Chapter 489 - Retelling The Past (2)
Chapter 489 – Retelling The Past (2)
"It's not a wise thing to go against us," Jiang Zhen swirled the wine glass in his hand. "Grandpa was extremely infuriated by the Cheng family's disagreement."
Zhao Weisheng squinted his eyes. "I see. Since his son, Jiang Chao, refused to work as he wanted, Jiang Shan placed his bet on the Cheng family. He went to them because his own heir refused to partake in such nonsense."
Jiang Zhen narrowed his eyes. "And who do we have to thank that for? Isn't it you? If you hadn't brainwashed my stupid father, the Cheng would have been alive now."
Zhao Weisheng sneered at him.
"Anyway. The Chengs did their super best to hide from us. Grandpa was indeed troubled by them a lot. Plus, we were abroad, so it became difficult to find them. Almost impossible. Finally after a long time, we got a tip about their location. You shouldn't underestimate the Jiangs either. It was a slip made by your real father that we immediately caught into. Before they could flee again, we set their house on fire, and they died."
Lihua blankly stared at him. She didn't want to believe him, but the way he was telling the past with such surety…
She looked at Wei, and he seemed to be desperately not wanting her to hear the truth, which made her wonder if Wei already knew about her past?
Zhao Weisheng narrowed his eyes. "Your family seems to like setting houses on fire a lot. Jiang Zhen killed the Lu clan like that and now Jiang Shan."
He chuckled. "It's satisfying and convenient. It's feels good to hear them scream~"
Jiang Zhen sighed. "We made sure that the Chengs had indeed died. Like I said, they are extremely careful and too obsessed with hiding. But our men had confirmed that they were dead. Grandpa got our revenge, and after their deaths, the cooperation between the law and underworld came to a halt. Right Uncle Weizhe? And naturally, Old Madam helped him too by opposing him to stop with this cooperation."
Old Madam glared at him.
To see Zhao Weisheng safe, she was ordered to stop Jiang Weizhe and put an end to this budding cooperation, which caused a lot of disagreements and arguments between the mother and son.
Jiang Weizhe still said nothing.
"But of course, Grandpa didn't want to give up on defeating uncle Weizhe in getting back our throne. So, he decided to try his hand with Song Wuying and Song Lan instead. He thought it would be easier because even if they had agreed for the cooperation, they still hated the underworld. So, there were high chances of them joining our hands if we give them proper benefits. So, Grandpa sent one of our men to spy on the Song couple. And guess what did he find out?"
Silence.
He laughed loudly. "He found out that their second daughter isn't their own daughter at all. He heard the couple arguing once that why are they wasting their money and resources on a daughter who isn't even their own child? Had the Cheng family not handed over their daughter, Lihua to them, they wouldn't have to compromise with their elder and REAL daughter, Song Jia."
Jia's face was blank.
"In effect, we came to know that one person had lived six years ago in that fire. It was a small baby girl at that time, and to save you, the Chengs called the Song couple for rescue and handed their baby to them. From that day on, Cheng Lihua became Song Lihua. They adopted you and raised you all that time."
Lihua shook, and tears filled her eyes.
She didn't have many memories of her parents because she was only six when they had died. Nevertheless, as parents, they held a very special place in her heart.
But now someone was breaking all those illusions one by one. To know that she wasn't the real daughter crushed her heart.
All of a sudden, she realized that her real parents were dead, and so were her adopted parents too.
Wei felt as if somebody was stabbing him as he saw how disheartened Lihua looked. She had claimed that she won't believe Jiang Zhen no matter what he said, but he saw her mind changing and leaning to accept what he was saying was the truth.
There was no need for Jiang Zhen to tell such an elaborate lie anyway. There was no purpose, hence it must be the truth.
Jiang Zhen smiled. "When Grandpa heard that, he was ecstatic. We found their sore point. He knew that the Song couple's support was definitely in his bag now. So he conveyed them a simple message. It was effective. The Songs weren't rich people, and raising two daughters was hard financially~ So he offered them money benefits as much as they wanted to fight against Jiang Weizhe. But Grandpa put forth one more condition. They would have to kill you."
Jia froze while Lihua widened her eyes in horror.
Jiang Zhen poured some more wine in his glass. He took a sip and said, "You see. You were the last survivor of the Cheng family, and Grandpa was still quite pissed with their refusal for his offer. He didn't want a single family member remain alive. So, he wanted you dead too. He said if the Song couple won't kill Lihua, then we would kill their daughter, Song Jia. Heh. Do you realize how easy it was?
"You were already causing tension in the family, and now they faced threat for their real daughter because of their adopted daughter. Who do you think they would have chosen? Of course, it was their real daughter, Song Jia. Why would they sacrifice her for you?"
"STOP IT!!!" Wei yelled in a fury. "One more word and I will kill you, Jiang Zhen!"
Jiang Zhen sneered. "Know your place, Jiang Wei. You are talking to the Mafia King. Lower your head and voice, or I will cut them off. You cannot afford to offend me now.. If not for you killing the Song couple, Grandpa's plan wouldn't have failed."