Chu Yunying watched her with a cold laugh. Although Ye Anran claimed to be helping her last night, she was actually framing her. That man took photos, and he would definitely use these photos to threaten her into doing things she didn't want to do.
She thought she was cunning enough, but she was wrong. The woman before her was the most terrifying.
"Lu Qiaoyi, Mu Jiuchen knows I threatened you about the villa, so they know who you are too. Do you think you've hidden yourself well?" Chu Yunying said this knowing Mu Jiuchen knew everything.
"Impossible, don't talk nonsense. Who is Lu Qiaoyi?" Ye Anran didn't believe that Jiang Nuan would know she was Lu Qiaoyi.
The name Lu Qiaoyi had long since died.
"Heh heh..." Chu Yunying looked at her panic, her smile deepening. "Lu Qiaoyi, I was ruined by you, and I'm telling you this. You should thank me for giving you this news so you can prepare earlier."
Ye Anran wasn't scared at all. The real second young lady of the Ye family was already dead. Even if Jiang Nuan wanted to expose her, she would need evidence.
Now she feared no one.
Chu Yunying couldn't help but strike her confidence. "Did you ever succeed in framing the Lu family before? You've never succeeded precisely because they know who you are."
Ye Anran choked, her face turning extremely unpleasant.
It was like waking a sleeping person with a single word. Indeed, the previous events were very strange.
Chu Yunying continued, "Including what happened last night, you failed. You are simply no match for Jiang Nuan. No matter how terrible your methods are, Jiang Nuan can still escape unscathed."
Hong Bin's previous methods were ruthless, yet he still couldn't do anything to Jiang Nuan.
Jiang Nuan was like someone enveloped in a special halo, always managing to escape danger.
Ye Anran fell into deep thought!
...
On the other side, Jiang Nuan received news from Yan Qi.
Chu Yunying and Ye Anran had met, and what they heard was told to Jiang Nuan.
Jiang Nuan then realized that Lu Qiaoyi had believed she hadn't recognized her before.
Jiang Nuan's eyes flickered, and she already had a plan. Now, all they could do was wait for the real Ye Anran to wake up, and have them confront each other on the spot to expose Lu Qiaoyi.
Jiang Nuan: "[Qi Qi, you've worked hard. Keep watching, and be safe!]"
Yan Qi: "[Okay, sister!]"
After sending the message, Jiang Nuan continued to pack for the children. They were returning in two days, and she would also return soon. The matters here needed to be handled quickly.
Mu Jiuchen knew she was busy and brought in a cup of tea. Seeing her packing her suitcase, under the warm light, looking at her gentle and beautiful face, at this moment, all the light in his world converged on her.
She had always been the bright and clear light in his world.
He walked in with a smile, "Wife, drink some water."
Jiang Nuan looked up at him, "Thank you!"
She took a sip of tea and continued packing her suitcase.
Mu Jiuchen looked at her and said, "Wife, you don't need to bring much. They have a lot of clothes at home."
"Yes! Bring everything they like. We might be staying in Modu for a while. It would make them happy to see their favorite clothes when they come back. By the way, aren't Mom and Dad returning to the country these days?"
Mu Jiuchen: "Yes! The procedures are almost done. They will return within a week at the latest."
Jiang Nuan: "Then I can rest assured. When we're not home, Mom can help us take care of the children."
Mu Jiuchen thought the same way, but when the children were on vacation, they would try their best to return.
...
After Chu Yunying and Ye Anran parted ways, she received a call from Hong Bin.
"Brother Hong."
"Yingying, what's going on? The Hall Master says you've made a mistake and is asking you to leave the Shadow Hall." Hong Bin's tone was full of anxiety.
"Yingying, your father saved the Hall Master's life. How can he be so heartless to you? Even if you made a mistake, he shouldn't treat you like this. Shadow Hall is your father's life's work."
How could Chu Yunying not know this? But after being controlled by Mu Jiuchen for so many years, the people in Shadow Hall had already been replaced by his people. She feared only Hong Bin remembered her father.
She laughed with a sense of loss and pain. "Brother Hong, I actually don't know what I did wrong to deserve this from the Hall Master?"
Chu Yunying's voice choked, and she felt unbearably sad.
She just liked Mu Jiuchen and wanted to have him!
Hong Bin was very anxious. "Yingying, where are you? I'll come find you."
Chu Yunying looked at her location and said, "I'm not far from you. I'll come over."
"Alright, Yingying, I'll be waiting for you at the restaurant."
After hanging up the phone, Chu Yunying's eyes were filled with tears, and her gaze was very cold. She suddenly had a terrible idea: to have Hong Bin replace the Hall Master of the Shadow Hall.
Mu Jiuchen had taken advantage of the situation years ago and bought all the industries of the Shadow Hall, establishing his own underworld influence.
But now, he still trusted Hong Bin immensely.
Qin Langshu was abroad, and now was the best time.
Chu Yunying smiled eerily, hailed a taxi by the roadside, and headed straight to the restaurant to meet Hong Bin.
In Hong Bin's office.
He saw Chu Yunying's red eyes and felt a lot of heartache. Chu Yunying was already his woman, and she was the woman he had liked for many years. Seeing her distressed made him feel distressed too.
"Yingying, don't cry. I'll call the Hall Master right now and tell him not to let you leave." Hong Bin was furious. The Hall Master doing this was too heartless.
Without Chu Yunying's father, he wouldn't be where he was today.
Chu Yunying, however, held his hand and said gently, "Brother Hong, the Hall Master wants to purge the old Hall Master's people. I'm the first, and next will be you."
"What?" Hong Bin couldn't believe these words.
Chu Yunying took a deep breath. "Times have changed. The Hall Master has always wanted to reform the old rules, but the elders disagreed, so he didn't make any moves."
"Hmph!" Hong Bin snorted. He knew about this. "I, Hong Bin, have worked like a bull and a horse all these years. If he dares to treat me like this, then I won't be polite to him." After all, he was from the underworld. Killing each other at the slightest disagreement was common.
Chu Yunying was waiting for him to say this. She could easily set a trap to make Mu Jiuchen suspect Hong Bin.
Once Hong Bin felt threatened and acted on the news, combined with the previous elders, they could annex the Shadow Hall, and Mu Jiuchen would still be unable to do anything to them.
Hong Bin had been in the underworld since he was a child and understood these principles clearly.
Moreover, the way things were handled in the underworld was different from how they were handled in the open. If Mu Jiuchen took a hard stance and disregarded the feelings of these brothers, many people would side with them.
Chu Yunying smiled gently, "Brother Hong, if that day really comes, it's not impossible to take his place."
Hong Bin had already made up his mind. He would observe the situation further.
Of course, Chu Yunying knew Hong Bin's worries, but she had a way to make Mu Jiuchen suspect Hong Bin.