If Yi Tianran hadn't unexpectedly discovered that her daughter looked a lot like her... perhaps Shen Manqing would never have known the answer in her entire life.
"What do you mean by being momentarily blinded by greed? I think you planned this all along!" Yi Tianran said coldly, kicking her shoulder without any mercy. "If you knew you regretted it, you should have sent An'an home before you could still salvage the situation, instead of torturing her with your twisted mind!"
"Shut up!!!" Jian Hui begged desperately for mercy, hoping to lower Shen Manqing's guard so she could take the opportunity to rescue her son, but this bitch just added fuel to the fire.
"Jian Hui, you're ridiculous." Shen Manqing's eyes were cold as she looked down at her. "You lost to me, which only means you're not as skilled, yet you insist on blaming me! As for your crush... do you think I abandoned him and that's what caused his death?"
Jian Hui was taken aback upon hearing this. Isn't that so?
Her dream man is her lifelong obsession!
She loved him deeply, and even after his death, he remained her unforgettable love, her cherished memory, someone she could never forget.
She always thought that if she had married the man she loved, she wouldn't be in this situation now, having to humbly fawn over him just to get a shred of his affection.
Even though she already had a daughter and was over forty years old, she was still forced to give birth to a second son as her heir.
As a full-time housewife, she had to be mindful of her husband's family's moods at all times and make a living under her husband's control.
But if it's a male god, such a responsible person would definitely cherish and protect her.
"You're wrong." Shen Manqing sneered. "Back then, he cheated on me first. I chose to divorce him, but he wouldn't let go and kept pestering me, which made me unbearable. That's why I took our daughter abroad. When he learned that I might never come back, he ran a red light and caused the accident while chasing after me. He was the one who didn't follow traffic rules and almost killed someone else. His death is nobody's fault but yours. You're trying to pin a baseless accusation on me. Isn't that ridiculous?"
"Impossible!" Jian Hui was struck dumb. "No... this is impossible! You were the one who abandoned him. Don't think you can smear him just because he's dead!"
Shen Manqing frowned deeply, feeling that she was completely unreasonable.
"Have you tried to find out the truth?" Yi Tianran had already seen through Jian Hui's thoughts. "No, the truth is not important to you because in your eyes, your idol is the most perfect. He is gentle and refined, like a clear breeze and a bright moon, which matches the most beautiful image in your heart. You cannot accept the destruction of his image because it is the only belief in your heart."
Jian Hui thought that Shen Manqing had stolen her love, but little did she know that the marriage was a trap.
She had narrowly escaped disaster and could have started to manage her marriage properly, but she was still immersed in past regrets and resentment... becoming increasingly vicious.
"In the end, you don't love any male god. You've only ever loved yourself. You're selfish and only want to live a good life without putting in any hard work."
Jian Hui trembled all over, feeling as if she had fallen into an ice cave.
The beliefs she had held onto for years crumbled, and in the end, others told her that her life was just a joke.
She didn't want to admit she was selfish, but that's how it turned out.
Shen Manqing suddenly realized that it was a waste of breath to talk to someone as psychologically twisted as Jian Hui. So she announced directly, "Jian Hui, I will hand over all the evidence of your abduction and abuse of my daughter to the police. You will go to jail to be with your daughter and never be allowed to leave."
Jian Hui collapsed to the ground, her lips trembling, and in an instant she seemed to have aged ten years.
After the initial shock and anger, Chu's father slowly came to his senses and immediately tried to appease her, saying, "Madam, now you understand that it was this vile woman who harmed your daughter. My son and I knew nothing about it; we are both innocent. Please let my son go."
"Innocent?" Shen Manqing seemed to have heard the funniest joke in the world. "She is your wife, who adopted a child and then subjected her to countless acts of humiliation and abuse. Did you never ask her why? Did you never stop her? You are an accomplice who stood by and watched, and your son is a cold-blooded and heartless little beast!"
As she spoke, she threw Chu Yu aside and said expressionlessly, "But don't worry, I won't take his life! I will repay the harm your Chu family caused to my daughter a hundredfold, a thousandfold, ten thousandfold, with my own power."
"No..." Father Chu panicked completely. He glared at Jian Hui with hatred in his eyes. "It's all because of you, you shameless slut! You married me but still wanted other men, you abused other people's children, and now you've dragged me into this! I want a divorce from you and I'll sever all ties with you!"
The more irresponsible he appeared, the more disgusted Shen Manqing became.
Unaware of her thoughts, Chu's father rushed to Chu An'an, his knees buckling as he knelt down, grabbing her hand and pleading, "An'an, you can't just watch your birth mother treat us like this! I've raised you for so many years, don't you have any feelings for me? And your brother, he's only twelve years old, still a child! Can you bear to see his family destroyed?!"
Shen Manqing's face darkened, and she was about to rush forward to save her daughter, but was stopped by a look from Yi Tianran.
Does that mean we should let her observe the situation first?
downstairs.
Chu An'an stared blankly at the man kneeling at her feet, his face full of flattery, a stark contrast to his arrogant and conceited past.
So even someone as high and mighty as him can be humble and subservient!
If it were the old her, she might have softened her heart.
But after being treated this way by the Chu family and learning the truth about everything, an unprecedented resentment suddenly welled up in her heart!
A person pushed to their limit will be completely transformed once that taut string snaps.
Chu An'an slowly spoke: "Mr. Chu, are you referring to the feelings you've shown me? Do you mean watching me get beaten and beg for mercy while you just stood by and made sarcastic remarks?"
If that's the case, now that the roles are reversed, will Father Chu be able to understand her feelings at all?
"I..." Chu's father was speechless for a moment, but Chu An'an continued, "As for the younger brother you mentioned, are you referring to the person who pushed me into the lake in the dead of winter?"
If even one person in the Chu family had shown her the slightest kindness, she wouldn't have despaired to this extent.
Father Chu panicked: "That...that was an accident. Xiao Yu was so young back then, how could he really want to harm someone!"
"Is that so?" Chu An'an seemed to ponder for a moment before slowly saying, "Suppose I 'accidentally' pushed my brother down the stairs, would Mr. Chu be able to forgive me?"
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