Chapter 657 Brother and Sister

Su Qing didn’t recognize the face or the name. As far as she could remember, she’d never had any dealings with this woman.

Su Qing watched Zhao Qi leave the guesthouse. After a quick glance at the window of the room where Su Shengguo and Zheng Erlian were staying, she silently followed her.

No matter what, Zhao Qi was ultimately an ordinary person. She had no idea Su Qing was trailing her. She walked south along the road, then ducked into a small alley. After a series of twists and turns, she arrived at a dilapidated courtyard, opened the gate, and went inside.

"Xiao Juan, you’re back." A man’s voice called out from the house as Zhao Qi stepped through the gate.

Su Qing, who had followed her the whole way, was startled. ’That voice... it’s so familiar!’

’If I’m not mistaken,’ she thought, ’that man must be Li Aiguo’s son, Li Xiaodong. And he called ’Zhao Qi’ Xiao Juan... Doesn’t that mean this woman is Li Xiaodong’s sister, Li Xiaojuan?’

Back when Su Qing had visited Li Aiguo, his wife, and Li Yuan at the farm in Sui County, she had secretly dosed the three of them with a special powder. It wasn’t lethal, but it subjected them to daily, untraceable agony. It could be said she had made their lives a living hell.

It was just a shame they hadn’t lasted longer. The trio was used to a life of luxury. After being sent to Hongxing Farm, the realization that they would never be free, combined with the heavy labor and daily torment, caused their spirits to rapidly deteriorate. In the end, Zhao Li’e couldn’t take it anymore. One day, she used a sharp branch she had prepared to stab Li Aiguo and Li Yuan through the neck before taking her own life.

When Su Qing first heard the news of their deaths, she had felt it was a pity. Her mother had suffered for so many years, yet those three had gotten off so easily.

At the time, the Li family had dealt with Li Aiguo and the other two, but they hadn’t touched Li Aiguo’s mother or his two children. As for Su Qing, she had been preoccupied with Wang Xuehong’s disappearance and Cheng Beilin’s subsequent kidnapping, so she never paid any mind to Li Xiaodong and his sister. Eventually, she forgot all about them.

’Who would have thought I’d run into them today,’ Su Qing mused. ’Especially Li Xiaojuan... Did she have plastic surgery?’

’Not only have her looks changed, but even her voice is different. Li Xiaodong’s voice, on the other hand, is exactly the same.’

As these thoughts ran through her mind, Su Qing controlled the plants in the courtyard, using them to quietly peer into the house.

She saw Li Xiaojuan shut the courtyard gate and hurry into a room. She turned to the man lying inside and hissed, "Brother, how many times do I have to tell you? Don’t call me Xiao Juan. My name is Zhao Qi now. You need to remember that."

The man on the bed was indeed Li Xiaodong. What surprised Su Qing was that he was disfigured. A long scar ran diagonally from the corner of his right eye, across the bridge of his nose, to his left cheek. It was clearly an old wound. This Li Xiaodong was a far cry from the arrogant, lecherous man Su Qing remembered. Now, he was shrouded in a sinister gloom.

Hearing Li Xiaojuan’s words, Li Xiaodong sneered. "You can change your face a thousand times, but you’ll always be my sister, Li Xiaodong’s sister. Why shouldn’t I call you by your real name?"

"Why don’t you understand?" Li Xiaojuan hissed in exasperation. "Who do you think I’m doing this for? I’m doing it to get revenge for Mom and Dad, and for you! Don’t tell me you’re content with being so wretchedly disfigured and turning into a cripple?"

Su Qing raised an eyebrow at that. ’Oh? So Li Xiaodong is crippled, too!’

At his sister’s words, Li Xiaodong’s expression darkened further. His hand instinctively went to his injured leg, then balled into a tight fist.

Li Xiaojuan glanced at Li Xiaodong’s grim face and sneered inwardly. She walked over to a washbasin, washed her hands, and said, "Brother, I know you want to get your leg fixed, but we don’t have any money right now. You have to understand, treating your leg will cost a fortune. *He* said that as long as I help him deal with Su Qing and the Li family behind her, he’ll get us out of here. He’ll even pay for your treatment, and we’ll be able to live a good life."

"Hah." Li Xiaodong scoffed. "Everyone knows the rich young masters of Xiangcheng are all players. What makes you so sure he’ll still be willing to bother with us when he’s done?"