Scumbag Chapter 142 The Reformed White-Eyed Wolf General (8)

‘This wasn’t how things were supposed to go. In my past life, hadn’t Wei Mingting rushed to my side the moment Xiao Huan stopped him? Hadn’t

‘This wasn’t how things were supposed to go. In my past life, hadn’t Wei Mingting rushed to my side the moment Xiao Huan stopped him? Hadn’t he neglected even returning home just to stay by my sickbed, arranging a new residence and servants for me with meticulous care?’

‘Why was it different now?’

"You’re lying!" Jin Yuping hurled the mirror at Xiao Huan’s forehead, breaking the skin. Blood instantly trickled down.

"Miss, I truly didn’t lie!"

Xiao Huan was very aggrieved.

"I must be dreaming. I’ll wake up soon, and everything will be fine."

Jin Yuping lay back down and closed her eyes.

But when she opened her eyes again, nothing had changed.

She was still in the same shabby little room, her body was still sick, and her husband was still in prison. Nothing had changed.

‘Why was this happening?! Why, after being reborn, had Wei Mingting not come for me?’

Jin Yuping coughed violently.

However, no matter what, she had lived as a noble matriarch, entered the imperial palace, and seen the ways of the world.

After recognizing the current situation, Jin Yuping stopped wallowing in self-pity and cheered up to sort out the property in her hands.

The moment she did, Jin Yuping realized that she was extremely poor now, and she only had fifty taels of gold hidden away.

‘What could such a paltry sum accomplish?’

Although she didn’t know what had changed in Wei Mingting’s circumstances, Jin Yuping was absolutely certain that he was the only one who could pull her out of this misery now.

This man currently held power and influence, so he could save her husband, provide them shelter, and shield them from the storm. She had to seek his help.

"Xiao Huan, what day is it today?"

When Jin Yuping learned the date, she smiled.

‘At this time in my past life, Wei Mingting’s parents-in-law had already died at the hands of bandits, and his wife had suffered a miscarriage. He had delayed in Ji County, and on his way back to the capital, he would definitely pass through Tongzhou.’

‘Earlier, it must have been Xiao Huan’s poor wording that had angered him. Otherwise, given Wei Mingting’s character, he would never have abandoned me.’

Jin Yuping decided that this time, she would personally wait for Wei Mingting on the main road.

So, Jin Yuping began to go out early and return late regardless of wind and rain, guarding the city gate every day, like a husband-waiting stone. The soldiers were surprised and whispered among themselves about this woman. (T/N: Husband-waiting stone is a legendary woman who turned to stone waiting for her husband’s return.)

Soon, someone who knew Jin Yuping's identity ran to the prison to tell Shi Jing that his wife was cheating on him.

"Your wife stands at the city gates every day, all dolled up. Who knows who she’s waiting for? Does Lord Shi know about this? Even if she’s soliciting clients, this is far too brazen!"

The person mocked.

After Shi Jing became a prisoner, the people he had offended in the past often came to the prison to ridicule him.

But hearing about Jin Yuping’s behavior from this person’s mouth, his first reaction was disbelief.

He and his wife had been betrothed before birth, and they were childhood sweethearts. Their feelings was different from ordinary couples, so there was no way Jin Yuping would do such a thing.

"You are talking nonsense!"

Shi Jing scolded.

"If you don't believe it, forget it. Anyway, many people have seen it. You can ask around."

Shi Jing told himself he had to trust Jin Yuping. Xiao Huan visited him regularly, always saying how worried Jin Yuping was, how ill she had become… He knew Xiao Huan definitely wouldn’t lie.

As a result, when Xiao Huan next came with food, Shi Jing pressed her on the matter, and she immediately stammered, looking somewhat evasive.

"Tell me the truth! Don’t think just because I’m in prison, I can’t do anything to you. If you don’t speak honestly, I’ll sell you off!"

Shi Jing demanded an answer.

Xiao Huan had no choice but to confess that Jin Yuping had been waiting at the city gates every day for Mingting.

However, she defended Jin Yuping at length.

"Madam said only the horse slave can save you, my lord! My lord, she’s doing this all for your sake...!"

Shi Jing had heard of the horse slave before.

His wife was stunningly beautiful, so it was only natural that the horse slave had lusted after her and deserved death.

Back then, Shi Jing had even thought the flogging was too light and had planned to teach Mingting a lesson if he ever saw him again.

Who would have thought that now, his life would depend on the mercy of a lowly horse slave who had once coveted his wife?

‘Disgraceful! Outrageous!’

Shi Jing was so angry that his eyes burned red.

"I don’t want his help! Go back and tell Madam… she is forbidden to go!"

When Xiao Huan relayed Shi Jing’s words to Jin Yuping, Jin Yuping completely ignored them.

‘What does he know?’

‘If we don't get on the big ship of Mingting, how could we ever turn our fortunes around?’

In her previous life, if Wei Mingting had not helped them change Shi Jing’s place of exile to Yaozhou, and had not taken good care of them in private, Shi Jing's body would have been ruined by hard labor long ago. How could he have lived to seventy?

"Don’t listen to him! Even Han Xin endured the humiliation of crawling between another man’s legs… can’t we endure a little hardship?"

"Besides, I won’t do anything to betray my husband. I just hope the horse slave will remember our past connection and lend a hand."

"For him, it’s just a small favor. A wise man knows when to bow his head, and only those who adapt to circumstances are true heroes."

Jin Yuping was very stubborn on this point, and Xiao Huan couldn’t persuade her, so she had no choice but to keep it secret from Shi Jing.

After Jin Yuping waited for ten days, someone asked her what she was doing. She said she was waiting for an old acquaintance, and she proudly declared that her cousin was the Count of Dingyuan, who is highly favored by the Emperor.

In her previous life, when Wei Mingting introduced her to Huiniang, he said that she was his long-lost cousin.

Relying on this ‘cousin’ relationship, Jin Yuping had settled in Yaozhou. And starting from a street stall and eventually opening a restaurant, no one dared to mess with her.

This time, she was simply borrowing that past relationship ahead of schedule. She believed Mingting would gladly accept this identity again.

Jin Yuping even felt that this identity was particularly good.

Not only could she leverage Mingting’s influence through their ‘family ties’, but it would also keep him in his place… preventing him from coveting his ‘cousin’ and preserving her chastity.

Hadn’t she relied on this very cleverness in her past life to remain pure and untouched?