Shocking! My Rugged Husband is the Hidden Tycoon in the 70s Novel-Chapter 355: Baby, I’m Sorry!

Jian Jingchuan gasped, "You plan to avenge your dad?"

"Yes!"

Calling it revenge isn’t quite accurate. Xu Qinghuan isn’t a very sentimental person. Although she keeps saying she’s under Xu Jing’an’s protection as her makeshift dad, the man has been dead for fourteen years. Her original self had little affection for that father, let alone her?

Many things she does are for the living to see.

She has no network in this world, but people are social animals. Moreover, she was trying to escape Song Wanlin’s control and entanglement at the time, and using Xu Jing’an’s people to leverage her strength was her best choice.

Now, calling it revenge is just a saying. She never expected that after Song Wanlin left, Lu Ranglian, this mangy dog, would chase after her again.

Li Shouzhi couldn’t help but ask, "Do you have any evidence?"

Lu Ranglian isn’t someone you can suspect on a whim. To investigate him, you must have ample evidence.

"No, but I know he went to East Mountain at the time. Why did he go? Did he have an assignment there?" Xu Qinghuan pondered aloud, "If he’s using someone else’s knife to kill, there’s no need for him to act.

He just needs to connect Jiang Zhenguo and Zhenai Qianxia. So I think we can ask how Jiang Zhenguo knew Zhenai Qianxia was in East Mountain?"

They hadn’t been in contact for many years. Why did they reconnect at such a critical juncture?

"Also, the reason Lu Ranglian went to East Mountain, I think we can ask Song Wanlin. Others don’t know, but back then, although my father hadn’t yet sacrificed himself, they were closely tied together. If Lu Ranglian went out, unless it was for a mission, he wouldn’t fail to notify Song Wanlin."

Among the three present, whether it was Xu Jing’an, Li Shouzhi, or Jiang Xingye, none were fools. They understood that Xu Qinghuan was handing a knife to Song Wanlin, giving her a chance to... no, they should say a chance for Lu Ranglian to fight among themselves.

Li Shouzhi said, "I’ll handle this!"

He didn’t want Jian Jingchuan to have the chance to interact with Song Wanlin. Jian Jingchuan shook his head, "I’ll do it!"

Lu Ranglian dared to touch his daughter, so he was going to settle old and new scores together.

Li Shouzhi cast a glance at Jian Jingchuan.

He came with flaming fury.

This was a conspiracy by the Lu Family against Xu Qinghuan. No matter if Xu Qinghuan said those words to Wang Hongyan yesterday, Wang Hongyan and Xu Qinghuan met, and how Wang Hongyan tempted Jiang Xingye in front of Xu Qinghuan was irrelevant. As long as the three were face to face, Wang Hongyan would die in the end.

In Lu Ranglian’s eyes, Xu Qinghuan was actually someone difficult to deal with. She has superb medical skills, and the Huo Family brought her under their wings. She led the people of the Shangjiang Team to prosperity, and she was a renowned figure throughout the Hei Province, very respected among the people.

If Xu Qinghuan continues to grow, in the future, the Lu Family might end up with nothing.

In fact, until now, the Lu Family hasn’t discovered the treasure buried under their backyard is gone. After all, they don’t touch those treasures easily.

To dig up the treasure would cause quite a stir.

The Jiang Family lost something and searched exhaustively. Lu Ranglian already guessed that they might have lost the correspondence between Jiang Zhenguo and Zhenai Qianxia, which was why there was a fuss; thus, he didn’t suspect the treasure.

Xu Jing’an returned, and there’s no way Lu Ranglian wouldn’t hear the news.

Jian Jingchuan nodded, and Li Shouzhi signaled Jiang Xingye with an eye, and the two went out together.

Jiang Xingye didn’t go far, standing at the door, able to hear everything spoken inside.

Xu Qinghuan froze for a moment, then stared at Jian Jingchuan, gradually realizing who he really was.

Tears slid down without warning.

She felt somewhat unable to control her emotions. This feeling was very strange and left her at a loss.

Jian Jingchuan’s eyes grew hot, and his nose was also sore. He got up and walked over, tentatively raising his hand, the rough pad of his thumb brushing against the girl’s face as delicate as a petal. Seeing her red eyes, he felt only guilt.

In countless nights before, lying in bed, looking at the pitch-blackness outside, he had thought of one day returning, seeing his daughter, and what his first words would be.

He thought of many: "My Huanhuan has grown up," "I’m your dad, I’ve always missed you," "I’ve been fair to everyone but failed my precious," "Sweet daughter, can you forgive your dad?"...

Many, many...

Yet now, he slowly fell on one knee, trying to lower himself, holding his daughter’s face, unable to utter a single word.

No matter what, those years he missed can never come back.

His daughter, even having a fiancé, had long surpassed the age where she needed him.

Tears uncontrollably overflowed from his eyes. Jian Jingchuan turned his face away, his voice too hoarse, "I’m sorry, you’ve grown so big, and your dad has never taken care of you!"

He never fulfilled a day of fatherly responsibility.

Xu Qinghuan was somewhat dazed. In two lifetimes, she thought the only shelter she’d receive from elders was the "martyr’s orphan" title left by Xu Jing’an. She never dreamed that one day, she could receive such profound paternal love.

Did Xu Jing’an do her justice? As a father, he was indeed negligent; fourteen years of death news, in her life, he should have long been earth.

But is Xu Jing’an willing?

He surely isn’t.

He’s different from the parents in her past life.

He pulled Xu Qinghuan into his embrace slowly, holding her tightly against his chest. In a place she couldn’t see, Jian Jingchuan closed his eyes, tears rolling down from his determined face and unable to stop for a long while.

Actually, about Song Wanlin’s cheating, he knew long ago. He initially planned that after the East Mountain Island mission, he’d divorce her, his only condition being the child would be his.

He never thought he wouldn’t come back.

He was swept away by the sea and saved by Jian Zhongping.

Jian Zhongping was a Red capitalist, also in a tough situation. Conveniently, someone above wanted to protect the Jian Family, so he was asked to recognize Jian Zhongping as his father. Jian Zhongping originally had only one son, who died, so he needed a son to inherit the family business.

Jian Jingchuan received a new identity and was given a new assignment, ostensibly doing business in Japan, but actually engaged in espionage tasks.

His latest assignment saw him nearly captured due to a recurrent old injury, raising suspicions. Just as Jian Zhongping passed away, the organization told him to seize this chance to return.

During this process, the organization also asked him how to deal with Song Wanlin and Lu Ranglian.

To say does Jian Jingchuan hate them, he does. But he only hates Song Wanlin for not fulfilling even a bit of motherly responsibilities when the child didn’t have a father, letting his child suffer so much.

But Song Wanlin is, after all, Xu Qinghuan’s mother. Even if he disregards everything, he doesn’t want his child to see the parents killing each other.

So, he refused the organization’s offer to handle it for him.

He underestimated Xu Qinghuan’s resolve, her total severance from Song Wanlin. This didn’t bring him relief but rather heartache.