"Is this none of your business?" Lin Yuqing said urgently. "Your brother-in-law has already had someone check Zhijin's call records. Before she disappeared, she contacted Master Qiao. Zhaojiang, what is your relationship with Master Qiao? Are you still hiding it from me?"
Lin Zhaojiang frowned. This matter was too strange, and he couldn't figure it out for the time being.
"I do have a close relationship with Master Qiao, but I have no grudge against Bai Zhijin... Sister, why are you suspecting me?"
"Zhaojiang!" Lin Yuqing exclaimed anxiously, "I know you resent Bai Ruogu because of Song Wan's matter, but... just as you said, you have no grudge against Bai Zhijin. You can't transfer your hatred for her brother onto her!"
"Sister, are you out of your mind!" Lin Zhaojiang's face was grim, and his voice was stern. "What makes you so suspicious of me?"
There was no response from the other end of the phone. Perhaps Lin Zhaojiang was too ruthless, and Lin Yuqing was also intimidated by him.
After a long pause, Lin Yuqing said softly, "Then... can you help the Bai family?"
Lin Zhaojiang snorted coldly and hung up the phone.
However, when she turned her head, she met Song Wanqing's clear gaze.
What happened to the Bai family?
*
The entrance to a ward at a sanatorium.
The sound of Sophia's high heels clicking on the floor was particularly jarring in the empty corridor. She carried a thermos of food and smiled sweetly at the bodyguards at the door.
"Everyone, I've come to deliver food to my wife. Please let me in."
The bodyguards exchanged glances but remained silent.
"Your young master sent me." Sophia took out her phone, pretending to be serious. "Should we call him and ask? Heh, Madam isn't feeling well these days, and her three meals a day can't be missed. If you delay me from going in to serve her meals... who can take the responsibility?"
Upon hearing her words, the bodyguards looked somewhat embarrassed, and soon made way for her.
“That’s more like it.” Sophia smiled. “From now on, I’m the lady of this house. You should start thinking about who to listen to!”
"Alright, all of you, stand back a bit. I not only have to serve my wife her food, but I also have to help her bathe. It's really inconvenient for you grown men to be guarding the door!"
Sophia dismissed them and strolled into the ward.
In the spacious and luxurious room, she immediately spotted Yao Wanyin lying there.
Yao Wanyin looked very weak. She had a serious congenital deficiency when she was young. Although she recovered later, there was still a significant difference between her and people with good health.
Now that he's old, and after being upset by his son, he's already exhausted.
“Madam, I’m here.” Sophia smiled and walked over to her, placing the insulated food container on the bedside table.
Yao Wanyin forced her eyes open, and upon seeing it was her, a look of disgust immediately appeared in her eyes.
What are you doing here?
"I'll serve you!"
"unnecessary!"
"Ha, Madam." Sophia sat down on the edge of the bed, staring coldly at her. "Whether you need it or not, I have to fulfill my duties as a daughter-in-law, don't I?"
Yao Wanyin coughed violently and tried to reach out to press the alarm, but before she could touch it, Sophia stopped her!
“Madam, I advise you to listen to me,” Sophia said with a smile. “My cooking isn’t that bad, and I wouldn’t be foolish enough to poison it. Don’t worry, these are all good ingredients that will ensure your nutrition. I’m here today because I genuinely want to take care of you.”
Yao Wanyin clutched her chest and slowly forced herself to sit up, her eyes wary.
Bai Jingyuan has been away from here frequently these past two days. When she asked him what was wrong, he only told her about the situation at the company and told her not to worry.
But she always had a bad feeling...
Yao Wanyin took a deep breath to calm herself down and outwardly obeyed Sophia.
“Madam, that’s how it should be.” Sophia handed her a cushion. “We’ll be mother-in-law and daughter-in-law sooner or later, so you need to get used to my presence from now on!”
"Ha, my son is truly blind." Yao Wanyin smirked. "He was actually deceived by someone like you..."
"Please don't look down on me. Although I'm divorced and have a child, my feelings for Ruogu are genuine, and I want to spend my life with him! Unlike some people who are always looking for something better, seemingly innocent like a little white rabbit, but actually... they have countless tricks up their sleeves to seduce men!"
"What did you say?"
Sophia raised an eyebrow. "Madam, the person I'm talking about is your former fiancée!"
"Stop talking nonsense!" Yao Wanyin rebuked angrily. "This whole affair was our Bai family's fault to Song Wan. Stop slandering her reputation!"
“Madam, you can know a person’s face but not their heart!” Sophia smiled. “You probably don’t know that Lin Zhaojiang helped Song Wan with the selection of outstanding teachers at the kindergarten this time. Otherwise, how could she, a newcomer with less than two years of teaching experience, have been worthy of this award?”
Yao Wanyin's face was pale, and she pursed her lips tightly.
"Lin Zhaojiang helped her with more than just this. Even before Song Wan and Ruogu broke off their engagement, she was already very close to Lin Zhaojiang... Even the house she lives in now was given to her by Lin Zhaojiang. Ha, Madam, you're so worldly-wise, you can't be unaware of this kind of thinking in men, can you?"
"Lin Zhaojiang was willing to give her the house, so who would know what the two of them did in that house?"
“Madam,” Sophia said smugly, looking at Yao Wanyin, whose face was growing paler. “This is the daughter-in-law you like, the good girl in your eyes! So your judgment of people is nothing special after all! If this gets out, your Bai family’s reputation will probably be tarnished by this Song Wanyin!”
"Get out!" Yao Wanyin angrily pounded on the edge of the bed.
Sophia stood up swiftly, her eyes cold, a mocking smile playing on her lips. "Madam, there's something else I need to tell you..."
"I don't want to hear it, get out!"
"Don't get excited," Sophia laughed even more arrogantly as her plan to destroy his spirit was about to succeed. "Doesn't your wife want to know where your husband has been these past two days? Why hasn't your daughter come to see you?"
Yao Wanyin froze, staring blankly at her.
“Your daughter…is in some trouble.” Sophia deliberately slowed her speech. “She’s missing, her whereabouts are unknown!”
"What?!" Yao Wanyin felt a loud bang in her ear, as if something had exploded.
Sophia suddenly stepped forward and grabbed her shoulders.
Yao Wanyin was shocked by this sudden blow, trembling all over and unable to utter a word.
Sophia clenched each word, each syllable piercing her heart: "Madam, this isn't my fault... blame yourself for being so biased! You gave all the good things to your daughter, didn't you ever think that this would bring her death?"
"What...what did you do to the brocade! You..."
Suddenly, Yao Wanyin's body stiffened, her gaze became unfocused, and she gasped for breath before falling off the bed with a thud and crashing to the ground.
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