The CEO's Substitute Wife Is A Genius-Chapter 441 Wen Jingya Died

On the other side of Beicheng, the internet was abuzz with more and more revelations about Jiang Man.

True and false, all kinds of things were said.

Along with Jiang Man, another incident made the trending news.

#Near the Beicheng Music Academy, a woman’s corpse was found. Investigation revealed that the victim had accidentally fallen into the water.

Lu Yaobang and Meng Lian rushed to the police station early in the morning to identify the body.

The atmosphere in the old Lu Family home was gloomy, even though Wen Jingya had done many wrong things before, but after all, she had been raised by the Lu Family for twenty years.

Now she had died such a horrible death, everyone was more or less upset.

"I heard she had been in the water for several days. When they pulled her up, her skin had already decayed and her face was blurred; her whole body was bloated..."

Lu Xuemei’s voice choked up.

With her saying this, the old lady also grew saddened.

"Xuemei, take me with you, I want to have a look too," the old lady said as she made to stand.

Jiang Man quickly stopped her, "The scene is quite horrifying. Grandma, it’s better you don’t go. Leave it to the second uncle and aunt, and let the mortician properly clean and dress her. You can see her during the funeral."

"That’s right, that’s right," Lu Xuemei nodded repeatedly, she herself didn’t have the courage to go either.

With such a big incident happening, as a daughter-in-law, Jiang Man naturally had to help calm the elders.

Somehow, they finally managed to get the old lady to sleep.

"Manman, come with me to the kitchen, help me out," Lu Xuemei summoned Jiang Man; she wanted to personally cook some calming soup.

"Manman, don’t rush off, there’s some for you too."

"We’re not leaving. Xingzhou will be coming over in the evening," Jiang Man said lightly.

After exchanging a few pleasantries, they started to tidy up.

Hu Hao felt somewhat awkward at that moment. He had originally come to Beicheng for a visit, but with someone dead in the Lu Family, it was not appropriate for him to urge Jiang Man to take him sightseeing at the Imperial Palace.

"Didn’t Wen Jingya do a lot of bad things before? Now that she’s dead, it’s kind of retribution."

Hu Hao followed behind Jiang Man.

Jiang Man wandered around the hall, planning to collect Wen Jingya’s belongings and later let her second uncle and aunt take them to be burned.

As for the family portrait...

She opened a drawer, which contained a photo with Wen Jingya.

The one hanging in the hall had Wen Jingya edited out.

She picked up the photo frame, and a servant quickly approached, carrying a cardboard box to help.

"Madam, shall I do it?"

"It’s fine," Jiang Man replied, her tone undisturbed, "I’m not busy anyway."

As she was about to put the photo album into the box, Hu Hao tilted his head, frowning.

"Is that Wen Jingya?" he pointed at a person in the photo frame.

"It’s her." Jiang Man was not too concerned. fɾeeweɓnѳveɭ.com

But Hu Hao snatched the photo frame, examining it closely, "I’ve seen her!"

"When did you see her?" Jiang Man looked sideways, wondering if her brother was hallucinating.

"I really did, earlier when I accompanied Manman to the Nans, we ran into a woman who stopped the car on the road. She said something about ’the person who saved grandma’ and then she went with Manman to a nearby café, both of them acting all secretive."

"When did this happen?" Jiang Man raised her eyebrows, a ripple crossing her eyes.

"It was just a few days after we arrived from Gangcheng."

"Was Wen Jingya speaking clearly then? Did she seem normal?"

Hu Hao looked puzzled, "Sister, why do you ask like this? Was she not a normal person? I thought she seemed okay, like a normal person."

"That’s odd then," Jiang Man murmured, a faint hum escaping her.

The last time she had seen Wen Jingya, Wen Jingya had already gone mad.

For someone to go mad in such a short period, it must have been triggered by some major ordeal, or perhaps, a great trauma.

...

As night fell, Lu Xingzhou hurried to the old house.

The family sat together eating hot pot, feeling warm and cozy.

However, whenever Wen Jingya was mentioned, the atmosphere would still become somewhat melancholic.

"Zhang’s mother was found, she ran off to Country M." After dinner, Lu Xingzhou began to reevaluate the recent rumors swirling online.

"Those pieces of information must have been leaked by her."

"Now that she’s gone to Country M, it would be difficult to bring her back, right?" Lu Xuemei frowned tightly, "then we can’t ask who instructed her."

"How did she end up in Country M? She’s just a servant, where did she get the money?" The old lady fumed upon hearing this, "A traitor eating our food!"

"Grandma, don’t be angry." Jiang Man didn’t show any signs of anger.

Various comments about her swirled online, both good and bad, but she didn’t care at all.

Those people didn’t know her, she could change her clothes and walk on the street, and nobody would probably recognize her, so why bother getting angry over irrelevant people?

Jiang Man had been silent the whole time, trying to make herself inconspicuous.

She thought no one cared about her, but she didn’t know that Jiang Man would glance at her from time to time.

"How busy are A’lian and Yaobang?" The old lady put down her chopsticks and wiped her mouth as she inquired.

"They should be back soon."

As soon as Lu Xuemei finished speaking, sparse footsteps were heard from outside.

Seeing who it was, the butler immediately instructed the kitchen to fetch chopsticks and brought up fresh slices of beef and lamb.

Meng Lian’s eyes were red with tears, supported by Lu Yaobang.

Both of them looked quite haggard.

"Come, have a warm bowl of soup first to warm up." Lu Xuemei handed a bowl of soup to Meng Lian.

Meng Lian took a sip and then choked up, "Jingya died so miserably, so wrongfully, someone witnessed her frequently wandering there, saying she was going to school, as if she had gone mad."

"She just left the Lu Family a few months ago, perfectly fine, how could she have gone mad?"

"It’s most likely related to the Zhang Family," Jiang Man said coolly.

"The Zhang Family? Which Zhang Family?" Meng Lian had no appetite for soup, her stomach was in knots.

She looked up, staring blankly at Jiang Man.

"Zhang Jianwen, the male college student killed by Fang Yuheng."

"I remember, I remember!" Meng Lian cried even harder.

If it weren’t for this matter, Jingya wouldn’t have been driven out of the Lu Family’s door.

"What exactly did the Zhang Family do to Jingya?"

"I’m not too sure, we still have to wait for the police investigation."

"I’m going to confront the Zhang Family right now!" Meng Lian stood up excitedly, ready to fight.

Lu Yaobang quickly held her, "Calm down, we don’t have all the details yet."

"Auntie, don’t get excited, have dinner first, you need strength to seek justice for Jingya." Jiang Man suddenly spoke up to comfort her, patting Meng Lian’s back.

Meng Lian looked at her, her nose suddenly tingling, "Jingya was close to you before, please send her off properly later."

"Don’t worry, I will," Jiang Man appeared extremely obedient.

Jiang Man leaned back in her chair, quietly observing her every move and word.

"Actually, were we too harsh on Jingya initially? It wasn’t her who killed anyone, it was Fang Yuheng who was too extreme, and even if she kept Fang Yuheng as a backup, that’s normal, isn’t it? Which daughter of a wealthy family isn’t proud, having several backups? If we hadn’t driven her out then, she wouldn’t have died so tragically..."

Meng Lian grew more and more upset, almost blaming everyone for Wen Jingya’s death.

"Auntie, you can’t say it like that... Jingya did indeed do many wrong things... and not just this one... she targeted my sister-in-law everywhere... she really did too much, completely disappointing Grandma and Xingzhou..." Jiang Man soothed Meng Lian’s shoulders.

"It’s also no wonder Grandma was strict in driving her out."

It seemed like stating the facts, but it implied something more.

Those who were obsessed would naturally blame Jiang Man.

How could one say Jingya targeted Jiang Man everywhere?

It was clearly Jiang Man who stole all of Jingya’s spotlight, uncompromising even when she was right!