AWB Chapter 125 Deviation (47)
Chapter 125 Deviation (47)
"you……"
“I can’t just listen to your side of the story about the past; a confrontation is the most direct way.” Yan Zhen turned on the speakerphone and asked Zhou Rang on the other end of the line, “Brother Zhou, what do you have to say about what the old lady said?”
Zhou Rang didn't mince words and said to the old lady, "Since you're going to use my background to dissuade Xiao Wei, why don't you be clear about it? My biological mother is indeed not you, but you don't need to twist the facts and make Xiao Wei think that my mother is a bad woman who seduced my brother-in-law."
"It was clearly you who worried that your eldest brother, who was disabled in a car accident, and your second brother, who has congenital heart disease, would lose their inheritance rights to your husband's illegitimate child. So you arranged for your cousin, my mother, to be with my father and give birth to me as a tool for you to consolidate your power."
The old lady's face drained of color inch by inch.
“After you used her, you sent her back to her hometown and she married a local man. She died in childbirth in the third year of her marriage.” Zhou Rang said calmly. “Of course, you can also insist that my mother seduced my father, but as far as I know, the year my mother gave birth to me, her mother was seriously ill and needed a lot of money for surgery, and you gave her that money.”
As soon as he finished speaking, the door to the private room was pushed open from the outside, and Zhou Rang stood there.
He hung up the call, first looked at Yan Zhen and nodded to her, then shifted his gaze to the old lady, watching her walk in step by step.
"You're right about one thing: I am indeed ruthless. Otherwise, how do you think Father died, and why is Second Brother's illness getting worse?"
The old lady was startled and stood up abruptly, looking at him in disbelief.
Yan Zhen also paused for a moment.
As expected, the male protagonists in novels all come from tragic backgrounds.
"In the end, you are the culprit. Do you know why I'm not going to touch you?" Zhou Rang smiled slightly. "I want to keep you alive so that you can watch with your own eyes everything you care about and everything you've tried your best to get fall into my control."
The old lady trembled with anger: "Zhou Rang, don't forget you also have the surname Zhou! No matter who your mother is, you are still a member of the Zhou family!"
“It’s just a surname. Whether it’s Wang, Zhang, or Zhou, it makes no difference to me.” Zhou Rang’s eyes were full of sarcasm. “You will have to pay the price for what you have done.”
After saying that, Zhou Rang took Yan Zhen's hand and led her out of the private room.
Zhou Rang didn't bring an assistant or bodyguards; his car was parked outside.
After the two got into the car, Yan Zhen suddenly asked, "When you were a child, was your grandmother mean to you?"
Zhou Rang said, "I have no shortage of food and clothing."
He was never short of anything materially, but that was all.
He didn't go into details, but Yan Zhen could guess from the clues what kind of life he used to lead.
The old lady orchestrated her cousin's fleeting affair with her husband and got what she wanted: a healthy heir.
But one of those two was her husband, and the other was her cousin. She always felt uncomfortable about them, so she didn't deliberately hide his background. She just blurred the key points and made people think that Zhou Rang was the product of his sister-in-law and brother-in-law's immoral relationship.
Even the family's nanny knew that the third young master's biological mother was the old lady's sister, which shows how much criticism Zhou Rang suffered openly and secretly during his childhood.
He suffered cold treatment in his childhood, left his hometown in his youth, and after returning to China after completing his studies, he investigated and learned the truth about his background. No wonder he had no feelings for the Zhou family.
Therefore, when Zhou Rang learned that she was Zhou Yan's wife, he did not hesitate at all and wanted to take her to his side.
That's why he agreed so readily to deal with Zhou Yan.
Thinking about this, Yan Zhen felt very conflicted.
In the past twenty-nine years of Zhou Rang's life, the area of "relationships" has been barren.
His life experiences and sensitive, suspicious nature have made him like a lone wolf. He has no family, no lover, and not even a close friend.
He was emotionally empty, but when she showed him a little kindness on the fishing island, he fell for her and then reciprocated with a full heart of passionate love.
This person is both sincere and dangerous.
For him, he had accepted himself, and therefore his world consisted only of her.
He couldn't tolerate any imperfections, betrayal, or even her not loving him.
Yan Zhen could almost imagine the consequences if she married him and spent the remaining forty years of her life with him—
She is not a person who stays in love for long. Her appreciation for men with whom she has a sexual relationship is limited to their appearance. She has no interest in exploring a man's inner qualities.
Moreover, you develop feelings for a dog after raising it for a long time, let alone spending the rest of your forty years with a man. She couldn't imagine what it would be like to develop a bond with an NPC in a mission.
This is so stupid and so terrible.
"...Xiao Wei? Xiao Wei?"
Yan Zhen snapped out of her daze and saw Zhou Rang, who was driving, looking at her anxiously.
"Huh? What's wrong?"
"What are you thinking about?" Zhou Rang asked. "I called you several times but you didn't hear me."
Yan Zhen naturally couldn't reveal his true thoughts, so he casually replied, "It's nothing."
"...Did I scare you?"
Yan Zhen looked at him, his eyes flickered, and his eyes were full of insecurity.
"No, I'm not that easily scared."
"Then you just..."
After leaving the teahouse, she was lost in thought.
Zhou Rang regretted exposing his cruel side to her.
"I was just wondering if the old lady still stands after you angered her by saying she would help me deal with Zhou Yan."
Zhou Rang breathed a sigh of relief: "I don't need her to interfere. I have no intention of letting Zhou Yan off the hook."
Yan Zhen laughed: "I was just trying to save you some trouble."
"It's no trouble at all." Zhou Rang changed the subject. "What would you like to eat for lunch? I'll make it for you."
Yan Zhen ordered a few dishes and, after perfunctorily dealing with Zhou Rang, she immediately called out to the system: "Xiao Qi, speed up the mission. Once the mission is complete, leave this world immediately."
Xiao Qi quickly responded: "Huh? Why? Don't you really like Ming Yiwei's body?"
The host himself is used to treating the time after completing a task as a vacation, and he will leave when he is sixty years old.
Although there had been instances of completing a mission and leaving early, that was because the original owner's body was that of a disabled person with a missing leg, and the world they lived in was a heavily polluted "garbage planet."
Yan Zhen said righteously, "Zhou Yanqing's score is far higher than mine. I have to correct my work attitude and stand up for myself. I can't let him outdo me."
Xiao Qi hesitated and said, "But... if we go back, we'll have to face the God of Mirror Sinking. Aren't you afraid he'll punish you?"
Yan Zhen: "..."
There is a wolf in front and a tiger behind.
She gritted her teeth: "Whether you stick your neck out or not, you'll still get stabbed. Dying sooner or later is the same as dying. Just do as I say, get rid of Zhou Yan and Su Er, and then leave this world."
Xiao Qi had no choice but to reply, "Okay, please allow me to remind you that the host needs a legitimate reason to be removed from the original owner's body when the owner is still young and middle-aged."
"You will either die accidentally, such as in a car accident, a fall, murder, or suicide, or die from illness. If you choose the latter, I will now implant the cause of your illness to ensure you die smoothly at the time you wish to be discharged."