Chapter 127: Never See Each Other in Life or Death

Zhu An'an went stiff all over.

Before she could react, Zhu Yuan instructed Enzo to turn on the living room television.

"Dad, Mom, I'm in so much pain, please save me, save me..." Zhu An'an cried out in pain, pulling all of Zhu Chaoqin and Feng Mingyue's attention back to her.

She signaled with her eyes for the nanny to quickly think of a way, but the nanny, looking at the Bodyguard beaten to the ground by Enzo, didn't dare to move at all.

Zhu An'an was so angry she bit her own tongue, and her vision went black in waves.

Zhu Chaoqin said worriedly, "An'an, hold on, Dad will definitely find a way to get you to the hospital."

Suddenly, the image on the large living room television flickered.

The light in the footage was dim and the frame was shaking, likely filmed with a mobile phone, but that did not affect the content within the frame.

Suddenly, Zhu An'an let out a sharp scream: "Quick, turn off the TV, turn it off!"

"Dad, Mom! I beg you, turn it off, turn it off right now!"

She acted like a madwoman, completely devoid of her usual elegant, ladylike demeanor.

Feng Mingyue seemed to be seeing her like this for the first time and was momentarily stunned.

On the television screen, Zhu An'an's pale, rain-drenched face appeared in the frame.

She spoke tremblingly: "... I deliberately created the illusion that Zhu Yuan was unfilial, throwing away all the delicious food she spent time making... On the day of Lu Huaizhan's funeral, I had someone poison the water I told Zhu Yuan to drink, and hired people to defile her... The fact that the Pei Family Bank was able to lend her money was also because I had someone leak it to her... The photos of her and Lou Yi at Sheng Tang were taken by people I hired... The rumors about Second Master Pei and Zhu Yuan were also spread by me..."

As the words from the video ended, Zhu Chaoqin and Feng Mingyue looked at Zhu An'an in disbelief.

"Dad, Mom, I was forced to confess under duress by them that day; to get away, I had no choice but to admit it. I really never did those things." Zhu An'an shed tears of grievance, putting on the appearance of being triggered by bad memories.

Zhu Chaoqin stroked her hair and stood up in anger.

Before he could speak, Zhu Yuan let out a cold laugh. "I thought you were only deceived by her because you hadn't seen this video. It seems I overestimated you. From beginning to end, you were both blinded by greed! You deserve to be played in circles by Zhu An'an!"

Feng Mingyue wanted to speak.

But she suddenly realized something, yet was vaguely afraid of what she might face, and asked tentatively with difficulty: "Two weeks ago, An'an called you to come home for dinner, why didn't you come back?"

"Don't you know that Zhu An'an blocked me?" With one sentence from Zhu Yuan, Feng Mingyue understood.

Feng Mingyue opened her mouth, but found she couldn't say a single word.

She collapsed onto the floor, her eyes rimmed with red, looking at Zhu An'an with a complex expression. "An'an, explain to me..."

"Mom... would you rather believe Zhu Yuan's words than me?" Zhu An'an wiped her tears in humiliation.

Zhu Chaoqin said in a deep voice, "Mingyue!"

"Chaoqin, two weeks ago I cooked myself, wanting to call Yuanyuan back for dinner. An'an said she called Yuanyuan, and it turned out Yuanyuan said on the phone that she would never return to the Zhu Family again, and even said some things about severing ties with us..."

Having reached this point, how could Zhu Chaoqin not understand!

"An'an?" He suddenly felt like a stranger to the daughter before him.

How could a daughter who had always been well-behaved, obedient, kind-hearted, and never told a lie do such a thing?

Seeing the complex expressions in her parents' eyes, Zhu An'an suddenly let out a low laugh.

"Explain?" She raised her voice. "What is there to explain! As soon as Zhu Yuan came back, you were thinking about buying her jewelry, buying her high-fashion clothes, wanting to make it up to her, and dividing up everything that used to belong solely to me. How could I swallow this!"

"But she is your sister, you are sisters, why can't you get along?" Feng Mingyue was heartbroken.

Zhu An'an sneered. "Sisters? She is your own flesh and blood, while I am just a child born to a lowly servant. How could I be on equal footing with her? She would have pushed me out of the Zhu Family sooner or later, so of course I couldn't let her have her way."

"So you did those things to make us misunderstand her, making us more and more disappointed in her, more and more indifferent, even to the point of..."

Feng Mingyue clutched her chest, thinking of when they forced Zhu Yuan to marry into the Lu Family to bring good luck to Lu Huaizhan.

That was because they were disappointed in Zhu Yuan, and it just so happened that Zhu Qi was sick and hospitalized and needed money, so they thought they might as well let her go to the Lu Family.

Recalling the past, images of hitting Zhu Yuan flashed through Zhu Chaoqin's mind, and his fingers began to tremble.

Zhu Yuan looked at the three of them coldly, her patience exhausted. "You'll have plenty of time to review this later; don't waste my time here."

Feng Mingyue came back to her senses, tears streaming down her face. "Yuanyuan, Mom..."

"Don't. My mother has already passed away; I no longer have a mother." Zhu Yuan interrupted her.

She opened WeChat, sent a message to Zhu Chaoqin's phone, and said to him: "I have drafted a statement here for you to sever the father-daughter relationship with Zhu An'an. You don't need to rack your brains to think of one; consider it my last act of filial piety."

"What do you mean by 'last act of filial piety'? What does that mean?" Remorse swirled in Zhu Chaoqin's chest.

"It means exactly what it says. Just pretend you never gave birth to me as a daughter, just pretend... that the little baby girl the nanny threw outside back then is already dead." Zhu Yuan said these words calmly.

Zhu Chaoqin hurriedly opened WeChat. "I'll post the statement right now, Yuanyuan..."

However, Zhu Yuan was no longer listening to anything they had to say and took a few steps back.

Suddenly, she knelt on both knees and kowtowed once to the ground.

It was like a thunderbolt striking down, shaking everyone present into a daze.

Zhu Yuan's voice was steady and resonant: "That settles the debt of you giving birth to me. From now on, we shall never see each other again."

Zhu Chaoqin and Feng Mingyue's faces were bloodless, and there was not a glimmer of light in their eyes.

Zhu Yuan stood up cleanly and walked out, not forgetting to remind Enzo: "Watch him post the statement."

Hearing that Zhu Chaoqin was going to sever the father-daughter relationship with her, Zhu An'an cried out hysterically. Zhu Yuan knew what Zhu An'an cared about most, so she would break and shatter what Zhu An'an valued most.

The front door opened, and the wind, wrapped in rain and snow, blew in.

Zhu Yuan closed her eyes, and the moment the scalding tears slid from her eyes, she suddenly fell into a warm, spacious embrace.

She went stiff all over. Didn't Enzo say he went to work overtime?

The man carried a faint scent of tobacco, along with the clear, cool fragrance of the tea he had drunk at dinner.

At the time, hindered by his fingers drilling into the slit of her cheongsam under the table to cause trouble, she had to bite the bullet and pour him tea, accidentally spilling it on the back of his hand.

At this moment, the man's voice carried not a hint of playfulness, nor a trace of teasing.

"I only allow you to shed tears today; you are not allowed to cry ever again."

Zhu Yuan quickly wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes. "Who said I was crying? I was just too cold."

"You aren't too cold; your mouth is just too stubborn." Sheng Yu let out a cold snort and pulled her tightly into his arms again. "Go ahead and be stubborn; who could possibly be more stubborn than you?"