"Taking the blame? Do you think the court records and the government office are blind? How could it be that easy?"
Marquis Jing'an snorted and gave her an impatient look.
"Besides, who would willingly take the blame when it means going to jail?"
Zhong Youyan smiled faintly. "You're right, Father-in-law. Then I'll take my leave."
"You!" Marquis Jing'an's face filled with anger.
She wasn't even going to try to help!
She was just leaving like that?
Xie Jinzhao stood silently nearby, only to receive a slap to the head from Marquis Jing'an.
"What are you standing there for? Have those two in the Wood Shed confessed yet? Who exactly helped Xie Zimu set up this scheme to secure a divorce?"
Clutching his head, Xie Jinzhao finally snapped out of his daze. "No. Xie Zimu's bones are too hard. No matter how we beat him, he won't confess."
Besides, he couldn't quite bring himself to lay such a heavy hand on a child.
So he had only given him a cursory beating. Mostly, he had been settling his own score with Qing Da.
He had beaten Qing Da much more viciously.
Every inch of Qing Da's body was covered in whip wounds, without a single patch of unbroken skin!
Seeing his father's dark expression, he hesitated before adding,
"Well, Father, I think Fourth Brother's Wife has a point. If we simply withdraw the complaint, not only will we only be able to get Di-Mother out, but everyone else will assume she really did steal those things. Especially at a time like this, people will say you threatened and bribed your daughter-in-law into withdrawing the complaint as soon as you came home. If word gets out, it won't do either of your reputations any good."
Marquis Jing'an frowned and let out a