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"Yang Mengzhu, I can revoke your statement." I arrogantly raised my chin towards Yang Mengzhu and said, "As long as you kneel down and kowtow to my father, I promise you."

Yang Mengzhu's eyebrows twitched, as though she was surprised and shocked that I would make such a request, but she quickly nodded her head and agreed: "Alright, as long as you agree, I'll kowtow however much you want."

Hearing that, Yang Mengzhu could not care about the fact that her head was spinning, her body was swaying, she anxiously said: "Alright, I will continue to knock, continue to knock."

Then he bent over and kowtowed again.

"No need." I stopped her and said contemptuously, "The ground is dirty because of you."

Yang Mengzhu didn't mind that I treated her like trash, so she asked me with a pale face: "Then, then did you promise me?"

I pursed my lips and didn't say anything. My gaze shifted to a cloud in the sky, and my heart followed the empty cloud.

Although I did not say yes or no, but Yang Mengzhu saw that I agreed, and was extremely excited, immediately standing up.

Seeing that she was about to thank me, I felt disgusted and stopped her in time, "Shut up! Yang Mengzhu, don't let me see you again in the future.

Looking at Yang Mengzhu's back, which had obviously become relaxed after achieving my goal, I sadly curled my lips.

"Sis, why did you let Zhong Ruoqing go?" Little Yu's dissatisfied voice sounded in my ears.

I turned my head and saw that he was filled with righteous indignation, he was obviously angry that I had shown mercy to Zhong Ruoqing.

To tell the truth, I don't know why I let her off like this. This isn't my usual style.

I hate Zhong Ruoqing for being real. She had done too many unforgivable things to me, so before she was arrested, I had to think of all ways to punish her and bring her to justice.

But now, when all these facts have been set in stone, I pity her, I pity her, I think she is still young after all, and if she were to go to prison, her life would be ruined.

Forget it, as long as she doesn't have to be so despicable in the future and provoke me on her own accord, I will spare her.

"Little Yu, your sister has her own thoughts." Lou Shaotang seemed to understand my thoughts very well as he advised by the side.

Although Little Yu did not understand, he did not say anything else and walked forward dejectedly.

"Do you think I'm stupid too?" I looked at Lou Shaotang and laughed at myself.

"Yes." He showed no mercy.

I laughed indifferently and looked at my father's tombstone again. "Do you think my father is stupid?"

"No." His answer was firm as iron.

I was slightly surprised. "Why?"

"How can you be stupid if you love someone deeply?!"

I laughed when I heard his voice, which sounded like it belonged to a saint, and scoffed even more scornfully at his words. I shook my head and said, "But if love ends in such a miserable way, I'd rather not love it from the start."

"However, love is not controlled by the will of self. Sometimes, you tell yourself repeatedly that you mustn't love, but in the end, you still love, and you still can't stop loving."

The moment Lou Shaotang's words fell, I was momentarily stunned. It wasn't that his words made sense, but when he said those words, his eyes were fixated on mine, and his gaze was deep and affectionate.

Was he talking about himself?

I squinted at him, incredulous.

How was this possible!

Even if he loved me, a man as proud and self-protective as he was, he couldn't be as unreserved and unyielding as my father.

Thus, I gave a noncommittal chuckle and didn't go any further on this topic with him.

Because I thought back to what Yang Mengzhu said just now, I naturally changed the topic and asked him: "What happened to Zhong Muhua being captured, why did he say it was your scheme?"

"It's more complicated." After a while, he slowly opened his mouth and said, "In the future, I will slowly explain it to you."

Seeing that he wasn't willing to say anything, I didn't ask any further, but I had a strong feeling that this matter was related to Lou Yuanhai being captured, but I didn't understand why.

If he was going to deal with Lou Yuanhai for the sake of fighting over "Tianyue" and eliminating others, then what had Zhong Muhua done to offend him?

When we got back to the old house, it was just around the time for lunch. Seeing that we had returned, Second Aunt immediately went up to us with a big smile, "You're back. Come and eat with us. Everyone's waiting for you!"

I coldly laughed in my heart. She said that she knew very well the reason why she was waiting for us.

But Lou Shaotang didn't know, he really thought that they were passionate and that they were the ones who had entered the house earlier than me.

He was sitting next to me, as he had been yesterday, but he wasn't drinking as hard as he had been yesterday. A glass of wine had been in front of him since the beginning of the meal, and it was still there for an hour or so.

It wasn't that his relatives didn't offer him a toast, but that I said, "Drinking hurts the body." He had already picked up the glass and immediately put it down, never touching it again. The relatives no longer respected him.

I don't know why I said that at the time, but I suddenly thought of the way he felt when he was drunk, and I felt sorry for him, and I didn't want him to drink again.

It was probably because the atmosphere was good, that Lou Shaotang was in a good mood, and when the relatives decided that the time was right, they started to talk about their difficulties.

Lou Shaotang was a very smart person, he only just understood everything after hearing his words. The corners of his mouth curled indistinctly, and he tilted his head to look at me.

Oh, he must be laughing at me for having such greedy and greedy relatives.

I was ashamed. Thinking back to how I was arrogant in front of Lou Shaotang previously, but was now thrown away by this group of people in such a short time, I am very angry.

I don't know if it was shame or annoyance, but my face flushed slightly and I unconsciously lowered my head, avoiding his gaze.

As I stared at the bowl of rice in front of me, my cold hand was suddenly wrapped tightly around by a warm one.

I was surprised, and immediately looked at Lou Shaotang.

Yes, that hand was his.

Lou Shaotang was also concentrating on me, the smile on his face was no longer as dull as before, but warm and comforting. My heart suddenly stirred, and I reflexively tried to pull it out, but he caught it in time and held it tight, taking it into the palm of his other hand.

I let him hold me. Because at this moment, the warm feeling in my hand had already passed into my heart, making me feel warm all over, making me feel comfortable and at ease.

Seeing that Lou Shaotang was also acting like an idiot like me, Uncle finally couldn't help but make it clear, "Um …" He coughed twice, covering his slightly embarrassed expression, and continued to speak: "Shao Tang, Uncle's meaning is that I want to borrow some money from you, make a round, and return it to you the moment the business starts to improve."

Hearing my uncle's words, Lou Shaotang turned his gaze towards me and smiled shrewdly at the merchant: "Uncle, you know that I am a businessman, there is no such thing as borrowing money in my dictionary, only investing."

It was unknown if his uncle truly didn't hear whether Lou Shaotang was tactfully refusing or if he was just pretending to be stupid, so he quickly changed his words, "Oh, then let's invest, let's invest."

Sure enough, he went on, "But I don't invest freely, especially in people who have no value at all." His voice was much colder than before.

Lou Shaotang had already said this much, if his uncle still could not figure it out, then he would really be stupid.

His face was red with embarrassment. As for the other relatives who wanted to borrow money from Lou Shaotang, they all went silent as if they had taken aphrodisiac.

Just as the atmosphere froze, a voice suddenly sounded, breaking the awkward silence …