Chapter 435 - Untitled (2/2)
Li Manni suddenly felt mistreated. Was he going to give her the cold shoulder whenever she's around him? Was he treating her with sarcasm without a word, or was he issuing her a warning? Everything that had happened thus far was that all her doing? Her fault?
No. Not everything was her fault. Chu Lui had to bear most of the blame. Otherwise, with his temper in the past, he would have found a way to strip Li Manni's family off everything they owned by now. They wouldn't be able to survive with what they had until now.
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”Cousin, aren't you going to do anything about it?” Du Jingtang braced himself with both his arms folded on the table. After a while, it became too uncomfortable for him; and he rested his chin on top of his folded arms.
”Do what?” Chu Lui shoved a stack of doc.u.ments on the table and went back to the sofa. He gave a warning look at Du Jingtang.
”Is there something on my face?” Du Jingtang's hand started caressing his smooth face. It felt better than a woman's. He took out a mirror in a foxy manner, just short of applying some makeup.
”How can I be so handsome? I look better than those handsome young men on television. Look at my figure. I'm perfect with all these muscles.”
”Get lost!” Chu Lui gave him a kick. He couldn't take the teasing from his cousin any longer.
Du Jingtang kept his small mirror and put his hands in his pockets. Then, he said softly as though he couldn't care less if he was dead or alive.
”Cousin, your father-in-law's company is going bankrupt. Aren't you going to do something?”
”Why should I?” Chu Lui smiled. He looked so evil that he resembled a ball of fiery fire about to burn everything in his path.
”Why shouldn't you?” Du Jingtang felt like a thorough idiot. That was his father-in-law. How could a son-in-law not do anything when his father-in-law's company was on the verge of bankruptcy? Besides, it wasn't because Chu Lui did not have the means. On the contrary, all he had to do was flex his finger and point them in the right direction, and the crisis that his father-in-law was facing would be resolved. However, now, he was showing indifference. In fact, he was even helping to contribute to their crisis which was definitely abnormal.
Du Jingtang eyed his cousin suspiciously. His instincts were telling him something must be amiss. That's right. There must be some issues that he was unaware of.
”They will spit out whatever they have eaten.” Chu Lui sounded emotionless, and Du Jingtang couldn't help but shudder. Oh, god. Did he hear his cousin correctly? Chu Lui had indeed done this on purpose. He was deliberately trying to cause his father-in-law's company to go bankrupt. He didn't need a scientist to tell him this was not logical. With Chu Lui's character—even when Xia Ruoxin was involved, he had not caused his ex-father-in-law into bankruptcy which was followed by a divorce.
No. Something was wrong.
Du Jingtang cracked his skull, trying to come up with a reason; but he couldn't.
His cousin might not be a good man, and yet he basically was not an evil one, too. He had his own principles. His temperament might not be desirable, but he wouldn't go to the extent of causing his father-in-law into bankruptcy. Moreover, Li Manni was pregnant. Whatever the old man had done wrong, it shouldn't implicate his children. He most definitely shouldn't do anything to a pregnant woman. He didn't need a scientist to tell him that was wrong.
He held his head which had begun to throb. What the hell was wrong?
He had no idea. Whatever Chu Lui was doing to the Li family, this couldn't be all. If he had known all the things that had been going behind his back, he would have asked how deep was Chu Lui's vengeance. What could have made him do all these inhumane things?