Chapter 498 - 498 Bitter End
498 Bitter End
Li Ze’en chased after him. “Brother, I actually know what you’re thinking. Don’t you still have fantasies about An’an?”
Li Zecheng was furious. “Shut up.”
He scolded Li Ze’en angrily, “Your uncle just got into trouble, and you’re already creating a scandal for her. Are you going to make her life worse?”
Li Ze’en sighed. “You really love her.”
Li Zecheng was speechless.
Li Ze’en continued, “Don’t blame me for not reminding you that you have a powerful rival, Xiao Ming. Qiao An raised Xiao Ming’s daughter. No matter what, they’re the most suitable choice to be together.”
Li Zecheng looked unhappy. He glared at his sister and said, “Shut your mouth. Don’t say anything about Qiao An in the future.”
Li Ze’en nodded. “I understand. Take care.”
Perhaps years of hardship and experience had made Qiao An strong enough.
In the end, she did not choose to be immersed in grief. One morning half a year later, she squatted beside the rose garden that Huo Xiaoran had sown for her. Seeing that the roses on the mountain were withering, she suddenly realized that she could not continue like this.
Huo Xiaoran was only a part of her world, the happy part. However, she was extremely clear-headed. There was still an unhappy part of the human world. After losing Huo Xiaoran, even if she was unhappy, she had to live.
Because she still had the responsibility to live.
She walked out of her decadence and began to busy herself.
She fired the house servants. Only the cook was left. Every morning, she personally dropped the children off at school, then she went back to her detective agency and started taking orders furiously, then she went home to pick up the children.
She accompanied the children for a walk after dinner and to sleep.
Li Ze’en asked her, “Sister Qiao An, why are you so tired? Uncle clearly left you a lot of money, right?”
Qiao An lifted her chin and said, “Don’t mention him to me.” She looked resentful.
Qiao An hated Huo Xiaoran. He had promised her that he would go home no matter what. In the end, Falcon went home, Xiao Ming went home, and the spies went home. However, Huo Xiaoran did not go home.
She resented him for not keeping his word.
Li Ze’en also knew that Qiao An hated him because of love.
She loved him deeply.
“Alright, alright, alright. I won’t mention him.” Li Ze’en took out a list from the mission list and handed it to Qiao An. “Take a look at this. You must be interested.”
Qiao An took it and glanced at it, stunned.
There was a photo mixed in with the mission list. It was a photo of an old man and two young men in their early twenties.
The two young men looked really familiar. Qiao An looked at Ze’en in shock. “They are?”
Ze’en explained, “Have you forgotten? Six months ago, you asked the detective agency to investigate Uncle Lu. You know that our detective agency has few people and is slow in doing things, but you didn’t stop them, so they continued to investigate. In the end, they realized that your Uncle Lu has a family outside.”
Qiao An’s expression was neutral. She had known the information Ze’en had mentioned.
However, Ze’en suddenly changed the topic and said, “Do you know? In the end, those two children don’t have the surname Lu at all.”
Qiao An’s face froze.
“Old Madam Lu favors boys over girls, so she killed her eldest son and caused Qianyu’s life to be bumpy. If she finds out that the grandsons she’s thinking about aren’t her grandchildren, she’ll probably regret it.”
Thinking of Qianyu’s tragic fate, especially her trust in her, Qiao An felt that she had to give the Lu family a proper closure.
She shook the mission slip and asked Ze’en, “Is this reliable?”
Ze’en said, “Our people squatted outside Chen Yufeng’s villa and realized that after Uncle Lu went in, an old man would spend the night at his lover’s house every day. And that old man looks so similar to these two children.”
Qiao An smiled evilly. “I understand. Ze’en, come with me.”
Ze’en cooperated. “Okay.”
Qiao An and Ze’en arrived at Uncle Lu’s “lover”, Chen Yufeng’s house. After knocking on the door, Chen Yufeng opened it for them.
She looked surprised to see Qiao An.
“Qiao An?”
Qiao An said, “So you recognize me?”
Chen Yufeng said, “Someone asked me to avoid you. I’m already familiar with your name.”
Qiao An said, “It’s Lu Tianci, right?”
Chen Yufeng smiled and nodded.
Qiao An looked around and finally realized that the family photo on the television console had been changed. The man in the photo was no longer Uncle Lu.
“Have you changed the family portrait?” she asked Chen Yufeng.
Chen Yufeng brought out the fruit and said, “Speaking of which, I have to thank you, Qiao An.”
Then, Chen Yufeng told Qiao An about her grudge against Lu Tianci.
“I’m indeed Lu Tianci’s first wife, but not long after I got married, I realized that something was wrong with him. He gambled and took drugs. Moreover, he interacted with shady people. If he was unhappy, he abused my family.”
“I was afraid of him and wanted a divorce. But every time I mentioned a divorce, he went abnormally crazy. He threatened to kill my entire family if I dared to get a divorce. Later, my sister fell into a pond and drowned. I knew he was behind it. But I had no evidence. I was so in awe of him that I never dared to mention a divorce again. I was afraid he would hurt my family again.”
“At that time, I was especially desperate and wanted to die to be free. But on the day I jumped into the river, I met my current lover. He saved me and after hearing what happened to me, he pitied me very much. In order to thank him and leave myself with something to live for, I took the initiative to approach him. Later, I got pregnant and gave birth to a pair of twins. Then, not long after, I heard that Lu was dead. I was filled with joy.”
“Who knew that not long after, he would come back? He said that he had to pretend to be his brother and not be husband and wife with me in the future. He wanted me to keep it a secret or he would kill my children.”
“I promised him. All these years, I’ve lived every day in fear. To the public, I’ll say I’m his lover.”
“It wasn’t until a few years ago that the children’s biological father came looking for them. When he found out that I had given birth to two sons for him, he was especially happy. He even said that he had been single all these years. If I wanted, we could live together as a family. How could I dare to be with him? I was afraid that Lu Tianci would make things difficult for him.”
Qiao An understood. “After Lu Tianci was captured, you finally got back together?”
Chen Yufeng nodded.
Then she looked at Qiao An in fear. “Qiao An, will Lu Tianci still come out?”
Qiao An said, “As long as you can point out his crimes, he has only the death penalty waiting for him.”
Chen Yufeng heaved a sigh of relief.
She suddenly glared at Qiao An with hatred. “Then, can he pay for my sister’s death with his life ?”