Chapter 55

Chapter 55: They Are My Children

When she read the book before, Du An Rao had admired this President Qiu very much. They were both strong women in the workplace, but Jiang Huai Ying built her success by stepping on other people’s bones and treating others like cattle and horses, while President Qiu poured her own blood and flesh into her business, forging steel and concrete to hold up a solid fortress for herself and her family.

Sadly, even someone like that still could not escape the “scripted death” arranged for her.

After her husband passed away, President Qiu focused only on her work and raising her only son with great care. In this life, the two things she cared about most were the company and her son.

Her son did work quite well, but he was a complete love-brain.

[Just now, President Qiu said her son went out west to confirm something about rough stones. West, and related to rough jade… that must be Emerald Country.]

Emerald Country? Du Yu Xi froze. She had never been to that country, but she had heard about how chaotic it was. If Qiu Ji Chen had an accident there, it really could…

Sure enough, Du An Rao quickly gave the cause of his death.

[Qiu Ji Chen’s online girlfriend is actually a member of a big scam group in Emerald Country. When they heard he had set foot on their turf, they decided to use the excuse of “meeting offline” to lure him in, then kidnap him for a huge ransom. This love-brained fool, Qiu Ji Chen, heard his “girlfriend” wanted to meet in person and rushed over happily, and then…]

Qiu Ji Chen’s death was only a small episode in the original novel. Li Qian Xi really liked Yayu Jade House’s jewelry. She especially loved wearing their pieces at more formal social events.

But her pocket money was limited, and the money she had could not satisfy her greed and vanity.

So she came up with an idea. She hinted to a few of her pursuers, including the male lead, Jiang Yi Ming, that she really liked the jewelry from this brand. If she could have some shares in the jewelry company one day, she would be very happy.

Li Qian Xi even wrapped her greed in a fancy reason. She told herself this was a test for her pursuers, to help her see who was truly willing to give everything for her and who deserved to be her true destined one.

The final result was that Qiu Ji Chen suddenly died in Emerald Country, President Qiu had a complete breakdown, and the stock price of Grace Jade Jewelry plummeted.

Jiang Yi Ming took advantage of this, bought Grace Jade Jewelry at a low price, and then generously gifted one percent of the shares to Li Qian Xi.

“…” Du Yu Xi was speechless. These two really were a pair of wolves and jackals, made for each other.

Du An Rao had long noticed that in these novels told from the male and female leads’ point of view, everyone else existed only as tools to push the plot forward when needed. People like President Qiu and Qiu Ji Chen were just like that. Because Li Qian Xi liked their jewelry and wanted shares in their company, they were immediately given a scripted death.

Everyone knew that Qiu Ji Chen was President Qiu’s weak spot, so he had to die.

Only if he died would President Qiu’s world collapse. Then the male lead could get the company at the lowest cost, gain the right to stand beside the female lead, and have a solid foundation for building his business empire in the future.

The Qiu family mother and son, who were nothing but paper-thin tool characters, were sentenced to death so lightly. But the person now standing in front of Du An Rao was a real person who could cry and laugh, a living, breathing woman with feelings.

Thinking about how this strong woman had lost her husband when she was young and her son in middle age, suffered such huge grief, lost her family, and in the end could not even protect the business she had fought for most of her life, pity began to stir again in Du An Rao’s heart.

Seeing the compassion in Du An Rao’s eyes, Du Yu Xi glanced at President Qiu, who was chatting warmly with Madam Li, and many thoughts flashed through her mind.

Suddenly she asked: “An An, you have been staring at President Qiu since just now. Did you see something?”

Du Yu Xi did not lower her voice. The people who had been talking, including Madam Li, all looked over at once.

Only now did President Qiu notice the two young girls standing behind them. She thought hard but could not remember whose daughters they might be.

“And these two are…?” she asked.

Before Du Yu Xi and Du An Rao could answer, Madam Li’s mouth moved faster than her brain. She??ed: “They are my children.”

Du Yu Xi’s eyes widened in shock, and Du An Rao could not help bursting into laughter.

[Hahahaha… As expected, my Fourth Sister’s face that looks almost exactly like her birth mom’s is a deadly weapon to the Li family. First, the eldest cousin wanted to drag her home as soon as they met. Now this aunt also wants to fence her into the family the first time she meets her. I suddenly really want to see how Uncle Li and the Su family will react when they see Fourth Sister.]

That direct declaration hit Du Yu Xi like a hammer, but in Du An Rao’s laughter she managed to calm down a bit, and the corners of her lips could not help curling up.

Madam Xi also had not expected her sister to suddenly say something so bold: “Cough, cough… cough cough…”

Only then did Madam Li realize she had slipped up. But the words were already out, and since Du Yu Xi and Du An Rao did not deny it, she simply puffed herself up and decided to treat their silence as agreement.

“What were you talking about just now?” she asked.

Du An Rao suddenly remembered that the “mystic” persona she had built for herself lately seemed to be working pretty well.

Not only the Du family, but even people outside the crew had heard rumors and wanted to come watch her. Did that mean…

“It was nothing. I grew up in a Daoist temple and learned a bit of basic skill from my master. My sister just asked me if I had seen anything while staring at Ms. Qiu,” Du An Rao said.

Madam Li’s heart and mind were all on Du Yu Xi. She did not know much about Du An Rao, so her interest was piqued.

“So did you really see something?” she asked.

“I did see a few things. But if I say them out loud, I might offend Ms. Qiu,” Du An Rao answered.

Ms. Qiu was slightly taken aback. She usually did not believe in this kind of mystical stuff, but seeing how curious Madam Li looked, she did not want to spoil the fun.

“It’s fine, go ahead. As long as what you say makes sense, I won’t be angry,” Ms. Qiu said.

“Then I will say it.” Du An Rao coughed lightly. “I see that Ms. Qiu’s Parents Palace is slightly sunken, and your forehead is a bit larger than average. That suggests you lost your father when you were very young.”

Ms. Qiu’s face changed slightly. Her father had indeed passed away from illness when she was three, and she had been raised by her mother and her grandparents.

“The light in your Spouse Palace is dim, and your marriage line is broken early. That means you likely lost your husband at a young age as well,” Du An Rao continued.

Ms. Qiu wavered a little, but quickly reminded herself that her childhood loss of her father and her young widowhood were both public knowledge. If this girl really wanted to trick her, it would be easy to find that out in advance.

“But the most important thing is your child,” Du An Rao said. “Ms. Qiu has the Heavenly Maiden Star sitting in her Palace of Offspring. There is also a cross line in the Palace of Offspring, and faint wrinkles can be seen there. That means you should have only one son, and the bond between mother and son is very deep. But…”

“What?” Ms. Qiu asked quickly.

“Besides the Heavenly Maiden Star, the Lian Zhen Star has also fallen into your Palace of Offspring. This means your child is very smart, steady, tough, and talented, but also has very strong ideas and opinions of his own. Normally that is fine, but if he happens to clash with Baleful Stars, he may do some extreme things that cause his parents great worry.”