Chapter 41: Is It Her?

Gu Qingmeng's footing faltered in an instant.

She thought she had planned everything perfectly, but she completely overlooked the unpredictable factor of Lu Xiwán.

"Actually, I really admire you, Miss Gu, at least you've achieved a ruthlessness that ordinary people can't. Do you know that the last person in history who was so cruel to their own child became an empress? I think Miss Gu could give it a shot too; it's not impossible."

Every word Lu Xiwán said pierced straight into Gu Qingmeng's heart.

How dare she act so brazenly within the Fu Family?

The ancestors have always said that walls have ears, yet Gu Qingmeng never uses her head.

"No, I didn't say anything; don't frame me! Fu Sijue, believe me, this woman is wildly ambitious, getting close to you is for some ulterior purpose; you must never trust her!"

After Gu Qingmeng's foolish move, Lu Xiwán couldn't help but give her two compliments.

In five thousand years of Chinese civilization, Gu Qingmeng hasn't learned any of the good things, but she has become quite adept at the self‑theft and the "no three hundred taels of silver here" ruse.

She keeps shouting that she wants to catch the thief, yet her intelligence is simply not up to par.

If Shen Shu were to put in a bit of effort and investigate properly, Gu Qingmeng's little tricks would sooner or later be exposed.

"Those who commit many injustices will bring about their own downfall; it seems Miss Gu's language lessons at school weren't very good…"

Lu Xiwán didn't intend to eavesdrop; Gu Qingmeng just couldn't keep her mouth shut, and the words happened to drift into Lu Xiwán's ears.

"You need to remember that I am your biological mother!"

"There's nothing wrong with being with me…"

"If you dare speak recklessly, you'll never see her again!"

One vicious sentence after another came through the earpiece, the sound so realistic it was as if they were being spoken right beside them.

Lu Xiwán, hearing it a second time, couldn't help but furrow her brows, a clear displeasure showing on her face.

"I wonder what this counts as in Miss Gu's own dictionary? Threatening her own biological son, or threatening me?"

Lu Xiwán actually wants to know what ability Gu Qingmeng still has to get rid of her.

"Miss Gu wants me to die—?" the tone deliberately stretched, making it especially chilling in the dark night.

Even Fu Sijue felt an inexplicable chill.

He could truly say those words to a child.

"How could that be! On what grounds do you blurt out slanders against me!" Gu Qingmeng's face twisted in terrified distortion.

She knew that Lu Xiwán would never let such a good opportunity slip by.

Fu Sijue also looked at Gu Qingmeng with puzzlement.

If she were truly the slandered one, how could she be so frightened?

Lu Xiwán rose slowly, walked over, turned on the Living Room's light, and stared coldly at Gu Qingmeng, who thought she had schemed everything and treated everyone like fools.

She thought she was very clever.

But those riddled‑with‑holes tricks could never fool anyone.

"You think you've cleaned yourself spotless, throwing all the blame onto me, Miss Gu—do you really think you're the only one with a brain in this world?"

Lu Xiwán counted Gu Qingmeng's blunders finger by finger, her smile shining to a cruel degree.

"What can I do! It's all because you never cared about me! Fu Sijue, why won't you even give me a glance no matter what I do? Am I really that… that worthless? Why can't you see me and Yao Yao?"

Even now, Gu Qingmeng insists on dragging Yao Yao as a scapegoat, as if that would absolve her of her sinful thoughts.

Every word Gu Qingmeng uttered was blood‑soaked, sounding oddly reasonable.