Chapter 169: Finding Someone to Settle the Score
After reading the entire chat history and not getting any useful information, Meng Anran threw the phone back to Lu Qingcheng, regaining her usual cool and gentle self, and said with a half-smile, "You can go now."
The tone was so casual as if he was shooing away an insignificant fly.
Lu Qingcheng was stunned for a moment, holding the phone and hesitating for a moment, and finally mustered up the courage to ask: "You...you just said that I'm not the Lu family's biological daughter?"
Meng Anran curled her lips and said, "If you are curious about your own life experience, you might as well ask Qinghe, the one you trust the most, to see how she planned your birth and how she manipulated your life."
Lu Qingcheng lowered her head and clenched her back teeth. She knew that she had completely lost the initiative and Meng Anran would not waste her time answering her questions.
She finally asked a question: "Who is [Qinghe]?"
This time, Meng Anran didn't beat around the bush and said directly, "The president of the Qinghe Association in Hai City is Duan Xi."
Lu Qingcheng opened her eyes wide, Duan Xi?
Her surname is Duan. Could she be Duan Jingyao’s mysterious aunt?
"What does Duan Xi want to do?" she asked urgently. She was terrified at the feeling of being manipulated by someone she didn't know.
Meng Anran was too lazy to care about Lu Qingcheng anymore. She turned and walked towards the door, saying leisurely, "I have no obligation to answer your questions."
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In the next room, after realizing that Qin Mu was taking Chinese medicine, Xiao Han immediately notified the hotel's medical staff to come and examine Qin Mu.
It is a common drug. After taking it, your whole body will feel hot and your hands and feet will feel weak, but it will be fine after a good sleep. It will not harm your body and will not cause any impulses.
After sending the medical staff away, Xiao Han took a breath and collapsed on the sofa, cursing uncontrollably: "Fuck, who on earth is so despicable? In the hotel of the young lady, there is actually someone who can put something in your drink? Lu Qingcheng is also a bitch, with a coconut on her neck, which is full of water when shaken. She actually dared to plot against you. She must be looking for some trouble because she thinks her life is too leisurely!"
Qin Mu leaned against the head of the bed with a quilt covering his legs. The abnormal feeling in his body made it difficult for his brain to function.
After a long while, he said worriedly, "Go check on An Xiaoran. I'm afraid she'll act impulsively."
"I'm not going." Xiao Han curled his lips, his face full of reluctance. The eldest lady was not a normal person at all. "She's angry right now. What if she accidentally hurts me when she goes in?"
When I first met Meng Anran, she was a well-behaved and lovely little girl. Later, under the shackles of two lunatics, she became increasingly sinister.
Once he teased her on purpose, hoping to make her regain the innocent and happy look of her childhood, but he ended up making her angry. She lost control of her emotions and broke his arm on the spot.
Fortunately, it was just a dislocation, and it was reconnected immediately after Xiao Anran regained consciousness.
Since then, she has paid more attention to training herself on how to restrain her dark thoughts and evil emotions, learning how to deal with people, becoming versatile, hiding all her dark sides, for fear of hurting those around her again.
I also don't want to become a mad dog like Lu Heng and Lu Yi.
This time, Lu Qingcheng dared to attack Qin Mu, which obviously crossed Meng Anran's bottom line. He didn't dare to interfere.
"What a coincidence! I heard crickets chirping behind you." Meng Anran walked in with a faint smile on her face.
Qin Mu straightened his back and stared at her with concern. "Baby, are you... okay?"
"I'm fine."
Meng Anran walked to the bed and sat down, touching Qin Mu's forehead. The contact between her slightly cool hands and the hot body temperature made Qin Mu tremble uncontrollably.
"Have a sleep, I'll take you home later." She pulled the quilt on Qin Mu.
Qin Mu stared at her worriedly, sensing the coldness hidden behind her smile. "Where are you going?"
"Find someone to settle the score." Meng Anran raised the corners of his lips, but the smile did not reach his eyes.
These four meaningful words made Xiao Han's heart tremble. "Miss, you now give me the feeling that you are going to silence me."
"Don't worry, I won't do anything out of line." Meng Anran smiled, completely forgetting that his behavior towards Lu Qingcheng just now was already out of line enough.
It's to the point that even the King of Hell would have to give way when he saw it.
"Okay, have some sleep, I'll be back soon." Meng Anran absentmindedly comforted Qin Mu, then got up and left.
Waiting at the door was Duan Jingyao. Meng Anran's smile disappeared without a trace the moment she stepped out of the room. She glanced at Duan Jingyao coldly.
Turning and walking towards the elevator, Duan Jingyao looked at the closed door thoughtfully, and then followed Meng Anran.
The two went to an empty private room on the first floor, where fruits and snacks had already been prepared.
The wooden door closed, and Meng Anran sat down on the sofa first. She picked up the iced sparkling water and took a sip to suppress her restless emotions.
"Did you do this?" she asked coldly.
Duan Jingyao sat down on the sofa on the other side and said frankly, "No."
"Where's the medicine Duan Xi gave you?"
"Lu Heng took it and handed it over to the police."
Lu Heng asked someone to hack into the villa where Duan Jingyao lived in Hai City and obtained the surveillance video. He sent the surveillance footage of Duan Xi giving Duan Jingyao the pills and the two pills to the public security bureau to report the case.
The public security has already started an investigation, and Qin Mu has also sent people to find loopholes in the Qinghe Society. This time, Duan Xi will be badly injured if he doesn't die.
And this is just the beginning.
Duan Xi does everything perfectly, and if we want to bring her down completely, we need more evidence.
Especially the evidence of the child-swapping incident.
Meng Anran put down the cup and smiled sarcastically, "If you hadn't drugged Qin Mu, could it be that there was another person secretly plotting against Duan Xi in this hotel?"
Duan Jingyao leaned back in his chair leisurely, not showing any guilt at all. "Duan Xi has always been cautious in her actions. It's impossible for her to put all her bets on me. It's better to say that she didn't believe I would drug Qin Mu from the beginning, so she arranged for someone else to do it. Giving me the drug was just a test of my loyalty."
Just then, there was a knock on the wooden door, and Chen Jing pushed it open and walked in. Behind him were two bodyguards holding down a man in security uniform.
"Boss An, we caught him."
Meng Anran narrowed her eyes and had some impression of this security guard.
The security guard who shouted "The young lady is here" on her coming-of-age party and made her socially obsolete.
Chen Jing reported, "His name is Deng Lin, and he joined the company five years ago. After checking all the hotel surveillance cameras, we found that he pretended to be unwell during the banquet, left his post, slipped into the laundry room, changed into a waiter's uniform, and then entered the banquet hall."
The person who delivered wine to Duan Jingyao and Qin Mu was Deng Lin, who was disguised as a waiter.
Meng Anran waved her hand, and the bodyguard understood immediately and brought the person in front of her.
She slowly crossed her legs, the sense of oppression from her superiors pouring out. "You're quite bold. How much money did Duan Xi give you to dare to make a move on my territory?"
Deng Lin said with a stubborn expression, "Who is Duan Xi? I don't know him!"
The bodyguard felt that this man was ungrateful and even dared to be stubborn, so he immediately increased his strength.
Meng Anran's eyes darkened. She has always had the ability to read people's hearts through their eyes.
The other person's eyes told her that the mastermind behind this was indeed not Duan Xi.
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