Heartwarming Aristocratic Marriage: Influential Master's Wife-Chasing Strategy

Chapter 495: Outwardly Kind but Inwardly Ruthless Third Master Fu, Ensnaring Allies

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Qiao Aiyun was wearing a long skirt and a thin white knitted sweater. Under the light, her entire body exuded maternal brilliance.

But what she said shocked Song Fengwan so much that her back turned cold.

“You went out alone so late at night?” Her tone was casual, as if she was making small talk.

“…”Just as Song Fengwan was about to speak, she heard Qiao Wangbei come downstairs. He coughed, and she immediately swallowed the words she was about to say.

Qiao Wangbei still doted on his niece. If she lied at this time, she would be caught red-handed on the spot, and the consequences would be unimaginable. Even though his sister was glaring at him, he still reminded Song Fengwan.

Soon after, Qiao Xiyan and Yan Wangchuan came downstairs and sat together on the sofa.

No matter how muddled she was, Song Fengwan knew what was wrong. No wonder Third Brother kept saying that Mom was weird… How could she not be strange when she already knew about their relationship?

Her head was spinning. The sea breeze blew in from the door, making her shiver.

“Why are you standing at the door? Change your shoes and come in.” Qiao Aiyun’s voice became gentler and gentler.

“Mom.. ” Song Fengwan lowered her head, her face pale. She shot glances at her uncle and cousin. Even though the two of them received her distress signals, they didn’t dare to speak.

They only gave her a good luck look.

Song Fengwan wanted to cry. Are they really my uncle and cousin?

She knew that she wouldn’t be able to escape the calamity tonight. Her fingers grabbed the clothes beside her legs. The heat from Fu Chen’s warm palms just now had completely disappeared. She stood in front of Qiao Aiyun with her head lowered in silence.

“What’s wrong? You’re up so late at night?” Mother Huang had been sleeping in her room on the first floor. When she heard the commotion, she hurriedly put on her coat and came out. “We’re talking about something. Please go back to sleep.” Qiao Aiyun’s tone became even gentler. Mother Huang looked over and saw Song Fengwan’s pale face. “What’s wrong with Wanwan? What happened?” “We have something to discuss with her. Please go back to bed. It’s nothing serious.”

Mother Huang was a little hesitant. She guessed that they had family matters to deal with, so she entered her room and leaned against the door to listen to the sounds outside. From the looks of it, she obviously intended to criticize Song Fengwan.

This child is so well-behaved. What did she do wrong? With so many people up in the middle of the night, she thought that something might be wrong. She had to inform Old Madam Yan to handle it.

Song Fengwan was scared out of her wits. Her entire body felt as though it was soaking in ice water. At this moment, when she breathed in some air, her lungs felt cold.

“Mom, I..” She had discussed it with Fu Chen and planned to lay the cards on the table after the full moon banquet, but she didn’t expect to be discovered beforehand.

At this moment, she wasn’t mentally prepared at all, and she couldn’t think of any words to defend herself.

“Don’t be anxious. Not everyone is here yet. Isn’t there someone who hasn’t returned?” Qiao Aiyun smiled at her. “We’ll talk in detail when he returns.”

Song Fengwan bit her lip, and her ears turned red.

Every second felt like a year passed. She was so anxious that her heart was burning. She stood still for a few minutes, her legs stiff and unable to move.

“When did you two agree that he would come back? If it’s too long, why don’t you sit down first?” Qiao Aiyun almost laughed out loud when she saw how frightened she was.

Does she think I’m a bad woman who is going to separate an affectionate couple?

She just wanted to make things clear. No matter how good she thought Fu Chen was in the past, she hadn’t been looking at him as her son-in-law. She still had to examine him and see how he would deal with unexpected situations.

Facing their ‘interrogation’, if he was cowardly or afraid… Qiao Aiyun would naturally have to consider their relationship.

“Mom, don’t be like this. It’s really scary.” Song Fengwan tried to act cute.

“You still know that I’m scary? You sneaked out with him and…” Qiao Aiyun was about to flare up but forced herself to calm down again. “Let’s wait for him to come back.”

“Mom!”

“Don’t act cute. Don’t shake. Stand properly!” Qiao Aiyun said coldly.

Yan Wangchuan raised his eyebrows. This was the first time he saw Qiao Aiyun ‘reprimand’ Song Fengwan.

She’s a little fierce!

***

About five minutes later, there were footsteps. Fu Chen saw the lights in the living room from afar. When they went out just now, everyone was in their rooms. Song Fengwan wouldn’t be so conspicuous…

He rubbed the prayer beads on his wrist and slowed down, already noticing that something was amiss.

Moreover, after Song Fengwan returned, she didn’t even send him a message. In the past, she would definitely tell him that she was safe. But today, there was nothing.

Combining all the unusual happenings today, he guessed it. He tightened his prayer beads and quickly entered the house. The door was ajar. He pushed the door open and entered. The light was glaring. Song Fengwan was standing in front of the sofa and looking at him pitifully.

His guess was confirmed.

“Aunt Yun, you’re still awake so late?” Fu Chen knew what was going on, so he naturally wasn’t too surprised. He casually closed the door. “The night wind is quite cold. Your body has just recovered, so you should avoid the wind.”

Qiao Aiyun pulled her clothes closer to herself, feeling a little surprised. At this point, how can he still be so calm and care about me? I can’t even reprimand him loudly like this.

“You went out so late?” Qiao Aiyun spoke first.

“I had some things to think about. The cold night wind can make my mind more awake.” Fu Chen wasn’t in a hurry.

“Have you thought them through?”

Fu Chen nodded. He walked straight to Song Fengwan’s side and grabbed her hand..

The back of the young lady’s hand was cold, and her fingers were stiff. Seeing him coming over and directly holding her hand, she subconsciously struggled. But Fu Chen held her hand even tighter. “What are you afraid of? Isn’t there me?”

Song Fengwan was embarrassed and tried to shake off his hand. Fu Chen forcefully pried open her clenched hand, threaded his fingers through hers, and held her hand tightly.

Sitting at the side, Qiao Xiyan lowered his head and spun the carving knife in his hand. When he suddenly saw this move, he was stunned.

So direct?

Not even making excuses?

Fu Chen didn’t look like a domineering person, and he even looked gentle, but his style of doing things was exceptionally domineering.

Qiao Xiyan appreciated him for not backing down and standing up directly.

If Fu Chen had really dared to take a step back now, Qiao Xiyan would have looked down on him for the rest of his life.

Qiao Aiyun pursed her lips when she saw his actions. She wanted to see Fu Chen’s attitude. After all, the problem of age and seniority was obvious. Song Fengwan was still young. If Fu Chen just wanted to play with her, he would leave a shadow in her heart for the rest of her life.

Compared to Fu Chen, Song Fengwan was definitely innocent.

Qiao Aiyun already had a good impression of him. Now, she felt even more so that he was…

Very good! At the very least, he acted how a man should act.

“You…” Song Fengwan had been standing here for a few minutes and was scared out of her wits. How can he be so calm? He even came up and…

“Aunt Yun, I didn’t intend to hide it from you. I just couldn’t find the right time,” Fu Chen said frankly. “Since you already know, I have nothing to hide.”

“When did you two get together?” Qiao Aiyun had long wanted to ask this.

“On New Year’s Eve the year before last. I liked her too much. I wanted to wait for her college entrance examination to end, but I was too impatient. Wanwan is innocent and couldn’t stand me pestering her.”

Qiao Aiyun said, “So when she lived at your house…”

“At the time, it was just my own wishful thinking. I’m ashamed to say this, but other than Wanwan, I’ve never been in a relationship before. So there are many things I didn’t handle well. I didn’t want to keep hiding it from you.”

“After Wanwan’s college entrance examination ended, she said she was going to a friend’s house. But actually…” Qiao Aiyun was suspicious.

“I didn’t consider this matter properly. It was dangerous to let her go to the capital alone.”

Sitting at the side, Qiao Xiyan was observing Fu Chen. Fu Chen was too good at talking. Instead of answering the questions directly, he took responsibility for everything and completely displayed the responsibility that a man should have.

His answers were flawless, and no one could pick out any mistakes.

“Fu Chen, do you think I won’t pursue the matter just because you’ve said that? You tempted my daughter to fall in love when she was in high school. You should know how important the college entrance examination was to her. If she…”

“Aunt Yun, I don’t agree with you,” Fu Chen retorted.

Qiao Aiyun chuckled lightly. Is he finally starting to refute me?

You tempted my daughter to fall in love when she was too young, yet you still have reasons?

“Tell me!” She wanted to see what this brat wanted to say.

“First of all, I admit that it definitely wasn’t right to be with Wanwan at the time. But you should also have confidence in your daughter. She’s not someone who will abandon her studies for the sake of love.”

Qiao Aiyun was caught between laughter and tears. “You… What do you mean? I don’t trust my daughter?”

“You know better than me how sensible Wanwan is. When something happens at home, she wants to prove herself more than anyone else. She wants to strive and become successful for you. She wants to become your pride and make others look up to you because of her.

“She worked hard during the college entrance examination. You accompanied her, so you should know better than me.”

These words about becoming successful for her firmly pierced Qiao Aiyun’s heart. She had just given birth, so she was very sensitive.

Her eyes instantly reddened.

Yan Wangchuan and the Qiao father and son frowned.

Isn’t this a Fu Chen criticism assembly?

Why is Aiyun crying?

“Aunt Yun, I know I wasn’t considerate by hiding it from you. Wanwan is still young and doesn’t understand these things. If you’re angry, just vent it on me.”

The moment Qiao Aiyun heard that Song Fengwan wanted to become successful for her and make her proud, her heart ached terribly. How could she be in the mood to criticize him?

“Fu Chen, you should know that your future won’t be easy. Your family shouldn’t know about this, right?”

“My parents know. They like Wanwan a lot.”

“The two elders know?” Qiao Aiyun tilted her head and looked at the three people on the other side. Why didn’t anyone tell me about this?

Qiao Wangbei coughed twice. He had been avoiding her whenever he saw her recently. How could he mention this?

“Mr. Qiao was there at the time. He knows my parents’ attitude.” “My brother and Xiyan?” Qiao Aiyun looked at the two of them. “Aiyun…”Qiao Wangbei was annoyed. Why did this brat drag me down?

“Why didn’t you tell me about this?” Qiao Aiyun had been worried about the Fu family’s attitude. If there was too much resistance from his family, even if Song Fengwan married him, her life wouldn’t be easy. “You two hid such a big matter from me?”

Fu Chen had said it on purpose…

The three allies present obviously knew that this would happen long ago, but they were indifferent. With his vengeful and devious personality, how could he possibly let them go?

“Let’s talk about this in private later.” Qiao Aiyun smiled at the two of them.

“Aunt Yun, you can’t blame them. They might have really forgotten for a moment. After all, everyone was very surprised to find out I’m with Wanwan. The calmest person was Mr. Yan.”

Yan Wangchuan had already consciously not said anything, but he was still brought up.

“Aunt Yun, regarding this matter, I still have to apologize to you. At the time, Mr. Yan and I conspired to help him woo you. I kept it a secret from you, and he helped me keep my secret.

“I’ve always felt guilty about this. If you had gotten hurt again, I wouldn’t have been able to absolve myself from the blame.”

Yan Wangchuan didn’t expect Fu Chen to shoot him and expose the truth. He was someone clumsy with his words. His face stiffened, and he didn’t know how to explain for a moment.

At this moment, Qiao Aiyun finally understood why Yan Wangchuan, a person with few expressions and a clumsy tongue, had suddenly done so many strange things. He even knew how to say sweet nothings.

She had thought that it was just rotten wood meeting spring, but it turned out that there had been an expert guiding him.

Qiao Aiyun smiled at her husband. “What do you need to explain?”

“Let’s talk in our room later.”

Yan Wangchuan was clumsy with his words. Even if he explained it to her, he wouldn’t be able to be as slick and smooth as Fu Chen.

Qiao Xiyan almost applauded Fu Chen.

He had lured the disaster away to make it so nothing would happen to him. None of his accomplices had been spared.

While chatting and smiling…

He ensnared people one by one.

Today, he truly saw what it meant to be outwardly kind but inwardly ruthless.

Qiao Aiyun endured her heartache. “Fu Chen, I’ve been through this before too. Relationships are consensual. Are you going to take responsibility for everything alone?”

“If you like someone, shouldn’t you suffer everything yourself and not let her suffer the slightest bit?”

Qiao Aiyun was a woman after all. When she heard this, her heart softened.

Yan Wangchuan and the Qiao father and son looked at each other.. So the culprit is fine, but we’re the ones going to be unlucky?