novelraw Chapter 1381 - 271: Betrayal and Treachery, Trapped Like a Turtle in a Jar (First Update)
Chapter 1381 - 271: Betrayal and Treachery, Trapped Like a Turtle in a Jar (First Update)
The old man snorted coldly, "Get out."
Lu Yuke’s face instantly turned grim, "Old thing, don’t be ungrateful. I ask you, where did you put the Blood Ganoderma the old lady left behind?"
"Want the Blood Ganoderma? Keep dreaming." The old man spat directly in her face.
Lu Yuke leisurely wiped her face with a handkerchief, her eyes filled with gloom. A small knife slipped from her sleeve, pressing close to his neck, "I’ll give you one last chance. If you don’t tell me, I’ll send you to Hell to meet them."
She couldn’t wait any longer, "You’re going to die sooner or later anyways, I’ll just help you on your way."
The old man’s face turned as dark as it could get, "You venomous woman, you’re committing patricide, you’ll be struck by lightning."
Lu Yuke burst into laughter, suddenly lowered her head and glared at him, her eyes filled with hatred like a raging fire.
"What if I’m struck by lightning? I have walked this world, reached this point, and I’ve never regretted it."
The old man’s hand shook with anger, "Madwoman... you’re a madwoman..."
"You all drove me crazy, Yan Shuchen. What wrong have I done? You treated me like this back then, letting your son elope with that slut. If it weren’t for your tacit approval, could they have escaped this city? Clearly, I was engaged, but you broke your promise first, so don’t blame me for being ruthless. It’s all your doing." The madness shone in Lu Yuke’s eyes.
The old man stared at her in disbelief, "Then Ziling... the difficult labor... was it your doing?"
At this point, Lu Yuke had nothing to hide, "Yes, it was me. I pushed her when she was going down the stairs, causing her to fall and give premature birth, and I bribed the midwife to poison her inducing medication. Two lives lost, hahaha, Mu Ziling died too easily; in her life, she could never match me. It’s hateful that Yan Guomao preferred to die rather than marry me, and even sought death for that woman. How could there be such a foolish man? Huh? How could he be so foolish? Once dead, everything is gone..."
Listening to the harsh truth of the past, the cruelty stabbed at the old man’s heart like a knife, tears streaming down his face, "Lu Xiane, the thing I regret the most in this life is being saved by your father and haphazardly arranging this marriage. I regret it so much, knowing it would end like this, I might as well have died that day rather than leading my son to such a fate...."
In those days, the second house was completely destroyed, leaving only a three-year-old child. A year later, the old lady also died in sorrow, hating him to her last breath... Over the years, Lu Yuke had run wild in the Yan Family, ruling over it, repeatedly attempting to harm Nanmo. If it weren’t for Nanmo’s cleverness and good fortune, they wouldn’t have survived till now. Now she’s set her sights on Ah Song and Yun Ya. How could he bear it?
He truly wished he had died on the battlefield back then, rather than be saved by Lu’s big mouth, haphazardly setting the marriage, dooming Mo’er and Ziling, and his unborn granddaughter. He knew full well, now besides the second house, the Yan Family was nothing but an empty shell, all thanks to the venomous woman in front of him. He wished he could strangle her.
Hearing the old man call her by her old name, Lu Yuke’s gaze instantly turned icy cold, "Regret is the most foolish and useless emotion in the world. You have no more chances, the ones who should die are dead, and those who aren’t will be soon. The once glorious Yan Family will soon be but a memory, like a high-rise building," boom, "collapsing into nothing. All those who wronged me will accompany my son in death."
Lu Yuke grew more excited as she spoke, her eyes blazing with madness.
The old man looked at her in disbelief, "What do you intend to do?"
Lu Yuke evidently had no patience for such words, the dagger approaching inches away, she said coldly, "Hand over the Blood Ganoderma, or I’ll kill you right now."
The old man’s lips suddenly curled into a strange smile, and Lu Yuke’s brow furrowed slightly.
"There’s no such thing as Blood Ganoderma, it’s fake, I threw it away long ago."
Lu Yuke was shocked beyond words, "Impossible... you’re lying to me, you old fool. Seems you won’t shed tears until you see the coffin. Fine, I’ll grant your wish..." As she finished speaking, she gripped the dagger and thrust it toward the old man’s chest.
"Whoosh" Lu Yuke’s wrist suddenly went numb, and the dagger fell to the ground at a bizarre angle, blade down, deeply embedded into the floor.
Lu Yuke turned to see a slender figure leap from the beam, touching down lightly, gown billowing, graceful and strangely handsome.