Chapter 425: Chapter 425: Four-Hundred and Twenty-Five: Revenge

Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation

Lin Yu stared at Han Yuan in horror. She took two steps back and sat heavily on the bed. Lily, who was behind Han Yuan, subconsciously took a couple of steps forward, intending to support Lin Yu, before she stopped herself.

Han Yuan saw this and sighed, “Lily, you’re still too soft-hearted. It’s a pity you gave your compassion to the wrong person. She’s a vicious and ruthless woman. How can a silly girl like you be her match?”

Lily lowered her head. Han Yuan knew how to cut to the quick, so she proceeded to say to Lin Yu, “Xi Cheng already knows. Just as you expected, he didn’t suspect it was you who sold him out. He thought it was that stupid bint, Gu Man. But it’s okay. As long as someone gives him a hint, he’ll naturally recall who exactly had him sign those documents.”

“He’s looking all over for you right now. He probably wants to ask you why and then strangle you by the neck, wishing you dead. So, locking you up here is the safest thing for you. I’m not trying to protect you, though. I’m just protecting the child in your stomach because he has the surname Xi.”

Lin Yu’s chest heaved as she breathed rapidly. After a long while, she finally spoke. “Aren’t you afraid I won’t go through with the birth?”

Han Yuan smiled coldly. “Why should I be afraid? Xi Cheng is only 30 years old. He managed to get you with child, naturally, he can do the same with others. Do you think he’ll have a lack of women willing to bear his child?”

“I’ve said it before: I can’t kill the child. That would be a sin. However, I won’t love him much even after he’s born because the fact that you’re his biological mother makes it hard for me to like him. However, he is a Xi, so he naturally has a place in the Xi family. As for you riding on the coattails of your son to stay in the Xi family, that’s impossible.”

Lin Yu’s breathing gradually calmed down as she comprehended Han Yuan’s words. When a person has nothing to lose, they have nothing to be afraid of. She stared at Han Yuan with venomous hatred as she asked, “In that case, why didn’t you call the police? Won’t having me locked up in prison and ruining my reputation resolve the hatred in your heart?”

Han Yuan ignored the daggers Lin Yu glared at her and retorted, “Ruin your reputation? Who do you think you are?! Who would care about your reputation after you leave the Xi family? Don’t flatter yourself!”

“The reason I didn’t publicize what you did is for the Xi family’s reputation. After all, the Xi family can’t have a daughter-in-law like you, especially when I raised you since you were a child, you ingrate. I’m keeping all this quiet because I can’t afford to lose face, and the Xi family can’t afford such a stain to their name.”

“You? Merely a cheap existence left alive after the pros and cons are weighed. As you hoped, your unborn child is a boy. However, thanks to his relation to you, his life won’t be easy. The Xi family will house and have a place for him at the table, but he won’t be inheriting any of the Xi family’s assets. He will have a stepmother in the future, and I dare say she won’t treat him well either!”

Lin Yu was furious at that. “You! Don’t you think you’re being too vicious?”

“Vicious?” Han Yuan looked at Lin Yu in shock and couldn’t help but laugh. “I’m no more vicious than you. Compared to you, I’m as kind as a Bodhisattva! I’ll raise the child of a woman who wanted me dead, and you call me vicious?”

Lin Yu stood up, looking as if she’d made up her mind. “If that’s how it is, me and my son might as well die together right now.”

Han Yuan looked at her. The two looked at each other in silence. Lily clenched her fists nervously, wanting to do something but having no idea what to do. Lin Yu didn’t move a muscle as she waited for Han Yuan’s response to her ultimatum.

Han Yuan chuckled, “Do as you wish! I don’t care! It’s not like I’m going to lose sleep over it. It’s your choice; I haven’t done anything.”

Lin Yu’s tone unwittingly weakened as she said, “How are you going to explain to the people outside if I die? Aren’t you afraid someone will suspect something and come question you if I vanish into thin air?”

Han Yuan gazed at Lin Yu, who was making her last struggles, and took satisfaction at her state, the hostility within her easing slightly. She smiled with evident smugness at Lin Yu, and answered, “What is there to explain? All I have to do is announce to the public that, due to her weak health, the Xi family’s young mistress died from complications during childbirth.”

“Or, I can say the Xi family’s young mistress went and gave birth abroad, and after a few years, announce that the unfortunate mother and son died overseas in a car accident, or a fire, or drowned. All completely reasonable! More reasonable than your mother-in-law dying under your meticulous care, isn’t that right?”

Lin Yu was rendered speechless, and Han Yuan laughed until tears rolled down her cheeks. “Lin Yu, I’ve always thought you were a smart one—it’s why I was willing to put in so much effort to nurture you. But there was one key lesson I forgot to teach you. I forgot to tell you there’s karma in this world. Karma and retribution!”

Han Yuan continued, “You don’t know why I’m doing this, do you? I know you don’t want to die—you can’t bear to! And I’ll do my best to not let you die. You can only get your retribution if you’re alive! Only then can I return to you what you did to me! Isn’t that right, Lin Yu?”

“Lily, your Young Madam is tired and needs to rest. Let’s leave for now.” With that, Han Yuan wheeled herself out with a delighted smile, leaving Lin Yu to digest her every cutting word.