Chapter 312: No Reward for Late Confessions

Chapter 312: No Reward for Late Confessions

When Liu Ge'er saw the body of the girl, who was barely alive, forcibly stuffed into the tree hole, the first thought that flashed through his mind was not fear, but relief—relief that it wasn’t Xingxing who had climbed up.

Liu Ge'er climbed down the tree trunk and told the Wang family servants to pull out the person stuffed in the tree hole.

"Be careful," Liu Ge'er said, "She’s probably got a head injury; her hair there looks muddy."

Li Lanzhu was beside herself: "Qian'er, Qian'er..."

After the Wang family servants struggled to rescue the person and laid her on the ground, Xingxing immediately stepped forward to check the pulse of Wang Qian'er, who was barely clinging to life.

Wang Qian'er was as pale as a ghost, with multiple bad scrapes on her body.

The worst part was the huge wound on the back of Wang Qian'er's head. It seemed that someone had struck her heavily with a blunt object, causing a lot of blood loss. Her hair was matted with blood, sticky and wet.

Wang Qian'er's face was also stained with a lot of blood, a horrifying sight.

Li Lanzhu held her breath, afraid to even blink. She watched Xingxing check Wang Qian'er's pulse, tears brimming in her eyes but not daring to let them fall and blur her vision.

Xingxing withdrew her hand: "The good news is she's not dead yet, but the bad news is her pulse is very weak... she’s hanging on by a thread."

Xingxing pulled a pill from her pouch, broke off a small piece, and placed it in Wang Qian'er's mouth.

There was also some wound medicine, but being outside, it was difficult to treat the wound on the back of Wang Qian'er's head properly. They could only use the pill to buy her some time.

Xingxing told the Wang family servants to move Wang Qian'er into the nearest house and quickly fetch a doctor.

She didn’t have the right tools to treat the wound here, so it was better to leave it to the professionals.

Master Wang got the news soon after and hurried over.

Madam Wang and Wang Dongming looked shaken and followed along.

When they saw Wang Qian'er lying on the bed, their faces turned ghostly pale.

Master Wang was puzzled and turned to see his wife and nephew looking like this. Even he could sense something was wrong.

"No, you..." Master Wang frowned.

Madam Wang dabbed her mouth with a handkerchief, flusteredly covering up: "...I'm just scared by the situation, feeling scared."

She was naturally beautiful, and her lightly furrowed brows and tearful eyes gave her a certain allure.

"..." Master Wang couldn't bear to say more.

Xingxing had already pegged Madam Wang and Wang Dongming as suspects in her mind, and now she felt no ripple of emotion towards Madam Wang's beauty.

The doctor arrived shortly after, and while the doctor was treating Wang Qian'er's wound, Xingxing called Bai Ge'er and Liu Ge'er outside, and the three siblings whispered among themselves.

Madam Wang and Wang Dongming exchanged glances, both feeling a sense of dread.

However, this time they were not mistaken; Xingxing had indeed told her two brothers about their affair.

Liu Ge'er coldly speculated: "This makes sense. Earlier, when Xingxing and Huya left the courtyard where they were having an affair, although they weren't discovered, it's likely that Wang Qian'er found out later... So Wang Qian'er also went to that courtyard, was discovered by Madam Wang and Wang Dongming, and probably even revealed Xingxing's involvement. That's why Wang Qian'er was beaten nearly to death and stuffed into the tree hole, and Wang Dongming sent his guards to attack Xingxing, trying to silence her."

Bai Ge'er thought Liu Ge'er's speculation was very reasonable.

Xingxing also had a vague inkling about this.

"But now that Wang Qianer has been rescued, things will be easier once she wakes up," Bai Ge'er sighed. "I'm just worried that Wang Qianer might not wake up."

Xingxing's little brows furrowed deeply.

Madam Wang and Wang Dongming's affair, even resorting to killing innocent people, is truly despicable.

When Xingxing and her two brothers returned, Madam Wang and Wang Dongming immediately glanced at them nervously.

Master Wang also nervously defended himself, "...No, I truly didn't expect such a thing to happen in our courtyard. Today, Madam even hosted an osmanthus banquet in the inner quarters. It's possible that someone took advantage of the chaos to act..."

Bai Ge'er sneered, "Master Wang's household is quite the spectacle, with murderous thieves targeting guests and guards attacking guests. What a grand drama."

Liu Ge'er, meanwhile, walked straight towards the two tied-up guards.

They had been tied up earlier, as the interrogation wasn't finished.

To prevent them from coordinating their stories, they were guarded by two people Bai Ge'er had brought.

"I'll give you one last chance," Liu Ge'er said with meaning. "If you tell the truth, you can still get triple the money. Of course, if you stay stubborn now, that's fine. See that girl on the bed? When she wakes up, she'll tell the truth in detail, and then your testimonies will be worthless."

The two guards exchanged glances, genuinely wavering this time.

Wang Dongming, however, looked greatly alarmed and blurted out, "This is witness tampering! It's not surprising that they would make false confessions for money!"

Liu Ge'er glanced at Wang Dongming with a half-smile, "True or false, I'll be the judge. But Young Master Wang, why so nervous? Guilty conscience?"

Wang Dongming's cold sweat dripped as he stubbornly argued, "You said earlier that I gave them money. It's clear you're trying to lead them to fabricate something against me..."

Liu Ge'er coldly laughed, "Oh? But I heard from Master Wang that the Wang family guards are under your management? Naturally, the money is also distributed by you. So what's wrong with what I said?"

Master Wang now eyed Wang Dongming suspiciously.

Wang Dongming turned his head to wipe his sweat, knowing he couldn't argue against the famously talented Third Young Master.

At that moment, the doctor, with blood-stained hands, had finished treating Wang Qianer's injuries and was washing his hands nearby.

Li Lanzhu asked excitedly, "Doctor, how is Qianer?"

The doctor, washing his hands in the basin, said, "Fortunately, some miraculous medicine kept this girl's last breath. Now that I've treated the injury on the back of her head and applied the golden wound medicine, her life should be saved..."

The doctor's expression clearly indicated he had more to say, but Liu Ge'er only needed this part of the doctor's statement. He immediately cut off the doctor and said to the two guards, "Did you hear that! Wang Qianer's life is saved. Once she wakes up, your words will be useless. I'm giving you one last chance now. Whoever speaks first will get triple the money alone! The other one, if they speak too late, will get nothing—"

Before he could finish, the two guards immediately changed their expressions and clamored, "I'll speak, I'll speak!"

"I spoke first!"

"I spoke first!"

They both eagerly spilled the details of how Wang Dongming had ordered them to knock out Xingxing and take her back to a secluded spot!