Five years after their breakup, a prominent lawyer is desperately seeking reconciliation.

The maid's scream brought Yu Qing back to her senses.

She propped herself up on the sofa, gently pressed her lips to the corner of her mouth, and left a faint red bloodstain on her fingers.

"Lu Guokun, have these past ten years of good days made you increasingly blind? You actually hit me?"

Lu Guokun's chest was still heaving violently, and he couldn't suppress his anger at the thought of Shen Qing losing her child.

"Shen Qing's child...you did it, didn't you?"

"Lu Guokun, are you crazy? What does a secretary's child have to do with me?"

"You knew all along..." Lu Guokun stopped abruptly, glancing around at the servants. "Yu Qing, I don't believe you didn't hear a thing."

"You've finally stopped pretending."

Yu Qing glanced at him sideways, her ambiguous smile carrying obvious mockery and sarcasm.

"Since you knew I would hear about it, you still did this, even planning to take her abroad to give birth. You are insulting me."

"You really do know everything!"

Lu Guokun stared at her, approaching step by step as if he wanted to devour her.

"Mr. Lu, it has nothing to do with Madam. It was Secretary Shen who fell down on her own. There are security cameras here."

The maid pointed to the camera in the corner of the living room and explained to Yu Qing.

"Madam has been upstairs packing your luggage. It was that Secretary Lu who was being naughty; he kicked the dog and that's why you fell."

"After she fell, the lady immediately told me to call 120 and even took out the thousand-year-old ginseng that was part of her dowry and made her suck on it."

Lu Guokun's gaze fell on the trembling puppy in the maid's arms, its white fur stained with a large patch of blood.

The maid turned on the surveillance video, and Lu Guokun's eyes widened as he scrutinized every detail.

Yu Qing did not appear in the surveillance footage.

Shen Qing sat alone on the sofa, looking around, when the West Highland dog ran over.

Not long after, Shen Qing suddenly stood up and kicked the puppy.

The high-definition camera clearly recorded her vicious expression.

Immediately afterwards, a black and white Border Collie charged over and crashed into Shen Qing.

"You beast!" Lu Guokun slammed his hand on the table and stood up. "Where is that beast?"

The servants immediately brought in a dog cage.

Inside the cage, Summer was wagging its tail, looking at the humans in the living room who had played with it that morning.

"I had it brought under control the moment the incident occurred."

Yu Qing picked up the West Highland Terrier from the sofa, her face showing tenderness, and gently stroked its back.

"If the ambulance had arrived a little earlier, things might not have turned out this way, but... Shen Qing had an argument with the housekeeper when she went up the mountain, insisting that the taxi stop halfway to wait for her, causing a traffic jam. The ambulance was stuck halfway up the mountain for a long time..."

She pulled up the video of Shen Qing being arrogant and domineering in the owners' group chat and played it for him.

Lu Guokun's eye veins twitched.

"idiot!"

A text message notification suddenly went off on his phone. He glanced at it, then quickly stood up.

"The situation isn't good, I'll go check it out."

"You can't go," Yu Qing said, trying to stop her.

"You knew all along..."

"That's precisely why you absolutely cannot go. So many eyes witnessed what happened today, and everyone is speculating and gossiping."

Lu Guokun's expression relaxed, but he still did not sit down.

"To the Lu family, it's just an accident involving an ordinary employee. We can send the HR department to inquire about compensation, and you can visit him in person, but definitely not now."

"If this matter is exposed and becomes a hot topic in the news, you will not be facing the blessings of your late-life child, but rather an overwhelming public opinion and a fluctuating stock price for Lu's Group."

"At that time, shareholders will complain bitterly, the board of directors will be in a state of panic, the Lu family's decades-long reputation will be ruined, and all your previous efforts will be in vain."

"Are you... really ready?"

With each word she spoke, Lu Guokun's face grew darker.

In the end, his face darkened completely, and he slumped heavily onto the sofa.

A moment later, he slowly raised his head, pointed at the dog cage in front of him, and gritted his teeth.

"Beat this beast to death and throw him into the North Mountain to feed the wolves!"

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Lu Jingshi's car was parked at the corner outside the yard.

He got out of the car without saying a word, and Jiang Wan waited quietly in the passenger seat.

A piercing bark suddenly pierced through the roof and reached Jiang Wan's ears.

Immediately following was Lu Jingshi's furious shout: "What are you doing?!"

Another scream rang out, and Jiang Wan yanked open the car door and ran towards the Lu family's gate.

It's Summer's voice!

Jiang Wan's body hair stood on end, as if a cold wind was blowing.

She no longer cared whether she would see Yu Qing and rushed into the hall of the Lu family villa.

Apart from a cleaning staff member with an unusual expression wiping the floor, there was no one else in the hall.

"Where's Summer? Where's Lu Jingshi?" Her throat tightened, and she asked repeatedly.

"In...the backyard."

Following the direction she pointed, Jiang Wan pushed open the glass door and ran towards the back of the villa.

After walking a few steps, a muffled groan was heard.

The first thing that came into view was Lu Jingshi's back as he squatted on the ground, seemingly holding something in his arms, when he received a solid blow to the back with a baseball bat.

"Young...Young Master." The maid, holding a baseball bat, trembled with fear. "Please move aside, you can't take it."

Lu Jingshi's voice trembled slightly, but he maintained his posture.

"What you're doing is illegal!"

Lu Guokun narrowed his eyes: "If he doesn't move aside, then hit him again!"

The servant raised the stick again, but couldn't bring himself to strike.

Lu Guokun panicked, snatched the baseball bat, and raised it high.

"Fine, so you know a little law and you're using it on your own people? Let me tell you, if you don't get out of here, I'll beat you and this little beast to death!"

"I've already said, get out of my way. I'm here today, and nobody is allowed to touch it."

Yu Qing frowned: "Ah Shi, he's just an animal. Let your dad vent his anger."

"Don't waste your breath on him, I'll kill him too!"

Lu Guokun swung his baseball bat and slammed it down hard on Lu Jingshi's back.

Unexpectedly, a sudden force from behind pushed him aside, the stick in his hand flew out of his hand, and he fell headfirst onto the soft grass.

Lu Jingshi turned around and met Jiang Wan's gaze.

Jiang Wan felt a sudden, suffocating sensation in her heart.

Summer, whom he held tightly in his arms, was covered in blood and barely breathing against his chest.

He himself had a line of blood flowing from the corner of his mouth, and his forehead was bruised and purple.

I imagine she must have taken countless blows before she rushed in.

She picked up the baseball bat from the ground and shielded Lu Jingshi and Summer behind her.

"If anyone dares to lay a finger on them again, I'll fight them to the death!"

Yu Qing's gaze never left Jiang Wan after she appeared.

Her beautiful eyes were wide open, and her lips were slightly parted, like a statue.

"How could it be you!"