Xiang Yazhi, oh Xiang Yazhi, if you want to blame someone, blame yourself. Did you really think there was no one left in the Lian Family?
Lian Tong snorted coldly, having zero interest in what was about to happen next. She quietly put away the camera.
"Hubby, the plan you came up with is really good." Lian Tong happily climbed into the car, waving the camera in her hand cheerfully, "Look, I’ve taken quite a few photos with my camera. This time, Xiang Yazhi’s really in for it."
Usually, Lian Tong liked to call him ’Gu Chun’ in her day-to-day life. Sometimes, when she was happy or in an affectionate mood, she would call him ’Hubby’.
Lian Tong didn’t realize that every time she called him ’Hubby,’ Gu Chun’s eyes would deepen, flames dancing in them. He would gaze at her tenderly. Even though she was in her thirties, Lian Tong still carried a girlish charm, her cool and gorgeous look was just for outsiders to see.
"Don’t look, lest it taints your eyes." Gu Chun took the camera from Lian Tong’s hands, tossed it onto the back seat, and drove her home, not to the Lian Family villa, but to the house Gu Chun had previously bought in Sea City.
"Why are we here?" Lian Tong glanced at the house. It was quite clean.
But why did Gu Chun hold her and head straight to the bedroom?
"Hey, it’s broad daylight..."
Lian Tong glanced outside at the bright and sunny day, and her face flushed instantly.
If she didn’t understand what Gu Chun was up to just now, she certainly understood everything now.
The heavy curtains were drawn, and the room was filled with a tender, romantic glow.
*
As for the Shen Family, they were not in such a good mood. Xiang Yazhi was crying continuously, insisting that she had been set up and had not betrayed Shen Jing.
Shen Jing sat on the sofa, legs crossed, letting Xiang Yazhi cry her heart out. He remained unmoved, his expression indifferent and cold.
"Cousin, you have to believe me." Xiang Yazhi cried so much that her makeup was ruined. The fine lines at the corners of her eyes, the sagging skin, all of it made her cry appear rather unattractive. Yet, Xiang Yazhi had no self-awareness. Sobbing, she said, "Cousin, all these years, my heart has always been with you. Even though Qingqing doesn’t know you’re her father, Qingqing has always been close to you."
"But you sleeping with him is a fact."
Shen Jing said coldly, "Yazhi, all these years, I haven’t treated you poorly, whether in terms of money or anything else. I’ve never mistreated you. It’s because of me that Qingqing was able to study abroad in Country Y. Without me, Qingqing couldn’t have gotten into that school."
"Qingqing is indeed my daughter, but she carries the Lian surname." With one sentence, Shen Jing distanced Qingqing from the Lian Family.
Xiang Yazhi suddenly looked up, staring at Shen Jing in shock. His appearance was so familiar that she knew every mole on his body. However, now, with those familiar brows and eyes, there was something she couldn’t read. The coldness in his eyes made her heart panic.
"Cousin, what do you mean by this?" With tears streaming down her face, Xiang Yazhi was anything but beautiful. She rushed forward, trying to grab Shen Jing’s hand, but he moved away in disgust.
"Cousin." Xiang Yazhi stared at her empty hands in astonishment.
"Xiang Yazhi, from now on, we have nothing to do with each other." Shen Jing uttered coldly, "As for Lian Qingqing, you wouldn’t want outsiders saying she’s the child of her biological mother and her biological uncle, right? So just pretend you don’t know anything."
After his words, Shen Jing stood up. His tall figure, which once Xiang Yazhi relied on, now felt unreachable.
Shen Jing’s silhouette slowly disappeared from her sight. Xiang Yazhi didn’t know how long she stood there, frozen, until her legs were numb and the outside had grown dark. Only then did Xiang Yazhi return home, devastated.
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