Defrosting The Cold Young Master
Chapter 1213: 1217: You're Quite Pleased with Yourself, Aren't You?

Chapter 1213: Chapter 1217: You’re Quite Pleased with Yourself, Aren’t You?

An Zhenglin pushed her away forcefully and walked briskly towards the parked car.

Pang Xiangwen and her two children didn’t dare to delay and hurriedly followed behind him.

After getting into the car, he didn’t say a word, his face ashen, radiating murderous fury.

Scared into silence, Pang Xiangwen and her children didn’t dare utter a word, shrinking in their seats, trying to be as inconspicuous as possible.

Once home, An Zhenglin made a beeline for the safe.

The safe was embedded in the wall of his bedroom, hidden behind a famous calligraphy and painting.

He took the painting off the wall, opened the safe, and after searching for a while, he stepped back defeated and collapsed onto the bed.

Gone!

In order to threaten Lou Ning, he had drugged Lou Ning and locked a naked Lou Ning and Pang Xiangwen’s niece in a room together, then recorded a video.

It was that video that he used to blackmail Lou Ning, forcing Lou Ning to give up all his property and leave Zhou City penniless.

That video was his trump card for turning the tables.

If the video was still there, he could threaten Lou Ning to clear the air with the public, claim that tonight’s words were drunken nonsense.

That it was just Lou Ning, his own son, talking nonsense in conflict, slandering him.

But now, the video was gone…

His only chance to turn things around… gone.

The overwhelming sense of desperation, with nowhere to turn, forced him to bend over, clutch his hair in anguish, struggling to breathe.

Pang Xiangwen came over, squatted in front of him, and asked cautiously, “Brother Lin, are you alright?”

An Zhenglin suddenly looked up at her with a fierce glare, like a provoked wild beast.

Pang Xiangwen was startled, her legs gave out, and she fell to the ground.

An Zhenglin grabbed her collar, dragged her up from the floor, pushed her onto the bed, and choked her, his features twisted with rage, “Pang Xiangwen, are you satisfied now? Very soon, I will have lost everything, and might even be charged with intentional homicide to pay for Lou Jiayao’s life. Are you satisfied now?”

In terror, Pang Xiangwen shook her head, “Brother Lin, what do you mean? I don’t understand.”

“Whore!” An Zhenglin slapped her hard, causing her mouth to bleed, his hateful glare fixed on her as if she was his mortal enemy.

Dazed from the slap, Pang Xiangwen covered her face and looked at An Zhenglin, “Brother Lin, what are you doing? Have you gone mad?”

“Ha!” An Zhenglin let out a cold, mocking laughter, “Pang Xiangwen, do you think you’re so clever? Did you think I wouldn’t find out? It was you who told Lou Jiayao about our relationship! Having had enough of being the mistress, you aspired to become the legitimate wife, so you anonymously disclosed your affair with me to Lou Jiayao, even pointing out where you lived, exposing for Lou Jiayao how I was with you, Ruru, and Qiuping!”

Pang Xiangwen shook her head in shock, “No, I didn’t, Brother Lin, you are wronging me, I didn’t!”

“Stop lying!” An Zhenglin laughed miserably, “Pang Xiangwen, don’t you understand? We’re finished! Soon we’ll have nothing, evicted to the streets, or even thrown in jail!”

He gripped her chin tightly, his eyes filled with viciousness and mockery, “How does it feel to be the other woman, bad isn’t it? Lou Ning is a legitimate child, while yours are bastards; it must feel even worse, right? So you deliberately told Lou Jiayao about your existence, inciting her to turn against me. With no other choice, I made Lou Jiayao disappear from this world to marry you into my house. You must be feeling smug, aren’t you?”