Volume One, Chapter 11: What? I Intimidated Su Wanyue?
The driver had no choice but to turn back.
Secretary Li sighed deeply, while also admiring Su Wanyue’s tactics.
Though it was expected, he couldn’t help but feel a pang of heartache.
In Fu Hanzhou’s heart, what place did I hold compared to Su Wanyue? The answer was clear at a glance.
My soul followed Fu Hanzhou as he rushed about.
When the private doctor arrived at the Fu residence,
Fu Hanzhou grabbed a servant and shouted angrily, “How could you be so careless? You couldn’t even keep an eye on one person!”
He was furious!
The two security guards, trembling, stammered, “President Fu, it seems Miss Wanyue lost focus when she overheard you reconciling with the madam and slipped down the stairs, so…”
Fu Hanzhou’s expression darkened.
“Who is the father of the child?”
A nurse emerged from the operating room, scanning everyone present.
Fu Hanzhou stepped forward. “I am.”
The nurse’s face turned grim. “The pregnant woman is bleeding and there’s a risk of miscarriage. Here is the consent form for surgery. Please sign quickly so we can proceed.”
Fu Hanzhou looked at the form and signed it.
At that moment, a group of people flooded into the Fu residence’s hall.
It was my parents and Tang Yu.
They looked anxious, grabbing the private doctor and asking, “How is our daughter? Is her life in danger?”
I wondered if, while they worried about Su Wanyue, they had ever concerned themselves about me.
The doctor’s face turned sour. “President Fu, Miss Su is showing signs of a threatened miscarriage. She must keep a cheerful mood and avoid emotional fluctuations at all costs, or the child may not survive.”
Those words made Fu Hanzhou stiffen all over.
He took a drag of his cigarette and nodded. “You may leave now.”
Tang Feng and Su Rong looked deeply worried. “She was fine earlier. How could this happen?”
Just then, a newly hired maid suddenly knelt down with a thud, bowing her head in apology.
“Sorry, President Fu. The madam told me to deliberately say that she is the mistress, that the child is illegitimate and cannot be registered in the Fu family genealogy. That’s why Miss Su…”
Slap—
Su Rong, trembling with rage, struck the intern maid twice across the face.
Pointing at her nose, she cursed, “It’s definitely Tang Xing! It’s her doing! While she’s missing outside, she’s planting spies at home to intimidate Wanyue! My poor Wanyue, carrying a child and still being bullied! President Fu, you can’t let her off lightly!”
Su Rong’s fierce determination to defend her daughter made me smile inwardly.
If one didn’t know better, they’d think Su Wanyue was her real daughter—when in fact, it was me.
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“That’s right! That worthless schemer! She even tricked President Fu into hanging himself last time, but he ended up swinging on a swing at home!”
Tang Yu’s words fanned the flames.
Fu Hanzhou, who had been feeling guilty toward me, was now consumed by rage.
“It was her! Tang Xing, you’re so cunning!”
Seeing Fu Hanzhou’s utterly convinced expression, I felt pathetic.
If only he had investigated, he would have known this was all fabricated and that I was being framed.
In his heart, any harm to Su Wanyue was my fault.
“Speak! How did you get involved with Tang Xing?” Fu Hanzhou grabbed the intern maid’s neck, his presence terrifying.
She instinctively glanced toward Su Wanyue.
Su Wanyue narrowed her eyes; the intern nurse immediately understood.
“President Fu, I’m greedy but not malicious. I was manipulated. Here are the chat logs—last night, the madam sent me a 50,000-yuan red envelope at midnight. She said if I could get rid of the illegitimate child in Miss Su’s womb and cause a miscarriage, she would reward me with an additional 300,000 yuan afterward. That’s why I... I…”
The intern nurse’s face went pale as she lowered her head guiltily.
“Oh my! I never thought Tang Xing could be so heartless! Wanyue is still her sister, after all!”
Su Rong gasped, shocked.
Everyone looked to Fu Hanzhou, waiting for his verdict.
His face darkened. “Tang Xing, this is really your doing!”
“Hanzhou, you must give Wanyue and her unborn child justice! That intern is despicable. I say we should call the police and have her jailed!” Su Rong gritted her teeth.
The intern maid trembled all over, looking to Su Wanyue for help.
Su Wanyue immediately shed tears, weak and gentle: “This isn’t her fault. Blame me for stealing Tang Xing’s man. She wishes for me and the baby to die—I understand. Besides, she was also instigated by Tang Xing. To accumulate blessings for my child, please give her a chance to repent.”
Su Wanyue seemed like a saint.
Everyone was moved by her kindness.
Before anyone could react, the intern maid kowtowed repeatedly in gratitude.
“Thank you, Miss Su. I will forever remember your great kindness, repent, and live properly!”
Thus, the intern maid was easily let off.
Every time it was like this. With just a little scheme from Su Wanyue, everyone was her puppet, never doubting the truth behind her words.
In their eyes, everything Su Wanyue said was true, and everything I said was false.
“Wanyue, I didn’t expect Tang Xing’s heart to be so cruel! I will find her and make her kneel and apologize to you!” Fu Hanzhou was filled with pity.
He cradled Su Wanyue tenderly, speaking my name with a cold tone.
I felt a chill run through me.
After coaxing Su Wanyue to sleep, Fu Hanzhou got up and went to the corridor to catch his breath.
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Secretary Li approached. “President Fu, the plane is about to take off. If you want to see the madam, there’s still time to leave now.”
Secretary Li thought Fu Hanzhou was genuinely ready to live with me, but as soon as the words left his mouth, Fu Hanzhou’s icy gaze fixed on her.
“Didn’t you see Wanyue almost miscarry? That malicious woman wants to harm my beloved and our child. I will never forgive her! When she returns, I will make her kneel and apologize to Wanyue!”
A chill emanated from Fu Hanzhou as he entered the ward.
At that moment, Secretary Li felt a coldness throughout his body.
Perhaps at that moment, he also felt a sense of injustice for me.
Five years of marriage, everything I did for Fu Hanzhou was clear to see. He used to despise me and favor Su Wanyue; now, he suddenly felt sympathy for me.
“Hanzhou, have you contacted Tang Xing?”
Su Rong immediately asked upon seeing Fu Hanzhou.
At this moment, she probably wished she could be in front of me to slap me.
Fu Hanzhou frowned deeply. “No. When will the Tang clan head return?”
Su Rong was puzzled. “Probably the afternoon after tomorrow.”
Fu Hanzhou sneered. “The clan matriarch raised her and is her most respected elder. She will surely return home obediently for the family banquet the day after tomorrow.”
I smiled bitterly.
I would have gone home before, but now I am but a wandering soul. Fu Hanzhou, I cannot return.
If I am not at the family banquet, will anyone worry about my safety?
The clan matriarch cared for me since childhood, knowing my father was cruel and unjust. When the mistress entered, she personally took me in and raised me for ten years.
I shared a deep bond with the clan matriarch. A few days before the incident, I invited her to a family banquet and prepared her favorite dishes—West Lake vinegar fish, Buddha Jumps Over the Wall...
She smiled and told me she planned to transfer her assets to me, so even if the marriage was unhappy, I would have a fallback and never worry about food or clothing.
I was deeply touched. Only Grandpa Fu and the clan matriarch had ever treated me with genuine kindness.
I hope that by the day of the banquet, everyone will learn of my death.
After all this time, I dare not imagine what has happened to my body.
If someone had reported it in time and found the abandoned kiln, maybe my death could have been discovered!
Fu Hanzhou, after showering, drank until he passed out. Just as he closed his eyes and drifted off, a cold sweat broke out all over him.
Frightened, he opened his eyes!
His whole body stiffened, a chill running down his spine.
“Tang Xing! Has Tang Xing returned?”
Fu Hanzhou hurried downstairs, grabbing a night-shift servant and asking anxiously.