Chapter 206 Hidden Story

Jiang Wanning looked at Ai Li in silence.

She didn't say anything, for fear of disturbing the other person at this time.

The woman who always acted strong in front of her now lowered her head, her slender neck trembling slightly, like a butterfly about to break.

"certainly."

After a while, Ai Li raised her head again and looked into Jiang Wanning's eyes again: "It's really wrong for us to lie."

"But we do have reasons to do this."

"For the welfare home?" Jiang Wanning raised her eyebrows frivolously.

Ellie on the other side remained noncommittal: "Puying Welfare Home has been in existence for many years, and the director is actually a middle-aged woman with little power."

"About a few years ago, it was spotted by a local real estate investment boss who wanted to forcibly demolish it and turn it into a tourist attraction."

Hearing this, Jiang Wanning's eyelashes trembled inadvertently.

After all, if it was true as Ellie said, that the welfare home was spotted by real estate investors in the early years, it would be difficult for it to survive until now. But when they went there last time, the old courtyard was still standing intact in the small town of S City.

As if sensing what Jiang Wanning was thinking, Ai Li curled her lips sarcastically and said, "Do you know what those ruthless people did to get this piece of land?"

"To put it in your terms, burning, killing, and looting is the most appropriate term."

It was just a short description of four words, but it encompassed the countless tragic wails that night.

Jiang Wanning's heart trembled, and she saw that Ellie's eyes opposite her were red.

"At that time, Ai Heng and I had just graduated from university and hadn't even started working at Chuangtu yet."

"The director of the orphanage, and the nearly one hundred children there, are all our relatives who are adrift and helpless in this world."

"We can't not save them...but the price we have to pay to save them is too high."

When talking about this, Ellie had already recalled everything that happened during the darkest moment of her life. The woman who had always been proud also burst into tears at this moment.

Although she didn't say it explicitly, Jiang Wanning was able to outline the answer to the story from her few words.

Her scalp tingled, and her voice trembled uncontrollably. "Back then, I saved your people... In exchange for that, were you and Ai Heng supposed to work at Chuangtu?"

The moment Jiang Wanning said this bold guess, she even wondered if she was crazy.

If all this is really as she imagined.

This means that the person behind the scenes who was hiding in the dark and plotting against the entire Jiang family might have started planning all this three years ago, or even earlier.

The other party had planned everything out and laid a tight net, already covering them in the dark.

Just to wait for today, to see them suddenly realize that they are trapped in the spider web, and struggle a little bit in pain, but to no avail.

If that's the case...

The opponent that the Jiang family faced this time was too terrifying and perverted.

But if it weren't so, Jiang Wanning really couldn't convince herself to explain how poor kids like Ai Heng and Ai Li, who came from a remote town, could enter Chuangtu in such a short time and quickly be promoted from ordinary clerks to the top two positions in the company.

Jiang Wanning, who realized this, seemed to be shrouded in great fear.

Finally, at this moment, Ai Li, who was sitting opposite Jiang Wanning, was also somewhat surprised that she could guess such a deep side, and looked at her in surprise: "Yes."

"At the time, my brother and I naively thought that we had encountered some good fortune, so we agreed to it."

"Even his disappearance some time ago was actually instigated by those people."

"He wasn't kidnapped, he hid himself."

Ellie's affirmative answer was like a heavy hammer, dealing another heavy blow to Jiang Wanning's heart.

The moment the guess was verified.

She was almost trying hard to restrain herself so as not to tremble in front of Ellie.

"Why would they do that? Do you know?"

Ellie shook her head: "I have never seen those people. It has always been my brother who has been in contact with them."

"At first, we thought it was just a trivial matter. Perhaps the person who arranged it couldn't stand the fact that you were a leader parachuted in from headquarters, so they asked my brother to do this. They wanted to trip you up and also use this opportunity to ridicule the Jiang family behind you."

"But later on, I discovered that the other party's purpose seemed to be more than just that..."

"It wasn't until a while ago, when domestic media broke the news that the executive couple of the Jiang Group had both disappeared and their whereabouts were unknown, that I finally realized that Ai Heng and I might have been part of a plan from the very beginning."

"It's just that neither of you is someone we can afford to offend, so even though I noticed this, I could only pretend nothing happened for the time being... until you asked me about it just now."

As Ai Li spoke, she wiped the tears from her cheeks again: "Boss Jiang, my brother and I really cherish this job..."

This is also the reason why she has been a high-intensity workaholic for 365 days a year.

Because I took a shortcut, I want to make up for the original deficiency in the future.

"Chuangtu treats us very well, and Jiang's treats us very well too... During this period, I've actually been very anxious, guilty, and self-blaming. It wasn't until today that I finally felt a little better after telling you everything."

He saw the woman who always looked so arrogant and conceited, breaking down in tears in front of him.

It would be a lie for Jiang Wanning to say that she didn't feel anything in her heart.

After all, she and Ai Heng were just puppets caught up in the struggles among the wealthy families and controlled by them without any control over their own actions.

At this point, Jiang Wanning couldn't help but take a deep breath, walked to the other person's side, and gently comforted her, "It's okay, Ai Li, I promise you, what you told me today will never be known by anyone else. You and Ai Heng will be fine."

"Really?"

"Yes." Seeing Ai Li looking at her, Jiang Wanning nodded affirmatively: "I guarantee you with the entire Jiang family. Even if the truth is revealed later, I will leave no room for compromise and do everything I can to protect you two."

"So...Ellie, can you take me to see Ai Heng?"

"There are some things I want to ask him in person."

Ellie looked at her with a flickering look in her eyes. After hesitating for a moment, she finally nodded: "Okay, I'll take you to see him."