Chapter 427 Regret
Mengyu was shaken, also filled with regret.
Yes, on that day he was indeed at home, but his wife forbade him to go outside, telling him that Zhou Wangmei came to their home, clutching her bastard child, trying to extort three thousand yuan from them. If he went out, it would affect his reputation.
As long as he stayed in, leaving it to her to handle the matter, his official reputation would not be harmed, his future would not be affected.
Therefore, he never went out. He left his wife to deal with the situation, and later, he even left through the back door and did not return until evening.
But he never would have imagined that Zhou Wangmei was not there to swindle him, but she came to beg for his help to save their son!
He should have thought of it; Zhou Wangmei, alone with her child, had not sought him out in five years. Why would she try to extort money from him after all this time?
