The Rejected Heiress's Possesive Tycoon Husband-Chapter 28 He Moved Her Ring

"What do you mean by that, Uncle Zhong? You treat me as an outsider, and now that your daughter is back, you treat me as an outsider too. Just think about it, have I ever spent a penny of your money during all these years I’ve been married to you?"

"Why does everyone treat me like an outsider?"

"I was an illegitimate child at my mother’s home, no one cared for me. After marrying you, I’ve been wronged just the same! I, Bai Xiaoyun, in this entire life of mine... *sob*..."

She covered her face and began to cry.

Usually, Bai Xiaoyun, who always acted like she could carry the sky on her shoulders without needing anyone’s concern, suddenly showed such weakness, which left Uncle Zhong somewhat flustered.

"Stop crying, stop crying. Yanyan is still young, and she hasn’t spent much time with you. Given more time, she’ll naturally understand what kind of person you are."

"Whatever you say."

Bai Xiaoyun forcefully wiped away her tears. "Alright, now that An Yan has a car, the car you bought is just sitting here at home. Hurry up and return it!"

Having said that, Bai Xiaoyun turned her face away, looking up at the sky at a forty-five-degree angle, a tear teetering on her cheek, refusing to fall.

Seeing this, Uncle Zhong’s heart ached, and he reached out and took her hand.

"No need to return it. Besides, I remember Mengmeng got her driver’s license, right? We’ll give the car to Mengmeng!"

"No need. If Mengmeng wants it, I’ll use my own money to buy it for her. AA, right? You take care of your daughter, and I’ll take care of mine. That’s fair!"

"What are you talking about now?"

Uncle Zhong sighed.

"At our age, what’s there to make a fuss about? Consider this car a gift to Mengmeng from me, and that’s final."

An Yan had no idea that the car her father had bought her had been intercepted by Bai Xiaoyun.

「At the dinner table.」

Bai Xiaoyun still played the role of a good stepmother, occasionally offering food to An Yan and asking her what she had done that day and whether she was happy.

An Yan gave her a thoughtful look, and then under Uncle Zhong’s expectant gaze, she replied, "I went shopping at the mall. I wanted to buy some jewelry but couldn’t find anything suitable."

Bai Xiaoyun’s mind stirred, and she quickly seized the opportunity, saying, "If you want to buy jewelry, you should go to the time-honored shops on Zier Road."

"Their jewelry is guaranteed to be genuine. Whether it’s diamonds, gold, or jade, it’s all luxury brands with top-notch quality."

"If you want something personalized, then you should go to the Xinshi Realm on the sixth floor of Triumph Shopping Center. They collaborate with several emerging designers and can customize any accessories you desire based on your needs."

"Oh right, I have membership cards for both of these stores, which can get you a ten percent discount. Do you need them?"

Bai Xiaoyun looked at her gently.

An Yan curved the corner of her lips and nodded. "I do, thank you!"

Seeing how harmoniously the two were chatting, a smile spread across Uncle Zhong’s eyes.

A family, after all, should be just like this, harmonious and friendly!

An Shimeng, who had been silently eating all along, couldn’t help but smile to herself.

She had almost been angered to death just now. Her father had given her a car, which was a good thing, but it was one that An Yan didn’t want! It was only after hearing An Yan fall into her mother’s trap that her mood finally began to lighten. Because the two shops her mother recommended to An Yan were actually their own. It wouldn’t have mattered if An Yan didn’t visit, but once she did, she could forget about getting any bargains!

At that moment, An Yan’s mood was rather good as well.

She had just deduced that the two stores Bai Xiaoyun recommended were actually her own, just managed by someone else on her behalf. Perhaps her mother’s jewelry was stored in these two shops! She hoped they hadn’t been sold yet!

「After the harmonious dinner.」

An Yan went upstairs to her room, sorted out the herbs she had bought that day, and steeped them in a sanitized clay pot.

Only after the herbs had absorbed enough water could the fire for refining them be lit.

Once everything was set, An Yan sat back down at her desk, contemplating how to get the staff at those two jewelry stores to hand over her mother’s items without any suspicion.

She knew that since Bai Xiaoyun had recommended these stores, she would definitely have warned them to be on guard against her. Assume a different identity? But what kind of identity would make the staff completely let down their guard?

When pondering over problems, An Yan always had the habit of reaching for the ring on her neck.

However, this time when her fingers touched her neck, she remembered the ring was taken off and placed in the belongings bag when she went into the operating room to perform surgery on Tan Wu.

She got up to retrieve the bag.

To her surprise, she discovered that the bag containing the ring had been tampered with.

An Yan was a meticulous person, especially with her personal belongings.

Whenever she had to store personal items elsewhere, she habitually sealed the opening of the bag with one of her own hairs.

But now, the hair was gone.

Yet the ring was still there, intact, inside the bag.

Clearly, someone had tampered with it but not stolen it. Could they have done something to the ring itself?

An Yan frowned and meticulously inspected the ring, but found nothing.

There were no problems with the ring, and it wasn’t poisoned! That left only one possibility. The person was interested in the pattern on the ring!

An Yan had always felt the pattern meant something, and now she was more convinced than ever.

They must’ve taken the ring, copied the pattern, and then returned it. Did they think she was a fool?

An Yan narrowed her eyes and picked up her computer.

Her ten slender fingers tapped rapidly on the keyboard, lines of code scrolling swiftly across the blue screen as she quickly hacked into the hospital’s surveillance system.

There were no cameras in the changing room, but there were on the outside.

In the time she left the changing room to go perform surgery, dozens of people had come and gone, all appearing to be hospital staff.

Wait.

An Yan had a realization and quickly paused the surveillance footage.

She clicked to enlarge the image.

The person in the frame seemed to be...

Li Tianyao’s bodyguard, Li Han? ƒrēenovelkiss.com

Although he was also wearing the hospital’s uniform, a cap, and even had a stethoscope around his neck, his eyes were the same as Li Han’s.

So, the person interested in her ring was Li Tianyao?

With this new lead, An Yan immediately thought of several suspicious points.

For instance, at their first meeting, she made a request and he agreed right away. At the time, it seemed his gaze was fixed on her, but in reality, he was staring at the ring on her neck. Afterward, on several occasions, his gaze lingered on her ring. And when she was in the operating room performing surgery, Li Tianyao just happened to be at the hospital too.

Before, she thought Li Tianyao went to the operating room to save her because he received Wen Ya’s plea for help, specifically going there for her. Now, she felt that Li Tianyao’s presence in the operating room might have been just to provide cover for Li Han. Even agreeing to be her fiancé, the true motive might have also been for this ring! All these days, his care and tolerance towards her, giving her a car and a bodyguard, and even mobilizing a team of lawyers for her—all of it might be just because of this ring.

An Yan pursed her lips tightly, her fingers unconsciously clenched together.

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