CHAPTER 499: CHAPTER 499: HOW CAN YOU DO THIS TO ME?

Yan Qianyi smiled faintly, "You’ve admitted it yourself, so I haven’t wronged you, have I?"

"Second brother, so you’ve been feigning illness all these years!" Mu Kang’s anger was uncontrollable, "Then were those answers you gave to Yan Chuhua’s questions earlier all true?"

"No! It’s not like that!" Mu Chen frantically explained, "I did sign a confidentiality agreement with the Masked Divine Doctor, but that was only because I didn’t want treatment, I wasn’t faking my illness! And I didn’t plot against my third brother! It’s all fabrications by Yan Qianyi, he wants to frame me!"

Yan Qianyi asked, "You and I have no grudge against each other, why would I want to frame you?"

"You..." Mu Chen suddenly found himself unable to speak, shaking uncontrollably.

"Keep feigning innocence if you will, I have plenty of evidence here to prove your guilt!" Yan Qianyi pulled out a diary and walked over to Old Master Mu, whose face had gone pale.

She flipped the diary to the day of Mu Feng’s incident and handed it to Old Master Mu.

"Grandfather, it was my mother who gave emergency treatment to Ah Lie’s father that day. She recorded everything about that day in this diary, and the little aunt has also seen it."

Mu Huaner sat on the dining chair without saying another word.

Mu Chen’s actions were a heavy blow to the Mu Family.

Old Master Mu read the diary’s contents, his hands gripping the fork so tightly that it bent out of shape.

Witnessing the anguished look on Old Master Mu’s face, Yan Qianyi spoke solemnly, "Grandfather, I know this truth is hard for you to accept, but everything my mother recorded in the diary about that day is true, and it matches exactly with what uncle admitted just now."

Mu Lingling said, "Diaries can be forged!"

Yan Qianyi sneered coldly, "If you don’t believe it, we can do a handwriting analysis. Moreover, I’ve already gone to fetch a witness, a nurse who participated in the rescue that year. She can also verify the situation at that time."

"You’ve found the people, of course, they would follow your arrangements!" Mu Lingling couldn’t believe any of it, "Besides, my dad and the third aunt weren’t even close! The woman my dad loved was my mom!"

Yan Qianyi looked towards Wen Shurou, who had already lost all composure, "Ah Lie’s mother was friends with uncle long before she married into the Mu Family, and uncle indeed had feelings for Ah Lie’s mother in the past, something the second aunt herself told the Masked Divine Doctor."

"Mom, is it true?" Mu Lingling asked Wen Shurou.

Wen Shurou didn’t answer, her eyes full of sorrow as she looked at Mu Chen.

She couldn’t take in anything now.

Learning that her husband plotted to kill his own brother for that woman, she had collapsed.

For Mu Chen to go this far revealed just how much he loved Nangong Chun.

What had she been all these years?

She had given him a son and a daughter, yet she hadn’t been able to reach his heart!

Mu Ziqing spoke up, "Grandfather, on the day Uncle Three met with trouble, I did hear him arguing with Second Uncle, and in their quarrel, they kept mentioning the third aunt."

Mu Kang rebuked, "Ziqing, don’t meddle in matters that don’t concern you! There was no one else at home that day, how could you have heard them?"

"That day, I was supposed to attend dance class, but I skipped it. Afraid of being discovered, I hid on the side of the main house, where I unintentionally overheard the argument between the second and third uncles."

Mu Kang was shocked, "Then why didn’t you say anything before?"

"I..." Mu Ziqing timidly said, "I was young back then and didn’t understand the importance. Later, when I recalled it and felt there was something fishy, many years had already passed, and I was afraid no one would believe me if I spoke up..."

Finally breaking his silence, Old Master Mu spoke up with aged eyes looking towards Yan Qianyi, "Does Ah Lie... know about this?"

Yan Qianyi nodded, "He knows. We were investigating this together. He’s been quite busy lately, so I came back on his behalf to handle this."

Old Master Mu’s eyes filled with tears, "So... him suddenly bringing you back to the Mu Family was to investigate this matter?"

Yan Qianyi remained silent, unwilling to meet Old Master Mu’s pained gaze.

Indeed, if not for investigating Mu Chen’s case, Mu Yunlie would not have returned to the Mu Family.

"I was wondering..." he never wanted to come back all these years, but now he suddenly returned, and I thought he had come to his senses... It turns out, it was only to investigate the cause of the third brother’s death, it’s our Mu Family to blame, we let him down, let down the third brother..."

Old Master Mu said, raising his bloodshot eyes to glare at Mu Chen, "How could the Mu Family produce such a malicious creature like you!"

He looked around, trying to find his walking stick to hit Mu Chen.

Not finding the walking stick, he grabbed a bowl from the table and hurled it at Mu Chen.

Mu Chen didn’t dodge and "thump" knelt down on the ground.

Yan Qianyi presented various proofs, no matter how he argued, it was already futile.

Mu Chen’s kneeling made Wen Shurou even more devastated.

She suddenly rushed forward and began beating Mu Chen forcefully, "What was so good about that woman? She’s already dead, yet you still ruin your own life for her, and mine too! In your heart, can’t I and the children even compare to a dead person?!"

"Mu Chen, you’re really too heartless! How can you do this to me, to the children..."

Before she could finish her complaints, Wen Shurou fainted from agitation.

Mu Lingling hurriedly caught her, bursting into tears.

The scene became very chaotic.

Mu Huaner got up and left directly.

She couldn’t face such a truth; it was too painful for her.

There was only one daughter in this generation of the Mu Family. Her older brothers doted on her, and she loved them in return.

But, one brother had killed another...

Mu Kang swung a fist straight into Mu Chen’s face, "How... How could you do such a thing!"

Anger and grief had reached their limits, and after holding back for so long, Mu Kang could only utter that one sentence.

The younger generation stood to one side, too frightened to make a sound.

By this time, Old Master Mu had regained his composure.

He looked at Mu Chen and asked, "You have not answered the last question Chu Hua asked."

"What... what question?"

"Two years ago, was it you who instructed Xu Zhiqiang to tamper with Doctor Shu Meng’s car?"

Mu Chen was stunned for a moment, then looked up, "I didn’t!"

Yan Qianyi questioned, "It really wasn’t you?"

Mu Chen gave a resigned smile, "At this point, what do I have to be afraid to admit? If you don’t believe me, you can have your friend hypnotize me again."

Yan Qianyi frowned.

Since Mu Chen dared to say this, it seemed that Xu Zhiqiang’s matter really had nothing to do with him.

She turned her glance towards Mu Huaner, only to find that Mu Huaner had left at some point.

Old Master Mu took a deep breath, "Regarding today’s events, no one is to utter a single word outside, or they will no longer be considered part of the Mu Family! Eldest...

"Father, what would you have me do?"

The voice of Old Master Mu grew weaker, "Immediately stop all the projects he’s managing, watch him closely! Lock him in a room, and don’t let him go anywhere..."

As he was saying this, Old Master Mu suddenly clutched his chest in agony.