Chapter 553: Faking It

"Mom, I don’t want to die, I didn’t do it on purpose... "

Feng Jingjing was terrified, continuously pleading for forgiveness.

She didn’t know what to do, helplessly letting her mother vent her fury, crying and begging for mercy.

Sister-in-law Feng was also a bit scared at this point, all her fear and resentment found an outlet as she saw her daughter in tears.

"What’s the use of crying? Who would believe you didn’t do it on purpose? Do you know, you not only hit Lin Chuxia, that precious woman, but also Minister Wei’s wife. Minister Wei is your father’s boss, how can your dad work under him in the future? It’s all your fault, you’ve ruined your dad’s future, why don’t you just die, then it would be over, and you wouldn’t drag anyone else down..."

Feng Jingjing’s face turned ashen with fear, she even forgot to cry.

Sister-in-law Feng kept on rambling, "It must have been eight generations of bad luck to have given birth to you, you little debtor. Do you think it’s easy for your dad to become an official? You’ve ruined it all. If I knew it would be like this, I should have just strangled you at birth to save others the trouble..."

There was a noise outside the door, and Sister-in-law Feng immediately fell silent, giving Feng Jingjing a fierce glare.

Then she saw Feng Dajun come in from outside, his brows tightly furrowed.

Seeing Feng Jingjing’s tear-stained little face, his frown deepened.

"What happened? How did you hit someone?"

He had heard about the incident in the residential area, initially someone said Qin Yang’s pregnant wife was hit, then it was said Minister Wei’s chronically ill wife fell, and then he heard it was his daughter who hit them, so he couldn’t stay put and rushed back after work.

He had heard a lot of gossip along the way, knowing it was indeed his daughter who was involved.

But how could his daughter, who couldn’t even ride a bicycle, hit someone?

Sister-in-law Feng pulled a distressed face, "I don’t know what happened, this dead girl insisted on learning to ride a bicycle, I took her to ride, kept telling her to go slow, but who knew this wretched girl would ride faster and faster, in the end I couldn’t catch up, it was just at that time Qin Yang’s wife didn’t come out early or late, just happened to come out then, watched as she collided with Qin Yang’s wife..."

She paused and looked at Feng Dajun, "But actually there was no collision, it was Qin Yang’s wife who fell herself, our bicycle didn’t even touch her clothes."

"What about Minister Wei’s wife?"

Feng Dajun knew his wife always exaggerated, so he asked with a stern face.

When it came to Minister Wei’s wife, Sister-in-law Feng seemed more confident.

"She saw Qin Yang’s wife was about to fall, and ran over to cushion her, it had nothing to do with us," she said with a sneer, "they call them good neighbors, Minister Wei’s wife is famous for being unwell, rarely seen outside, walking a step takes three breaths, you didn’t see it earlier, when Qin Yang’s wife fell, she was quick to react, not at all like someone sick. I think her illness might be a facade."

Feng Dajun nodded, though knowing his wife’s words were not reliable, he grasped the gist of the situation.

"Why ride a bicycle in this freezing weather? Falling down even slightly wouldn’t be pleasant."

Seeing that Feng Dajun had no intention of blaming them, Sister-in-law Feng gathered her courage, "Isn’t it your daughter, seeing other classmates riding bicycles, insisted on learning too, if she hadn’t caused such a fuss, this wouldn’t have happened?"

Feng Jingjing, with red eyes, looked at Sister-in-law Feng in disbelief.

It wasn’t her who wanted to learn to ride a bicycle, it was her mom who, seeing other kids in the compound riding, thought she was inferior and insisted she learn.

She didn’t want to learn, she only did it because she was afraid of making her mom angry and getting beaten.

Why was she being blamed now?

She quietly lowered her head again.

This wasn’t the first or second time such things happened, every time something went wrong, her mom habitually pushed the blame onto her.

Feng Dajun was not entangled in this, "How is Qin Yang’s wife? I heard she’s a few months pregnant, Qin Yang and she have been married for so long and finally have a child, with Qin Yang’s devotion to his wife, nothing must go wrong. And what about Minister Wei’s wife, at her age no matter what she deserves concern."

Sister-in-law Feng glanced around nervously, "Regardless of how delicate their wife is, it’s not our concern, we didn’t really hit her..."

"You didn’t go to see them?" Feng Dajun’s eyes widened instantly, "Even if you didn’t hit them, wouldn’t they have fallen if you hadn’t been rushing at them with the bicycle? Didn’t you go to show any concern?"

Sister-in-law Feng’s eyes flickered anxiously, "So many people were concerned at the time, there wasn’t a place for us, besides, they look down on us, even if we went over, we’d be despised, better to stay away and save them the irritation..."

Feng Dajun’s fists clenched tightly hearing this.

Sister-in-law Feng shrank back in fear, "I’ve already said it’s not our fault, are you going to hit me? Blame your daughter for this, it has nothing to do with me, you just care about Qin Yang’s precious wife, can’t afford to offend Qin Yang, afraid Minister Wei would hold it against you, hindering your career? It’s your own lack of ability? If you could protect your wife and daughter, they wouldn’t blame us. If you were powerful enough, even if your daughter paralyzed someone, they wouldn’t dare utter a word. Is that how you’re going to take it out on us? Fine, hit us, beat us to death, so we don’t have to endure people’s contempt and loathing anymore..."

Sister-in-law Feng became more and more agitated, pushing her head against Feng Dajun’s body as she ranted, forcing him back several steps.

Her relentless pestering and crying stirred a sense of despair in Feng Dajun.

Finally, he coldly pushed her aside, leaving with a remark, "Truly unreasonable."

Seeing him leave, Sister-in-law Feng secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Turning to see Feng Jingjing looking at her with wide eyes, she slapped her directly, "What are you staring at, it’s all for you..."

...........

Lin Chuxia waited at home for a while, Qin Yang still hadn’t come back.

She was thinking about whether to visit Sister-in-law Gong at Minister Wei’s home.

She didn’t actually fall hard; it was winter and she was dressed thickly. Sister-in-law Gong rushed to hold her, cushioning her fall, and bearing her full weight, so she didn’t get hurt at all.

No matter what she said, Qin Yang wouldn’t be at ease, and if she ran out now, Qin Yang would surely worry even more.

While she was hesitating, she heard voices outside, and through the glass, she saw Feng Dajun standing at the door, with Yuan Bao watching him intently.