CHAPTER 270: CHAPTER 270: UNCOVERING EVERYTHING

"Enough!" Li Tingmo erupted in anger, interrupting Bian Yue’s words. His eyes were ice-cold as he laughed in furious disbelief, "You just want to kick me out of your company, don’t you? Why bother saying these baseless things!"

"Do you think I haven’t found anything?" Bian Yue sneered chillingly, "Song Ping is in prison and he’ll confess everything sooner or later. Your stubborn denials won’t change a thing."

Li Tingmo’s figure swayed for a moment; his expression turned ashen as he struggled in vain, "It’s just Song Ping at his wit’s end, trying to drag me down with him! I’ve already said it, I have nothing to do with this! I won’t admit to anything!"

How could Li Tingmo have foreseen that one day his past would be laid bare for all to see?

Distressed and disheveled, he could only conceal his guilt with an increasingly assertive voice as he faced Bian Yue’s relentless sneers.

"You said Song Ping dragged you down? But Fengcheng Group’s documents very clearly show you paid him a large sum to keep his mouth shut!" Bian Yue sneered coldly, tossing a stack of documents in front of Li Tingmo and staring at him frostily, "Now you still want to tarnish my father’s reputation, how could I possibly let you off! Nancheng Orphanage has nothing to do with the Bian Family, it’s all your doing!"

With the evidence before him, Li Tingmo guessed that Bai Xu had probably changed sides and chosen to stand with Bian Yue.

He was filled with rage but could only sneer back, gritting his teeth, "Fine! I admit that the orphanage is indeed mine, and like you found out, Song Ping was working for me, but! Bian Yue, why would I kill someone? Song Ping killed someone on his own, what does it have to do with me!"

"You didn’t kill anyone; Ji Anshen jumped on his own," Bian Yue spoke calmly, "As the chairman of Fengcheng Group, you’re right not to dirty your hands with blood. So, you just drove him to his death."

"Bian Yue!" Li Tingmo glared furiously at Bian Yue, his psychological defenses collapsing by the minute, "After all, I did adopt you. Must you speak to me like this?"

"You surely haven’t forgotten the name Ji Anshen, have you? The volunteer teacher at Nancheng Orphanage who, by a twist of fate, uncovered the whole truth. He chose not to stay silent but fought for justice for those kids."

Bian Yue paused, observing the ashen hue of Li Tingmo’s complexion, "Later, in his quest for truth, he entered the Bian Family as a teacher. After finally discovering everything and for the sake of those children, you drove him into a corner."

At this point, Bian Yue’s tone turned calmer, "I suspect you were afraid he would leak everything, so you chose to silence him by killing. Of course, you wouldn’t do it yourself. You had Song Ping go to him and watched him jump from the building because of your threats, cleverly disassociating yourself from the act, didn’t you?"

From a hidden spot, Bian Shu leaned against the screen, slowly crouching down.

She cried silently, covering her mouth with her hand to suppress any sound.

Li Tingmo, fuming, stared at Bian Yue. After a long time, he finally spoke with visible anxiety, "What exactly do you want? Do you want to drive me out of the Bian Family? Bian Yue, I’ve given you everything, you can’t push me like this!"

"I won’t drive you out of the Bian Family. I won’t go back on what I’ve promised, but I need to know, why did you do it? What exactly did you do to Ji Anshen? You know, even if you don’t speak today, with the situation at hand, it would be easy for me to find out the truth."

Li Tingmo’s face unexpectedly twisted into a bizarre smile as he looked at Bian Yue with profound meaning, "Song Ping is guilty, but I am not; all of this has nothing to do with me."

"What do you mean?"

"I did send Song Ping to track down Ji Anshen because he knew too much, and I obviously couldn’t let him reveal it. But I didn’t kill him." Li Tingmo’s smile was vile, his eyes crinkling with a scheming viciousness, "I just had a subordinate pass on a message to him. If he lived, I would ensure Bian Shu lost everything. Bian Yue, you must be well aware of how easy it would be for me to trip up Bian Shu, considering how deep the cooperation between the Li Family and the Bian Family was."

Behind the screen, Bian Shu’s hands trembled uncontrollably. She covered her face, feeling Li Tingmo’s voice to be ethereal yet venomous.

Stupefied, she let her tears wet her fingertips, her eyes closed in helplessness, in agony, in remorse, in breakdown.

Bian Shu could never have imagined that it all was Li Tingmo’s scheming, and that what she thought was the Bian Family’s ruthless pursuit... was all a misunderstanding on her part.

What Bian Yue had not expected was that, in a series of twists and turns, the reason that ultimately led to Ji Anshen’s death would trace back to Bian Shu.

She glanced subconsciously at the screen, then spoke without revealing anything, "You used Bian Shu to threaten Ji Anshen?"

"Ji Anshen was indeed somewhat clever and could be considered talented, but he was too inflexible, thinking that he alone could take on the entire Fengcheng Group," Li Tingmo mocked.

"Bian Yue, in time you’ll see, sitting where you are, if anyone dares disrespect you, you wouldn’t need to lift a finger; there will be plenty of people to teach them a lesson! It’s commendable how Ji Anshen managed to work with Jiang Yao to get so-called evidence against me."

Li Tingmo chuckled lightly and coldly said, "But heroes falter at the beauty’s gate; he couldn’t bear to see me hurt Bian Shu. To ensure your sister could return to the Bian Family unharmed, he actually jumped."

Bian Yue felt a chill, and before she could speak, Bian Shu walked out from behind the screen, her face streaked with fresh tears, and looked darkly at Li Tingmo, "So, you drove An Shen to his death?"

Li Tingmo, surprised to see Bian Shu, then smiled meaningfully, "Bian Shu, you’re here too? Didn’t I make myself clear just now? Ji Anshen’s suicide was his own doing, what does that have to do with me? You can’t slander me."

"Suicide?" Bian Shu repeated softly, her face expressionless as she approached Li Tingmo. Bian Yue, noticing Bian Shu’s emotional instability, tried to hold her back.

"Sister, calm down, I’ll find a way to explain this matter to you."

Bian Shu looked at Bian Yue with a complex expression, her eyes reddening further as she hoarsely said, "Yueyue, I’m sorry... I misunderstood uncle before."

"It’s okay, you didn’t know anything, father won’t blame you," Bian Yue said, looking into Bian Shu’s teary eyes with a feeling of being choked up, "Sister, I’ll have someone take you home."

Bian Shu, however, firmly pushed Bian Yue’s hand away, "I have something to say to Li Tingmo."