"Because, because..." Xiao Huaijiang stammered, staring aimlessly at the ground.

Xiao Weiyu said suspiciously, "How could Xiao Huai take the initiative to find you? You are making up stories again!"

"No, no!" Xiao Weijiang shook his hands vigorously and firmly denied it. "I definitely didn't make up this story. It was really Xiao Huai who came to see me!"

"Uncle Weijiang, don't be nervous. First, tell me what Xiao Huai wants to talk to you about." Xiao Xingyu walked forward and supported Xiao Weijiang.

Xiao Weijiang looked at Xiao Xingyu gratefully, but after opening his mouth twice, he seemed to be hesitant to speak.

"Xiao Huai contacted you, is it because you wanted to go see my dad?" Xiao Weizhou seemed to recall something, and said as he reminisced, "Xiao Huai came to me a few days ago and said that you had contacted him about visiting the old man in the hospital, and he didn't know how to respond, so he came to ask for my advice."

"Did Xiao Huai come to you for this?" Xiao Weijiang couldn't believe it, his eyes shining with surprise.

Xiao Weizhou nodded. "I let Xiao Huai make his own decision. I support him whether he agrees or not. He left without saying anything at the time, and I forgot about it because I was busy these past two days. So it seems that he came to you because he agreed to let you visit my dad, right?"

"Did he agree?" Xiao Weijiang asked Xiao Weizhou in surprise.

Xiao Weizhou's determined look turned into hesitation, and he was also stunned: "I guess he should agree. If he didn't want to agree to you visiting my dad, he wouldn't have come to ask my opinion. Why? If he didn't come to you for this matter, then what did he come to you for?"

Xiao Weijiang once again looked like he was about to say something but hesitated. Seeing his tepid attitude, Xiao Weiyu became furious and exploded: "Have you done something stupid again that is too shameful to be spoken of?!"

Upon hearing this, Yan Mei immediately stared at Xiao Weijiang nervously. Xiao Weijiang lowered his head and remained silent under her gaze.

This reaction is tantamount to admission.

Everyone present suddenly became curious and anxious.

Xiao Weijiang knew he couldn't escape, so he punched his thigh and stammered, "Xiao Huai hasn't told me why he came to see me, because... because when he saw me, I was being beaten..."

"You were beaten? Who beat you?" Yan Mei grabbed Xiao Weijiang's arm in surprise and looked him up and down.

Xiao Weijiang took a deep breath and retracted his arm. Anyone with a discerning eye could tell that he must have an injury on his arm.

Yan Mei asked sadly, "Why were you beaten?"

Zhang Moyan was stunned watching from the side. Yan Mei seemed to care about Xiao Weijiang very much, so why didn't she leave with him when Xiao Weijiang was kicked out of the Xiao family?

"This... there is a misunderstanding here. If I tell you, I'm afraid you will also misunderstand it?" Xiao Weijiang nervously laid the groundwork before getting down to business.

Xiao Weizhou couldn't help but frown when he heard this. Xiao Huai would rather be detained than admit that he had met Xiao Weijiang. This matter must be extraordinary. "Just tell us. If you explain the matter clearly, we won't have any misunderstandings about you."

Even though Xiao Weizhou said so, Xiao Weijiang still looked at the Xiao family members behind him worriedly. It was not until Xiao Weiyu said in a bad mood, "Okay, tell me now," that he made up his mind to tell the truth.

"At 11 a.m. on Thursday, I received a call from Xiao Huai. He asked me to meet him at Yunchan Park at noon and 1 p.m. I was very excited. This was the first time in 17 years that Xiao Huai had approached me, so I went to the park early to wait for him. But… Xiao Huai hadn't shown up yet, and I had the bad luck to run into Jiang Dazhuang," Xiao Huaijiang paused, then continued unfluently. "We had an argument, and he beat me up. Xiao Huai happened to see me when he arrived."

Xiao Weijiang's voice became lower and lower as he spoke. Although he only said a few words, the picture he drew was enough for people to imagine the grand occasion at that time.

Xiao Xingyu pondered, "Although Jiang Dazhuang may not be well educated, he's a decent person. Why would he attack you, my uncle?"

What he didn't say was, a while ago, Jiang Dazhuang and Xiao Weijiang were still at loggerheads in front of him, how could they have fallen out so quickly? Even if Xiao Weijiang had been expelled from the Xiao family, he was still surnamed "Xiao" after all. Besides, Xiao Xingyu hadn't left Ruzhou yet. Even if Jiang Dazhuang had some grievances with Xiao Weijiang, he wouldn't resort to such an act as a brawl in public.

Xiao Weijiang was still hesitant. Before Xiao Weiyu could explode in anger, he finally said, "This is all my fault! Last week, I took our factory's products to a trade fair in Yu County, where I met a Japanese businessman named Tanaka Ryuichi."

Having said this, Xiao Weijiang paused deliberately, as if waiting for everyone's reaction to this name, but whether it was Xiao Weizhou, Xiao Weiyu, or even Yan Mei, their faces just had an expression as if they were waiting for him to continue.

Xiao Weijiang couldn't help but shook his head: "It seems that you all know nothing about this person."

Several elders looked at each other in confusion. Xiao Xingyu asked Xiao Weijiang, "Who is this Tanaka Ryuichi?"

Xiao Weijiang looked at Xiao Xingyu and said quietly, "He must be the one who killed my dad together with Zhang Shunqing and Chen Yun!"

"What did you say?" Xiao Weizhou was shocked and blurted out, "Did foreign forces interfere in Uncle Guoxi's death back then?"

When Yan Mei heard the conversation between Xiao Weijiang and Xiao Weizhou, she took a step back suddenly, and was stunned for a few seconds. She rushed forward and grabbed Xiao Weijiang with one hand and Xiao Weizhou with the other: "What's going on? Wasn't Guoxi killed by a serial killer? Wasn't that murderer executed more than 20 years ago? Xiao Zhang and Xiao Chen... didn't they disappear when your father had the accident? You, why did you just say that they were the two of them who killed Guoxi? How is that possible? They were Guoxi's most trusted disciples when he was alive!"

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