pjbooks Chapter 338
Chapter 338
Lu Jiaojiao didn’t want to say anything.But when she turned her head, she saw her father open a photo on his phone. It was the scene from when they had moved her late mother’s grave.
If she continued to defy him, her father would follow through on his threat and make sure her mother couldn’t rest in peace even in death.
She lowered her head. “Anuo was only responsible for introducing me to Matsumoto and arranging for us to meet. She doesn’t have much influence with him… Matsumoto was satisfied with me. We’re both superior and subordinate, and it’s also a kept relationship.”
“You slut!” Lu’s father grabbed a book from the coffee table and threw it at her. “The Lu family arranged a marriage for you, but you refused it, and now you’re going off to be someone’s mistress? You’ve disgraced the entire Lu family…”
“Why do I have to get married? What good would marriage do me?” Lu Jiaojiao stiffened her neck. “Marriage would only be a shackle. Matsumoto is just a stepping stone for me to move up. So what if I’m a mistress? At least I’m free. I won’t be drained dry by a husband’s family. My future life could have endless possibilities…”
Her father wanted to hit her again.
But Rong Yu stopped him with a cold glare.
“I’ve got time to waste with you. Take your time thinking. Don’t rush.”
She crouched down. “Every time you meet with Anuo, you immediately meet with Matsumoto afterward. Tell me, what did you talk about with him?”
Lu Jiaojiao was on the verge of collapse. “We didn’t talk about anything! Just between a man and a woman, sometimes work… really nothing important! Miss Rong, I’m begging you to let me go! Anuo and I are just ordinary friends. I don’t know what she’s done wrong. I only know She probably has some connections in Sakura Country that can get me into the Sakura National Materials Lab… Please don’t use my father to go after me. I swear, I’ll never show up in front of you again. Please just let me off, okay?”
“No.” Rong Yu lifted her chin. “There’s definitely something else about Anuo that you haven’t told me.”
Lu Jiaojiao’s tears streamed down. “I’ve already said everything. I’ve told you everything. I wouldn’t dare hide anything. If you’re capable, go interrogate her. Why do you have to force me, an innocent person… I really don’t know anything.”
Rong Yu sat back down on the sofa. “I’ve got time to waste with you. Take your time thinking. Don’t rush.”
She wasn’t in a hurry.
But Lu’s father was almost going mad from anxiety.
The Lu family’s corporate group couldn’t afford to delay any longer.
He glared darkly at Lu Jiaojiao. “Even if it’s just the tiniest bit about Anuo, you have to say it—especially the little details you usually overlook. If you can’t give Miss Rong the information she wants, you know the consequences!”
Lu Jiaojiao had no choice but to force herself to think.
Over an hour later, she suddenly lifted her head. “I remember now! When Anuo introduced me to Matsumoto, I vaguely overheard them talking. Matsumoto said that Anuo looked completely different from when she was a child. They must have met over a decade ago…”
Rong Yu’s lips relaxed slightly.
Now she knew where the problem lay.
Twenty-four hours passed in a flash.
At the entrance of the detention facility, a group of people stood waiting.
Anuo’s mother was trembling with anger. “My daughter just married into the Sheng family on her first day, and you Sheng people personally sent her to the military for detainment? Your Sheng family has gone too far!”
Sheng Yun’s face was rigid. “Naturally, because she was suspicious, so we…”
“Slap!” Anuo’s father raised his hand and struck him across the face. “My daughter graduated from a top university, was a host for the National Central Television, and was more than a match for a delinquent like you. She’s just become pregnant and was going to surprise you, and yet you could stand by and watch her be locked up? You’re unworthy of being her husband!”
Sheng Dian’s face was grim. “President An, this is the military handling a case according to the law, without regard for personal relationships.”
“Fine talk of ‘without regard for personal relationships’!” Anuo’s mother’s voice was trembling. “Our Anuo has been a good girl since childhood. Her life trajectory is spotless. She started working as a host abroad before graduating, and came back to the National Central Television immediately. She’s always lived under everyone’s gaze. How could she possibly be a spy? What spy would choose such a career?”
“The An family has been providing basic supplies to the government since the 1970s,” Anuo’s father said, tears streaming. “We’ve donated tens of millions in various disaster relief efforts. The An family has never wronged our country, and yet you’ve taken away our only daughter… If anything happens to our Anuo, I will never let a single member of the Sheng family off!”
Xu Lu quickly said, “Right now, it’s just an investigation. It’s still under investigation. Please don’t panic, both of you…”
Just then.
The door before them opened.
Sheng Qingyan walked out of the military detention room with Anuo.
Anuo looked haggard. As soon as she saw her family, tears burst from her eyes, and she threw herself into her mother’s arms. “Mom…”
Her mother hugged her tightly. “Are you okay? Did they hurt you? Do you need to go to the hospital?”
Anuo sobbed softly. “I’m fine… It’s all been cleared up. It was a misunderstanding…”
“You Sheng people heard that, didn’t you? It was a misunderstanding!” Anuo’s father’s eyes blazed with even more fury. “You, Sheng Yun, don’t even have the ability to protect your own wife! You, Sheng Qingyan, show no respect for your elders! Your Sheng family has no sense of right and wrong! My family can’t afford to be in-laws with you! I’m going back to have the lawyers draft a divorce agreement…”
“No, I don’t want a divorce…” Anuo’s voice trembled. “I’m already pregnant. I can’t let my child grow up without a father.”
Sheng Yun stepped forward. “Father-in-law, mother-in-law, I promise you that from now on, I will protect Anuo…”
“Shut up! You’re unworthy!” Anuo’s mother glared at her daughter with disappointment and anger. “Can’t you have some spine? The Sheng family treated you like a criminal suspect and locked you up for a whole day and night. Tomorrow, they’ll find some small mistake and drag you to court again. You and your child will never earn any respect in this family. Don’t you understand that?”
Anuo wiped her tears. “I’m not getting a divorce. I’m just not getting a divorce…”
“Why won’t you listen to us adults?” Anuo’s father looked completely baffled. “What’s so good about Sheng Yun that you’re willing to go through this humiliation?”
“Do you think she’d just walk away now that she’s finally made it into the Sheng family?”
A cold, clear female voice came from behind the crowd.
Everyone turned around to see Rong Yu standing there, holding a file folder in her hand. Her black ponytail was crisp and neat. Her white shirt was spotless. Her striking features were calm to the point of being icy.
When he saw her, the tight lines around Sheng Qingyan’s brows instantly softened.
He strode over and stood beside Rong Yu.
“Who are you?” Anuo’s mother frowned.
Anuo’s father stared at her. “What do you mean by that?”
Rong Yu’s voice sounded as if it came straight from a freezer. “Her goal was to get into the heart of the Sheng family. Why would she give that up just by getting divorced?”
From the moment Rong Yu appeared, Anuo’s eyelids had been twitching violently. She cried out, “It was Sheng Yun who pursued me! Sheng Yun who proposed to me! I never schemed to marry into the Sheng family! Rong Yu, I’ve never crossed you. Why do you insist on slandering me like this!”
Anuo’s mother pulled her daughter behind her protectively.
Rong Yu pulled a stack of documents from the file folder. “Madam An, the person you’re protecting right now might very well be the murderer of your own biological daughter!”
Anuo’s mother froze. “What murder? What killer? What on earth are you talking about?”