The Dark Side of the Piano Boy (8)

Lu Ya's expression, which had finally relaxed, stiffened again. The woman frowned, as if she had finally realized the relationship between the piano teacher in front of her and her son...

It seemed to go much deeper than she thought.

"My son? Teacher Jiang, what is your relationship with my son? What qualifications do you have to threaten me for him?"

"But I am Lu Zhiran's mother."

To her and Lu Zhiran, Jiang Ye was a complete outsider with no blood relationship.

Jiang Ye seemed to have heard a joke, and a sarcastic smile appeared on the corner of his lips.

"Ms. Lu, apart from the fact that you share the same last name as Lu Zhiran, I really can't tell that you are also his mother."

A so-called mother would not treat her son like that.

I would never lock my son in the basement and let him live in the same room with a big dog.

Nor will he trample upon his son's self-esteem.

“My idea is simple.”

Jiang Ye looked at Lu Ya, "I think you are not a qualified mother and cannot take on the responsibility of educating Lu Zhiran. I ask you to give up your original way of disciplining Lu Zhiran."

Lu Ya couldn't help laughing. She pushed the things on her desk away arrogantly and stood up from her office chair.

She walked up to Jiang Ye and asked, "Are you kidding me, Mr. Jiang? I'm Lu Zhiran's mother, and you want me to give up disciplining my own son?"

"If you ask me for money, I'd even give it to you, whether it's millions or tens of millions."

But Jiang Ye actually asked her to give up her rights as a mother.

Jiang Ye was really meddling in other people's business to the point that it was unbelievable to her.

Jiang Ye said coldly, "You don't have to put on such a big air in front of me. Now I am threatening you. If you disagree, I don't mind telling the police what I know."

He didn't want to make things so extreme.

He had this leverage over Lu Ya from the beginning. The reason why he did not threaten Lu Ya was because blood is thicker than water, and it would be difficult for him to send Lu Zhiran's mother to prison with his own hands.

More importantly, he naively thought that he could protect Lu Zhiran on his own.

He thought that as long as he gave Lu Zhiran warmth, he could dispel the haze in Lu Zhiran's heart.

But what his mother Lu Ya did repeatedly crossed his bottom line.

He then realized how stupid he was.

The so-called kindness will only give this woman more opportunities to continuously pollute and even destroy the heart of a young man.

Lu Zhiran, I really regret not protecting you from the beginning.

He should have eliminated the possibility of Lu Ya harming Lu Zhiran from the beginning.

"I am very determined, Ms. Lu."

Jiang Ye said, "Either you give up Lu Zhiran's custody, or I will send you to prison."

In the spacious office, Jiang Ye's voice was resounding and as solid as a rock.

Lu Ya clenched her five fingers into fists, glaring at Jiang Ye, finally shedding the mask of an elegant and calm strong woman, and said sharply, "Jiang Ye, how I discipline my son is my business! You want me to give up my son's custody rights? Dream on!"

Lu Zhiran was born after ten months of pregnancy, he is her flesh and blood.

It carries her expectations, her hopes, and also her years of care and teaching.

What's the difference between asking her to give up Lu Zhiran and asking her to give up half of her life?

Jiang Ye had a blank expression on his face. He had no doubt that this woman had maternal love for Lu Zhiran.

True lack of love is not caring.

At least Lu Ya had high hopes for Lu Zhiran and disciplined him strictly, but her methods were so extreme that they were outrageous.

"If you really love Lu Zhiran and really want to be good to him, you shouldn't educate him the way you did before."

"The kind of education you gave me before will only push Lu Zhiran into the abyss."

A bystander sees more clearly than those in power. Lu Ya, who has always been firm in her educational philosophy, does not think she has done anything wrong.

She even considers her education as her greatest pride besides her career.

"Where do you get the confidence to point fingers at my education? If it weren't for me, how could Lu Zhiran have such a good family background? It is because of my good teaching that Lu Zhiran can now be the first in the grade and excel in all aspects..."

"And you, you can't help my son at all except teaching him to play the piano."

Lu Ya finished speaking in one breath, and her whole face turned red. She gasped and looked at Jiang Ye unwillingly.

The ferocious look in his eyes seemed to want to swallow Jiang Ye alive.

Jiang Ye didn't think that if he and Lu Ya continued talking, he would be able to make this woman realize her own failure.

"I know you can't accept it now."

"But I've already said it, I'm just as determined."

Lu Ya is Lu Zhiran's mother. She loves Lu Zhiran and is reluctant to give up her son. She does not think there is anything wrong with her education.

But Lu Zhiran is his partner in so many dimensions, and he loves Lu Zhiran. He will not watch Lu Zhiran fall into the fire pit.

He also doesn't think that his cruelty is a mistake.

Jiang Yemai opened his legs and walked leisurely in Lu Ya's office. He looked around Lu Ya's office, and then looked down at the high-rise building outside the window through the French window in the office.

"Look, this is the company you built with your own hands. You worked overtime day and night to finally bring Allure Beauty to where it is today..."

"If you go to jail, your company is doomed."

"Most importantly, Ms. Lu, you have always been very concerned about your reputation... If everyone knew that you had such a humiliating and dirty past, if everyone knew that you had been someone's mistress, and even that the money you used to start your business was stained with human blood..."

"Your face, self-esteem, and all your hard work will be destroyed in an instant."

"No one will look at you with respect and envy anymore, treating you as a successful, high-ranking woman, a female entrepreneur, or regard you as a role model and idol."

"On the contrary, they will spit on you, insult you, and despise you. Your lofty image will be completely shattered, and you will fall into the dust..."

"What's even more terrifying is that once you're in prison, you can't even protect yourself, so how can you possibly protect your own children?"

"By then, you will have lost everything."

At this time, Jiang Ye had a blank expression on his face and was calm and composed.

But it's so cruel.

Every word hits the mark.

With every word Jiang Ye spoke, Lu Ya's face turned paler.

By the time Jiang Ye finished his last word, Lu Ya's lips had lost all color, her face was ashen, and her body could no longer help shaking, as if she couldn't hold on any longer.

"Do you want to lose everything or cut off your arms to save yourself?"

"Ms. Lu, you are a smart and successful businessman, you should be able to figure out the answer easily."

After Jiang Ye finished speaking, he slowly let out a long breath. His eyes were relaxed and casual, but he did not retract his sharpness, which still made Lu Ya unable to resist.

"Having said that, I will give you some time to think about this, Ms. Lu."

"Before you give me a choice, I will temporarily bring Lu Zhiran to live in my home."

"Ms. Lu, do you have any objections?"

Lu Ya stared at Jiang Ye without blinking. Her eyes were like a hole that seemed to swallow Jiang Ye at any moment. She clenched her fists tightly, and finally, with all her might, she screamed a word at Jiang Ye:

"Get out!! Get out of here!"

Jiang Ye looked at the woman who was on the verge of collapse, and the image of Lu Zhiran telling him to get lost emerged in his mind.

The pictures overlapped, and Jiang Ye thought that he had done nothing wrong.

In order to prevent Lu Zhiran from breaking down, he had to be cruel and make Lu Ya break down.

"I'll wait for your answer."

After Jiang Ye finished speaking, he left Lu Ya's office without hesitation.

After Jiang Ye left, the woman sat back in her chair dejectedly.

Lu Ya pulled her hair and suddenly screamed out of control. Her mind was filled with the words Jiang Ye had just said to her, and those words seemed to drive her crazy...

At this moment, Lu Ya really wished Jiang Ye would die.

Finally, the woman buried her head and cried in grief.

——

Lu family.

It was already evening and Lu Ya hadn't come back yet.

Jiang Ye walked into the Lu family and went to Lu Zhiran's room.

The door of Lu Zhiran's room was closed. Through the door, Jiang Ye heard the sound of piano coming from the room.

Jiang Ye recognized it right away. It was a dark piano piece. Some people said that the melody seemed to depict hell and had the temptation and magic to make people commit suicide.

Jiang Ye frowned slightly and knocked on the door nervously, "Knock knock knock!"

"Lu Zhiran?"

After a while, the door opened.

Lu Zhiran was standing in front of the door. He was wearing clean clothes and there was nothing wrong with his expression, but his temperament seemed different from before.

There is a kind of...deep-rooted indifference.

Strangely, Jiang Ye found that when Lu Zhiran spoke to him, he still had the same attitude and tone as before.

"Teacher Jiang?"

Lu Zhiran looked at Jiang Ye standing in front of the door, and a hint of joy appeared in his delicate eyes. "It's so late, why is the teacher here?"

The boy is still so clean, and when I see him, there is still joy in his eyes.

But all of this feels unreal.

It's as if all of them are disguised by Lu Zhiran.

Jiang Ye ignored the strangeness in his heart. He looked at Lu Zhiran and said calmly and gently, "Pack your things and come to my house and stay with me for a while."

It is a declarative sentence.

Jiang Ye had never spoken to Lu Zhiran in such an uncompromising tone before.

So much so that Lu Zhiran was also stunned.

Lu Zhiran wanted to ask why.

But when the words came to his lips, he suddenly thought it was natural. As long as the teacher told him to do it, he should just do it.

As for what that woman Lu Ya would do to him, it didn't matter.

"Um."

After Lu Zhiran finished speaking, he turned around, went back to his bedroom, and started to organize his clothes.

Jiang Ye stood at the door, looking at the boy packing his things, and pursed his thin lips.

Lu Zhiran knew nothing about what happened between him and Lu Ya, so he didn't ask anything and completely obediently agreed to go home with him.

Isn't he afraid that Lu Ya's temper will make her lose all conscience again and punish him without any bottom line?

The boy's unconditional and bottom-line-less obedience to him made Jiang Ye feel unspeakably uneasy.

She relies on and trusts him so much. What if he does something bad to Lu Zhiran one day? Wouldn't it be easy for someone like Lu Zhiran to go to the other extreme and hate him?

Jiang Ye shook his head.

That's impossible. How could he be mean to Lu Zhiran?

In order to divert attention, Jiang Ye asked Lu Zhiran, "Have you packed up? Do you want me to help?"