BHBF Chapter 85.2

Boss, He’s Becoming a Father (Arc 4) Chapter 85.2: Playful Son (59)

Wei Yuan only saw some records about the Jiayi tribe from Grandpa Wei’s notes. Everything he knew came from the old man’s knowledge, so he didn’t know there were so many twists and turns in it.

As a member of Jiayi family, but I don’t know my totem, this fact cannot be denied.

“Go to the provincial capital to buy medicine for me? Haha, buy medicine.” Wei Ran sneered.

Wei Yuan defended himself, “Ran’er, I really went there, but I was also careless and let the herbs be snatched away. It was all my fault.”

Ah Hei came in from outside at the right time, and he silently put the cloth back on his face.

In this way, Wei Yuan naturally recognized Ah Hei: “It’s you.”

“His medicinal materials were not robbed.” Ah Hei added: “I followed him all the way.”

Wei Yuan’s expression changed.

Wei Ran asked: “My good Yuanlang, since you haven’t lost it, what about the medicinal materials you bought?”

Wei Yuan couldn’t answer.

Wei Ran asked someone to open the door inside and said, “You must be having a very painful time with me. You may be thinking about going back to her every moment.”

The door of the house was opened, revealing a woman and a child tied to a chair inside.

“What did they do to deserve to be treated like this?” Wei Yuan asked unhappily.

Wei Ran sneered and said, “They’re just tied up. They won’t die.”

Wei Yuan didn’t expect that his years of planning had been seen through by Wei Ran. He rolled his eyes and quickly said, “I have a mistress outside. This is indeed my fault. If you want to beat me or punish me, I will accept it.”

Wei Ran said: “I want you to exchange your life for mine.”

Wei Yuan shook his head and said, “I can leave the house with nothing and take them far away.”

Wei Ran said, “No, I want them to die a miserable death.”

Wei Yuan’s heart sank, and he said, “Ran’er, how could you become so vicious? They have been out there all these years, living in hiding, and have never come to ruin your mood. They have been working so hard, why can’t you let them go?”

Wei Ran looked at her husband. When he said these words, there was no shame on his face. Instead, he seemed quite righteous. She felt more and more desolate in her heart.

“What if I just won’t let it go?”

Wei Yuan looked at her and said, “Then I can only fight to the death.”

After saying that, Wei Yuan wanted to call his people to help.

The Wei family does not have many servants now, and except for Wei Ran’s personal maid Xiaohuan, everyone else now only obeys Wei Yuan’s orders.

Wei Yuan was very confident that with his control over the inner house, he could easily take down Wei Ran.

He had originally wanted to use Wei Ran’s death to establish himself as a person of deep affection and gratitude, which was why he had saved Wei Ran’s life for so long. Now that he couldn’t pretend anymore, he had no choice but to stop.

What Wei Yuan was most worried about at this moment was Shao Yu and the others. With these outsiders around, once the news got out, the reputation he had worked so hard to build would be ruined.

Wei Yuan wanted a good reputation so badly that he was already planning on killing people to silence them.

But before he could think it through, he found that he had not called a single servant.

“Where are the people?” Wei Yuan asked softly.

Shao Yu said: “They’ll be here soon.”

After saying that, Shao Yu clapped his hands, and soon a group of servants appeared in the yard.

“This…what’s going on?” Wei Yuan asked in surprise.

Shao Yu raised his lips slightly and said, “Put him in jail.”

“You! Who are you?” Wei Yuan asked.

Wei Yuan had met several officials in the yamen several times before, and he also knew that a new county magistrate had come to destroy Lord Wu as soon as he arrived. However, he did not expect that a doctor who was providing free medical treatment on the street that he caught would actually be the local county magistrate.

“Even if you are the county magistrate, what rights do you have to arrest me?” Wei Yuan shouted.

Shao Yu said, “Poisoning your wife and colluding with outsiders to defraud your family’s property, is this enough?”

“Do you have any evidence? What makes you say that?” Wei Yuan shouted.

Shao Yu immediately took out the evidence.

There was still unused poison hidden in Wei Yuan’s house, and the stack of deeds was also evidence of his asset fraud.

When Wei Yuan saw these two pieces of evidence, his face turned pale.

Shao Yu added lightly, “Don’t worry. Your mistress couldn’t stand the questioning and confessed everything a long time ago. She even wrote a confession. She can’t get away.”

Wei Yuan’s face suddenly turned pale.

After the officers escorted the man away, Shao Yu glanced at Wei Ran and said, “If you really feel that your father owes the Jiayi clan something, you can use the rest of your life to atone for it.”

“Atonement? How to atone?” Wei Ran asked.

“Find the real descendant of Jiayi. If you can’t find it, then you should do good deeds all your life, which can be regarded as helping your father to atone for his sins.” Shao Yu said.

After a long time, Wei Ran nodded and said, “Okay, I will cooperate with you and treat the disease well.”

Shao Yu nodded slightly.

There was no need for ginseng or Polygonum multiflorum to treat Wei Ran. Those were all made up by Shao Yu to get Wei Yuan away. Although the poison in Wei Ran was strange, the required medicinal materials could all be purchased through normal channels and were not difficult to obtain.

Shao Yu took the children out of Wei’s house.

Although it was late at night, there were still many neighbors in the alley watching the fun. Shao Yu and the children hurriedly passed through the alley without paying attention to their questions.

After leaving the noisy place, Shao Yu asked, “Why don’t you speak?”

These children were very silent the whole night, and their expressions were very solemn.

The most serious person among them was Shao Jiashu, who looked extremely depressed, as if her husband had betrayed her.

“How could such deep affection be fake?” Shao Jiashu murmured.

Shao Yu touched the top of his daughter’s head and said, “People in the world have many faces. This is just a temporary illusion. Don’t take it seriously.”

Shao Jiashu said immediately: “Then I don’t want to get married, I don’t want my husband to covet my family property.”

Shao Yu couldn’t help laughing when he heard this and said, “I brought you out here to let you see different people, not to discourage you.”

Shao Jiashu leaned her head on Shao Yu’s arm affectionately and said, “Men out there are so scary. I’m afraid I’ll be cheated to the point of having nothing left.”

“It won’t be like this.” Shao Yu said softly.

Shao Jiashu looked at her father in confusion.

Shao Yu said: “Even if you are deceived, you can get over it quickly and start your life again.”

“Why?” Shao Jiashu was puzzled.

Shao Yu said: “Because you are my daughter, I believe you have the courage to start over.”

In the original plot, Shao Jiashu was in middle age and her husband turned against her. It was not that she didn’t want to start over, but that she didn’t have the opportunity.

Shao Jiashu nodded and said, “I still have my parents and brothers. For you, I will live bravely even if I encounter such a thing.”

Shao Yu looked at the other three children and said, “You must also remember that no matter what happens, don’t panic. Don’t be defeated by temporary difficulties. As long as you are still alive, grit your teeth and the haze will eventually pass.”

Wei Ran had walked herself into a dead end, and her husband seized the opportunity and pressed her step by step, causing her to even give up her instinct to survive at one point.

Shao Yu doesn’t want the children around him to follow the same path.

“Is it impossible not to be deceived and fall into the haze?” Shao Jiashan couldn’t help asking.

Dandy always thinks so directly. Instead of cheering himself up afterwards, Shao Jiashan just wants to skip this pit at the beginning.

Shao Yu smiled and said, “Learn how to judge people. Know that there are problems with a person before you are deceived. Always be alert in your heart, so that you will not be deceived again in the future.”

Shao Jiashu sighed and said, “I’m afraid I’m too stupid to learn it.”

Shao Yu said: “Take your time, you still have a long time to learn.”

Shao Jiashu sighed. She had been led by Wei Yuan from the beginning to the end of today’s events. She actually thought that Wei Yuan was a rare and infatuated man.

Shao Yu saw through his daughter’s thoughts and said, “You can’t just look at one side of a person. You can’t think that everything about him is good just because one side of him is good, nor can you completely deny this person just because one side of him is not good. You should listen more, watch more, and think more about everything. You can’t just passively accept it, you have to take the initiative to explore it.”

“Take the initiative to explore?” Shao Jiashu was puzzled.

Not only her, but the other three boys also looked at Shao Yu with confusion.

Shao Yu took the initiative to explain the motives of his suspicion, saying: “Before Wei Yuan invited us into his mansion, he had been acting very anxious, as if he was very worried about his wife’s condition.”

The four children nodded.

Shao Yu continued, “But when Wei Yuan passed the entrance of the alley in the morning, he suddenly slowed down his pace.”

This was something they didn’t notice.

Shao Yu asked: “Do you remember what happened at that time?”

The four of them nodded together. The gossipy woman came out and expressed her feelings to Wei Yuan. It was because of this woman’s words that they knew that Wei Yuan was such an affectionate person.

Shao Yu said: “Perhaps you didn’t notice, but Wei Yuan’s expression was actually very enjoyable at that time, and his body was very relaxed. This was especially obvious when the woman praised him. So, I am sure he is a person who loves fame.”

The four of them looked confused. How could they have noticed so much?

Maybe even if they noticed, they wouldn’t think much of it.

Shao Yu said: “These are just sowing seeds of doubt, but what surprised me most was Mrs. Wei’s illness.”

“Mrs. Wei obviously knew she was poisoned, but she didn’t want to seek treatment at all. This is really confusing.”

The four nodded.

Shao Jiashu also said: “At that time, I blamed Sister Wei in my heart. I thought she was really useless. She was unwilling to receive treatment because she was afraid of suffering. Now I think about it, I was really shallow.”

“Mrs. Wei usually stays in a large mansion. The poison in her body is not something that can be administered in one go. It takes years of people feeding her poison. After confirming this, I know that her poison must have been administered by someone she knows. What really made me determine that Wei Yuan was not right was what the owner of the restaurant said.”

Shao Jiashu said: “But he is not the only acquaintance around Sister Wei.”

“But he is the one who benefited the most from the whole thing,” Shao Yu said.

Shao Jiashan said: “Dad can think of so many things, in fact, it is also related to Dad’s superb medical skills.”

Shao Yu said: “Do you think that medical skills are simply about curing diseases and saving lives? Medical skills are about dealing with the human body.”

“And the human body actually hides all the secrets.”

After hearing this, Shao Jiashan opened his mouth slightly.

Shao Yu said: “You have been suffering from irritation recently and your breath is very bad. Eat less food that you shouldn’t eat.”

Shao Jiashan quickly covered his mouth.

Shao Yu continued, “There is white powder on your wrist. Did you steal Madam Wei’s cakes?”

Shao Jiashan’s face suddenly became stiff.

Ah Hei pulled Shao Jiashan’s wrist, pinched some powder off, and sniffed it. Then he complained, “You didn’t even bring me some for your food.”

Shao Jiashan quickly pulled back his hand and asked, “If I had the medical skills of my father, could I become like this?”

In order to give him hope, Shao Yu nodded.

Shao Jiashan turned his head and looked at Ah Hei, looking him up and down. He wanted to find out what was different about Ah Hei, but after looking for a long time, he couldn’t see anything and couldn’t help feeling discouraged.

Shao Yu continued, “Remember, work backwards from the result to the source. Whoever benefits the most will be the most suspicious.”