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"I'm sorry! Aunt. I was afraid of implicating you at that time, so I didn't dare to look for you." Xiaohu said to Tong Ruolan.
He had wanted to find his aunt, but was afraid that going there would cause trouble for her. His wet nurse had told him he was dead, and told him not to trust anyone or seek anyone out, to leave Qingshui County and never return. He had asked her why, why she couldn't go with him. Her nurse explained that if she wasn't at home, others would become suspicious. He didn't understand then, but now he understands. Her wet nurse was protecting him. If she went with him, his uncle would know he was still alive. Only if she died would his uncle believe he was dead, and that her child was his. Unfortunately, his uncle only knew him when his cousin recognized him. He understood the meaning of her words. She suspected his uncle, too. Did his parents suspect him, too? His father had asked her to take him away. Her wet nurse had told him not to seek anyone out, not even his aunt's family. She had told him to leave Qingshui County because she was afraid his uncle would wipe out his entire family. The "other" she was referring to was his uncle, who knew every member of his family intimately. What he didn't know was that the wet nurse had a son the same age as his. The wet nurse's son had been sickly since childhood and had always been bedridden. He had never come out to see anyone, and no one had ever talked about him. Everyone was afraid that the wet nurse would be sad.
"Silly child, what are you talking about getting implicated or not? We are a family. You are the only son of your eldest brother and his wife, and you are the only male in the Tong family. How could your aunt be afraid of getting implicated? Besides, your uncle has never given up looking for you in the past few years. He said that he must find you, otherwise he would let down your eldest brother for being so good to him." Tong Ruolan said to Xiaohu sadly.
"Aunt, is uncle good to you? If I ask you to divorce uncle, are you willing?" Xiaohu asked Tong Ruolan cautiously, not daring to move his eyes away. He wanted to know whether his aunt was willing to divorce so that he could decide on the next step.
"Divorce? Why? Your uncle has always been very good to me. Why do you want a divorce? Does Xiaohu have any misunderstanding?" Tong Ruolan was shocked when she heard that her nephew, whom she had just met, wanted to divorce her. She looked at Xiaohu with confusion.
"Aunt, do you know why my parents died? Why did dozens of people in the Tong family die?" Xiaohu said to Tong Ruolan, but his eyes never left Tong Ruolan's face.
"Why?" When Tong Ruolan heard Xiaohu's words, her heart skipped a beat and she began to panic. She felt that something bad was going to happen.
Sure enough, Xiaohu's words sent her into the ice storage, and she was shivering with cold.
"Because all of this was orchestrated by my uncle. He conspired with the county magistrate Guan to frame my father with a false charge, then raided our house and took all the proceeds for himself." Xiaohu told her aunt the truth. She saw shock and disbelief in her aunt's eyes. At this moment, Xiaohu felt relieved. Her aunt really didn't know what her uncle had done.
"No, I don't believe it. This is not true. The master wouldn't be such a person. He is an upright and kind person. He wouldn't do such a thing. Besides, what motive does he have to harm my eldest brother and his wife?" Tong Ruolan didn't believe it. She thought Xiaohu had lied to her. But why would Xiaohu lie to her? He had no reason to lie to her at all. She told herself that the master wouldn't lie to her and wouldn't hurt anyone. She also said that Xiaohu wouldn't lie to her because he had no motive. The two voices kept arguing in her head, and each said that they were right. She was afraid that what Xiaohu said was true, and she was letting the wolf into the house and harming her eldest brother and his wife. Tong Ruolan was almost driven crazy by the two voices, and her expression was a little terrifying.
Seeing that his aunt looked unwell, Xiaohu quickly hugged her and gave her a cup of calming tea, which helped her regain consciousness.
"I'm sorry! Aunt, I almost hurt you!" Xiaohu apologized when he saw Tong Ruolan return to normal.
"It's okay, Xiaohu, do you have evidence to prove that it was your uncle who did it?" After Tong Ruolan returned to normal, she asked Xiaohu calmly.
"Yes, here are all the evidences of my uncle's crimes." Xiaohu handed a stack of evidence to Tong Ruolan.
Tong Ruolan looked at the evidence above, and her heart fell into an ice cellar, her heart cold.
Really, she was the one who harmed her elder brother and his wife. She was a sinner, she had married a wolf. For more than a decade, she had been sleeping with a vicious wolf, and she had even given birth to a pair of children for him, but in the end, he had destroyed her family.
"Xiao Hu, your aunt will give an explanation to you, to your elder brother and his wife, and to the Tong family." Tong Ruolan wanted to go back and kill the wolf with her own hands to avenge her family.
"Aunt, you can't be impulsive. I don't want you to risk your life. You still have cousins to take care of." Xiaohu saw that Tong Ruolan's expression was not right and persuaded her.
"But I feel so sorry for your parents, and for the dozens of people in the Tong family who died," Tong Ruolan said painfully. She couldn't let go of her two children, but she felt even more sorry for her family.
"Aunt, this is not your fault. Mom and Dad won't blame you. I came here this time hoping that you can reconcile with my uncle and remove you and your cousins from the Ma family, so that you won't be implicated if my uncle is convicted in the future." Xiaohu told his plan. He hoped not to implicate his aunt and cousins.