Chapter 1

“Mom, actually, my brother and I are both Dad’s and Aunt Ruyan’s biological sons.”

Li Jinyan sat by Zhan Xinyue’s bedside, smiling as he revealed the cruel truth.

“These years, thank you for your contributions to the Li family. Just rest assured and go. We, your sons, will take good care of the hundred billion yuan you left behind. Hahaha…”

“After you die, I’ll bury Dad and my real mom together. As for you, you love the ocean so much, so I’ll throw your ashes into the toilet and flush them down the drain. Anyway, your final destination is the ocean, just consider it repayment for your upbringing. Hahaha…”

Li Shenxing sneered. He preferred the gentle Liu Ruyan to the strict Zhan Xinyue.

Before, they had to hide it from Zhan Xinyue and couldn’t call Liu Ruyan “Mom.” Now that Zhan Xinyue was about to die, the two brothers no longer cared.

It was just a pity that their parents had passed away before Zhan Xinyue, and they couldn’t be together openly in life. They could only be properly buried together after death.

“Heh.” Zhan Xinyue lay half-reclined on the bed, letting out a light, scornful laugh.

At only forty-something years old, her hair was completely white, she was bedridden from a long illness, her body was thin, her face was haggard, but her features were still exquisite, showing that she must have been a stunning beauty in her youth.

“You can’t be so naive as to think your parents really died of illness, can you?” Zhan Xinyue shook her head. “Sigh, truly, stupid people produce stupid offspring.”

“What do you mean?” Jinyan and Shenxing, the two brothers, simultaneously changed their expressions and asked in unison.

“How did your parents die?” Zhan Xinyue didn’t answer directly but asked back.

“Diabetic ketoacidosis leading to shock, they didn’t make it.” Li Jinyan frowned. This illness was considered a disease of affluence, and they were treated at their own hospital. Zhan Xinyue shouldn’t have had the opportunity to poison them.

“I knew early on that those two dogs were colluding, but I didn’t make a fuss, I didn’t cry, and I didn’t think about divorce. The business I built with so much hard work, how could I just hand it over to them? I had the nanny feed them high-calorie, high-fat food every meal, fruit before meals, desserts after meals, and a full-ingredient milk tea at night. It only took a couple of years, and they developed diabetes. The night they were poisoned, they devoured a whole basket of tangerines and drank full-sugar pearl milk tea. Their blood sugar soared, of course, they would be poisoned.”

Zhan Xinyue shrugged. Perhaps due to a deathbed flashback, she was now in good spirits. However, she didn’t mention that she had built the business from scratch, and on the night those two dogs were poisoned, she had already contacted the doctor, ensuring the rescue process was followed, but no real effort was made.

“You,” Li Shenxing was so angry he rolled up his sleeves, wanting to hit her.

Zhan Xinyue shot him a fierce look, and Li Shenxing retracted his hand. Over the years, Zhan Xinyue had learned martial arts. Before she was poisoned, she hit hard. Now, she was lying in bed, but her eyes were sharp, and Li Shenxing still dared not act rashly.

Li Jinyan didn’t move, he just said, “So what? You’re still poisoned by us and about to die. Your money is all ours, my brother and I.”

Hearing this, a crack finally appeared in Zhan Xinyue’s calm and elegant face.

Zhan Xinyue’s heart was cold, and she was even more furious!

She had treated Jinyan and Shenxing as her own, working hard to build a career, just so they could enjoy better material conditions. She had poured her heart and soul into raising them, but she had raised two ungrateful snakes.

Zhan Xinyue treated them as her own sons, without any defenses, which made it so easy for her to be poisoned. When her body started having problems, it was too late to investigate.

However, even if she had to die, she had to make those ungrateful snakes die with her!

Zhan Xinyue didn’t believe in the afterlife. Revenge in this life, that was satisfying enough.

“When you came in, didn’t you notice that this vast Xinyue Manor doesn’t even have a single servant?”

Zhan Xinyue laughed scornfully. “You don’t know your parents were killed by me. Now, facing death, you’re still so smug.”

“What do you mean?” Li Jinyan’s face turned pale instantly, and he immediately lunged at Zhan Xinyue.

But it was too late. Zhan Xinyue had already taken a remote control from under her pillow and pressed it lightly.

“Boom, boom, boom,” the bombs exploded, the sound reverberating through the sky. Li Jinyan and Li Shenxing widened their eyes, from disbelief to terror to despair.

In the last few seconds, the two brothers rushed out the door, just in time to be blown up by the bombs in the corridor. Their bodies disintegrated in midair.

Amidst the flying sparks, Zhan Xinyue closed her eyes peacefully.

Being human is too tiring, I hope there’s no next life!

Outside Xinyue Manor, several military vehicles sped towards the scene. Before the vehicles had come to a complete stop, a tall, anxious man jumped out and looked at the ruins in front of him, his eyes filled with despair and regret.

“Xinyue, I’m too late! If there’s a next life, I’ll even steal you and tie you to my side!”

[The male lead’s name is Sheng Tunan. Tunan, taken from Zhuangzi’s (Xiaoyao You, Wandering in the Realm of Freedom). To carry the blue sky on one’s back, and not be obstructed by anything, and only then will one now plan to travel south. Meaning: To pursue what one wants with determination and courage, nothing can stop you.

The female lead’s name is Zhan Xinyue, meaning the clouds part, the fog clears, a new moon hangs in the sky, welcoming a new life! Special statement, the names of the male and female leads are specifically chosen for their characters.]

(Dear readers, this story is fictional, please don’t overthink it. Remember to add it to your bookshelf! Don’t lose me later!)