The car raced down the road, heading straight for Cangshan Town.

During the drive, Xu Zeqing couldn’t help but replay in his mind the events of the past few months, one by one.

He tried to unravel the details of Xu Xingguang’s plan like peeling layers of an onion.

From the day You Mingyue and Chu Zimu got married, when Xu Xingguang live-streamed the scandal between him and You Jingqiu, and even presented the paternity test reports with the two children, Xu Zeqing found himself engulfed in confusion.

He didn’t know when Xu Xingguang discovered the true relationship between him and the two children, nor did he know when Xu Xingguang took his hair.

Thinking carefully, Xu Zeqing remembered a detail he had forgotten.

The only time he had close contact with Xu Xingguang was the night before Chu Zimu was supposed to visit the Xu Family.

That night, to calm Xu Xingguang’s emotions and mend the father-daughter relationship, he made a particular effort to bring a bottle of sparkling wine that Xu Xingguang loved to drink, and went to the attic room to have a heart-to-heart talk with her.

During that conversation, Xu Xingguang showed her resentment towards Xu Zeqing for the first time and also displayed her attachment to him as a father.

To earn Xu Xingguang’s forgiveness, Xu Zeqing tried to use crocodile tears to manipulate her emotions.

Xu Xingguang indeed showed signs of being swayed, and the father and daughter even embraced each other.

Could it be that Xu Xingguang was not genuinely moved that night? She pretended to forgive him just to take the opportunity to steal his hair during the hug and conduct a paternity test?

If that’s truly the case, then didn’t Xu Xingguang commence this game of revenge the day she was discharged and returned to the Xu Family?

Once he opened his mind to it, numerous confusing aspects for Xu Zeqing suddenly became clear as day.

It seemed that when Xu Xingguang dismissed the nanny under the pretense of cutting expenses, it was just an excuse. Her real purpose was to deceive himself and You Jing Qiu, thus seizing the chance to propose moving to Cangshan Town to live with Xu Qingnian.

With no nanny, the responsibility of taking care of Xu Qingnian naturally fell to the son and daughter-in-law, Xu Zeqing and You Jingqiu.

At that time, when Xu Xingguang suggested moving Xu Qingnian to Cangshan Town, the two naturally wouldn’t object, and they would even support it wholeheartedly.

Leaving the Xu Family and moving to Cangshan Town was the first step in Xu Xingguang’s plan.

Distancing herself from the Xu Family and avoiding their scrutiny made it easier for her to seek external support. That young master from the Xiahou Family was one of the allies she found.

Sending the piano back to the Xu Family by mistake and bringing her murderer boyfriend back to the house to provoke Xu Zeqing into severing the father-daughter relationship was likely the second step in Xu Xingguang’s plan.

Severing ties with the Xu Family allowed her to stand aside, so no matter what became of the Xu Family in the future, it wouldn’t concern her.

Severing ties with the Xu Family was likely the second step in Xu Xingguang’s plan.

Luring You Mingyue into the trap, getting her convicted of infringing others’ copyrights and imprisoned, was the third step in Xu Xingguang’s plan.

Arranging for Xiao Nan to appear beside him to drive a wedge between him and You Jingqiu, resulting in their divorce, making him end up with a broken family and betrayed by his lover, was likely the fourth step in Xu Xingguang’s plan.

After analyzing Xu Xingguang’s revenge plan, Xu Zeqing couldn’t help but feel a cold sweat down his back.

"Xu Xingguang, you’ve really fooled us all!" Upon seeing Xu Xingguang’s true colors, Xu Zeqing felt both hatred and fear towards her.

How old was she?

At such a young age, she was so ruthless and calculating against her family that even a man nearing fifty had to concede!

"If I’d known, I should have let you die that night!" He wasn’t ruthless enough in the end; seeing Xu Xingguang awake, he couldn’t bring himself to kill her.

If he had strangled her that night, he wouldn’t be in this situation.

Finally, the car drove into the crowded and rundown Cangshan Town.

Xu Zeqing parked the car in front of the small building number 219 at the end of the town. He angrily got out of the car, instinctively wanting to rush into Xu Xingguang’s courtyard to confront her.

Remembering something, Xu Zeqing paused and couldn’t help but glance warily at the neighboring building number 218.

Noticing that the advertisement sign for the surveillance shop was removed from the gate of the Huo Family’s small courtyard, and a lock was hanging on the gate, Xu Zeqing finally breathed a sigh of relief.

With that murderer from the Huo Family not around, he felt more confident.