Ruling the Historical Romance Novel as the Female Supporting Character-Chapter 433: The Things Hidden in the Dowry Chest

Wang Fengsong stood at the door of the small building, watching Mu Xiaowei drive away. Turning back, she noticed many heads peeking out from the neighboring building, eager to see what was happening in her family. However, as soon as they noticed Wang Fengsong looking back, they quickly withdrew their heads, clearly having heard the commotion in the Mu family earlier and now waiting to see the aftermath.

With a twisted expression, Wang Fengsong entered the house and slammed the door shut. The resentment and anger in her eyes suddenly transformed into a dark, fierce killing intent. She walked over to the telephone, reached out, but then immediately retracted her hand. Instead, she ran upstairs, rummaging through her dowry until she overturned everything.

Ignoring the scattered items on the floor, she removed the hairpin from her head and pulled out a thin iron wire from its floral center. She scraped along the seam, and suddenly a small wooden board popped up. Wang Fengsong opened the hidden compartment, revealing a dark weapon along with several dozen bullets underneath it. Pressed beneath was a photograph of a girl with a soft and sweet smile.

"Looks like you just won’t give up, will you?" Wang Fengsong scoffed coldly. This matter could have been settled peacefully, but they insisted on seeking death, and now she would have to help them along.

Wang Fengsong stuffed the photograph into her pocket and put everything scattered on the ground back into the cedar chest, returning it to its original place. After ensuring that nothing appeared out of the ordinary, she hurriedly left the house.

When she arrived at the Wang family, she startled everyone there. "Fengsong, why are you back at this hour? Isn’t it work time?" The elder of the Wang family looked at her cold, expressionless face and felt an ominous premonition rising within her.

Wang Fengsong glanced at her and replied, "Aunt, can you call back my two sisters-in-law? Something big has happened."

"What’s going on?" The elder of the Wang family immediately asked with caution.

"This is something we need to discuss when they arrive. It’s definitely not just my issue; otherwise, I wouldn’t have come to consult you." Wang Fengsong didn’t want to waste time with unnecessary explanations, especially since her aunt was short-sighted and wouldn’t be much help.

The elder of the Wang family wanted to express her anger, but seeing the heavy expression on Wang Fengsong’s face, she held back. She called her two sisters-in-law, urging them to hurry back.

Fortunately, since it was an easy workday, they were able to leave early without any issues, especially given their family connections. Just over ten minutes later, the two rushed back, looking anxious.

"Fengsong, you suddenly left work to come here. What’s happened?"

"All the universities in Jingdu City conducted inspections this morning." Wang Fengsong said just this one sentence, and her two sisters-in-law’s expressions immediately turned grim.

"So Yanming has been caught?" her eldest sister-in-law asked urgently.

"Yes." Wang Fengsong had no intention of hiding anything from them.

The two sisters-in-law exchanged worried glances before asking, "Are you saying this matter could implicate us as well?"

"They’re going to conduct a thorough investigation, and this can’t be kept under wraps. That’s why I rushed here to inform you," Wang Fengsong sighed, appearing resigned.

"No! We only did that for your son! You wouldn’t really throw us under the bus, would you? We are your sisters-in-law!" The eldest sister-in-law became frantic, as if Wang Fengsong might actually say she would abandon them.

"It’s not that I want to betray you; it’s that I truly have no other choice but to come to you for help. My son has already been beaten into the hospital by Xiaowei. To force Xiaowei into action, my mother-in-law caused a scene and even slammed into the coffee table at noon. But Xiaowei went to Qing University to help Yanming withdraw from school and thought this would settle the matter. Who knew the people grading the tests wouldn’t be amenable to negotiation? It’s impossible to suppress this situation, which is why I came to find you immediately."

Wang Fengsong spoke with deep helplessness, her voice tinged with despair.

Hearing this, the two daughters-in-law were completely stunned, leaning on each other as they sank to the floor.

"We’re done for! We’re really done for!"

"Xiaowei is the highest-ranking person we know among our acquaintances. If even he has no way out, how can we possibly help?"

Seeing their reaction, Wang Fengsong felt utterly exhausted. The incident had happened that morning, and she had only learned of it at noon. Now it was still before three o’clock, and it already felt overwhelming.

It seemed like she was surrounded by a group of fools. When faced with a problem, instead of thinking of solutions, they merely howled in despair.

However, her two sisters-in-law quickly composed themselves. "You didn’t come here just to warn us to prepare for the worst, did you? Surely you have some plan in mind?" The second sister-in-law looked at Wang Fengsong skeptically.

Their men were quite clever. Twenty years ago, when they first came to Jingdu City, they had helped the Wang family a lot. Later, when they needed help, they didn’t ask directly. Just like this time, they made it sound like they wanted help getting Mu Yanming into university, when in fact, they needed to address his academic struggles that were worrying them as his parents.

Wang Fengsong had previously helped the Wang family with a few small matters, so they could take her seriously now.

Since she had managed to get her son into that position, it meant she could also help others do the same. Getting another person promoted a level was not a big deal for the Mu family.

Mu Yanming had been stuck in that position for two years without further advancement, mainly due to his own lack of ability.

Once the two sisters-in-law realized this, they began brainstorming ways to find a high-achieving student from a poor family to help Mu Yanming take the National College Entrance Examination in his place. They didn’t realize they had made a small mistake, and now their actions had drawn the attention of the higher-ups.