Of course, there was also a certain sense of satisfaction deep inside her.
She looked intently at Ye Shaohua’s face but found not a trace of surprise there.
“Ye Meng, don’t think that by doing this, you can cover up what happened back then.” Ye Shaohua narrowed her eyes slightly and lowered her voice.
Hearing this, the smile on Ye Meng’s face gradually faded, and her usual innocent demeanor vanished. “What are you talking about?”
“The files for that drug case from back then are all archived at the police station. Ye Qing thought no one knew the truth from those years, but he didn’t realize I had hacked into the system and read them.” Ye Shaohua fixed her gaze steadily on Ye Meng. “The one who betrayed the narcotics police back then, causing the deaths of twenty squad members, eight civilians, and my mother, was your mom.”
Ye Meng pursed her lips. Out of the corner of her eye, she caught sight of Yin Tianyu’s expression.
Yin Tianyu stood rooted to the spot. Hearing their conversation felt like being struck by lightning.
So… the revenge he thought he had successfully achieved, the belief that he had already reined in Ye Qing, was actually just him being played in the palm of Ye Qing’s hand all along?
Yin Tianyu lost his father when he was very young. His mother told him that people from the Qing Gang had killed his dad.
From a very early age, Yin Tianyu had been brainwashed by his mother’s hatred.
Perhaps because he was clever, he not only started his own business but also got close to Ye Shaohua and obtained evidence against the Qing Gang.
Originally, Yin Tianyu had planned to take down Ye Shaohua along with the entire Qing Gang.
He never expected Ye Qing to be so ruthless. A tiger does not eat its own cubs, they say, but Ye Qing had actually shifted all the criminal evidence onto Feisheng Entertainment, clearly intending to send Ye Shaohua to her doom.
However, Yin Tianyu saw this and had no intention whatsoever of warning Ye Shaohua.
He just watched silently as Ye Shaohua and people like Ye Qing destroyed each other.
But now, what was he hearing?
Ye Shaohua had known Ye Qing’s plan from the very beginning!
She wasn’t, as he had always imagined, kept in the dark. On the contrary, everyone around him was far from simple, and he was the only one who had been left completely in the dark.
Yin Tianyu was no fool. Now that he knew all this, everything else fell into place and connected.
So, in the explosion that killed his father back then, Ye Shaohua’s mother was also a victim. And the person he had thought was the kindest of all… Ye Meng’s mother was actually the culprit?
Especially… Ye Shaohua had known all of this for a long time! She knew the purpose behind his approach to her, which explained why her eyes had looked so coldly at him recently.
She also knew that Ye Qing was just using her, making her a scapegoat and a shield.
And most importantly, her mother was also indirectly killed by Ye Qing and Ye Meng’s mother!
Yin Tianyu was completely stunned. He no longer knew what he was thinking; his mind just went completely blank.
The revenge he thought he was carrying out had actually helped Ye Qing and his group absolve their crimes and harmed another innocent person?
He turned his head numbly to look at the expressionless Ye Shaohua, utterly unable to comprehend what she was feeling right now.
Being used by her closest relative…
After his daze, his face turned ashen as he looked at Ye Meng.
Seeing Yin Tianyu’s expression, Ye Meng said somewhat frantically, “Why do you still have to hold onto a grudge from twenty years ago? Everyone is living perfectly fine now. Can’t you just let go of these things…”
But before she could finish her sentence, Yin Tianyu fixed a steady gaze on her, then turned around and walked away.
Ye Meng reached out to grab him, but he unhesitatingly brushed her hand away.
Watching Yin Tianyu leave, Ye Meng stamped her feet fiercely.
She turned around, glaring hatefully at Ye Shaohua.
Ye Shaohua, however, calmly returned her gaze. “Good and evil will eventually be repaid. I will investigate all of this and uncover the truth.”
“What use is it even if you investigate and find out the truth? I’m now a member of the Lance family and no longer under Chinese jurisdiction. The police there have no authority to interfere with me. And Ye Shaohua, you might not know this, but a large pile of evidence against Feisheng has already been handed over to the police. You don’t have many days of freedom left. Feisheng has already been formally placed under police investigation. When you go back, just wait to rot in prison.” Ye Meng had felt some sympathy for Ye Shaohua before.
But now she was gnashing her teeth in hatred, desperately wishing Ye Qing could bring down Feisheng immediately.
Ye Meng wasn’t afraid of past misdeeds coming to light. Over the past few days, she had already come to understand the power of the Lance family.
Thinking of this, her expression gradually improved, but she didn’t want to reveal her current status in the Lance family right away. She couldn’t give Ye Shaohua any opportunity to bask in reflected glory.
“Is that so,” Ye Shaohua said, unconcerned, simply withdrawing her gaze.
Ye Meng saw that people from the Lance family had already entered the venue and then hurried after them, casting one last deep look at Ye Shaohua before leaving.
Just at that moment, Zhuo Ping appeared not far away, approaching with a few people.
As he walked from the internal entrance to the main hall, everyone he passed would proactively and warmly greet him. He responded with cool indifference, appearing extremely aloof. Yet no one else thought his attitude was in any way inappropriate.
He didn’t find Ye Meng’s presence here strange either, though he didn’t speak to her.
Instead, the Lance family’s chief gambling stone master, who had brought Ye Meng here, greeted Zhuo Ping very politely upon seeing him. “Mr. Zhuo, what brings you out here?”
His gaze towards Zhuo Ping carried a hint of surprise.
“I’m here to pick someone up.” Seeing the Lance family’s gambling stone master, Zhuo Ping uncharacteristically stopped in his tracks.
Ye Meng, on the other hand, had not expected that the seemingly unremarkable Zhuo Ping she had previously seen at the Qing Gang would turn out to have such a distinguished status. She opened her mouth, seemingly full of surprise, and said, “Mr. Zhuo?”
Realizing how loud her voice had been, she immediately covered her mouth somewhat embarrassedly and winked very playfully.
“You know Mr. Zhuo?” Only then did the Lance family’s chief gambling stone master look directly at Ye Meng.
Ye Meng nodded, seeming a little shy. “Yes, at our home, there is also a Yun…”
However, Zhuo Ping didn’t look at her. He turned directly to Ye Shaohua, his manner showing a certain deference. “Miss Ye, Young Master Yun and the others are all inside waiting for you.”
Ye Shaohua nodded. “Alright, let’s go.”
The Lance family member also stopped paying attention to Ye Meng. “Mr. Zhuo, who is this?”
He glanced at Ye Shaohua.
