Xia Wan stared intently at her father's face, which had been relatively calm, but now showed obvious signs of impatience.
She knew that further delay would only make the situation worse, so she made a decisive decision not to hesitate and asked directly.
Her eyebrows furrowed, her beautiful eyes widened, and she snapped, "Alright, stop with the nonsense! Now I'll ask the questions, and you answer. Remember, if you dare utter a single lie, hmph, don't blame me for being ruthless. This woman will immediately suffer a miserable fate, missing an arm or a leg!"
Upon hearing these harsh words, Wu Sangui turned ashen-faced and began to tremble uncontrollably.
At this moment, he was filled with deep regret, inwardly cursing himself for not having persuaded A-Yue not to provoke Xia Jianguo and his daughter. However, it was too late for regrets now.
Just then, Wu Sangui was horrified to discover that Xia Wan had somehow produced a gleaming dagger in her hand.
The dagger gleamed with a chilling light in the dim lamplight, as if it could turn into a deadly weapon at any moment.
In an instant, a chilling cold surged from the depths of Wu Sangui's heart and quickly spread throughout his body. An ominous premonition arose within him, and he vaguely felt that he might not be able to escape easily today.
Holding a dagger, Xia Wan approached Wu Sangui step by step, her eyes sharp as knives, locking onto him tightly, and asked in a cold voice, "Speak quickly! How exactly did you find out where A-Yue lives?"
Wu Sangui inwardly groaned. Although he was still completely baffled as to why he had inexplicably appeared in Xia Jian's country, the last remaining fragments of memory in his mind told him that before losing consciousness, he was indeed in the hidden cave where A Yue was.
But where exactly did things go wrong? How could Xia Jianguo and his group have found them so easily and brought them here without anyone noticing?
Xia Wan had no intention of answering Wu Sangui's questions. She simply said coldly, "Listen to me! All you have to do is answer my questions honestly. Don't even think about making any demands, because you have no right to!"
Immediately afterwards, she raised her hand and pointed directly at the woman Wu Sangui was holding in his arms, and questioned, "Tell me quickly, what is the identity of this woman named A Yue? Also, I know that she was the one who instructed you to poison my father, so why does she harbor such deep hostility towards my father?"
Upon hearing this, Wu Sangui frowned, and his already somewhat complicated gaze turned even more meaningful as he gave Xia Jianguo a meaningful look.
After a moment of silence, he slowly spoke, "To be honest, I really don't know much about this matter. A-Yue only told me that if Jianguo were to return to Beijing, she would face the tragic situation of her family being destroyed and her life ruined."
Back then, A-Yue went through a lot of trouble, hiding her identity and changing her background to successfully come to our Huaihua Brigade. Of course, I won't let her be in danger again!
After hearing Wu Sangui's explanation, Xia Wan's face showed obvious suspicion. She stared intently at Wu Sangui and questioned him sternly:
"You don't even know your own wife's true identity? You actually dared to bring such a strange woman of unknown origin home, and even risk hurting others for her sake?"
Faced with Xia Wan's questioning, Wu Sangui's expression suddenly became dazed, as if he were recalling some past events.
His expression softened considerably, and he murmured to himself, "Ah Yue... she actually saved my life once."
At first, all I knew was that she was a pitiful person, orphaned and destitute. As for her changing her name and identity, I only gradually learned about it three or four years after we got married…”
Xia Wan's expression was somewhat inscrutable, making it impossible to tell whether she believed it or not.
She pointed a finger at A-Yue beside her and asked, "So, how exactly did she contact Beijing? And after all these years, since she faked her death, has she really just been living in that cave?"
Upon hearing this, Wu Sangui's face instantly stiffened, and a trace of sadness flashed quickly across the depths of his eyes.
His voice seemed to be tinged with this emotion, revealing a deep sense of desolation: "That's right, she did indeed live in that cave."
In fact, Wu Sangui had long realized that A Yue had been hiding her identity and frequently operating in the outside world under another identity.
He tried to inquire about the matter tactfully, but each time A-Yue would cleverly change the subject or give him a perfunctory answer.
However, faced with this situation, Wu Sangui could not bring himself to blame A Yue, because he couldn't bear to see her feel troubled and uneasy.
So Wu Sangui chose to deceive himself, telling himself that as long as A Yue could stay by his side, it was fine. He believed that she must be going out to do something important, and that she was not betraying him.
However, lately, Wu Sangui had an inexplicable and uncontrollable premonition in his heart. This feeling grew stronger and stronger, making him feel as if he was about to lose A Yue forever.
For this reason, he has been extremely obedient and compliant to A-Yue during this period, and he has been visiting her on the mountain more frequently than before.
"I saw a man looking for her on the mountain that day. You bring her food every day, have you seen that man?" Xia Wan's eyes flickered slightly, and a meaningful smile appeared on her lips: "They seemed quite intimate, tsk tsk, I really feel sorry for you..."
While her words did contain some exaggeration, strictly speaking, they weren't entirely a lie.
As soon as she finished speaking, everyone's eyes turned to Wu Sangui.
Wu Sangui's face, which had been relatively calm, suddenly became colorful, as if someone had performed a miraculous face-changing technique.
He opened his mouth several times, as if he wanted to say something, but it was as if his throat was blocked by a wad of cotton, and he couldn't make a sound.
Seeing Wu Sangui's stunned and completely bewildered expression, Xia Wan couldn't help but smile slightly, then turned her gaze to her father beside her.
"Well, Dad, is there anything else you'd like to ask?"
At this moment, Xia Wan thought to herself that, judging from Wu Sangui's current state, he probably wouldn't be able to recover from the shock for a while.
It's obvious that A-Yue has been hiding a lot from Wu Sangui all along, and what she can get out of him today is probably close to the limit.
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