NOVEL NEXT Chapter 424 - Four-Hundred and Twenty-Four: Imprisonment
Chapter 424: Chapter Four-Hundred and Twenty-Four: Imprisonment
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
“Did you guys also prepare Shi Nian and my share, too?” Yun Nan asked mischievously.
Chen Yao grinned and pursed her lips. She avoided the topic and inquired, “Are my noodles ready? I’m hungry!”
Watching Chen Yao eat her noodles in satisfaction, Yun Nan’s heart filled with happiness. ‘This is Mom’s mom,’ she thought. ‘I have to take good care of her on Mom’s behalf, make it so that she wouldn’t be sad about losing her daughter anymore, and have her later years be full of cheer and happiness.’
When Lin Yu woke up, memories flooded into her mind. She couldn’t help but panic as she remembered what had happened, and her hands immediately went to touch her belly.
“Don’t worry, the child is still there,” a low and hoarse voice sounded from the side.
Lin Yu jumped up in shock and saw Lily slowly wheel Han Yuan in. Han Yuan looked around the room and nodded in satisfaction. “Although the time was a little tight, the construction is well done.”
Han Yuan moved her wheelchair to the window and pulled the curtains open. Outside was a small living room. Lin Yu realized that it was the living room outside of Han Yuan’s bedroom. The room next to Han Yuan’s bedroom was the room Lin Yu had lived in before she got married. ‘That means this… is my room?!’ Lin Yu realized, stunned.
Han Yuan turned her wheelchair around to face her. “Does this place look familiar? This is your room! However, I sealed the door and told everyone that I wanted to keep everything in this room the way it is for you. Everybody will sigh at the deep ‘mother-and-daughter’ relationship between us.”
Lin Yu panted heavily. Han Yuan’s gaze swept across her pregnant belly, and she said detachedly, “Relax, the child is very healthy. He’ll be fine. You don’t have to use your child and pretend to be pitiful with me. I’ll naturally raise him well and educate him diligently if he’s successfully born, but if you can’t manage to carry the baby to term… Then, it’s a pity he didn’t have the fortune to become a child of the Xi family. Oh, right. The doctor checked—it’s a boy.”
“…Mom!” Lin Yu timidly called out.
Han Yuan waved her hand to stop her. “Forget it. I can’t bear that title. What happened, happened—it wasn’t a dream. You and I both remember our past interactions very clearly. There’s no making up after what had happened between us, Lin Yu, so stop with the act. It’s best to be frank with each other.”
Lin Yu’s mind was a chaotic mess, and she couldn’t hide her terror. Han Yuan looked out at the living room and stated, “You can see the people coming and going in the small living room from here. You can also hear them talking. However, no one outside can hear you speak or shout.”
“Why?” Lin Yu finally eked out a complete sentence.
“To let you have a taste of despair, of course,” Han Yuan answered. “You should be glad that you’re pregnant with Xi Cheng’s child. You were right in that I truly can’t bring myself to hurt my grandson.”
Iciness permeated Han Yuan’s calm tone as she continued, “However, it’s impossible for me to have any deep feelings for the child because you are his biological mother. Let’s wait until you give birth to him and see if that’ll change. All you have to do in the next few months is sit here and watch as us Xi family live our lives.”
Lin Yu’s entire body trembled. “No! Someone will look for me! Someone will definitely look for me! It’s illegal for you to keep me here! It’s illegal! Where’s Xi Cheng? Xi Cheng will certainly look for me if I go missing!”
Han Yuan stared at Lin Yu, at her pale, white face. Even her lips were pale and trembling. Although she was no great beauty, Lin Yu was currently the very picture of a delicate daisy.
‘It would’ve pained me to death seeing her like this if it were in the past,’ Han Yuan thought. She’d pitied the girl for the misfortune that befell her family when she was young and gave her the love and care even Xi Cheng had never received. However, Han Yuan never expected Lin Yu would actually want her dead in the end.
Han Yuan only managed to survive, not because Lin Yu’s heart had softened at the last moment, but because the reinforcements she’d arranged had arrived. Had Yun Nan arrived a few minutes later, Han Yuan would be a ghost haunting the house right now.
Naturally, Han Yuan was furious at Lin Yu’s betrayal; she hated the girl beyond compare. However, after the initial shock and distress wore off, people often became unusually calm. She looked at Lin Yu impassively and informed her, “I told the people outside that you’re in poor health, and that you have to be in bed rest until you give birth. So, who do you think will look for you? The Lins?”
“They came, but they weren’t that concerned about seeing you or not. They were content as long as they got their money. You have to admit—even if you don’t want to—you’re not that important to the Lin family. Don’t go thinking you are of any significance.”
“Who else would be looking for you? The ones who helped you embezzle Xi Cheng’s five companies? If they’re looking for you, it’ll only be to ask you why you set them up. You guys had agreed to use those five companies as a foothold to penetrate and usurp the Xi Corporation, so why did they end up with their hands tied instead?”
“Of course, Xi Cheng will be looking for you too. I won’t let him find you, at least not now. I’m afraid he might kill you. No matter how disappointing and wrong my son is, he is still my son. I can’t let him become a murderer, especially not one who killed his wife and son.”
Lin Yu felt as if there was metal ringing in her ears. Han Yuan’s every word was deafening. She tried her best to analyze the meaning of each word, and the more she understood, the more her heart sank.