With a thud, Fu Cheng slammed his head down hard.
"Godfather, it's all my fault, it has nothing to do with Miss Lin. Please let her go, I'm willing to accept any punishment."
"Kill!" Lu Zhengqian responded with only one word.
"……yes!"
Fu Cheng trembled as he picked up the dagger, looked at the woman beside him, and then at Fu Yuanshan. "Godfather, you gave me this life. As long as I live, I will never disobey your orders. Please, for the sake of all these years of my devoted repayment, spare Miss Lin's life."
Lin Shuang, who had been keeping her eyes closed, opened them and saw the dagger piercing Fu Cheng's heart. Gan Tang knelt in front of her, holding Fu Cheng's hand in one hand and the blade in the other.
With a clang, the dagger fell to the ground.
Lu Zhengqian pulled his daughter up and kicked Fu Cheng in the shoulder.
"Great, really great!"
He never imagined that his son, whom he had raised for so many years, would commit suicide for a woman. He was so angry that he couldn't say another word and left with his daughter.
"Fu Cheng!" Lin Shuang cried uncontrollably as she looked at the blood spilling from his chest. From the moment she placed her hand in Fu Cheng's, she had thought of death. But she never expected that he would be willing to die in her place.
"Don't be afraid!" Fu Cheng held Lin Shuang's hand and comforted her softly, "As long as I'm alive, you don't need to be afraid."
In the study of the villa, Lu Zhengqian took out a first-aid kit and bandaged his daughter's wound. The wound was deep, and the bleeding wouldn't stop for a long time.
"Are you out of your mind? You'd even block a knife for me."
Gan Tang scratched the arm where he was applying medicine and replied softly, "I know Dad doesn't want my older brother to die."
"It would be better if he were dead!" The anger had not subsided.
There were oranges on the tea tray, and Gan Tang peeled one and put it into Lu Zhengqian's mouth. "Dad, don't be angry, okay?"
Lu Zhengqian ignored her and continued bandaging his wound with his pouting lips.
Gan Tang was annoyed. Remembering how mischievous she was as a child, she squeezed an orange peel in front of Lu Zhengqian's face. The sour orange peel juice sprayed into Lu Zhengqian's eyes.
"What are you doing!" Lu Zhengqian rubbed his eyes, which were sore from the rubbing. As he rubbed, his eyes turned blue.
Gan Tang asked in surprise, "Dad, why have your eyes turned blue?"
Lu Zhengqian remained calm. "Don't make a fuss. Your grandfather and great-grandfather's eyes would change color if they came into contact with orange peel juice. I asked Mu Zi, and he said it's a family trait; our corneas contain a special substance that reacts chemically with the juice from orange peels. But there's nothing dangerous about it."
At this point, Lu Zhengqian realized what was going on, "Perfect, let's see if you change color."
As he spoke, he snatched the orange peel from Gan Tang's hand and sprayed it into her eyes.
"No!" Gan Tang cried out in fright, trying to block the orange peel juice with her hands, but it still seeped into her eyes. Just as Gan Tang was terrified, Lu Zhengqian stared at her unchanging eyes and remarked, "Your aunt's eyes don't change color either. It seems Mu Zi was right; this kind of genetic inheritance is passed down to sons, not daughters."
Gan Tang's soul returned to its place and asked, "Will Shao Jie's eyes change color?"
“No!” Lu Zhengqian shook his head. “That’s why he doesn’t deserve to be a member of the Fu family.”
Gan Tang really didn't understand why he was so hostile towards Fu Shaojie, but right now, she had no mind to ask about that and continued to ask about Fu Cheng.
"Dad, if it were Mom, would she have agreed to let my older brother and Miss Lin get together?"
After bandaging Gan Tang's wounds, Lu Zhengqian sighed, "You are just as kind as your mother."
Jian Suhuai's image was gradually sketched out by Lu Zhengqian. Gan Tang really didn't know if there really was such a good woman in this world, or if it was just Lu Zhengqian's filter and his own imagination.
However, she emphasized, "I did it for my dad."
Seeing that he wasn't so angry anymore, Gan Tang tentatively asked, "Dad, you don't like Miss Lin, so why can't you let them be together? It just so happens that you've been doing business with Uncle Jiang recently, so this can be considered helping him. He should be grateful to you. Uncle Jiang is arranging blind dates for Jiang Chen recently, and it wouldn't be good for Jiang Chen to have any scandals at this time."
Lu Zhengqian asked in surprise, "How do you know so much?"
Gan Tang tried to cover it up, saying, "I went out with Jiang Chen a few days ago. I need to make friends too."
Lu Zhengqian sighed and said, "Call your eldest brother in. Oh, and call your fourth uncle too."
"Why call him!" Gan Tang complained, but still got up to call him. After all, Lin Shuang was now officially He Zhong's man. Fortunately, He Zhong wanted to win over Fu Cheng and didn't make things difficult for them, so Lu Zhengqian went along with it and helped them both.
With the matter settled, Lu Zhengqian left Fu Cheng alone in the study.
"What, do you think I'm heartless towards you?" he asked.
Fu Cheng knelt down again, saying, "My godfather has been incredibly kind to me."
Lu Zhengqian sighed: "Acheng, I've raised you like a son for so many years, is it all just a favor to you?"
"Godfather!" Fu Cheng looked up with tears in his eyes.
Lu Zhengqian patted him on the shoulder, "She's just a woman, it's not that your godfather can't grant your wish. But in your heart, she's not just a simple woman, is she? In our line of work, having a weakness is like handing your life over to someone else, do you understand?"
"Godfather."
Lu Zhengqian waved his hand, "Alright, I won't say anything more. Just think it through yourself. Coincidentally, a batch of goods is coming in from the port in the next few days. Go and keep an eye on it. I don't trust anyone else."
"yes!"
At the same time, Gan Tang took Lin Shuang back to her room and gave her her own clothes.
"Thank you!" Her once glamorous dress was now completely crumpled. Watching Lin Shuang change, Gan Tang asked, "Now, will He Zhong let you go?"
"No need for you to trouble yourself, Miss." Since leaving the party, she had been thinking she was going to die, and a fearless courage had arisen in her heart, but now, she dared not think about the future.
"Does He Zhong have some kind of leverage over you?" Gan Tang advised, "Tell me, and I'll help you figure something out."
"No." Lin Shuang gathered her clothes and hurriedly walked out. Fu Cheng was waiting for her downstairs, but instead of taking her back to his place, he escorted her home.
Gan Tang watched the car leave and drove after it. Worried that Fu Cheng would find out, she took a different route. When she arrived at Lin Shuang's building, she happened to see Fu Cheng backing away.
"Big brother, want to talk?" She walked over, opened the passenger door, and got in.
"Haven't you achieved your goal, sister? What else do you need to do?" Fu Cheng said, glancing at the wound on Gan Tang's hand, and said, "Thank you."
"She didn't agree to your request, did she? Do you want to know why, brother?" Gan Tang took out a USB flash drive with an adapter and handed it to Fu Cheng.
Fu Cheng inserted his phone and looked through it, his face growing increasingly ashen.
"Where did you get these?"
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