Volume 1, Chapter 137: The Phoenix Man (4)

"???! !!"
"Absolutely explosive!"
"Cheating women deserve to die! I'm on the man's side this time!"

"Master, the deceased should be treated with respect! Lanlan is already dead; you cannot smear her reputation like this!" Wang Guihua could no longer hold back, defending her daughter. "As her mother, I stake my own reputation on it: she absolutely did not cheat during this marriage!"

"Ma'am, please don't be anxious. Listen to me finish," Qin Yu said, casting a subtle glance at Xu Jingtang. He hung his head, his eyes dark and inscrutable, hiding his thoughts.

"To be precise, it was Xu Jingtang who discovered chat records between Shu Minglan and someone else that were quite ambiguous in tone."

"The person in these chat records was none other than one of Shu Minglan's former suitors. Back then, Shu Minglan had chosen Xu Jingtang over this man."

That suitor was truly the fated soulmate Shu Minglan was meant to be with, which is why the two were naturally drawn to each other. Xu Jingtang had likely discovered this and developed the intent to kill them both.

Upon hearing this, Xu Jingtang decided to deny everything. "I don't know what you're talking about. You claim I intentionally positioned myself in Lanlan's life—do you have any proof?"

"Without evidence, this is nothing but slander! I have the right to take you to court!"

"As for this so-called cheating you mentioned, it is entirely baseless! He had just returned from abroad and wanted to invite me and Lanlan to dinner, that is all! We are friends; what is wrong with having a meal together?"

"If you don't provide a reasonable explanation today, I will not only sue you for violating my reputation, but I will also sue you for violating Lanlan's!" Xu Jingtang wore a fierce, defensive expression.

"Huh? What Xu Jingtang is saying seems true. Could the master have calculated wrong?"
"Sister, my idol has never missed. Even though this man talks very convincingly, I stand with my idol!"
"Firmly following the streamer's lead!"

Qin Yu knew he wouldn't shed a tear until he saw his own coffin, so she continued, "You were the one who orchestrated Tang Xiao's opportunity to study abroad."

"From the very beginning, you knew that Tang Xiao and Shu Minglan were a couple. If you wanted to steal his love, you had to get Tang Xiao out of the way, so you manipulated the situation to ensure he received the only spot to go abroad."

Qin Yu shook her head, thinking to herself: *This Tang Xiao was also a blockhead, focused only on returning after half a year of study to confess his feelings to his beloved.* He never imagined that in just half a year, his beloved would belong to another man.

Xu Jingtang's eyes flickered, but he stubbornly refused to admit it. "This is all your own fabrication. Do you have proof? If you have evidence, please call the police to arrest me!"

Qin Yu couldn't help but offer a compliment. "As expected of someone who survived police interrogation; your mental fortitude is truly strong."

As she spoke, Qin Yu pulled a pieced-together sheet of paper from her pocket. "Does this look familiar to you?"

From the very beginning, she had used sound transmission to ask Mu Ling to find this item. The moment the paper was revealed, Xu Jingtang lost his composure. "This letter isn't..."

Realizing he had exposed himself, Xu Jingtang immediately shut his mouth.

Qin Yu smiled as she finished his sentence, "Isn't it supposed to have been shredded into dust by the shredder?"

Beside her, Mu Ling thought: *o(╥﹏╥)o My eyes are still blurry from trying to piece that together.*

Xu Jingtang sat with his upper body stiff, his nerves clearly strained. He struggled, hoping that Qin Yu was only using the object in her hand to bluff him. "I don't understand what you are talking about."

Qin Yu narrowed her eyes. *Fine, fine! Since you insist on me making this public, I will oblige you!*

Qin Yu looked at the flowing handwriting on the letter and began to read:

"Dearest Mother,
Are you well lately?
Your son is all alone in Dijing. My heart is often filled with frustration, yet I have had no one to confide in until now, so I am writing this letter to you.
Mother, I have encountered something very distressing recently. I have discovered that the wife I love so deeply seems to be... I do not know how to handle this. I love her so much, and I fear that if I speak out, I will lose her; yet, I cannot swallow this bitterness.
Mother, what should I do?"

Qin Yu read slowly, but every word she uttered caused Xu Jingtang to clench his fists tighter.

"Don't I even have the right to communicate with my own mother?" Xu Jingtang asked through gritted teeth.

Qin Yu sighed. "I'm afraid your mother still doesn't know she was being used by you, does she?"

Although He Huizhu was a rural woman who had only attended school for a few years, she understood that for someone from the mountains, the only way out was through education. So, when she learned her son could stay in the big city, she was happy, yet simultaneously worried.

Therefore, when Xu Jingtang sent this letter home, she felt a burning desire to teach this daughter-in-law, whom she had barely met, a lesson. This led to her insisting on moving into their bedroom, squeezing into their space.

And the real catalyst for He Huizhu's decision to kill was one single remark from Xu Jingtang. He had hinted, both directly and indirectly, that the child in Shu Minglan's womb was not his own. For the sake of her "grandchild," He Huizhu took action.