jdhmnovel Chapter 527: Shen Zheng is also part of her plan
Chapter 527: Shen Zheng is also part of her plan
Mo Qingwan didn't know whether she should agree to Shen Zheng's words, but in fact she knew in her heart that whether she agreed or not, Shen Zheng and Yu Zhengqing would do their best to do what they should do.
They are officials, and they see things more clearly than she, an insider.
How could she not be confused?
Seven years. Now, seven years have passed since their death.
Perhaps the Shen Zheng in front of him would feel that she had been lying in wait for seven years, enduring hardships and trying every possible means to avenge Si Yuan and Si Nian.
Actually not.
She had wasted almost six of those seven years. Her heart was hanging in the air, torn back and forth.
On one side are her lover and brother, and on the other side are her closest relatives. How should she choose? How should she choose? Which choice is right, and which choice is wrong.
Mo Qingwan was nearly driven crazy by these seven years of days and nights. Every night was so dark, so long, and so suffocating.
What really made her make up her mind to set up the scheme was not the intention to seize the Mo family's property, nor was it based on her parents' attitude and protection - she had long known that they did not love her as a daughter.
It was Mo Zonkai who finally made her sober.
To Mo Zonkai, that incident seemed insignificant - like a bowl of porridge or an outdated piece of clothing.
She had been searching Mo Zonkai's face for six years, and had seen countless emotions on his face - joy, anger, surprise, fear, love, hate, but not guilt.
It turned out that she was the only one living in pain and guilt, and she felt like a joke.
When she came to her senses, she found that Mo Zonkai was still doing those dirty things. So... just treat it as revenge for Siyuan and Sinian, and also to eliminate harm for the people.
But when that day really came, I couldn't tell whether I was happy or sad.
Only then did Shen Zheng understand why she felt that Mo Qingwan was a little depressed and dull from the moment she saw him.
Like a heavy rain in midsummer.
"No wonder Xiao Yuan said that you had been to the county once before." Shen Zheng said.
Mo Qingwan drank the cold tea in the cup, but was reluctant to put it down. "Yes... I came here for you."
Shen Zheng is also a part of her plan, and a crucial one.
"Why did you choose Tongan County?" Shen Zheng asked her, "I don't remember clearly whether Mo Zonkai went to study at Liuchang Academy at that time."
Mo Qingwan put down the teacup and leaned his hand towards the stove. His numb fingertips finally regained some feeling.
She looked at Shen Zheng, her eyes full of seriousness: "Young Master Fan is not part of my plan. Although he was eventually involved, I... never had any intention of harming him."
She was afraid that Shen Zheng would think that everything was planned by her, including Fan Chiqing's appearance in front of Mo Zonkai and Mo Zonkai's admission to Liuchang Academy.
She still has a conscience. The young master of the Fan family is as innocent as Si Nian and Si Yuan, and he still has a family. If you harm him, you will destroy his family. She doesn't have a happy family, but she still won't destroy the happiness of others.
"I have been paying attention to you since the day you took office in Tongan County. You have done a lot for the people in the past six months. So I was thinking..."
Mo Qingwan was a little hesitant when he said this.
After all, she had schemed against Shen Zheng. Any person in a higher position would be unhappy if they were used as someone else's pawn, right?
She tried her best to make her words sound as nice as possible. "You love your people like your own children, so I was thinking that if Mo Zonkai's actions were detrimental to your people, you would... not sit idly by."
Shen Zheng understood her anxiety and picked up the teapot to add a cup of hot tea to her.
"Just speak freely. I am not a petty person. As you said, it is not you who caused the incident, nor is it you who caused it. Don't blame yourself too much for everything."
After saying that, Shen Zheng handed her the tea.
Wisps of hot air rise up like fog and smoke.
Mo Qingwan looked at Shen Zheng through the white mist and felt that she seemed somewhat unreal.
"Master Shen, you... don't blame me?"
"Why should I blame you?" Shen Zheng placed the teacup in her hand. "If what you said is true, then you have suffered a lot these years. Why should I blame you? Is it because you calculated that I would not sit idly by when faced with injustice?"
She clearly said a sentence that was neither long nor short, but Mo Qingwan only heard a few words.
——"You have suffered so much these years."
She didn't blame herself, nor did she say she understood herself, she just... felt sorry for herself?
This sudden emotion swept through Mo Qingwan's mind. She drank a mouthful of hot tea in panic, and choked and coughed.
It took her a while to calm her breath, and she endured the itch in her throat and said softly, "Master Shen...thank you very much."
Shen Zheng was stunned. "This is what an official should do. No need to thank me."
Mo Qingwan shook his head slightly.
Perhaps only she herself knows why she thanked him.
"Let's leave it at that." Shen Zheng rubbed her hot cheeks. "Mo Zongkai will be transferred to the government office and handed over to Lord Yu for review. I will tell him to focus on this matter first and issue the review results as soon as possible while ensuring fairness."
She was worried that Mo Qingwan would be worried, so she added, "Lord Yu is a man of integrity, so you can rest assured."
Before he knew it, Mo Qingwan felt warm all over.
In fact, there was another reason why she finally chose to lure Mo Zonkai to Tongan County.
A reason she called "feeling", a reason that was logically untenable at all - Lord Shen was a woman.
She had heard many stories about Lord Shen, and from those stories, she had pieced together one image of the female official after another.
But today she realized that among the several images she had pieced together on her own, none of them could truly fit the person in front of her.
"I believe in Lord Shen." Mo Qingwan said.
She believed in Yu Zhengqing, who had Shen Zheng's endorsement, and that was enough.
"Oh, right." Shen Zheng suddenly remembered something and frowned as she asked, "If your father comes back and finds out the truth..."
From Mo Zonkai's previous description, it is not difficult to hear that in the hearts of Mo's parents, Mo Qingwan, their daughter, has a very low status. When Mo's father knows that Mo Zonkai was "harmed" by her, then she will...
Mo Qingwan smiled at Shen Zheng, his eyes full of determination: "Since my daughter made up her mind, she has never thought about staying in that home."
Maybe it can’t be called “home” at all.
Shen Zheng understood what she meant, but being a woman in this world is not easy, not to mention that Mo Qingwan is an unmarried girl. How easy is it for her to take the initiative to sever ties with the Mo family?
Now it is not like Shen Zheng’s previous life, where she could just not go home. As long as she had an ID card, the whole world was her home.
If Mo Qingwan left home without permission, he would not be able to move forward without his household registration sticker.