Every encounter with Shen Yan was either a conspiracy or a lie.
Shen Yan is at her wit's end. Regardless of whether she can achieve her goal, she will definitely do something crazy. Qiao Zhen naturally will not believe her stupid words of sowing discord.
“Miss Shen!” She deliberately raised her voice.
People around instinctively looked over.
Shen Yan hurriedly held one hand to her face to block others' probing gazes, and said through gritted teeth, "Do you think Lu Zheng is just using you as a pawn to break up my engagement with him? He's taking revenge on everyone who has ever hurt him!"
She didn't bother to cover her face anymore, pulled a photo out of her bag, and threw it at Qiao Zhen's face.
The edge of the photo scraped against Qiao Zhen's cheek, causing a sharp pain, and she instinctively caught it.
When a cold and sinister face came into view, her breath caught in her throat.
"What do you mean?" Her heart ached.
"Isn't that Shen Yan, the famous heiress of the Shen Group?"
No matter how much smoke tried to conceal it, it couldn't fool the sharp eyes of passersby.
One sentence was enough to ignite the atmosphere.
"It really is!"
"How dare they go out shopping? They really don't care about the victims!"
Before more people noticed them, Shen Yan, like a mad bull, rammed headfirst into Qiao Zhen's chest, then grabbed her shoulder and, with all her might, pushed her into the emergency passage behind.
Qiao Zhen first felt a sharp pain in her chest, then her back slammed against the hard door, the pain making her unable to straighten up, but she still gripped the photo tightly.
She asked with difficulty, "Chenyan, when was this photo taken?"
Shen Yan did not answer. Instead, she locked the emergency exit door, blocking all view and the deafening shouts and curses.
She stared at Qiao Zhen with a cold smile and said sarcastically, "You actually still have the nerve to care about how miserable Lu Zheng's past was? Stop pretending to be an innocent rabbit, Qiao Zhen. You are one of the culprits behind Lu Zheng's current cold-bloodedness and ruthlessness!"
The photo was distorted and deformed in Qiao Zhen's palm.
The once youthful-looking Lu Zheng gradually developed a grotesque and grotesque appearance.
His swollen left eye, in particular, made him look like a bloodthirsty monster.
Not only that, but he also had several scars of varying depths on his face, was leaning on a cane with his right hand, and was wearing old, ill-fitting clothes that hung loosely. It was hard to believe that he was a child of the top-tier wealthy Lu family.
Qiao Zhen calmly asked, "Stop talking nonsense and just say it!"
These words were exactly what Chen Yan wanted to hear, and she couldn't help but curl the corners of her lips slightly. "As the biological child of the Lu family, do you think Lu Zheng was born with a silver spoon in his mouth and was pampered and spoiled by his parents and family as he grew up?"
Qiao Zhen frowned.
"Then you are very wrong!"
Shen Yan jumped up and approached Qiao Zhen, her beautifully made-up face filled with grief.
"Before Lu Zheng was born, his father, Lu Jianyao, had an affair and had a child out of wedlock, forcing his mother to divorce him. Mrs. Lu refused to agree, and the couple began to separate. Mrs. Lu harbored resentment and left the newborn Lu Zheng to be raised by the family's servants."
"At that time, the internal struggles within the Lu family were fierce. Even Lu Zheng, who was raised by servants, was not spared. Anyone with Lu family blood was entitled to inherit everything from the Lu family and become a thorn in the side of others. The weakest of them all, Lu Zheng, was the first to be targeted..."
"You can't imagine how ruthless the Lu family can be to their own people, can you? Repeatedly poisoning him, causing a traffic accident, bullying him at school and driving him to suicide... all these methods were used to deal with just one child."
Qiao Zhen looked at the photo again, her heart ached even more, her forehead throbbed with pain, and tiny black dots appeared before her eyes.
She only knew that the Lu family was treacherous, that Lu Zheng had an extremely distant relationship with his family, and that he had never experienced the warmth of a family, but she didn't know...
He had survived countless brushes with death to get to where he is today.
“Lu Zheng is tough, that’s why he’s still alive.” A vicious glint flashed in Shen Yan’s eyes. “He hates everyone who has inflicted pain on him, even the slightest bit. He will retaliate a thousandfold.”
Qiao Zhen's breath hitched as she looked at the face in the crumpled photo and suddenly couldn't recall the boy who had been taken away by the police after the first exam.
Their gazes and their hatred overlapped at this moment.
She suddenly understood why Lu Zheng's expression had turned so ugly, and why he had asked her, "Did you deserve it?"
Her answer clearly did not satisfy Lu Zheng.
Shen Yan suddenly grabbed Qiao Zhen's collar, "Aren't you wondering what Lu Zheng's past has to do with you, right?"
Qiao Zhen said seriously, "No need to keep me in suspense."
Shen Yan chuckled shrilly, “Lu Zheng has been neglected since he was a child, so he naturally won’t go to a top-tier school like other Lu family children. The servants didn’t dare to offend anyone, so they sent him to the worst school in Jiangcheng, planning to send him to learn a trade after he finishes junior high so he can make a living on his own.”
"Later, Lu Zheng got into the best university through his own efforts, but the cost of living and tuition was a problem for him, so he found a part-time job as a deliveryman. One day, he delivered goods to an international school as usual, and his cousins recognized him and surrounded him to laugh and insult him."
“In their eyes, Lu Zheng was a worthless beggar. They kicked him over, beat him, told him to get out of the school, and said he didn’t deserve to be here. The sounds of beating and cursing attracted other onlookers. Everyone was pointing and laughing at Lu Zheng. No one helped him. It was like hell.”
"And you..."
Shen Yan stared intently at Qiao Zhen.
"You were there too."
"I..." Qiao Zhen started to argue, but the words stopped abruptly.
She vaguely remembered that one day after school, she encountered her classmates bullying someone from outside the school.
There are many rich kids who bully others, and she had encountered similar situations before. She would immediately notify the teachers and security guards to stop them, but...
Qiao Zhen pressed her temples, her memory blurring the moment she saw the crowd.
Did she not stop it at all?
Qiao Zhen's face turned pale instantly.
Shen Yan's satisfied smile grew increasingly difficult to suppress as she said softly, "Do you remember now? Back then, the person you bullied was Lu Zheng!"
"Impossible!" Qiao Zhen screamed.
Shen Yan grabbed her shoulders and shook her violently. "Lu Zheng remembered everyone present! Later, he begged my grandfather for help, and my grandfather lent a hand, helping him seize everything from the Lu family and make all the Lu family members grovel at his feet. And then what? You ants..."
Her sharp nails were about to pierce her clothes, and Chen Yan's laughter grew increasingly ferocious and rampant.
"You, the pure and innocent eldest daughter of the Qiao family, were toyed with by Lu Zheng and reduced to a shameful and filthy mistress. Have you suffered endless moral and ethical torment? He just lifted a finger and easily helped you a few times, and you gave him your heart?"
"When you give him your heart, he will cruelly abandon you, trample on you, and destroy everything you have! He hurts you and breaks your heart; he is the most vicious of all."
"Qiao Zhen, do you understand?"
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