RPAGF Chapter 293 Zhou Lan's End
Chapter 293 Zhou Lan's End
Under Zhou Lan's tense and frightened expression, Zhou Qingran slowly explained, "My younger sister has taken a liking to my fiancé. Ever since Qin Yan came, she's always been following him around. This time, falling into the water was intentional on her part. She wanted Qin Yan to save her so she could cling to him. Oh, by the way, she deliberately dressed lightly. I just wonder if she's cold in this weather?" As she spoke, she looked at Zhou Lan with feigned curiosity.
Zhou Lan glared at Zhou Qingran, wishing she could tear her mouth apart, but Zhou Qingran ignored her and continued, "Alas, what a pity. Qin Yan saw through her intentions and didn't care about her at all. If I hadn't saved her, Father, you would probably have lost your obedient and lovely daughter. You should really thank me."
"I didn't, you're lying, it was an accident," Zhou Lan vehemently retorted. She couldn't admit to this, otherwise her parents would definitely not let her off the hook.
"It's fine if you don't admit it. Do you think no one saw it? Do I need to find a witness?" Zhou Qingran said calmly as Zhou Lan continued to refute.
"Impossible, no one could have seen it." She clearly sent everyone away, how could anyone have seen it?
But her appearance made Zhou's parents realize that this matter was true.
Zhou's parents looked at Zhou Lan with surprise, not expecting that there was more to the story behind her falling into the water.
Zhou's mother was so angry that her chest ached, and she could no longer maintain her usual gentleness.
“Zhou Xian, what a fine daughter of yours! Coveting her sister’s fiancé, does she have no shame? Just like her mother, like mother, like daughter.”
Seeing the mocking look in Zhou's mother's eyes, Zhou's father felt embarrassed and slapped Zhou Lan across the face.
Zhou Lan looked at her father in disbelief: "Father, you hit me! You actually hit me!"
"How have I raised you? You insist on coveting your sister's fiancé. You've completely disgraced me!" Mr. Zhou was furious.
"Haha, I'm ashamed. Why? I'm your daughter too. Why can Zhou Qingran marry Qin Yan, but I can't? Why?" Zhou Lan was on the verge of collapse, her red eyes fixed on her father.
"Why? Of course, it's because Qingran is the eldest daughter of the Zhou family, while you are just a concubine's daughter." Zhou's mother answered Zhou Lan's question with a cold snort.
"Haha, illegitimate daughter, enough! I've had enough! Just because I'm an illegitimate daughter, you all look down on me, even the maids! In this mansion, everyone laughs at me, mocks my overestimation of myself. But is it just my choice? It's you! It's all because of you! If it weren't for you, how could I be an illegitimate daughter? Why couldn't you control yourself and have me with Liu Shi?" Zhou Lan pointed at her father, breaking down in accusations.
"You...you..." Zhou's father didn't expect Zhou Lan to accuse him, and he was so angry that he couldn't speak.
Listening to Zhou Lan's accusations, Zhou Qingran felt that Zhou Lan was quite right. If her father hadn't been unable to control himself, Zhou Lan wouldn't have been born, and so many things wouldn't have happened.
"You...you still don't know how to repent! I think you have no manners at all. How did you raise your child, Madam?" Mr. Zhou suddenly turned his anger towards Mrs. Zhou.
Mrs. Zhou was just watching the show when she was surprised to see Mr. Zhou being so shameless. She immediately stopped indulging him and said sarcastically, "Master, you seem to have forgotten that Zhou Lan was not raised by me. She has been personally taught by you and Madam Liu all these years. I will not take the blame for this. If you want to say that she is ill-mannered, then you are the one who is incompetent. You should reflect on yourself."
Mr. Zhou was so angry that he lost his mind. After hearing what Mrs. Zhou said, he realized that Zhou Lan had only been in the household for a few months.
But looking at Zhou Lan's somewhat deranged appearance and resentful gaze, he didn't know what to say for a moment.
"Master, your good daughter is trying to steal Qingran's fiancé. You'd better give me an explanation for this. I won't let this go. You don't want to stay in bed any longer, do you?"
Thinking about how he had been beaten by his brother-in-law and had been bedridden for over a month, only able to sleep on his stomach every day, Zhou's father suddenly felt a pain in his buttocks.
"Don't worry, Madam, I will definitely give you and Qingran an explanation for this matter."
"Heh, then I won't disturb your father-daughter moment." Zhou's mother glanced at Zhou's father indifferently, then pulled Zhou Qingran and turned to leave.
After Zhou's mother left, Zhou's father looked at Zhou Lan crying on the bed and felt a surge of anger. It was all because of this daughter that he had lost face in front of his wife again today.
"Crying? You still have the nerve to cry? How could you do something as shameless as forcing yourself on your brother-in-law?"
“I’m shameless? When you were with my mother, you didn’t feel shameless either.” Zhou Lan was completely disregarding everything at this moment, even cursing her father.
"You...you dare to do this? I'm your father! Don't you even know what it means to respect your elders?"
"I don't understand. I'm just a mistress, how could I understand?"
"Take the second young lady away and lock her in the woodshed. Let her reflect on her mistakes. She can be released when she realizes her wrongdoing."
Green Pine and Green Shade immediately knelt down and begged, "Master, please spare the Second Miss. She is currently ill, and if she is locked in the woodshed, she will die."
"Sir, please spare Miss."
Looking at Zhou Lan's pale face and her body that seemed about to collapse at any moment, Zhou's father said, "Hmph, since you're sick, you should stay in the house."
"Since you're so eager to get married, once you recover, I'll have Madam find you a family to marry into quickly." Zhou's father had previously shown some affection for this daughter, but after the treatment he had received these past few days and today's events, that affection had vanished.
It's better to get this shameless daughter married off quickly, so that he won't lose face if something happens in the future.
"No, I don't want to get married!" Zhou Lan shouted immediately upon hearing this.
She already had a strained relationship with Zhou's mother, and with this incident today, Zhou's mother definitely wouldn't find her a good husband. She absolutely couldn't just marry anyone.
"You have no choice but to marry him." Zhou's father turned and left.
Zhou Lan collapsed to the ground. Why did this happen? Why did it have to end like this? Why did Qin Yan reject her? Why wouldn't he marry her?
If Qin Yan married her, she could leave this place and never have to fear the harsh stares of others again.
Zhou Lan did not give up in the end and wanted to make one last attempt. That night, when no one was paying attention, she ran to Qin Yan's courtyard, intending to force herself on him. However, she was immediately sent to Zhou's father by Qin Yan's servant.
This time, Zhou's father lost face in front of outsiders. He was so angry that he locked Zhou Lai, who was still sick, in the woodshed.
After Qin Yan left, he didn't ask Zhou's mother to find Zhou Lan a husband. Instead, he found someone himself and quickly married her off.