In the years of famine, I led a comfortable life with my husband

Su Zhizhi was stunned at first, but then she reacted, "When will we start? Of course, now. My kung fu isn't as good as yours. We don't have any evidence right now, so we can't take action against them head-on, but who wouldn't do it secretly?"

"Go and give Su Zhonghuai a good beating. He'd better be able to take care of his lower body. Otherwise, I don't mind helping him."

Su Zhizhi's eyes were cold, and Xie Chengjin just nodded, "Okay, I get it. I won't show mercy this time."

After saying that, Xie Chengjin turned and left. Taking advantage of the cover of night, he ran towards Su Zhonghuai's temporary residence.

At Su Zhonghuai's home, he was about to rest with Li when the lights in the room suddenly went out.

The couple was startled. Su Zhonghuai was about to go out to find out what was going on when the door was kicked open forcefully.

Xie Chengjin had his face covered and was wearing a black nightgown, making it impossible to tell who was in front of him.

Xie Chengjin kicked Su Zhonghuai to the ground with a kick on the head. Without giving him a chance to react, he picked up a stool and hit him with it.

Li, who was standing by, saw that something was wrong and tried to stop them while cursing, but was knocked unconscious by Xie Chengjin with one punch. For Xie Chengjin, hitting women was a natural thing.

Without any interference, Xie Chengjin beat Su Zhonghuai half to death, especially at a certain spot where Xie Chengjin almost kicked him to death. Su Zhonghuai was knocked unconscious and then woke up from the pain, repeating this cycle countless times.

By the time Xie Chengjin had vented his anger, Su Zhonghuai was already lying half-dead on the ground. Xie Chengjin then left in a leisurely manner.

As for Su Zhizhi, she had already washed up and lay down on the bed, but she tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep.

She simply sat up, scratched her already messy hair in annoyance, and stared out the window in a daze.

She was thinking that ever since Chen Xuli came, her life, which had been pretty good, had become increasingly uneasy. If the matter with Mr. Liu was still within the controllable range for Su Zhizhi, but now Chen Xuli gave Su Zhizhi a feeling that she had no control over him at all, she felt a little panic for no reason.

Outside Laiyue Tower, Xie Chengjin cleaned the blood and dust off his body and was about to go back to rest when he received news from his spy.

The note said that his mother seemed to be in the capital. This was a clue that had never been found before, and it gave him much more details about his mother's whereabouts. Xie Chengjin felt that this was a good opportunity.

But then, the smile on Xie Chengjin's face faded a little. It was impossible for him to leave for the capital now, not to mention his special identity. Without the identity of Su family's son-in-law, Xie Chengjin would have a hard time even in this county, let alone going to the capital.

Xie Chengjin thought that he needed to use some strategies to speed up Su Zhizhi's journey to the capital.

Xie Chengjin returned to the room and, like Su Zhizhi, tossed and turned, unable to sleep. He certainly couldn't talk to Su Zhizhi directly about going to the capital, so he needed someone to propose this idea to who would not arouse Su Zhizhi's suspicion.

This person is undoubtedly Meng. For Meng, if the things she cares about are not about Su Zhizhi and Su Peizhi, then it is only about Su's father.

After much deliberation, Xie Chengjin decided to take action against Meng.

Having made up his mind, Xie Chengjin asked people to spread rumors in the county.

The news of the Su family's exile is no secret. As long as you ask a little, you will know why they were exiled. Xie Chengjin asked people to spread the story of Su's father, saying that there were strange circumstances in Su's father's death and there seemed to be some inside story, but the person who knew the inside story was still in the capital.

This news reached Meng's ears intentionally or unintentionally, but Meng didn't take it seriously.

But as more and more people talked about it, Meng began to care about it, and she even started looking for Su Zhizhi.

"Zhizhi, mother wants to go to the capital." Meng sat in front of Su Zhizhi with a firm look in her eyes.

Su Zhizhi felt a little helpless and soothed, "Mother, what happened? Did you hear anything?"

Meng knew she couldn't hide the truth from Su Zhizhi, so she simply said, "I've been hearing about your father's death for the past few days. They all say there's something fishy about it, but the people who know about it are all in the capital. I want to go back and find out exactly why your father died. I want to clear his name!"

Su Zhizhi froze for a moment, feeling somewhat helpless. "Mother, calm down. It's not that simple. We're so far away from the capital. Even if there's something fishy about my father's death, how could anyone here possibly know? What if Chen Xuli spread this news to mislead us?"

Mrs. Meng insisted on her own thoughts. "What if these things are true? Zhizhi, I know you are worried, but I can't just watch your father die in such an unclear way. I didn't know before, but now I know, I must investigate further."

Su Zhizhi wanted to persuade her, but was stopped by Xie Chengjin. "Zhizhi, if my mother wants to go to the capital, she must have her own considerations. I think she is right. What if this matter is not Chen Xuli's doing?"

Su Zhizhi glared at Xie Chengjin sharply. She didn't say anything, but she began to doubt in her heart that Xie Chengjin was a little too enthusiastic about going to the capital.

But after Xie Chengjin's interruption, Su Zhizhi also began to pay attention to this matter.

Xie Chengjin gritted his teeth, but still asked people to continue to spread the story of Su's father. The situation became more and more serious in the county.

Su Zhizhi also began to doubt, but this incident was too coincidental, so she had to think more about it. However, when Su Zhizhi investigated, she found that Xie Chengjin seemed to be involved in this matter.

After thinking for a moment, Su Zhizhi decided to ask Xie Chengjin directly.

At night, in Xie Chengjin's room, Su Zhizhi knocked on the door and walked in. "Xie Chengjin, I have something to talk to you about. Is it free for you now?"

Xie Chengjin paused, then put on his clothes and sat in front of Su Zhizhi. "You've already come in, and you're asking me if it's inconvenient. So, what do you want to talk to me about?"

Su Zhizhi said directly: "Why did you lie to my mother about my father?"

Xie Chengjin pretended to know nothing, "What are you talking about?"

Su Zhizhi wanted to ask something else, but was interrupted by Xie Chengjin, "Zhizhi, you came to my room in the middle of the night, are you thinking..."

Xie Chengjin's tone was a little ambiguous. Although his ears were a little red, he had to hold on in order to divert Su Zhizhi's attention.

Su Zhizhi was indeed confused by Xie Chengjin's words. She then realized that her behavior today was a bit inappropriate. Xie Chengjin was obviously in a state of rest, but she just barged in like this.