Quick Transmigration: The Cannon Fodder Female Supporting Character's Revenge

"that is because……"

After a moment of contemplation, Meng Jiyang suddenly asked Meng Shaoqing, "Tell me, when did my mother and the others receive the suicide note I wrote?"

Meng Shaoqing didn't know why Meng Jiyang asked this, so he replied, "Last year."

“Last year? That’s right!” Meng Jiyang clapped his hands.

"Actually, after I recovered from my illness, I wrote a letter back to tell them that I was still alive."

"is it?"

“Of course,” Meng Jiyang said. “Think about it, it took two whole years for my will from three years ago to reach my mother and the others. It must be because the person I entrusted it to was not very reliable. In addition, our Mengjia Village is located in a very remote and hard-to-find place, so it took so long for the letter to be delivered.”

"If that's the case, then the letter I wrote later probably hasn't been delivered yet."

In fact, Meng Jiyang's suicide note was indeed sent back last year, not sent three years ago and delivered two years later.

Meng Jiyang secretly rejoiced, thankful that he had left himself a way out when he wrote that suicide note.

At the time, he was worried that if he wrote that he had just died, his mother and Qi Ning might come to the capital to find his remains and take them back for burial.

Only by writing that he died of an epidemic, that his body would be disposed of, and that since he had been dead for two years, his grave could not be found, could he ensure that his mother and Qi Ning would give up the idea of ​​coming to the capital to look for him.

"Is that so?" Meng Shaoqing was skeptical.

"That should be it, there's no mistake," Meng Jiyang insisted.

He didn't want Meng Shaoqing to think too much, so he quickly asked about other things.

"Brother Shaoqing, since you just came from the village before the New Year, do you know how my mother and Aning are doing? Are they alright after hearing the news of my death? Is Aning taking good care of my mother?"

Meng Jiyang asked several questions in a row, mainly about Chen Hehua's situation.

Although Meng Jiyang was a heartless man, Chen Hehua was still his biological mother, and he still cared about her to some extent. However, those feelings couldn't compare to his future prospects.

When Meng Shaoqing heard Meng Jiyang ask about Qi Ning, he gripped the wooden railing by the window tightly with one hand, and the veins on his hand bulged out.

Faced with so many questions, he only replied with one sentence: "Aunt Lotus is dead."

"what?!"

Meng Jiyang was greatly surprised.

He never imagined that Chen Hehua was actually dead.

Meng Jiyang stared wide-eyed at Meng Shaoqing and asked, "How did my mother die? Was she too heartbroken upon hearing the news of my death? How did Qi Ning take care of my mother?"

Hearing Meng Jiyang blame Qi Ning without any explanation, Meng Shaoqing felt even more disgusted with Meng Jiyang.

"No, Aunt Lotus died by accident after falling into the water."

Meng Jiyang muttered to himself, "Drowned in an accident..."

"That's right, it was an accidental drowning, and it has nothing to do with anyone else."

If you listen carefully, you can tell that Meng Shaoqing's next sentence seems to be an explanation and excuse for Qi Ning.

However, Meng Jiyang was so engrossed in the news of Chen Hehua's death that he didn't notice the oddity in Meng Shaoqing's words.

Chen Hehua was, after all, his own mother. Meng Jiyang was still saddened by her death, and a look of sadness and regret appeared on his face: "It's all my fault for being unfilial. I only found out about it now, and I didn't even get to see my mother one last time."

After pausing for a moment, he asked Meng Shaoqing, "What about Aning? How is your sister-in-law?"

Meng Shaoqing made several marks on the wooden railing by the window with his hands. He turned his head to look out the window and said vaguely, "I don't know."

Meng Jiyang didn't doubt it. He nodded slightly and said, "That's true. You left Mengjia Village to go to the capital for the imperial examination, so it's normal that you don't know about Aning's situation."

Meng Shaoqing did not refute Meng Jiyang's words and remained silent.

Thinking of Qi Ning, Meng Jiyang said to himself, "Sigh, now that my mother is gone, she thinks I've died in the capital and might remarry."

Upon hearing this, Meng Shaoqing's brow twitched.

He subconsciously changed the subject: "By the way, Brother Jiyang went to the capital to take the imperial examination three years ago. I wonder what rank you achieved and where you are now?"

Meng Shaoqing was unaware that his words had inadvertently struck a nerve with Meng Jiyang.

Meng Jiyang could not possibly tell Meng Shaoqing that he had failed the exam; it would be too embarrassing for him.

He chuckled and said, "Didn't I say that I was unlucky three years ago? I contracted an epidemic not long after arriving in the capital, which delayed my participation in the imperial examination. How could I possibly pass the exam and achieve any official rank?"

"I see." Meng Shaoqing nodded slightly. "Then, did Brother Jiyang also participate in this year's imperial examination?"

Otherwise, he wouldn't have come to this banquet for students preparing for exams today.

Now that things have come to this, Meng Jiyang can't deny it. He can only say, "That's right. Because of that illness three years ago, I wasted three years. This is the first time I've taken the exam."

"No wonder Brother Jiyang also came to today's banquet. You left in such a hurry just now, I thought I had mistaken you for someone else."

"I suddenly had something urgent to attend to just now," Meng Jiyang casually offered as an excuse.

At this point, Meng Shaoqing finally looked Meng Jiyang up and down.

Meng Jiyang was dressed in a blue brocade robe with a jade belt at his waist. This kind of attire was definitely not something an ordinary person could afford.

Meng Shaoqing remembered that Qi Ning had told him that along with Meng Jiyang's suicide note, there was also a sum of money that had been taken back with him, which should have been all the money that Meng Jiyang had left.

Since Meng Jiyang entrusted someone to take all his money back to Mengjia Village when he was seriously ill, how did he survive in the capital? He looks like he's doing quite well now; anyone who didn't know better would think he was some spoiled young master.

While Meng Shaoqing was sizing up Meng Jiyang, Meng Jiyang was also sizing up Meng Shaoqing.

Meng Jiyang had been wondering about this earlier. Meng Shaoqing's family owed such a large sum of money, so logically they shouldn't have paid it off so early to take the exam.

Even if he has paid off his debts, his current attire—a light blue brocade robe with subtle gold patterns, understated yet luxurious—makes him look like a noble young master from a wealthy family. Could it be that he has struck it rich?

The two people, who should have been destitute, were now dressed in richer clothes than the other, and both were filled with doubt.

Meng Jiyang was quick to speak, and he asked first, "Enough about me, Brother Shaoqing, tell me about yourself. Have you paid off the debts your father left behind?"

Meng Shaoqing had no choice but to swallow the question that was on the tip of his tongue. He replied calmly, "Yes, it's all paid off."

He knew what Meng Jiyang was wondering about. Without Qi Ning's help, he really couldn't have paid off his father's debts so quickly.

Meng Jiyang could never have imagined that he was able to pay off his debts so quickly and go to the capital to take the exam so smoothly, all thanks to Qi Ning.

"Oh……"

Meng Jiyang recalled overhearing Meng Shaoqing talking to someone at the banquet earlier, where he said that Meng Shaoqing was already married.

"I actually heard your voice at the banquet just now, but I didn't recognize you because of your attire. I remember you said that you are already married?" Meng Jiyang asked.

Meng Shaoqing withdrew her hand from the window and clenched it into a fist behind her back.

Since Meng Jiyang had overheard what he had just said, it was difficult to deny it. For some reason, Meng Shaoqing didn't want to deny it either.

He looked at Meng Jiyang with a deep, unfathomable look in his eyes.

"That's right, I'm already married."

"It's really true."

Meng Jiyang then asked, "Whose daughter is your sister-in-law? Do I know her?"

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