TFWYH – Chapter 460 Thrown Back to the Yi Mansion

Jin Lin pondered for a moment, then finally gave in to Ling Yue.

“Fine, fine. I’m in a good mood today, so for my sister’s sake I’ll spare you two. But while the death penalty may be avoided, punishment is not. Shopkeeper, have someone throw these two things back to the Yi residence—and make sure to explain clearly to Lord Yi what happened here!”

“Yes, sir!” The shopkeeper immediately ordered the waiters to haul them away.

Cui Liu was relatively lucky—she had narrowly escaped disaster.

But Wen Dai’er was not so fortunate.

Madam Yi had already grown tired of her. Now that this incident had occurred, not only would she suffer, but Madam Yi might even take out her anger on her parents as well!

“No! I was wrong! Please don’t do this—don’t tell my aunt!” Wen Dai’er cried and struggled.

But how could she possibly break free from several grown men?

Especially Wang Er Mazi, that burly brute.

In order to atone for his mistake, he personally helped drag her away.

Wen Dai’er felt as if she were about to die of rage and humiliation.

“Wait!” At that moment, Ling Yue spoke again.

Jin Lin looked at her gloomily. “Don’t tell me you’re stopping this too?”

“Of course not. I just want to say a few words to her.” Ling Yue shook her head and walked straight up to Wen Dai’er. She said seriously, “You were wrong.”

Wen Dai’er looked at her blankly, not understanding.

Ling Yue sighed and continued, “My elder brother is indeed already married. The woman you saw is truly my sister-in-law. If you don’t believe it, you can check the marriage records at the yamen.”

Wen Dai’er froze.

Seeing her like that, Ling Yue added helplessly, “My elder brother once broke his leg. At that time, our family was so poor we could barely afford food. It was my sister-in-law who found someone to treat his leg and who taught me how to do business. Only then did our family gradually improve. My mother is grateful for everything she’s done, so she set a family rule: the men of our family may only take a concubine if they reach forty without a son. So even if you had managed to seduce my brother, you wouldn’t have been able to enter the Ling family—not even as a concubine, let alone as the principal wife. My mother has said that in this lifetime there will only ever be one daughter-in-law. Even after a hundred years, only my sister-in-law may enter our ancestral grave.”

Wen Dai’er collapsed onto the ground as if struck by a heavy blow.

So all her assumptions had been false?

Had she ruined herself by acting petty and malicious for nothing?

“Waaah…” Wen Dai’er broke down completely.

Cui Liu glared at her fiercely, feeling a surge of grim satisfaction.

Jin Lin looked at Ling Yue with an extremely complicated expression.

He had thought this little girl was soft-hearted.

Turns out she was the ruthless one.

He might punish the body—but she attacked the heart.

…

Wen Dai’er was thrown back to the Yi residence.

The shopkeeper was sly in his own way. Seeing that Lord Yi had just come out and mounted his horse, he brought his men carrying Wen Dai’er and her maid straight over.

Lord Yi was so startled he nearly fell off his horse.

No matter how much he disliked his wife’s niece in private, in public he still had to stand by her.

After all, even when beating a dog, one must consider its master.

At first, Lord Yi thought Wen Dai’er had been bullied and was ready to stand up for her.

But the shopkeeper beat him to it, rattling off the entire story like beans pouring from a jar.

When he finished, he even added considerately, “Rest assured, Lord Yi. We took the back roads to get here and deliberately avoided the crowds. Carrying two young ladies through the streets would have damaged their reputations.”

Lord Yi: …

So I’m supposed to thank you?

Lord Yi shot Wen Dai’er a furious glare.

Under his gaze, her little face turned deathly pale.

Lord Yi quickly looked away and ordered the gatekeeper to carry Wen Dai’er into his wife’s quarters.

This time, even Madam Wei would be implicated by his anger.