Jiang Nuan stepped forward, blocking Lu Qiaoyi's path and looking at her vigilantly. Lu Qiaoyi’s killing intent was palpable.
“Heh…!” Lu Qiaoyi looked at Jiang Nuan, her smile dripping with sarcasm.
“Jiang Nuan, what are you doing? Not letting me see Mom? Even if you are Mom’s biological daughter, it’s me who has stayed by her side all these years. I am the one who has always been with Mom, while you, all these years, have never fulfilled your duty as a daughter.”
“So, the moment you return, you want to snatch Mom from me? You’re so eager to block me, not wanting me to see Mom?”
Lu Qiaoyi’s words pierced Jiang Nuan’s heart.
She knew that both Lu Qiaoyi and she were merely pawns manipulated by others.
It all depended on how they chose to navigate their future paths.
“As children of parents, everyone wants to stay by their side and show filial piety. We were swapped from birth. If I wanted to be filial, I would have needed the opportunity. And you, by staying by my mother’s side, what filial piety have you shown her?”
“You spend a significant amount of time traveling abroad every year. Have you ever truly spent time with Mom?”
“When you were committing illegal acts, did you ever think of the mother who raised you with her own hands?”
“When you killed Jiang Haoyu and his mother, did you ever consider how heartbroken the mother who raised you would be?”
Jiang Nuan’s soul-stirring questions made Lu Qiaoyi stumble back several steps.
“Jiang Nuan, you’re slandering me! I haven’t done anything illegal. I didn’t kill Liu Fei and his mother.” Lu Qiaoyi looked at Jiang Nuan in terror.
How much did she know?
Jiang Nuan smiled enigmatically, “How did you know it was Liu Fei and his mother? I said Jiang Haoyu and his mother.”
Lu Qiaoyi was furious, “… You’re trying to trick me!”
“That’s right. I’ve always suspected you were the killer, and my grandfather, was your car accident related to you?” Jiang Nuan knew she had to resolve this today.
She couldn’t let Lu Qiaoyi escape, or many people would be harmed.
Jiang Muyan would become her stepping stone.
That fool, ruining herself for money like this, she couldn’t fathom if her brain was truly filled with entrails.
“Your grandfather? Who?” Lu Qiaoyi didn’t know Jiang Nuan had a grandfather.
“Jiang… Bei… Chen!” Jiang Nuan pronounced her grandfather’s name syllable by syllable.
“Isn’t that Jiang Muyan’s grandfather? How could it be you… Ah…” Lu Qiaoyi’s eyes widened in shock as she looked at Jiang Nuan.
Jiang Beichen, Jiang Nuan.
Why had Jiang Muyan never told her about their relationship?
Jiang Nuan knew this matter was inseparable from Lu Qiaoyi, and her earlier accusation was merely a bluff.
Lu Qiaoyi had arranged to meet Jiang Muyan that night. Their relationship had already deteriorated at the banquet, but someone had said Jiang Beichen was part of the plan.
Just an old man, not very useful, but at an important moment, he could make Jiang Muyan obey her implicitly.
So, she had inquired about Jiang Beichen’s habits from Jiang Muyan and passed that information on.
The next day, Jiang Muyan was arrested. She knew the plan had been exposed, but she hadn’t expected the person to be Jiang Nuan’s grandfather.
She had a vague feeling that anything involving Jiang Nuan would not end well.
During this period, she had tried every means to kill Jiang Nuan, all to no avail.
“I don’t know what you’re talking about?” Lu Qiaoyi walked wearily to the sofa and sat down.
At that moment, her heart turned to ash, as if abandoned by the entire world.
The burgeoning desires within her heart, like boiling water, had now calmed to a serene surface, without a ripple.
Looking back now, she was merely a pawn in someone else’s game.
It was simply her own foolishness!
Jiang Nuan turned to look at her, sitting there listlessly, supporting her forehead with one hand. “Lu Qiaoyi, your only way out is to turn yourself in.”
These words were like stepping on Lu Qiaoyi’s tail; she sprang up.
She roared at Jiang Nuan, “I didn’t! I really didn’t! Jiang Nuan, you need evidence to speak! If you say it was me, then show me the evidence!”
“Do you think Jiang Muyan will take the blame for you? Do you think you can escape by finding a man to take the fall? The only reason you can sit here unharmed is that Jiang Muyan hasn’t confessed yet, and that man hasn’t told the truth.”
“But with just a few of you, how long do you think you can hold out?”
Jiang Nuan looked at the impassive Lu Qiaoyi, her gaze sweeping over her pale face, and dropped her final bomb: “I’m going to see Jiang Muyan today. If you can afford to buy Jiang Muyan’s silence, why can’t I?”
Lu Qiaoyi stared at her abruptly, raising her hand quickly, intending to slap Jiang Nuan across the face.
However, Jiang Nuan was faster.
She intercepted her hand and pushed with all her might. Lu Qiaoyi, caught off guard, fell to the ground. The pain in her hips was unbearable, bringing tears to her eyes.
She knew Jiang Nuan’s strength was terrifying. With a little more force, she feared her bones would break.
Jiang Nuan walked toward Lu Qiaoyi, step by step.
Lu Qiaoyi retreated in fear!
Jiang Nuan looked down at her, “Lu Qiaoyi, if I didn’t have evidence, I wouldn’t be saying this to you. Asking you to surrender is simply so that after you’re released, you can live a better life. At least, my mother raised you with her own hands, and she wouldn’t want to see you die so young.”
Jiang Nuan looked at her coldly. She was inherently a cold person.
She never spoke like this. When apprehending criminals, regardless of their mistakes, whether right or wrong, she never advised others on what to do.
Everyone had their own choices, their own hardships.
But Lu Qiaoyi was raised by her mother with her own hands; a twenty-year bond couldn't be severed so easily.
“No, I haven’t done anything! Why are you saying this about me? Jiang Nuan, can’t you tolerate me? Do you want to drive me out of the Lu family so badly? Have you asked my brothers? Do they agree?”
“Have you asked Mom and Dad if they agree?”
Lu Qiaoyi looked up at her mother, crying, “Mom, Jiang Nuan is so wicked. Would Mom abandon me for her? She’d rather let me go back!”
Lu Qiaoyi screamed at Jin Yan, her voice hoarse.
Jin Yan looked at her unrepentant daughter and closed her eyes in pain.
She looked at her daughter’s retreating back. Since Nuan Nuan had spoken, it was time for a desperate struggle. She would not let Yu Meng off the hook.
Jin Yan looked at Lu Qiaoyi and said word by word, “I never thought of abandoning you. It’s just that what you’ve done is too excessive. Your father is lying there, poisoned. Tell me, why was he poisoned?”
“Ah… I don’t know.” Lu Qiaoyi’s tone lacked conviction.
Jin Yan smiled and suddenly made an important decision.
She would take her daughter home.
She took out her phone, first calling the media, then calling Yu Meng. She would not let Yu Meng off the hook.