"You bitch!" Qiao Guangyuan naturally wouldn't let her tell the truth, and immediately retorted, "It was clearly you who tampered with the car!"

"That's what you taught me!" He Huilan retorted loudly.

Qiao Guangyuan assumed that Qiao Xi trusted him, so he immediately pleaded with her, "Daughter, don't believe her."

"She wanted to take your mother's place and forced me to do this. She said if I didn't do what she said, she would tell your mother about our relationship. I had no choice but to do it..."

"Qiao Guangyuan!" He Huilan was so angry she almost fainted. "You're a real scoundrel, you have no shame!"

At this point, he actually pinned all the blame on her? She must have been blind back then!

Hearing this, Qiao Xi already knew what had happened: it was they who had joined forces to kill her mother!

“I have evidence!” He Huilan suddenly said.

"Where?" Qiao Xi asked immediately.

Qiao Xi originally just wanted to know the truth, but she didn't expect there to be evidence as well?

He Huilan had gone mad in her desire to get to the bottom of things with Qiao Guangyuan. She recklessly told Qiao Xi, "I have it saved on my computer. If you want to listen, I can play it for you right now."

Qiao Guangyuan hadn't expected her to record him, and immediately grabbed a cup from the table, intending to smash it at He Huilan, yelling, "You slut, you bitch, how dare you scheme against me!"

Jun Jiuge didn't let him have his way. She snatched the cup from his hand and kicked him to the ground.

He Huilan grinned menacingly, "Qiao Guangyuan, you forced me to do this!"

"I really didn't expect you to be this kind of person, actually pinning the murder charge on me. Fortunately, I was prepared!"

Qiao Xi then said to Jun Jiuge, "Keep an eye on them, I'll go upstairs to get the computer."

"Mm." Jun Jiuge nodded.

Qiao Xi quickly retrieved the computer and asked He Huilan for confirmation, "Is this the computer?"

"Yes," He Huilan said affirmatively, and also told Qiao Xi the computer password.

After Qiao Xi opened the folder, she asked, "Which one?"

“The last one,” He Huilan gestured to her. “The password is…”

"You bitch! You treacherous bastard!" Qiao Guangyuan cursed as he stood up, trying to grab the computer, but with Jun Jiuge present, he wouldn't get his way.

Although Qiao Xi already knew the truth, she still prepared herself mentally before listening to the recording.

Upon opening the recording, He Huilan's voice came through first, "Guangyuan, you finally called me."

"Lanlan, listen to me." Qiao Guangyuan's voice was truly good at coaxing people.

He Huilan asked in a coquettish voice, feigning innocence, "Will you say you love me?"

It's absolutely disgusting!

"I've made up my mind," Qiao Guangyuan suddenly said firmly, "I'm going to kill that secondhand goods."

"What did you say?" He Huilan was clearly startled.

Qiao Guangyuan gently persuaded her, "Lanlan, with her around, we can never be together."

"Only when she dies can I become the true chairman of the company, and only then can I rightfully marry you."

“But…” He Huilan hesitated.

Hearing her hesitation, Qiao Guangyuan immediately urged her again, "Don't you want me to marry you?"

“I’ve been dreaming about this for ages,” He Huilan said excitedly.

"Then what are you still hesitating about?" Qiao Guangyuan coaxed.

He Huilan said with a mixture of worry and anticipation, "Guangyuan, I'm scared."

Qiao Guangyuan encouraged her again, "What are you afraid of? Just do as I say, and no one will suspect us."

"How do I do it?" He Huilan finally became interested.

There was a sudden silence on the other end of the phone. After a while, Qiao Guangyuan's voice could be heard: "Fake a car accident."

"I'll tell you the specifics when we meet."

After a slight hesitation, He Huilan said firmly, "Okay, I'll wait for you."

"You beast!" Qiao Xi finally lost her temper. She picked up the fork on the table and strode towards Qiao Guangyuan.

When Qiao Guangyuan saw that she looked like she wanted to kill him, he quickly tried to dodge, but Qiao Xi didn't want him to escape. She grabbed his collar and tried to stab him in the neck.

Just as the fork was a hair's breadth away from Qiao Guangyuan's neck, Jun Jiuge grabbed it.

Qiao Xi gripped the fork tightly, intending to kill Jun Jiuge.

Jun Jiuge was also conflicted. On the one hand, she supported her in doing so, but on the other hand, she didn't want her to do it.

To calm Qiao Xi down, Jun Jiuge took her outside.

"Is this the answer you wanted?" Jun Jiuge asked her directly.

Qiao Xi suppressed her anger and said, "I don't know."

"I've said it before, if the final answer isn't something you can handle, then don't bother investigating it." Jun Jiuge knew that what she said was somewhat of an afterthought, but she couldn't help but say it anyway.

Qiao Xi said firmly, "I'm going to kill him."

After saying that, Qiao Xi went back into the house. This time it wasn't an impulsive decision; she had made up her mind!

Jun Jiuge pulled her back again and asked, "Have you ever killed anyone?"

"There's always a first time." Qiao Xi could roughly understand what Qiao Xi meant.

Jun Jiuge reminded her again, "Once you do it the first time, you'll do it again."

"I can't act for you, but I don't want you to either," Jun Jiuge said sincerely. "They're no different from ants in your eyes. Do you really want to step on them?"

"Crushing an ant won't give you much pleasure, or even any feeling at all."

"But I don't want to let them go. I want to tear them to pieces." Qiao Xi had already made up her mind to do so.

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