"It's none of your business!"
Hearing something about Meng Rong from others, Father Meng felt ashamed and embarrassed. Angrily, he roared back.
His voice was so loud that almost everyone in the living room fell silent at the same time.
Seeing the atmosphere turn tense, Yu Likun and Mu Feng quickly asked everyone to go upstairs and evacuate them.
Meng Nianchu stared at Linda suspiciously. "How do you know so much about our family?"
As she spoke, she secretly sized Linda up and down. Suddenly, she felt an indescribable sense of familiarity with this person.
Linda turned to Meng Nianchu with tears in her eyes, her voice cold. "Are you remembering the disgusting things you did before?"
Meng Nianchu frowned tightly.
Linda gave an extremely oppressive feeling at the moment.
Mu Junze worriedly pulled Meng Nianchu behind him.
Seeing his action, Linda took a deep breath. Father Meng stared at him fixedly, his wrinkled face full of vigilance. "I see you're young, so I don't want to argue with you. Think carefully before you say these things next time. Misspoken words can bring retribution. Be careful."
"Retribution?!" Seeing Father Meng about to leave, Linda staggered two big steps forward and blocked in front of him. "You're not afraid of retribution for driving your own daughter out of the house. Why would I be afraid of saying a few words! How could a person like you be worthy of being a father? You're simply a venomous insect!"
"Slap—"
Meng Nianchu broke free from Mu Junze, raised her hand and slapped Linda hard on the left cheek, threatening angrily. "Shut up!"
Suddenly, Linda seemed to go crazy. With a ferocious face, she pounced towards Meng Nianchu.
Father Meng blocked in front of Meng Nianchu, grabbed Linda's arm and threw her back forcefully.
Linda lost her balance and fell to the ground.
"Don't think I don't know the disgusting things you've done to my daughter. I've advised you nicely, but you didn't listen. Don't blame this old man for not showing you any mercy! I don't care how you know about Meng Rong. There are reasons for our family's affairs. It's not for outsiders like you to speculate. If there's a next time, don't blame me for being rude to you!"
Father Meng looked at Meng Nianchu behind him. "Are you okay?"
Meng Nianchu pursed her lips and shook her head. Her eyes were fixed on Linda who was sitting on the ground without any hostility. A strong sense of doubt welled up in her heart.
How did she know about Meng Rong?!
Perhaps not wanting to see Linda anymore, Father Meng and Mother Meng didn't stay at the birthday party any longer and drove away. After such an unpleasant incident, Meng Nianchu didn't want to stay either. After telling Yu Likun that she was leaving first, she left the villa with Mu Junze and drove back to Shangting.
On the way, Meng Nianchu still couldn't figure it out. She just felt that Linda was extremely strange today. Maybe it was the way she looked at Father Meng and the sharpness when she questioned Father Meng about driving Meng Rong to the United States. It was as if these things were her own business, not...
Wait!
A bold guess emerged in Meng Nianchu's mind.
Linda was very emotional and shedding tears when she mentioned Meng Rong. Linda had returned to China from the United States to develop, and the time when she became popular in the United States happened to be the time when Meng Rong was driven to the United States!
What if Linda was actually Meng Rong...
Meng Nianchu just felt a chill run down her back.
Mu Junze noticed Meng Nianchu's uneasiness and reached out to hold her hand.
Meng Nianchu shivered violently.
"What's wrong?"
"Mu Junze, can you help me investigate Linda's identity in the United States?" Meng Nianchu said urgently.
Mu Junze let go of Meng Nianchu's hand, then picked up his phone and searched for the phone number of his friend in the United States. "What do you suspect about her?"
"I suspect she is Meng Rong."
Mu Junze's hand paused. There was shock in his dark eyes. The American phone he had dialed was picked up at this time.
Mu Junze put the phone to his ear, greeted the other person briefly, and then mentioned the matter he wanted to entrust.
During the whole process, Meng Nianchu rubbed her right arm with her left hand, getting goosebumps all over her body. She turned her head and looked out of the window. She really couldn't imagine that if Linda was really Meng Rong, she had changed her face and lurked beside her!
Suddenly, Meng Nianchu remembered something. She quickly rummaged through her purse to find her phone. Just as she was about to dial Father Meng's number, Father Meng's incoming call showed up on the screen.
She answered it in a hurry. "Dad, I have something to ask..."
"Excuse me, are you this gentleman's child? The owner of this phone had a car accident on Candy Street. I'm a doctor from Xingman Hospital. Please come here as soon as possible. The police are also waiting at the hospital."
Meng Nianchu's words were interrupted, but what responded to her was not Father Meng's kind voice, but the doctor's official and cold notice.
After listening to what the other person said, Meng Nianchu's mind "buzzed".
The hospital?!
After hanging up the doctor's call, when Meng Nianchu rushed to the hospital in a hurry, Father Meng hadn't been pushed out of the emergency room yet. Mother Meng was sitting on the chair with a bandage on her arm, her eyes red and swollen, and her lips pale.
When she saw Meng Nianchu coming, her eyes welled up with tears instantly.
Meng Nianchu tried hard to hold back her emotions and walked towards her. At this time, the police stopped her. "Are you Miss Meng Nianchu?"
"Yes."
"According to our investigation, when Mr. Meng was driving, a car suddenly rushed out from a turning and crashed into Mr. Meng. We checked the nearby surveillance and found that the car had parked there ten minutes before Mr. Meng passed by that street. After Mr. Meng passed by, the car was driven out and hit him."
"We suspect that this was a premeditated murder. So please cooperate with our work and think about whether Mr. Meng has offended anyone during this period. Please tell us specifically."
Meng Nianchu's mind was blank. She looked at Mu Junze beside her.
Mu Junze put his arm around Meng Nianchu. "Linda, a popular actress, had an argument with my wife's father half an hour ago at Mr. Yu's villa at No. 5, Ming'an Street, Xinhuan Road. The words were very intense. There is still a birthday party going on at Mr. Yu's house. There are witnesses."
"Okay." After listening to Mu Junze's detailed clues, the police immediately wrote them down in the notebook they carried with them. Then, after confirming that Meng Nianchu didn't know about anyone else, the police rushed to Yu Likun's villa to investigate the whole matter.
They also sent two policemen to the police station to investigate Linda's identity.
"Nianchu." Mother Meng called softly.
Meng Nianchu quickly sat down and held Mother Meng's hand, comforting her. "Don't worry. Dad has experienced so many ups and downs. This kind of thing will never stump him."
Her voice was hoarser than usual. When she saw that Sheng Nan wasn't in Mother Meng's arms, Meng Nianchu's heart skipped a beat. "Where's Sheng Nan?"