Chapter 168: One is a Player, the Other is a Pawn
It was not until he saw Lu Qingcheng's flushed face gradually turn blue that Meng Anran suddenly let go of her hand.
"cough!"
Her head was still dizzy, and Lu Qingcheng greedily gulped down oxygen, feeling as if she had already stepped into the gates of hell.
The color gradually returned to her face. She shrank to the head of the bed in panic, hugging the quilt in an attempt to seek a slight sense of security. Her bloodshot eyes stared at Meng Anran, "Crazy, lunatic! You want to kill me... killing is against the law!"
Meng Anran turned her back to the bed and wiped her hands with the disposable wet wipes on the table. When she heard Lu Qingcheng's words, she snorted contemptuously.
He turned around, leaned lazily on the table and glanced at Lu Qingcheng with a look of contempt as if he was looking at an ant, "Killing you will only dirty my hands."
The wet wipes were thrown into the trash can next to the table. Meng Anran's leisurely and arrogant attitude was exactly the same as Lu Yi's.
"I'll only give you one chance. Tell me everything about you and Qinghe. If I find even a trace of lying in you, I don't mind using other means to make you disappear."
There was a flash of panic in Lu Qingcheng's eyes.
How did she know about Qinghe?
Did she check my phone? A hacker?
Meng Anran was not that idle. Since she knew that Duan Xi was in contact with Lu Qingcheng, she asked Duan Jingyao to pay attention to what Duan Xi's secondary accounts were.
Why spend a lot of money to hire a hacker to invade Lu Qingcheng's phone and steal some worthless information?
"You don't think Qinghe is really helping you, do you?"
Seeing that Lu Qingcheng kept her lips tightly closed and was determined not to say anything, Meng Anran curled the corners of her lips playfully.
"There are two kinds of people in this world. One is the player, manipulating the economic lifeline of the entire city and even the future of every industry. The other is the pawn, occasionally used to take the blame or fool around for fun. And you are the second kind."
Lu Qingcheng gritted her teeth and stared at Meng Anran for a long time before she said, "She's not really helping me, so how could you possibly help me? First you stole seventeen years of my life, and then you took away all the people who loved me! You are the most sinister and vicious person!"
Lu Qingcheng's words made Meng Anran narrow her eyes slightly. There was a dangerous aura hidden in her lazy posture. She shook her head slightly, feeling that Lu Qingcheng's accusation was ridiculous.
"Lu Qingcheng, did you make a mistake?" Meng Anran chuckled, a hint of sarcasm in her tone, "It wasn't me who stole your life, it was the Qinghe you believed in so deeply."
Lu Qingcheng's face turned even paler. She gripped the quilt so tightly that her nails almost tore it apart. "Impossible! She has been helping me all along. Thanks to her, I can return to the Lu family and kick you out, you bitch who's taken over our family!"
"Tsk..." Meng Anran laughed contemptuously, and cast a pitying look at Lu Qingcheng, "How naive! Do you really think that the real and fake daughter is really the child that the Lu and Meng families mistakenly adopted?"
She slowly approached the bedside, looking down at Lu Qingcheng, who was curled up at the head of the bed, and her deliberately soft voice was like the whisper of a devil: "Do you think you are really the daughter of the Lu family?"
Lu Qingcheng looked a little dazed, her eyes flickering unnaturally, "W-what do you mean?"
"What I mean is..." Meng Anran paused, a meaningful smile curled up at the corner of her mouth, "You are just a pawn of hers, and you have been in her plan since you were born. Do you really think she will help you? She is just using you. When you lose all your value, whether you live or die has nothing to do with her."
Lu Qingcheng began to waver. Although she was unwilling to believe Meng Anran's words, she felt vaguely uneasy deep in her heart.
The appearance of [Qinghe] was indeed too coincidental, and she seemed a little too enthusiastic about helping herself.
Why would someone who wasn't even related to her be so kind to her? Every time she needed help, he would do his best to help her achieve her goal.
Perhaps, just as Meng Anran said, she has always been being used by Qinghe.
"You...what do you want?" Lu Qingcheng's voice trembled a little. She knew that she was walking step by step into Meng Anran's trap, but the power of the truth was unpredictable and she couldn't bear it.
Only by relying on one of them can there be a chance of survival.
Meng Anran smiled slightly and said in a relaxed tone, "You don't need to know what I want to do. Just tell me everything that has happened between you and Qinghe from the time we met until now, and I'll consider letting you go."
Otherwise, her methods would not be less than Lu Heng's.
Lu Qingcheng gritted her teeth, struggling internally. She knew that if she didn't tell him, Meng Anran would never let her go easily.
But if I tell her, I will be of no use to Meng Anran at all. Can I really maintain a stable life?
Just as she was hesitating, Meng Anran suddenly leaned over, leaned close to her ear, and whispered softly, "Don't think about delaying time. You have no choice. Duan Jingyao will not help you."
Lu Qingcheng trembled all over. Meng Anran's voice was so cold that it made her feel a chill.
[Qinghe] arranged Duan Jingyao to help me, and Meng Anran actually knew that I was brought in by Duan Jingyao. This means... she probably already knew about the relationship between [Qinghe] and me, and is just testing me now.
Test whether I will lie and decide whether to keep me!
"Okay... I'll tell you." Lu Qingcheng finally compromised, her voice so low that it was almost inaudible.
Meng Anran sat up with satisfaction, crossed her arms over her chest, and waited for her next words.
Lu Qingcheng took a deep breath and spoke slowly, "I don't know how Qinghe found my WeChat ID. When she added me, her friend request only contained one sentence, saying that I was actually the biological daughter of the aristocratic Lu family."
Afraid that Meng Anran wouldn't believe it, Lu Qingcheng took out her phone, opened WeChat, and handed it to her with both hands. "I've never met her. I don't even know her real name. She only contacts me through WeChat. All the chat records are here, you can see for yourself."
Meng Anran flipped through the chat history. At the beginning, Duan Xi added Lu Qingcheng as a friend to persuade Lu Qingcheng to find the Lu family and return to her roots.
The paternity test between Lu Qingcheng and Lu Zhong was arranged by Duan Xi. She did not leave any evidence. She only placed Lu Zhong's DNA sample, which she got from somewhere, in a hidden place, and notified Lu Qingcheng to pick it up and send it to the hospital for DNA testing.
Later on, every time Lu Qingcheng asked her for help, her responses were so official that they were impeccable.
For example, this time when Lu Qingcheng tried to have a relationship with Qin Mu, Duan Xi only said that he would arrange a private meeting opportunity, and the rest was up to Lu Qingcheng herself.
But Qin Mu Chinese Medicine was clearly the work of Duan Xi.
Once this matter was carefully investigated, it was natural that the blame was placed on Lu Qingcheng.
Duan Xi was able to get away with it completely.
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