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Chapter 740: Chapter 745 Bad Woman_1
"I’ll think of another way, you just need to secure the man’s heart. As long as he is willing, who can stop it?"
Granny Liu gave Ruo Lan a meaningful glance; this was the crux of the matter.
If Qiao Duo’er really interfered, then they could just have Tan Zhenghong keep Ruo Lan as a concubine.
That way, she could control Ruo Lan even better.
"Auntie, rest assured, I know what I’m doing,"
Ruo Lan said with full confidence, convinced that even if Tan Zhenghong had a heart of stone, she could warm it up.
Granny Liu lowered her eyes, hiding the sharp glint in her crafty gaze.
After pondering for a while, she went out again—there were some things that needed to be spread around.
For instance, how Qiao Duo’er was a jealous type, or how she was so ruthless that she couldn’t even tolerate children, and was disrespectful to her elders, completely unfit to be married to Tan Zhenghong...
Thus, new gossip began to circulate in the village, with signs of escalating further.
The villagers craned their necks, eager to catch any commotion from the Tan Family’s Door, but aside from the constant coming and going of ox carts delivering and collecting goods, the door remained tightly shut at all other times.
It seemed the family didn’t care at all about the affair.
Outside the door were gossiping hearts, yet inside was a life of tranquility.
During the daytime, the little donkey pushed the small millstone at a leisurely pace, Tan Zhenghong busied himself with washing flowers, rendering lard, and beeswax, while Qiao Duo’er was occupied with blending face mask powders and Fragrance Paste. In her free time, she would play with the two big dogs, bathe them and groom their fur.
At night, the two of them would turn in early, read books, and engage in some discordant activities, thoroughly enjoying themselves.
Three or five days passed like this, and Granny Liu and Ruo Lan became anxious.
Seeing Tan Zhenghong’s reaction, it was clear that he was wholly under Qiao Duo’er’s control, and they didn’t even have the chance to exchange a word with him. 𝑛𝘰𝑣𝘱𝑢𝑏.𝘤𝑜𝘮
Latter on they huddled together and came up with a plan.
Early the next morning, they knelt in front of the Tan Family’s Door, wailing loudly.
"Duo’er, Ruo Lan is already pregnant. I beg you, please let her enter. Otherwise, this child will be born illegitimate!"
"Madam, Ruo Lan knows her place and wouldn’t dare to compete with you. I am willing to leave after giving birth to the child. All I ask is that you treat my child kindly and not let him suffer."
Ruo Lan and Granny Liu kept kowtowing while they spoke, misleading any uninformed onlooker into thinking they were facing grave injustice.
Hearing the commotion outside, Qiao Duo rolled her eyes, "I think it’s time we let the truth out; otherwise, it’s too frustrating."
She had initially wanted them to make a big fuss, so they would be unable to get off their high horse.
But having such disturbances every other day, who has the time to deal with them?
She planned to restock the warehouse during this period and, upon obtaining the musk, to go to Mansion City to start preparing for the opening of a branch store.
"I’ll go over the wall in a bit to find Uncle Wu and have him check the age of the child first,"
Tan Zhenghong revealed his plan, remembering that Chen Yi Ling had once deduced that Ruo Lan had hooked up with Old Master Niu.
If that were the case, the timing would definitely be off.
"Have you no shame? It’s not even clear whose child it is!"
The woman from the Hu’s Clan said disdainfully.
She had originally planned to bring some pork and pig heart to Qiao Duo and the others.
But she had not expected to run into these two shameless individuals.
Apart from the Liu family, who else could prove the child belonged to Tan Zhenghong? Anyway, she believed the Liu family was scheming for profit.
Granny Liu stood up, her face hardened as she spoke, "Ruo Lan is not a loose woman."
The woman from Hu’s Clan mocked, "This is the first time I’ve heard of a ’decent’ woman getting pregnant before marriage."
"Sister Lan, I know you were driven out for not bearing a son, but we have no quarrel. You can’t view all women who give birth to sons as enemies,"
Ruo Lan said pitifully.
