Zhuang Zhongming's eyes were bloodshot as he pounded on the window: "Zhuang Yan, I'm your father, how could you treat me like this? You wouldn't exist without me. You have to find a way to get me out of here."
They still want to save them? They've been locked up for so long and they still haven't realized their fate. It's ridiculous.
“Why can’t I treat you the same way? Didn’t you treat Grandma the same way? Where were you when she was seriously ill? Where were you when she called you from the hospital wanting to see you one last time? You only pretend to be filial when someone is dead. I learned that from you. Your misery has only just begun. Think about the more than 20 years you have left in prison. Whether you can come out alive depends on your luck. If you’re unlucky, I’ll come and collect your body.”
In a moment of impulsive rage, Zhuang Zhongming saw this as his only chance. Only after entering prison did he come to terms with reality and realize that his son was no ordinary person and was his only hope.
"Zhuang Yan, do you have any conscience? I'm your father, aren't you afraid of retribution? I'm begging you..."
Zhuang Yan interrupted him: "Don't try to morally blackmail me. I have no morals towards you. Being locked up inside and abused is your fate."
The bullet that Zhuang Zhongming fired three years ago has now struck him squarely between the eyebrows. The color drained from Zhuang Zhongming's face, and he stared blankly at the son in front of him who was completely different from him.
He couldn't stop trembling. The lifeline in his hand suddenly snapped, and he started to cry, tears and snot streaming down his face, trying to play the victim to get Zhuang Yan to turn back.
Zhuang Yan responded with a cruel laugh and took a step back: "Go ahead and reform yourself. I won't be coming to see you again."
"Don't go, please don't go... Son, Dad really knows he was wrong... I won't go out anymore, just come and see me more often, please ask them to help me get another room, I don't want to be beaten or bullied..."
Zhuang Zhongming roared and cried, clenching his fists and pounding on the glass window. His violent reaction drew a warning from the prison guards.
He said a lot, but Zhuang Yan never turned around and simply disappeared in front of him indifferently.
Zhuang Zhongming truly regretted it this time. He realized that if he had shown more care and love to Zhuang Yan, even if he had just stayed with him when he was sick, or stood in front of Tang Jing and said a few words when she scolded him, would his current situation be different?
There was nothing more to say between Zhuang Yan and Zhuang Chongming; he had already done what needed to be said.
Seeing his current miserable state, he was genuinely happy.
Some people online say he betrayed his own family for the greater good, while others say he's cold-blooded and ruthless. Nobody really cares what kind of person he is; netizens only want to see what they want to see.
On the other side, Lu Yan also met Lu Yu.
Like Zhuang Zhongming, Lu Yu initially thought that Xia Qingshan had come to visit him and that he was saved, but he did not expect that the person who came was actually Lu Yan.
The moment Lu Yu saw Lu Yan, he was filled with rage. If it weren't for her, he wouldn't have gotten into trouble, the Lu family wouldn't have gone bankrupt, and he wouldn't have ended up in prison.
Because prior notice had been given, Lu Yu's life in prison was extremely difficult.
Lu Yu used to have a beer belly, but after only a month in prison, his belly is gone. For Lu Yu, who was used to a luxurious life of eating big fish and meat, this was almost like taking his life.
Through the glass, he looked at Lu Yan as if she were an enemy. If looks could kill, Lu Yan would have been torn to pieces by him by now.
If he had known it would turn out this way, he should have killed her when she was four or five years old.
There are many ways to kill a little girl, such as pushing her down the stairs to her death, pushing her into the swimming pool to drown her, and he has all sorts of ways to commit accidental murder in his mind... Why didn't he just harden his heart and do it?
"Why you? Where is Xia Qingshan?"
Lu Yan succinctly stated: "Stroke and paralysis."
Lu Yu immediately retorted, "Impossible!" How could Xia Qingshan be paralyzed? In Lu Yu's eyes, besides his father, Xia Qingshan was the most powerful person. He was counting on Xia Qingshan to save him. How could he be sick?
Lu Yan saw through Lu Yu's thoughts, "The Xia family went bankrupt, Xia Qingshan is hospitalized, and you still expect him to come and save you? Dream on."
How could the Xia family go bankrupt? He couldn't believe it; it was impossible.
Lu Yu looked into Lu Yan's eyes, trying to find a lie in them.
Lu Yan's eyes held a mocking glint.
Lu Yu's heart skipped a beat, and a chill rose from his tailbone.
Lu Yan wouldn't lie to him. He knew about Xia Qingshan's illness. The complications of high blood pressure could lead to cerebral hemorrhage, stroke, and paralysis. As for bankruptcy, he knew the Xia family was in dire straits before he went to prison, but he didn't expect it to happen so quickly, and he certainly didn't expect that someone as capable as Xia Qingshan would fall one day.
Lu Yan brought only a few newspapers, which mainly reported on the Xia family's bankruptcy.
Seeing is believing. This last bit of hope was completely gone. In the newspaper, Lu Yu saw news about Yi'an Group. Lu Yan's face was printed on it, and the headline was written in large letters: Lu Yan, founder of Yi'an Group.
Lu Yu stared at the headline in disbelief, his hand unconsciously tightening: How is this possible? How could Lu Yan be the boss of Yi An Group?
While he was basking in the glory of inheriting the Lu family business, Lu Yan had already left him far behind.
“No…” Lu Yu didn’t believe it. “If you’re Yi An’s boss, then who is Zhou Quan?”
"He is my assistant."
This is ridiculous. He used to fawn over Zhou Quan and even thought about introducing Lu Yan to him, but he never expected that the two of them would be in a superior-subordinate relationship.
Suddenly, he understood the things he couldn't understand: why did Lu Yan suddenly disappear after entering Zhou Quan's room?
Why couldn't he contact Zhou Quan after the incident the next day, and why did the other party ignore his requests for help?
Why does Zhou Quan speak of Lu Yan with such seriousness and respect?
Why would Yi'an Group target the Lu and Xia families?
It turns out it was all because Lu Yan was interfering; she did it on purpose!
While he was inquiring about Yi'an Group everywhere, trying to curry favor with them, Lu Yan must have been secretly laughing at him.
After thinking it through, Lu Yu changed his attitude: "Sister, I was wrong. I am your only family. Please save me. I can't stay in there for another day."
"You've been here for 28 days already, isn't that great?"
Lu Yu is a man of flexibility and resilience. He hates Lu Yan, but he is also well aware that only she can help him in his current situation.
Lu Yan asked him again, "You said you were wrong, but do you know where you went wrong?"
What went wrong?
"My mistake was that I shouldn't have mocked you, shouldn't have spread rumors to slander you, and shouldn't have looked down on you..." He secretly glanced at Lu Yan's expression after each sentence.
“I shouldn’t have thought of using you to exchange for resources, I shouldn’t have drugged you and betrayed you, I shouldn’t have hit you and bullied you when we were kids…” Lu Yu racked his brains and said a lot. This opened the floodgates of his memory, and he realized that he had done so many things to hurt Lu Yan.
His heart tightened every time he spoke, and even he himself felt that he was unforgivable.
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