I stared at Yan Meng closely, observing his reaction and not missing any of his expressions.
However, when talking about Lu Jing's death, Yan Meng's face showed no guilt at all, and his expression was calm and indifferent, as if he was talking about something that had nothing to do with him.
He smiled at me and reminded me, "There's something wrong with your question. Lu Jing committed suicide. What does that have to do with me?"
"I mean before he committed suicide." I stared at him intently and said word by word, "Before Lu Jing committed suicide, he made a special trip to Haicheng to visit Lou Xiaoyun's grave. Lou Xiaoyun had been dead for so many years, why did Lu Jing suddenly have a change of heart?"
When Lou Xiaoyun was mentioned, Yan Meng's expression changed slightly, and a hint of anger appeared in his eyes, but he concealed it by lowering his eyes in an instant.
He just snorted coldly, his words revealing his resentment towards Lu Jing: "He's just being hypocritical! My mother doesn't need a traitor like him to visit her!"
My brows furrowed as I suddenly remembered the 500,000 yuan that Lu Jing had not touched for many years.
If the 500,000 yuan was really the money Lu Jing got from selling the manuscript, then he didn't touch a cent of it over the years, perhaps because he felt guilty?
I tentatively said, "Perhaps Lu Jing has repented?"
"Repent?" Yan Meng asked me jokingly, "Can confession atone for one's sins? Does that mean all murderers can go unpunished?"
He was being a bit argumentative. After all, there was no evidence to prove that Lou Xiaoyun's death was directly related to Lu Jing.
But I still followed his lead and tentatively asked, "So? Do you think that atonement requires risking your life to be considered sincere?"
I felt uneasy. I was expecting Yan Meng to answer me, but I was also afraid that Lu Jing’s death was really related to him.
Yan Meng suddenly laughed. His eyes were clear, and he looked at me with a hint of teasing. "You're getting smarter. You're trying to trick me."
He saw through my thoughts and didn't evade me. Instead, he said to me seriously, "Lu Jing's suicide was his own choice. Perhaps death is the best way for him to atone for his sins."
My brows furrowed. What did he mean by this?
He said it was Lu Jing's own choice. Does that mean he didn't force Lu Jing to commit suicide?
My thoughts were a little confused, and I felt that I could no longer see through Yan Meng.
Yan Meng looked me over. "You're so concerned about Lu Jing's death, is it because you feel bad for Lu Zhiyuan? He did so many things to hurt you before, and you can forgive him so easily?"
My throat was choked. I didn't expect that he would suddenly turn the topic to Lu Zhiyuan, and I didn't know how to explain the current relationship between Lu Zhiyuan and me.
I clenched my hands slightly under the table, calmed myself down, and said coldly, "I don't need your concern for my personal affairs."
Yan Meng chuckled, and his gaze towards me softened a bit. "Lan Shan, we are actually quite similar in many ways. For example, we are both vindictive, unwilling to accept our fate, and unwilling to bow our heads...but the only difference is that you are always soft-hearted."
I looked at him coldly, listening to him say these words as if he knew me very well.
"Lan Shan, you clearly know that a broken mirror cannot be mended, because there is already a rift between you and Lu Zhiyuan. Yet, you still soft-heartedly hope that there is glue in the world that can repair the cracks without leaving any traces, so that you and Lu Zhiyuan can act as if nothing happened."
Yan Meng stared at me and said word by word, "You are stupid and deceiving yourself."
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