After checking the caller ID, Mr. Lan said to his mistress, "I'm going to answer the phone."

Then he walked away.

The beautiful woman said nothing.

She knew what Mr. Lan was doing, and she would not stop him, because what Mr. Lan did would make him even richer. The richer he was, the more the baby in her belly would get.

Mr. Lan went up to the study on the second floor, closed the door, and then answered the call.

His study is equipped with soundproofing layer, which has a very good soundproofing effect. He can talk in it without worrying about being overheard by others.

Even though he did not hide many of the things he did from his mistress, there were some things he still didn't want her to know.

"What's wrong?"

Mr. Lan asked the other party in a low voice.

Not knowing what the other person said, he listened, his brows gradually furrowing. After a moment, he asked, "Did they meet? What was Lan Rui's reaction? Meeting without knowing each other, that's right."

"Keep a close eye on them. See if we can kill the mother and son on their way back."

He felt that there was something strange about Lan Rui's sudden business trip.

Sure enough, the business trip was just an excuse.

Lan Rui found out Lan Qing's whereabouts.

Fortunately, the brother and sister now meet each other without knowing each other.

After ending the call, Mr. Lan's eyes were grim, and he sneered in his heart: The head of the family still favors the original wife's son.

After thinking for a while, he called Hei Ruyue. After Hei Ruyue answered the phone, he asked bluntly, "Miss Hei, do you want to be the wife of our family's headmaster? You and our headmaster have been together for such a long time, why are you still pregnant?"

"If you get pregnant, and you put pressure on our Patriarch, you'll soon become his wife. I have good news for you. Lan Rui has met Lan Qing, and he's brought his crazy mother with him. If you don't hurry up, and Lan Qing comes back to recognize her ancestral roots, and that crazy woman recovers, what will become of you?"

Hei Ruyue said angrily, "You useless thing, how do you do things? We assigned so many people to you and asked you to kill Lan Qing, but you couldn't do it. Now you let the brother and sister meet."

Mr. Lan was not angry when being scolded. He was indeed useless in this matter, but he had no other choice.

"That little girl is lucky. She is now the eldest daughter-in-law of the Jun family, the richest family in City A. The Jun family is not to be trifled with. Our plan failed last time because the Jun family intervened. Not only the Jun family, but also the Ouyang family intervened in this matter. Those two families are local tyrants in City A."

"A powerful dragon cannot defeat a local snake. No matter how many of us there are, we will suffer losses if we take action in City A."

Hei Ruyue was furious that her teammates hadn't gotten the job done, but she was helpless. She said grumpily, "Do you think I don't want to get pregnant? You see, your Patriarch and I seem to have a good relationship. I often stay at the Lan Family Manor, but I always sleep alone. Your Patriarch's room is a room within a room. Even if we share a room, we're actually living in separate rooms."

Mr. Lan was stunned for a moment and asked, "So, you two haven't had sex yet?"

"That's right. I seriously doubt he's done. That woman has been crazy for over twenty years. Doesn't he have any desires at all? He wouldn't even touch a young and beautiful girlfriend like me. Who would he touch?"

Hei Ruoyue kept a close eye on Lan Rui. Ever since she fell in love with him, she would not allow any woman other than her relatives to appear around him.

Mr. Lan: "...You wouldn't drug him."

Hei Ruyue's face darkened, and she said angrily, "I've tried it several times, but he always avoided me."

As the head of the Lan family, did you think Lan Rui was easy to scheme against? Lan Rui was actually very shrewd and extremely defensive. Even though they seemed to have a good relationship when they were together, he was actually always on guard against her.

Hei Ruoyue felt that Lan Rui still had feelings for the crazy woman, and she even suspected that Lan Rui and the crazy woman were still living a normal married life, otherwise why wouldn't Lan Rui touch her?

How could there be no physiological needs after more than twenty years?

Unless it doesn't work.

Otherwise, maintain a normal married life with a crazy woman.

Thinking of this, Hei Ruoyue became jealous and went crazy.

She is much younger than Lan Rui. When she was still a child, she followed her parents to a party and met Lan Rui.

At that time, she thought Uncle Lan Rui was tall and handsome.

When she grew up, she dove in without hesitation.

She wanted to marry Lan Rui and become the wife of the head of the Lan family. She didn't mind at all that Lan Rui was much older than her, and her family didn't object to her. Anyway, she had to get what she wanted.

Lan Rui is not allowed to be an exception.

"Forget it. There's no point in us blaming each other now. I'll have someone kill Lan Rui and his mother on their way back. They're on a private plane. I'll cause a plane crash and destroy them both."

"Without Lan Rui and his son, even if Lan Qing can finally return to the Lan family, she's a weak woman and won't pose a threat to us. Once she returns to the Lan family, it will be much easier for us to take action than in City A."

"How do you cause a plane crash?"

"Arrange a private plane to crash into it."

After a moment of silence, Hei Ruyue asked him, "Are you finally willing to use your so-called dead chess move?"

Dead chess means dead soldiers.

"It's a last resort. Losing a dead chess piece is worth it to kill that mother and son."

"If you had been willing to use it earlier, the Lan family would have been ours long ago."

Mr. Lan: "...It's not that I'm reluctant, it's that I don't have the opportunity. Do you think Lan Rui is that easy to deal with? Although he may be young, he is still the young master of the Lan family. He has loyal people around him and is the successor trained by the head of the family."

Hei Ruoyue regards Lan Rui and his mother as thorns in her side.

If she didn't get rid of the mother and son, even if she married into the Lan family as she wished, when she gave birth to a child, the Lan family would be controlled by Lan Rui. What would her child have? This was something Hei Ruyue would not allow. She was now cooperating with Mr. Lan because they had a common enemy.

Once the common enemy is eliminated, it will be time for her to kill Mr. Lan and his family.

The Lan family must belong to her child.

"Do you have a photo of Lan Qing?"

"Yes, do you want to meet her?"

"I'm a woman, so it's easier for me to approach her."

Mr. Lan hummed, "I'll send you her photo later."

"Nothing, that's all. Remember to send Lan Qing's photo over."

After the two ended their call, Mr. Lan took out an envelope from the drawer of his desk. Inside the envelope was Lan Qing's current information and a photo.

He took a photo and sent it to Hei Ruoyue.

After Hei Ruoyue received Lan Qing's photo, she was surprised to find that Lan Qing looked very similar to the old lady of the Lan family. If the old lady Lan was a few decades younger, the two would look like twins.