Chapter 275: Tooth for Tooth
Pei Wan'er was kidnapped and sold to Xiling Laboratory. Was it Huo Zhigui who was behind this?
Upon hearing this, Huo Lingyin lowered her eyes and drank her tea in silence - she was a member of the Huo family and had a thorough understanding of her family's methods.
Her aunt was usually gentle and quiet, but when she got really ruthless, she was afraid she would not be her match.
Huo Zhigui took a bite of the red bean cake, picked up a handkerchief to wipe the crumbs from the corner of his mouth, looked directly at Jiang Ran, and said softly, "I did it."
Huo Lingyin drank her tea by herself, trying to reduce her presence as much as possible.
Jiang Ran nodded, not at all surprised by this answer: "Why would you hit a child?"
Huo Zhijue didn't seem particularly concerned about Pei Qing's favor or her status as Madam Pei. She could have simply laughed off Shi Yujiao's provocation, but she chose to hurt a child with whom she had no grudges...
"It's for revenge." Speaking of revenge, a trace of sadness flashed across Huo Zhigui's eyes. "For my child who didn't even have the chance to see this world—Shi Yujiao killed my unborn child, so I must retaliate and make her feel the pain of losing her child."
Her voice was still gentle as she spoke slowly and leisurely of her revenge and hatred.
Jiang Ranmo.
Rich families are full of filth - she had no idea what had happened within the towering walls of the Pei family in the past nearly thirty years, and she was not qualified to judge.
"Aunt, you're saying..." Huo Lingyin heard this for the first time. She put down the teacup that was blocking her face, her eyes widened, and she said angrily, "That woman caused you to lose a baby?!"
Since Huo Zhiju married into the Pei family, she has rarely contacted her family.
She had never mentioned the miscarriage and she only found out about it today.
"That happened over twenty years ago. There's no need to bring it up again." Huo Zhigui lowered his eyes and sighed softly, "Besides, the arrival of that child was never part of my plan."
She and Pei Qing were in a family marriage, and since Pei Xiao was born, they have never slept together again.
She knew that he had a mistress outside and that the woman had given birth to a daughter, but she was too lazy to care and just pretended not to know.
Her second pregnancy was completely an accident - on the anniversary of that man's death, she drank too much and took him to bed in a daze.
A few days after she was confirmed to be pregnant, she was pushed down the stairs by the maid and almost lost both her life.
"That woman couldn't withstand Secretary Jin's torture, and she confessed everything within a few hours," Huo Zhigui said calmly. "Although I don't look forward to the birth of that child,... after someone killed her, I don't want to let it go."
It turned out that Pei Qing knew that she had lost her child.
Jiang Ran sneered.
She finally figured one thing out.
Pei Wan'er was trafficked to Xiling Laboratory. Despite the Pei family's connections and influence, Pei Xiao was not able to find out her whereabouts until Pei Wan'er died.
It seems that it’s not that Pei Xiao can’t find it, but that someone doesn’t want him to find it.
Pei Qing knew that Shi Yujiao had killed Huo Zhijue's child, and he also tacitly agreed to Huo Zhijue's attack on Pei Wan'er. This man was like an indifferent spectator in this matter, watching the two women fight each other as if he were just watching a show.
"I had Pei Wan'er kidnapped. I originally told them to take her away from Shi Yujiao so that she could experience the pain of losing her children. But those guys were greedy and sold Pei Wan'er to the laboratory without telling me."
"..." Wasn't it Huo Zhijue's original intention to sell Pei Wan'er to the laboratory? Yes, until the disaster broke out, she didn't know what a terrible place the Xiling Laboratory was.
"I know Xiao'er is investigating Pei Wan'er's whereabouts. I also know Pei Qing has been watching everything I do." Huo Zhigui sighed and chuckled softly, "Look, how heartless a man can be. Shi Yujiao killed his unborn child, yet he was gentle and affectionate with her. I killed his daughter, yet he still kept me by his side..."
After hearing the whole story, Huo Lingyin was speechless for a moment - she was very angry, but after Huo Zhigui told her everything calmly, she actually felt a touch of sympathy for Pei Wan'er from the bottom of her heart.
In this war without the smoke of gunpowder, both Pei Wan'er and the unborn child were just innocent victims.
During Huo Lingyin's speechless moment, she heard Jiang Ran ask in a serious, probing tone, "Will you regret it?"
"Regret kidnapping Pei Wan'er?"
"Although it wasn't your intention for her to be sold to the laboratory, it was also because of you."
Huo Zhiju shook his head: "No regrets."
Her reply was very calm, as if she had become indifferent to life and death and was not afraid of the harsh criticism and abuse from others.
"Now that you've done it, regretting it is the most meaningless thing."
Jiang Ran agreed with this statement: "You are right."
Feeling that the current topic was too heavy, Huo Lingyin cleared her throat and decided to change the subject: "Is this Jiang Ran's first time at the Dongchao base? If you're free tomorrow, why don't we go out for a walk together?"
"good."
Unexpectedly, she agreed so readily. Huo Lingyin glanced at her in surprise, then looked at Huo Zhijue: "Aunt, you are familiar with this place. Would you like to go out for a walk with us tomorrow?"
Huo Zhijue swallowed the words he was about to agree to, remembering something. "I've been feeling unwell lately. Let your cousin stay with you."
Huo Lingyin curled her lips and said, "My cousin is a grown man, and we don't have much to talk about." She tugged at Huo Zhiju's sleeve and whispered, "You've been feeling unwell after being cooped up at home for so long. Go out for a walk and relax, okay, little aunt?"
Huo Lingyin rarely acted like a spoiled brat. Huo Zhiju hesitated for a moment, but when she saw that Jiang Ran didn't object, she could only agree: "Okay, I'll go out with you tomorrow."
Having achieved their goal, Huo Lingyin nudged Jiang Ran with her elbow: "Before the apocalypse, have you ever been to the Dongchao base?"
Jiang Ran recalled for a moment, nodded, and said vaguely: "I came here once."
"travel?"
"Yes, it's organized by the society."
"Oh~ I'm telling you, Si Xu definitely hasn't been here. We're going out for a walk tomorrow, and I'll make an exception and allow you to bring him along."
Before the disaster, Si Xu was imprisoned in the laboratory and had never seen the outside world. The three people present knew this.
Huo Lingyin suddenly brought up this matter, and Jiang Ran couldn't help but think more about it.
She glanced at Huo Lingyin who was winking at her, and hesitated: Could it be that Huo Lingyin also knew about the relationship between Si Xu and Huo Zhijue, and deliberately created an opportunity for the two to get along?
Seeing her frowning in thought, Huo Lingyin leaned close to her ear and whispered, "Aren't you and Si Xu boyfriend and girlfriend? I think he's quite boring. Bring him with you tomorrow and I'll take you somewhere nice."
Jiang Ran: "A good place?"
Huo Lingyin chuckled twice: "I don't know if your Xiling base has it, but we don't have it at Beichen base."
Jiang Ran: “…Okay.”
She spoke so mysteriously that she couldn't help but feel a little bit of anticipation and curiosity: "What place is it?"
"Well, you'll find out when you go there tomorrow."
“…”
(End of this chapter)
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