Chapter 819 - 815: Bound to Win

By the time An Dongyang finished his fuss, Mrs. An had returned. Seeing that Xu Wenwan hadn’t cooked, her expression instantly darkened.

"Xu Wenwan, you idle around at home every day and do absolutely nothing. Look at other people’s daughters-in-law! Who acts like you? You’re completely useless."

Being scolded, Xu Wenwan lowered her head, twisting her handkerchief. She harbored deep hatred in her heart. "Old hag, just you wait," she thought. "Once today is over, I’ll make you kneel on the ground and apologize to me."

Mrs. An grew even angrier seeing her act so submissively. At her age, she had seen every trick in the book, and she simply looked down on Xu Wenwan. "Well? Aren’t you going to cook?"

Left with no choice, Xu Wenwan could only head to the kitchen.

By the time the family finished dinner, the sky was completely dark. Xu Wenwan was anxious but had no other options, so she pretended to feel unwell and said she needed to go out to get some medicine.

An Dongyang glanced at Xu Wenwan. After a pause, he said, "Since you’re not feeling well, go get some medicine."

Upon hearing this, Xu Wenwan didn’t notice anything amiss with An Dongyang’s expression. Instead, she simply got up and left.

Mrs. An opened her mouth to stop her, but An Dongyang held her back. Only after Xu Wenwan left did Mrs. An look at her son with an ugly expression. "What kind of woman goes out this late? Look at the wife you found. She can’t do any chores, and she didn’t even have dinner ready when I got back. What’s the use of just having a pretty face?"

An Dongyang comforted Mrs. An with a few words and also stood up. "Mother, it’s not safe after dark. I’ll go check on Wen Wan."

Seeing her son follow closely behind, acting as if he doted on his wife to the bone, Mrs. An felt another wave of suffocation from anger. She truly regretted it now. If she had known An Dongyang would find such an unpresentable wife, she would have arranged a marriage for her son much earlier.

Initially, she had thought that there couldn’t possibly be any good girls in this small place, so she had planned to find him a proper match after returning to Capital City. Who would have thought that An Dongyang would find one himself? No matter how angry Mrs. An was, the two were already married. It was too late to say anything now.

After walking a short distance, Xu Wenwan was informed by the System that An Dongyang was following behind her.

She frowned. "System, you can’t let him follow me, or I won’t be able to go find Leng Yuan."

The System was also anxious. It had waited so long for this day, having threatened its host and failed countless times in between. Tonight, no one was going to delay it.

"I can," it replied.

Having absorbed the luck of quite a few people recently, its energy had grown significantly stronger. Dealing with one An Dongyang was a piece of cake.

With that, Xu Wenwan felt relieved. She really did go to the pharmacy, and An Dongyang watched with his own eyes as she walked inside. However, Xu Wenwan hadn’t actually entered the pharmacy; it was all an illusion created by the System.

Turning the corner from the street by the pharmacy, Xu Wenwan headed straight for the guesthouse. During the day, the message delivered to her by a local thug stated that Leng Yuan was staying at this very place.

There were a total of three guesthouses in the County Town. This one was not the one where Leng Yuan and Gu Jiaojiao were staying; to make it easier to lure Xu Wenwan out, Leng Yuan had deliberately switched to a different guesthouse.

Xu Wenwan walked in and went straight to the receptionist. "Hello. May I ask which room Comrade Leng Yuan is staying in?"

The receptionist glanced at Xu Wenwan and asked, "How are you related to him?"

Xu Wenwan didn’t panic in the slightest. "I’m from the Qingshan Team and I married into the county. Leng Yuan is good friends with my brother, so he’s just like my own biological brother. I heard his family is having some trouble recently, so I want to help him out. Could you pass a message to him for me? Just say that I can help with his family’s matters."

Thinking back to Leng Yuan’s appearance, the receptionist figured that explained why he looked so unkempt—his family had run into trouble. Removing any remaining suspicion, the receptionist nodded. "Wait here. I’ll go call him down for you."

Before long, the receptionist came back downstairs alongside Leng Yuan.