Chapter 502 Meet at the Civil Affairs Bureau
"I’m even more anxious than you are. This matter has me absolutely frantic. What exactly are you planning? Tell me your plan so that I can have some peace of mind," Lu Yi paced back and forth in the living room, his agitation palpable. He would never be able to calm down without a foolproof plan.
"You don’t need to know how I plan to handle this. All you need to know is that tomorrow morning at nine you don’t have to go. I guarantee everything will go smoothly," Chen Wenzhou spoke confidently, as if he had everything under control, causing Lu Yi to furrow his brows deeply.
"You’re not planning to use Yuexue’s safety to threaten Shen Heyu, are you? I’m warning you not to mess around. After all, Yuexue is just a three- or four-year-old little girl."
The thought of it made Lu Yi’s scalp tingle. Although Yuexue wasn’t his biological daughter, he had cared for her for a long time; even without blood ties, he had developed feelings for her. He worried that Chen Wenzhou, in his pursuit of his goal, might do something drastic.
Chen Wenzhou was somewhat surprised. Lu Yi was hardly in a position to save himself, yet he still cared about comforting Yuexue. Chen chuckled mockingly.
"To get Shen Heyu, you’re even willing to present a fait accompli. I thought you were the kind of person who only cared about your own goals and paid no attention to anything else. I didn’t expect you to actually care about Yuexue’s safety."
Lu Yi gasped sharply. Responding in anger, "Just thinking about your harming a three- or four-year-old girl horrifies me. If you could be so cruel to her, then perhaps one day you might turn on me. How can I dare to truly trust you?"
Chen Wenzhou didn’t care whether Lu Yi was sincere—he just laughed and said, "Rest assured, I’ve already returned Yuexue to Shen Heyu. If anything happens to her now, it has nothing to do with me."
"Are you crazy? By returning Yuexue to Shen Heyu right now, how will you get Heyu to listen to you without Yuexue in your hands? This is obviously setting me and Heyu to fail!" Lu Yi nearly went insane upon hearing Chen Wenzhou’s words.
Chen laughed dismissively as if watching a joke, "You really are interesting. When Yuexue was in my hands, you worried I would mistreat her, do something to harm her. Now that I’ve sent Yuexue back to Shen Heyu, you think it’s inappropriate because it loses a trump card."