CHAPTER 62: CHAPTER 62: THE ORIGINS OF SHEN MAN

"Gone? What’s gone? What does ’gone’ mean?!" Murong Shuang looked incredulously wide-eyed.

Her Ah Xiang, so pure, so adorable, had faced hardships as a child and was abducted by traffickers.

It was so difficult to find her again, but after only a few years of being nurtured under their care, she got married. So young, she hadn’t had the chance to enjoy the beauty of the world, how could she be gone?

Lu Zechuan’s dark eyes were deep, "Grandma, have you forgotten? After my mom married into the Lu Family, Shen Man came and went under the guise of taking care of my mom. She entangled with my father, who couldn’t control his desires, causing my mom to fall into depression and eventually take her own life."

Listening to Lu Zechuan calmly recount Shen Xiang’s cause of death, Murong Shuang’s heart was in so much pain she couldn’t breathe.

Her Ah Xiang died because that girl she adopted into the family had an affair with Ah Xiang’s husband, leading to depression and death!

"After my mom died, you even let Shen Man replace her as Lu Zhenqing’s second wife, taking my mom’s place..." Lu Zechuan pressed his lips together, giving Murong Shuang no time to react, and slowly spoke again.

Murong Shuang felt like there was a knife stirring back and forth in her heart, making her pain unbearable!

"Shen Man... How dare she!!!" Murong Shuang cried tears and reached out to clutch her chest tightly. It was so painful, so painful it was killing her!

Beside them, Shen Fei’s face was pale, remaining silent.

Though his memory was somewhat blurry, it was better than Murong Shuang’s. He remembered his own daughter’s death, and when Shen Man wanted to marry into the Lu Family, he distinctly remembered he was initially firmly against it.

Later, how did Shen Man naturally step into the Lu Family?

That part of the memory was blurry, and Shen Fei couldn’t recall it.

Lu Zechuan candidly revealed everything Shen Man had done over the years, and the room instantly became so quiet you could hear a pin drop.

Shen Fei and Murong Shuang closed their eyes, faces full of bitterness.

All these years, how did it come to this? Why were they led by the nose by Shen Man!

"How did it come to this!" Shen Fei covered his face with his hands, heartbroken. Their biological daughter was gone, and yet they indulged the adopted daughter’s misbehavior!

"It’s because Shen Man cast witchcraft on you." Xia Mian’s voice rang in their ears, each word clearly penetrating.

Xia Mian took out that black bag, inside which a pair of Child Gu was writhing frantically, the bag bulging here and there, extremely horrifying to the Shen couple.

"Cast witchcraft..." Murong Shuang was quite frightened, instinctively curling up, retreating, her face pale, and she gently swallowed.

Xia Mian lowered her eyes, "Do you remember where you adopted her?"

When the Shen couple adopted Shen Man, she was around the same age as Shen Xiang, already aware of certain things.

Was it Shen Man herself who cast witchcraft on the Shen couple, or was there someone behind her?

"It seemed to be in the Northern Sichuan area." Murong Shuang raised her head, cautiously glancing at the black bag in Xia Mian’s hand, "Old Shen and I put aside the company’s matters and looked for Ah Xiang all over the country, meeting Shen Man in the Northern Sichuan area."

Northern Sichuan?

Xia Mian squinted slightly, "What was she doing when you encountered her?"

"She was begging on the street." Shen Fei squinted his eyes, seemingly lost in memory, "Yes, she was begging, clothed in rags, with disheveled hair, wearing a pair of tattered shoes..."

Shen Fei still remembered that scene, Shen Man pitifully extended a broken bowl towards them, her deep, expectant eyes gazing at them.

It was this look that softened Shen Fei’s heart, making him think of his daughter who was also missing, deciding to adopt her.

"Did you ever consider that Shen Man approached you with a purpose from the start?" Xia Mian’s voice was calm and collected, excessively clear.

Shen Fei’s expression changed again.

If it were true, Shen Man was surely calculating!

"You’re right, she must have approached us with a purpose from the start!" Murong Shuang’s eyes gradually became clear.

Shen Man entered the Shen family, and they shifted their longing and affection for Shen Xiang onto her.

Even later, when Shen Xiang was returned to them, their love for Shen Man didn’t diminish at all.

"Our Shen Family wasn’t unkind to her, so why did she have to kill our only daughter!!!" Murong Shuang thought of this and felt heartache beyond breath.

Tears flowed from the corners of her eyes, and those blurry memories gradually became clear.

What absurd things did she and Old Shen do!! Letting their biological daughter not find peace even after death!

"Grandma, everything is already in the past." Lu Zechuan slowly spoke, "My mom wouldn’t want to see you like this now."

After all, the Shen couple were getting old; continuing like this would eventually take a toll on their health.

"Ah Chuan, Grandpa and Grandma are sorry to you!!" Shen Fei was also full of regret.

The child has already lost his mother, it was pitiful enough, yet they forced a stepmother on him he didn’t like...

"I will make Shen Man give you an explanation." Lu Zechuan’s eyes were deep, remembering the scene in the corridor where he saw Shen Man earlier.

"We won’t let it slide just like that either!" Shen Fei bit his teeth, face cold.

For these past years, Shen Man had been treating the two of them like fools!

The reason Shen Man could reach where she was today was by taking advantage of the Shen family’s influence, but now he would cut off that support!

"You rest well! These matters, we’ll discuss once you’re better." Lu Zechuan said lightly, "I’ll have someone bring you some food."

After that, Lu Zechuan called Uncle Sun.

Having arranged for the elderly couple, Lu Zechuan reached out to Xia Mian, "I’ll take you out to eat something."

Xia Mian silently walked towards Lu Zechuan.

Indeed, the time was not early.

Outside, the sky had already darkened, twilight upon evening, bright lights glittering.

Lu Zechuan and Xia Mian walked down the stairs side by side, Lu Zechuan softly said, "Earlier, I saw Shen Man."

Xia Mian replied with a hmm, seemingly unsurprised.

"She’s not doing well." Lu Zechuan considered, "Will she die?"

Xia Mian turned her head, her bright eyes keenly looking at him, "The Gu has lived too long in both bodies; now, being broken, if her skills are profound, she might survive for a while; if not, death is near."

Lu Zechuan casually responded, and didn’t pursue the topic further.

Shen Man had committed so much evil; her dying would not be mournful. It would spare him from dealing with her himself.

"I’ve found something about Gu Zhi’s background." Lu Zechuan was silent for a while, then spoke again.

Xia Mian blinked, "Quite fast."

Lu Zechuan gently smiled, "You’re helping me solve problems, my people certainly can’t lag behind."