Chapter 96 - Chapter 96: Destroy Her Hopes Completely!
Chapter 96: Destroy Her Hopes Completely!
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
“Grandma, did you send Yining to the police station?” Chen Kexin asked weakly.
“Yes, I did. She has committed a crime. Shouldn’t she be sent to a police station?” Old Madam Lu said confidently.
Of course, she must be sent to a police station!
Chen Kexin was secretly happy, but she said hypocritically, “Yining didn’t push me. I accidentally fell and smashed the vase. Grandma, please let her out, or Brother Ah Zhi will be sad.”
As she spoke, she looked at Lu Zhi and two clear lines of tears rolled down her cheeks.
When Old Madam Lu heard what Chen Kexin said, she wasn’t convinced that Jiang Yining was innocent. Instead, she was convinced that Kexin was helping Jiang Yining because she didn’t want Lu Zhi to feel sad.
“Listen to how Kexin is thinking about you! And then look at Jiang Yining! Ah Zhi, are you still blind?” Old Madam Lu questioned angrily.
“Old Madam, stop pressuring Ah Zhi. It’s Kexin’s fault. She shouldn’t have come between Ah Zhi and Miss Jiang.” Chen Qinglian interrupted.
“What kind of mother are you? You’re protecting an outsider instead of your own daughter?” Old Madam Lu scolded Chen Qinglian without hesitation.
Chen Qinglian opened her mouth but hesitated.
She then lowered her head and began to wipe her tears.
Anyone who saw her look would know that she had suffered a great grievance and had no choice but to swallow her anger.
Lu Zhi watched the three of them putting on an act and walked up to them. He looked down at Chen Kexin and said, “Kexin, I’m only going to ask you once. Answer me honestly. Did Jiang Yining push you or did you fall on your own? If it’s the former, I’ll chase her out of the Lu family without hesitation. If it’s the latter, this is the last chance I’m giving you to change your ways.”
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Chen Kexin was going to answer him when Lu Zhi emphasized again, “Think carefully before you answer me.”
Chen Kexin looked at his dark eyes and her heart pounded like a frightened rabbit.
Could Ah Zhi have found out everything and was just there to get her confession?
But that was impossible.
Because at that time, there was only her and Jiang Yining in the room. All the servants waiting outside were certain that Jiang Yining wanted to murder her.
Her mother had also told her when she woke up that she had sent someone to deep clean her room after the incident.
Jiang Yining had no evidence to prove her innocence.
Then…
Could Ah Zhi be asking her this because he was disappointed in Jiang Yining?
If she said that Jiang Yining pushed her, Brother Ah Zhi would probably chase her out of the Lu family.
Chen Kexin was excited at the thought of this.
Chen Qinglian stood at the side and secretly observed Lu Zhi’s expression.
She felt that he was up to something.
She quietly held her daughter’s hand to give her a hint.
But Chen Kexin had already made up her mind and ignored her mother’s hint.
“Brother Ah Zhi,” Chen Kexin choked back her tears. “I’m sorry I lied. It was indeed Jiang Yining who pushed me… She told me that she hated me for being by your side and wanted me to disappear forever… I didn’t want to ruin your relationship and hurt you, so I lied. Please forgive me…”
After saying those words choppily, Chen Kexin threw herself into Old Madam Lu’s arms and wailed.
Old Madam Lu’s heart ached so much that she cried too. “Poor girl, you’ve suffered.”
Lu Zhi looked at the scene in front of him and the corners of his mouth curved downward more and more. The hands hanging by his sides had also been clenched into fists.
“Kexin.”
Chen Kexin lifted her head from the old madam’s arms.
“I really want to believe you. After all, we grew up together.”
Chen Kexin’s eyes were filled with doubt. “Brother Ah Zhi, you don’t believe me? You can ask the servants at home…”
Before she could finish, Lu Zhi flew into a rage and threw a stack of photos onto the bed.
Some of the photos hit Chen Kexin’s wounds.
She grimaced in pain but she endured it and picked up the photos to look at them.
Were these…
Porcelain shards from the vase she knocked down?
Was there something wrong?
Old Madam Lu didn’t notice anything wrong either. “Why are you showing Kexin these?”
“You can’t tell, huh? The shards left by someone lunging into the vase are completely different from those left when someone is pushed into the vase.” Lu Zhi enunciated every word. “However, it’s fortunate that you don’t understand the difference and didn’t destroy the evidence. Otherwise, even if Jiang Yining explained this a hundred times, she wouldn’t be able clear her name.”
Chen Kexin panicked.
She had anticipated everything, but she had missed this crucial piece of evidence!
“Brother Ah Zhi, it’s not like that… There were two broken vases, and this was only one of them. Jiang Yining had deliberately knocked it down.” Chen Kexin made up a story in her panic.
Lu Zhi sneered. “Don’t you remember that this vase was a gift from Grandpa? It was one of a kind in the world, so how could there be two?”
Everyone in the Lu family doted on her.
The gifts she got were all exceptionally precious.
Chen Kexin had collected too many gifts, so it was natural that she couldn’t remember every one of them.
However, Lu Zhi had a photographic memory and remembered everything clearly.
Chen Kexin was sweating profusely. “I… I… I didn’t mean to slander her. I have been saying that I fell on my own and smashed the vase, and my injuries had nothing to do with her. Brother Ah Zhi, I only lied because I really want to marry you.”
Chen Qinglian slapped her daughter. “You muddle-headed fool. This concerns Miss Jiang’s innocence. How can make up lies? I’m really going to be angered to death by you!”
After scolding Chen Kexin, she looked at Lu Zhi and pleaded, “Ah Zhi, Kexin isn’t a bad person. Please forgive her this time.”
Lu Zhi was unmoved. “I’ve already forgiven her once. I have also given her a chance this time, but she didn’t know how to cherish it…”
Thud!
Chen Qinglian knees hit the floor. “Ah Zhi, please give Kexin another chance! For the sake of me taking care of you for so many years!”
Chen Kexin felt a lump in her throat. Tears welled up in her eyes and rolled down her cheeks.
She pulled off the butterfly needle on her hand and struggled to roll off the bed.
Hugging Chen Qinglian, she sobbed and said, “Mom, don’t be like this. Even if I die, I don’t want you on your knees pleading for me.”
Chen Qinglian didn’t say anything. She just hugged her daughter and cried bitterly.
Old Madam Lu looked at the crying mother and daughter and felt extremely sad.
“Ah Zhi, are you going to force them to their deaths before you are satisfied? Kexin likes you and you know it! Why did you give her such a tempting choice? How could she not make a mistake? She’s still young. Can’t you just forgive her?”
Lu Zhi’s jaw tensed, and his entire being was emitting a biting cold aura.
“I’ve forgiven them time and time again. Is it fair to Yining? You always say that Kexin is young, but Yining is even younger than her. Have you ever felt sorry for Yining?”
“I don’t need to feel sorry for that vixen!” Old Madam Lu shouted without hesitation.
Lu Zhi laughed coldly. “In that case, I’ll find Grandpa tomorrow and ask him to pick a few suitors for Kexin.”
“What are you doing?”
Old Madam Lu had a bad feeling.
“Of course, to find her a husband and marry her off!”
Because they had saved his life, he would not ruthlessly chase her out of the Lu family.
However, he would not let Kexin continue to harm the people around him.
Wasn’t it all because she couldn’t give up her feelings for him?
Then let him end it!
He would destroy her hopes about him completely!