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Chapter 466: Why the Rush to Destroy Each Other?

Chapter 466: Chapter 466: Why the Rush to Destroy Each Other?

For a long time, his impression of his half-sister, Zhu Qianying, had become so vague that it was nothing more than a featureless shadow. Even when he schemed with Yi Wei, he never really took Zhu Qianying into consideration.

However, the sharp words Zhu Qianying had just fired off reminded him of his early opinions of her.

Indeed, he had underestimated not only Yan the Younger but also his half-sister, Zhu Qianying!

"Why are you laughing and playing with them? Do you want them to hurt us even more?"

Zhu Junwei walked back to his parents. Zhu Shaofen, who had been glaring at him as he spoke to Zhu Qianying, couldn’t help but scold him for being too cozy with them.

"Mother, you don’t understand!" Zhu Junwei replied patiently.

There were many times when he felt disgraced by having such a foolish mother.

Yet this woman, as dim as a pig, was the favorite daughter of his grandparents.

Once Zhu Shaofen finished scolding her son, she began to chastise her husband.

"Take a look at your wonderful daughter. She marries a rich young master and then refuses to recognize her own parents. It would be better to raise a dog than her!"

Zhu Shaofen lowered her voice while speaking, nonetheless, she knew better than to offend those two high-ranking members of their family.

As for Zhu Qianying, who she had called an ingrate, after saying a few words to Zhu Junwei, she made no attempt to greet Zhu Zhizhou and Zhu Shaofen as Zhu Junwei returned to their side.

Clearly, she had no intention of recognizing Zhu Zhizhou and Zhu Shaofen.

When the court personnel informed them that the court was now in session, Yan the Younger and Ji Huan escorted Zhu Qianying into the court.

"Where should we sit?" Yan the Younger asked Zhu Qianying for her opinion.

Zhu Qianying surveyed the court and then pointed with her chin towards the first row on the left. "Over there!" she suggested.

Since they were here, they had to choose positions that offered a clear view.

The bodyguards of the Yan and Ji households were very cautious. After the three of them sat down, the bodyguards took seats next to Yan the Younger and Ji Huan and behind them.

Although this was a courtroom, they couldn’t afford to underestimate someone like Zhu Junwei.

Soon after they had settled down, Zhu Junwei arrived with his parents.

They chose to sit quietly in the back row.

Zhu Qianying didn’t quite understand them. Since they had come, why didn’t they choose seats closer to the front? Was it because they were embarrassed by Zhu Junzhao?

But everyone knew that this trouble was caused by Zhu Junwei. As the elder brother, Zhu Junzhao was just being used as a scapegoat for his younger brother.

However, it wasn’t surprising that the Zhu family, all of whom were self-serving, would want to avoid blame.

What she wondered was whether Zhu Junzhao, who was being blamed for his brother’s faults, would be upset when he saw this.

In all fairness, Zhu Junwei did show some conscience by hiring a well-known domestic lawyer to defend Zhu Junzhao.

However, the evidence in the case was irrefutable. Even with a prominent lawyer’s defense, in the end, Zhu Junzhao, as the person responsible for the illegal assembly, was sentenced to two years of imprisonment on the charge of organizing an illegal gathering. His sentence was to be carried out immediately.

As soon as the judge announced the verdict, Zhu Shaofen immediately stood up in agitation. Zhu Junwei, reacting quickly, held her down and covered her mouth with his hand.

He had the premonition that his mother was about to go after Zhu Qianying and Yan the Younger.

But Zhu Junwei knew that in this contest, he had lost, and quite miserably at that.

Zhu Junzhao, after hearing the verdict, maintained a wooden expression. Clearly, he had anticipated this outcome.

What puzzled Zhu Qianying was that, throughout the trial, Zhu Junzhao never once glanced back at his family sitting silently in the public gallery.

It wasn’t until the judge read the verdict that he, expressionless, turned his head and swept his dull gaze over everyone in the gallery, including Zhu Qianying, as well as his biological parents and brother.

Zhu Junzhao, who had been extremely quiet during the trial, didn’t even greet Zhu Junwei or his parents before he was led away by the prison guards.

Zhu Qianying had a faint idea that Zhu Junzhao had been forced to be the scapegoat.

The various conspiracies and potential fratricides that this situation suggested made Zhu Qianying shiver on the inside.

Looking at Zhu Junzhao’s solitary figure retreating, Zhu Qianying even began to feel a bit of pity for him.

By the time she, Yan the Younger, and Ji Huan got up to leave, Zhu Junwei and his parents, who had been sitting in the back row, had already vanished.

The three exchanged glances, their eyes full of understanding and sighs about what they had just witnessed.

To avoid further entanglement with reporters, Yan the Younger and Ji Huan ordered their respective drivers to bring their vehicles to the courthouse’s back exit.

Ji Huan had some matters to attend to, so after bidding each other goodbye at the back door, they each got into their cars and left.

"I’m so glad I left the Zhu family with my mother five years ago," Zhu Qianying declared as soon as she got into the car.

Yan the Younger had also seen certain truths more clearly now that he had witnessed them firsthand.

When someone was capable of fratricide, they were capable of anything.

"Yes, it seems I have somewhat underestimated Zhu Junwei," he conceded.

In Zhu Qianying’s view, however, it wasn’t just Zhu Junwei who was the issue. Zhu Zhizhou and Zhu Shaofen’s cold indifference towards Zhu Junzhao was also shocking.

Perhaps Zhu Zhizhou and Zhu Shaofen didn’t really feel indifferent towards Zhu Junzhao, their eldest son. Rather, they were forced to distance themselves from him in the face of various interests and consequences.

Alternatively, when they could only save one of their two sons, they had chosen to abandon Zhu Junzhao without hesitation.

Back at the restaurant, Zhu Qianying had the chefs help with the front of house, while she lent a hand to her mother in the kitchen. While busy with their tasks, she shared what she had seen in court with her mother.

Upon hearing the account, Chen Jing was shocked into silence.

"I used to think Zhu Junwei, who didn’t talk much, was a sweet kid. Little did I know, he is so cunning and ruthless!" she exclaimed.

No doubt, many people, like Chen Jing and Zhu Qianying, were deceived by Zhu Junwei’s innocuous facade, including his own elder brother, Zhu Junzhao.

"Mom, be careful in the next few days. If you see Zhu Zhizhou or Zhu Junwei, or anyone from the Zhu family, remember to inform me or Yan the Younger immediately," she warned.

Despite being much wiser now, her mother could still potentially be targeted by Zhu Junwei and Zhu Zhizhou. It was always better to be safe than sorry.

"Yes, I understand. Besides, it seems like the property management company has increased the number of security patrols in the neighborhood recently. That should deter Zhu Zhizhou," her mother reassured her.

Zhu Qianying wasn’t sure whether the increased patrols were a result of Yan the Younger’s specific instructions, but she couldn’t deny that they provided her mother with some additional safety protection.

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