Reborn As Super Heiress

Chapter 405: Chapter 401: The Supreme Family

Driven by the desire to keep the peace, a crew member tried to talk the child’s parents into seeing reason. Surprisingly, these parents were quite understanding, seeing as Huo Longjiang was only a child, and after giving him a slap to vent their anger, they decided not to pursue the matter further.

So the crew member brought Huo Longjiang over to Xu Lian.

The moment Xu Lian saw her son had been hit, she immediately became upset, grabbed Huo Longjiang, and made a scene in front of the child’s parents. After a heated argument, the child’s parents probably felt embarrassed with so many people watching on the train, and resolved the issue by compensating five hundred yuan for medical expenses.

Xu Lian returned to her seat with the five hundred yuan, feeling as if she had won a great victory, and was quite pleased with herself.

”If it was just this, and those people were willing to settle with money, they shouldn’t be the type looking for trouble, so why would they poison anyone?”

Liu Ming felt that resorting to using poison over such a trivial matter just didn’t make sense.

Xu Lian’s eyes revealed a hint of guilt, and after a long pause, she finally said, ”Right before getting off, my son secretly slashed that woman’s bag and pushed her child, causing the kid to fall off the train steps at the exit, and it seemed like the child scraped his chin.”

While Xu Lian spoke, there was no sign of shame on her face, as she didn’t believe her son had done anything wrong. Having been hit, retaliation was only natural. Was he supposed to just take it like a coward?

Yet, deep down Xu Lian realized that her son’s vengeful behavior wouldn’t be accepted by others, which is why she took a moment to carefully choose her words.

Fuck, how can there be such shameless people in this world? No wonder someone poisoned them; they truly had it coming!

Upon hearing this, Liu Ming’s expression immediately stiffened. He looked incredulously at the child, who was not even ten, feeling a mix of contempt and revulsion.

So vicious at such a young age, this child is bound to become a scourge on society as he grows up!

Liu Ming had no words for this family; they say family education is crucial, and this child’s mother is a selfish and malicious individual. No wonder her son is following in her footsteps.

Doctor Chen also felt as disgusted as if he had eaten a fly. He had felt sympathy for the seemingly pitiful child, but now realized he had been blind; people like this deserve such punishment, otherwise they will never realize their faults.

”It seems likely that it was that couple who did this. Like you, they got off in S City, and there’s a good chance they are still there. Do you remember what they looked like?”

Liu Ming felt it must have been that couple who poisoned these five individuals. Putting himself in their shoes, if he had encountered such a reprehensible family, he too would have struggled not to play avenger and dispose of such trash.

But no sooner had these words left his mouth than someone immediately objected to his view, ”No, that’s not right! It wasn’t them!”

Liu Ming turned around in surprise at hearing this and looked at Liu Meiling.

Liu Meiling’s face was swollen and misshapen, turning her once delicate and beautiful features into something ugly and grotesque, but her brow was furrowed and her eyes flashed with confusion:

”I was on a different train from them; I came from Guangcheng. If it really was that couple, then the only people who were on the same train with them would have been my mom and my aunt’s family. Why would I be affected as well?”

Liu Ming was taken aback by Liu Meiling’s words, ”You didn’t come with them?”

Liu Meiling shook her head, ”No, I arrived a day earlier than them. I got to S City the afternoon of the day before yesterday and stayed at another hotel for one night. I went to the train station to pick them up at around eight yesterday morning. I had no contact with that couple.”

Liu Ming turned his head to look at Doctor Chen, ”Mr. Chen, is this gu poison contagious?”

Doctor Chen shook his head, ”If it were contagious, then not just you, but everyone in this room and those in the hotel would be in trouble. However, we’re not infected, which proves that the gu poison is targeted and not maliciously contagious.”

”That’s strange!”

Liu Ming furrowed his brows, looked toward Xu Lian and the others, and suddenly thought of something. He asked,

”You arrived at S City after nine in the morning yesterday, but didn’t check into the hotel until after four in the afternoon. Where were you in those six or seven hours?”

Liu Meiling raised her head to glance at Xu Lian and suddenly, as if realizing something, let out a loud exclamation, ”It was that man! The man who came out of the villa, he must have been behind this!”

”What villa? Where did you go?”

As soon as Liu Ming heard Liu Meiling’s words, he sensed something was wrong. Apart from Liu Meiling, the others were dressed in outdated and old-fashioned clothes, clearly hailing from the countryside—it was unlikely they owned a villa in S City. But why had they gone to a villa area?

At Liu Ming’s question, Liu Meiling fell silent and did not speak, but Xu Lian’s eyes were filled with anger:

”We came to see my niece. She made a fortune in S City, opened a store, and even bought a villa. We traveled all this way to spend the New Year with her! Who would have known that ungrateful girl wasn’t even in S City, and had her nanny block us at the door and wouldn’t let us in!”

”She has neither father nor mother. Out of pity, I struggled to raise her for eighteen years, only to end up raising an ingrate!”

Liu Ming was momentarily stunned, realizing these people had come to rely on relatives. The woman had raised her niece, and now that the niece was living well, it was understandable that she wanted to turn to her niece for support.

However, now was not the time to consider these things. From Xu Lian’s rant, Liu Ming knew they had visited the niece’s residence during those six or seven hours, but what exactly had happened in between was still not clear.

This was a point of doubt. If there was to be an investigation, they needed to leave no stone unturned. Liu Ming continued to press for answers, and eventually, Liu Meiling revealed everything that had happened in the villa area.

Having heard this, Liu Ming now fully understood the situation: a problematic child, a domineering aunt, and a weak-willed uncle. These people were not here to rely on the niece; they were here to seize her property.

A slight twitch appeared at the corner of Liu Ming’s mouth. Putting himself in the shoes of Xu Lian’s niece, he felt that if he were faced with such a terrible family of aunts and uncles, he wouldn’t want to let them through his door either.

Doctor Chen and the other outsiders listened with astonishment, finding the logic of Xu Lian and the others incomprehensible, but to Xu Lian, it seemed perfectly natural.

”That ungrateful girl has no conscience left—it’s all been eaten by dogs! She would rather spend money on keeping a boy toy than give it to us to spend!”

”She’s not married yet, so the money she earns is naturally the Huo family’s! Those houses and shops should be saved for my son!”

Xu Lian started cursing again, but Liu Ming just felt a headache coming on. However, he froze suddenly upon hearing the word ”Huo family” from Xu Lian.