Chapter 140 The Truth About What Happened Back Then
Jiang Xixi didn't react for a moment, and looked completely bewildered.
After she came to her senses, her expression was extremely complicated, but to be honest, she actually had a premonition.
Even so, now that it has been confirmed that she is indeed a child of the Tan family, Jiang Xixi is still somewhat at a loss.
So, she really isn't a child of the Jiang family!
Therefore, Jiang's parents treated her that way from a young age precisely because she wasn't their child.
Therefore, she also has family members who love her.
...
After sorting out her thoughts, feeling the dampness behind her, Jiang Xixi hesitantly patted Madam Tan's back.
"Mrs. Tan, please calm down. Let's go inside and talk."
Seeing that her neighbors with sharp ears were already making noise, Jiang Xixi didn't want to be looked at like a monkey.
"Okay." Although she was disappointed that Jiang Xixi didn't call her "aunt," Madam Tan knew that her child had just been found and had suffered a great injustice. After being sad for a while, she felt relieved.
Anyway, there's still a long road ahead, and one day, I'll be able to hear Jiao Jiao call me "Auntie" again.
Thinking of the news Qi Tao had brought back from his investigation, Madam Tan's eyes sharpened.
Those who schemed against the Tan family and harmed her beloved daughter, she would settle accounts with them properly once she had the chance.
From Madam Tan's words, Jiang Xixi roughly understood why she had grown up in the Jiang family since childhood.
Things really did turn out quite by accident.
The fire back then did kill a little girl, and for many years, the Tan family believed that the little girl was Tan Jiaojiao.
But actually, no, Jiang Xixi also knew the girl's true identity.
Chen Yi's long-lost daughter is the identity that Liu Xiyuan now occupies.
Back then, the Tan family was in dire straits, and families like the Chen family wanted to take a bite out of them. On the day of the negotiations, the Chen family brought two children: the youngest son of the Chen family patriarch and the daughter of the Chen family patriarch's sister, Chen Yi.
The youngest son of the Chen family head was arrogant and domineering, and the Chen family head kept instigating him in order to achieve his goals, so he harbored deep hostility towards Jiang Xixi.
As for Liu Xiyuan, as the only junior member of the Liu family in this generation and the daughter of the family head, she has a somewhat willful personality. Moreover, she has a secret that no one knows: she doesn't like little girls who are prettier than her.
As a child, Jiang Xixi was incredibly cute, with the features of a porcelain doll. Even at a young age, she already showed the makings of a beauty. In addition, she was the apple of the eye of the entire Tan family and was raised with exceptional care.
She had already caught Liu Xiyuan's eye, and on top of that, Jiang Xixi was wearing a beautiful little dress that Mrs. Tan had brought back for her from her business trip abroad. It's no exaggeration to say that sitting there, she looked like a precious and elegant little princess.
Little Liu Xiyuan immediately started crying and demanding Jiang Xixi's little skirt, and eventually even tried to pull it off herself.
Xiao Jiang Xixi was naturally unwilling, but her nanny, not wanting to cause trouble, coaxed her to take off her little skirt and put it on Xiao Liu Xiyuan.
What followed was a dramatic change.
The youngest son of the Chen family head started a fire. When the Chen family members rushed in to rescue people, they rescued the wrong person because of their clothes.
By the time the Chen family head realized something was wrong, Xiao Liu Xiyuan had already perished in the fire.
The head of the Chen family dared not let his younger sister know that he had caused the death of Xiao Liu Xiyuan, as he could not bear the wrath of his parents and the entire Liu family.
Also afraid that the Tan family would discover that he was behind this, he decided to go all the way and use the scheme against them. He had the deceased Liu Xiyuan take Tan Jiaojiao's place, and then sent Tan Jiaojiao to Nancheng, where she became Jiang Xixi.
In fact, the head of the Chen family did not expect that Tan Jiaojiao, also known as Jiang Xixi, would still be alive.
Because given the personality of the Jiang family parents, whom he had chosen at first glance, they would never have let Jiang Xixi live this long.
But little did he know that Jiang's parents were always afraid that things would be exposed and that the Chen family head would make them take the blame. They couldn't afford to offend the Tan family, a behemoth, so just in case, they let Jiang Xixi live.
After listening to Madam Tan finish recounting the story, Jiang Xixi's expression was complex and difficult to discern.
The Liu family? Chen Yi? Mrs. Jiang? The deceased Liu Xiyuan~
It seems she was never meant to be with Mrs. Jiang.
Jiang Xixi sighed. Although she was a victim from beginning to end, she was still alive, while Liu Xiyuan from the Liu family died because of it. Given Chen Yi's high regard for Liu Xiyuan and Jiang's wife's affection for her daughter, she and Jiang's wife were now completely on opposite sides.
"Jiaojiao, don't worry, I will definitely make those people pay the price."
Mrs. Tan's eyes were filled with tears as she looked Jiang Xixi up and down as if she couldn't get enough of her.
Thinking of the suffering her daughter Jiaojiao had endured in the Jiang family over the years, which she had learned from Qi Tao, Madam Tan felt an urge to kill those people.
Hearing the name Jiaojiao, Jiang Xixi always felt uncomfortable.
Moreover, she had been using the name Jiang Xixi for two lifetimes and didn't want to change it, so she simply spoke up.
“Mrs. Tan, please call me Xixi. Let the name Jiaojiao remain silent from 18 years ago.”
Jiang Xixi's real intention was to say that she didn't want to change her name, but Madam Tan misunderstood and became anxious upon hearing this.
"Jiao~ Xixi, do you not want to acknowledge us? I know it was my mistake back then that caused you to suffer for so many years. Your aunt is ashamed to ask you to forgive me, but your mother is innocent. What happened to you back then caused her a great blow. Can you come back with me to see her?"
Madam Tan's tone was humble, and she looked at Jiang Xixi with a pleading expression.
Thinking of her second sister's inhuman and ghostly state over the years, Madam Tan felt as if her heart was being torn apart.
Jiang Xixi was actually quite confused. Suddenly she had an aunt, and it seemed that she might also have a mother later on. Moreover, it was an accident when they lost her back then, not intentionally.
Actually, if Madam Tan and her group had appeared a few years earlier, she would have been more than happy to acknowledge them as relatives on the spot.
But now she's past the age of longing for family affection, and the experiences of two lifetimes have left her heartbroken by family ties. She truly doesn't know what to do for the time being.
Although Mrs. Tan was disappointed, she knew that she couldn't push her too hard since her child had just been found.
"It's okay, Xixi. Auntie knows you can't accept it right away. Auntie will wait for you and wait for you to accept us."
Then I'll take you to see your mother. Don't worry, we'll always be there for you, waiting for you.
"Okay, thank you, Madam Tan. Please let me think about it for a while longer. I will give you an answer when I have thought it through."
"Xixi, there's no need to be so formal between family members. You don't need to thank me."
Madam Tan was eager to know about Jiang Xixi's situation over the years. Although she had already learned some things from Qi Tao, she still wanted to learn more from Jiang Xixi.
To know just how much suffering and hardship her daughter Jiaojiao has endured over the years!
Wei Laicheng, who was sitting not far away, also heard what Madam Tan had just said.
He was feeling panicked and anxious.
Oh no, his wife seems to be from a wealthy family, so he's even less worthy of her now.
For a time, Wei Laicheng was extremely depressed.
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