Chapter 99 Finale

After the incident at the dock.

Wen Nianchu met Wen Wan at school again.

It was obvious that Wen Wan was much more satisfied with the compensation Wen Nianchu had given her before. She made an appointment to chat with Wen Nianchu in a private room in a cafe outside the school, saying that she wanted to tell her a secret that she would definitely be interested in.

"Go ahead."

At this time, Wen Nianchu looked at Wen Wan opposite him.

Wen Wan put down the coffee in her hand.

"You're much more generous than those men." Wen Wan said straight to the point, "So I think if I continue to cooperate with you, I'll sell you a piece of information, at least for this amount, how about it?"

Wenwan gestured with three words.

The main reason why she said Wen Nianchu was generous was that Qin Ye and the others had only given her bags, jewelry, etc. before, and they were not limited editions, so they always depreciated and could not be sold or discounted.

"How many?"

"30 million."

"Thirty million," she repeated, her voice beaming with joy and anger. "A piece of news: you sold it for thirty million. Wen Wan, I'm really a little surprised by what you said."

Wen Wan seemed to have been prepared. She was not panicked, but instead showed a confident smile:

"Based on the value of this information, it's definitely worth the price. Besides, I know you can afford it and need it even more."

She paused and lowered her voice:

"This news is about your mother."

Recently, Qu Mei unfortunately suffered a miscarriage. Wen Hu seemed to have become a different person and even thought of kicking her out of the house.

Qu Mei was full of resentment and poured out her grievances to Wen Wan every day.

Although Wen Wan didn't want to listen more, she accidentally learned something about Wen Nianchu's biological mother from Qu Mei's phone call.

"Your mother was from the Pei family, one of the three major families in Shangjing. But after her death, no one from the Pei family came to see her anymore, and no one was willing to come to see you either."

"Because your mother was beaten to death."

"She's not sick at all."

Wen Wan recounted the news about the Pei family and the cause of her mother's death. Wen Nianchu maintained a proper smile throughout, and even when he heard that someone had beaten her to death, his eyebrows didn't move.

"Wen Wan," she said softly, "You should know that I hate it most when people make fun of my mother."

The shadow of her mother's death has always been the deepest and most painful mystery in Wen Nianchu's heart, haunting her like a nightmare for many years.

She had suspected it and investigated it, but she could never find any conclusive evidence.

In fact, at first, she always thought that her mother was angered to death because her father had an affair with Qu Mei. Less than a month after her mother's death, Wen Hu immediately took Qu Mei back.

Wen Wan met her gaze without flinching, her expression unusually serious:

"I dare to offer this price because I have confidence and evidence. I have no need to, and I dare not, deceive you on this matter."

"The specific details and evidence will only be delivered after you pay." Wen Wan resumed her tone of negotiating a deal. "But I can give you a name first as a token of sincerity." She leaned forward and said almost in a whisper, "The one who is leading all this is your father, Wen Hu."

Wen Hu?

Wen Nianchu swirled the coffee with a spoon and fell into thought.

Then she asked, "Why are you helping me?"

It is impossible for Wen Wan to get this first-hand information alone. Instead, it is more likely that Wen Hu's bedmate, her stepmother Qu Mei, got it. In her previous life, Qu Mei was vicious and mean. It was hard to say whether she really wanted to help her?

"A wise bird chooses the right tree to roost in." Wen Wan sighed, "Dad told me at home that you had taken over the Qin Group, and my mom had a miscarriage recently, so... there's no way I can compete with you now."

Wen Nianchu was thinking seriously.

But Wen Wan took out a recorder from her bag.

The content in the recorder is roughly the evidence obtained by Qu Mei after Wen Hu got drunk.

"I know it's hard for you to accept."

Wen Wan pushed the recorder over:

“Here’s the evidence.”

After she finished speaking, she looked out the window. People were hurrying by, and almost no one stopped.

Wen Wan had already drunk more than half of the coffee in her hand.

Wen Nianchu took the recorder and heard her say:

"This is the life I wanted most: a happy family, the life of a wealthy second-generation, with a cup of coffee that can cost hundreds of yuan."

"My mother often told me that you were born into a wealthy family and that you could marry another rich man in the future. I also wanted to be like you... So I tried my best to replace you. At that time, I thought about it for a long time and felt that I didn't know anything. After thinking about it, there was only one way to cross my class, which was to learn from my mother's way and hold a man firmly in my hand. For example, if I could snatch Qin Ye away and make him only have eyes for me, I wouldn't have to worry about the rest of my life."

Wen Wan paused, her gaze shifting from the window to the coffee on the table:

"After dying once, I feel like everything isn't that important anymore. Just like this cup of coffee in my hand that cost over a hundred dollars. I actually don't like it at all. Coffee without sugar is too bitter, so hard to drink... It's strange, isn't it? I've spent my whole life trying to agree with others and please them... But I saw the consequences for my mother. Just like the last me in my previous life, once she had no self-interest, she would be abandoned. At that time, everyone left me, and I realized that no one would love me. In the end, the person who loved me the most was my mother. At least she sincerely wanted me to live a good life, a happy life, and hoped that I would be more powerful than all of you."

Wen Hu is not a good father, and her true nature is revealed when Qu Mei has a miscarriage.

Wen Wan couldn't bear to see Qu Mei suffer these injuries, even though Qu Mei didn't love her much.

But even just a little bit was enough for her to repay.

"Now, I have obtained a place as an exchange student in the art department of my school. I plan to bring my mother abroad to study with me." Wen Wan stood up, her eyes met Wen Nianchu's, and a slight smile appeared on the corner of her lips. "So, sister. I came to say goodbye to you. Maybe we will never have any intersection again."

There was something complicated in Wen Nianchu's eyes.

She actually wanted to tell Wen Wan that this was just a world in a book, but after hearing what she said, the words she was about to say got stuck in her throat.

Perhaps, because the book was torn, everyone ended up with an unknown ending.

Whether it is Wen Wan or any of them, they all have their own ideas and things they desire to pursue.

Wen Nianchu accepted the recorder and smiled at her, a rare gesture:

"Have a safe journey..."

*

Wen Hu has been busy with a contract these days.

Just then, he got some useful information.

The Qin Family Group was renamed the Wen Family Group. Wen Hu wanted to curry favor with the mysterious major shareholder of the Qin Family, but it turned out that he had such a connection with him. However, no matter how he asked people to find connections to meet this shareholder, he was rejected with various reasons, which made him very puzzled.

If the Wen family wants to expand their business right now, the most crucial thing is to win this recent order.

Seeing that time was running out, Wen Hu simply took action himself. He found out through some channels the time when the other party often appeared, and waited outside the gate of Wen Group headquarters early in the morning.

As the morning light brightened, a black Maybach slowly came into view and stopped steadily in front of the building.

The car door opened and a familiar figure stepped out.

Wen Hu stood there in a daze, hardly daring to believe his eyes.

The person who got out of the car, that figure he was so familiar with, turned out to be his daughter whom he had not seen for many days and had almost broken off relations with.

Wen Nianchu.

The initial shock quickly faded, and a feeling of humiliation, of being thoroughly teased, slowly crept up his spine.

"Wen Nianchu."

He called out, his voice low and hoarse, lacking the authority of a father in the past.

Wen Nianchu stopped and turned around.

The morning light fell between her smiling eyebrows, making her look gentle and harmless.

She looked at Wen Hu with just the right amount of doubt in her eyes, as if she had just met an unfamiliar old acquaintance.

Wen Hu stepped forward quickly, pointing at the new logo of Wen's Group, his voice trembling with suppression:

"It's you...it's you who keeps rejecting my contract orders."

Wen Nianchu tilted his head slightly, the smile on his lips not diminishing.

"Rejecting an appointment request is a normal business procedure," she said softly. "I'm a little surprised you're rushing around like this. I thought you'd be more willing to demonstrate the Wen family's strength through formal channels."

Wen Hu felt a tightness in his chest.

He suppressed his emotions and tried to make his tone gentle:

"Nian Chu, we are father and daughter after all. I was wrong about what happened before, and I apologize to you. But now the Wen family needs this order, and you need to help me."

"Father and daughter?" Wen Nianchu repeated the word softly, the smile in his eyes deepening a little, but not reaching his eyes. "When you said last time that I was not eligible to inherit my mother's shares, it seemed that you didn't mean it that way."

She took a half step forward, her voice still gentle:

"As for orders, the company has a professional evaluation team. If your proposal is good enough, it will naturally be approved. I believe that with your ability, you don't need my special consideration."

Wen Hu was about to speak, but he saw Wen Nianchu nod slightly to the assistant. The assistant immediately stepped forward and politely but firmly stopped him.

"Premier Wen has a meeting soon. Please understand."

He could only stand there and watch Wen Nianchu leave calmly.

She kept a decent smile from beginning to end, but that smile now looked like a gentle knife.

The gazes from the people around him made him feel stinging, and the project book in his hand suddenly became heavy.

Only then did he realize that his daughter, who was always gentle and smiling, was no longer someone he could control.

She didn't need to speak harshly, just a smile and a whisper were enough to make all his plans come to nothing.

Wen Hu was unwilling to give in and wanted to move forward, but just as he took a step forward, he saw a police car quietly parked not far away.

The car door opened and two uniformed police officers walked straight towards him.

"Hello, is this Mr. Wen Hu?" The leading officer showed his ID and spoke calmly, unwaveringly. "We've received a real-name report that you are suspected of involvement in a murder case. Please cooperate with our investigation."

Wen Hu stood there in a daze, the project book in his hand finally slipped from his trembling fingers, and the papers scattered all over the floor.

He looked in the direction where his daughter disappeared, then looked at the police officer in front of him, opened his mouth, but couldn't say a word.

The sunlight shone on the scattered documents, making them look blindingly white.

How could that be?

*

Basically, everything is settled.

But no one expected that the Xie family in Shangjing would suddenly cause a stir. The head of the Xie family personally went south to Rongcheng and said that he wanted to take Xie Yue back.

Wen Nianchu raised his eyes and looked at the person next to him:

"Are you going to Beijing?"

Xie Yue did not answer directly, but looked into her eyes with a smile:

"Will you accompany me, Miss?"

"Of course," she answered briskly, her lips curled up, "I will sacrifice my life for a gentleman."

Although she was not very familiar with Beijing, she had been there several times.

She had a rough idea of ​​the Xie family's current situation.

"Speaking of which... Ye Chenyu... isn't she the child the Xie family lost all those years ago?" She suddenly remembered this incident, and her tone was filled with confusion. "Why do the Xie family always like to lose their children?"

She had learned about this in a parallel universe before.

Xie Yue chuckled lightly, but there was no warmth in his eyes:

"The head of the Xie family said that the family had already decided that the heir would be the eldest son, Xie He. He was originally going to take me back, but on second thought, he took another child who had nothing to do with me back instead."

"He said he wanted to see how Xie He would treat this brother who fell from the sky." He said with a hint of mockery, "I heard that on the first day back, Xie He almost sold Ye Chenyu out."

"So they didn't dare to take me on anymore. They just paid close attention to me, occasionally gave me some resources, and quietly pushed me to grow."

Wen Nianchu was stunned when he heard this:

"Isn't Ye Chenyu very pitiful? He inexplicably protected you from disaster..."

Before she could finish her words, Xie Yue lowered his head and bit her lips lightly.

"Don't pity him."

He whispered against her lips, their warm breaths intertwined, and he whispered words that were not threatening but full of exclusive meaning.

After being kissed, Wen Nianchu looked up at him and looked into his deep eyes.

There was no ups and downs of the Xie family, nor were there any past calculations. Only her figure was clearly reflected.

This is Xie Yue.

The Xie Yue she knew was the Xie Yue who was always good to her alone.

She suddenly felt that all those past events, right and wrong, were no longer important at this moment.

So, she raised the corners of her lips slightly, raised her hands and put them around his neck, and kissed him back.

"Okay."

At this moment, a cold and familiar mechanical voice sounded without warning in the depths of her mind.

[Please complete the system's last task: humiliate the villain Xie Yue and say he's pitiful.]

After the kiss, she raised her head with a smile:

"I... don't pity others. I only pity you, okay?"

Without waiting for his reaction, she moved closer, their warm breaths almost blending together again. Wen Nianchu whispered in a tone that was almost a sigh, yet extremely clear:

"Xie Yue, please have pity on me—"

She paused, the smile in her eyes grew wider.

"It's a pity that I have love."

This should have been a contemptuous humiliation, but now it lingered between her lips and teeth, removing all the thorns, leaving only the deep-seated tenderness and naked confession, becoming a love word that was unique in the world and belonged exclusively to Xie Yue.

[Ding, mission judgment: completed.]

Unlock the finale:

The heart's desire. Calculating the final mission values... Congratulations to the host, you have successfully achieved the "Reverse Destiny" achievement. The required values ​​for resurrecting your loved ones have been met and will be fulfilled soon...]

The system's voice gradually faded away.

Xie Yue was stunned at first when he heard this, but then he seemed to understand something, and the sudden darkness in his eyes was replaced by surging warmth and understanding.

He tightened his arms around her, rested his chin gently on the top of her head, and laughed softly.

"Yeah." He responded, his voice filled with unprecedented satisfaction and calmness, "It's enough to have you pity me."

The clouds are rolling outside the window, and the story of Rongcheng has come to an end.

And their story is slowly sailing towards a new direction filled with sunshine.

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