Hearing this, Lu Chuanbai remained calm.
He naturally knew why Lu Fenglin had come. He simply hooked his finger and motioned for Gao Bo to reveal the whole truth in front of Lu Fenglin.
Gao Bo presented the information that the private detective had dug up about Wang Chengxiang's purchase of banned drugs in front of Lu Fenglin.
There was also the sketch based on the eyewitness testimony of Lao Hei's eyes from the police station investigation.
Throughout the process, Lu Chuanbai said nothing, but all the evidence was clearly laid out in front of Lu Fenglin.
Lu Fenglin gritted his back teeth, his eyes bloodshot. He flipped through the evidence again and again.
He read Li Hongchan's confession three times. The filter in his heart for his stepmother was completely shattered. He stood there, dazed as if his soul had left his body.
Lu Fenglin felt his hands were out of his control. His fingers were so stiff that he couldn't even turn the remaining evidence. His face was deathly pale.
He never thought it was really his stepmother who had done all these things!
Xu Qingqing watched Lu Fenglin coldly, her delicate eyebrows furrowed. "Lu Fenglin, do you have anything else to say?"
Lu Fenglin fell silent. He was like a stray dog that had been kicked out of its home and splashed with cold water. An aura of dejection and gloom emanated from his whole body.
It took Lu Fenglin a long time to find his voice. He tried to make excuses for himself and his stepmother in a hoarse voice.
"If Dad hadn't let us down first back then, how could my mother have done such things just to feed me!"
Lu Chuanbai adjusted the backrest and sat up straight. His eyes were clear and calm.
"Back then, it was your mother who seduced Dad first, but Dad refused. In the end, your mother even drugged Dad."
"She wanted to climb up the social ladder and become a phoenix by getting pregnant."
Lu Fenglin never thought he had come into this world in such a way. His body trembled violently, and a look of despair and sadness flashed across his eyebrows.
All the things his stepmother had said about Father Lu abandoning her were all lies!
How could this happen?
"If I could choose, I wouldn't want to enter your Lu family at all!"
Lu Fenglin couldn't accept such a cruel truth. His feet seemed to be nailed to the ground. He was like a dried-up tree on the verge of breaking, about to wither and die at any moment.
Even so, Lu Fenglin still gritted his teeth and refused to give in.
"Dad didn't like me. You always stepped on me. Even the relatives of the Lu family looked down on me, especially Lu Qi!"
"I just wanted to sell an antique, but he wrongly accused me and sent me to the police station!"
"None of you Lu family members are good people!"
Lu Fenglin gritted his teeth and pointed at Lu Chuanbai with a trembling finger, trying to make himself feel better in this way.
Hearing this, Lu Chuanbai smiled instead of getting angry. He looked at Lu Fenglin as if he were looking at a poor worm.
"Lu Qi didn't wrongly accuse you. The bronze ware you sent to the store was bought by your mother from tomb robbers. The go-between was your uncle Wang Chengxiang."
"If you don't believe me, you can ask him."
"What did you say!" Lu Fenglin's eyes suddenly widened, filled with extreme rage.
He never thought the truth of the matter would be like this!
All the misunderstandings were finally cleared up. Lu Fenglin felt that he had lost completely, from beginning to end, without a single victory.
Lu Fenglin didn't know how he left the ward. By the time he reached the elevator, he was walking clumsily.
The elevator door opened. Inside, Xu Yiyi and Xu An'an were chattering about how to wish Lu Chuanbai a speedy recovery. When they saw Lu Fenglin, they instantly fell silent.
Xu An'an had heard from Xu Yiyi that Lu Fenglin was the mastermind behind the kidnapping. So when he saw Lu Fenglin, he no longer felt close to him. He kept hiding behind Mother Xu.
Mother Xu didn't know anything about this. She waved enthusiastically and greeted Lu Fenglin.
"Lu Fenglin, Auntie hasn't seen you for a long time. Have you been very busy these days?"
Seeing Lu Fenglin's ugly face, Mother Xu asked with concern, "Lu Fenglin, why do you look so pale? Are you not feeling well?"
Hearing Mother Xu's concern, Lu Fenglin's eyes welled up with tears. He silently shook his head and just forced a smile.
Lu Fenglin's lowered gaze fell on the little cute kids who were hiding behind Mother Xu, only showing their big eyes. His heart ached even more.
The guilt in his heart tortured him. Especially when he saw the fear in Xu Yiyi's eyes, he wanted to slap himself.
His stepmother not only ruined herself but also ruined him.
She made him a wreck. He was afraid that he would be hated by the people he cared about for the rest of his life.
Seeing that he didn't say anything, Mother Xu didn't ask further. She just gently patted Lu Fenglin's shoulder.
Although Mother Xu had heard some negative remarks about Lu Fenglin from her daughter, she just didn't think Lu Fenglin was a bad person.
"Fenglin, don't keep everything to yourself. It will make you feel better if you talk about it."
Lu Fenglin endured the sadness in his heart and nodded. He stepped aside to let Mother Xu take the two kids out, then silently got on the elevator.
Seeing Lu Fenglin full of desolation and frustration, Xu An'an couldn't help but feel pity. He gently tugged at Xu Yiyi's corner of the clothes.
"Brother, could it be that you misunderstood? I don't think Uncle Lu is a bad person."
Although Xu Yiyi hesitated in his heart, thinking of what Xiaogu had said, his little face wrinkled into a ball. He said impatiently,
"The evil woman who kidnapped me pointed him out. Do you think I would lie to you?"
Seeing that Xu Yiyi was angry, Xu An'an didn't dare to say anything more. He pouted aggrievedly and followed Mother Xu into the ward.
Xu An'an's temper came and went quickly. When he saw Lu Chuanbai lying in bed with a white bandage on his head, his eyes immediately turned red.
Xu An'an threw the previous episode out of his mind and threw himself beside Lu Chuanbai's bed.
"Dad, An'an misses you so much!"
Lu Chuanbai sat up and opened his arms to hug Xu An'an.
Xu An'an rubbed against Lu Chuanbai's arms. He looked at the bandage on Lu Chuanbai's head worriedly. He stretched out his warm little hand to touch Lu Chuanbai's face. His big watery eyes were full of worry.
"Dad, does your wound still hurt?"
The exhaustion between Lu Chuanbai's eyebrows dissipated when he saw the two kids. He shook his head with a smile and rubbed his stubbly face against Xu An'an's.
"An'an, don't worry about Dad. Dad's wound is already better."
Xu Yiyi was very sensible. He hugged a thermos as big as himself and was going to pour water for Lu Chuanbai.
"Dad, the doctor said that drinking more hot water can help the wound recover faster."
Mother Xu quickly took the thermos from Xu Yiyi's arms and shouted, "Oh, my little ancestor. This thermos is taller than you. How did you pick it up? Give it to Grandma quickly. Be careful not to get burned."
Mother Xu poured water for Lu Chuanbai. Thinking of the dejected Lu Fenglin she had seen in front of the elevator, she sighed and asked with concern,
"Chuanbai, I saw Fenglin just now. He looked very bad. What happened between you two brothers?"
Hearing Mother Xu bringing up the sensitive topic, Xu Qingqing nudged Mother Xu with her elbow and signaled her with her eyes not to ask anymore.