He was so furious that he immediately wanted to step forward and demand an explanation, but Feng Guiyu subtly gave him a look, signaling him not to act rashly.
Though he didn’t understand why his mother was stopping him, he obediently held back.
Internally, he breathed a sigh of relief.
Thank goodness it wasn’t his father!
But… why had his father locked the basement?
Could it be that he had been deceived by Wu Lili?
Wu Lili was a relative on his father’s side. With all her immediate family deceased and her husband having abandoned her and her child, she had come to live with them temporarily, having nowhere else to go.
Yet, despite his mother treating her and her son so kindly, why would Wu Lili want to harm her?!
He simply couldn’t make sense of it.
Compared to his shock, Feng Guiyu remained much calmer.
It was as if she had already anticipated Wu Lili’s involvement.
The group entered the house.
Just then, Wu Guozhi hurriedly walked toward the living room from the direction of the basement.
As he moved, he kept scratching his arms and then his back.
At the sight, Wu Minyi and Feng Guiyu both froze.
Disbelief flashed in Wu Minyi’s eyes, he hadn’t expected that, aside from Wu Lili, there was another person behind this.
And that person was actually his own father!
Feng Guiyu’s gaze flickered with shock before quickly giving way to profound disappointment.
“Xiao Yi, did you open the basement door?” Wu Guozhi asked, eyeing Wu Minyi with suspicion.
“Yes, I heard strange noises coming from inside and wanted to check. But right after opening it, I got a call from the hospital and had to rush there. Dad, did you go in just now? Do you know what was making those sounds?”
As he spoke, Wu Minyi carefully observed his father’s expression.
A faint glimmer of hope still lingered in his heart.
Wu Guozhi seemed to relax, waving his hand dismissively. “I checked, it was nothing. Probably just a half-dead rat making noise. Don’t worry, all the rats inside have been cleared out.”
Hearing this, Wu Minyi’s anger flared up instantly.
Even now, he was still pretending!
Just as he was about to lose his temper, Feng Guiyu grabbed his arm.
“Xiao Yi, I’m not feeling well. Help me back to my room to rest,” she said, giving him a meaningful look.
Wu Minyi clenched his fists and took a deep breath.
“Alright.”
Once back in the room, Wu Minyi immediately shut the door.
“Mom, why didn’t you let me confront them?” he asked urgently.
Feng Guiyu picked up the wedding photo of her and Wu Guozhi from the bedside table, her gaze distant.
After a long silence, she let out a soft, bitter laugh.
“Confront them? With what? Do you think they’d admit anything? Even if we called the police, they’d just think we’re delusional. Instead of alerting them, it’s better to investigate quietly.”
She motioned for him to come closer and whispered instructions into his ear.
“I understand, Mom!”
After listening, Wu Minyi’s eyes cleared with newfound determination.
Feng Guiyu reminded him, “Remember, control your emotions. Don’t let them suspect a thing.”
“Got it!”
That very night, Wu Minyi brought the investigation findings to Feng Guiyu.
As she read through the documents, her gentle expression gradually turned icy.
Just as she had suspected!
Wu Guozhi, you’ve really played me for a fool!
She and Wu Guozhi had met during their university days.
She came from a wealthy family, while Wu Guozhi was just a poor college student from the mountains.
She didn’t look down on him. Despite her grandfather’s objections, she insisted on being with him.
After marriage, Wu Guozhi treated her well, always gentle and attentive to every detail, making her feel that marrying him was a stroke of luck.
Later, his cousin Wu Lili arrived with a child.
At first, she didn’t pay much attention.
She only noticed that the child bore some resemblance to Wu Guozhi in the eyes and brows, but since Wu Guozhi said Wu Lili was his cousin, she chalked it up to family genes and didn’t think too much of it.
However, as time passed, she realized that Wu Guozhi and Wu Lili’s relationship went far beyond the normal closeness of cousins.
Wu Guozhi was also unusually good to Wu Lili’s child.
Most importantly, she could vaguely sense a certain hostility from Wu Lili toward her.
Though the other woman never showed it outright, sometimes when she glanced over unintentionally, she would catch a strange look in Wu Lili’s eyes, one filled with jealousy and resentment.
But the expression would vanish in an instant. By the time she tried to take a closer look, Wu Lili would already be smiling warmly, acting as if they were the best of friends.
Since Wu Guozhi remained as gentle and loving as ever, she didn’t suspect anything and never questioned it.
She simply planned to find an excuse to send Wu Lili and her child away after some time had passed.
Now, looking back, she realized she had been a blind, foolish idiot!
Wu Lili wasn’t Wu Guozhi’s cousin at all!
Her real name was Chen Lili, Wu Guozhi’s mistress from outside.
The two had secretly had a child together.
Then, lying about being relatives, they brazenly moved back into this house.
Right under her nose, they lived happily as a family of three!
And now, driven to desperation, they even wanted to get rid of her, the dutiful wife who had stood by him through hardship.
What next? Were they planning to target her son too?!
The thought made Feng Guiyu so furious she could barely stand.
Wu Minyi quickly steadied her. “Mom, are you okay?”
Feng Guiyu shook her head. “Don’t worry, I’ll be fine. At the very least, I won’t allow anything to happen to me before I deal with that adulterous pair!”
At this moment, she was grateful she had always remembered her grandfather’s dying words, that she must keep control of the company in her own hands.
All these years, though Wu Guozhi had repeatedly tried to take the company from her, she had never relented.
Perhaps that was why the man had grown impatient and decided to eliminate her.
With her mind made up, she immediately began laying her plans.
If they dared deceive her, they would pay the price they deserved!
…
After leaving the hospital, Yun Mojiu took a taxi to a nearby mall.
She had been sent to the hospital from the Xie family and then returned directly to her own home from there.
She hadn’t brought any daily clothes or essentials back with her.
Though there were some at home, she found that after her rebirth, she could no longer stand the styles of her old clothes.
Apart from the new Chinese-style dress she had bought from a small shop near her neighborhood to wear for her divorce proceedings, she now disliked everything else in her wardrobe.
So, she decided to buy some new outfits.
After browsing the mall for a while, she finally found a store specializing in new Chinese-style women’s clothing.
The clothes inside had a strong traditional Chinese aesthetic: elegant, refined, and exuding a fresh, understated charm.
She walked in and picked out several sets.
As she put on each piece one by one, the eyes of the shop assistants lit up.
They had seen so many customers, but never had anyone suited the store’s clothing so perfectly!
With her looks and aura, it was as if the clothes in the shop had been tailor-made just for her!
“Well, well~ Isn’t this Yun Mojiu?”
Just as the shop assistants were silently marveling at Yun Mojiu’s grace and beauty, an unpleasant voice rang out from the store entrance.