Chapter 434 - A card in her hand that could make him back down.

Zhen Qinrou's face instantly paled when she heard Qi Shuai mention the story from 5 years back. Her fingers clenched into a fist at the side as she stuttered her words out with some fear laced to it, "W – What about that? Why are you bringing that up now? I am here to talk about one thing and you are bringing something out of the question here" 

Seeing her complexion getting all weak in just seconds, Qi Shuai could not control a known chuckle from coming out his lips. "How can I, Mrs Feng? Do you think that I have time to go off topic now? I am bringing up the story that could be a great help to me in the situation I am stuck in. So, I am definitely not going wide of the mark. You have to believe me".

The woman's heartbeat worsened at his words. She blinked her eyes to hide her anxiousness, but none of her efforts worked since her worsened state said it all.

"What happened, Mrs Feng? Your complexion is getting awful? Are you fine? Should I get you something to drink?" Qi Shuai purposefully asked. His tone was not the one that intended any help to the lady, rather it was the one that was challenging her darkest secrets that were buried deep away from people's knowledge. His eyes sharply piercing her soul away.

Though she has always heard from her husband praising this young kid's capability and matured fearsome ways, she never took his words of praises seriously, given the experience she had with him. But now looking at him, she felt that she was wrong in judging him too early.

Although he looked very meek back in time, easily agreeing to her plans of him leaving Feng Yi Lan; at this point in time, he looked no same.

"You … of course, I am all fine. Why would I feel awful with the mention of that incident? What are you intending to say by that to me? Are you accusing me of that incident? Shufen is my son, after all, I will be happy if we could catch the person who was responsible for his accident that year" She said, suddenly getting all panic-stricken.

Qi Shuai instantly shook his head, "No, not at all Mrs Feng. When did I say something like that? It is you who are contemplating my words in the wrong way. Being Shufen's best buddy for all my life, indeed I know that you are his stepmother who loves him no less than his own mother. How could I accuse you?" He said, instantly putting on a false display of innocence on his face.

Zhen Qinrou knew well what his words actually meant. However, she could not be reckless to unmask him at the moment as it will only boomerang her own secrets out. Something that she does not want at the moment. "Then? What does that mean?" She asked, getting back on her calm side.

"It was nothing much Mrs Feng. Since I know what type of kind mother you are, I thought that you would be interested in knowing that till where my investigation went" The man casually said, as he gestured to her to take the seat behind while he took a seat across her.

The woman was all dumbfounded. "Investigation? Are you people still finding the people responsible for that accident?" She asked with surprise, instantly making the man at the front raise his brows in amus.e.m.e.nt. "Ah, I mean, I have heard Feng Shufen say to Yu Hao that it was one of the failed attempts of his enemies and he has already dealt with it?"

"Indeed! We have caught him years back". Qi Shuai nodded, giving out light knowing laughter. "But we have not dealt with him yet, Mrs Feng. The tortures in our base are not that simple. That man is still hanging in one of our underground prisons getting tortured in various ways every day. And recently he has revealed something to us" he added.

Zhen Qinrou almost felt her soul leaving her body. She was jolted from within yet she was trying her best to remain all nonchalant at the front. "Revealed something? What is it?" she asked, looking all peaceful and normal.

Qi Shuai did not say anything for a moment, just maintained his meaningful gaze at her.

With his silence, the woman's impatience was increasing. With every moment passing, her deceitful wall of calmness was shattering. He could easily see the cracks appearing on her expressions. He didn't know before but now seeing her like this, he understood that being sadist at times was not wrong. He was enjoying it.

When satisfied with seeing her completely at the edge, he finally said, "Revealed that the accident years ago had never been planned for any revenge rather was presented in a way that looked like one. While the real intention all the way was to defame Feng Shufen, so that he would be voted out from the President position of Feng Internationals. Though we still have not known how they were planning to defame him, we have come to know that someone very close to us was involved in the plan".

The woman was all stunned. Her fingers dug deep into the leather seats of the sofa, she was sitting on. It was getting tough for her to breathe, lest say to give a response to the situation. To people's eyes, it might look like she was getting concerned for his son but Shuai knew her in a much better way to know the reality.

"Mrs Feng, are you alright?" He asked with a plain amiable smile on his face, that was not giving any of his real intentions out on the show.

"Yeah! I am fine. I was just too shocked to hear that my son is surrounded by such dangers. You know how mother's heart is for her children" she said trying her best to not spill her guts in her anxiousness.

Qi Shuai nodded to her words with some meaning then said, "Indeed! Now recollecting back to the issue for which you were here, I would be direct. I am no longer in the mood of following your words anymore. I love Yi Lan and I am not going to reject my feelings for her any longer". His tone came out all tough and firm, not wavering with any hesitation.

At his audacious words, Zhen Qinrou instantly saw red. "Qi Shuai, are you forgetting that I still have the card that could make you …"

"Nope, Ms Zhen. This time you have no card against me. You can't make me back out, even if you blackmail me with my mother. This time I won't care even if you go to Mr Qi to inform him that my mother is still alive and not yet dead with his tortures." He said, cutting off her words in the middle to show his determination.

Zhen Qinrou could no longer contain herself. Opening her mouth, she was about to burst out but right at that moment, a sharp clank was heard at the entrance, followed by the voice of disbelief.

"You rejected my love because she asked you to?"