Chapter 266: Untitled
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Li Chong went downstairs. Li Xinyi and Lu Ming were walking into the living room arm in arm.
“Dad, I heard from the servant that Mom is unwell. How is she?”
Li Chong shook off his angry expression and chuckled.
“It’s nothing serious. Just a headache and a cold. She’s lying in bed now. Go up and see her. Lu Ming, sit down. Let’s talk.”
Li Chong was very satisfied with the status of his son-in-law’s family, and his attitude was especially polite.
Once upstairs, along the corridor, Li Xinyi heard the sound of things being smashed. It sounded a little angry. What was wrong with her mother today? She knew very well that Lu Ming might be coming upstairs with her, but she was throwing things around.
What if Lu Ming suspected them?
“Mom, Lu Ming is downstairs. Stop throwing things around. Who provoked you?”
Liu Luhua put away the vase she had grabbed. She tidied her unkempt hair and calmed herself down.
“Don’t let Lu Ming come up. The room is in a mess.”
“Dad has asked him to stay downstairs to have tea. He probably won’t come up for the time being. Mom, what’s wrong? Don’t tell me you’re fussing over Dad’s mistress again? Didn’t you say that you’d put up with anything as long as she aborted the child?”
“No, it’s Li An’an this time. I saw Li An’an. She’s still alive and she got her hands on the jade pendant. But your father thinks that I’ve kept it for myself. This heartless man.”
Li Xinyi was so shocked that she stepped back and almost trod on the broken glass on the ground.
“Mom, what sort of joke is that? Li An’an has been dead for five years. How could she have come back to life? You must be mistaken.” In short, she didn’t believe that Li An’an was still alive.
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“The explosion was so huge that she was blown to pieces. You remember that, don’t you?”
“It’s precisely because the explosion was so huge that we weren’t able to confirm the identity of that woman. We could only rely on our judgment, but we could have made an error.”
Li Xinyi refused to believe it. “How is this possible? You must be seeing things. It’s impossible that she’s alive. If she were alive, she’d have made an appearance long ago. At that time, she didn’t even know that we framed her.
She would have come home.”
“Don’t ask me. I want to know what happened as well. But whatever it is, I have to get the jade pendant back!”
There was the sound of something falling to the ground outside the door.
Li Xinyi opened the door. Lu Ming was standing outside with a tray in his hand. The juice on the tray had spilled to the ground.
“Lu Ming, what are you doing here? Where’s my father? Weren’t you guys chatting?” There was panic in her eyes. Did Lu Ming overhear something?
Lu Ming picked up the broken glass on the floor. “We’re done chatting. I was just bringing you a glass of juice, but your cat ran past and made me jump.” Lu Ming’s expression was gentle.
Li Xinyi heaved a sigh of relief and circled her arms around his coquettishly. When she saw that Lu Ming was reacting normally, she was relieved. “My mom is asleep. Come, let’s go downstairs.”
Lu Ming turned around and went downstairs with her. “I heard you guys talking about An’an just then?”
Li Xinyi’s heart skipped a beat. Her mouth was wide open and her eyes were filled with fear. She did not know what to say.
Lu Ming continued, “But I didn’t hear what you said. Are you thinking of An’an?”
Li Xinyi finally relaxed. “Yes, my mother fell sick because she misses An’an and feels terrible. I’m sorry she can’t see you.”
Lu Ming was a little suspicious. Auntie was obviously awake. Why would Xinyi lie? But she didn’t look like she was faking it. Maybe Auntie didn’t want to see him.
He vaguely heard something about a jade pendant, but looking at Xinyi’s bright smile, he believed that An’an might have had some conflict with her family, which was why she never returned.
Perhaps he could find a solution..