Chapter 140 I Killed
Jiangnan had carried Xiao Yaning back home where Xiao Dingguo was still unconscious by the wall. Xiao Yaning walked slowly to his side, turned her head to Su Chen, and asked:
"Can you wake him up?"
"Yes."
Su Chen drew out two Silver Needles and pierced one each into Xiao Dingguo's Baihui and Qingming acupoints. Xiao Dingguo then slowly opened his eyes.
The first thing he saw was the detestable face of Su Chen, and his face immediately twisted with malice as he burst into a furious tirade:
"You little bastard, how dare you throw me!"
"Slap!"
Su Chen was too lazy to argue with this kind of person and gave him a slap across the face.
"You son of a bitch!"
Xiao Dingguo glared at Su Chen, his eyes ablaze with fury.
"Slap!"
Su Chen didn't bother to waste words with him and slapped him again.
After being slapped hard twice, Xiao Dingguo wised up and finally realized that if things continued this way, he would be the only one suffering.
Xiao Dingguo's eyes shifted, and he suddenly spotted Xiao Yaning not far away, his expression immediately showing surprise.
"Why are you here?"
"Where else did you think I would be?" Xiao Yaning scoffed coldly. "I should be in bed with the Young Master of the Lv Family, right?"
Her tone was indifferent, her eyes filled with a chilling coldness!
Gazing at Xiao Dingguo with eyes full of contempt, disdain, and revulsion, she had thought that even a tiger wouldn't eat its own cubs, and there was only so bad Xiao Dingguo could be.
But she had never imagined that he would personally bring Lv Shixin over and hand her over to him!
From that moment, this father was dead to her!
"Yaning, I am your father, how could I harm you?"
Once again, Xiao Dingguo played the emotional card as he said to Xiao Yaning,
"What's wrong with marrying Young Master Lv? From now on, you would be the Young Mistress of the Lv Family!"
Xiao Yaning felt deep revulsion at the hideousness of his countenance. Was this man really her father?
"Xiao Dingguo, I declare: from this moment on, I renounce my relationship with you as father and daughter, and I will make a public announcement in the newspaper tomorrow!"
Xiao Yaning took a deep breath and said resolutely.
"You want to sever our father-daughter relationship?"
Xiao Dingguo's eyes widened in disbelief as he pointed at his nose and asked. He could hardly believe his own ears.
"Correct, because you don't deserve to be a father at all!"
Xiao Yaning looked at Xiao Dingguo with a face full of Hanshuang, her gaze unwaveringly determined!
"Fine, Xiao Yaning, how ruthless of you!"
Xiao Dingguo struggled to get up from the ground, pointing at Xiao Yaning and saying:
"But you are wrong, I am not unworthy to be your father; I am simply not your father at all!"
"What did you say?"
The words of Xiao Dingguo struck Xiao Yaning like a bolt from the blue, her mind went blank, and she could barely stand. Fortunately, Su Chen was there to support her in time.
"It's not a secret anymore, so I might as well tell you, you were just an orphan that my wife picked up from the welfare institution, you're not our biological daughter at all!"
Xiao Dingguo's expression was somewhat maniacal as he spat out:
"If it wasn't for my wife's insistence, I wouldn't even want to keep you, this wild seed!"
More than twenty years ago, unable to have children, Xiao Dingguo's wife, who dearly loved kids, had adopted a girl from the welfare institution.
Xiao Dingguo originally did not want the girl because she was not his own, but his wife really liked this delicately molded little girl.
Reluctantly, he agreed to keep the young girl.
Although they kept her, Xiao Dingguo was very indifferent towards her and paid no attention to her affairs. Her upbringing and education were all managed by his wife.
When the girl was fourteen, his wife died of illness, and Xiao Dingguo thought about kicking the girl out.
But he suddenly realized that this girl was an absolute beauty in the making, and as a businessman, Xiao Dingguo immediately recognized the girl's value.
Thus, instead of kicking the girl out, he began, contrary to his usual behavior, to take an interest in her!
Events indeed developed just as he had anticipated: as the girl grew older, her beauty also increased, and she could truly be considered one in ten thousand!
So, he took her to various business banquets, hoping that some important figure would take a fancy to the girl.
To his surprise, the girl caught the eye of the Second Young Master from the Lv Family!
What sort of family was the Lv Family? They were one of the Four Great Families in Jiangnan!
As soon as the Second Young Master expressed his admiration for the girl, Xiao Dingguo agreed without a second thought!
However, what he hadn't expected was that the girl would oppose this arranged marriage so vehemently, no matter how much he tried to persuade her, she wouldn't budge!
And so, the situation had escalated to what it was today...n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
"So that's how it is, no wonder you wouldn't even glance at me when I was a child."
Xiao Yaning muttered with an empty gaze, realizing that his kindness to her later on was probably because he saw her as nothing more than an item, a tool!
"Are you done talking? If you're done, then get lost!"
Su Chen, supporting Xiao Yaning, cast a cold glance at Xiao Dingguo.
"Fine, I'll leave! But Xiao Yaning, don't think that you'll have no problems with Young Master Lv just because you cut ties with me as a father. Sooner or later, you will marry into the Lv Family!"
After speaking, Xiao Dingguo dragged his injured body towards the courtyard gate.
"I'm afraid you're going to be disappointed, Lv Shixin is already dead!"
Su Chen's voice suddenly rang out behind him.
"What did you say? The Second Young Master is dead? How is that possible?"
Xiao Dingguo turned around abruptly, his face full of shock!
This was the Second Young Master of the Lv Family! How could he suddenly have died?
"You should be receiving the news any moment now, then you'll know if it's true or not."
"How did Young Master Lv die?"
Xiao Dingguo stared blankly at Su Chen as he asked.
"I killed him."
Su Chen said matter-of-factly, as if it were just a trifling matter.
But hearing this, Xiao Dingguo was completely flabbergasted!
This young man had actually killed the Second Young Master?!
This was far too unbelievable!
"I should have killed you to silence you, but considering that you did raise Yaning after all, I'll let you go today."
As Xiao Dingguo was still in a daze, Su Chen's icy voice came again:
"However, I hope you can keep your mouth shut. If you can't manage that, I won't mind making you shut up forever!"
Xiao Dingguo looked at the young man's composed face and felt a chill in his heart. He hurriedly quickened his pace and left the courtyard as if there was something terrifying inside!
After Xiao Dingguo left, Su Chen immediately helped Xiao Yaning into the house. Once inside, they discovered that Aunt Gui had already fallen asleep on the couch, no wonder she hadn't come out earlier!
Su Chen didn't disturb Aunt Gui and directly helped Xiao Yaning upstairs to her boudoir.
After helping Xiao Yaning to bed and tucking her in, he saw that her complexion was still somewhat pale and asked with concern:
"Are you alright?"
"I'm fine, I just need to rest for a while!"
Xiao Yaning forced a slight smile.
Su Chen understood that Xiao Yaning hadn't yet recovered from the truth she had just faced.
The blow to her must have been enormous!
"Alright, you rest. I'll stay here with you!"
Su Chen said softly.
"Mhm."
Xiao Yaning looked at Su Chen's face and felt an unprecedented sense of peace.
She was indeed exhausted today and soon fell asleep.
Seeing her asleep, Su Chen stepped out, quietly closed the door behind him,
and as he passed by downstairs, he picked up a blanket and covered Aunt Gui with it...