Chapter 531 The Republic-era Miss Who Admitted Her Mistake to Her Arranged Marriage (2)
Chapter 531 The Republic-era Miss Who Admitted Her Mistake to Her Arranged Marriage (2)
In the original story, the original owner only had her fiancé in her heart and ignored her own fatigue from the long journey, going to the military academy on an empty stomach first.
Unfortunately, she didn't know anyone and couldn't say which class Shen Congjun was in.
She only heard from her parents that Shen Congjun's mother still cared about her son and secretly gave him some money so that he could successfully enroll in school. However, Shen's father later found out about this, and Shen Congjun lost contact with his family after that.
As for which class he was in, the original owner had no idea.
She lingered outside the school and met a kind girl.
The girl noticed that she looked like she was from out of town looking for someone, so she kindly asked her what was wrong.
"Are you here to find someone? Perhaps I can help you."
The girls were not dressed in trendy Western-style dresses or cheongsams, but rather in very smart military training uniforms.
The original owner immediately lost all sense of caution.
"Thank you. My name is Mu Zhou. I'm here to find my fiancé, who should be a freshman this year."
"Fiancé? What's his name? What class is he in? My boyfriend is also a freshman this year. I asked him to help me find him."
The two exchanged a few more words.
The girl's name was Wen Yuzhi. Her family were all soldiers, and she herself was in her father's army.
Upon learning that Mu Zhou's fiancé was named Shen Congjun, she said:
"What a coincidence, my boyfriend's name is Shen Xing, and we even share the same surname."
Wen Yuzhi asked an acquaintance to check the list of new students, but the result surprised her.
"This batch of 320 people were recruited, and none of them were named Shen Congjun. Did your fiancé lie to you?"
Wen Yuzhi guessed.
The original owner was also stunned and didn't know what to do for a moment.
After saying goodbye to Wen Yu, she had no choice but to find a hotel to stay in and prepare for further planning.
Meanwhile, Wen Yuzhi quickly put the matter out of her mind and went to her boyfriend's dormitory.
With nothing to do, she flipped through her boyfriend's notes and was surprised to find the words "Shen Congjun" written on the corner of the back cover.
In an instant, she seemed to understand something.
When her boyfriend returned, she casually asked about it, and he offered a nonchalant explanation:
"Oh, Shen Congjun is my real name, and Shen Xing is the courtesy name I gave myself. Later, I got used to using it, and my friends only knew me as Shen Xing, so I changed my name completely."
These words shattered Wen Yuzhi's suspicions.
After much hesitation, she finally chose to keep it a secret.
Wen Yuzhi had heard Shen Xing mention a childhood betrothal in his hometown, but those were arranged marriages. In this day and age, even if a wedding ceremony is held, it doesn't count, let alone before the marriage is finalized.
So she didn't take it to heart.
She later learned that Shen Xing had escaped from his hometown and returned.
Unexpectedly, the girl came looking for them.
She traveled thousands of miles to Anping to pursue her love.
In particular, the girl is beautiful and gentle. Even if Shen Xing doesn't love her, can he really be heartless towards her?
Wen Yuzhi thought about many things.
She and Shen Xing met and fell in love by chance abroad. Although Shen Xing's family was not a military family, it was once a powerful and wealthy family that could afford to send their son to study abroad.
The two were of similar social standing and had common interests.
What's remarkable is that Shen Xing even abandoned his studies to join the army for her sake.
It can be said that she perfectly meets the family's expectations for her future husband.
Her family had always urged her to marry a soldier, but she herself was a soldier and didn't like those reckless people who didn't know many words.
In the end, she finally got to see Shen Xing.
Studying abroad makes one well-educated and reasonable. Upon graduation, one becomes an officer, and one's father will naturally arrange everything for them. They don't have the roguishness of a soldier.
She was very satisfied, and so was she at home.
She didn't want to cause any unnecessary trouble.
So she decided to keep it a secret and drive the person away.
Unable to trust anyone else, Wen Yu went to find his older brother.
That very night, she sent her brother with some men to intimidate the original owner of this body, to give her a good fright and make her hurry to leave Anping and return to Ruancheng.
It would be best if people were so afraid that they would never dare to set foot in Anping again.
Wen Yuzhi's older brother, Wen Heliang, was a complete scoundrel. Relying on his father being a favorite general of the warlord, he was always arrogant, domineering, and womanizing.
He originally intended to teach this feudal young lady from a small town a lesson on behalf of his sister, so she wouldn't try to ruin her good marriage.
Upon seeing the original owner of the body, he immediately entertained other wicked thoughts.
He went directly to the shop owner, bribed him, and then kicked open the original owner's room door, intending to commit an indecent act.
The original owner of this body was pampered since childhood, and could not bear such humiliation.
She knew full well that with her own abilities, she would definitely find it difficult to kill the man in military uniform in front of her.
In desperation, he planned to jump out of the window to escape.
However, despite being only two stories high, she landed headfirst and died instantly.
Wen Heliang was annoyed after discovering that someone had died, but he wasn't too worried.
After exchanging greetings with the police, they hastily collected the body and notified the original owner's family of the accidental fall.
Wen Yuzhi didn't take it to heart after learning about it.
This was just an accident; it wasn't that she intentionally wanted to kill the original owner of this body.
It's not her fault.
However, Shen Congjun later learned about this unexpectedly from a classmate.
He was drinking with his classmates.
My classmate's family works at the police department, and they heard this gossip.
"Brother Shen, I'm not trying to be mean, but your girlfriend's family isn't exactly benevolent. At the beginning of the month, Wen Heliang tried to force himself on a girl from a small town. The girl jumped off a building and died while trying to escape, but it was only ruled an accident. Wen Heliang's existence wasn't even recorded. The girl's family doesn't even know how their daughter died."
The classmate took a sip of his drink and sighed:
“I heard my father say that the family seemed to have some background. They were a prominent family in Ruancheng and seemed to be related to Prince Lin. It’s a pity that my daughter lost her life in vain, and we don’t even know what happened.”
His classmate, emboldened by alcohol, gave him some advice:
"You should be careful when dealing with people like that."
Unfortunately, Shen Congjun didn't take his classmate's advice to heart at all.
Upon hearing these keywords, Shen Congjun's face turned pale.
He hurriedly inquired, and the result was exactly as he had guessed.
The woman Wen Heliang was forcing was none other than Mu Zhou, whom he had almost married.
The reason Mu Zhou came to Anping was to find him.
He also discovered that Mu Zhou and Wen Yuzhi had met outside the military academy.
Based on the fact that Wen Yuzhi had asked him for his name at the time, he was almost certain that it was Wen Yuzhi who had instigated Wen Heliang to go find Mu Zhou.
After learning the truth, Shen Congjun pondered for many days and finally decided to pretend he knew nothing.
He did not choose to inform his parents, who were far away in Ruancheng, nor did he question Wen Yuzhi.
Now that Mu Zhou is dead, there's no point in saying anything more.
If we were to inform the Mu family rashly, it would only plunge the two elderly people into grief.
The Wen family is a local power, so perhaps the Mu family can get justice even if they go all out.
But what can we do?
Since the dead cannot be brought back to life, it would be better to let the elderly members of the Mu family enjoy their later years in peace and not let them be entangled in this hatred any longer.
Besides, Wen Yuzhi was the culprit in this matter, and he couldn't let her be punished.
Thus, the truth about the original owner's death was covered up.
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