eurekapd Chapter 240 Chang Jingcheng Divorces His Wife
Chapter 240 Chang Jingcheng Divorces His Wife
Chapter 240 Chang Jingcheng Divorces His Wife
In a side room of the house, Chang Jingcheng sat on a chair with his eyes wide open in anger.
The servant was bound and kneeling on the ground, trembling.
Chang Zijin knelt to the side, head bowed, her fingernails nervously digging into her hands.
He glanced at the servant beside him; even if the servant was slow-witted, he could understand something of it.
He must have been sent by his mother to cause him trouble.
The thought that someone who had served him for so long harbored such evil thoughts towards him sent a chill down his spine.
“Tell the truth, and I’ll guarantee your life,” Chang Jingcheng said to the servant.
"Yes, yes, it's come to this, I'll definitely tell the truth, sir, please spare my life!"
Chang Jingcheng looked at the servant, feeling extremely angry.
He came to Kyoto thinking of bringing his family to see his father, and he only brought a few servants with him, including this young man.
I never expected him to be such a disloyal person.
He was indeed the one chosen by Madam Mei to serve her son. He had just arrived at his son's side last year and was very much loved by him.
"What did Madam say when you came to my son's side?" Chang Jingcheng asked.
"Reporting to Master, Madam only said that I should serve the eldest young master and try my best to win his favor, and report any situation to him."
Chang Zijin felt a chill run down her spine.
It turns out that my every move was being monitored.
Chang Jingcheng looked at the servant without saying a word.
Seeing this, the servant was frightened and had no choice but to continue, "Later, the lady asked me to teach the eldest son how to gamble, and I did as she asked."
Chang Jingcheng's chest heaved violently: "When was the first time?"
"The first time was half a month ago, right here in our house."
"After the eldest son learned it, I brought him to the gambling den in Kyoto."
Chang Zijin looked at the servant beside her, her eyes red.
He treated the servant boy quite well, often rewarding him with gifts and treating him as someone he trusted.
He remembered that when the servant first asked him to gamble, he was resistant and unwilling to learn.
Later, after the servant mentioned it many times, he started playing with him, and once he started, he became addicted.
The person he trusted so much harbored such malice towards him; it turns out everything he did was a scheme against him.
"Have I been bad to you? How could you scheme against me like this!" Two lines of tears streamed down Chang Zijing's face. He felt that what he had experienced was not real, and even hoped that it was a dream.
And his stepmother, she was clearly very good to him. His birth mother died early, and his stepmother treated him very gently, never scolding him, and even covering up his mistakes. How could she possibly harm him?
Wait... could this be the stepmother's intention?
If you don't reprimand him, he will keep making mistakes until he becomes a bad person, a useless person.
Chang Zijin was horrified upon closer examination; he was still processing these facts.
"What else did she say?" Chang Jingcheng asked.
"He even said that once he learned how to gamble, he'd find a way to get the eldest son into a brothel..."
"You bastard!" Chang Jingcheng slammed his fist on the table in anger, causing the teacups to bounce and startling the servant.
"Master, spare me! Master, spare me!" The servant kowtowed repeatedly. "She is the mistress of the house. My life is in her hands. I dare not disobey her. Please, Master, spare me!"
Chang Jingcheng instructed the person next to him, "Bring Mei here to me!"
The person next to him immediately went to inform them.
Mei didn't know what had happened either, but thought it was nothing serious, so she came over.
Upon entering the room, he saw the servant bound and kneeling on the ground, with Chang Zijing kneeling beside him, and realized something was wrong.
Could it be that what she did has been discovered?
She feigned composure and said, "Husband, what's wrong! Zijing is still young. Even if she did something wrong, it doesn't have to be like this!"
Chang Zijin turned around and looked at her, a flash of hatred in her eyes.
Looking into Chang Zijing's eyes, Mei felt a chill run down her spine.
She increasingly felt something was wrong; her plan had been discovered!
"I trusted you so much, and you actually did such a thing! You wicked woman!" Chang Jingcheng shouted angrily, his eyes a little red.
Madam Mei quickly retorted, "Husband, what are you saying? What have I done to wrong you? Have you heard some gossip? Don't be fooled!"
After saying that, he glanced at the servant.
The servant realized that the lady wanted to pin all the blame on him.
He quickly replied, "I was instructed by Madam! Last time I taught the eldest son how to gamble, Madam even gave me a jade ring, which is still in my arms!"
Madam Mei's face turned deathly pale. Oh, right, last time I was in such a good mood I gave him a jade ring!
Chang Jingcheng had someone search the servant's pocket and retrieve the jade ring, which was then presented to him.
Their family also runs a jewelry business, and this jade ring looks like something they sell; it just so happens that the shop is managed by Madam Mei.
Chang Jingcheng looked at Madam Mei, his eyes glistening with tears.
He actually quite liked this woman; otherwise, he wouldn't have married her.
“We are husband and wife, why do you have to hurt Zijing like this? How can you do this to me?” Chang Jingcheng’s eyes flashed with hatred.
Ms. Mei was somewhat dazed.
The servant was sent by her, and the ring was indeed from her shop. Now that she's pointing the finger at her, even if she says she didn't do it, her husband won't believe her.
Mei knelt down beside Chang Jingcheng, crying as she said, "Husband, I was just confused for a moment! I know I was wrong, I know I was wrong!"
Chang Zijing, kneeling behind, said coldly, "You know you're wrong? So Mother was trying to ruin my life! Even if she's not my biological mother, she doesn't deserve to treat me like this!"
Ms. Mei was speechless, unsure of what to say.
Chang Jingcheng felt that there was really no need for such a woman to stay at home.
A woman who cannot properly support her husband and raise her children, and who harbors malice towards her son and wants to ruin his life, is truly vicious and should not be kept by one's side.
He grabbed Mei's hand that was holding her collar and forcefully flung it to the side.
She was quite strong, and Mei was knocked to the ground.
“My Chang family cannot tolerate a woman as heartless as you. I am issuing you a letter of divorce; go back to your parents’ home.”
Madam Mei looked at Chang Jingcheng, her eyes glistening with tears. She thought Chang Jingcheng would punish her, but she never expected him to divorce her.
"My husband, I am your lawfully wedded wife, and we have a child together. You cannot disregard the bond between us!"
"I will naturally take good care of the child," Chang Jingcheng said calmly.
Mei's tears finally fell. It would be better to kill her than to separate her from her son!
"My lord, please have mercy!" Madam Mei tried to hug Chang Jingcheng's leg again, but was pulled away by a servant.
"Drag her away," Chang Jingcheng ordered.
The servants obediently dragged the man away, ignoring the lady's wailing and howling.
Chang Jingcheng's gaze fell on the servant.
The servant felt a chill run down his spine.
"Drag him away, give him thirty strokes of the cane, and expel him from the mansion," Chang Jingcheng said coldly.
Thirty strokes of the cane, though not enough to kill, would cripple a person.
He looked to Chang Zijing for help, but Chang Zijing just stared at him coldly.
The servant was also dragged away. The fight broke out right there in the courtyard, with the servants watching from the sidelines. The stench of blood even seeped into the house.
At first there were cries of pain, the servant's face was deathly pale, and large beads of sweat rolled down his face, but then he fell silent, probably because he had fainted.
Only Chang Jingcheng and Chang Zijin remained in the room.