Chapter 596 Clever Methods

"Shishi, it's not that I don't trust you, I just don't want my family background to affect our mood."

Yu Changze raised his hand and pinched the bridge of his nose. "I don't want you to worry about me."

"Third Brother, we cannot choose our family of origin. I am willing to face it with you because I love you, I cherish you, and therefore I accept everything about you."

Yu Changze was deeply moved by her words.

"You really want to hear it?"

Yu Yashi stood up, walked up to him, and opened her arms to him, saying, "Give me a hug."

Yu Changze chuckled softly, then wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her onto his lap.

Yu Yashi sat on his lap, wrapping her arms around his neck. "I want to hear it."

Yu Changze pinched the tip of her nose and smiled helplessly, "Okay, I'll tell you everything."

"Have you always been curious as to why I'm willing to acknowledge Rui Xiangning as my sister, but I've never been willing to acknowledge Rui Shan?"

"Yes, I'm curious, but every time I tried to ask, you changed the subject, so I could tell you didn't want to talk about it."

"I don't want to talk about it because I still can't accept that I have a mother like Rui Shan. In fact, I did secretly do a paternity test with her. Unfortunately, I am indeed her son, and Rui Xiangning is indeed her child. However, we are not born to the same father."

Yu Yashi blinked. "Half-siblings?"

“Yes,” Yu Changze said. “Actually, my father is German and a businessman. After Ruishan married him, she said she couldn’t adapt to life abroad, so my father moved his business to China. But due to market changes and language barriers, his business plummeted. Three years after Ruishan gave birth to me, my father’s business completely failed. Three months later, he died of a heart attack at home. But he had bought insurance before his death, and I was the beneficiary.”

At this point in the story, Yu Yashi had a vague idea of ​​what would happen next.

“Rui Shan received a million-dollar compensation and took me back to Yuncheng to settle down. Because of my father's million-dollar compensation, Rui Shan didn't have a hard time raising me alone. Her life was even more comfortable than before. She hired a nanny to take care of me, and she dressed very elegantly every day, leaving early and returning late. Of course, I don't remember any of this. I asked Song Lanyin to find out. The story changed when I was six years old…”

“My original name was Rui Mingzhe. The reason I share the same surname as Rui Shan is because my father loved Rui Shan. My father would never have imagined that after Rui Shan received that million-dollar compensation, she tasted the sweetness and conceived an even more greedy and terrifying idea.”

Yu Yashi's breath hitched. Looking at Yu Changze's cold and stern face, she couldn't help but tighten her grip on his neck slightly.

She thought he had guessed it.

“I didn’t get lost by accident. Ruishan took me on a trip and brought me to the south of the city. She abandoned me in the deserted snow and moonlight because at that time, she had already started talking to a German again.”

At this point, Yu Changze couldn't help but chuckle. "She really loved the German, but he was a very wealthy businessman. He had been married before and had children. He wouldn't accept Ruishan having another man's child, but Ruishan was unwilling to give up that German man, so she abandoned me."

"That's too much!" Yu Yashi said indignantly, hugging Yu Changze tightly. "Third Brother, you're right not to acknowledge her! Rui Shan doesn't deserve to be your mother! Our Third Brother is so outstanding, it's her loss that she's lost you!"

It was rare for Yu Changze to see Yu Yashi so angry.

He tightened his grip on her, feeling her softness as he held her in his arms, which warmed his heart.

"Yes, she doesn't deserve it. She doesn't love me at all, and she doesn't care about me. So she doesn't deserve it."

"She doesn't care about you, but I do!" Yu Yashi lowered her head and rubbed her nose against his, her voice soft. "Third Brother, next time she bothers you, I'll scold her for you!"

Yu Changze smiled indulgently, "Okay."

Yu Yashi blinked and asked, "So you and Rui Xiangning are actually half-siblings?"

"Hmm." Yu Changze felt that he needed to have a proper talk with Yu Yashi about Rui Xiangning.

Especially now that Rui Xiangning is sick and has developed such an extreme and morbid feeling for him, if he doesn't explain things clearly in time, Yu Yashi might misunderstand again if she finds out later.

“Rui Xiangning is indeed my younger sister. Although we are half-sisters, we are still related by blood. After she was born, the German businessman quickly got involved with his mistress again. Rui Shan filed for divorce again, and the businessman gave her a sum of money. Rui Shan took Rui Xiangning with her.”

"After Rui Xiangning and Rui Shan returned to Yuncheng, Rui Xiangning was only three years old. Rui Shan still hired a nanny to take care of Rui Xiangning. She still dressed up exquisitely with money, leaving early and returning late every day. She packaged herself as a beautiful and intellectual psychological counselor. At the tea parties that rich ladies often went to, she got to know many rich ladies, infiltrated their circles, became their confidante, and taught them how to manage their husbands and how to defend their position as the main wife. The rich ladies were all charmed by her. They often bought her brand-name items and took her to various high-society banquets. She used the bags and luxury cars that the rich ladies bought for her to look for prey at high-society banquets."

She was clever; she profited by swindling money from wealthy women and had ambiguous relationships with rich businessmen, but she never sold herself out.

"She really has a clever way of doing things."

“But she also plans to groom Rui Xiangning into a second version of herself,” Yu Changze said. “I only discovered this tonight.”

“I don’t know Rui Shan, but Rui Xiangning is still young. I’m afraid Rui Shan will influence her and lead her astray. So I made her the lead actress and signed her to the company so that she could learn to be self-reliant. Otherwise, when she graduates from university, she will most likely be tricked by Rui Shan into marrying a rich second-generation heir. We all understand that a woman who is all show and no substance will not have an easy life in a wealthy family.”

“I understand you, Third Brother, you did nothing wrong.”

"Right now, Rui Xiangning is already sick, and she has many secrets that I can't find out yet, but Song Lanyin is already investigating. I think Rui Xiangning must have suffered a lot of bad things, and her mental health is very poor right now."

As Yu Changze finished speaking, his gaze towards Yu Yashi deepened. "Shishi, I hope that no matter what she says in the future, you can believe me."

"I believe in you!" Yu Yashi cupped Yu Changze's face in her hands, looking at him with unwavering determination. "Third Brother, don't be afraid. No matter what happens, I will always believe in you!"

Hearing her say that, Yu Changze finally breathed a sigh of relief.

That night, Yu Changze held Yu Yashi in his arms, and the two talked a lot before falling asleep in each other's arms.

In her dream, it was a snowy world, and Ruishan was walking with a six-year-old boy by the hand.

Suddenly, she shoved the boy away violently, turned and ran, got into a black car, and disappeared into the snow-covered night.

At three in the morning, a cell phone rang abruptly in the quiet master bedroom.

Yu Changze woke up with a start, his breathing becoming rapid.

He picked up the phone from the bedside table and pressed the answer button.

Fang Li's voice came from the other end of the phone—

Yu Changze's expression changed drastically!

Rui Xiangning committed suicide!

He jumped from the 18th floor and died from his injuries.