Chapter 69 Uncle Meng, I know you hate me

Wednesday, December 27th.

This day was nothing special for the employees of Runjia Entertainment. They went to work and left work as usual. However, that afternoon, they received a notice that the president had taken the afternoon off.

Du Wanwan first went home to change her clothes and car. She changed into a black dress and a black car. Pei Xingyao drove the car herself, accompanied by Luo Zhen, and they went quietly to the cemetery.

Grandpa Du Jingyuan and mother Du Qingjia were buried in the same cemetery, grandpa and grandmother buried together, mother buried separately nearby. The sky was covered in white snow, and the ground was covered with a thick layer. Du Wanwan, dressed in black, stood out against the snow. She and Pei Xingyao each held a bouquet of roses and slowly walked up.

After the revival of spiritual energy, traditional funeral customs returned, but Du Wanwan did not like incense, candles, and paper money. She felt that with her mother's personality, she would prefer a younger and more lively way.

So, she only brought roses.

"This white bouquet is for you two." Du Wanwan wiped the snow off the tombstone, took the white roses from Pei Xingyao's hand, and placed them in front of the tomb of Du Jingyuan and Mrs. Du. The photo on the tombstone was taken before the two elders passed away.

Grandma is in her prime, as pretty as a flower, smiling sweetly at the camera, while grandpa is gray-haired, with wrinkles all over his face and a deep, cold gaze.

"Grandpa, don't worry. I've managed the company well. This time, the other party won't succeed again. I will protect everything, but you have to protect me too."

After bowing and saying goodbye to her grandparents, Du Wanwan began to clean Du Qingjia's tombstone. The cemetery was well-managed and cleaned daily, worthy of being the most expensive. But Du Wanwan still didn't want the snow to fall on her tombstone.

"I think you are warm, sincere, and lively. Even frost and snow cannot turn your hair white. So, I brought you a bouquet of red roses to thank you for bringing me into the world twenty-one years ago. I have never seen you, but I believe that you will always be by my side."

"Don't worry, Mom, I won't let go of those who hurt you."

As he finished speaking, he heard a "pop" sound behind him, followed by Luo Zhen's surprised voice: "Second Young Master Meng?"

Du Wanwan turned around and looked at the man walking towards her in the snow, holding a red rose. She raised her hand to stop Luo Zhen and asked in confusion, "Uncle Meng, why are you here?"

"Today is your mother's death anniversary, I came to see her." Meng Qian placed red roses in front of Du Qingjia's tomb and looked at the photo on the tombstone.

He frowned deeply.

The photo was taken after Du Qingjia got married. She looked elegant and serene, a typical wealthy lady, but her eyes were lifeless.

"You don't want to either, right?" Du Wanwan also looked at the photo. "After listening to you, I felt that she shouldn't look like the photo. I've been wanting to change the photo, but we don't have any pre-marriage photos of her at home. Uncle Meng, do you have any at home? Are you willing to give them to me?"

Meng Qian remained silent, staring at the photo for a long moment before abruptly asking, "You just said you wouldn't let the person who hurt her go. What's going on? Haven't Xiang Yongkang and the other two been arrested?"

"Uncle Meng, don't you find it strange?" Du Wanwan turned to look at the elegant woman with a blank gaze on the tombstone. "Why did she suddenly change her personality? Have you never doubted it?"

Meng Qian's lips moved, but Du Wanwan spoke first, "I suspected it, so I went to investigate."

"Uncle Meng, do you know... the 'Obedience Talisman'?"

Meng Qian's whole body trembled, and he turned his head abruptly, saying in a lost voice: "You mean..."

Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by a loud shout: "Meng-Qian!"

The two turned around at the same time and saw a tall figure rushing towards them. Pei Xingyao dodged and pinned the figure to the ground with his hands behind his back.

"You... cough cough!" The man fell hard to the ground, chewing a mouthful of snow. He struggled a few times but couldn't stand up. He could only raise his head and shout loudly: "Du Wanwan, do you know who you are standing with?"

"Mr. Yu?" Du Wanwan's brow furrowed, her expression instantly cold as a knife. She asked slowly, word by word, "Do you know what day it is today, and where this is? Do you think I'm being too kind to you?"

"Du Wanwan, are you blind?" Yu Chong shouted, "Do you really think this guy next to you is some kind uncle? I'm telling you, Du Wanwan, he's our 'sir', the mastermind behind everything! Xi Yimiao and I are his people!"

Du Wanwan trembled all over, took a step back in disbelief, and looked at Meng Qian in surprise.

"Impossible." She immediately calmed down and shook her head firmly. "Uncle Meng is not that kind of person!"

"Then let him tell you himself, what kind of person is he?" Yu Chong asked sternly, "Let him tell you himself, right in front of Mr. Du and his beloved Ms. Du, let him tell you! After he suddenly returned to China, was I the first person he contacted from the top of Runjia? Was it him who introduced Xi Yimiao to me? Humph, back then, Xi Yimiao was still an ugly freak. Did he have Xi Yimiao reconstructed overnight, and then asked me to manipulate Xi Yimiao and promote him to the position of general manager of G-light Entertainment? Xi Yimiao was against you, and I made trouble at the headquarters meeting, and then I was absent from work and threatened. Was it his idea? He even told me Han Jinhong's name. Otherwise, would I have recommended this loser for the position of financial director? Wasn't it him who told me that as long as I promoted Han Jinhong to financial director, Han Jinhong would become my dog. With the financial power in my hands, I could control Runjia Entertainment, and the vice president would have more say than you, the chairman?"

He grew increasingly furious as he spoke, struggling constantly. He demanded harshly, "Meng Qian! Look at Du Qingjia's face! Tell me yourself, in front of this woman you keep saying you love so deeply! Are you harming her daughter? Are you planning to snatch Runjia Investment from her daughter? Tell me yourself, is that so?"

This day wasn't Qingming or the Ghost Festival, nor was it a tomb-sweeping festival. Apart from them, the entire cemetery was deserted. The snow made the entire place utterly silent. Only Yu Chong's almost shrill roar echoed through the cemetery.

"Yes or no……"

“Is it…is it…”

The mountains echoed, like the questions of the dead.

Du Wanwan's face turned pale. She looked at Meng Qian and bit her lip.

She was closer to Du Qingjia's tombstone than Meng Qian. When she turned around, her face was almost exactly the same as the person in the photo on the tombstone.

At this moment, it was as if the person in the photo came alive, and those almost identical eyes questioned him.

"I..." Meng Qian raised his hand to press his forehead, turning his head away, not daring to look at the scene. His voice was filled with pain and guilt: "I'm sorry, Wanwan, I'm sorry... Qingjia... I'm sorry..."

"Did you hear that? Did you hear that?" Yu Chong struggled even harder, but the hands holding him down seemed to weigh a thousand pounds, as strong as steel claws. No matter how he struggled, it was in vain. He could only scream even louder: "Du Wanwan, did you hear that? Look at who you trust? Hahaha! You're just a fool who can't recognize people! Meng Qian himself admitted that he is not a good person at all! He..."

"And then?" Du Wanwan interrupted him coldly, "What do you want to prove? He's not a good person, so how can you be a good person?"

Yu Chong's voice suddenly stopped, as if Pei Xingyao's hands were not pressing on his hands, but on his throat. He seemed to be unable to breathe, and his eyes widened in an instant, unable to utter a word.

"What do you want to prove?" Du Wanwan asked again, looking down at him with the familiar coldness, ruthlessness, and mockery in her eyes. "Yu Chong, now that you've proven Meng Qian isn't a good person, what do you want to say? Are you innocent? Do you still want to return to Runjia Entertainment?"

"I... I..." Yu Chong, who had been talking incessantly and eloquently just now, suddenly became speechless. He stared at Du Wanwan blankly, his face turning red and white.

Du Wanwan laughed briefly and lightly, and gestured to Luo Zhen.

Meng Qian was startled and broke out in a cold sweat inside his coat which was blessed with a warming talisman.

Only then did he realize that the Du family's old housekeeper Luo Zhen had been standing next to them, and no matter what they said, he didn't say a word.

Luo Zhen had personally experienced Du Qingjia's youth and knew better than anyone how good Du Qingjia had been to him. Now, with Du Wanwan as the only remaining descendant of the Du family, he was more worried about her safety than anyone else.

Hearing that he had ungratefully attacked Du Qingjia's daughter and was even trying to snatch Runjia Investment, Luo Zhen remained indifferent? Why?

Meng Qian didn't dare to think deeply, but an answer quietly emerged in his mind, and his shirt was instantly soaked with cold sweat.

Luo Zhen looked at him silently, raised his hand and made a gesture.

A team of bodyguards in black suits came out from nowhere and surrounded the place. Two bodyguards came up silently, took Yu Chong from Pei Xingyao, and took him away.

"Du, Mr. Du... I..." Yu Chong's legs went weak. He was almost carried away by the bodyguards. He couldn't help but turn around and wanted to say something. However, seeing Du Wanwan's cold and solemn eyes, he couldn't say anything.

He resigned and spent three days preparing a grand gift for Du Wanwan and Meng Qian on the anniversary of her mother's death. Meng Qian had diligently portrayed himself as someone deeply in love with her mother, Du Qingjia, and Yu Chong anticipated that on Du Qingjia's death anniversary, right in front of her grave, he would reveal Meng Qian's true colors to Du Wanwan.

By then, Du Wanwan would regret and be heartbroken for trusting a jackal, and would never trust Meng Qian again. Meng Qian's plan would have been in vain, and he would be furious. It would be impossible for him to get close to Du Wanwan again.

But, why didn't things develop as he expected?

What went wrong?

Is the gap between him and Du Wanwan really that big? Why do his plans always fall short?

Yu Chong couldn't understand why. When he was thrown out of the cemetery, he sat on the ground, his eyes silently muttering: "Why..."

The only answers he received were the silent snowflakes and the whistling cold wind.

The same cold wind blew past the tomb on the mountaintop, stirring the hem of Du Wanwan's long skirt and the hem of Meng Qian's long trench coat. Then, it twirled a few red rose petals.

Two bouquets of red roses were placed side by side in front of Du Qingjia's tombstone. In just a short while, a lot of white snow had accumulated on them. The cold wind was like a knife, scratching the roses, pulling off the petals, and causing them to fall helplessly from the branches in the wind.

Roses are not flowers that can survive the cold; they are too delicate.

Not like Du Qingjia, and even less like the person in front of him.

Meng Qian was silent for a long time. He watched Du Wanwan change from the "fraidy daughter with an expression of disbelief" to the cold and sickly young lady in a second, and then watched her wait quietly.

It was obvious that Du Wanwan had anticipated everything and arranged everything.

Otherwise, why would Luo Zhen remain so calm upon hearing about his betrayal? Why would she hide bodyguards in the cemetery? And why would security be so lax at the Du family's exclusive cemetery? Did she have Yu Chong let in? Because she already knew he was the man behind Yu Chong.

At this moment, she was just waiting for him to speak and confess.

But at this moment, he didn't want to speak.

He didn't want to say anything more to this venomous woman, and didn't want to waste his thoughts on her. He was not used to playing false games and would rather confront her head on.

Because he hated her so much.

Yes, hatred, immense hatred.

Nearly four months ago, when Meng Qian was recuperating abroad, someone pushed the sensational news in Jiangcheng to him.

The man said to him, "Look, you've been harboring a grudge for twenty years, and finally someone has avenged you. Now you can rest and recuperate instead of being sick and craving some goddess. I say your goddess has been reincarnated for twenty years. In a few years, she'll be able to marry you again. If all else fails, go back and pursue your goddess's daughter. Look at this face. Doesn't it look like your goddess? Finding a replacement wouldn't be bad, wouldn't it?"

picture?

At that time, Meng Qian looked at the pale, sickly, and cold face in the news photos, looked at the various descriptions of her in the news, and looked at her methods, and all he wanted to do was sneer.

Yes, this woman’s facial features are indeed almost identical to his Qingjia’s, but so what?

She is nothing but an evil creature who stole Qingjia's genes and killed Qingjia!

If the woman in his memory lived in the sunshine, the one in front of him seemed to be able to live only at night. From head to toe, she carried the calculating aura that he hated, full of conspiracy, means, tricks and calculations, exactly the same as that hateful man.

What revenge did she want? She had never lived in the Du family, had never met Qingjia, had never felt Qingjia's kindness, how could she have any feelings for Qingjia?

What kind of revenge was this? It was just that when she and Xiang Yongkang were fighting for the Du family's treasure mountain, Xiang Yongkang lost and she won. She was just using the Du family's banner to defeat Xiang Yongkang!

Changing her surname to Du? Half of her blood is inherited from Xiang Yongkang. Does she deserve the surname Du?

Back then…if she hadn’t been pregnant with her, Qingjia wouldn’t have had to marry Xiang Yongkang! If it hadn’t been for giving birth to her, Qingjia wouldn’t have died!

It was she and Xiang Yongkang who killed Qingjia together!

He would rather the Du family be ruined and have nothing than to see Runjia and the Du family fall into the hands of Xiang Yongkang's daughter!

This idea was like a shot of adrenaline, prompting the frail Meng Qian to cooperate with the treatment. His health improved day by day, and he finally returned home successfully.

The moment he set foot on the land, a voice sounded in his mind, saying that it was called the system and was willing to serve him and help him get Runjia investment.

In the era of spiritual energy revival, the existence of a system was not surprising, but what made Meng Qian unhappy was that this was simply a despicable and extremely vulgar system -

It can show women's data, from name, age to height, weight, race, spiritual roots, cultivation, and even a section that lists special attributes, recommendation level, notes, and favorability.

The system said he could use it to find every woman in the world who resembled Du Qingjia. He could use it to capture countless beauties as Du Qingjia's substitutes, including Du Wanwan, whom he hated so much. She was half Du Qingjia, but had a personality very similar to Xiang Yongkang.

Meng Qian refused immediately: "I don't need any substitutes in the world. I just want to destroy Du Wanwan. I can't use most of your functions. It's better to choose another host."

"Really?" The system persisted. "You are my chosen host, and I am willing to assist you. No one can change this. I know that Young Master Meng is extremely noble and reveres Du Qingjia as a goddess. However, as a woman, Du Wanwan will eventually be tempted and marry. There will eventually be a man in the world who, by marrying a woman named Du, will become Runjia and the master of the Du family. Are you willing to see Du Qingjia's things fall into the hands of another man?"

Meng Qian's thoughts stopped for a moment.

"No, you don't want to." The system's voice was filled with bewitching incantations, accurately guessing his thoughts. "One Xiang Yongkang is enough. How could you be willing for another man to become the master of the Du family just because he married Du Wanwan? If this man is destined to be, why can't he be you? I believe that Du Qingjia in heaven would rather see you become the master of the Du family than that handsome assistant beside Du Wanwan."

The word "assistant" instantly reminded Meng Qian of Xiang Yongkang and how he had gotten Du Qingjia. He was so furious that he almost lost his mind.

"I know you love her. I know you've been hiding it for twenty years. No one except your closest friends and family knows how you feel about Du Qingjia. I know it all, but does the rest of the world know it? Second Young Master, you've been missing a chance to express all your love. Now that the opportunity is right in front of you, don't you have the courage?"

"Don't you want to fulfill Du Qingjia's wish and make Runjia Investment even bigger? Don't you want to confess your love for her in front of everyone? Don't you want to see Du Wanwan, that woman with the same sinister and cunning nature as Xiang Yongkang, being toyed with by you, just like Xiang Yongkang toyed with Du Qingjia back then? Don't you want to see her cry and beg for mercy?"

Meng Qian admitted that he was persuaded at that moment. But he still didn't want to touch this obscene system. He didn't want to see the information of those messy women.

"I know you despise me, but it doesn't matter. My host, I am willing to serve you, even to the point of disappearing from your sight. You have a perfect helper. I will parasitize him and make him your apparent pawn to deal with Du Wanwan and anger her. And you, my true host, just need to be a hero and save the beauty at the right time. A woman who lost her parents at a young age longs for warm love. You will succeed. You have a natural advantage, and that is your unadulterated love for Du Qingjia."

Then, with the help of the system, he found Xi Yimiao.

At that time, Xi Yimiao had just returned to China and was still a man tormented by his appearance. The Xi family was full of handsome men and beautiful women, but he was the only one with ordinary looks. Even after a DNA test, he was still teased by relatives from a young age, wondering if he was their biological child.

Xi Yimiao was desperate to become handsome, and the system fulfilled his wish, giving him a facelift based on his two older sisters. The system also promised him that it would help him woo Du Wanwan, the daughter of a wealthy family worth 900 billion yuan. By then, no one would pity him for having to rely on his older, married sisters for support.

The system said that as long as he passed a series of tests, he would be able to become the real host of the system, and then there would be more unexpected benefits waiting for him.

As a result, Xi Yimiao became the system's most loyal dog, obeying the system's orders.

That is to say, obey his orders.

But Meng Qian knew this wasn't enough, so he approached Yu Chong again. Yu Chong had close ties to the Meng family; his eldest brother had brought him into Runjia Entertainment years before Meng Qian returned to China. Now, Meng Qian approached Yu Chong again, expressing his desire to seize control. As a major shareholder in Runjia Investment, and faced with a frail young woman, Yu Chong readily agreed without hesitation.

In this way, Meng Qian and Xi Yimiao were against Du Wanwan in the front, and he appeared at the right time, successively playing the two roles of "an elder who is deeply in love with Du Qingjia" and "a hero who saves the beauty in times of crisis."

The more he interacted with her, the more he hated this woman with Qingjia's face. The smarter she was and the more she could turn defeat into victory, the more he hated her.

Back then, it was exactly the same cunning and deceit that ruined Qingjia!

Then, he would also use the same cunning, viciousness and cruelty to destroy this woman! To this end, after destroying Xi Yimiao, the chess piece, Meng Qian accepted the system's request without hesitation, allowing the system to parasitize on him and began a new round of psychological warfare.

He began to treat Yu Chong as an open chess piece, using him and ready to crush him at any time.

That's right. On the day Du Wanwan triumphed and headed to the cocktail party in triumph, the system told him that someone named Yin Qilei would be at the party, unhappy with Du Wanwan, and would place a spell in the wine. He could show up just in time to act as a hero and save the damsel in distress. If Du Wanwan got suspicious, he could pin the blame on Yu Chong.

Meng Qian did as he was told.

That day, Du Wanwan treated everyone to a meal at Lingxi Food Restaurant, and he was already prepared to show up. Whether Du Wanwan left after eating with others and he sent her back halfway, or as it really happened, Du Wanwan was alone upstairs and he would find an opportunity to show up.

But Meng Qian didn't expect that she would actually say that Qingjia's sudden change in temperament was due to some "obedient talisman".

On his way back, he began to doubt the system.

Because the talisman that Du Wanwan almost got hit by at the cocktail party is also called the "obedient talisman."

Fortunately, Meng Qian came to his senses when he woke up the next day.

The system is always private. Du Wanwan couldn't possibly know he had the system, and the system couldn't exist independently of its host. Du Qingjia's murder had been twenty years ago. The system couldn't have remained inhabited by its host for twenty years, nor could it have remained inhabited by its host for twenty years without taking action until he returned home. Du Wanwan was simply lucky and adept at seizing opportunities.

She was almost ambushed by the "obedient talisman", so she used the "obedient talisman" to trick him into panicking and softening his heart.

This woman...this cunning and treacherous woman!

The hatred in Meng Qian's heart surged like a huge wave in a storm, nearly drowning him. He immediately worked with the system, obtained Han Jinhong's information, and informed Yu Chong.

Unexpectedly, Yu Chong not only failed, but also resigned.

The moment Meng Qian heard the news of Yu Chong's resignation, he knew that Yu Chong might bite him back. So today, on Qing Jia's death anniversary, he came with roses.

He wanted to confront Du Wanwan again on this special day to eliminate his suspicion and make Du Wanwan trust him wholeheartedly.

A person who has suffered so much and lives in calculation and darkness instinctively yearns for light, warmth and true love. However, venomous snakes are the embodiment of jealousy and the synonym of greed.

Seeing that he could give others precious and rare love, she would definitely want it, and would definitely want to possess this warmth and sincerity for herself.

She will definitely be obsessed with him.

Meng Qian had already figured out how to express his true feelings and how to take the opportunity to celebrate Du Wanwan's birthday.

Unexpectedly, Du Wanwan let Yu Chong in. Yu Chong exposed and accused him in front of him. After the accusation, he was thrown out by Du Wanwan.

This woman, as cunning, treacherous and vicious as a viper, had already planned everything.

She had never trusted him.

There was silence for a full century, the cold wind howling, but all Meng Qian could say was, "You've never believed me. That's good. Let's continue to be enemies from now on."

After he finished speaking, he took a deep look at Du Qingjia on the tombstone, turned around and walked down the steps, his back hunched, with an indescribable sense of desolation.

After walking a few steps, he suddenly heard a voice from behind him, asking without any emotion: "Is it because I am also Xiang Yongkang's daughter?"

Meng Qian was caught off guard, his foot slipped, and he almost rolled down the stairs. It was Pei Xingyao who came over like lightning and gave him a hand, so that he could steady himself.

He turned his head stiffly and slowly looked at the woman in front of the tombstone. The astonishment in his eyes was finally revealed clearly without any concealment.

Meng Qian saw that the woman in front of him was wearing a black velvet dress, with long hair draped behind her. Her face was so pale that there was no blood at all, and even her lips were pale.

It had nothing to do with the woman in his memory.

The woman in my memory is tall and outspoken, like a rose swaying in the wind, delicate and bright, and her memory warms my heart just by thinking of her.

The woman in front of me was thin and petite, always dressed in black or white. She seemed to be in mourning forever, always like a vengeful witch, like a poisonous snake lurking in the dark, always poised to suddenly rise up and kill with one blow.

She is completely different from Qingjia.

But why, at this moment, the sigh-like look in her eyes looked so much like the girl in the red dress who climbed over the wall to the balcony that year and stubbornly wanted to take him to the party?

Meng Qian watched in a daze, listening to the woman in the black dress speak in a familiar, gentle voice that sounded like a sigh, helpless, and indulgent: "Uncle Meng, I know you hate me because I am also Xiang Yongkang's daughter. Really, I know everything. You think I was born with original sin, so you wish I would die sooner."

"You think I'm unscrupulous, power-hungry, sinister, and vicious, but that's how the business world is. At least, that's how my grandfather has behaved for so many years. Do you really understand Xiang Yongkang? Have you seen what he's done? Do you really think Xiang Yongkang has my courage and talent?"

"Uncle Meng, have you ever thought about whether I look like Xiang Yongkang or...my grandfather?"

The look in Meng Qian's eyes was as if he had experienced a devastating earthquake in just one second. Countless preconceived ideas collapsed in his eyes and shattered into gravel on the ground.

"Uncle Meng, I know you suspect the 'Obedience Talisman' I mentioned was a last-minute trick. I also know..." Du Wanwan smiled slyly, raised her slender fingers, and tapped her temples. "You might as well ask it: was it me who tricked you, or was it me?"

What did she mean by this? Meng Qian's heart was shaken again, and the color on his face almost drained away.

Could it be that she actually knew about the system?

"Impossible!" The system coldly denied it in his mind.

Du Wanwan in front of him said, "Yes, I know, because Ding Zhiyuan told me."

Ding Zhiyuan? Meng Qian instinctively asked the system in his mind: "Who is this?"

Du Wanwan looked at his expression, the smile on her lips became colder, and the smile in her heart became more ostentatious.

Is he asking the system who Ding Zhiyuan is?

No, the system doesn’t dare to say it.

How could it dare to say that? If it revealed Ding Zhiyuan's identity, wouldn't it know exactly what he did? A system couldn't exist without a host. At the time, Meng Qian hadn't returned to China yet. Who was the system inhabiting to know Ding Zhiyuan and his actions?

Since it knows, why doesn’t the system help the Du family?

Naturally, Meng Qian could guess that the system's so-called help to him was simply to secure Runjia Investment. No matter what high-sounding reasons they offered, they couldn't conceal their ultimate goal.

Therefore, the system dare not say or answer this question.

Then don't blame her for framing you with a three-part truth and seven-part lie.

"Ding Zhiyuan is the fiancé Xiang Yongkang chose for me and the Du family. He told me that he has a harem system that can see the characteristics of the women around him. Therefore, he couldn't bear to part with me, the daughter of 900 billion yuan, nor could he bear to part with Xiang Wanyi's pure Yin constitution."

Du Wanwan's long hair fluttered in the wind, and every word she spoke was clear.

"I don't mind the system or not. To me, nothing is more important than revenge. Uncle Meng, I've been investigating the true cause of my mother's death. I suspect there's an underground market for banned talismans in the entertainment industry. I hope you can help me. No matter how much you hate me, or Xiang Yongkang's bloodline, our goals along the way are the same. After you avenge my mother, I have no complaints about how you deal with me. When the time comes, let's clash with real swords and guns."

"She..." Just as the system's voice rang in Meng Qian's mind, Du Wanwan followed up, "Your system should have appeared after I returned to the wealthy family. It won't object to your actions because it has nothing to do with the underground market for banned talismans."

“…” The system shut up instantly.

It cannot persuade or stop.

The damn Du Wanwan has blocked its retreat. If it leaves the host now, or opposes Meng Qian's investigation into the banned talisman, with Meng Qian's intelligence, he will immediately suspect the system.

He...will be the next one to awaken.

But the memories in his mind could no longer be suppressed.

Du Wanwan waited for a full two minutes before asking, "Second Young Master Meng, it didn't object, right?"

No voice sounded in my mind.

Meng Qian couldn't help but believe her words, and involuntarily retreated the front line ten miles. He asked in a compromising manner, "What do you want?"

"I just want to cooperate, Second Young Master Meng. Other than that, I don't want to discuss anything else with you for now. Because..." Du Wanwan's eyes moved slightly, and she glanced at the photo on the tombstone, and said softly: "Today, you and I are both swayed by emotions, and it's not appropriate to make a decision."

"It's cold and windy, and I'm not feeling well, so I have to say goodbye first." She lifted her skirt and slowly walked down the stairs, passing by Meng Qian lightly.

At the closest distance, I looked back at him and said, "Goodbye."

Luo Zhen and Pei Xingyao followed her silently throughout the entire process without making a sound. When she was a meter away from him, Luo Zhen immediately opened his umbrella to shield her from the falling snow, while Pei Xingyao quickly cleaned the snow from her head and body, and draped the black cloak he had picked up at some point over her shoulders.

The cloak covered her thin figure. At that moment, her steps were firm, her back was straight, and she was surrounded by submissive subordinates.

This situation... Meng Qian was in a trance for a moment, and a voice emerged in his mind: "Yes, she doesn't look like Qing Jia, nor does she look like Xiang Yongkang."

She looks like...Du Jingyuan.

Like the founder of a business empire who is decisive, decisive, and ruthless.

So, did he misunderstand?

Did what he just said mean that he had received forgiveness from her?

Tolerance... Meng Qian suddenly looked up at the photo on the tombstone.

The lady with numb and empty eyes gradually developed the helpless look that Du Qingjia had every time he got angry.

Then, that look gradually fell on the face of the woman just now.

Meng Qian's heart began beating violently again.

That feeling of being forgiven and redeemed, no matter what mistakes he made, before he could even defend himself, she would find excuses for him, once again enveloped his heart.

This time, Meng Qian was very clear that the person who exerted this feeling was not Du Qingjia, nor was it Du Qingjia's substitute.

But, Du Wanwan.