Chapter 2980 - 2981: Framed

Chapter 2980: Chapter 2981: Framed

Just after dawn, Wei Jiu sent someone to the Government Office. Xue Zhi didn’t plead, as she cared more about her Curse Technique being abolished than imprisonment.

Bai Ruozhu and the others didn’t bother with the county magistrate’s verdict, as it was essentially exile beyond the frontier, letting Xue Zhi suffer.

Master Xue no longer mentioned the idea of Xue Zhi attending Madam Xue’s funeral. He thought perhaps Madam Xue’s spirit wouldn’t want to see Xue Zhi.

Even Xue Zhi suffered so much from backlash. How painful must Madam Xue’s death by curse have been? Not to mention, even after death, she found no peace.

Bai Ruozhu and the others did not attend the funeral, choosing to leave Linchuan City directly, but Xue Zhuo came to see them off.

"Thank you so much. If it weren’t for you, my family would have been destroyed." Xue Zhuo bowed deeply in gratitude.

"Do you hate her?" Bai Ruozhu asked.

"Hate her? She killed my mother, I can’t help but hate her." Xue Zhuo sighed, "But I hate myself more. If I hadn’t been so negligent and sensed the problem earlier, perhaps my mother would not have died."

Jiang Yichun patted him on the shoulder, "Take care."

Initially, he disliked this reckless young master, but Xue Zhuo’s sincere kneeling apology quite changed his impression.

The convoy set off, and the journey went smoothly, reaching Beiyu City in a few days.

Upon returning home, Bai Ruozhu immediately wanted to pay respects to her parents and then scooped up her two little ones.

"Hmph, mom is bad," Bengbeng said.

"Bad!" Tiaotiao echoed.

Bai Ruozhu couldn’t help but laugh, "No more calling brother and aunt, now you’ve learned to scold mom?"

Bengbeng started babbling anxiously, and no one understood what he was saying.

Little Dengdeng quickly picked up Bengbeng, "Bengbeng brother, did you miss your brother?"

"Brother, bad!" Bengbeng said with a proud face.

"Haha, mom, they’re upset we were away for so long without playing with them." Little Dengdeng laughed.

Bai Ruozhu guessed the children’s thoughts, her eyes slightly reddened, as she embraced the two little ones on either side, "It’s mom’s fault. I’ll definitely spend more time with you both in the future."

"Little sister, you..." Bai Zehao started, tears flowing as he spoke. It’s wonderful the little sister is alive. But their parents didn’t know Bai Ruozhu’s situation at the time, so Bai Zehao had to hold back his words.

Wan Caiyue quietly wiped her eyes, tugging on his sleeve, reminding him not to let their parents notice anything amiss.

Bai Ruozhu felt deeply emotional as well, this time had been too perilous, she almost never saw her family again.

"Boss, you miss your sister so much, you’re crying? Aren’t you worried your wife will laugh at you?" Lin Pinger noticed Bai Zehao’s unusual behavior.

Bai Zehao quickly put on a smile, "I only have this one sister, how could I not cherish her? If the second brother returned, I surely wouldn’t shed tears."

Everyone couldn’t help but laugh, seeing Bai Zehao had a brother by his side anyway.

Family reunions always bring endless conversation. The adults chatted warmly, while the children had their own animated discussions at a separate table.

"I have a cat named Snowball, it’s particularly beautiful," Little Dengdeng boasted.

Chenxi looked enviously, "Where’s the cat? Let me see."

Lately, Little Dengdeng had been keeping Snowball with him. Before returning home, his mother had him keep it back in Space, Bai Ruozhu had even asked him. He said, "The younger ones are too young, they don’t know how to handle things gently, I feel bad for my Snowball. Before, Tiaotiao wanted to eat meat and grabbed Tutu’s ear to bite it. Tutu’s ear nearly got a hole. Also, Bengbeng almost plucked Tutu’s fur bare on its bottom."

Bai Ruozhu laughed so hard she nearly choked, even in her family, those two adorable little buns couldn’t escape an evil demon’s nature. However, Little Dengdeng couldn’t escape the scheming nature either.

"It ran off to play on its own, why don’t you play with Tutu?" said Little Dengdeng.

Chenxi looked aggrieved, "My younger brothers won’t let me play with Tutu."

Listening from the other table, Bai Ruozhu secretly contacted Xiaohei, instructing him not to eat future animals from Space but to give them to Chenxi as pets.

At least the animals that came from her Space were smart, obedient, and well-behaved.

Xiaohei’s face turned bitter as his own food rations were reduced yet again.

"Ruozhu, Dad bought a large piece of land, I’ve checked it out, I think planting cotton is best. Now I can really consider myself a big landowner," Bai Yihong said excitedly.

"Where’s the land?" Bai Ruozhu asked with a smile.

"East of Beiyu City, the previous owner sold it all, saying he wanted to reunite with his son in the Capital and didn’t have time to manage it, so he sold it all, planning to use the silver to buy new fields or shops near the Capital," Bai Yihong explained.

"That’s good news, is there someone in official matters in the family?" Bai Ruozhu casually asked.

Bai Yihong nodded, "His son is in the Ministry of Finance, I believe he’s quite highly ranked."

Talking about land made her dad’s eyes shine, Bai Ruozhu thought it was great and said, "Dad, if you have more money to spare, buy some land and lease it out to tenant farmers for cultivation."

Bai Yihong looked at Lin Pinger, "Did you hear that? You insist on saving all your money instead of listening to me, you don’t understand money generates money."

The Bai Family had decided earlier to distribute shares, both Bai Yihong and Lin Pinger are now wealthy individuals, though Lin Pinger likes saving money while Bai Yihong prefers buying fields, Bai Zehao and his wife are into business buying shops.

"You take care of your own affairs, I’m happy holding onto my money!" Lin Pinger retorted with a glare.

Time always flies by when the family is together. Bai Ruozhu and the others were also tired from their journey, after chatting for a while, they went to rest.

Unexpectedly, the next day, the steward came rushing in, "Master, Master, someone’s filed a complaint against you!"

Bai Yihong had just finished breakfast, and now he wasn’t as fearful of officials as before, calmly asking, "Who filed against me? What for?"

"Regarding the land you just bought, they claim you had the second young master in the Capital suppress their son, throwing him into jail, and then forced them to sell the family’s land to you at a low price, saying you and the second master colluded to seize other people’s land," the steward explained, wiping sweat from his forehead. "The brother of the Young Mistress is working in the Government Office and sent someone to inform us just now."

Bai Yihong put down the half-eaten bun, realizing this wasn’t right. Someone was setting them up and framing their family!

"Go notify Zehao and Ruozhu, call them to discuss," Bai Yihong ordered.

The steward hurried to deliver the message, Lin Pinger began pacing anxiously around the table, "Who’s framing our family? Could it affect Er Lang’s work?"

"Jealous ones, probably political enemies of Er Lang or from the Prime Minister’s in-laws too. Why worry, the kids in the family are all talented, it’ll be fine." Though Bai Yihong spoke confidently, he was feeling worried.

He hadn’t intended to buy all the man’s fields as he didn’t have enough money, and asked Lin Pinger for help but she refused. So he planned to buy half, but the other party said finding another buyer would be too much trouble, so he offered a discount, letting him buy it all instead.