The Regent's Little Wife

Chapter 479 Lu Jingshen Learns the Truth

"Mom...what do you mean by this? If I don't marry Brother Jingshen, how can I be the mistress of the Lu family? Mom, why is this? Why don't you let me marry Brother Jingshen?" Nan Wanyue kept asking, her face full of confusion and grievance.

Song Liqing looked at her daughter with a helpless expression on her face. She sighed softly and said slowly: "Yueyue... In order to let you and your biological father live a good life, mom tried every means to marry your current adoptive father Lu Xun. Do you know that mom put a lot of thought into marrying him? Although mom is not the mistress of the Lu family now, but for so many years, mom has been carefully planning, hoping that one day you can become the mistress of the Lu family. As long as all the Lu family members disappear from this world, then you can legitimately ascend the throne of the Lu mistress."

Normally, most people would understand their mother's intentions after hearing this. However, Nan Wanyue did not seem to understand the meaning, and continued to ask with a confused look on her face: "Mother, what do you mean by these words? What do you mean that all the Lu family members are gone?"

Song Liqing's eyes clearly revealed a hint of annoyance, but in the face of her daughter's continuous questions, she still patiently explained:

"My daughter... why are you so stupid? Our family and the Lu family have an irreconcilable feud! Think about it, what do you rely on to sit firmly in the position of the eldest lady now? If I hadn't carefully planned to make Lu Xun's wife die in a car accident, how could I have the opportunity to step into the gate of the Lu family? If it weren't for my tricks, you would probably still be staying in that poor mountain village, how could you enjoy the life of wealth and glory like now?"

"I deliberately caused the woman to get into a car accident, and I took great pains to get into the man's inner world. I waited by his side for five years before I finally got his consent to let me marry into the Lu family. But do you know? This man had already made a will, only raising you until you were 18 years old. After he died, I could only inherit a quarter of the family property, and the rest would belong to his son. How could I tolerate such a thing happening? So, I had no choice but to make this man disappear from this world."

"However, what I never expected was that his son actually rose up like a phoenix from the ashes in the face of adversity and successfully shouldered the burden of the entire family. Therefore, your brother must not be allowed to stay. We must find a way to get rid of him."

"Mom, how can you be so cruel? My brother didn't do anything wrong!" Nan Wanyue retorted fiercely.

"Yueyue, you are still young and don't understand these. When you grow up, you will understand that power and wealth are the most important." The stepmother said with a sinister look.

Nan Wanyue's heart was full of contradictions and pain. She knew that once her mother's plan was implemented, it would bring great harm to her brother.

"Mom...do you have to do this? But I really like Brother Jingshen!" Nan Wanyue said again with tears on her face and a choked voice.

"Yuer... things have come to this point, there is no turning back. If Lu Jingshen ever knew the truth about his parents' death, all our previous efforts would be in vain and everything would be lost! Child, can you understand your mother? In the face of money and power, family affection is often vulnerable and means nothing at all." Song Liqing's tone was helpless and firm, and she continued to persuade earnestly.

Nan Wanyue felt sad, but she finally compromised. After all, under the temptation of huge benefits, family affection has become unimportant to her. She gritted her teeth and said firmly: "Mom, I know. I will do as you say. When Brother Jingshen comes, I will definitely hold him tightly."

After saying this, Nan Wanyue turned her head away silently, not wanting her mother to see the pain and struggle in her eyes.

After watching the video, Lu Jingshen's face was extremely gloomy, veins popped out on his forehead, his fists were clenched, and his nails dug deep into his palms. He sat on the bed, staring into the void, and didn't say a word for a long time. After a long time, he slowly spoke, his voice full of anger and despair.

"Although I have never called her 'Mom', I have been very filial to her over the years, even more than many biological sons have towards their biological mothers. I didn't expect that she would want to kill me! And the death of my parents is actually related to them... Haha, it's ridiculous, I always thought I was very smart..." Lu Jingshen's laughter was full of self-mockery and sarcasm.

Lu Jingshen suddenly stood up like a madman, raised his legs and was about to rush out, but was held tightly by Yan Mo.

"What exactly do you want to do? Are you planning to rush to find your stepmother and sister like this? Just a video can't explain anything! Even if they mentioned in the conversation that your parents' death may be related to them, as long as they deny it, what can we do to them? After all, there is no conclusive evidence to prove that they are the culprits who killed your parents!" Yan Mo persuaded earnestly.

"How can I tolerate such a vicious person staying by my side! I was finally able to be reborn, but I never expected that the most stupid person I have ever been is actually myself..." His expression suddenly became a little dazed, and then he turned his gaze to Yan Mo.

"Wait, something seems to be wrong with this matter. Logically, even if you knew the truth behind the matter, you would never tell me about it so easily. However, you now choose to tell me everything without reservation. Why is that? In addition... I want to ask you, have you also experienced rebirth? Because in many things, you are completely different from your previous life!" Lu Jingshen said all the doubts in his heart in one breath.

"I have not been reborn, but you can rest assured that what I do will not harm you. I did this just to make up for the mistakes I made in the past. I know you are concerned about An Yao, but I can't help myself! Our marriage is a family marriage. Only in this way can our family become more prosperous and not be outdone by the other two families." Yan Mo said earnestly.

Lu Jingshen stared at the woman in front of him for a long time without moving his eyes away. He had been married to Yan Mo for four years, but he had never looked at her straight in the eye. After all, in his heart, he had never cared about this woman from the beginning to the end.

Lu Jingshen sighed softly, "Mo'er... Actually, I've always wanted to say sorry to you. Since we got married, I'm afraid this is the first time we've had such a long face-to-face talk, right? Normally, you and I have no communication except for quarrels. I know very well that this is unfair to you. You are a noble daughter, and since you married me..."

And I always treated you coldly and ignored you. To be honest, I don't even know when your birthday is. Sometimes, I really laugh at myself. I married a beautiful woman who can manage the housework and socialize well, but I ignored her and didn't cherish her at all.

"Mo'er... I hope you can give me some more time. If you ask me to fall in love with you right now, or to accept you directly, that would be simply a fantasy and nonsense! But you can rest assured that since that incident, An Yao and I have become just ordinary friends."