Chapter 258: Tacit Understanding
The rest of the family also dared not plead mercy; even the children from the eldest branch felt uneasy but pretended not to see and silently returned to their rooms.
The lights in the Wang Family’s home were extinguished one by one, plunging it into darkness. Under the moonlight, Wang Yongping knelt alone in the courtyard, his thoughts unknown to anyone.
Come the next morning, Wang Yongping had vanished without a trace, and Jinguan and Jinhoo had also disappeared.
It was Jinhua who secretly told Wang Yongzhu, "Old cousin, I heard early in the morning that Second Brother and Jinguan were discussing going to town since Granny couldn’t make it; they wanted to settle the score with Li Jinzhi."
Wang Yongzhu furrowed her brows. This matter could be big or small, and if the He Family caught the two boys, given Li Jinzhi’s vicious temperament, it was unlikely the boys would fare well.
And after Wang Yongping had kneeled all night, instead of resting at home, no one knew where he had run off to early in the morning.
They had no choice but to call Jindou out and ask him to take a shortcut to town and see if he could bring the two boys back.
Although Jindou, as the eldest, was somewhat mediocre, his dependability and obedience were his strengths. He hurried to the town without delay.
Back home, Wang Yongzhu had already inspected the tampered dye, and indeed, in the daylight, the dye looked black and murky, clearly unusable.
It could only be dumped out.
Watching as the large vat of dye was poured out, Old Granny Zhang couldn’t help but curse, "That’s pure silver going to waste! That damn Li Jinzhi, watch how I slap her hard when I get to town one of these days!"