Chapter 201
After hearing this, the housekeeper turned his gaze to Lin Cai and nodded slightly, expressing his agreement: "Yes, Xia Jiye did plan this way. He first targeted the Xia family and tried to harm the Xia family."
"Then they targeted the Ou family, trying to weaken their power, and finally they turned their attention to the Leng family, trying to defeat them one by one."
Hearing this, Lin Cai couldn't help but sneer and said sarcastically: "This Xia Jiye is really arrogant!"
"He's actually playing us like fools. I think he might as well go to bed as soon as possible. Maybe he can realize his unrealistic fantasies in his dreams."
Lin Cai looked at Old Man Xia firmly and said, "Grandpa, please rest assured. It won't take more than three days for me to bring the mother and son to justice and send them to prison."
Now all the evidence has been collected, especially this time they actually dared to poison people. Lin Cai will never let them go easily. He will make sure they never stand up and spend the rest of their lives in prison.
"In fact, as early as when I first followed my father's instructions to launch the investigation, I had already found a lawyer in advance. What we lacked at that time was just the key evidence." Lin Cai turned his head to look at him and explained the whole ins and outs of the incident in detail.
Grandpa Xia was relieved to hear him say that. He took out a list with some names on it and continued, "These are the people related to Xia Jiye who supported the mother and son behind the scenes. Some of them have passed away, but two are still alive."
"In the beginning, it was because of their protection and connivance that this matter was able to be concealed until now. Therefore, they are accomplices just like the mother and son."
"Those people were so cruel that they used Xia Lin's life to threaten me and force me to let go of that matter. I would not be a gentleman if I didn't take revenge. Sooner or later, they will pay back double for this!"
Mr. Xia has been competitive all his life, but deep down, the only people he cares about most are his wife and son.
Unfortunately, fate played a trick on him and his wife passed away early. When faced with threats, he had no choice but to harden his heart and let his son go away.
Since then, the father and son have not seen each other for more than twenty years, and even if they want to see each other, they have to be cautious and sneaky.
"Why did they take in that mother and son? Is it really impossible to just ignore them?" Lin Cai asked suspiciously. After all, according to common sense, Grandpa Xia's status at that time was much higher than those people.
Master Xia sighed and said slowly, "This involves a favor. We have been working together from scratch to build our careers. Xia Jiye's father once saved my life."
"As for the Lin family, it was because they owed something to Xia Jiye's father, and Xia Jiye's father had a handle on them, so they had no choice but to protect them."
Hearing this, Lin Cai couldn't help but widen his eyes with a look of astonishment. It was obvious that he had never expected that there was such a complicated story behind it.
However, he still had a trace of doubt in his heart, and continued to ask: "If that's the case, why must you take the responsibility of taking care of them instead of those people from the Lin family?"
Lin Cai looked at the bloodless, paper-pale face of the person in front of him, and couldn't help feeling worried and concerned.
He quickly turned to the housekeeper and anxiously ordered: "Grandpa housekeeper, please ask the kitchen to prepare some porridge. If you want white porridge, just tell them that I want it."
Then, he added anxiously, "You have to personally oversee this matter. Otherwise, I would not be able to rest assured if you give it to someone else. After all, this is food for Grandpa!"
After saying that, Lin Cai looked at the housekeeper expectantly.
Upon hearing this, the butler quickly agreed and turned away to arrange the relevant matters.
At this time, Old Man Xia, who was sitting next to him, recalled the past events. His eyes gradually became moist, and his eyes revealed endless sadness and regret.
He muttered to himself, "Alas... it's all my fault. I was just too conceited at the time!"
"When Xia Jiye and his mother came to me for help, they had ill intentions from the very beginning, attempting to seize our entire Xia family's assets."
"But at that time, I thought I could see through their innermost thoughts and was confident that I was fully capable of controlling the situation."
"So, initially I planned to settle them outside and assign someone to look after them."
"But who would have thought that the woman named Zhou Min would be so cruel! She actually ordered her son to pretend to be sick again and again to delay time."
"Just like that, a whole month later, I finally managed to deal with all the matters properly. When I was about to ask them to move out of the Xia family, I suddenly received a notice that I needed to go on an emergency business trip."
"It was at this critical moment that Zhou Min's vicious mother and son seized the opportunity and cruelly pushed Rou'er off the building, causing her to die on the spot..." At this point, Grandpa Xia was already in tears and heartbroken.
"It's because my family background is much better than those of the Lin family, Wang family and other families, and I have a great reputation, so they finally chose me as their target." Grandpa Xia's eyes were full of self-mockery and sarcasm.
"It's so ridiculous! Can you imagine? The so-called life-saving grace turned out to be a carefully planned murder plot."
"Xia Jiye's father was not the one who saved my life. On the contrary, he was a villain who wanted to take my life."
"It was just that I was lucky enough to avoid the disaster with my own cleverness, but at the same time, he cleverly created an illusion that made us all mistakenly believe that he saved my life."
At this point, Mr. Xia's voice couldn't help but tremble slightly. It was obvious that this memory brought him great shock and pain.
"Xia Jiye's father died in prison half a year ago. And over the years, out of a trace of kindness, I have been secretly sending people to take care of him."
"That's why, when his belongings were handed to me, I woke up from my dream and finally realized that all this was actually his deliberate plan." Old Master Xia took a deep breath and tried to calm his turbulent emotions.
"He knows too many secrets about the Lin family. It is impossible for the Lin family to allow such a hidden danger to exist in the world."
"There are only two options before him: one is to become stronger than the Lin family and completely escape their control; the other is to find a solid and reliable backer."
"And in the end, he turned his eyes to me and regarded me as his life-saving straw." At this time, Mr. Xia's face was full of deep fatigue and helplessness.
"Take a look at these!" Old Master Xia waved his hand and pointed to a pile of documents on the table. "These are all filled with irrefutable evidence of tax evasion by those companies."
"These evidences were originally in the hands of Xia Jiye's father, but now they are all in my hands."
"Not only that, I have never relaxed my surveillance on them over the years, just waiting for the right time to uproot them in one fell swoop and make them pay the price for the crimes they have committed!"
After saying this, Old Man Xia clenched his fists tightly, his eyes firm and resolute.
"Don't these people usually regard their so-called reputation as more important than anything else? Well, if that's the case, then I will make them lose their reputation and infamy forever, and make them the object of hatred and scorn by future generations!"
Lin Cai suddenly felt that Xia Jiye’s viciousness was inherited from his father, and he didn’t care about other people’s lives for his own benefit.
Lin Cai carefully picked up the bowl of porridge filled with poison, as if holding a bomb that was about to explode, and hurriedly brought it back home. He handed it to Mu Shen and told him to take it for inspection.
On the other hand, Zhou Mufan finally followed his mother's request and sent Xu Lan back to the Xu family before returning.
Although he was extremely reluctant, facing his mother who threatened to commit suicide, he really didn't dare to act recklessly or cause trouble.
At this moment, he simply thought that the reason why his mother was so determined to force him was simply because she cared about the unborn baby in Xia Meihui's belly.
So, Zhou Mufan had no choice but to obey and accompany his mother and pregnant Xia Meihui to the hospital for a prenatal check-up.
However, what was surprising was that during the entire process of waiting for the examination, there was not a single trace of joy of becoming a father on Zhou Mufan's handsome face.
Compared with the happy and expectant fathers around him, he seemed particularly out of place, as if all this had nothing to do with him.
Xia Meihui didn't seem to care much about Zhou Mufan's cold attitude. After all, from the very beginning, all she wanted was to get rid of the cage-like constraints of the Xia family.
Xia Meihui recalled what she heard her parents say when she returned to her parents' home yesterday. They were actually still trying to murder Master Xia and others!
However, Xia Meihui knew very well that Old Man Xia was not someone who could be easily defeated or defeated.
What's more, she knew very well that the unfortunate experience that happened to Old Madam Xia was actually entirely planned and caused by her grandmother and father.
Now, only Grandpa Wang and Grandpa Lin can provide some help, but these two old men are very old, and their abilities are no longer as strong as before.
Her idea was simple. Before her reputation was completely ruined, she wanted to marry someone from a decent family, not too wealthy but with leverage over them. She didn't seek wealth, but at least she would have enough food and clothing.
When she was with Zhou Mufan, she had a few backup plans, but Madam Leng gave her evidence against Madam Zhou, so she chose to establish a relationship with Zhou Mufan.
But I didn’t expect it to be such a coincidence that Zhou Mufan’s ex-girlfriend turned out to be Xia Ruoan, the real lady of the Xia family.
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