"I...I..."

When Ye Yun asked her question, Aunt Li turned pale. Being pinned to the ground, she felt guilty and dared not look Ye Yun in the eye.

Sister Chunhua put the jewelry that had fallen on the ground back into the box and handed it to Ye Yun.

Then she gathered up the old lady's clothes, folded them neatly, and placed them on the sofa.

The jewelry wasn't just for the old lady; there were also two rings that belonged to Ye Xia.

The gold ring has inscriptions on the inner band.

One is Xia, the character for "Xia" in Ye Xia, and the other is Yuan, the character for "Yuan" in Mu Jingsheng.

The dowry that Ye Xia left for Ye Yun also had these two characters engraved on it. Unfortunately, no one knew that "Yuan" was Mu Jingsheng's courtesy name. Otherwise, after Ye Xia disappeared, the Ye family would not have been so distraught that they had nowhere to search.

If they had known earlier that the jewelry was a gift from Mu Jingsheng, they would have used all their resources to find Mu Jingsheng's hideout and locate Ye Xia.

The old man wouldn't have left this world with guilt and regret back then.

Ye Yun carefully examined the jewelry, her fingertips gently tracing the delicate engravings on the inner ring, before her gaze fell intently on Aunt Li.

At that moment, Aunt Li finally felt an unprecedented fear.

"Miss, Miss, please forgive me! I had no other intentions. I just wanted to bring something to visit the old lady! Really!" Now that things had come to this, she spoke recklessly, trying to escape from Ye Yun's grasp.

She reached out to grab Ye Yun's trouser leg.

Qin Zheng reacted quickly, kicking her hand away. She clutched her wrist and cried out in pain.

"Why call me Miss? Call me Comrade. The People's Republic of China has been established for over thirty years, Comrade Li."

Qin Zheng's voice was cold.

Aunt Li nodded repeatedly in agreement.

But under the old lady's care, the old lady liked her to call her "old lady." Don't rich people secretly like this kind of respectful title?

Aunt Li looked up at Qin Zheng and Ye Yun.

Pressed to the ground by Qin Zheng's foot on her back, she looked up and felt the light was blinding. The two figures standing in front of her were so tall and imposing.

She begged for mercy repeatedly: "I was wrong, I was really wrong, please forgive me..."

Weeping bitterly.

He was in tears.

Anyone who didn't know better would think she had genuinely realized her mistake and repented. Ye Yun, standing in front of her, seemed rather unforgiving.

At this moment, Ye Xia walked over.

Ye Xia glanced at the ring Ye Yun was playing with in her hand, puzzled. As if she had confirmed something, she happily reached out and took the ring from Ye Yun's hand.

"mine."

Overjoyed to have found them again, she held the two rings tightly in her palms as if they were precious treasures, and kissed them reverently.

She then presented the ring to Ye Yun.

Her smile was exceptionally gentle, her eyes sparkling, and she said softly, "It was given to me by your father. You can have it; Mom will keep it all for you."

Just like before, she left all her jewelry to her daughter as a dowry.

Ye Yun felt a pang of sadness.

Looking at Ye Xia's incredibly sincere smile, she forced a bitter smile and accepted the two rings, suppressing the bitterness in her heart.

"Sister Chunhua, please take my mother back to see Xiao Chuqi."

Before Chunhua could react, she opened her mouth and said, "Little Chuqi has..." Before she could finish speaking, she suddenly realized what Ye Yun meant and quickly said, "Okay, okay, I'll take Madam upstairs right away."

After saying that, she stepped forward and hugged Ye Xia's arm, coaxing, "Madam, let's go upstairs, the little girl must be missing you."

Ye Xia was puzzled and looked at Ye Yun with a questioning gaze.

She grabbed Ye Yun's hand and looked at Ye Yun intently, as if asking Ye Yun why she wasn't with her.

"You go upstairs first, I'll be back in a bit." Ye Yun smiled slightly.

Seeing that Ye Xia still didn't want to leave, Ye Yun moved closer to her, gently pressed her cheek against hers, stroked her face, and gave her a reassuring look.

Her words reassured Ye Xia.

"Come back quickly..." Ye Xia glanced at her, then reluctantly followed Sister Chunhua away.

Ye Yun nodded.

Watching Ye Xia and Sister Chunhua go upstairs and into their room, the gentleness on Ye Yun's face gradually disappeared, replaced by a chilling coldness.

The warmth that had just filled the living room was now completely gone.

Even though the doors and windows were tightly closed, it felt as if a cold wind was blowing into the living room, making people tremble with fear and involuntarily let out a terrified scream.

Ye Yun slowly turned around.

His face was as cold as ice, his eyes held an endless chill, and a hint of a smile played on his lips as he stared intently at Aunt Li, who was trembling on the ground.

"Aunt Li, you've taken good care of my mom, haven't you?"

Upon hearing her words, Aunt Li shuddered violently, her mouth agape in immense fear.

Ye Yun leaned down and grabbed her collar.

Snap!

The slap was deafening, and Aunt Li begged for mercy repeatedly.

But no matter how pitiful the pleas for mercy were, how could they suppress the burning anger and hatred in Ye Yun's heart, or the grievances that Ye Xia had suffered over the years!

"Miss, spare me! Please spare me! I'll be your slave from now on!"

"So you still have the nerve to beg for mercy?"

Ye Yun grabbed a rag from the coffee table and stuffed it into Aunt Li's mouth, shoving the dirty rag deep down her throat.

The rag pressed against my throat was salty and smelly, making me want to vomit but unable to.

"Ugh...ugh..." Aunt Li stared wide-eyed at Ye Yun in terror, struggling on the ground with her hands and feet.

Ye Yun stood up and kicked her hard in the stomach—

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