A Good Country Wife

Chapter 694: Chapter 687_1

Quan An was in such severe pain that he could only hope that Lin Yue would let him off soon. He answered every question like beans spilling from a bamboo tube, not caring whether he should reveal such information. It could have been that the pain had muddled his brain. Only after speaking did it occur to him that something might not be right. By saying such things, would it make Lin Yue even angrier and result in harsher treatment?

Listening to Quan An’s words, Lin Yue also began to understand their meaning. It turned out that while Ceng Lu had his sights set on her, it was Quan An who instigated this incident. It was not Ceng Lu’s doing at all, which explained why Liu Aniu’s spies and bribed informants detected no abnormalities. It was all because Quan An had stirred up trouble just to curry favor with Ceng Lu. However, this showed that Quan An’s audacity was quite over the top.

Although the Jiang Family’s Hidden Guard remained expressionless, he was very adept at reading people’s expressions and words. Seeing the displeasure on Lin Yue’s face, he knew that Quan An’s actions had greatly dissatisfied her. Thus, he intensified the force of his movements, and Quan An’s wails of agony grew louder. He pleaded for mercy, “I’ve told you everything you want to know. I won’t dare do it again. Please spare me, ah, the pain is killing me! Do whatever you want with me, ma’am, I dare not provoke you ever again. Just let me off this once. Besides, those children are unharmed, and you haven’t suffered any loss, right?”