Chapter 156: Cheng Wan finally learns the reason for Chu Li's partiality toward Qin Yunshu

Chu Li tightened his grip on her wrist, then slid his hand down a step to clasp her palm.

"Didn't we agree? I'm here to pick you up and take you home."

In his heart, this matter was still the most important.

As for Qin Yunshu, Assistant Wu was handling it.

"I want to stay with Lin Qingya," Cheng Wan said, not very willing.

"I will arrange for a caregiver to look after her." Chu Li's attitude allowed for no refusal.

Cheng Wan could only agree.

With what Lin Qingya pulled today, it was possible Chu Li was already holding a grudge in his heart.

If she still didn't listen, perhaps Chu Li would lose his patience and take action against Lin Qingya again.

She obediently followed him as he left.

At the entrance of the Yiyuan, a disheveled Lady Qin ran over and blocked their path.

"A Li, you cannot leave." Her eyes were red and swollen as she pleaded with Chu Li, "Go and see Yun Shu; she is not feeling well."

Cheng Wan struggled a little, wanting to avoid this.

Chu Li gripped her harder, looking at Lady Qin with an expressionless face, "I have already done what I promised her."

Anything else had nothing to do with him.

"Her wedding with Cheng Han was ruined; it doesn't count." Lady Qin refused to give up, "A Li, go and see her; only you can comfort her."

Qin Yunshu was in a very bad state.

"It was just a wedding; they have already registered their marriage." Chu Li was becoming impatient, "If she needs comfort at this time, you should go find Cheng Han; he is her husband."

"But..." Lady Qin gritted her teeth, just about to speak, when someone shoved her hard.

"Enough! Is your Qin Family just shameless? Giving you face and you don't want it?" Madam Chu stood tall and imposing, pointing at Lady Qin's nose as she scolded, "You can't even keep an eye on your own man, yet you still come looking for A Li. You have a lot of nerve."

Lady Qin's temper flared up instantly.

"Why can't I look for him? If it weren't for Yun Shu saving his life back then, he would have died long ago. Everything he does is what he owes her."

Madam Chu sneered with contempt, "Nothing actually happened, did it? Isn't her virginity still intact?"

"Besides, so many years have passed. Hasn't A Li compensated you enough? You are just insatiable, a bunch of vampires."

"Your daughter also had the intention of seducing my son back then, which is why she was with him. She deserved it."

"Mom, enough." Chu Li's expression was incredibly gloomy.

Lady Qin's face turned from white to red, then from red to white.

She lunged forward and slapped Madam Chu across the face, "I'll tear your mouth apart."

Madam Chu did not show weakness, scolding and hitting back.

The two of them were making a scene that was getting out of hand.

In the end, Chu Li pulled them apart, one in each hand.

"Enough."

"It's not enough! Chu Li, those people wanted to kill you back then, and Yun Shu risked her life to save you—she even still has nightmares about it now! You cannot abandon her!" Lady Qin shrieked sharply.

She felt it was unjust for her daughter.

"A Li has helped the Qin Family enough over these years," Madam Chu said coldly, "We are not related by blood; I advise you not to push your luck."

"Not related by blood?" Lady Qin repeated these four words, laughing with irony, "How could it be not related by blood? How could it be..."

She muttered to herself, her expression gradually spiraling out of control.

She stared at Madam Chu with pity, "Why don't you ask your son what kind of relationship Yun Shu has with him?"

Madam Chu sensed something unusual.

She turned her head abruptly to stare at Chu Li, "What does she mean by that?"

"What is the relationship between Qin Yunshu and you?"

At the end of her voice, there was actually a trace of trembling, not knowing if it was from anger or an inability to accept the truth.

Chu Li's eyes were heavy, "Mom, you should go back first."

Lady Qin's voice suddenly grew louder, "What is there that cannot be said? What, are you planning to make up an excuse to lie to your mother?"

For the sake of her daughter, she had nothing left to lose.

Chu Li's expression turned cold.

The more uneasy Madam Chu felt, the more furious her emotions became.

She looked at her son and questioned him in a deep voice, "Speak."

Chu Li looked at his mother, "Mom."

Lady Qin felt quite gleeful.

"She is your husband's biological daughter, Chu Li's younger half-sister."

Madam Chu's face turned pale, and she staggered back a step, staring at her son.

"Is what she said true? You knew all along?"

Things having reached this point, there was no need for Chu Li to hide it.

"Yes."

Madam Chu clutched her chest, her face gray and despairing.

She had been married for so many years, yet her husband would not return home and even wanted a divorce.

She had endured everyone's ridicule and held firmly onto the position of Madam Chu, all for the sake of her son.

Even later, when things became as incompatible as fire and water, the condition she set was that her husband could not have illegitimate children outside.

It was all to preserve her son's right of inheritance.

Yet her own son had actually helped his father keep it a secret, that he had an illegitimate daughter.

The pain of being betrayed made her feel a piercing, bone-deep ache throughout her entire body.

Chu Li supported his mother, "Mom, I'm sorry."

He had only learned about this matter after Qin Yunshu fled the wedding.

At that time, Lady Qin had found him and, with tears streaming down her face, told him of Qin Yunshu's true parentage.

He loathed those illegitimate sons and daughters, but Qin Yunshu was different; she had saved him, and she was his sister by blood.

He could not ignore it.

Cheng Wan had been standing quietly to the side the whole time, and at this moment, she finally understood.

Why Chu Li always placed Qin Yunshu first.

Why Qin Yunshu was so certain that Chu Li would definitely stand on her side.

So, they were biological half-siblings.

No wonder.

She curled her lips in a mocking smile.

Lady Qin had achieved her goal and was exceptionally happy.

"A Li, you cannot ignore Yun Shu's situation."

Madam Chu slapped her across the face, her gaze dripping with poison.

"Bitch."

She had guarded against everything, yet she never expected such a grown illegitimate daughter to pop up.

Lady Qin touched her cheek, not caring in the slightest, and threatened them with a crazed look.

"If you don't acknowledge Yun Shu back into the Chu Family, I will take this matter to the internet and ruin all of your reputations."

The Cheng Family despised Yun Shu's background; now that she had become the true young lady of the Chu Family, she wanted to see how the Cheng Family could still despise her.

"Absolutely impossible." Madam Chu stared fixedly at Lady Qin, wishing she could hack her into ten thousand pieces.

She would never let Qin Yunshu return to the Chu Family to acknowledge her ancestors.

"Chu Li, I'll wait for your news." Lady Qin turned and left.

Madam Chu looked at her son, tears streaming from the corners of her eyes.

She was disappointed.

She was even filled with resentment.

"Mom." Chu Li called out in a low voice, "I'll take you back."

"Chu Li, you are my son, how could you treat me like this?"

Madam Chu slapped her son and asked in a breakdown.

Compared to her husband's philandering, her son's betrayal was even harder for her to accept.

Moreover, the way Lady Qin acted was a complete provocation to her face.

It was simply a humiliating disgrace.

Chu Li turned his head, a bright red fingerprint appearing on his handsome face.

"She saved me."

This was the truth.

Back then, if it hadn't been for Qin Yunshu, Chu Li would have already been tortured to death by those people.

He had originally intended to give her the position of Mrs. Chu to protect her for a lifetime, but she had fallen for someone else.

Later, when he found out about her relationship to him...

All he could do was compensate her.

As a brother, to compensate her.