227: Chapter 227 Despicable Means 227: Chapter 227 Despicable Means –
A University.
After hanging up with Su He, An Mi went back to her dorm and stayed there.
During that time, she indeed received some calls, all from unknown numbers, so she didn’t answer any of them.
Soon, her phone rang again, but this time with a displayed name.
It showed: Mr.
Wan.
Previously, because of Yang Jie’s incident, she had saved his number.
She stared at the screen which remained lit, hesitating whether or not to answer the call.
Just as the ringtone was about to stop, she leisurely picked it up.
“Hello, Mr.
Wan, is there something you need from me?”
Originally, Wan Muqi was about to hang up, but then he heard her voice.
In a deep voice, he asked, “Which floor is your dormitory on?”
Upon hearing this, An Mi paused, then thought for a moment, and replied, “I’m not in the dorm, I’m in the academic building.”
Hearing her say this, Wan Muqi’s brow furrowed.
Su He said she was in the dorm, why did she run off to the academic building?
“Fine, then come down by yourself, I’ll pick you up from your academic building.”
As soon as An Mi heard he was coming to pick her up, she immediately refused, saying, “No, no, no, there’s no need, I still have classes to attend.”
She kept Su He’s words in mind.
Wan Muqi wasn’t foolish; he instantly sensed something was off.
Moreover, he knew that she wasn’t really by the academic building.
Looking up at the female dormitory in front of him, he added, “It’s your sister who asked me to pick you up.
Give me three minutes, hurry up and come down.”
An Mi responded, “I won’t come down unless she calls me herself.”
After saying this, she hung up the phone.
He didn’t know which floor she was on or in which dormitory she stayed anyway.
Hearing the mechanical “beep beep beep” from the phone, Wan Muqi’s face darkened, and the corner of his mouth twitched.
This girl, young but quite vigilant!
Not long after, someone suddenly knocked on the dorm room door.
An Mi was startled by the unexpected knocking sound.
A flicker of panic crossed her face, she was just about to stand up and hide on the balcony when Wan Muqi’s voice sounded from outside the door: “An Mi, open the door, it’s me.”
An Mi covered her mouth and did not make a sound.
Wan Muqi stood outside the door, looking helpless, and said another line, “Stop hiding, I know you’re inside, it really is your sister who sent me.”
He was just nearby A University on an errand when Su He called him.
At that moment, An Mi’s phone rang.
Seeing it was Su He calling, she immediately ran to the balcony to answer.
“Sis.”
“An Mi, I asked Mr.
Wan to pick you up, have him take you to Moon Gift Villa first, something came up on my end.”
Hearing this, An Mi blinked, her sister really did send him.
“Oh, I see.
By the way, sis, what about An Rui?”
“Don’t worry, he’ll be fine.”
…
With a few “clicks”, the doorknob was turned, and the door opened from the inside.
Wan Muqi leaned against the railing outside the hallway, leisurely watching An Mi who opened the door.
He was wearing a black coat, with a casual suit inside, his facial features sharp, his appearance heroic and impressive, enough to make one’s heart race at a glance.
An Mi looked at him, awkwardly tugging at the corner of her mouth, and smilingly said, “Sorry, Mr.
Wan, I didn’t mean to hang up the call earlier.”
Wan Muqi teased her a bit, “So it was intentional then?”
Startled, An Mi quickly waved her hands and shook her head: “No, no, not at all.”
Wan Muqi, looking at her, was reminded of their last encounter in the restroom, which was quite unforgettable indeed.
Pretty and innocently foolish, but not truly foolish, just naively inexperienced for her age.
He put his hands in his coat pockets and said in a deep voice, “Let’s go, I’ll take you to your sister.”
An Mi pursed her lips, “Oh,” she uttered.
Then she followed behind him like a little aide.
—
Meanwhile.
Su He assigned Fei Xu to trace the last known location of An Rui.
He left the school at 8:30 pm and took a taxi, then got off at Guiyuan District.
But he didn’t enter the district; instead, he walked towards the nearby commercial street.
However, after he entered the commercial street, the surveillance footage never captured him again.
“Young Madam, I have watched all the surveillance videos of this commercial street several times and haven’t seen your brother.”
Afterwards, Fei Xu pulled up an image and said, “He last disappeared at the entrance of this mall.
After he entered here, the inside cameras didn’t capture him anymore.”
Su He stared at the image in front of her, her brows furrowed.
“People can’t just vanish into thin air; there must be something we overlooked.”
Fei Xu was also puzzled, but she really had checked many times and the surveillance footage had not been tampered with.
She asked, “So what should we do now?”
Su He remained silent for a moment, her voice somewhat solemn, and said three words: “Go to the scene.”
…
Half an hour later.
The two arrived at the entrance of the mall where An Rui disappeared.
Fei Xu looked around and said, “Young Madam, there does not appear to be anything unusual here.”
There is only one passageway here, and if you walk about fifty meters further, you enter the mall.
So, how did Young Madam’s brother manage to disappear?
Su He raised her eyes to look at the sign above to the right, indicating the restroom.
“Young Madam, is there a problem with this restroom?” asked Fei Xu.
Su He’s brows slightly furrowed, recalling the surveillance footage she had just seen.
She said, “Bring up the surveillance footage of An Rui after he came in.”
Upon hearing this, Fei Xu immediately took out her mobile phone and pulled up the video.
Su He took the phone and watched it again.
Finally, her gaze fixed on a man in a black down jacket who looked somewhat bulky and was wearing a knitted hat.
She slightly narrowed her eyes, pressed the pause button, and said, “Find this person’s route surveillance.”
Fei Xu gave her a look, nodded, and replied, “Okay, Young Madam.”
Soon, the two returned to the car.
Fei Xu quickly pulled up the footage from the surveillance video.
“Young Madam, it’s ready.”
She handed the laptop to Su He.
Su He’s eyebrows furrowed tighter, what was An Rui up to?
“Young Madam, is there something wrong with this person?” Fei Xu asked confusedly.
Su He spoke with a complex expression, “That is An Rui.”
“Ah?” Fei Xu instinctively expressed her confusion, “But this is a fat man, Young Madam, how did you recognize he’s your brother?”
She had seen An Rui before and knew what he looked like, but the man in the surveillance didn’t match his build.
Su He said, “The watch on his wrist is a gift from me.”
Initially, she was just suspicious, but just now, the man in the video revealed his left wrist, and she recognized it instantly.
As to why he looked so fat now, it must have been his disguise.
This kid had changed his entire outfit and disguised himself like this, what exactly is he trying to do?
“How is that phone investigation going?” asked Su He.
Fei Xu replied, “Jiang Feng just sent me a message; that number is a burner phone with no real identity verification and no related clues found.”
“Additionally, there’s no news from Lin Yue either, she hasn’t contacted Miss An Mi after divorcing Mr.
An.”
Now, Su He was also baffled.
Even if An Rui was going to meet someone, he wouldn’t need to dress up like this, right?
Clearly, he didn’t want to be found.
“Young Madam, what should we do now?”
“Keep searching.
If he’s intentionally hiding, it at least proves he’s safe for now.”
Having confirmed this, Su He at least didn’t have to worry he was taken away.
–
Moon Gift Villa.
“Sis, has An Rui been found yet?”
Since An Mi returned here, she had just been sitting on the sofa waiting, not doing anything, not looking at her phone, not talking.
If Wan Muqi hadn’t seen her eyes open and breathing, he might have thought she had stopped breathing.
Only when Su He appeared did she spring up like a button had been pushed, and rushed over to Su He.
Wan Muqi just raised his eyebrows, watching the scene like a spectator.
This girl is really a sister freak!
“No, he left on his own,” said Su He.
“Left?” An Mi asked puzzledly, “Where did he go?”
Su He looked at her and asked a question, “An Mi, you mentioned on the phone that you had arranged to come home today.
Why did you want to come home?”
An Mi honestly answered her question, “Big sister sent me a message asking us to come back.
I asked her what was the matter, but she wouldn’t say.”
An Xueyin?
Right, how could she have forgotten about her!
Su He turned her head towards Fei Xu and said, “Check where An Xueyin is now.”
Hearing this, Fei Xu responded, “Yes, Young Madam.”
An Mi wasn’t foolish and immediately asked, “Sis, did An Rui go to see big sister?”
Su He didn’t correct her reference to An Xueyin; the two of them still didn’t know about that matter.
She said, “Not sure yet, we’ll know in a while.”
Su He thought about whether to tell her now since she would eventually find out the truth one day, and it’s always something she’d have to face.
After contemplating for a while, she finally spoke up, “An Mi, there’s something I think you have a right to know.”
Su He’s expression suddenly became serious, which made An Mi somewhat scared and puzzled; she blinked, “Wh…
what is it?”
Su He looked at her calmly, seeing a flicker of nervousness in her eyes feeling a bit reluctant because after all, she had called Lin Yue ‘mom’ for eighteen years.
But if she didn’t speak now, it might lead to other problems later.
She took a deep breath and said, “Lin Yue is not your and An Rui’s biological mother.”
A look of surprise flashed through An Mi’s eyes, her pupils slightly stunned, and she stood frozen in place for a while before finding her voice again, “Sis, are you joking with me?”
Wan Muqi, because of his involvement in the incident that day, also knew about this, so it wasn’t much of a surprise to him.
However, the girl in front of him seemed to be having a hard time accepting this truth…
Su He then said, “This matter is a bit complicated.
Although Lin Yue is not your biological mother, you both are still dad’s children.
Originally, it was for him to tell you both, perhaps he wasn’t ready yet to bring it up.”
An Mi’s mind was momentarily jumbled, the person she’d been calling ‘mom’ for eighteen years turned out not to be her biological mother; anyone would struggle to accept this all of a sudden.
“Sister, my head is a bit muddled, give me a moment.”
After muttering that, she turned around and went back to sit on the sofa.
Su He said nothing more, knowing how she was feeling now, letting her have some quiet was probably for the best.
She also walked over, looking at Wan Muqi who was sitting leisurely on the other side and said, “Thank you for today.”
Wan Muqi replied, “It was just a small effort, no need for formalities, sister-in-law.”
And to speak of it, An Mi actually somewhat resembled Su He physically, especially the shape of their lips, they were exactly the same.
He had seen An Xueyin, a sister with the same father but a different mother, a sister with the same mother but a different father; logically, their genetic traits shouldn’t differ too much, yet An Mi did resemble Su He quite a bit and looked nothing like An Xueyin.
Suddenly he remembered something and said, “By the way, do you remember the old madam from the Ji Family?”
Old Madam Ji?
Su He recalled for a moment; wasn’t that Luo Yi’s mother-in-law?
She asked, “What about her?”
Wan Muqi said, “Last time, because of the issue with Xixi, she got sued and the verdict is out.
I heard from my assistant these past few days that she went mad.”
Su He slightly raised an eyebrow, “Mad?
How come?”
Wan Muqi shook his head, indicating he was unclear, “But the Ji Family might blame you for this, although that’s just my speculation.
I’ve already discussed this with Ah Yan, I think you should also be informed.
Although there’s been no movement from the Ji Family so far, the Ji Family’s second son is not an easy one.”
Su He knew he was cautioning her, “Okay, I understand, thanks.”
Meanwhile, An Mi, having calmed down, finally came to her senses.
Her eyes were red as she looked at Su He and asked, “Sister, then who is mine and An Rui’s real mother?”
Su He looked back at her and simply explained, “My mother is your biological mother.
Back then, Lin Yue used the frozen eggs and sperm of our parents in the hospital and transplanted them into her own womb to conceive you guys.
Although she indeed gave birth to you, there is no blood relation between you.”
An Mi was stunned, the urge to cry suddenly faded.
This…
Then, somewhat awkwardly, she said, “So, the three of us changed from being half-siblings with the same father to full siblings?”
Su He hummed in response, which was her way of answering.
An Mi felt the world was astonishingly dramatic…
She momentarily didn’t know what words to use to describe her complex feelings at the moment.
While feeling slightly sad and depressed, she also felt a bit excited.
When she was younger, she always wondered why she and Su He couldn’t be full sisters; who would have thought that it would actually become true in the end.
“…”
Fei Xu returned half an hour later.
“Young Madam, An Xueyin is currently at the Lin Family’s home, she has been there since seven o’clock last night and hasn’t left since.
I’ve checked the nearby surveillance; nothing suspicious found.
However, this morning around 8 o’clock, Lou Ziang’s car appeared at the Lin Family’s home, didn’t stay long, perhaps around ten minutes, and then left,” said Fei Xu.
Lou Ziang?
Just as she was about to say something, her phone rang.
She instinctively took it out to look.
It was from an unknown number.
A guess crossed her mind, and she calmly answered the call, “Hello.”
The next second, Lou Ziang’s voice came through: “Big sister-in-law, long time no see, it’s me.”
Su He frowned.
Fei Xu had just found out that he had been seen at the Lin Family, and now he coincidentally calls her; she didn’t believe in coincidences!
“Lou Ziang, did you take An Rui away?”
Although she was asking, her tone carried a hint of certainty.
Lou Ziang let out a few chuckles over the phone, saying, “Big sister-in-law can’t just assume I took someone away just because I was seen at the Lin Family, right?
That seems a bit unfair to me.”
Su He narrowed her eyes slightly.
She knew what he was up to.
“You just want me to operate on your dad, Lou Ziang, you’d better pray that he is alright.”
Laughing, Lou Ziang replied, “If that’s the case, does this mean you agree?”
His words provided the answer Su He needed; An Rui was indeed in his hands.
Su He didn’t bother with more chitchat and promptly hung up the phone.
An Mi, seeing her hang up, quickly asked, “Sis, how did it go?”
Su He said, “It’s fine, don’t worry about it anymore.”
“Also, you should stay here for now.
If you don’t want to take time off and still go to school, I’ll arrange for someone to take you and bring you back after your classes.”
An Mi has always trusted and listened to her.
She nodded, “Okay, I’ll listen to you.”
“…”
In the afternoon, Su He went back to the hospital.
Once there, she asked Lan Yan to arrange the surgery for Lou Guohui.
Lan Yan initially thought she had misheard, “Boss, are you sure you want to perform surgery on Lou Guohui?”
She clearly remembered previously refusing.
Su He said, “Lou Ziang took An Rui.”
Lan Yan instantly understood.
“He’s using such despicable means!”
Su He pinched the bridge of her nose, saying, “First, go and liaise with the neurology department.
We’ll talk about the other matters later.”
Lan Yan responded, “Okay, I’ll go right now.”
…
Lan Yan was very efficient; she scheduled the surgery for the next morning.
One hour before the surgery, Lou Ziang came to see Su He.
“Big sister-in-law, rest assured, as soon as the surgery is over, I’ll have your brother sent home.”
Su He looked indifferent, her eyes cold.
Yesterday, Jiang Yan had the Hidden Guard look for An Rui overnight, but they couldn’t find him.
This was clear evidence of how cautious Lou Ziang had been.
But likewise, she had her own methods.
She smirked, “I haven’t seen the person yet; you’re not playing me, are you?”
Lou Ziang retorted, “Don’t you trust me?”
Su He scoffed, “Are you sure you’re trustworthy?”
Clearly, she did not trust him.
Lou Ziang was momentarily speechless: “…”
Su He stated bluntly, “If you want me to operate on your father, now you have only one choice, release the person.”
She raised her wrist, glanced at the time, “You have fifty minutes to think it over, take your time, I’m in no hurry.”
Lou Ziang frowned, not expecting Su He to pull this move on him.
Watching her relaxed demeanor, a strange light flashed in his dark eyes.
Su He gave him a glance and smiled slightly, adding, “By the way, I’ve seen your dad’s files; if the surgery doesn’t happen today, even a divine doctor can’t save him now, he has limited time.
Perhaps your heart is tough, and you might not care, but I think Mrs.
Lou would care.”
Lou Ziang’s temples twitched: “…”
Then, his lips curled slightly, “Big sister-in-law really has a good mindset.”
Su He was banking on him not daring to do anything to An Rui.
He took An Rui only to coerce her into doing the surgery.
And the person who gave him this idea was either Tang Sirou or An Xueyin, or maybe both; she’ll settle this account with them slowly!
Su He remained calm and breezy: “Thanks for the compliment.”
She didn’t even bother to correct his address anymore, although a bit disgusted, she didn’t lose out, he could call her whatever he wanted.
Then, Lou Ziang made a call in front of her.
He spoke sternly: “Bring the person to the hospital!”
After hanging up, his gaze returned to Su He, he said, “I hope big sister-in-law won’t go back on her word.”
“Rest assured, I am far kinder and more trustworthy than you,” Su He said.
Lou Ziang: “…”