The Lucky Heiress

Chapter 433: Confrontation, Argument_1

“Grandfather should first ask me, why I was separated from my elder and second brothers.” Wei Ruo finished speaking and turned her gaze to Wei Yifeng and the other two sitting beside him.

Wei Yipeng was particularly nervous, seeing Wei Ruo looking at him, he directly lowered his head, not daring to meet Wei Ruo’s gaze.

Wei Yifeng’s eyes revealed guilt, but he still faced Wei Ruo’s gaze, his fists clenched tightly, in a state of readiness.

Wei Qingwan’s gaze was cold, the issue had nothing to do with her, she wasn’t involved in it, so although she was disappointed that Wei Ruo could return safely, she was not worried that it would affect her.

Today’s incident, she only needs to watch the fire from across the river.

It would be good if Wei Qingruo could be punished, but if not, it would not matter.

“What do you mean by that?” The old Mr. Wei asked Wei Ruo, his gaze also followed Wei Ruo’s and landed on Wei Yifeng and Wei Yipeng.

“I want to ask my elder and second brothers why they left me in the Cockfighting Field. Did they want to ruin my reputation? Did they not want me to marry Marquis Xuanping? If both of you don’t want me to become a marchioness, just say it. Ruining my reputation could not only jeopardize the marriage with the Xuanping Marquis Residence, but it can also bring no benefits to me and the Wei Family.” Wei Ruo’s voice was cold, yet steady.

Wei Ruo deliberately mentioned her wedding and the reputation of the Wei family.

Wei Yifeng quickly denied: “Ruo, what are you talking nonsense about? When did we go to the Cockfighting Field? We were clearly separated by the crowd on the street.”

Wei Ruo turned her head towards her grandparents and said: “Grandfather and grandmother, I humbly request to bring the servants from the Cockfighting Field for a questioning. When I entered with my elder and second brothers today, I found that they looked very familiar with the servants. They should have an impression whether we went to the Cockfighting Field today.”

As Wei Ruo insisted on this, her grandparents grew suspicious of Wei Yifeng and Wei Yipeng.

“You two, explain to me, what exactly happened?!” The old Mr. Wei’s voice was chilling.

Wei Yipeng couldn’t bear the fright, he knelt down immediately out of guilt, and confessed: “Grandfather, I know I was wrong, I know I was wrong!”

Wei Yifeng was originally thinking of making some excuses. When Wei Yipeng knelt down, he had no choice but to follow suit, admitting his mistakes while offering some explanations:

“Grandfather, I didn’t do it on purpose. I did take my two sisters to the Cockfighting Field. But I just wanted to show them the liveliness of the place. I didn’t expect to lose Ruo in the sudden crowd.”

Wei Yifeng only admitted to bringing Wei Ruo to the Cockfighting Field, but insisted that losing her was an accident.

“You actually took your two sisters to the Cockfighting Field?” The old Mr. Wei was inflamed.

Wei Yifeng quickly defended: “It was Ruo who wanted to see the excitement, so I thought of the Cockfighting Field, which is a lively place. I didn’t think too much at that time, and took Ruo and Wanwan.”

“You bastard! When your sister wants to see something exciting, can’t you go somewhere decent? You led them to the Cockfighting Field? What kind of place is that? Can your sisters go there? If something happened, could you take responsibility?” the old Mr. Wei scolded.

“I know I was wrong, grandfather, please calm down.” Wei Yifeng apologized.

“Grandfather, I won’t dare to do it next time, please don’t be angry anymore, it’s not worth it if you ruin your health!” Wei Yipeng added.

The old Mr. Wei was both furious and annoyed, but considering that these two were his own grandchildren and he valued lineage, he couldn’t be too harsh on them.

So after taking a couple of deep breaths, the old Mr. Wei pointed at the two and said: “I will deal with you two later!”

Then he turned his head and questioned again Wei Ruo: “Since you were separated, why didn’t you stay where you were and wait for your brothers? Where did you run off to, that you only return now?”

“Grandfather, I said earlier that it was my two brothers who left me in place, it wasn’t me who got lost. I wanted to find my two brothers, but they were nowhere to be found.” Wei Ruo emphasized again.

The old Mr. Wei knitted his brow and questioned Wei Yifeng and Wei Yipeng again: “Is what Ruo said true? Did you intentionally desert Ruo?”

Wei Yifeng denied: “We don’t know. After the crowd separated us, we couldn’t find Ruo anymore. Maybe Ruo didn’t know the way and was inadvertently led away by the crowd, thinking she was still in the original place.”

No matter what Wei Ruo said, Wei Yifeng insisted that he only took her to the Cockfighting Field and did not intentionally abandon her.

Wei Ruo chuckled lightly, “According to my two brothers’ argument, I of my own volition walked away. So I’ll ask them, why would a mere woman like me, without any reason, wish to flee from such a lawless place, leaving my brothers and putting myself in danger?”

“How would I know, maybe you didn’t want to go with us, or maybe because you wanted to run away from marriage…”

Wei Yifeng became agitated, his words becoming careless, even resorting to the excuse that Wei Ruo wanted to run away from marriage.

“If I wanted to run away from marriage, then I wouldn’t be here now. If I wanted to run away from marriage, I’d at least have to take my possessions with me. Besides, where could I run to? Without any identity or household registration, I won’t be able to do anything.” Wei Ruo analyzed the matter in an unhurried manner.

“How would I know what you were thinking…” Wei Yifeng still refused to admit in any way, then he turned to his grandparents, “Grandfather and grandmother, I really didn’t mean to abandon Ruo. I only just met her two days ago. We’ve had no grudges in the past, and I’ve no reason to harm my sister.”

Realising at this point, Wei Yipeng continued Wei Yifeng’s reasoning in his defence: “Yes, grandfather, grandmother, I admit I was a bit reckless and careless, but I definitely didn’t mean to harm my sister. She must have misunderstood something!”

“Enough! No more talk!” Old Mr. Wei was fed up, “Everything ends here. Ruo is back safely and everything else is done. With Chinese New Year around the corner, our family should still live harmoniously. Regardless of what happened before, you must get along peacefully and help each other out from now on.”

The old Mr. Wei waved his hands, not wanting to delve further into the right and wrong of the matter.

Wei Yifeng and Wei Yipeng breathed a sigh of relief. Just when they thought that they had managed to smooth things over, the old Mrs. Wei suddenly spoke:

“Old man, I think we still need to make a small punishment to create a greater deterrent.”

“Madam?” The old Mr. Wei looked at the old Mrs. Wei in confusion.