coobybook Chapter 214 It's just a matter of the devil being one step ahead of the saint...
Chapter 214 It's just a matter of the devil being one step ahead of the saint...
[Kong Xinyu's seduction of Lu Anbo was merely an act to gain psychological satisfaction from retaliating against Su Xiaowan.]
Because she knew that Su Xiaowan's most precious possession was her son, and that seducing her beloved son behind Su Xiaowan's back would make her feel like she had destroyed Su Xiaowan's most treasured possession.
If she had a better option, she wouldn't have wanted to expose her relationship with Lu Anbo so quickly.
The main issue is that their original plan failed, so she can no longer marry into the Pei family. Furthermore, because of what happened before, Su Xiaowan has offended almost every eligible young person in the circle. If Kong Xinyu misses this opportunity, she might not even be able to find a reasonably good marriage partner.
Who knows what other underhanded tricks Su Xiaowan will come up with to use her for other benefits? Rather than waiting to be killed, it's better to make her relationship with Lu Anbo public; at least it will be more satisfying.
After hearing this, neither the An nor Pei families knew how to evaluate Kong Xinyu.
She was indeed a victim of Su Xiaowan's harm, but from the moment she chose to join the ranks of those who harmed Pei Mingyu, they were destined to be adversaries of her.
However, Kong Xinyu did achieve her goal; this move was extremely damaging to Su Xiaowan.
Su Xiaowan almost fainted.
It wasn't just because her son was with Su Xiaowan, but also because her son actually disobeyed her for Su Xiaowan's sake.
It should be noted that Lu Anbo had never resisted her, nor had he ever spoken to her in such a tone.
But in her eyes, her precious son was perfectly fine; it was all because Kong Xinyu had bewitched him.
She angrily pointed at Kong Xinyu and asked Lu Anbo:
"Don't you know what kind of person she is?"
"I went to great lengths to find her a good family, but what happened? She got involved with some random guy and got pregnant, so the marriage fell through."
I've offended so many people because of her, yet she still refuses to reveal the lover's name to protect that other man.
"Are you going to go against your mother for this little bitch? Who knows if she's still having an affair with that man? What's so good about a woman like that, who's neither here nor there!"
Although Lu Anbo stood in front of Kong Xinyu, he still chose to remain silent and stubborn in the face of his mother's outburst.
He had been holding back his anger, his face flushed, but he hadn't dared to say a word in rebuttal. However, as Su Xiaowan's words became increasingly harsh, he seemed to have reached a breaking point and finally exploded.
"That bastard you're talking about, that adulterer, is me! The child Xiaoyu aborted is mine!"
Lu Anbo suddenly burst into tears and roared:
"Go ahead and scold me! I'm sorry to Xiaoyu. I was such a coward before. It's all my fault for being useless! It's all my fault for listening to you so much! I promise I'll never let you bully Xiaoyu again!"
Upon suddenly hearing the truth, Su Xiaowan was completely unable to accept it.
She stood frozen in place, staring wide-eyed at her son, her mouth agape for a long time before she could only manage to utter, "You...you..."
She struggled to utter a complete sentence, clutching her head and taking a few steps back, nearly falling.
Upon seeing this, Lu Anbo instinctively wanted to step forward to help, but was pulled back by Kong Xinyu behind him.
He turned his head and saw Kong Xinyu looking at him with teary eyes, looking both aggrieved and pitiful. His resolve hardened again, and he suppressed the urge to help Su Xiaowan. He emphasized this to his mother again.
"I just like Xiaoyu, and I just want to be with her!"
"No! You can't be together, you absolutely can't be together!" A furious male voice suddenly exploded like thunder, startling everyone in the room.
Everyone looked at Pei Jinhao, who was speaking, with puzzlement, not understanding why he reacted so strongly.
His previous claim that he treated Lu Anbo and Kong Xinyu like his own children was just taken with a grain of salt; nobody believed it at all. So whether the two of them were together or not had nothing to do with him.
It's understandable that Su Xiaowan was provoked like this, but Pei Jinhao's reaction was even stronger than hers, which is really puzzling.
Lu Anbo and Kong Xinyu were equally baffled by his reaction. Looking at their stepfather, they found his outburst of anger utterly inexplicable.
Who does he think he is, to oppose them?
To confront Su Xiaowan, Lu Anbo had indeed made a great effort, but facing Pei Jinhao, he had no qualms and directly retorted:
"What's it to you? Who do you think you are? You just married my mom, that's all. Do you really think you're my dad?"
"I am your biological father!"
Pei Jinhao was so angry at Lu Anbo's words that he was practically fuming. He was panting heavily, his chest heaving dramatically, looking like he had suffered a great blow. But what he said shocked everyone in the room.
The An and Pei families: Huh?
An Ling: [Huh?]
Lu Anbo was even more shocked.
He was completely stunned.
After confirming that he hadn't misheard, he turned to look at his mother, wanting to ask for an answer.
Su Xiaowan avoided his gaze, neither confirming nor denying.
[Is it true? ]
[No wonder Pei Jinhao reacted so strongly. Wait, even if he were his son, there's no need for him to react more strongly than Su Xiaowan... Wait a minute, ah???]
[Not only is Lu Anbo his biological son, but Kong Xinyu is also his biological daughter???]
The An and Pei families: Huh?
So... these two are actually half-siblings?
Pei Jinhao never truly changed his womanizing ways. The reason he seems to have toned it down is because he's changed his targets!
[From dating unmarried women to having affairs with married women, she became the other woman!]
[Because he felt that by using this method, the other party would know not to make a fuss, so even if he accidentally got her pregnant, they wouldn't cause a scene to avoid being discovered.]
The An and Pei families: ...
Pei Jinwen wanted to facepalm when she heard this; she had thought Pei Jinhao had really changed back then.
It turns out it was just a matter of the devil being one step ahead of the saint...
[That's why no one bothered the Pei family anymore, but in reality, he still seduced many women, and naturally, he didn't avoid getting them pregnant.]
[Kong Xinyu's biological mother and Su Xiaowan are both in similar situations. They both had affairs with Pei Jinhao while in their marriages with other people, and then became pregnant but simply let the children be raised as if they were their husbands' children.]
[Su Xiaowan told him that Lu Anbo was his son, but he himself had a paternity test done some time ago to confirm that Kong Xinyu was her daughter.]
That's why he ran into Xuan Rui, who was also getting a paternity test done, at the agency, thus gaining leverage over her and leading to his threat last night.