Chapter 115: Pay the Price

"Su Yun Jiao! You!"

Lu Chi hadn't finished speaking when the secretary Li beside him already stopped him.

"Young Master Lu, Boss Lu and Miss Su still need to rest; please come another day."

Lu Chi's path was blocked by Secretary Li; though dissatisfied, he could only leave in anger.

The online rumors grew bigger and bigger.

When Lu Chi returned home, Lu Mu was anxious like ants on a hot pan.

"Where did you just go, kid? Don't you know there are still many things at home?"

Before Lu Mu could finish speaking, a knocking sound came from the door.

Upon hearing the knock, the maid immediately went to open the door.

But she found two police officers standing at the door.

"Hello, we are from Hai Cheng Police Station. Some online evidence suggests Miss Zheng Hongyu is suspected of kidnapping; please come with us."

The police had already spoken clearly.

Lu Mu's expression changed; she put on a relaxed tone and said: "Comrades, maybe you've misunderstood—online, anyone can casually make false accusations! I'm not involved in any kidnapping; this is all a mistake."

"Whether the online rumors are true or not, we need your cooperation in the investigation; the police will handle this matter fairly and impartially."

"Seeing that the two officers gave her no face, Lu Mu said: 'You're from Hai Cheng Police Station, right? I know your chief; please help me out—I'll suppress the online rumors, so there's no need to investigate.'"

Lu Chi, standing aside, suddenly recalled the chief whom Lu Mu had entertained before.

He never imagined his own mother would actually dare to bribe the chief.

"Sorry, that chief was dismissed yesterday for suspected corruption; please come with us."

"What? Dismissed?"

Lu Mu never expected the chief she had cultivated relations with for years to be dismissed so quickly!

Who exactly did this?

How could it be such a coincidence?

Lu Mu sensed something was wrong, but because it happened so suddenly, her mind went blank.

The officers in front of her, without a word, tied Lu Mu up.

"Officer! This must be a misunderstanding, definitely a misunderstanding! Hear me out…"

"Sorry, any words can wait until we get to the station."

Watching the officers take his mother away, Lu Chi couldn't utter a word.

Because he knew well that this was his mother's own doing.

The maid beside him anxiously said: "Young Master, think of a solution fast! If anything happens to the mistress, the company will suffer too!"

Lu Chi hardened his resolve.

He could only rush out of the Lu family gate again, heading toward Jingyuan.

Su Yun Jiao hadn't lain in bed for an hour when Lu Chi's shouts echoed from downstairs again.

"Su Yun Jiao! Come out!"

Lu Chi's voice was loud; it was as if he were shouting through a megaphone across the whole Jingyuan.

Su Yun Jiao, somewhat irritated, got up from bed and said: "In broad daylight, are we not allowed to nap anymore?"

Su Yun Jiao went downstairs again and indeed saw Lu Chi.

"Lu Chi, are you done? You just left and now you're coming here to scold me? Do you think I haven't scolded you enough?"

"I know this must be your doing! My mom may owe you, but she raised you for years—won't you be going a bit too far?"

Lu Chi, face dark, said: "My mom was just taken away by the police! Are you happy now?"

Su Yun Jiao hadn't expected Lu Mu to be taken away by the police so quickly.

Su Yun Jiao frowned and said: "So you rushed over anxiously just to ask me to intercede?"

"Yes! As long as you plead for my mom, she'll surely be released from the police station, and then you can have me do anything!"

Lu Chi's face full of anxiety, Su Yun Jiao said: "You must have long known your mom plotted my kidnapping, right?"

Upon hearing that, Lu Chi's voice choked for a moment.

Su Yun Jiao calmly said: "You knew all along, yet you come now begging me to spare your mom—why? Do you think I'm a saint?"

"Su Yun Jiao, my mom may have raised you for years; even if she didn't mean well, she's never harmed you—why can't you show mercy and let her off?"

Hearing the commotion, Lu Jingqing had already reached the second-floor stairwell; when he heard Lu Chi questioning Su Yun Jiao, he stopped.

"Su Yun Jiao, my mom raised you for years; she only kidnapped you once, just to keep others from having ideas about you and make you rely more on our family. Besides, she's never done anything else to harm you. Do you realize how much this incident would hurt the Lu family? Could you really be so heartless?"

After all, we've grown up together since childhood.

Lu Chi couldn't believe Su Yun Jiao was so heartless.

"Lu Chi, when you say these things, doesn't your heart ache? Haven't you hurt me? All these years, if not for Aunt Lu's careful care, I'd be even weaker. You claim Aunt Lu didn't intend to harm me—so what counts as harm? Is it that, following her wishes, I married you and then you lot tried to exterminate my line, causing my death? That would be harm."

Hearing Su Yun Jiao say this, Lu Chi opened and closed his mouth, actually unable to speak.

Su Yun Jiao coldly said: "Lu Chi, you know all this, yet you have the nerve to tell me your mother didn't intend to harm me."

Su Yun Jiao hadn't expected Lu Chi to know either, but after Lu Mu once invited her to a meal and Lu Chi ate all the crabs, Su Yun Jiao understood.

Lu Chi knew.

Her current poor health is entirely due to Lu Mu.

If it had been discovered a few years later, she likely would have died of illness even without that car accident.

Faced with Su Yun Jiao's words, Lu Chi couldn't speak.

Because this was originally Lu Mu's fault.

"So you mean you won't help?"

Su Yun Jiao said calmly: "She brought it upon herself; she should pay the price for what she has done."

After saying that, Su Yun Jiao turned and went upstairs.

Lu Chi, however, did not have the courage to go after her.

At that moment, Lu Jingqing also came down from upstairs.

Seeing Lu Jingqing, Lu Chi's face darkened further: "It's you! It must be you!"