Young Master Huo was infuriated by her arrogant words. He raised his hand and pinched her chin, his voice venomous,
"So unafraid of death? Looks like your bones are pretty tough. How about I pluck two out now and see if your bones are tougher or if my fists are harder?"
Clashing head-on with the devil only led to a dead end. An Ge knew her place and left.
On a cloudy day, probably because cold currents were passing through, it felt very chilly. An Ge sneezed as she exited the door.
Behind her ca the sound of Fu Rou crying,
"Ah Yan, I’m begging you, keep your distance from that woman An Ge. She’s not easy to handle, and you can’t keep her under control."
Shen Hongxiu’s voice also chid in,
"Ah Yan, your mom divorced your dad for your sake back then. She remained unmarried her entire life for the sake of your reputation. Are you really going to hurt her this way?"
Fu Rou added, "Ah Yan, by the fifteenth of next month at the latest. If you and Baoying haven’t held the engagent ceremony by then, you’d better be prepared to pick up my corpse."
An Ge didn’t hear what else they said after that.
She walked out of the villa gate, stood for a mont against the wind, and took out her phone to make a call to An Zhiguo.
"An Zhiguo, I need to talk to you."
An Zhiguo, who had drunk excessively last night, spent the night at a hotel. He never showed a good face to An Ge and almost rejected her when she finished speaking until An Ge said,
"Half a month ago, I saw you hugging a girl at the gate of Jincheng University. That girl seed to be Bai ilan’s niece, right? Unfortunately, my phone was dead at that ti, or I would’ve definitely taken a picture and shown it to Bai ilan."
An Zhiguo: "..."
Half an hour later, An Ge managed to et An Zhiguo as she wished.
An Zhiguo gave her a sidelong glance, his attitude extrely poor, "Speak. What do you want from ?"
An Ge got straight to the point,
"Before I turned sixteen, my mom brought from grandma’s place in the countryside to your doorstep and gave you five million. Is that true?"
ntioning that five million, An Zhiguo’s expression clearly evaded.
He denied it,
"Nonsense. With your mom’s poor background, after your grandma and grandpa died, she didn’t even have money for their funeral. Where would she get five million to give ?"
An Ge’s gaze was piercing, staring right into his eyes,
"Really? But that’s not what Young Master Huo said. He said his investigation found out that you took my mom’s five million as a condition for letting register with the An Family. Should I invite Young Master Huo over, and let you both confront each other?"
With that, An Zhiguo’s face changed.
Yet, he had no intention of telling the truth.
He said, "That did happen. But I don’t know how exactly your mom got the five million. She only told that she was terminally ill and wouldn’t live long, and as long as I agreed to be your guardian, she was willing to give five million to help through the economic crisis back then..."
An Ge interrupted him,
"An Zhiguo, if you don’t tell the truth, I’ll call Bai ilan and expose your affair with her niece!"
Furious, An Zhiguo laughed,
"You damn girl, don’t I know you? If you truly had evidence of my affair with Huihui, you’d have already given hell rather than waiting until now."
An Zhiguo’s words hit the nail on the head.
An Ge indeed had no concrete evidence to prove An Zhiguo’s affair with Bai Huihui.
However, this did not affect her negotiations with An Zhiguo.
After his words fell, An Ge stated,
"An Zhiguo, if I really wanted to get to the bottom of this, it wouldn’t be difficult. If I went to Young Master Huo, he’d definitely co after you."
She paused, her tone suggestive,
"Don’t you want to know why Young Master Huo is investigating our family’s affairs? It’s because Young Master Huo is helping his mother find a long-lost friend. My mom lived a poor life, unlikely to ever have that much money, so these five million happen to be Young Master Huo’s breakthrough point for investigation. If you don’t tell the truth, I’ll just have to invite Young Master Huo to interrogate you himself."
An Zhiguo’s brain quickly calculated the pros and cons.
He didn’t dare to offend Huo Shaoyan but also didn’t want to reveal the origins of the five million.
After so consideration, he said, "Well...the five million was the reward your mother received for donating a kidney."
In truth, the fact was he coerced Ms. Wen into donating her kidney.
Back when Ms. Wen begged him to take in An Ge, he made donating a kidney a condition for agreent. If she agreed, he’d refuse to take in An Ge.
Coercing soone to donate a kidney was illegal.
An Zhiguo certainly wouldn’t admit to this.
Although An Ge didn’t know the truth, his words shocked her so much that her eyes narrowed fiercely.
After a mont, she coldly questioned, "Who was it donated to?"
Her gaze was so blood-red and murderous that An Zhiguo was inexplicably intimidated by it.
He felt a little guilty, but soon regained composure and replied, "To...to Bai Fuqiang."
Bai Fuqiang was Bai ilan’s older brother, and Bai Huihui was Bai Fuqiang’s illegitimate daughter.
Back then, during An Zhiguo’s company’s economic crisis, Bai Fuqiang, who was suffering from uremia, promised to offer him five million to overco the crisis, but on the condition that his ex-wife Ms. Wen would donate a kidney to save his life.
To make this transaction legitimate and legal, after the kidney donation surgery was completed, Bai Fuqiang transferred five million to Ms. Wen’s account, and afterward, Ms. Wen transferred the money to An Zhiguo.
In short, through their shady dealings, Ms. Wen lost a kidney.
An Ge knew An Zhiguo too well. She thought the matter could never be that simple.
However, it was obvious that extracting the truth from An Zhiguo’s mouth was not very realistic.
Therefore, she decided to know when to stop and planned to find another approach, like starting with the Bai Family.
After leaving An Zhiguo, An Ge made a call to Huo Shaoyan.
She rarely took the initiative to call him, which took Huo Shaoyan by surprise.
At this mont, Huo Shaoyan was accompanying An Baoying to look at wedding rings. They had just arrived at the front of the jewelry store.
An Baoying was preparing to go inside with the warmly welcoming sales manager when she caught sight of Huo Shaoyan answering his phone.
Her eyes glanced at the incoming call display on his phone, and her face instantly turned cold.
It was that bitch An Ge again.
She knew too well that the man beside her harbored an intense possessiveness toward An Ge, only he concealed it well.
Angry, An Baoying’s eyes reddened, but she soon masked it quietly.
She asked, "Young Master Huo, is that my sister calling?"
Huo Shaoyan gave her a glance, his voice chilly,
"I’ve already talked to the manager inside. Whatever you like, just take it. I’ll cover the bill later."
Finishing his words, he left An Baoying behind and walked to a less crowded area.
As he walked, he answered An Ge’s call, "What’s up?"
Wasn’t she the one who said she wanted to avoid suspicion and keep her distance from him?
How long had it been since such words, and yet she called him again.
Was there trouble?
Amidst his doubts, An Ge’s voice ca through, "Young Master Huo, I’ve talked to An Zhiguo."
After recounting the incident to Huo Shaoyan, An Ge said, "I...I want to ask you for help."
Huo Shaoyan leaned against a nearby column, his voice unchanged, "Help with what?"
An Ge replied, "I suspect my mom was forced to donate her kidney, and I want to investigate this. But given my current circumstances, finding out the truth might be very difficult. Could you...help start by investigating from the Bai Family’s side?"
The man’s voice was icy,
"Why should I help you? You alone stirred up such unrest in the entire Huo Family. Even my mother fell ill because of you. What makes you think I would help you?"
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