Chapter 4

I sighed, opened my phone, and played a recording.

It was a conversation between Li Mengyao and Zhang Xuan.

Zhang Xuan said, "Yaoyao, can you have a child for me? My mom is putting a lot of pressure on me, and I don't know what to do! Maybe I should just end it all."

Li Mengyao's voice came through, comforting him, and she agreed to his request without hesitation. Then Zhang Xuan pretended to be worried, saying, "Wouldn't that be unfair to Lu Tao?"

Li Mengyao replied indifferently, "Lu Tao loves children the most. He would love the child I have even more! Besides, I'm not planning to give him one. If I don't, who will inherit all his wealth? He should be thankful that you're even considering having a child for him."

But faced with Zhang Xuan's appeal, Li Mengyao suddenly hesitated, "Ah Xuan, we can't do this. It's not right to Lu Tao. We should go for a medical procedure to have a child instead."

After listening to the recording, everyone present had different expressions. Li Mengyao angrily said, "What are you trying to say by playing this recording? I wasn't wrong. I'm not planning to have a child with you, so who do you want to benefit from your wealth... "

Before she could finish, Mrs. Li raised her hand and slapped her.

She held my hand, her face full of guilt, "I'm sorry, Lu Tao, we failed to raise Mengyao properly."

They knew my feelings for Li Mengyao and assumed she initiated the breakup.

The two elders worried I was upset and came to talk to me, trying to comfort me.

But who would have thought we'd hear such explosive news?

Mr. Li was furious, continuously scolding Li Mengyao, who was too ashamed to speak.

Until Mr. Li mentioned Zhang Xuan, Li Mengyao suddenly stood her ground and said defiantly, "I won't let you speak badly about Ah Xuan. He's not at fault!"

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Li, who was tending to my wounds, turned pale. She looked at Li Mengyao in disappointment, "Zhang Xuan is not at fault? He knew you were going to marry Lu Tao, yet he asked you to have a child for him. How could I have such a foolish daughter?"

"Li Mengyao, how did we teach you? Be faithful in relationships, yet you asked Lu Tao to donate a kidney to Zhang Xuan? Do you know how Zhang Xuan bullied Lu Tao back then?"

Li Mengyao gritted her teeth, defending Zhang Xuan.

But hearing Li Mengyao's words, Mr. Li and Mrs. Li grew increasingly disappointed.

Mr. Li scolded, "Zhang Xuan is just a rascal. He approached you only for the Li family's money! Do you really think he wanted to be friends with you? What kind of friend meddles so heedlessly in your relationship?"

Listening to Mr. Li and Mrs. Li's protective words towards me, I suddenly felt a wave of grievance.

Li Mengyao erupted in anger, "Lu Tao, Lu Tao! You only care about Lu Tao! You only know Zhang Xuan bullied Lu Tao! Ah Xuan even tried to cover for Lu Tao, but do you know that when Lu Tao was young, he was dishonest and disrespectful to Aunt Zhang, which is why Ah Xuan hit him!"

"You only care about money! You use your dirty minds to think of the pure friendship between me and Ah Xuan. You truly disgust me!"

"Lu Tao is just a hypocrite. He claims he loves me, but if he loves me so much, why won't he let me have a child for Ah Xuan? Ah Xuan is near death, why won't he donate a kidney for him? Is this what he calls love?"

Listening to Li Mengyao's audacious claims, Mr. Li and Mrs. Li's eyes widened in disbelief.

Li Mengyao's words grew increasingly outrageous, even saying my mom shouldn't have given birth to such an ungrateful son. Thankfully, she divorced my dad early and left me with him; otherwise, I would have been the death of her.

She accused me of being disrespectful to elders, watching my mom kneel in front of me without offering help.

Hearing Li Mengyao's words, Mr. Li was so angry he couldn't catch his breath, his eyes rolled back, and he fainted.