Chapter 38: 38. Real and Fake

What’s going on? When did Chen Biao die? And it looks like the Su family is the main culprit?

Upon hearing this, Mr. Wang Sr. and the others exchanged shocked and suspicious glances before their expressions turned to collective fury.

That Su Mengqing! How dare she extend her reach to Black Tiger Hall and even deliberately try to use us as her pawns? Thank goodness this was exposed in time. Otherwise, the Su family would have truly ruined us!

THUMP!

His face flushed with anger, Mr. Wang Sr. couldn’t stop himself from striding forward and kicking Su Mengqing to the ground! “Su Mengqing! I almost fell for your act! You truly are a venomous bitch!”

Still not satisfied, he spat on Su Mengqing’s face.

“Su Mengqing! You nearly got us all killed! We wrongly accused a good man!”

“Your Su family deserves every bit of this misfortune! And to think you tried to pin the blame for the stock price collapse on Lin Fan!”

“Hmph. I suspected Su Pharmaceutical staged this all along. Why else would you sell off your shares on such a massive scale beforehand?”

Mr. Huang Sr. and the others also came forward, surrounding the two women and cursing at them loudly.

“No, it’s not like that! Young Master Chen’s death has nothing to do with the Su family!” Su Mengqing froze, her face a mask of panic and despair. Yang Tingting was so terrified she simply collapsed, curling into a shivering ball on the floor.

SLAP!

Chen Heihu strode over and slapped Su Mengqing so hard she went rolling across the ground. “Su Mengqing! You fucking said you were in the Black Tiger Building! How could it be such a coincidence?”

“Lord Hu! Lin Fan was the one who killed Young Master Chen! It had nothing to do with me!” Su Mengqing endured the searing pain, lifting her twisted and ferocious face from the ground.

“Fine! Then tell me, what were you doing at the Black Tiger Building?” Though furious beyond words, Chen Heihu no longer dared to vent his anger on Lin Fan, so he directed all his resentment at Su Mengqing.

Yang Tingting stammered, “Lord Hu, Director Su isn’t lying! W-we were there to pay off Su Gang’s gambling debt!”

“So the Su family didn’t want to pay up, and you killed my son instead! Is that it?” Chen Heihu’s eye twitched, his face a terrifying shade of livid.

“No, no, no! We already paid! We gave this bank card with over twenty million on it to Young Master Chen…” Su Mengqing hastily pulled out the bank card to prove her innocence.

SLAP!

But Chen Heihu only grew more enraged, slapping her viciously once more. “Are you taking me for a fool? If you gave the card to Chen Biao, how could it possibly still be on you?”

“I… I…” Su Mengqing and Yang Tingting were questioned until their faces went deathly pale, unable to utter another word.

They had assumed that with Chen Biao killed by Lin Fan, they could secretly pocket the gambling debt money, so they had taken the bank card back. Now, however, they were trapped in their own lie, unable to talk their way out of it.

“Hmph! Nothing to say for yourselves now? If you weren’t behind this, why would my son write the character ’Su’ for your family name with his dying breath, instead of ’Lin’?” Chen Heihu laughed out of pure rage, his face contorted. “Even if Lin Fan was the one who struck the blow, the Su family must be the true culprits behind it all!”

“No, it’s not like that! It’s not like that at all…!!” Su Mengqing trembled with rage, tears streaming down her face. But she had no way to refute the accusation and could only wail in helpless, stifling despair.

Yang Tingting also lost her composure. “Lin Fan! Lin Fan, say something! You’re the one who wanted to kill Young Master Chen! It has nothing to do with us!” she stared fiercely at Lin Fan, screaming hysterically.

“Su Mengqing, you two are truly shameless. Utterly without decency.” Before the expressionless Lin Fan could respond, Yuan Youwei stepped forward. Her beautiful face turned cold as ice as she pointed at the two women. “This was clearly the Su family’s doing, yet now you turn around and pin all the blame on Lin Fan? Then explain this: why did the Su family start dumping its stock in huge quantities first thing in the morning? You’re the ones who crashed Su Pharmaceutical’s stock price, and then you framed Lin Fan for it!”

The relentless questioning left Su Mengqing and Yang Tingting speechless, and they could only cry even louder.

Mr. Yuan Sr. smiled without saying a word, while Mr. Wang Sr. and the others shook their heads, their gazes toward Su Mengqing and her companion turning completely icy. Chen Heihu, on the other hand, was so enraged that his fists cracked as he clenched them, his eyes bloodshot and radiating a violent, murderous light.

“No, Su Mengqing and her friend aren’t lying. I killed Chen Biao. They didn’t order me to do it.” At that moment, Lin Fan’s jaw muscle twitched as he spoke in a cold voice.

A man must take responsibility for his own actions. He wasn’t afraid of Chen Heihu’s retaliation, and more importantly, he wanted nothing more to do with the Su family!

Upon hearing this, Su Mengqing and Yang Tingting looked as though they had been granted a great pardon, nodding their heads emphatically.

“Did you hear that? Did you all hear that? Lin Fan admitted it himself!”

“That’s right, that’s right! It was all Lin Fan! Lord Hu, you’ve truly wronged us!”

But when they looked at Lin Fan, their eyes were still filled with resentment, lacking even a hint of gratitude.

“Su Mengqing, look at Lin Fan, and then look at yourselves. Tsk, tsk. What ungrateful, heartless creatures.” Before the crowd could react, Yuan Youwei’s eyes glinted as she began to speak, her tone dripping with ridicule. “Presumably everyone knows that Lin Fan is Su Mengqing’s ex-husband, whom the Su family just kicked out with nothing to his name! But what you don’t know is that the key to the Su family’s rapid rise these past few years was the secret support of Lin Fan’s mother, Ms. Lin Suxin! The Injury Ointment and its recipe that Lin Fan leaked online both came from Ms. Lin Suxin’s hands! They were never the Su family’s property to begin with!”

She slowly scanned the crowd as she spoke in a clear, loud voice. When she turned back to Su Mengqing and Yang Tingting, her gaze was completely glacial. “If you hadn’t gone to his mother’s memorial to cause a scene last night and completely break his heart, why would he have ever done this? And now, out of consideration for your past relationship, he’s even shouldering all the blame for you!”

BOOM!

Her words, a mix of truth and fabrication, thundered through the crowd. Everyone’s faces changed, their hearts filled with a storm of emotions.

So Lin Fan’s arrogant and domineering behavior was all a cover for the Su family? How is that an ungrateful bastard? He’s clearly a tough, loyal man of his word! He’s disregarding his own life and death, even willing to offend Black Tiger Hall and the entire Haicheng Business Community! And yet the Su family, instead of cherishing a man like that, kicked him out and even tried to frame him?

“Yuan Youwei! You! You’re spouting utter nonsense! You’re the one who’s insidious and malicious!” Sensing the complete change in the way the crowd was looking at her—with disgust, contempt, and even simmering anger—Su Mengqing felt a chill run down her spine. Her head was buzzing, and she felt like she was about to explode with rage.

“No, don’t listen to her! She’s deliberately trying to confuse you!” Yang Tingting also flew into a rage, screaming frantically. “You claim Lin Fan’s mother helped build the Su family, and that the Injury Ointment and its recipe were hers? What proof do you have? You’re just shamelessly siding with Lin Fan!”

She furiously wiped away her tears, still desperately trying to argue her case.

“Tingting is right!” Su Mengqing yelled as if jolted awake. “Lin Fan, what proof could you possibly have?!”

So much time has passed, and everything Lin Suxin did was in secret. They were certain Lin Fan had no proof. He’d have to suffer in silence, unable to defend himself!

“Speak, Lin Fan! Say something!”

“You’re just a worthless freeloader who hides behind a woman! How dare you conspire with others to steal the credit for the Su family’s success and give it to your mother? Do you deserve it? Does your mother deserve it? The two of you are utterly shameless and disgusting!”

Seeing Lin Fan remain silent with a grim expression, Su Mengqing’s confidence suddenly surged, and she let out a venomous laugh, her face contorted with malice.

“Did everyone see that? This is how cunning and treacherous Lin Fan is! He’s even fooled a sharp woman like Miss Yuan!” Yang Tingting also broke into a hideous laugh, lifting her chin defiantly as she spoke with self-righteous fury. “He pretends to confess, but he’s really trying to frame us! How hypocritical! How deep his schemes must run! No wonder his mother dropped dead! She must have been a schemer just like him! Good riddance! She got what she deserved!”

The two supported each other, staggering to their feet, their eyes brimming with malicious satisfaction.

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