Chapter 304: Raising an Army to Punish the Crime
Lu Chen stood under the sycamore tree at the door, his military uniform neatly arranged and his expression calm, as if he was waiting for someone.
"Captain Lu?" Ling Sheng approached, his tone a little surprised, "Why are you here?"
Lu Chen raised his eyes to look at him and said calmly: "Wait for you."
"Wait for me?" Ling Sheng was startled. "What's the matter?"
"I don't know your family." Lu Chen said in a normal tone, as if he was just stating something very ordinary. "So I'll wait for you. I'm going to see Ms. Qin."
Ling Sheng's heart moved slightly.
Lu Chen had never taken the initiative to ask to see his mother, so his sudden visit today must not be an ordinary visit.
He hesitated for a moment and asked tentatively, "Why do you want to see her suddenly?"
Lu Chen did not answer immediately, but just glanced at him, his eyes calm but unavoidable: "Don't worry, you will know in a moment."
Ling Sheng had already guessed something in his mind, but when he saw Lu Chen's stern profile, he didn't dare to speak rashly.
He thought it would be better to wait and see what happened after the mother and son met, and then act accordingly.
The two went upstairs one after the other.
As soon as I opened the door, Qin Huayun's cheerful voice came from the kitchen: "Son, you're back? I went to the market this afternoon to buy some beef and fried it for you tonight. You've been back for so long, you must be craving for it, right?"
Amid the clash of spatulas, she spoke with unconcealed joy, "Although the seasoning is not as good as overseas, I asked someone to get some black pepper, so the taste should not be too bad..."
Lu Chen was standing at the entrance, and when he heard that, a barely perceptible sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth.
Seeing this, Ling Sheng quickly stepped aside and said, "Captain Lu, please sit down first." Then he quickly walked into the kitchen.
"Mom." Ling Sheng lowered his voice, "Lu Chen is here."
Qin Huayun's steak-frying action suddenly stopped, and Ling Sheng took the opportunity to move aside to make way for the door. She turned her head and saw Lu Chen sitting in the living room - her son had a sullen face and his eyes swept over her like a sharp blade.
The spatula fell to the ground with a clang. She bent over in a hurry to pick it up, rubbing her hands on her apron.
"Mom, let's go out and talk for a few minutes." Ling Sheng said softly.
Qin Huayun, who always talked about having a good meal with her son, was now tightly clutching the edge of her apron.
She suddenly found herself feeling nervous and scared when facing the son she had been talking about all the time.
She couldn't invite him in the past, but today he came to her house on his own initiative, which might be bad news.
Qin Huayun tightened and loosened her fingertips on her apron and finally stepped out of the kitchen.
The corners of her mouth twitched, and she forced out a trembling smile: "Chenchen...you're here."
Lu Chen raised his eyelids to look at her, a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth: "What? Are you unhappy to see your own son? Even your smile is so forced and ugly. Why bother?"
Qin Huayun's breathing stagnated. In the past, Lu Chen was at most cold to her and his words were relatively restrained.
However, today, he actually spoke in a sarcastic tone and openly confronted her.
The corners of her mouth were frozen in mid-air, not knowing whether to smile or not.
Seeing her expression, Lu Chen sneered: "If you say you are my biological mother, I'm afraid no one will believe it."
In the past, Lu Chen always called her "Ms. Qin" or "Aunt Qin" and never used the word "biological mother".
He suddenly said this today, and Qin Huayun had an illusion that Lu Chen wanted to ease the relationship with her.
"Chenchen, I know I owed you in the past, but time can't be reversed! It's useless even if I regret it. The past is the past. If you are willing, I am willing to compensate you with ten or even a hundred times the love and companionship." When Qin Huayun said these words, her body shook slightly involuntarily.
"Compensation?" Lu Chen suddenly interrupted her, with a cruel arc on his lips. "Is this your compensation? You spread rumors about my wife in the hospital, threw dirty water on her, and put false charges on her. Let her be pointed at and cursed by others, and this is your kindness ten times or a hundred times more?"
Qin Huayun's heart sank suddenly. It turned out that her son did not come to recognize his relatives, but to call for an explanation.
A hint of bitterness appeared on the corner of her mouth. As expected... this son still refused to acknowledge her as his mother.
"So, you are here to vent her anger?" Her voice trembled and her body shook slightly.
Lu Chen's eyes turned cold: "It seems that you really did it?"
Without waiting for her answer, he continued to ask her: "Did you see Xu Nuo push Lin Ya down the stairs? Or did Lin Ya tell you? Did you see me use the back door to let Xu Nuo replace Lin Ya?"
Every question was like a heavy hammer hitting Qin Huayun's heart. She opened her mouth, but no sound came out. She only felt her throat tighten.
Lu Chen looked at her panicked expression and was certain that she was the one who did it.
"I want to hear the truth. Why did you do this?" He stared at her, waiting for an answer.
"I... I was just guessing..." Qin Huayun felt guilty, and her voice got smaller and smaller, "Otherwise, why would Lin Ya be fine... Xu Nuo must be jealous of her, jealous of your good relationship."
"Our relationship?" Lu Chen frowned and said in a cold voice, "Is the relationship between Lin Ya and I closer than that between Xu Nuo and I? Xu Nuo never rejected Lin Ya, and never got jealous. Because she has her own eyes and her own judgment! Are these all your imaginations?"
"Chenchen, do you trust her so much? Look at her, as a daughter-in-law, she never thinks about how to help us mend our relationship. Instead, she keeps whispering in your ear about how bad I am as a mother, right? Otherwise, you wouldn't have become increasingly cold to me for almost a year!"
Before she could finish her words, she met Lu Chen's extremely cold eyes. The disappointment and disgust in his eyes made her tremble all over, and the rest of the words were choked in her throat.
Qin Huayun's words really disgusted Chen.
The line of his jaw was tense and pale, and the anger that had been pent up over the years finally broke through the floodgates of reason.
"You treat your own son like grass, and treat other people's children like treasures." Lu Chen's every word was like ice. "You are dedicated to protecting outsiders, but you spare no effort to corrupt your own daughter-in-law."
He usually doesn't want to say these words, and now, he can't care much about it.
Everything he said was true, without any adulteration.
After saying this, Lu Chen didn't want to stay any longer.
He told Qin Huayun what he was going to say word for word: "I'm here to warn you today, don't put your mind on Xu Nuo. If I find out you're doing these little tricks behind your back again, don't blame me for being ruthless."
"What do you want?" Qin Huayun was so angry that her voice became shrill and changed its tone. "Do you want me to be struck by lightning?"
"I will file a lawsuit in court." Lu Chen pursed his lips and said calmly, "I will sue you for defamation and insulting others!"
Qin Huayun's eyes suddenly widened, and her well-maintained face instantly twisted: "Are you crazy? Your son is suing his own mother, how can you be so unkind?"
"What about you? Have you? Have you ever promised me or me?" Lu Chen asked back in a very light voice, but it sounded like a slap in her face.
He didn't wait for an answer. When he turned around, the sound of his military boots stepping on the floor seemed to be stepping on Qin Huayun's heart.
The door slammed shut, and it became the last straw that broke the camel's back.
Qin Huayun grabbed the cup on the coffee table and smashed it against the wall like a madman, and the flying glass shards cut her face.
"Ling Sheng... Ling Sheng..." She collapsed on the ground and cried loudly, "I miss your father... I miss him."
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