novelraw Chapter 528 - 526: You say she has always had mental issues?
Chapter 528 - 526: You say she has always had mental issues?
Ji Guoqiang was momentarily at a loss, and after a long pause, he asked, "You say she has had mental issues all along? Related to the car accident five years ago?"
Lu Beichen kept staring at his face, "Didn’t Father-in-law notice anything strange after she woke up from the accident? Like how she doesn’t even remember how the accident happened."
Ji Guoqiang looked up at Lu Beichen. Why was he bringing this up? Thinking of Ji Niandong’s almost deranged appearance just now, he couldn’t help but ask, "Is Tongtong’s condition serious?"
"Why isn’t Father-in-law answering about what happened in the car accident?" Lu Beichen asked softly, "Isn’t that the reason for her mental issues?"
Ji Guoqiang swallowed, "She, she got into an accident on the way back from the hotel, and then she was lying in the hospital..."
"Didn’t she go to Paris?" Lu Beichen asked bluntly.
Ji Guoqiang was suddenly shocked and couldn’t help but take a step back. How did he know? Of course! A man like Lu Beichen, who wields such power, how could he not know?
Ji Guoqiang gulped, "What do you know?"
"I’m the one asking you now!" Lu Beichen spoke calmly, with an irresistible authority, "What exactly are you hiding?"
Ji Guoqiang stepped forward and grabbed his arm, "What exactly do you know? Is it because you know something that’s why you stopped caring about Tongtong, why you didn’t go rescue her immediately after the accident?"
Ji Guoqiang began to question him forcefully, "The news that was quickly censored last night said you saved someone named Gu Xiyao and said she is Nian Nian’s biological mother. Because she’s your son’s biological mother, is that why you didn’t rescue Tongtong?"
He abruptly veered the topic away. Lu Beichen felt guiltier over the matter and had to patiently explain, "Xi Yao is my distant relative’s niece. I couldn’t possibly ignore her when she was in trouble. It was my negligence that resulted in not rescuing Tongtong immediately. You can blame me, but please tell me, what exactly happened to Tongtong back then?"
"Would you still treat her well if something happened?" Ji Guoqiang asked.
"Of course, she’s Mrs. Lu!" Lu Beichen said without hesitation.
Ji Guoqiang held his arm, almost pleading, "I was informed to find my daughter in the hospital after her car accident. I don’t know how she got back or how the accident happened." He paused, "Please, let’s not bring up the past, okay? Don’t let Tongtong know about it. She can’t even remember how she got into the accident, so it’s clear how much she doesn’t want to recall those events. Although Tongtong wasn’t raised by me... with as much heart, I understand her well. She can’t handle shocks, so don’t bring it up, just as a favor to me. If you insist on uncovering the past, even if it means taking Tongtong away from you, I won’t let you harm her."
Lu Beichen furrowed his brows tightly as he looked at him. Was what Ji Guoqiang said indicating his profound care for his daughter, or was he truly uninvolved in the events of that time?
Lu Beichen turned around and pulled out a pack of cigarettes, "Care to smoke?"
Ji Guoqiang shook his head, "I promised Tongtong I wouldn’t touch cigarettes or alcohol anymore."
Lu Beichen, feeling dissatisfied, put the cigarettes back in, but then pulled them out again, "I’ll just have one!"
From a distance, Li Yi saw his boss smoking again. It seemed he had been smoking more frequently lately, just like when he first started working as his secretary after his boss returned from France.
What was troubling the boss so much that he was now at a loss?
As Lu Beichen was about to finish his cigarette, he saw Ning Zesheng approaching, carrying a fruit basket and standing in front of him, asking, "Is Ji Niandong seriously injured? You don’t smoke casually."
Ji Guoqiang suddenly gave Lu Beichen a look, and Li Yi timely approached to take the fruit basket from Ning Zesheng’s hands, "I’ll help you take it inside, Uncle Ji, shall we go in together?"
Ji Guoqiang nodded and followed him inside.