The Villain's Wife

For a few seconds, Claude's pupils dilated as he looked at Zhou Jingren and Lily. "But that's all I really know! I don't know anything else!" Seeing the gun in front of him, Claude started panicking. "That's all I know. My grandmother didn't tell me anything else! I already told you, she just keeps on repeating her stories."

Seeing Zhou Jingren and Lily just stared at him, Claude became even more afraid. His heart started drumming against his chest. "Listen… you have to find my grandmother and talk to her yourself. She might have some sort of depression, but her mind is sound. If you really want to know what happened, then ask her."

Lily narrowed her eyes at him before she stood from her seat.

"Where are you going?" Claude asked, confused. "Are you going to leave? Just like that?" He watched as Zhou Jingren followed Lily towards the exit of the room. "Hey! What about my grandmother?" he asked. "If— If you talked to the Duke about it… can you at least ask him to help us find my grandmother?"

Claude is starting to get desperate, and he hated it. He hated the fact that he was only a useless boy, with no backing, no men that could defend him. All he had was some trust money. In this scenario, a little bit of money is useless against the people who wanted to kill him. "Are you— Are you going to kill me?" he managed to ask when Zhou Jingren opened the door for Lily. "Can you at least… spare my grandmother? She… she doesn't have a lot of time to live. I know… it's a crazy thing to ask. But… please. I will not mind if you kill me. Just… spare her." He gulped, tears started to pool in his eyes.

He watched as Lily halted her steps. She turned towards him, her face unfathomable. "I cannot promise you that." She answered honestly. The Old woman is fighting for her life, and Lily was not a god that could save someone on the brink of death. She watched as sadness glinted on Claude's eyes before she left the room with Zhou Jingren.

"So?" Zhou Jingren asked when they went inside the room next to Claude's room. This was the exact replica of the previous one. However, this time, the large monitor was showing Claude's movement in the other room.

"He was telling the truth."

"I thought so too." Zhou Jingren eyed the monitor. "I think… you were right. Those people wanted something else from the older woman. They must have been closely monitoring her and Claude's actions, hoping that she will give in and tell the secret to her grandson."

"Hmmm." Lily nodded. For some reason, she felt that this has something to do with her grandmother's death. A sigh escaped her lips. "I always thought that my grandmother never involved herself in illegal activities. But now that I thought about it… the Facci Group… was not the same Facci Group when she met my grandfather. It is very possible that she and grandfather engaged in some other methods to grow the business."

Lilian was always determined and smart. She was also ruthless and cunning. Lily was just too blind to even believe that Lilian achieved all her success without doing something that is against her morals. When even she, Lilian's granddaughter, could easily abandon her principles for her own advantage.

"Hmmm." Zhou Jingren said. "Still… Claude's words about Lilian's mission in seducing your grandfather bothers me."

"Same." Lily sighed. Was it possible that Lilian's goal was indeed to change the leadership of a country? But isn't that too… much? "It is late. I am going to sleep."

Zhou Jingren immediately raised an eyebrow. "Sleep?" Lily turned towards him.

"I am a pregnant woman. I need sleep." She looked at him. Amused at his expression. "Yes, I can still sleep." This is a fact. She might be curious, but it was not deep enough for her to sacrifice her health.

If this happened when Lily was not yet pregnant, Lily would surely have watched as the Doctor saved Madam Luo. She would not sleep until she knew the secret that the older woman was hiding. But, Lily already has another life inside her. She would not sacrifice her child's health just because she was curious.

"Then… I will escort you to the room." Zhou Jingren nodded. He then called some people, including the Duke, telling him that Lily would be resting. "You seem too calm about this." Zhou Jingren said after he was done giving orders.

"Calm?" She raised an eyebrow. "I am not. But… panicking would accomplish nothing but complications."Her mind has its unusual ways of complicating things. If she keeps on thinking about all these things, Lily was sure that she would be able to come up with more than a hundred 'what if's' and solutions. But that would prevent her from sleeping. Therefore, sacrificing her health in the process.

Getting sick at the last trimester of her pregnancy could complicate a lot of things. So, she would rather stop thinking about the 'what if's' and think about stuff that is happening at the present time.

"Plus… I know they would not hurt you and me." She smiled. After everything that happened, Lily was somehow sure that they would not do anything to hurt her. "They have been watching me since I was a child, Jingren. If they wanted to kill me and use me against my grandmother… they could have done it when I was nothing but an infant." The thought of this made her think about Grandma Ye's journals. Lily immediately decided to read it later upon waking up.

"Alright then… let's go." He kissed her temple. "Don't worry… I will take care of things while you sleep."

"I know." Lily beamed. That is another reason why she was confident. Lily knew that he would always keep her and their child safe.

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Claude's Reason and Identity will be revealed in the next 5 chapters! Stay tune.