The Rejected Heiress's Possesive Tycoon Husband
Chapter 57: You Have Been Cursed by the Heavens

Chapter 57: Chapter 57: You Have Been Cursed by the Heavens

Old Xiao’s sudden dodge had terrified An Zhongbo, leaving him pale. Only after An Yan took his hand and fed him a pill did he begin to calm down.

"Bai Xiaoyun, let’s get a divorce!"

Bai Xiaoyun was shocked. "What do you mean? An Zhongbo, you’re divorcing me just because a servant made an accusation? How can you do this?"

"It’s not just an accusation. I personally saw you jab Old Xiao with the broom! You were trying to harm me!"

At that moment, An Zhongbo was on Old Xiao’s back, his legs draped over Old Xiao’s sides.

Old Xiao was a rough man and simply carried him, paying no mind to how narrow the staircase was.

An Zhongbo was furious. Though his legs were numb, it was ridiculous how they kept bumping against the staircase.

Just as he looked down, he saw Bai Xiaoyun deliberately thrusting the broom towards them.

"Moreover, just now outside the door, I heard you cursing Yanyan. I don’t know why you would curse Yanyan, but my, An Zhongbo’s, daughter is not for you to scold!"

Bai Xiaoyun: "..."

Are you freaking sick? So my trying to harm you is no big deal, but you can’t stand your daughter being insulted, is that it?

An Yan was also taken aback for a moment.

She had asked her father to come, hoping he would see for himself what Bai Xiaoyun had done.

Unexpectedly, when exposed, Bai Xiaoyun had become desperate and even tried to fatally harm her father.

Fortunately, she had anticipated this and was prepared.

Since arriving in Luocheng, the greatest warmth she had felt came from her father.

Knowing Li Tianyao’s identity, he feared she would suffer if she stayed with Li Tianyao and was willing to confront Tianyao himself to protect her.

He bought her a car and gave her a black card.

For her sake, he had even dared to ram his wheelchair into Mrs. Lin at the police station!

Whenever she argued with Bai Xiaoyun and An Shimeng, he always took her side immediately.

Even now, without asking why or judging right from wrong, just hearing Bai Xiaoyun scold her made him want a divorce!

A faint smile touched An Yan’s lips.

Bai Xiaoyun turned pale, her face etched with sorrow. "I didn’t, Zhongbo, you misheard. You’ve seen how I’ve treated Yanyan these past few days!"

An Zhongbo hesitated.

He hadn’t heard clearly through the door. Afterward, his mind was consumed with the thought that Yanyan mustn’t be wronged, so he resolved to divorce Bai Xiaoyun as soon as he got home, without much further thought.

Could he really have misheard?

Seeing her father begin to waver, An Yan spoke directly, "That’s not important! Whether you scolded me or not doesn’t matter. What matters is, why are you here?"

"I came to find Mengmeng. She lost some things..."

"What did she lose?"

Bai Xiaoyun’s eyes narrowed. Seeing An Yan’s faintly mocking smile, her composure gradually returned.

"Some of Mengmeng’s jewelry, and some gold beans she had saved up."

"And several paintings, one of which is called the ’Shennong Picking Herbs Scroll’!" An Yan added.

The moment the ’Shennong Picking Herbs Scroll’ was mentioned, An Zhongbo’s expression changed. "Where did you get the ’Shennong Picking Herbs Scroll’?"

"What ’Shennong Picking Herbs Scroll’? Mengmeng only lost jewelry and gold beans!" Bai Xiaoyun insisted.

An Shimeng nodded urgently, simultaneously wiping blood from her chin and clutching her torn clothes. She was trying to maintain her image before Li Tianyao while also eager to deal with An Yan, utterly preoccupied.

An Yan laughed.

This mother and daughter were truly interesting. They actually thought evidence was so important!

"I took it! Not only did I take the jewelry and gold beans, but I also took a few paintings from inside, including the ’Shennong Picking Herbs Scroll’!"

"I knew it was you!" Bai Xiaoyun’s face darkened.

An Shimeng excitedly pointed at An Yan and shouted, "Police! Officers, did you all hear that? An Yan is the one who stole my things! Hurry and arrest her!"

The police officers regarded her with even greater disdain.

Lu Feng raised his hand and slapped down An Shimeng’s pointing finger.

An Shimeng gasped in pain.

The bleeding, which had just stopped, started again with her cry, drops soaking into her clothes.

At that moment, her gaze instinctively drifted towards Li Tianyao.

She was even trying to figure out how to make the act of spitting blood look beautiful.

So, she clutched her chest, her eyes misting over.

"Are you struck by divine retribution?"

An Yan’s single sentence shattered her performance, leaving An Shimeng frozen.

Bai Xiaoyun said angrily, "An Yan, since you admit you took the items, it was also you who cut Mengmeng’s tongue, right? How can you be so vicious as a young girl! Mengmeng is your sister, after all."

An Shimeng quickly covered her face and sobbed.

She wanted to use An Yan’s alleged malice to emphasize her own innocence.

An Yan paused. "I cut her tongue? When?"

"An Yan, you want to deny it, don’t you? You’ve already admitted to taking those things. Besides you, who else was with Mengmeng then?"

Right now, Bai Xiaoyun only wanted to focus on the charge of intentional harm.

An Yan suddenly recalled An Shimeng cursing her repeatedly, calling her ’damned An Yan,’ and Li Tianyao saying, ’I’ll avenge you in a moment.’

So, avenging her meant cutting An Shimeng’s tongue? That couldn’t be right. If Old Master Li acted, would he merely cut a tongue?

An Yan turned to look at Li Tianyao.

Li Tianyao’s expression was serene, as if the matter had nothing to do with him.

It was probably because merely cutting a tongue was beneath him, so he wouldn’t admit to it!

An Yan pursed her lips into a slight smile. "Haven’t you considered that perhaps An Shimeng cursed someone she shouldn’t have, and this is divine retribution?"

"I di’n’ cuss anyone!"

An Shimeng shook her head. She had always been well-mannered; when had she ever cursed anyone!

That damned An Yan, daring to slander her! Wait! She had cursed ’damned An Yan’! That bitch! Just because I cursed her, she cut my tongue! No, that’s not right. When I was spitting blood earlier, An Yan looked shocked, and then she looked at Li Tianyao! Could Li Tianyao have done it? No! An Shimeng couldn’t bear this thought! Li Tianyao should like her, not hurt her! So it must have been An Yan!!

"Mama, it was her! She cut my tongue!!"

Bai Xiaoyun yelled angrily, "An Yan, why would you do that?"

"What have I done? Where’s the evidence?"

"At that time, only you and Mengmeng were together..."

"Who said I was with her then?" An Yan said with a smile. "After leaving school today, I went to Tianyao’s place for dinner. We have witnesses for this! Not only did the servants from the Li and An families see us, but several people passing our house also saw us. And my dad saw us too, you know!"

An Zhongbo nodded. "That’s right. When you received An Shimeng’s message about the burglary here, An Yan was indeed at Li Tianyao’s."

Bai Xiaoyun was furious. "Then when did you steal the gold beans?"

An Yan laughed and said, "To ’steal’ means to take someone else’s belongings without permission. If you want to prove I stole your things, shouldn’t you first prove these things actually belong to you?"