Who hid My Corpse!-Chapter 352 - 33 Do you really think I know nothing?
Chapter 352: 33 Do you really think I know nothing?
At that time, her mother indeed often used her name to extort money from her aunt, primarily bringing Hevnia in front of this woman and her husband for the husband to see.
Her husband was a scholar in the field of musical scales, though not qualified to hold a position at an academy, he had made certain achievements.
And her husband indeed had seen Hevnia’s incomplete pattern and believed there was a chance it could become a Silver Rank, which was why Hevnia’s mother clung so tightly to Hevnia.
However, the pattern on Hevnia was forming too slowly. By the age of ten, it hadn’t fully emerged, which led her husband to believe he had been mistaken, and afterwards, he paid little attention to Hevnia and her mother.
But why had she suddenly reappeared now?
The woman soon provided an explanation.
“My husband became seriously ill and passed away,” the woman said, “Before he died, he lost his job and had been bedridden for over half a year, unable to do anything except be cared for by me, using the family’s savings.”
The woman’s tone was full of resentment.
“He couldn’t earn a penny, his temper became worse, and he had problems ‘in that area.’ After so many years together, I hadn’t even gotten pregnant, not even a chance for breeding.”
“I’m not here to listen to this,” Mandy said impatiently, “I’m giving you one more minute to explain clearly.”
“Ah, yes, madam!” the woman dared not digress any further, “What I wanted to say is, initially my husband sketched the pattern on Nia because he said he hadn’t seen such a pattern before. During the half-year he was bedridden with nothing else to do, he kept studying that pattern. After studying it for half a year and poring over countless books, he said something was not right, claiming that Nia’s pattern should indeed be Golden.”
“But after comparing it with all the musical scales’ patterns, he kept saying it didn’t match up, didn’t match up with what, something like…” the woman struggled to remember, “some kind of thread?”
Hevnia’s eyelids twitched uncontrollably.
She hadn’t expected the woman’s husband to have researched to such an extent and was beginning to regret letting the woman talk so much.
Subtly, she moved her hand behind her back and gradually slipped her hand into her clothes.
Soon, her fingertips touched something cold—her Magic Wand.
Meanwhile, she was observing the expressions of those around her to see if anyone had caught on, but fortunately, nobody seemed to exhibit any unusual reactions; they all looked equally amused.
After all, ordinary people were generally unaware of the existence of the “Chapters.”
At least the woman’s husband, along with the servants present here, were unlikely to know.
The only person here who might have access to information about the “Chapters” was Mandy, as the Family Head.
Luckily, Mandy’s brain was as blank as her expression. Apart from looking impatient, no other change in her emotions was discernible.
Hevnia felt slightly relieved, then looked at the woman again, who was still speaking.
“My husband always wanted to figure out the reason, but after becoming bedridden, he couldn’t visit the library like before to look up information, and I had to do other jobs to make ends meet, unable to help him,” the woman glossed over her financial struggles, “So till the time he died, he hadn’t figured out the exact reason. He only told me that after Nia’s pattern solidifies, it should be… no, definitely be a Golden Rank. He couldn’t find the answer, but the Hailuo Family surely could, and I also heard that Miss Hevni had taken Nia, so, so…”
By this point, the woman had recounted all the precedents and consequences, then she cautiously watched Hevnia and Mandy, seemingly still afraid they wouldn’t trust her.
After listening to her, Hevnia had a lot more to ponder.
She guessed the woman hadn’t told the whole truth.
For instance, her husband telling her about the Golden Rank information wasn’t likely in his last words, but rather he might have hoped she’d use this information to get something from the Hailuo Family.
Like money to get him treated, to give him a chance to continue living.
Because he was near death, he was capable of doing anything.
But the woman was different; she clearly didn’t dare, since the man had no concrete evidence, approaching the Hailuo Family directly wasn’t wise. Thus, until the man died, the woman had taken no action, deep down, she might not even believe her own husband.
She’d rather try to borrow a seed from the young lord of the Hailuo Family, because there was still a chance of sneaking away successfully.
It was all too common in Holy Sound for a noble family’s young lord to leave behind quality offspring due to indiscipline. Wasn’t Mandy, also of commoner birth, risen to her position this way?
But now the situation had changed; she had been caught by the Hailuo Family.
The Hailuo Family would definitely reclaim the seed they had managed to acquire.
This wasn’t a simple reclamation; the process involved using specialized Chorus Magic, which would greatly harm her body and notes. Consequently, her already mediocre notes would degrade further, diminishing her chances of defying fate even more.
