Chapter 241 Why?

"Dad, why…"

Mona looked at Zhen Hu, who stood in front of her, her eyes filled with astonishment and confusion.

Mingmei and Mu Chen held back Lu Xiaoyao, who wanted to step forward and help Zhen Hu, and quietly watched the birthday banquet unfold.

The scene before her eyes only served to further confuse and enrage Lillian, who was already on the verge of a breakdown. A wave of betrayal surged through her, and her eyes turned bloodshot as she glared at Zhen Hu!

"Why?"

Lianna also wanted to ask why.

Why hadn't Zhen Hu listened to her and fed Mona the cake laced with destructive virus code? Instead, he gave Mona a sweet, harmless, and perfectly normal little cake.

After Mona had finished eating all the cake, nothing had happened.

"I should be asking you why." Zhen Hu looked at Lillian and asked coldly, "Do you really love Mona?"

"Of course!"

Lillian uttered those words without hesitation, but Mona, hiding behind Zhen Hu, trembled almost imperceptibly upon hearing them, a detail that didn't escape Mingmei's notice.

"If you love her, why would you want her to hate everything in this world?"

"What?"

Lillian was stunned, not understanding why Zhen Hu was saying these things.

"You could have resolved this virus issue while she was eating or drinking, yet you chose to do this on such a day, through our hands?" Zhen Hu had always felt a strong sense of unease about Lillian.

She kept saying how deeply she loved her daughter, but she constantly emphasized how much she had sacrificed for Mona. Did she truly love Mona?

How could she bear to ruin her beloved daughter on this, of all days?

"Do you know that your mother intends to die with you tonight?"

Zhen Hu didn't speak, but turned to Mona, who was hiding behind him, clutching a tattered doll, and asked that question.

"I know…"

Mona hesitated for a moment, then nodded.

"Then do you know there was something wrong with the cake?" Zhen Hu continued to ask.

Mona glanced quickly at Lillian, who was standing not far away, and nodded slowly.

"Are you stupid? You knew there was something wrong, and you still ate it?"

Lu Xiaoyao was bewildered by Mona's reaction.

Why would she so calmly and obediently eat the cake, knowing that everyone wanted to harm her?

"Aren't you afraid?"

"Then… Dad, why did you switch the cake?" Ignoring Lu Xiaoyao's question, she instead asked Zhen Hu why he had done that.

Zhen Hu didn't answer, but Mingmei and Mu Chen chuckled softly.

"There's a reason why children like him so much," Mu Chen said, looking at Zhen Hu. Seeing the embarrassed yet stubborn look on his face, Mingmei added, "He's soft-hearted."

Yesterday, when Zhen Hu heard Lillian say that she had never been able to celebrate a complete birthday with Mona, and that Mona would meet her end after today's birthday, a hint of pity flickered in Zhen Hu's eyes.

When he confirmed what Lillian intended to do to Mona, he immediately went to Mu Chen, apologized, and told him that he might not be able to do that to Mona.

He didn't want to give a girl who had never had her parents celebrate a birthday with her such a birthday party.

But he didn't want to do it himself, nor did he want to hide it from Mu Chen and the others, at least not to let things become uncontrollable due to his inaction and failure to notify them.

"If you don't want to, then don't. Who knows if Lillian's thing is even useful?"

Mu Chen had no objection at all, which surprised Zhen Hu.

But seeing Lillian's sudden outburst because Mona was unharmed, Zhen Hu vaguely sensed something.

Everything about this woman Lillian was not that simple!

"You—you all knew?"

Seeing Mingmei and Mu Chen's relaxed expressions, Lillian suddenly realized that these people had never trusted her from the beginning!

Were they playing her?

"I don't know…"

Lu Xiaoyao's weak voice came from the side. She felt so wronged. Why were they all hiding things from her again?

"I don't know either… but I could guess." Mingmei noticed Lu Xiaoyao's expression, giggled, and then said that she was the same as Lu Xiaoyao.

Lu Xiaoyao: "But I didn't guess anything QwQ, why did you have to say the second half of that sentence?"

It made her seem even more stupid!

Mingmei: "…"

She just wanted to find a reason, in case she asked herself why her performance didn't look like she didn't know, but, she still messed up _(：3」∠)_

"Enough! I don't have time to watch you clown around!"

Lillian didn't care how many people knew about tonight's events. She said angrily, "You all know how many evil things she's done from beginning to end, so why are you protecting her now?!"

"Is that so? You could have stopped all of this yourself, but you let the players be the villains. Why? Can you answer Zhen Hu's question from earlier?"

Suddenly, the Enforcer, who hadn't been around for a long time, appeared on the scene.

Mingmei even glanced at the closed door, feeling a bit confused.

How did he get in?

"It's you?"

Compared to Mona's lack of reaction to the Enforcer, Lillian was even more surprised to see the Enforcer.

The Enforcer was full of momentum, and while Mona was vigilant, she didn't forget to pull Zhen Hu two steps away from the Enforcer.

Seeing her little actions, the Enforcer chuckled and didn't say much, but Mingmei, who saw it, looked at the Enforcer with her father's face and asked, "Aren't you afraid of being discovered by Mona and not showing up? Now this…"

Mingmei was almost saying that Mona was actually afraid of the Enforcer, she was almost saying "You xx lied again?!"

"Well, my appearance does make this girl afraid to act recklessly, so it won't affect your performance." The Enforcer said fake words without changing his expression or heartbeat, "Besides, if I don't hide, how can I discover this surprise?"

The Enforcer then turned to Lillian and asked, "Where did the virus you gave Zhen Hu come from? How come I don't know that the agreement you reached with those players can make Yan Hui obediently listen, completely close the game, and destroy the data?

Who do you think they are? Do they have that much face?"

Mingmei: "…"

Very good, it was her niece's card.

"You donated most of your wealth before you died and asked Yan Hui to send you in. This is a one-shot deal. Being able to stay awake after Mona awakened, who are you contacting, and who is helping you like this? Also, where did that virus come from? It's not from that Zerg, is it?"

Although he asked in a questioning tone, everyone else present could hear that his words were affirming that Lianna was the one who was connected to the Zerg!

"I'll go!"

Lu Xiaoyao reacted this time, looked at Mona, and then at Lianna, who had a strange expression, and couldn't believe it: "Didn't you say that the Zerg only has contact with the Boss in each game?"

"It did contact me." At this time, Mona also spoke. Her expression was not good when she mentioned the Zerg, "I hate it, it wants to destroy this game, and I don't want it to."

Without the game, where would she stay?

In this world, she was equivalent to a local emperor of a small world, and she could do whatever bad things she wanted.

In fact, Mona's idea was very simple, she just wanted to guard her world, a game world that only followed her wishes, and she could do whatever she wanted in it, so why would she do those thankless things with that unlucky bug?

"I think, the other party also saw that I was too lazy to pay attention to it." Mona said, and turned to look at Lillian, and asked faintly, "You, what about you?"

"Why me?" Lillian's face suddenly bent over as if she had heard something funny when answering this question, and made a neurotic giggle.

Lillian laughed for a long time, so that everyone's scalps began to tingle, and suddenly, she looked up at Mona, her pupils were bloodshot and she screamed, "You ask me why?! Why are you always like this!? Why don't you learn to be good, why don't you listen? Why don't you listen to your mother and do these bad things!!"