Chapter 487: Taking Action

She remembered that in her past life, these two only got together after starting university; how did it happen earlier in this life?

Could it be that they would still live together as happily as they did in their previous life? Absolutely not!

Although she had not yet waited for a perfect opportunity, Shen Yuan decided to act in advance.

Finding the human traffickers she had collaborated with before, Shen Yuan warned them, "I cannot trust you entirely, because you have a criminal record with me."

Previously, she had them sell Si Rong, but because Si Rong offered a better price, they had turned around and sold Li Xuan instead.

If it weren't for the fact that she truly couldn't find anyone else, she wouldn't want to use these two people.

"Rest assured, it's hard to find work these days; we will definitely cooperate well with you this time." One of the short, fat men looked at Shen Yuan with a lecherous gaze.

"Then Saturday at seven in the evening; Jiang Yue will go to her piano lesson alone at that time."

"You two..., I will..."

After settling the plan with them, Shen Yuan finally felt more at ease, as if a heavy stone had been lifted from her heart.

In another week, Jiang Yue would disappear.

By then, she could take advantage of the situation to comfort Jiang Sinian, and the good deed would be done.

Being taken to the police station by public security officers right after their wedding did not affect the affection between Liang Yu and Li Mu.

Ignoring his mother's opposition, Li Mu held Liang Yu in the palm of his hand and pampered her like a princess.

Shen Lan went to find Liang Yu every day; he wanted to know the true circumstances of his biological son's death.

But Liang Yu was mostly unwilling to see him, and when they did meet by chance, she would only mockingly retort, "Don't you know the real reason better than anyone?"

"If it weren't for the evil deeds you and Li Xuan committed back then, how could Shen Chi, as an older brother, have fallen in love with his own younger sister?"

"Is it not enough that you caused your own son's death, that you want to come here and ruin my life too?"

Shen Lan suddenly felt that the sharp-tongued girl in front of him was a stranger.

In fact, he had never truly understood this daughter either.

He carefully connected the events that had happened during this period.

From his daughter Shen Yuan leaving home, the house fire and Li Xuan's death, to Shen Chi falling to his death now, it seemed that for every single incident, this daughter had been at the scene.

That sentence from before Shen Yuan left home: "She was just using me as a test case; it will be your turn soon..."

Wasn't it true? They were all dead or dying.

A great fear suddenly surged in Shen Lan's heart, "Did you push your brother down?"

"No, the police have detailed transcripts," Liang Yu smiled, "Brother jumped down himself. He was never satisfied with taking advantage of me and wanted to keep doing it, so his death was only a matter of time. After all, I have to marry someone else, right?"

This sounded fine, but Shen Lan roughly understood, "So, he threatened you, forbidding you from marrying, otherwise he would jump down, is that it?"

There was nothing to hide, so Liang Yu nodded.

"So, you just watched him die?"

"Everyone has their own fate," Liang Yu said with extreme coldness, "If he wanted to die, then he deserved to die."

After leaving the Li residence, Shen Lan felt dazed; when the wind blew from afar, he began to cough violently.

He shouldn't have brought this daughter back; she was simply a disaster star.

But it was too late to realize this problem now.

However, Shen Lan felt that he and Li Xuan had very likely wronged Shen Yuan back then.

Therefore, before he died, he still wanted to apologize to Shen Yuan.

"Dad is sorry for you; Liang Yu is truly not a good person."

Shen Yuan just curled her lips in a smile, "Your apology has no meaning to me; I will not forgive you."

"Back then, she deliberately let me see that diary, then swapped it, and finally came into the room to bring me food, slapping herself and stabbing her own hand with broken porcelain."

"I have to say, she really is like you and Mom's biological daughter, using any means to achieve her goals."

She was the same; people of the same kind belong together.

"Your remorse now isn't because you truly realize you were wrong; it's just because you are old, sick, and dying, and no one cares for you, so you thought of me."

"But it's a pity, I have no intention of being a filial daughter to someone else's father."

These cold words made Shen Lan feel chilled to the bone, "Xiao Yuan, you misunderstood Dad; I didn't want you to support me in my old age."

"Cough, cough, but I am indeed about to leave. Before I go, I just wanted to see you one last time. In the future, live a peaceful life and don't covet things that don't belong to you; that will only lead you to destruction. Mom and Dad are the best examples."

Shen Yuan let these words go in one ear and out the other; she felt that Shen Lan and Li Xuan ending up in such a state was because they were stupid, and she certainly wouldn't be like that.

What is something that doesn't belong to oneself?

The capable take more.

"Sister-in-law," Jiang Siyu leaned in next to Jiang Yue, "Shall we go eat that dried vegetable guokui on the street tonight? I'm craving it."

"Let your brother go with you; I have a piano lesson tonight," Jiang Yue tidied up her desk simply.

Jiang Siyu pestered her, "No, I want to eat guokui with you. Why do you have to go learn piano?"

She was tone-deaf, so she hadn't signed up for any vocal-related courses.

"Ask your Aunt Fang Ting about that."

Jiang Yue rubbed her head, "Or just wait until I finish my lesson, and I'll walk by and buy some to bring home for you."

"Alright then, Sister-in-law, you're really nice, much better than my brother."

They say you shouldn't talk about people behind their backs; Jiang Siyu was just about to complain about her brother when she was caught.

"You brat, were you bad-mouthing me again!"

He had just gotten together with Jiang Yue and was in the middle of trying to maintain his image, but his stinky younger sister kept smearing him every day.

"Yes! If you weren't bad, how could I bad-mouth you?" Jiang Siyu sought agreement from Jiang Yue, "Yueyue, don't you think so?"

"Right!" Jiang Yue put on her schoolbag and shot a glare at Jiang Sinian, "You are not allowed to bully Orange!"

Jiang Sinian:...

So aggrieved.

He carried his schoolbag and followed behind Jiang Yue, "You brat, go home by yourself today; I'm going to accompany Yueyue to class."

"No need," Jiang Yue pushed him away, "You take Orange home; it's only two streets away. I don't need you to see me off; waiting downstairs is cold and boring."

Jiang Sinian looked back every three steps as he walked, "Then I'll go back first to buy food and wait for you to eat together."

"Okay."

Today was overcast, and it was getting dark a bit early.

Jiang Yue rode her bicycle through a shortcut; going to music class from here could save a few minutes, but there were also fewer people.

Shen Yuan was very excited; she pointed at Jiang Yue and said to the few people, "See that girl? It's her! You'll definitely be able to sell her for a good price when the time comes!"

"The street she's about to take has few people; that's the best time for us to make our move!"

The two human traffickers nodded, "She does look quite good."

"Do it!"