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Chapter 594: Chapter 598 Lying_1
The only possibility was that he had sold Da Ya and Er Ya!
"You damned bastard, get up!"
Hu’s Clan smashed the silver on Tan Zhengyuan’s head, and a bloody gash appeared on his skull.
Tan Zhengyuan woke up from the pain and, seeing Hu’s Clan’s fierce demeanor, he became even angrier.
"You wicked woman, have you eaten the gall of a leopard? Was it you who hit me?"
Tan Zhengyuan glared at Hu’s Clan with venomous eyes, wishing he could tear her to pieces with his own hands.
With her neck stiff, Hu’s Clan said, "Do you still have a heart? Da Ya and Er Ya are your daughters too; how could you bear to do this to them?"
Tan Zhengyuan’s head was already throbbing with pain, and the quarrel with Hu’s Clan made him want to hit someone even more.
Just as Tan Zhengyuan was about to smash his head into Hu’s Clan, Qiao Duo’er immediately intervened, twisting Tan Zhengyuan’s arm behind his back.
With a little more skillful force, Tan Zhengyuan was already kneeling on the ground.
"Where are Da Ya and Er Ya?" Qiao Duo’er asked coldly.
Tan Zhengyuan instantly became more alert. Could it be that the thing he had done had been exposed?
No, that’s impossible!
When he handed the children over to Xiao Lingchuan, no one saw him, and afterwards, the two girls were hidden directly in the straw and taken away; there was even less chance for others to discover.
So these people were definitely trying to swindle him. If he admitted it now, that would be exactly what they wanted.
Tan Zhengyuan shook his head, his mind growing clearer.
All he had to do was adamantly deny selling the girls and no one would be able to do anything to him!
"When I divorced this woman, we agreed that the girls would be in her care. Now that the children are missing, why are you demanding an explanation from me?"
Tan Zhengyuan said with his neck stiff, as if he was the more reasonable party of the two.
His drunken act was convincingly realistic.
But everyone looked down upon him in their hearts; today, nearly the whole village had mobilized to help search for the missing girls, yet not a single trace of Tan Zhengyuan could be found.
Is this what a father should do?
Perhaps this father was not even as good as a neighbor.
Clutching the purse, Hu’s Clan asked through gritted teeth, "Then tell me where this bag of silver came from?"
Tan Zhengyuan’s eyes darted around. Right, the Wang Clan’s brother saved an official and he easily became a scholar.
He too had saved a noble person, so giving her some silver wasn’t too much to ask, was it?
Thus, he concocted a story on the spot: "I saved a noble person, isn’t this the reward he gave me?"
But his evasive eyes betrayed him long ago, he was clearly lying!
"You loiter about all day, never leaving the village; if you had saved a noble person, would we not know about it?"
With disdain, Tan Zhengyuan said, "Do you think anyone can just encounter a noble person? If that were the case, who would bother to work hard in the future? Everyone could just sit at their doorsteps and wait for their grace."
The woman just now was choked up and unable to speak, but she still felt it was impossible there was no news at all.
"What kind of attitude is this? At least show some respect when speaking to your elders, you’re completely lacking in manners." n𝚘𝚟𝚙u𝚋.co𝚖
"You’re nothing good either!"
Tan Zhengyuan pretended to be indignant: "You people are just jealous of my silver, but I just have better luck than you. If you continue to smear me, don’t blame me for being rude!"
While Tan Zhengyuan continued to defend himself, Qiao Duo’er had long lost patience. Her hand suddenly tightened, seemingly about to snap off one of Tan Zhengyuan’s hands.
"Where did you sell Da Ya and Er Ya?"
Tan Zhengyuan cried out in pain: "Let me go, I really don’t know!"
Qiao Duo’er could only intensify her grip, and in the next second, Tan Zhengyuan could start howling like a slaughtered pig.
It seemed he could already hear the sound of bones separating from flesh.
