Chapter 232: Chu Yue's Plan

Chu Fangfei bit her lip hard; from childhood to adulthood, her mother had always valued her brother the most.

But this was the first time she had said such harsh words.

Chu Fangfei turned her head and said, "I won't call."

She had already decided to get a divorce.

Chu Yue wanted nothing more than to slap her daughter, but thinking of how she was still carrying a child—which was a treasure—she held back.

"Fangfei, it's not that I insist on scolding you; I'm just sad for you." Chu Yue softened her tone; after all, Chu Fangfei was still useful for now.

To strike with a stick and then offer a sweet date was her consistent style of doing things.

She sat down beside her daughter and said earnestly, "You must know what happened to the Chu Family. Your grandfather is a senile old fool, which is why he handed the group over to an outsider. If I don't fight for it, we won't have anything in the future."

"I need Wen Lvzhong to help." Chu Yue finally stated her purpose.

Chu Fangfei didn't understand, "If you want his help, then talk to him properly. Why be so impulsive?"

The stance Chu Yue took at the Wen Family did not look like someone asking for a favor, but rather like someone coming to collect a debt.

That is not the way to ask for help.

Chu Yue's expression turned slightly ugly; her daughter only had outsiders in her eyes.

"I also wanted to test their attitude and see if they value you," Chu Yue explained. "I'll be fierce, and you use the child in your belly to act weak; Wen Lvzhong will surely be manipulated completely."

But she hadn't expected that her foolish daughter would agree to a divorce.

Chu Fangfei lowered her head, but in her heart, she suddenly understood.

Her mother, her closest mother, wasn't going for Cheng Wan; she wanted to use her own daughter to trade for benefits.

How truly pathetic.

"If Wen Lvzhong agrees to my conditions, it means he cares about you."

Chu Fangfei's throat felt dry, "What if he isn't willing?"

Chu Yue laughed coldly, exceptionally heartless and cruel, "Then I will destroy him."

The Wen Family is involved in politics; Wen Lvzhong and Qin Xingwan having a child out of wedlock, and then Qin Xingwan dying—such a scandal would be a massive blow to the Wen Family.

It was precisely because of this that the Wen Family had never allowed Wen Lvzhong and Qin Ping'an to return home.

Chu Fangfei clenched her fingers; her mother had always been like this—if she couldn't have something, she would destroy it.

Wen Lvzhong.

She painfully whispered that name.

Even though their relationship had already fractured—no, there had never been any affection between them.

She could not bear to watch him be destroyed.

"What help do you want from him?" Chu Fangfei asked.

Chu Yue hesitated for a moment, not wanting to say.

Chu Fangfei was not in a hurry, she said calmly, "If you hide everything from me, how am I supposed to know what I need to do?"

Chu Yue thought that was true, and besides, Chu Fangfei was right by her side and couldn't escape her grasp.

"Your brother bought some spices abroad. Doesn't the Wen Family have people in customs? I want them to help get the spices in."

"Fangfei, A-Cheng values this batch of spices highly. We must find a way to transport them in; only then will we have enough confidence in our hands, and only then can we better protect everything of the Chu Family."

She spoke in a high-sounding manner.

But Chu Fangfei felt a chill in her heart.

Things that require pulling strings to transport in are surely not good things.

Chu Yue wants to drag the Wen Family into the water so she can better use them in the future.

So she went to the Wen Family, using the guise of backing her up, hoping Wen Lvzhong would compromise for the sake of his wife and child, never expecting Wen Lvzhong to directly demand a divorce.

Chu Yue tried to steal a chicken only to lose the rice, yet she refused to give up easily.

"This is illegal and criminal," Chu Fangfei gritted her teeth. "If it's discovered, the Wen Family will be finished."

The entire Wen Family would be implicated.

"What illegal or criminal? It's just asking them to provide a convenience," Chu Yue said dismissively. "The things A-Cheng is transporting aren't contraband either."

"If that's the case, why be so secretive?"

Chu Yue was furious, "Chu Fangfei, I am your mother! How dare you lose your temper at me like this."

Chu Fangfei wept numbly.

Chu Yue couldn't stand to look at her like this, so she left after dropping one sentence.

"If you refuse to call and hook Wen Lvzhong, don't blame me for being impolite. I don't believe Wen Lvzhong doesn't like you, to the point where he wouldn't even want his own child."

The door was shut.

Chu Fangfei clutched her chest and collapsed onto the sofa.

Chu Yue intended to use both soft and hard tactics, making her use the child to bind Wen Lvzhong while she herself negotiated terms with him.

What a calculation.

That man, Wen Lvzhong, has too strong a sense of responsibility; if he knew the child was being used as leverage, he...

Chu Fangfei closed her eyes... but if she didn't agree, the affair between Wen Lvzhong and Qin Xingwan would be exposed, and Cheng Wan would also be dragged into it.

What was she to do?

Without realizing it, she picked up her phone, her finger hovering over the contacts, but no matter what, her finger could not press down.

In the end, she put the phone away.

The next day, Chu Yue asked Chu Fangfei and, upon learning that Chu Fangfei hadn't called Wen Lvzhong, her expression changed immediately.

"Chu Fangfei, how can your heart be so cold and hard? Do you know this concerns your brother's future?"

Chu Fangfei felt miserable inside, "Back then, you wanted me to work in the Perfume Division. I spent three years building it up, and when he came back, you gave my position to him without a word. And from childhood to adulthood, every time, I had to yield to him..."

A crisp slapping sound cut off Chu Fangfei's words.

Chu Yue stomped her feet in anger, "We are a family, why are you being so calculating? Could it be that he won't take care of you or back you up in the future?"

Daughters are indeed here to collect debts; that saying is not wrong at all.

Chu Fangfei tilted her head, tears sliding down, "I have already done enough for him over these years; I don't want to use myself to pave the way for him anymore."

She refused decisively.

She did not sleep all night, thinking only of this matter.

If she continued to compromise, then the next time Chu City had an issue, Chu Yue would still use her.

She would never be able to escape that suffocating home.

It would be better to make things clear this time.

She said word by word, "Let him find a way for his own affairs; I will not call Wen Lvzhong."

And I certainly won't use the child to hold him hostage.

Chu Fangfei was very clear that as long as she did not compromise, Chu Yue's hand could not reach Wen Lvzhong.

Chu Yue stared at Chu Fangfei in disbelief; was this still her daughter who had always been obedient?

To be so unfilial.

"Chu Fangfei, you..." Chu Yue was so angry she could not speak.

Chu Fangfei straightened her back, "If I hear a single bad word about him outside, I will tell Grandfather everything."

She raised her phone, "I have already recorded it."

Chu Yue went to grab the phone, but Chu Fangfei dodged.

She went straight downstairs to the dining room.

Old Master Chu was eating breakfast; he looked at her appearance, then glanced at Chu Yue not far away.

"Did you quarrel with your mother?"

Chu Fangfei gave a faint "Mm"; with such a big commotion, the old master was already clear about it in his heart.

"Did you also quarrel with Wen Lvzhong?" Old Master Chu asked again.

Chu Fangfei really wanted to cry.