Chapter 237: She’s Not Afraid of Retribution

Chapter 237: She's Not Afraid of Retribution

Huo Mingying stared at Yun Mu for a moment.

She was well aware of this woman's capabilities and knew that her actions would eventually be exposed one day.

In fact, from the moment she made her decision, she had prepared herself for the worst.

She decided to go all out, giving a faint, indifferent smile.

"Retribution? I lived my early life in a foreign land, barely existing, not even knowing why I should keep living. Do you think I'm afraid of retribution?"

"You live your own life. You fell in love with someone you shouldn't have, and you are the one who started this tragedy, not the old man! He raised you, yet you took his life!"

"How do you know it wasn't him?" Huo Mingying suddenly lost control of her emotions, her voice becoming sharp, "My brother cared for me. If he hadn't forced me to leave the country back then, my brother and I would have been together long ago!"

Yun Mu sneered, "The head of the Huo family first loved Tingying's mother, and later married Li Yunlan. What does it have to do with you?"

"I carried my brother's child!"

Huo Mingying screamed.

Yun Mu was stunned, her smile freezing.

Huo Mingying gritted her teeth, "I was pregnant almost simultaneously with Yi Qinglan! I wanted to tell my brother about it, but my father intercepted me and forced me to go to the hospital. When I woke up, I was already in Country G, and my child was gone! Tell me, shouldn't I hate him?"

Yun Mu was thoroughly shocked.

She never expected the head of the Huo family to be so heartless, even towards his own sister!

Seeing Yun Mu's shocked expression, Huo Mingying laughed maniacally, as if she had gone mad.

"He killed my child, yet he raised an illegitimate child as his own! Haha, that's his retribution! He deserves to pay for my child's life!"

"Even if the old man hadn't sent you for the operation, your child wouldn't have survived past its first month."

Suddenly, the old butler appeared at the door of Huo Mingying's room.

Huo Mingying was taken aback and shook her head, "You're lying!"

"If Miss doesn't believe me, you can check your prenatal records from that hospital. Your health has always been frail, and the pregnancy was unstable. The doctors said the child couldn't have been saved. Even if it had been born, it wouldn't have survived past its first month."

The old butler continued in a low voice, "Also, the head of the family never truly cared for you. That night, you got the head of the family drunk and seduced him. This is what the head of the family confessed while kneeling before the old man, and I was there."

Huo Mingying's psychological defenses crumbled instantly.

"That's impossible! My brother loved me; he just succumbed to my father's pressure and public opinion, which is why he kept his distance!"

"If the head of the family truly loved someone, he wouldn't care about such things. Otherwise, he wouldn't have chosen to wear the green hat and acknowledge the eldest son while keeping Yi Qinglan in the capital."

The old butler's words left Huo Mingying without any self-deception.

"These matters were supposed to be buried with the old man, but I've served him for decades and couldn't bear to see Miss misunderstand him. So, I had to go against his wishes and reveal the truth!" The old butler's eyes welled up with tears, glaring resentfully at Huo Mingying, "Miss, ask yourself how the old man treated you! Did he not know it was you who drugged him? Even until his death, he was still protecting you, yet you still hate him for your own selfish reasons!"

Huo Mingying's body stiffened.

"Miss, you don't deserve to be the old man's daughter!"

With that, the old butler turned and left.

Was fate playing with her?

It turned out that she had spent most of her life living in a self-created illusion. She had thought her brother at least had some genuine feelings for her, but now she realized he never did.

She had always believed the old man separated her from her brother and ruined her love and her life, but it turned out he was the one who truly cared for her.

Her spine stiffened as she clenched her fists, slowly collapsing into a chair, her heart feeling as if it had been torn out by a sharp blade.

Yun Mu gave a cold, indifferent smile.

This Huo Mingying was truly a white-eyed wolf.

Hearing Yun Mu's laughter, Huo Mingying took a deep breath, trying to calm her agitated mind.

It's all Yi Qinglan's fault. If she hadn't taken away my brother, he would definitely have loved me!

Huo Mingying's face twisted with hatred, staring at Yun Mu with malice.

"Now that you know the truth, whether you want to seek revenge or report me to the police, it doesn't matter! But let me warn you, stay away from Huo Tingying, and get out while you can!"

Yun Mu smiled, "At this point, you still want to sow discord?"

Huo Mingying mocked, "You might not know, but Huo Tingying lived in a mental institution when he was young. His mother also committed suicide due to mental issues. Their whole family has a history of mental illness. One day, Huo Tingying will go insane too! If you have children with him, they will—"

"Shut up!"

Yun Mu's expression turned cold.

"Look in the mirror and see who the real lunatic is. My man is perfectly sane. If you insult him again, I won't spare you! Don't believe me? Ask Yun Shuiyao; I'm not known for being patient!"

Ha!

That lowly bastard Huo Tingying really hit the jackpot by meeting Yun Mu, a woman who defends him so fiercely.

But...

"Yun Mu, we'll see. You and he won't have a good ending."

"You might be disappointed. We will live happily ever after." Yun Mu gave a cold smile, "They are reading the will downstairs. Don't you want to go and see?"

Huo Mingying looked out at the balcony with a sorrowful expression, standing still.

...

In the main hall of the Huo family's old residence.

Li Yunlan glared at Huo Tingying, who was still seated firmly in the main seat as if he were the center of everything, and gritted her teeth in anger. She let out a cold hum and looked at Lawyer Qin. "Lawyer Qin, can we start now?"

Lawyer Qin nodded and opened a sealed will.

Li Yunlan sneered, still feeling very confident.

Even if the old man said he wouldn't kick Huo Tingying out of the Huo family, the Huo Group would definitely be left to her own son.

After all, no matter what, Huo Tingying wasn’t a member of the Huo family, whereas her son was the only direct descendant of the Huo family.

Unless the old man had gone mad before he died!

And hadn't Huo Tingying clearly stated that he didn't want the Huo Group?

Ha, pretending to be noble?

Saying he doesn’t want the Huo Group, yet here he is, rushing over eagerly.

Talking about voluntarily giving up his shares, but actually playing tricks behind the scenes, making the second and third uncles fight to the death with Jinzhou!

But soon these problems would be resolved. As long as the old man said that the Huo Group should be managed by Jinzhou, both Huo Tingying and the second and third uncles would have to step aside!

Li Yunlan smiled triumphantly.