443 Sisterly Love
Qiao An could tell that Rosa was very wary of her and seemed very hostile to her. She also had a premonition that her job of persuading her to surrender was very difficult.
“Lu Qianyu, I came today because I hope that you can turn over a new leaf and cooperate with the police to expose the drug cartel.”
As if she had heard a fantasy, Rosa mocked Qiao An. “They sent you to negotiate with me?”
“It’s not negotiation. It’s persuasion.”
“You’re not qualified.” Lu Qianyu sneered.
Qiao An was slightly stunned and said indignantly, “Lu Qianyu, aren’t you overestimating yourself? Without me, who would be willing to work with someone like you?”
Rosa glared at Qiao An angrily. “I won’t tell you anything you want to know. So you’d better not waste your breath.”
Qiao An said, “I came today just to tell you something so that you won’t be so sorry before you die.”
For once, Rosa fell silent and waited for Qiao An to continue.
Qiao An said tirelessly, “Rosa, actually, I pity you. You’re unlucky.”
“Who cares about your sympathy?” Rosa was furious.
“You arrogant people always think you’re superior, so you don’t take us seriously.”
Qiao An stared at her. “Rosa, you’re revealing your inferiority complex.”
Rosa bristles. “Who’s feeling inferior?”
Qiao An said, “You. Because you’ve always felt that you’re different from us. You’re a child without parental love. You’re a child abandoned by your parents. You think no one in this world likes you. So you hate everyone in this world.”
“Because of this self-pitying inferiority complex, you’re very grateful to your adoptive father. You think that he saved you from the human traffickers and was the only one who cared for you. Because of this gratitude, you were willing to be his tool and accompany him through fire and water.”
“Qiao An, your ability to make up stories is indeed extraordinary.”
Qiao An stared into her eyes. The sting in Rosa’s eyes told her that her words had a powerful stimulus on her emotions.
Qiao An continued, “You think he’s the only person in the world who cares about you, so no matter if he’s good or evil, no matter what his motive is for asking you to do anything, you’ll help him willingly without asking why.”
Rosa stared angrily at Qiao An. The sting in her eyes turned to mockery. “Childish,” she mocked Qiao An.
“Using this kind of trick to force a confession is really childish.”
Qiao An wasn’t angry. She changed the topic. “But he’s not the one who loves you the most in this world.”
Rosa laughed completely. “Even I don’t know who is the best and truest to me in this world. Would you know?”
Qiao An vowed, “I know.”
Rosa almost burst out laughing. “Qiao An, I don’t have time to play with you.” She stood up, sending a clear signal that her patience was exhausted.
Outside the corridor, the staff was about to come in and end the negotiation, but Old Master Xiao stopped them. “Wait a little longer.”
At this moment, the situation inside reversed.
Qiao An changed the topic. “Lu Qianyu, the person who loves you the most in this world is your sister, Lu Qianqian. Do you know what your sister did for you after your mother sold you?”
For some reason, Rosa’s resistance disappeared. She looked at Qiao An without blinking. “So you know that I’m a child my mother sold and not a lost child. Right?”
Qiao An nodded. “Although I don’t have any evidence that Auntie Lu sold her child, I discovered during the investigation that the Lu family values boys over girls. Your grandmother is a traditional and pedantic woman. I think your mother chose to secretly sell you because of her mother-in-law’s mentality. Her motive for doing this should be to have another boy to carry on the family line.”
The hatred in Rosa’s eyes instantly exploded.
Qiao An ignited her hatred, which worried the others.
Old Master Xiao was worried that Qiao An had no experience in eliciting a confession and was concerned that her plan would backfire, so he prepared to interrupt this conversation.
Unexpectedly, just as he was about to go in, he heard Qiao An say, “Unfortunately, your father didn’t satisfy the wishes of your grandmother and mother. He couldn’t bear to give up on you and went out to look for you almost every day. He quit his job and spent all the family’s money. The family that was originally rich became poorer and poorer.”
“Your mother and nanny tried countless times to persuade him to give up on you. But he couldn’t bear to. He said that if he couldn’t find you, he wouldn’t have another child for the rest of his life. Because he had two children, to begin with. Even with two daughters, he had no regrets.”
Rosa lowered her head. No one knew what she was thinking.
Qiao An said, “Your father’s persistence affected your sister, Lu Qianqian. Your sister originally had her ideals. She wanted to be a doctor to save the dying and help the injured, but because you went missing, and your father would rather go bankrupt to find you, she decided to be a police officer so she could find you. Your mother and father often quarreled because of you. Your sister grew up in such an environment and changed her ideals.”
Qiao An threw Lu Qianqian’s file to her. “This is your sister’s file. You can take a look at her employment oath.”
Rosa glanced at Qianqian’s employment oath and realized that under the soldier’s oath, she had specially marked a line in very small handwriting. “I swear to bring my sister home.”
Rosa pushed the file to Qiao An. “She only made such a stupid decision for the sake of the Lu family’s peace.”
Qiao An said, “Lu Qianqian was originally weak, but in order to successfully become a soldier, she started to strengthen her body and train in martial arts in her first year of high school. The hardships were recorded in her diary. You can say that your sister made this decision for the peace of the Lu family, but your sister took the risk alone and dealt with those people in the bandit nest. She lived every day in fear, but she was looking for you.”
Qiao An opened Qianqian’s dossier again. “Look, this is the lead she investigated about you eight years ago. Because of this lead, she took that path.”
Rosa became more and more silent.
Qiao An closed the dossier. “In this world, a person’s kindness to another won’t be for no reason. A person’s efforts to another won’t be without reward. Your adoptive father raised you. Didn’t he also take something from you? In comparison, isn’t your sister’s efforts to you more selfless? Think about it yourself.”
With that, Qiao An slowly stood up. Finally, she glanced meaningfully at Rosa and said, “Your sister died very tragically. After she was shot, she had a C-section and gave birth to her child at the last moment of her life.”