novelraw Chapter 549 Pregnant (5)
Chapter 549 Pregnant (5)
He turned and left, obviously with no intention of listening further.Mrs. Chen was somewhat anxious, "Haven’t you been looking for her for a long time? Haven’t you been unable to let go? Do you really not care at all?"
He finally turned around, looked at her, and slowly said, "Mrs. Chen seems to have forgotten that I am already engaged."
His meaning was clear. Now that he was engaged, the leverage she thought she held over him wasn’t as important.
Seeing that she couldn’t hold her ground, Mrs. Chen had to relent and changed her tone, "Fine, I’ll tell you, as long as you promise to send Shi Qing abroad."
Hearing this, Fu Nancheng stopped in his tracks, turned around, and sat back down across from Mrs. Chen.
Mrs. Chen paused for a moment, then slowly spoke, "Actually, the person you’re looking for isn’t far from you; you could say she’s right in front of you."
Fu Nancheng remained silent, waiting for her to continue.
Yet his thoughts wandered—right in front of him?
"You may not know, but the Qiao family has adopted a young lady from the orphanage."
As soon as Mrs. Chen spoke, even Fu Nancheng, who was mentally prepared, was taken aback; he hadn’t expected her answer to be this.
"The Qiao family has another young lady named Qiao Yun. But she died in a house fire eight years ago."
Fu Nancheng froze... Qiao Yun...
Qiao Yun?
When he previously investigated Qiao Mo’s background, he had heard of Qiao Yun’s existence, but according to his findings, she wasn’t dead and was sent abroad.
Mrs. Chen slowly said, "In fact, you should be aware of her existence. But perhaps the truth may not be as your investigation results showed."
"Eight years ago, the Qiao family’s warehouse caught fire, and Miss Qiao Yun was trapped inside."
"For some unknown reason, Qiao Dehou erased this event, falsely claiming to the outside world that she was sent abroad."
"We never suspected anything, because firstly, we didn’t think Qiao Dehou had any reason to hide this, and secondly, the Qiao family was quite prosperous those years, so it wasn’t difficult to suppress the news."
Fu Nancheng did not interrupt, his dark eyes were deep, continually scrutinizing the woman in front of him.
"But about half a year ago, I learned that the real truth was Qiao Yun actually died in that fire, though for unknown reasons, Qiao Dehou concealed her death. Even the Qiao family’s elder members were unaware of this matter."
Fu Nancheng frowned slightly, "If I recall correctly, you clearly said earlier that she didn’t die."
"That’s right, when I thought I’d learned the truth, I unexpectedly discovered that Qiao Yun hadn’t died. She was indeed trapped in that fire back then, but somehow she was rescued. Sadly, she suffered severe burns; it’s just unfortunate that the only one who knew the truth, Qiao Dehou, also believed she was dead."
Fu Nancheng remained silent, pondering Mrs. Chen’s words.
"I can give you her address, but I hope you spare the Chen family." Mrs. Chen lowered her gaze and spoke again.
This time, it was not a threat, nor a transaction, but a plea.
A few days ago, Chen Shiqing’s father had come to her; the Chen family was under heavy public scrutiny, declining faster than they had anticipated.
That was when she realized that the young man in front of her had already laid an inescapable net long ago, waiting for the right moment to ensnare the Chen family completely.
How ridiculous it was that all this time, they hadn’t noticed a thing. Instead, they had been hesitant about choosing between Fu Nancheng and Fu Zhiyuan.