The Spirited Daughter-in-law and the Mountain Man
Chapter 1672 Third Brother’s Journey to Wealth 1

Chapter 1672: 1672 Third Brother’s Journey to Wealth 1

Seeing her silently agree, his deep black pupils filled with pain, "Su Qingyue, we have been husband and wife for so long, ask your heart, have you ever understood me? Have you ever comprehended me? I sought a future, to provide you a better life, to be worthy of you. If I had known I would lose you, I would rather be a useless person who knows nothing. If I have to be apart from you, I would rather not be the heir of the Xiao Family! And you?"

He laughed bitterly, "Everything the Xiao couple did, you never told me. Then, I guessed part of it, but I could not be sure at the time. And once, for the status of the heir of the Xiao Family, I indeed thought of first taking control of the family’s power and then dealing with the Xiao couple. The reason I thought so was that I mistakenly believed the Xiao couple truly loved me, their only son, and believed they wouldn’t harm you. At that time, I was still too naïve."

She quietly listened as he continued, without interrupting him.

"When you had Qinghe give me the divorce papers, I was furious. Unfortunately, the Xiao couple then drugged me, keeping me in a state of delusion. Only then did I gradually understand, you must have been harmed by them, and there must have been a compelling reason for you." His smile turned bitter, "Unfortunately, by that time, it was too late. Even though I knew you were in the capital, I couldn’t find you no matter how hard I looked. And then, the Xiao couple even tried to proceed with my marriage to Gongsun Qianru while I was unconscious. Fortunately, I woke up ten days earlier. At that moment, I wanted to cancel the wedding, but the Xiao couple wouldn’t give me that power. The grand affair of the Xiao Family marrying into the Gongsun Family was widely known across the country. I believed you must have heard about it. I thought you wouldn’t bear to see me marry another woman and would come to stop it. You didn’t come... and I waited until the day of my wedding with Gongsun Qianru just to wait for you."

She had long guessed it, "At that time, I thought you and Miss Gongsun were well-matched in social status, and it would indeed be a good match."

"You!" he was furious, "My heart belongs only to you, what nonsense were you thinking! Since you didn’t come to find me, I could only disappear on the day of my wedding with Gongsun Qianru. After that, I found ways to make money. Although I hadn’t achieved great medical skill following your teachings, I knew the recipes of several poisons you had developed."

He reached out and lightly caressed her fair and stunning cheek, "At first, I lived by selling your recipes, manufacturing poisons to sell. At the beginning, I didn’t even have money to formulate poisons. When I escaped from the Xiao Family, I had nothing..."

She was uncomfortable with his touch and brushed his hand away.

He didn’t mind, "To get the money for the first batch of poison materials, I became a thief, stole. At that time, I still had some conscience, choosing to rob a wealthy but ruthless household. I must thank you for teaching me martial arts, allowing me to be skilled and nimble, pulling off the robbery without getting caught by the authorities."

"You don’t need to tell me these things," she didn’t want to hear.

"I must!" he insisted solemnly, "I want you to know how I have lived these past few years. After making the first batch of poison, I became a traveling vendor, selling it everywhere. People despised me, I was almost beaten, but luckily my skills and quick wits saved me from harm. Later, I discovered many people went to medicine halls to buy poison, so I gradually found ways to sell poison to some medicine halls..."