Chapter 1361 - 1378: I Am the Mistress of the Nangong Family
"Manager An, rest assured, I am the mistress of the Nangong Family. As long as you tell the truth, I will speak to the Young Master and won’t let your help be in vain. This money is just a small portion."
Xiaonuan said quietly.
She suddenly felt as if she were a villain in a romance novel, but ever since she learned that her child’s death might really have been caused by Zhong Li, she felt like she had transformed into a messenger of justice.
She must avenge her child, no... and Qi Yue’s child as well.
She had endured for far too long and would never tolerate it any longer.
No matter the cost, even if shattered to pieces, she must uncover the truth!
Manager An looked at Xia Xiaonuan and suddenly lowered his head.
Hesitating for over half a minute, he finally succumbed to the pressure and spoke, "Young Madam, Zhong Li originally didn’t want me to say anything... That necklace... Zhong Li originally bought herself but later returned it. She insisted that I resell it to Mr. Liang. I thought she was so in love with Mr. Liang that she wanted him to personally give it to her. So... I agreed to her..."
Hearing this, Xia Xiaonuan suddenly stood up from her chair.
"What did I say? The necklace Shaochen bought was the one she returned?"
"Yes... yes," Manager An said nervously, "Young Madam, is there something wrong with that necklace? I really didn’t know there was a problem..."
Xiaonuan trembled slightly all over.
It was her after all!
All of this was indeed her premeditated plan!
Xiaonuan clenched her fists, feeling a sting at the tip of her nose.
Oh, fate... Why did she discover the necklace Shaochen gave first? If only she had first discovered the necklace given by Nangong Yaoling, perhaps her child wouldn’t have died...
"Young Madam, are you okay?" Manager An also stood up, speaking nervously.
Xiaonuan looked at Manager An, trying hard to calm her emotions.
After a few seconds, she was composed enough to say, "Thank you, Manager An. Please don’t tell anyone about this matter today. Tomorrow, I will call you, okay?"
"Alright... okay."
After speaking, Xiaonuan picked up her bag and turned to leave.
Manager An watched Xiaonuan’s back and the money on the table, his face pale, unable to recover for a long while.
What on earth is going on?
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Xiaonuan didn’t know how she took a taxi home; trembling all over on the way, she tightly clenched the necklace engraved with "Inmyheart." It felt like she was holding countless poisonous needles, each one piercing through her, flipping her insides, causing each nerve to twitch with pain.
Hatred surged in her chest like a rolling flood, like a caged beast, like a provoked demon, shrieking, screaming, and raging within her.
She almost couldn’t control the urge to bring this necklace to confront Nangong Zhongli, or even directly grab a kitchen knife and rush over to Zhong Li’s house.
Yet, the last shred of reason within her body still conquered her flesh, so she trembled yet maintained outward calm and composure, simply gazing silently out the car window.
This is not a small matter.
Her intuition told her she couldn’t act impulsively; otherwise, this situation might lead to irrevocable consequences.
Because the person hurting her wasn’t someone else but Nangong Yaoling’s sister, the treasured jewel of the Nangong Family.