Chapter 2

Chapter 2: All About Repaying Kindness With Revenge

“Cough, cough, cough…” Father Du choked when he suddenly heard the shocking truth, and he blurted out: “An An…”

Du An Rao looked at him in confusion, her face full of worry: “Dad, are you okay?”

“N… no, I am fine.” Father Du’s face was a bit pale. When he looked at Bai Xiu Qing, there was a sharp and searching look in his eyes that had not been there before.

Before this, he had still felt a little pity for Bai Xiu Qing. Now that he knew the truth, that last bit of pity was gone. He even itched to stand up for his good brothers who had already passed away and set things right.

After finishing her little performance, Bai Xiu Qing slowed down on purpose, waiting for the Du couple to soften and ask her to stay. But after waiting a long time, the two of them did not react at all.

Just as she was feeling stuck and did not know whether to leave or stay, a figure appeared at the door.

“Jun Yan?”

“Brother Jun Yan!”

“And you are?” Du Jun Yan glanced at Bai Xiu Qing with a cold face, as if he did not recognize her at all.

But Du An Rao worried this was the plot fighting back before it died, trying to fix itself. After all, in the original story, Du Jun Yan never showed up at this point.

[Why did my brother come back right now? If he believes Bai Xiu Qing’s twisted story and accepts the child, will all my work before be wasted?]

Mother Du felt her heart jump. She quickly stepped forward to stand between the two of them and said: “This is your Uncle Bai’s daughter. She just came back from overseas. Why are you home so early today, do you not have work?”

“I just went to the Police Bureau. There was nothing big, so I came back first.”

“The Police Bureau? What happened?”

Everyone present was shocked. Du An Rao’s ears perked up at once.

The original book never mentioned this. Had something else happened that set off a new butterfly effect?

“It is fine, I was just helping with an investigation. Last month, when I went to City C on a business trip, someone secretly put a camera in my hotel room. They have caught the person now. The Police asked me to go make a statement, since I count as one of the victims.”

“What, there was a camera in your hotel room?” Mother Du was shocked, then seemed to think of something and asked: “Then the hidden videos…”

“They just sent them to me. I have not had time to look yet.”

After he said that, the living room fell silent.

After a long moment, the Du Family finally heard someone’s voice in their ears again, loud and excited like a squeaky toy chicken.

[Haha, bet you did not see that coming, there was a camera in the room! How are you going to explain it now? In the old myths, even Fuxi’s mom had to step in a giant footprint to get pregnant. You two did not even hold hands and somehow made a whole baby. Was it from breathing the same air in one room? Wow, what kind of secret high-tech miracle is this? So advanced, really so advanced!]

The Du Family heard all the sarcasm and gloating in Du An Rao’s words. The corners of their mouths kept wanting to curl up, but they had to force their faces back to normal.

“It is good you got them back. It is about privacy after all. We did not do anything wrong, but we still do not want strangers spreading everything about us.”

As Mother Du said this, she gave Bai Xiu Qing a meaningful look. When she glanced over, she saw Bai Xiu Qing sway and fall to the side.

To be exact, she fell straight toward Du Jun Yan. Most people would reach out to catch her by reflex, but this Du brother was a special one.

As soon as he saw her falling toward him, he quickly stepped back in dislike.

Bai Xiu Qing’s move to throw herself into his arms failed. She dropped right onto the floor, her eyes rolling back as she fainted.

Father Du and Mother Du both turned pale, not because they cared about her, but because they were afraid that if she and the baby in her belly really got hurt from the fall, their whole family would be blackmailed without end.

Hiding behind them, Du An Rao looked at one person then the other, like a bystander enjoying the drama.

[Pfft, hahaha, brother, did you really just step back at this time? And this female lead, was she not jumping around a moment ago, making a fuss about leaving? How did she faint all of a sudden, is she pretending?]

Pretending? Mother Du’s hand stopped in midair. She quickly calmed down and shouted: “Xiu Qing, what is wrong with you? Hurry, call an ambulance and send her to First Hospital.”

That shout hit the key words. Bai Xiu Qing quickly realized that pretending to faint now was a stupid move, and she hurried to “wake up” in a weak voice.

“I… I am fine, I just have low blood sugar. I will be okay after I rest a bit.”

Du An Rao looked at her with a speechless face, her inner dislike plain as day.

[I knew she was faking. With acting this bad, she still dares to pretend to faint, it really hurts my eyes.]

The three members of the Du Family: “…”

Bai Xiu Qing sat there holding her forehead for a while, then noticed that the other hand she had stretched out was not being held by anyone.

She had to pull it back in embarrassment and instead held onto a nearby table as she slowly stood up.

“Are you really okay? You fainted. You should still go to the hospital for a checkup.”

Now, just hearing the word “checkup” gave Bai Xiu Qing a headache. When she saw that even after she fainted, Du Jun Yan had not spared her a single proper look, her face twisted for a second.

“It is fine, I feel better now. I suddenly remembered that I made an appointment with the cemetery to visit my parents this afternoon, and it is almost time. I will not bother you any longer. I will visit again another day.”

After she finished, she no longer moved slowly like before. She grabbed her bag and rushed out as fast as the wind, like a dog was chasing her from behind.

Watching Bai Xiu Qing flee in panic, Du An Rao even shook her head with a bit of regret.

[She ran away already? This female lead’s mental strength is really not that great.]

Mother Du and the others were both angry and amused. They thought that it was lucky her mental strength was weak. Otherwise, they had no idea how far she would go with moral blackmail.

“Sorry, An An. You just came back, and we already let you run into such a messy thing.” As Mother Du spoke, she even shot a glare at Du Jun Yan.

Du Jun Yan, who felt he got hit even while lying down, said nothing: “…”

“It is fine, it is fine, every family has a few weird relatives and friends. But I think this really has little to do with my brother. That Miss Bai’s story has a lot of holes.”

Du An Rao said this also to test the attitude of the three members of the Du Family. In the original story, the reason Bai Xiu Qing could trick them so easily, besides help from someone at the hospital, was because they felt guilty toward her dead parents and trusted her character.

Sadly, parents are parents and children are children.

Some children can bring honor to their parents. Some children can ruin their parents’ good name so badly that they cannot rest in peace even after death.

When Mother Du saw Du An Rao speak up for her oldest son on her own, she felt both moved and sad: “We know. We just never thought that child would turn into what she is now.”

Du An Rao did not say anything out loud, but inside she complained a lot.

[There are a lot of things you never thought of! Normal people go to their enemies to get revenge, but who ends up taking revenge right into the enemy’s bed? And this woman is famous for being brainless about love and bringing bad luck. As soon as she sets up a temporary household registration for the kid with my brother, the kid’s real dad, who has half the criminal code on his back, will show up at the door and destroy our whole family. This is all about repaying kindness with hatred and biting the hand that feeds you.]

The three members of the Du Family: !