’s Eve."
