Chapter 642: Chapter 642 Just an Illegitimate Daughter
Lu Yingxue clutched her cheek, feeling the numbness and burning pain on her skin.
She had just slapped Ye Ying in the villa, and now a slap had landed on her own face just as quickly.
She bit her lip, trying to appear amiable: “Aunt, what are you doing?”
Lu Yutong scrutinized her face. Lu Yingxue indeed possessed an exceptional beauty; while her features weren’t as bright as others, she knew how to play up her strengths. What was originally a seven-point appearance, she had elevated to nine points.
Unfortunately, her right cheek was now wrapped in gauze, looking severely injured.
Her voice carried a hoarse edge as she spoke: “When I went abroad, you were no taller than a table. Back then, you were so close to as your aunt. So many years have passed, and you have finally grown into soone as calculating and self-serving as him.”
“Did you co back to scold , Aunt? Isn’t that making a mountain out of a molehill? If you wanted to instruct a younger family mber, a phone call would suffice. Why go to all the trouble of coming so far?”
Lu Yingxue’s tone carried a trace of anger as well.
She had suffered humiliation at the housewarming party and now had to endure her aunt’s scolding and slapping.
And who was Lu Yutong anyway!
Just a coward who avoided reality and kept running away.
Lu Yutong looked at Lu Yingxue’s contemptible face and said, “When you were doing all those wicked things, didn’t you think I might co back? The Xiang family’s bankruptcy and closing were indeed partially because Xiang Hai did many evil deeds and got his retribution! But the Lu family’s condoning and betrayal were also part of the reason. My children were disappointing, but at least they were carried by for ten months and born.”
Lu Yingxue retorted: “True, your son went to jail, and your daughter willingly fell into depravity. If it weren’t for , their outcos would have been even more tragic.”
“Lu Yingxue, I’m not here to go in circles with you.”
Lu Yutong demanded, “I know it was you who set Mingzhu up with Zhao Chang and that your Lu family used her as a pawn. Now tell , where is Mingzhu?”
“How should I know where she went to ss around?”
Lu Yingxue had only released news to the outside that she forgave Xiang Mingzhu for scratching her face and that the Lu family would discipline her more. But after that, Xiang Mingzhu disappeared without a trace.
“Stop playing dumb.”
“Aunt, I really don’t know where Mingzhu went. Look at my face; it’s all thanks to her. Why would I care about her? I wish she’d fend for herself. Who knows, maybe she found so other benefactor to survive on.”
Lu Yingxue walked to the coffee table, poured herself a cup of lukewarm water, and began to drink.
“Are you really not handing her over?” Lu Yutong’s eyes reflected a trace of frostiness.
“I have no one here, how can I hand her over? Your biological daughter; why make responsible for finding her? Her own mother abandoned her in the country, so why should I, her cousin, play mother to Xiang Mingzhu?”
Lu Yingxue put down the teacup, showing no hint of respect to Lu Yutong.
She had had enough!
Why did everyone feel the need to oppose her?
Lu Yutong took a deep breath, calming down as she said, “I only give you one day. If you can’t find Mingzhu, I will make the past public. I imagine the Lu family wouldn’t want to see that day co.”
The past?
Lu Yingxue felt a chill in her heart.
It involved her father and Cheng Han, as well as so hidden truths from that year’s needle trial conference.
“Aunt, don’t use this to threaten . As for the past, how can you clarify it with just your words? You have no evidence!”
“Indeed, I have no evidence, but…”
Lu Yutong’s lips curled into a sneering smile, “Your father surely never told you, you…”
“Yutong!”
Before Lu Yutong could finish, a stern voice called out from outside the door.
Lu Bannong had rushed back.
Lu Yutong looked at him mockingly for a long ti before saying, “Brother, you’ve grown old.”
“Yutong, your return this ti intends to…” Lu Bannong, accustod to pretending, often appeared harmless and good-natured in front of many.
Lu Yutong, however, knew this man’s cold nature well.
It was he who personally delivered her onto Xiang Hai’s bed back then, forcing her to marry into the Xiang family. She was coerced by Xiang Hai, continuously having children.
This frail body couldn’t last many years now.
“Don’t act close with .” Lu Yutong looked at him with an expressionless face, resentnt clear in her eyes, “I ca back to take Mingzhu away. As long as you fulfill my conditions, I will keep all past affairs sealed! Including…”
She glanced at Lu Yingxue.
Lu Yingxue felt an inexplicable sensation.
Lu Bannong reassured, “Alright. Yingxue, go bring Mingzhu back. Make sure she doesn’t let herself go anymore. Have her tidy up properly to et her mother. Didn’t she always talk about wanting to see her mom?”
This was a reminder to Lu Yingxue to prepare Xiang Mingzhu well.
Xiang Mingzhu had always been confined in the basent; when Lu Yingxue wanted to concoct a formula, she experinted on her, showing no sisterly affection.
Lu Yingxue nodded, casting a sidelong glance at Lu Yutong, and said, “Okay, Father. I will bring Mingzhu out right now; she should be happy to et her mother.”
After all the conditioning, Xiang Mingzhu should know by now what she ought to say and what not to say.
Lu Yingxue sneered, turned, and walked toward the corner.
However, she stayed put in the corner for a mont.
There were secrets between her aunt and father, and those secrets were about her.
Lu Bannong withdrew his gaze, poured a cup of tea for Lu Yutong, and said: “Yutong, I am sorry for what happened back then. But for the Lu family to develop, we needed to rely on Xiang Hai. He said he fell in love with you at first sight, and I thought you two might develop feelings over ti. Who would have thought… I formally apologize to you.”
Lu Yutong brushed her hand aside.
The scalding tea spilled onto the floor with a clang.
“You told this crap story back then, and I might have believed it. Is there any use for an apology that’s so late?” A tinge of red appeared in the corner of Lu Yutong’s eyes, “I endured in silence for many years out of consideration that you are my brother and never told the truth of the past. Don’t worry, since I didn’t speak back then, I even less think of dredging up old accounts now.”
Lu Yutong took a breath and said, “I only have one condition, to take Mingzhu away.”
“Fine, I agree to everything.”
Lu Yutong let out a derisive laugh: “Because she no longer has any value to exploit? That’s why you agreed so easily? The ans you used on back then, you applied them to my daughter. Lu Bannong, you truly are a heartless person.”
“Yutong, I did it all for the family’s sake. Without , marrying that poor boy from the Shen family wouldn’t have given you much of a future either.”
“Are you reminding that you killed Shen Mo? I shouldn’t have back then…”
Lu Yutong paused, “I’m also guilty and should repent for life. My blood is as dirty as yours, being your accomplice for decades. These hands of mine are stained with blood that can’t be washed clean.”
She smiled self-mockingly, “But you’ve raised Lu Yingxue well! Just an illegitimate child after all!”
In the corner, Lu Yingxue’s expression froze.
She was an illegitimate child?
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