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"Grandma, believe me, everything I'm saying is true. This was all arranged by my second aunt, including when she found out that Yingxue had hired a male caregiver, she asked me to drug them."

Lu Baoliang knelt on the ground, kowtowing repeatedly, his forehead thumping against the floor.

"You're talking nonsense!"

Zhao Meilan turned to Lü Baoliang with a shrill voice, her fingers practically stabbing his face. "You were the one who came to tell me that Jiang Yingxue, that bitch, hired a male caregiver, and that you suspected they had an improper relationship. Now you're trying to pin all the blame on me?"

"Mother-in-law, please don't believe him!"

"Second Aunt, you're wrong about that."

Lu Baoliang raised his head, tears still streaming down his face, but his tone suddenly became clear and articulate: "Who was it that called me to your house and made me sign that three-year contract that prohibited me from touching Yingxue?"

"Who said I didn't owe anything, and then had his brother, the Dragon King, throw me into the sea to be fed to sharks? And who said that if I did as he said, he'd give me ten million after it was done?"

"What is this if not coercion and bribery? If you hadn't called me repeatedly, asking me to find an opportunity to drug them, would I have done such a heinous thing?"

Zhao Meilan trembled with anger. "And what about you? Were you the one who called to tell me Yingxue hired a male caregiver?"

"Was it you who told me the two of them had an ambiguous relationship and that I should quickly find a solution? You were the one tipping me off from beginning to end, and now you're playing the victim!"

"I'm just following orders! I'm just a son-in-law who married into the Jiang family; I have no power or influence. How could I dare disobey you, Second Aunt?"

"Then why didn't you just die when I told you to?!"

Zhao Meilan became increasingly agitated as she spoke, "It was clearly you who had malicious intentions, wanting to use my name to get things done, and then shift all the blame onto me afterward!"

Jiang Mingxuan stood in the corner, watching his mother and Lü Baoliang tear each other apart, his fingers clenching and unclenching in his sleeves.

He really wanted to trample Lu Baoliang's snotty, fat face on the ground and let this son-in-law know the consequences of scheming against the Jiang family.

But there was nothing he could do.

The old lady was sitting there, and if he said even one more word, he would reveal that he was in the know.

Once he's accused of conspiring with his cousin, the image of a dutiful grandson that he's painstakingly built up in front of the old lady over the years will be completely ruined.

He forced himself to lower his head, pretending to be frightened by the elders' argument.

Lu Baoliang pulled a crumpled document from his pocket, held it up above his head with both hands, and said, "Grandma, look, this is the contract that my second aunt forced me to sign."

"It's written very clearly on it: I can't touch Yingxue for three years, and I'll get ten million after it's done. The contract was drafted by my second aunt, and it has both my and her signature on it!"

"Who is Party A and who is Party B is clearly stated in the contract!"

The old lady took the contract and glanced at the paper.

She didn't say anything, and after reading it, she placed the contract on the table.

Jiang Mingxuan took everything in.

The old lady didn't get angry, didn't yell, and didn't even frown.

But he knew better than anyone that the more subdued the calm, the more terrifying it was.

This was exactly how the old lady looked when she was truly angry; there was no outburst of emotion, just the calm before the storm.

He subconsciously took half a step back, hiding himself even more deeply.

At the same time, he sighed inwardly, thinking that Lu Baoliang was really unexpected, as he actually carried the contract with him at all times, clearly having anticipated the current outcome.

The old woman finally spoke, her voice flat, "Is this signature on the contract yours?"

Zhao Meilan knelt down with a thud. "Mother-in-law, I... I was only doing this for the good of the Jiang family!"

"Jiang Yingxue is a girl, she'll get married sooner or later. The old man left her so many shares, wouldn't it just end up benefiting outsiders?"

"Although you've arranged for her to marry into the family and demanded he have a child within three years, it won't fundamentally change the fact that the shares will ultimately end up in the hands of outsiders!"

"For the sake of the Jiang family?"

The old lady's gaze fell on Zhao Meilan. "Isn't it all so that the shares of the first wife's family will end up in the second wife's pocket?"

Zhao Meilan opened her mouth, but couldn't utter a single word.

Lu Baoliang continued to kowtow, "Grandma, please understand! All these years I have been living under the threat of my second aunt, who has never treated me like a human being."

"In this family, I'm just a pawn to be manipulated at will—"

"yes."

Chu Nan's voice suddenly rang out.

His voice was hoarse and weak, but every word was as clear as a knife.

"Mr. Lü, you were the one who asked me to take care of your wife, weren't you?"

Chu Nan spoke slowly, taking a breath after each sentence, but he didn't stop. "It's not the madam, nor is it Zhao Meilan, whom you claim has coerced you for three years, but you yourself."

"You were the one who found my clinic, you were the one who said your wife needed someone to take care of her, and you were the one who offered me 200,000 to get me to agree to this job."

Zhao Meilan clung to him like a lifeline: "Yes, yes, yes! Mother-in-law, did you hear that? It was him who hired them. This guy surnamed Lü was the one who set up the whole thing from beginning to end!"

"Although I made him sign the contract, I never told him to hire a male caregiver!"

The color drained completely from Lü Baoliang's face in an instant.

The contract proves that Zhao Meilan was the mastermind, but the fact that Chu Nan was invited into the house was not mentioned in the contract.

"So you've been plotting against Yingxue from the very beginning," the old lady said.

Lu Baoliang said anxiously, "No—Grandma, please let me explain—"

Lü Baoliang is finished!

Jiang Mingxuan already had the answer in his heart.

But the question now is whether this piece of trash will drag himself down with him before he completely collapses.

Thinking back, it seems that it was always his mother who stepped in, and he never actually asked his son to do anything.

This time, the poisoning was carried out entirely by his mother, with him only offering advice from the sidelines.

Thinking of this, he breathed a slight sigh of relief.

"Zhao Meilan".

The old lady ignored Lü Baoliang and said, "Go to the Buddhist hall and kneel down. You are not allowed to get up, eat, or see anyone without my permission."

Zhao Meilan collapsed to the ground, her lips trembling, but she dared not make a sound.

"Lu Baoliang, from today onwards, your marriage with Jiang Yingxue is dissolved. From now on, you are not allowed to set foot in the Jiang family again."

Lu Baoliang's face turned pale. He opened his mouth, but in the end, he just lowered his head.

Jiang Mingxuan looked at his mother, who was lying on the ground, and Lü Baoliang, whose face was pale, and knew that the second branch of the family had lost this time.

They lost completely.

But he didn't say anything. He just walked quickly to the old lady's side, reached out to help her, and said in a perfectly measured tone of concern, "Grandma, don't get sick from all this."

The old lady glanced at him, but said nothing.

As Chu Nan watched this scene, his tense nerves finally began to relax.

Previously, it was unclear what the Jiang family head's attitude was towards Jiang Yingxue, but now it seems that this old lady is protecting Jiang Yingxue.

With her there, Jiang Yingxue will be fine.

As soon as this thought was released, his body, which he had been holding up with willpower, immediately began to sink.

Then, his consciousness was instantly plunged into darkness...