Plunder-Chapter 218 Whose Flesh and Bones
Within less than half an hour, Chen Yin was brought to Chu Garden.
Having not seen her for nearly two months, she looked much thinner and had an air of frailty about her.
Upon seeing her, Auntie Jiang immediately rushed over.
"Niannian, how are you?"
Chen Yin’s face showed impatience as she pushed Auntie Jiang away, "This is all the good you’ve done!"
Auntie Jiang seemed to be very afraid of Su Nian, and her head drooped involuntarily.
"I’m sorry, it’s all my fault, I’ve been a bad mother."
Seeing her so humble before Su Nian, Zhou Jin’an felt a sudden surge of anger.
"Mom, you don’t need to apologize to anyone, the one who should be apologizing is her."
He shielded Auntie Jiang behind him.
"Cheng Lu, go and notify the Young Madam to come back."
Zhou Jin’an issued the command, and Cheng Lu immediately went to carry it out.
Su Nian chuckled coldly, and she strode to the couch and plonked herself down.
"Zhou Jin’an, I never thought the day would come when you’d become such a nag. What, did you bring me here just to reunite the three of us, and then separate us again?"
Zhou Jin’an’s deep gaze furrowed, his eyes shooting towards Su Nian like cold blades.
"You’ve broken the law; you should be punished by the law."
In front of Su Nian, he dialed Director Huang’s number.
"Come over to my place."
"Who did you call?"
Su Nian suddenly became alert, springing up from the couch with a flash of nervousness in her eyes.
Zhou Jin’an’s mouth twisted into a half-smile, yet he didn’t reply.
"What are you afraid of?"
"Mom, please bring that child out," Zhou Jin’an said to Auntie Jiang.
The child was still in Auntie Jiang’s room.
Auntie Jiang hesitated for a second, "Jin’an, the child is innocent. If not out of respect for the monk, then for the sake of my face, please don’t make it hard for the child, okay?"
"I’m not making it hard, I’m helping him," he insisted firmly.
Auntie Jiang hesitated for quite a while before she slowly got up and walked towards the bedroom.
However, having entered the bedroom, she didn’t come back out immediately.
In the living room, only Zhou Jin’an and Chen Yin remained.
They sat opposite each other on the sofa, Zhou Jin’an’s eyelids drooping as he slowly sipped his tea.
Su Nian was anxious inside, but after entering Chu Garden, she had no chance to leave again.
"Jin’an, what do I have to do to make you give me a way out? Look, all these years I’ve quietly stood by your side, that’s been helping you, right? We’ve loved each other, I still love you, and I never meant to hurt you. Can’t we just cherish the memory of old times?"
"No."
Zhou Jin’an rejected her decidedly.
Unwilling to accept it, Su Nian barely kept her rage in check, "Why?"
Zhou Jin’an’s long fingers curled slightly, his hand forming a tight fist, veins stood out on top of it, almost ready to burst.
"For the sake of my child."
"Your child?"
Su Nian repeated, puzzled.
But quickly, she chuckled, "Isn’t your child also my child? Jin’an, Qiqi is the child of both of us. Just look, he really does look a lot like you. I’ve kept it secret all these years just to give you a surprise."
"A surprise?" Zhou Jin’an echoed back.
"You know very well whose flesh and blood he is, but he’s definitely not my son, Zhou Jin’an. Su Nian, what you’re doing disgusts me."
"How am I disgusting? Where have I been disgusting? Qiqi is your son, you can’t deny your own son just because you’re married now. Jin’an, he’s the product of our love, I carried him for ten months before giving birth."
In her eagerness to convince Zhou Jin’an, she rushed towards Auntie Jiang’s bedroom, yanked the door open, grabbed Qiqi’s arm, and hurried towards Zhou Jin’an.
Walking up to him, she pushed Qiqi in front of Zhou Jin’an.
"Look, do his eyes not resemble yours? And his nose, too—you have a high nose bridge, and so does he. Look again, the corners of his mouth are just like yours."
She desperately searched for similarities between the child and Zhou Jin’an.
The child, terrified, kept dodging, "Mommy, I’m scared."
"Qiqi, be good, don’t be afraid, this is Daddy."
As Su Nian muttered, "Haven’t you been asking where Mommy and Daddy are? Now Daddy is right in front of you, and from now on you’ll live with Daddy. Qiqi, aren’t you happy?"
She kept talking to herself.
Zhou Jin’an’s brows furrowed even more deeply.
"Su Nian, that’s enough."
"It’s not enough!"
Su Nian suddenly stood up, tears streaming down her face.
"I’ve given so much for you, why do you crave the new and scorn the old? You said it yourself, you said you loved only me in this whole world, you said I would be the only wife of Zhou Jin’an. Why did you marry another woman? I gave you such a big son, don’t you feel the slightest bit grateful?"
Her lips trembled, and tears kept sliding down her cheeks.
Her emotions were agitated, but Zhou Jin’an was even more so.
"How we broke up, I don’t believe you really forgot. Su Nian, we ended things five years ago, why do you still cling on? You already made your choice back then; there’s no medicine for regret in this world."
"Moreover, I need to tell you something, the car accident not only caused you to lose that child but also your qualifications to be a mother."
"What? What are you saying? Zhou Jin’an, what on earth are you talking about?"
Su Nian’s eyes widened, she couldn’t believe what she was hearing.
She was unaware of the car accident years ago, not knowing it wasn’t an accident, but a long-planned trap. Even less did she know that due to her greed, someone, in a fit of rage, caused her to permanently lose the qualifications to be a mother.
"If you don’t believe it, you can go to the hospital to get tested, and you will soon know the outcome," Zhou Jin’an said emphatically.
His words were a bolt from the blue for Su Nian.
She stepped back repeatedly, her whole being in a state of panic.
"Mommy—" The child, terrified, cried and lunged into Su Nian’s arms.
But Su Nian pushed him to the ground with one hand.
"Impossible, absolutely impossible."
She shook her head in utter despair.
Auntie Jiang was crying a river of tears; she ran over and picked up Qiqi, who was lying on the ground, sobbing.
"Qiqi, come to Grandma, don’t cry, you are Grandma’s precious sweetheart."
Auntie Jiang felt deep pity for the child and embraced him in her arms.
Just at that moment, Qiao En returned.
She had heard the commotion from outside the house and had already grasped the situation somewhat.
"Young Madam Zhou."
At the gate of the courtyard, Director Huang appeared with several people.
He took the initiative to greet Qiao En. Qiao En nodded at him, and he walked steadily towards the house.
Seeing Qiao En and Director Huang together, Chen Yin’s complexion instantly turned pale.
"What... what are you trying to do?"
Director Huang greeted Zhou Jin’an and immediately revealed the arrest warrant.
"Miss Su Nian, you are suspected of involvement in a murder case; please cooperate with us and come back for investigation!" he said as shiny handcuffs clanged onto her wrists.
She began to struggle violently, "I’m not Su Nian, I’m Chen Yin, you’ve got the wrong person."
"Su Nian is Chen Yin, Chen Yin is Su Nian, we’ve already verified your identity information before coming here."
Faced with irrefutable evidence, there was no possibility of escape for Su Nian.
"Mom, sister, save me, I don’t want to go to jail, I don’t want to go to jail," she cried, continuously begging Auntie Jiang and Qiao En for help.
"Yayun, Xiao Zhou, quickly save Niannian, it was so hard for Mom to finally recognize her daughter..."
Qiao En supported Auntie Jiang’s arm, "Mom, it’s no use asking anyone now; she broke the law, she must face legal punishment."
"Let’s go, Miss Su Nian," Director Huang made a gesture, indicating her to move.
Qiao En’s righteousness over familial ties infuriated Chen Yin.
As she walked out, she cursed, "Qiao En, do you think you’re so great just because you married Zhou Jin’an? Let me tell you, you’re just taking my leftovers. I’m your elder sister, and by sending your own sister to jail, you’re an unforgivably wicked person."
She raged on, venting her inner fury, but Qiao En remained silent throughout.
However, Chen Yin had just been taken away when Auntie Jiang fainted.
