Chapter 439: Something Happened to Liu Fanglan

Chu Yunze was truly incensed by his younger sister, Chu Lingxiu. After he shouted those words, his chest heaved with fury.

"Brother, no... It can’t be. It’s impossible..."

Chu Lingxiu said, shaking her head. It was hard to tell if she was talking to herself or to Chu Yunze.

’Gu Shuxin is my best friend. She would never do something like that. She definitely wouldn’t!’

’But my brother is so smart and capable. He’s always been so good to me. My brother... he would never lie to me!’

Chu Lingxiu was utterly lost, feeling as if her entire world was about to collapse. She didn’t know what to think or what to do. She didn’t even know who to believe anymore.

"I’ve told you what I needed to say. Think it over carefully. And remember, you’re a member of the Chu Family. Don’t you dare bring shame upon us!"

’Letting herself be led by the nose so easily... How is that not a disgrace to the Chu Family?!’

After saying his piece, Chu Yunze stood up and left Chu Lingxiu’s room. He closed the door behind him, leaving her alone to think things through.

The commotion Chu Yunze had just made in Chu Lingxiu’s room was so loud that the moment he stepped out, he was met with the questioning gazes of his family.

Chu Yunze didn’t embellish the story. He simply explained the source of Chu Lingxiu’s animosity toward Shen Nian, which was enough to leave the rest of the Chu Family furious.

"I knew it! Gu Shuxin came looking for Lingxiu just a little while ago. I heard she was bitterly disappointed when she couldn’t see her and was so reluctant to leave. So that was her game all along!"

Before, Gao Ruolan had only seen Gu Shuxin as her daughter’s good friend, always treating her with courtesy whenever she visited. Now that she knew of the girl’s manipulations, she was filled with utter hatred.

The others were just as furious as Gao Ruolan.

Chu Zhengwei was even more direct. He declared that Chu Lingxiu was to stay in her room and think things over. Only when she had figured things out would she be allowed to leave the house!

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Naturally, Shen Nian had no idea that her one sentence to Chu Yunze would cause such a major uproar in the Chu household.

But even if she did know, she probably wouldn’t be able to spare it a thought right now.

Because the moment she returned to the company, Shen Nian heard some major news.

Something had happened to Liu Fanglan.

After receiving her due punishment, the company had arranged for Liu Fanglan to be sent back to her hometown. However, something happened to Liu Fanglan on the way there.

Shen Nian learned this news from Lin Jingyun.

When Shen Nian returned, she happened to run into Lin Jingyun, who had come looking for her and told her the news.

Shen Nian’s brow furrowed as Lin Jingyun recounted the version of events she had heard.

’Something’s wrong. Something is very wrong here!’

According to the news Lin Jingyun heard, Liu Fanglan had been on her way home. She had been at the train station, transferring from a car, and was waiting on the platform for the train to arrive when she suddenly jumped onto the tracks.

"Xiao Nian, do you think... could Liu Fanglan have been so overwhelmed with shame for what she’d done that she decided to take her own life?"

Lin Jingyun was certainly angry with Liu Fanglan, but hearing such tragic news still made her feel awful.

After all, this was a human life we’re talking about!

What’s more, Liu Fanglan was traveling back to her hometown with her son, Luo Xiaohu. Apparently, Luo Xiaohu was right there at the scene. Seeing what happened to his mother with his own eyes dealt a huge psychological blow to the little boy.

I haven’t seen the boy, but just imagining it... that poor child.

This incident will probably cast a shadow over Luo Xiaohu’s heart for the rest of his life.