Grandma Jiang stared blankly into the distance, a gentle breeze ruffling her slightly gray hair.

She spoke slowly, her voice slightly hoarse, tinged with a hint of helplessness:

"From then on, it was as if there was an irreconcilable feud between A-Yi and Jin Lanyue. The way they got along was even more like enemies than enemies themselves."

“Ah Yi... he seems to have completely given up on himself, like he’s become a different person.”

“He would spend Sundays with different women, and even… he would openly bring those women home.”

At this point, Chu Wuyang slowly lowered her head.

Her fingers unconsciously fiddled with the now-cold tea, and the surrounding air seemed to grow heavy.

She frowned slightly. "Then why didn't you and Mr. Jing stop him?"

Old Mrs. Jiang paused, a flash of hatred crossing her eyes, and her lips trembled slightly as she spoke:

"Why didn't you stop it!"

“Ah Yi used to be so upright and virtuous. His father stopped him because he couldn’t stand seeing him sink into such a depravity and absurdity.”

"As a result... as a result, the father and son had a big argument, and the father... in a fit of anger, suffered a heart attack and died."

Tears welled up in Grandma Jiang's eyes.

"By the time we wanted to intervene, it was too late."

“Ah Yi... he has completely changed. He won’t listen to anything anyone says.”

Chu Wuyang was startled. Her lips parted slightly, but she didn't say anything. She just lowered her head silently, thinking: So that's how it is.

After a while, she looked up, trying to change the subject, and asked softly:

"Didn't you just say it was related to Jin Lanyue? What's going on then?"

Grandma Jiang slightly raised her eyelids, glanced at Chu Wuyang with a complicated expression, and continued:

"Later, all the women that A-Yi brought back, or the women he had relationships with, died mysteriously."

“Even some illegitimate children have disappeared without a trace.”

"This is exactly the same as the previous murder case, leaving no trace."

"When the police investigated the case, they were also completely clueless and couldn't find any evidence."

"Given the power of the Jing family at the time, the police couldn't publicize it too much, so these cases all became 'unsolved cases,' and some outrageous supernatural tales even circulated outside."

Grandma Jiang took a deep breath and continued:

"Until one day, A-Yi went on a date with a female college student, and Jin Lanyue... she actually ran over and killed the female college student with her car right in front of A-Yi."

"Moreover, she admitted herself that she was the one who did all those things before."

“She even boasted that no one could do anything to her, and even... she even said she would die with A-Yi.”

After finishing her sentence, Grandma Jiang closed her eyes and sighed deeply.

"Ah Yi told me this afterward; he also said he might die sometime soon,"

"Later, it turned out that not long after, he and Jin Lanyue were both in a car accident, which is common knowledge. The evidence at the scene was also completely wiped clean."

"Thinking about it later, it makes sense since Jin Lanyue admitted that she did it."

"Her family is too mysterious. We don't know how powerful the secret forces behind her are, so that they can do so much and still get away unscathed in a country with a sound legal system like ours."

After finishing her sentence, Old Mrs. Jiang changed the subject, a hint of sadness in her eyes, and said softly:

"I don't know if that was Ah Yi's final realization or just a sigh."

"He did regret it in the end. He said he regretted provoking Jin Lanyue,"

"I regret not being there for Jin Lanyue when I discovered she had a problem,"

"I don't have the courage to face someone who has become terrifying and insane,"

"That's what led me to become a bad person and dragged down my entire family."

"He also told me in the end that I must protect Jingmin, not let the Jin family find him, and not to go back to Haicheng."

Grandma Jiang's eyes dimmed, and she looked at Chu Wuyang, a bitter smile appearing on her wrinkled face:

"But later, I still broke my promise. I just couldn't feel close to Jing Min. Jin Lanyue's arrival changed our entire Jing family,"

"Jingmin is her son after all, and perhaps because of my personal feelings, I haven't paid much attention to Jingmin. I just thought it would be better to ignore him."

"At the same time, the Jing family was already riddled with problems, and I was so old, I simply couldn't protect it,"

"Moreover, the family was beset by internal and external troubles at that time, and it was quickly... very quickly devoured."

"Jing Min... also had no choice but to return to Haicheng because of this."

Grandma Jiang glanced at Chu Wuyang and said:

"You know what happened next,"

“Your grandfather took Jingmin in out of consideration for our past relationship.”