Chapter 554: Chapter 554: Whoever Stays Is Unlucky

A single sentence had Lai Wenyan’s jaws tightened with tension.

Tang Li didn’t stop there. She continued, “Instead of asking me how I know all this, why don’t you go inside and ask your beloved wife and daughter what they’ve been hiding from you.”

Before her words even finished, Lai Wenyan strode into the house.

Tang Li tucked the necklace back into her pocket.

With the door of the villa slamming shut behind her, she did not linger at the Lai Family any longer.

Because of her last two sentences, the current Lai Wenyan was like a crazed, trapped beast—suspicious and furious. Whoever stayed behind would suffer the consequences.

Tang Li walked out of the Lai Family’s gate, while Lai Wenyan went up to the second floor of the villa.

He found the mother and daughter in Lai Shengxia’s bedroom.

Ouyang Qian was tending to her daughter’s neck wound: “That illegitimate daughter is like a rabid dog now, biting anyone she sees. You told me not to provoke her. Why did you still end up in a quarrel with her?”

“She got hold of Tang Yin’s necklace,” Lai Shengxia didn’t hide it from her mother.

Ouyang Qian’s fingers tightened around the cotton swab upon hearing this.

After taking a deep breath, Lai Shengxia said, “It’s my fault for being careless. When I left Imperial Garden, I moved out in such a hurry that I didn’t check thoroughly. She might have been there or encountered Qin Yansheng. That’s why she came to the Lai Family to accuse us.”

“She came to accuse us?” Ouyang Qian laughed coldly in extreme anger, “Yuanyuan has been hurt to this extent, and we haven’t even settled the score with her, yet she has the face to make a scene at our door!”

At that moment, the room door “bang” hit the wall.

Ouyang Qian turned her head and saw Lai Wenyan entering with an unfriendly expression.

Thinking it was the illegitimate daughter that had upset him, Ouyang Qian’s mood lightened. She put down the cotton swab package and said, “Ah Li isn’t my biological child, so it’s normal for us to have a barrier between us. You father and daughter, why can’t you get along without fighting all the time?”

Lai Wenyan stood at the end of the bed with his hands on his hips, watching the mother and daughter with a cold gaze. After Ouyang Qian finished speaking, he finally asked, “Why did Tang Li come to our house today?”

“Ah Li was looking for me,” Lai Shengxia answered.

She turned her head and tied her hair up with an elastic band, revealing the plaster on her neck, “About the incident online earlier, Ah Li thought we hired internet trolls to smear her. I tried to explain it to her, but she wouldn’t listen. After a few arguments, I was doing flower arrangements, and the scissors accidentally cut me.”

Ouyang Qian joined in, “Ah Li holds quite a grudge against us. Previously, Shen Na lied in the VCR recording, and Yuanyuan caused trouble, which led to that misunderstanding. Now Ah Li blames us, it’s certain.”

Usually, upon hearing these words, Lai Wenyan would immediately scold Tang Li, the rebellious daughter.

But today, he didn’t follow up.

Ouyang Qian glanced sideways and noticed her husband staring at her ominously. She tensed up, then walked over, placing one hand on Lai Wenyan’s arm, “What is it? Did Ah Li say something that upset you…”

Lai Wenyan suddenly asked, “Did you go to Diannan 12 years ago?”

Ouyang Qian’s hand on Lai Wenyan’s arm tightened slightly, but her face remained calm as she smiled, “My first visit to Diannan was eight years ago. At that time, Tianyi established a branch there, and I went to inspect it for a few days. Why the sudden question?”

“Slap—!”

Lai Wenyan swung his hand and delivered a slap.

Ouyang Qian was caught off guard and knocked against the nearby dressing table.

She covered her face, looking frantically at Lai Wenyan.

Lai Wenyan raised his hand and grabbed his tie, pulling Ouyang Qian by the shoulder. Ignoring her screams, he threw her onto the bed.

Lai Shengxia, hearing the noise, came out of the walk-in closet.