Chapter 146: The Truth
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
Xu Xinran, feeling embarrassed, responded, “Yao Yang is right. I didn’t consider it thoroughly. My leg can wait; Zhenzhen is more important. Master Lu, please let us know if there’s anything we need to prepare.”
“No problem, there’s no need for equipment. I’ll just check your pulse,” Lu Miao replied.
Lu Miao reached out and took Xu Xinran’s wrist, and from the corner of her eye, she noticed Wen Yaoyang suddenly tensing his body, her lips slightly curling up.
Then Lu Miao turned to Wen Yao Yang and asked, “Can I take a look at the medication you bought from the hospital?”
Wen Yaoyang’s hand holding the bag tightened, but he maintained a gentle smile on his face and said, “They are just some common medications for treating myasthenia gravis. ”
Lu Miao nodded and reached out for the bag.
Wen Yaoyang’s fingertips holding the bag turned pale, but eventually, he handed over the medications to her.
Lu Miao took the medications out of the bag and examined each one.
“Master Lu, do you have any other questions? If not, I’ll go downstairs to prepare the taro. Xinran will need to eat later,” Wen Yaoyang said, reaching for the medications in her hand.
However, Lu Miao acted as if she hadn’t seen his gesture and placed the medications aside on a hearby cabinet.
“One last question, Mr. Wen. How is your relationship with your daughter?” Lu Miao asked, her eyes filled with sadness.
Wen Yao Yang pursed his lips, and a touch of grief appeared on his face.
“Zhenzhen has eyes and a nose that resemble mine. She is smart and obedient. Every day, she would wait for me obediently at the door as I finished work. She would even pick flowers from the small garden to give to me. She is my only daughter and the embodiment of the love between Xinran and me.”
Although he didn’t directly answer the question, every word described the beautiful relationship between him and his daughter.
It was a flawless response.
Lu Miao looked at the little girl who had somehow run over and was kicking him with her small feet.
“You’re lying,” she said.
“What do you mean, Master Lu?” Wen Yaoyang’s patience and gentleness, which had been maintained since they entered, disappeared completely, replaced by a layer of coldness.
“That’s exactly what you heard,” Lu Miao said, not bothering to beat around the bush. “On the day Zhenzhen went missing, you were at home. Moreover, you don’t only have Zhenzhen as a daughter, and you don’t love her. You try so hard to portray yourself as a good husband and father, but the reality is quite the opposite.”
Wen Yaoyang felt a tightness in his chest and his face darkened. “I see that this Master Lu is not here to help us find our daughter but is a fraud who doesn’t understand anything. You’ve conspired with others to come to our house and deceive us for money. Lian, please escort her out.”
The maid hesitated and looked at Xu Xinran.
Xu Xinran quickly spoke up, “Master Lu, is there some misunderstanding here? Yao Yang has been good to Zhenzhen and me. We don’t have any other children besides Zhenzhen. I’ve heard that you’re very skilled in feng Shui and even the Gu family sought your services. Our family is not as influential as those noble families, and we rarely have the opportunity to interact. It’s unlikely that you’re a fraud.”
“You only have Zhenzhen as a daughter, but he doesn’t,” Lu Miao raised her hand and pointed at Wen Yao Yang. “Mr. Wen, if I’m not mistaken, you have a son in the countryside who is five years old, two years older than Zhenzhen. You were already married and had a child with another woman before marrying Miss Xu.”
Xu Xinran’s face turned pale instantly, her voice trembling as she looked at
Wen Yaoyang. “Is what Master Lu saying true?”
“Xinran, don’t listen to this woman’s nonsense. We met when I had just graduated from university. How could I have already been married and had a
child? In this past year, have we encountered any shortage of scammers? She’s definitely trying to sow discord between us and then use it to deceive money from you,” Wen Yaoyang explained with a stern face.
“In your hometown, you may not have obtained a marriage certificate, but once a ceremony is held and a child is born, it is a de facto marriage. Whether it’s true or not, we can find out by checking in your hometown,” Lu Miao said, taking out her phone and pretending to make a call.
Seeing this, Wen Yaoyang reached out, attempting to snatch the phone from her hand.
Lu Miao took a step back, avoiding him. “Mr. Wen, if you’re not lying, I’ll make a call to verify. What are you afraid of?”
“I just don’t want to hear your nonsense. Xinran’s parents had already sent someone to investigate before our marriage. If I had truly been married and had a child, how could they have agreed to let Xinran marry me?” Wen Yaoyang gritted his teeth.
“That’s why they had an accident,” Lu Miao sneered.
She hadn’t expected that what initially started as helping someone find their missing daughter would evolve into solving a case.
Wen Yaoyang’s face changed dramatically, and he grew furious. “You’re spreading rumors, defaming me! Xinran’s parents died in a car accident caused by the other driver’s drunk driving. What does that have to do with me?”
Lu Miao walked to the window, pushed it open, and glanced at the large garden of roses outside before turning to look at Wen Yaoyang.
“I’ve heard that roses bloom more beautifully when irrigated with fresh blood. What do you think, Mr. Wen?”
Wen Yaoyang’s pupils contracted instantly, and his fist clenched tightly at his side.
“I don’t understand what you’re saying.”
Xu Xinran’s face turned pale.
“Master Lu… Master Lu, what are you talking about? Is there something wrong with my parents’ accident? What does all of this have to do with Zhenzhen?”
“If you want to know where your daughter is, she’s not missing. She’s right here,” Lu Miao replied.
Upon hearing this, Xu Xinran couldn’t help but tremble all over, overwhelmed by a sense of foreboding. She struggled to stand up but found her legs powerless, so she trembled and gripped the armrests of the wheelchair.
With a glimmer of hope, she looked at Lu Miao and pleaded, “Master Lu, you said Zhenzhen is here. Where is she?”
Lu Miao raised her hand and gestured towards the front of Wen Yaoyang.
The little girl immediately ran up to her and looked up at her.
Lu Miao smiled and patted her head.
Lu Miao smiled and reached out to pat the girl’s head.
Wen Yao Yang saw her waving her hand towards empty space and inexplicably reaching out to touch it as if there was really someone standing in front of her. And the height she gestured was clearly that of a child.
Realizing this, Wen Yaoyang’s scalp went numb in an instant. The hair all over his body stood on end, and he involuntarily took a few steps back, retreating away from her.
Lu Miao looked at him with a sly smile. “What are you afraid of?”
As she finished speaking, “Ding Ling, Ding Ling,” a clear ringing sound instantly entered Wen Yaoyang’s ears.
Wen Yaoyang turned his head in horror, looking around him.
No matter how hard he tried to look, he couldn’t see anyone or anything else.
“What have you done? Why can I hear the sound of bells?” The ringing sound grew closer, accompanied by the sound of “Da Da Da,” small shoes stepping on
the floor..
