Chapter 1187 - Goodbye, Second Brother (7) (1/2)

Her pupils shrank back as she looked at Lu Nanze.

He was staring at her with stubbornness in his eyes.

He said slowly and clearly, “Qiao Lian, I’m sorry.”

He was sorry that he could not let his father go to jail. Even if murder had to be punished, would he be the one to send his father to the guillotine?

That wasn’t possible.

Qiao Lian merely felt an explosion of fury inside her chest.

She glared at him with hatred in her eyes.

She was infuriated.

He would rather get burnt in order to destroy the account book. All for his father’s sake!

It wasn’t wrong of him to protect his father, but what about her parents’ reputation? Who was going to defend them?

Were they to die just like that?

That feeling of injustice overwhelmed her and, like a child who had been wronged, tears started to pour down her face.

Her gaze fell on the brazier.

The account book had been half burnt.

And Lu Nanze’s arm was blistering badly now.

If this continued, his arm would be crippled.

She was angry enough to let him lose an arm.

But she looked up suddenly and their eyes met.

For some odd reason, her memories of the arrogance in his youth, the way he had sacrificed himself to save her when they were abducted, came to her and she suddenly led his hand away from the brazier.

His hand was still tightly clasped around her wrist, their arms locked over the centre of the brazier.

Then, she watched helplessly as the account book burnt to ashes, disappearing forever.

The room was silent, only the flames danced as they too began to disappear.