Married to My Ex-Fiancé's Cousin-Chapter 978: Altered Fate

Ji Yunhuan and Qi Cheng just finished paying their respects and were coming out when Lin Zhenyu caught up, "Mr. Qi, please wait a moment."

Ji Yunhuan held onto Qi Cheng’s arm, looking at Lin Zhenyu dressed all in black.

Qi Cheng asked indifferently, "Is there something, Madam Zhou?"

Lin Zhenyu walked over. For a while, she’d been confined to her home by Zhou Yixiu, with no chance to come out. Now, she had finally seized an opportunity to meet Qi Cheng.

She looked at Qi Cheng and asked, "What exactly did you do behind the scenes?"

"I don’t understand what you mean." Qi Cheng looked at Lin Zhenyu with indifference. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎

Lin Zhenyu laughed, "I know you hate Zhou Yixiu, but Qi Cheng, the child’s paternity is very important. Don’t you think you’re being excessive? Did you know you almost let Zhou Yixiu kill his own biological son?"

Even though she now knew Zhou Yixiu decided to acknowledge Zhou Luo, Lin Zhenyu still couldn’t find peace.

Currently, Zhou Yixiu needs this son, but what if he has a child with another woman in the future and no longer needs this son?

By then, what should Zhou Luo do?

Although, in Lin Zhenyu’s eyes, her son was naturally supposed to become the legitimate heir of the Zhou Family...

But now, because of Qi Cheng, everything was ruined.

"Madam Zhou’s words are baffling. I really don’t understand a word." Qi Cheng maintained an innocent expression.

Lin Zhenyu said, "Even though I don’t have evidence, I know you must have done something behind the scenes. As the child’s mother, I know better than anyone that this child is Zhou Yixiu’s... Why would Zhou Yixiu insist the child isn’t his? Could it really have nothing to do with you, Mr. Qi? You must have done something, which caused him such a misunderstanding."

"Why does Madam Zhou think it was me? Mr. Zhou is such a smart person. If I really did something, could I deceive him? As for whether the child is Mr. Zhou’s, Madam Zhou should know better." Qi Cheng looked at Lin Zhenyu calmly, as if he hadn’t uttered a single false word.

Ji Yunhuan stood to the side, puzzled, and asked, "What’s going on?"

Qi Cheng said, "I’m not sure either."

"You obviously know." Lin Zhenyu’s hands clenched into fists, "You’re clearly well aware. I beg of you... we’re both parents, Mr. Qi, can’t you be a bit merciful? Even for the sake of your newborn daughter, can’t you be a bit soft-hearted?"

"..." Qi Cheng remained silent.

Lin Zhenyu seemed to be struggling to hold back.

She clenched her fists, shaking from listening to Qi Cheng’s words.

Knowing full well Qi Cheng wouldn’t admit it, nor save her from this predicament, she ran out anyway, hoping he had some semblance of conscience.

But suddenly she found herself ridiculous.

The grudge between Qi Cheng and Zhou Yixiu was so deep; how could Qi Cheng possibly sympathize here?

After all, in the past, they didn’t show Qi Cheng any mercy or leniency either.

Seeing Lin Zhenyu not speaking further, Qi Cheng said nothing more, and he and Ji Yunhuan left the Zhou Family.

In the car, Ji Yunhuan looked at Qi Cheng, "What did Lin Zhenyu mean?"

"I mentioned earlier, Zhou Yixiu’s child isn’t his biological one."

"But, what’s this got to do with you?"

"Lin Zhenyu thinks I messed with things." Qi Cheng said, "So she probably hopes I’ll clear things up with Zhou Yixiu."

"Why? Do you think if you tell him, Zhou Yixiu will forgive? That Lin Zhenyu too, she did such a thing with another man herself..."

"Lin Zhenyu’s child is Zhou Yixiu’s." Qi Cheng said, "I did meddle behind the scenes."

"No way!" Ji Yunhuan looked at him in surprise.

Qi Cheng glanced at her and reached out to hold her hand, "I didn’t tell you before because I didn’t want you to know about these messy affairs."

"How did you pull it off?" Ji Yunhuan wanted to know how Qi Cheng could deceive Zhou Yixiu.

From Lin Zhenyu’s current reaction, Zhou Yixiu should have believed the child wasn’t his.

Qi Cheng chuckled lightly, "Given his suspicious nature, it’s quite easy to trick him. After all, he’s Zhou Yixiu, even if the child is his, he would still investigate. It’s in his nature not to tolerate any possibility."

Actually, every man is the same.

Just like when Ruirui was still in Ji Yunhuan’s womb, Qi Cheng always thought the child was Bai Liyan’s...

Men are like this; they can’t tolerate a woman’s betrayal, they can’t tolerate a speck of dust in their eyes.

Ji Yunhuan glanced at Qi Cheng, "Really?"

She clearly understood Qi Cheng’s meaning.

Qi Cheng slowly began to explain the origin of the events to Ji Yunhuan.

In fact, what made Zhou Yixiu feel Lin Zhenyu betrayed him was not Qi Cheng, but Lin Zhenyu herself; she was always convinced the current child was hers, unaware that the child was switched at birth.

Back when Lin Zhenyu fainted after giving birth, the child was already swapped by Qi Cheng.

Why would Qi Cheng kidnap and confine Lin Zhenyu for so long, until the child was born...

From the start, he planned to make life difficult for Zhou Yixiu.

As long as Lin Zhenyu believed this child was hers, without any doubt, she wouldn’t think otherwise.

And Zhou Yixiu would never suspect that it was Qi Cheng who switched the child; that’s where the problem arose.

Ultimately, Zhou Yixiu didn’t love Lin Zhenyu that much and wouldn’t make too many excuses for her; rather than countless possibilities, he was more willing to believe that Lin Zhenyu betrayed him.

"Do you think I’m being excessive like this?" Qi Cheng looked at Ji Yunhuan.

"I understand your actions." Ji Yunhuan said, "It’s just, wasn’t the child that went to the Zhou Family too innocent? Aren’t you afraid that in a fit of anger, Zhou Yixiu might harm the child?"

From Lin Zhenyu’s words, it seems Zhou Yixiu had done such things before.

The fact that the child is still alive can only be considered sheer luck.

Qi Cheng sat silently beside her.

Ji Yunhuan glanced at him and found he was quite somber.

She felt she might have said something wrong, "Qi Cheng, I’m not blaming you; I know you’re doing this because you have no choice."

If Zhou Yixiu hadn’t been so excessive, Qi Cheng wouldn’t have resorted to such actions.

Qi Cheng sighed, "The mother of that child was a death-row convict, so it seems I didn’t really do anything wrong. To go from the son of a death-row convict to the heir of the Zhou Family, don’t you think he should thank me?"

Ji Yunhuan said, "What about Zhou Yixiu’s son?"

"He’s being looked after." For Qi Cheng, Zhou Yixiu’s son was his ultimate card.

Of course, it’s also possible that Zhou Yixiu would go his whole life without knowing about this son’s existence.

If unnecessary, Qi Cheng wouldn’t bring up these matters.