Chapter 181 Villains always like to meet in places like this

Meng Anran took in her brother's reaction and her eyes grew colder.

"Tell the truth." Her voice was soft, but it carried an irresistible sense of oppression.

Meng Chenghong's shoulders trembled, and he stammered, "Just the day before yesterday, she suddenly contacted me and asked me to meet."

"Then what?"

"She said..." Meng Chenghong's face suddenly became more resentful. "She said that she had a bad life in the Lu family. She was bullied by the servants every day during her years abroad. After she came back, the Lu family also treated her harshly. She missed the time when she lived with us in the small house. She asked me if... if she could go back to the Meng family."

A hint of sarcasm flashed in Meng Anran's eyes, "How did you answer?"

"Of course I refused!" Meng Chenghong raised her head suddenly, her eyes red. "Not only did she bully my eldest sister, she also pushed and injured my brother without any guilt. When she heard that I was the daughter of a wealthy family, she abandoned us so heartlessly! How could I..."

"Are you angry?" Meng Anran interrupted him.

Meng Chenghong's eyes flickered, and his voice lowered: "I just slammed the table, maybe the button fell off at that time."

Meng Anran nodded thoughtfully and turned to leave.

"Second sister!" Meng Chenghong called her in panic, "Did that button cause any trouble?"

Meng Anran looked back at him and suddenly smiled: "It's okay, just asking casually, don't worry."

She closed the door gently, and the smile on her face disappeared instantly.

The light in the corridor stretched her shadow very long. Meng Anran pursed her lips into a cold and hard straight line, took out her cell phone and dialed a number.

"Zhang Tao, take someone to guard the door of Lu Qingcheng's ward. As soon as she wakes up, tell me immediately."

"yes."

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The next evening after get off work, Meng Anran went to the appointment according to the time and place agreed with Duan Xi.

After arriving at the destination, Meng Anran pushed the door open and got out of the car. She looked around the abandoned office building and sneered, "I've never understood why villains always like to meet in places like this."

"I am currently being surrounded by the media and it is inconvenient for me to appear in public. I hope Mr. Meng can forgive me." Duan Xi's figure appeared behind a pillar ten meters away from Meng Anran.

Meng Anran curled the corners of her lips, stepping on ten-centimeter high heels, her stilettos tapping on the cracked marble floor, the echo being particularly crisp under the empty dome.

The setting sun slanted in through the broken glass curtain wall, casting a long, thin shadow behind her like a poisoned dagger.

"The place President Duan chose is quite quiet." She walked up to Duan Xi and smiled, "Unfortunately, I don't like standing and chatting."

"As expected of a young lady, you're very delicate." Duan Xi smiled meaningfully, her tone full of sarcasm, "Since I asked you out, I have to entertain you. Please go to the second floor."

Meng Anran glanced at her contemptuously and followed Duan Xi upstairs.

The space on the second floor is even more dilapidated than the first floor, with peeling walls revealing mottled cement.

Abandoned desks and chairs were piled in the corner, and the air was filled with dust and the smell of dampness.

There were two chairs at the only long table that was still intact, and there was even a bottle of red wine and two highball glasses on the table.

"President Duan is quite particular." Meng Anran raised an eyebrow, a hint of sarcasm in her tone, "Don't you think it's cheap to drink red wine in a place like this?"

Duan Xi didn't respond, but gracefully poured two glasses of wine and pushed one towards her: "Mr. Meng, please."

Meng Anran didn't touch the glass of wine. Instead, she pulled out a chair and sat down, crossing her legs and tapping her fingertips lightly on the table. "Tell me, you went through so much trouble to ask me out, what exactly do you want to talk about?"

Duan Xi took a sip of wine, his eyes dark, "Boss Meng's recent actions really bothered me."

"Oh?" Meng Anran chuckled. "The Qinghe Society is using charity as a pretext to make money. I'm just doing what every citizen should do. I can't say I'm wrong, right?"

"Heh..." Duan Xi put down his wine glass, his voice a little colder. "Boss Meng, I've never done anything unforgivable to you from beginning to end, but Lu Heng and Lu Yi nearly killed you several times. Don't you think you're on the wrong side?"

Meng Anran leaned forward slightly, her red lips curled up in a dangerous arc: "Really? Substituting a cat for a prince, swapping my life with someone else's, isn't that unforgivable?"

"But you have enjoyed the wealth of the Lu family for seventeen years. If I hadn't transferred you to the Lu family, would you have achieved what you have today?" Duan Xi said in a calm tone, without any shame.

Meng Anran was not angry, but smiled faintly, "What you said is the truth, so I don't hate the Lu family, nor do I hate you, but that doesn't mean my biological mother can tolerate others replacing her own flesh and blood."

Her hostility towards Duan Xi has always stemmed from Su Wanman. Whenever she recalled the guilt and caution Su Wanman showed when she first met her, she felt that she should settle the score with Duan Xi.

Duan Xi didn't care and drank the red wine in the glass. "The Lu family has never given you any warmth and kindness in all these years. Lu Heng and Lu Yi have always treated you as a plaything. After finding Lu Qingcheng, they kicked you out without a word. Don't you hate them at all?"

Meng Anran glared at Duan Xi for a few seconds, her red lips curled up, "I understand, you asked me out today, it was a ruthless move. But..." She lowered her eyes to stare at the red wine in front of her, the cold light in her eyes reflected in the clear glass, "You made a wrong calculation."

Before he finished speaking, there was a sudden sound of chaotic footsteps outside the door.

Duan Xi's expression changed, and he stood up suddenly: "Did you bring anyone with you?"

Meng Anran slowly adjusted her cuffs, her smile sweet but chilling: "President Duan, do you think I would come to see you alone?"

Duan Xi gritted his teeth: "Are you plotting against me?"

"Same here." She took a step back and clapped her hands lightly.

In an instant, several men in black broke in and surrounded Duan Xi.

Meng Anran put her hands behind her back and smiled sweetly but strangely. "Duan Xi, are you going to admit that you drugged Qin Mu? Or do you want to suffer some physical pain before you confess?"

As soon as these words were spoken, one of the men in black raised a miniature camera and pointed it at Duan Xi.

Duan Xi's expression suddenly dawned on him, and he frowned and asked, "What medicine?"

Meng Anran shrugged and looked at her new manicure with a relaxed expression. "You shouldn't be so stupid. Haven't you realized that Duan Jingyao and I are in cahoots? I sent him a special invitation to the birthday party to get him out of your sight. He also confessed that you ordered him to drug Qin Mu's wine."

Duan Xi was stunned for a moment, then suddenly sneered, and then burst into laughter, full of sarcasm: "I was just testing his loyalty and gave him two ibuprofen. Do you think it's so easy to get banned drugs?"

Meng Anran suddenly raised her eyes, her gaze piercing Duan Xi like a knife, trying to pierce through her and reveal herself to her without reservation.

But there was only sarcasm in Duan Xi's eyes, without any panic or concealment.