Chapter 132

Chapter 132: Why Did It Suddenly Go Quiet?

The few people in the room all had different expressions, but every gaze was fixed on Du De Sheng in fear, as if they were ready to start emergency first aid on him at any moment.

Completely unaware, Du An Rao sighed in her heart.

[A pampered girl not yet twenty gets kicked out by her own family, with no one to rely on and nowhere to live, in such a special time when war is everywhere. An ordinary person would probably have died long ago. But this Miss Qin actually survived, and she even pulled herself together quickly, searching for her lover while building a career…]

No wonder people who can fall for each other usually have a few things in common. Du De Sheng and Miss Qin were both deeply emotional, but that did not stop them from chasing their careers. People like that can rely on their own two hands to make something of themselves wherever they are and live well.

The difference was that Du De Sheng had lost his parents early. His path in the first half of his life had been hard, but at least he had no close relatives dragging him back while he climbed his way up. Miss Qin was far more unlucky.

Back then, when they couldn’t force her to marry, they kicked her out, saying over and over that they were cutting ties and would never see her again.

Once Miss Qin had fought her way up alone and built her own career, those parents, brothers, sisters, and relatives all came back to her one by one, as if there had never been any conflict.

Pressed down by the word “filial piety,” Miss Qin had no choice but to accept her parents again.

Later, those two old people, pushed on by Miss Qin’s brother’s wife, forced her on their deathbeds to adopt one of her brother’s sons under her name, in exchange for not forcing her to marry someone.

They called it “making sure she has someone to rely on in old age.”

But anyone with eyes could see it. Who would give their son away for no reason? Miss Qin’s brother’s family clearly had their eyes on her assets.

Helpless, Miss Qin finally agreed. It was only adoption in name. The child still lived with his own parents.

At first, Miss Qin could still press down her relatives’ restless little schemes, but as she grew older, those relatives became more and more restless.

Especially that boy who was her adopted son in name but really just her nephew. He became more and more brazen about treating himself as her heir. After she retired, he even joined with her care attendant and a few other brothers and sisters to… keep Miss Qin under house arrest.

Clang!

Hearing the sound, Du An Rao subconsciously looked toward Du De Sheng. “Granduncle, you don’t like these snacks?”

“…Right. I don’t like sweets, and I shouldn’t eat things that are too sweet.”

“Then let my brother bring some salty snacks.”

“No need. I’m fine. I can still hold on for a while.” Du De Sheng spoke through gritted teeth, making Du An Rao feel embarrassed for him.

[You really don’t sound fine at all!]

Father Du wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and tried to save the strange mood in the room: “The food is ready. Let’s eat first. Whatever we need to talk about can wait until later.”

A crowd of people moved together to the dining room. Du De Sheng was dying to know his lover’s situation, but he was afraid of disturbing Du An Rao, so he did not keep thinking about the topic and forced himself to chat idly with Father Du about everything under the sun.

Luckily, Du An Rao was also thinking hard about how to pull Miss Qin out of that fire pit. As soon as she sat down, she started muttering again in her heart.

[No wonder the original story wrote that Miss Qin was plagued by illness and spent a miserable old age. That so-called adopted son is simply a beast! To get Miss Qin’s money, he kept her locked up, and once he got what he wanted, he dumped her into some broken building in a remote place and didn’t care about her at all.]

[Miss Qin was already old, and on top of that, she had been abused when she struggled before. She soon fell ill. But this bunch still wouldn’t let her go out to see a doctor. They just watched her get sicker and sicker until she died.]

The veins on the back of Du De Sheng’s hand stood out as he almost snapped his chopsticks in half. Having learned from the last two scares, this time he did not make a sound or draw Du An Rao’s attention.

But the Du family members sitting at the same table knew very well what kind of raging storm was hidden under his calm face.

[Maybe the author wrote this on purpose as conflict. Qiao Yi Ting and the others used Miss Qin’s fake wooden hairpin and the identity of her descendant to get close to Granduncle. But later in the story, by accident, that scumbag boyfriend of hers learned about Miss Qin from one of his low-life friends, who was a certain collateral Qin junior that was watching over Miss Qin.]

At that time, their plan was at its most critical point. How could they let the real Miss Qin appear and ruin it?

So they never told Du De Sheng and even helped keep it secret.

Qiao Yi Ting did hesitate, but sadly, at that time she hadn’t seen her scum boyfriend’s true colors yet. In the end, between the kind boss who treated her well and the boyfriend she was close to, she chose her boyfriend and stayed silent.

Back then, Miss Qin was already seriously ill, and no one went to save her. It didn’t take long before she lost all signs of life and left this world completely.

Compared to this, everything Qiao Yi Ting had done before seemed like nothing.

Because of that, after she later learned of Butler Du and that scumbag son’s plan and saw the true faces of the father and son, this was the thing Qiao Yi Ting regretted the most.

Sadly, not every mistake in this world can be forgiven. Life and death became a chasm that Du De Sheng could never cross in this lifetime. That near miss, when they brushed close to each other, could only become an eternal regret between two lovers.

Hearing this, Du De Sheng suddenly turned his head to look at Qiao Yi Ting, who was standing not far behind him, and his eyes turned icy cold.

When he learned of her relationship with the steward, he stayed calm. When he heard she used a fake hairpin to pretend to be his lover’s descendant, he was still calm. But now, after finding out that she had already known the person he had been searching for all his life was still alive, and living in misery, and still chose to hide it from him for her own benefit, Du De Sheng could no longer stay calm.

Thinking about his lover, sick in bed, alone and helpless, on the edge of death, maybe still hoping to see him one last time, yet forced to close her eyes with regret and leave this world forever, made Du De Sheng want to tear those people into pieces.

Qiao Yi Ting did not notice the killing intent in his eyes. She only suddenly felt a piercing chill climb up her back, making her shiver hard.

[Thankfully, right now Miss Qin should have only just gotten sick. It shouldn’t be too serious yet. As long as Granduncle finds her quickly and helps nurse her back to health, she should still be able to live several more years.]

As soon as she thought this, not only Du De Sheng, but all the Du family members present let out a long breath of relief.

Thank goodness. She could still be saved. Otherwise, they were really afraid this certain someone might lose his mind, ignore everything, and start a massacre.

Just his low pressure earlier had made all of them want to shiver and lie down on the spot and shout: “Boss, spare us!”

Right now, the most important thing was to find out where Miss Qin was as soon as possible and rescue her.

[Right now, Miss Qin is…]

Everyone in the room held their breath.

[In a remote little mountain village in neighboring City C!]

Du An Rao paused mid-bite on her chopsticks and, sensing something, lifted her head to look around.

[Huh? Why did it suddenly go quiet?]