Chapter 429: Even Hateful People Have Their Pitiable Sides
Xi Muxuan looked at the child coldly.
"Actually, you're good at everything."
"You just shouldn't be a child of the Xuanyuan family."
“I hate Shen Hanxing, but I never thought of hurting her child.”
"But you happen to be related to the Xuanyuan family."
Xunxun's crying became weaker.
The little child's face was full of fear, and if you looked closely, you could see a bit of confusion.
"What Xuanyuan family?"
His voice was choked with sobs.
And fear.
Even so, the child asked the questions in his heart.
Xi Muxuan sneered repeatedly.
"It's great that the Xuanyuan family has produced a little idiot like you."
"It can be considered as God's revenge on the Xuanyuan family."
Xunxun didn't understand.
I just feel that the aunt now is not as scary as before.
even……
Still a bit pitiful.
"Auntie, are you sad?"
Almost at the moment the words fell, Xi Muxuan slapped him on the back.
"Little kid, if you still want to live well, shut up!"
Xunxun quickly covered her mouth.
But he was not as scared as before. Instead, he looked towards the opposite side anxiously.
I don’t know whether my parents came or not.
He hopes his parents won't come.
It looks dangerous here.
I used to think the sea was beautiful.
But now the sea water is black.
Like a giant monster in a fairy tale, it can swallow the world in one bite!
I don’t know how long it took.
A little light appeared on the opposite side.
Xunxun's little heart was instantly lifted up.
A pair of eyes stared nervously ahead.
"Little guy, you are indeed very important. Now the Xuanyuan family has come here in person for you."
"When someone told me to wait and see abroad, I thought they were just joking."
"I only now realize that all of this is the best arrangement!"
Xunxun's little hands were tightly clutching the corner of her clothes, and her knuckles were turning white.
The light that was getting closer and closer was swaying on the inky sea, like a star hanging at his throat. He wanted to reach out and grab it, but was afraid of being swept away by the wind and waves hidden in the light.
He saw the figures on the deck stretched out by the light. The one in the lead was wearing a dark windbreaker, his figure as tall as the rocks on the shore.
It’s Uncle Xuanyuan.
My heart suddenly rose to my throat, then suddenly fell back into my stomach, carrying a slightly sour warmth.
But this warmth didn't last for more than three seconds before it was frozen by Xi Muxuan's cold voice.
"Haha, it's finally here. I was getting a little anxious waiting."
Xi Muxuan raised her hand and pressed Xunxun's shoulder, the strength of her fingertips was so strong that it seemed to dig into the bones.
"But don't be too happy too soon. If he dares to take another step forward, it's hard to say whether your small body can withstand the sea breeze."
Xunxun shivered, not because of the cold, but because of fear.
He secretly raised his eyes to glance at Xi Muxuan. The woman's profile looked particularly sharp in the flickering light, but what was surging in her eyes was more complicated than the dark sea water, as if there was a fire burning underneath, making people panic.
Xuanyuan Ge stopped three steps away, and the hem of his windbreaker crackled in the sea breeze.
He didn't look at Xi Muxuan, but his eyes fell on Xunxun's face first. He saw the tear marks on the corners of the child's eyes, his little lips turned pale with fear, and his Adam's apple rolled almost imperceptibly.
"Let him go." His voice was deeper than the sea breeze. "The person you're looking for is me. The child has nothing to do with it."
"No one related to your Xuanyuan family is innocent."
Xi Muxuan suddenly laughed, her laughter scraping across the deck like broken glass. "Including this little thing that can't even figure out its own last name."
Xunxun's tears were about to well up again, but she tried hard to hold them back.
He remembered what Xi Muxuan had said just now, and what his mother had secretly told him before, saying that Uncle Xuanyuan was a good man.
But now, this good man is standing in a dangerous place because of him, and the aunt opposite seems to be hiding something shiny in her hand.
He took a quick glance at it just now and it looked like a needle used for injections in the hospital, but much longer than that one.
"Uncle..." he whispered, his voice trembling, "Go away quickly."
Xuanyuan Ge frowned and his eyes softened.
He shook his head slightly at Xunxun, then turned to Xi Muxuan, with a hint of subtle fatigue in his tone.
"What happened back then is not what you think."
"Oh? What should it be like?"
Xi Muxuan raised an eyebrow and rubbed Xunxun's shoulder with her fingertips. "Is my father afraid of death and willing to take the blame? Or is your Xuanyuan family merciful and giving our Xi family a living?"
“It’s a deal.”
Xuanyuan Ge spoke calmly, "The confidentiality leak incident caused such a huge stir back then that someone had to take responsibility to quell the turmoil. Your father approached my grandfather and said he was willing to take on the responsibility, on the condition that the Xuanyuan family devote all their resources to ensuring the long-term stability of the Xi family."
He paused and glanced at Xi Muxuan's tense profile.
"It's not that your father is incapable of proving his innocence. He has calculated that rather than uncovering the real culprit and causing greater unrest, it would be better to use a 'stigma' to save the Xi family's future.
During those years, which of the lands and funds that the Xi Group acquired did not have the Xuanyuan family paving the way behind the scenes?
After your father semi-retired, who in the circle didn't give him some face?
He went to Country R for recuperation and to State Y to open a ranch, living a more comfortable life than anyone else."
"Free?" Xi Muxuan suddenly raised her voice, her nails almost digging into Xunxun's flesh. "He's free! What about me?"
Her voice suddenly split, with a crying tone, but she tried hard to suppress it.
"He was acting as his 'reclusive master' outside, while I was being scolded and called a sinner by my clan members at home!
He wanted a son, but I was a daughter. He took out all his anger on me, saying that if it weren't for me, a 'money-loser', he wouldn't have to endure that injustice! Do you know this?"
Xunxun shrank his neck when she yelled at him, and the clothes on his back were soaked with cold sweat.
He seemed to understand a little bit. This aunt was not born fierce. She just had a lot of sad things in her heart, like when he accidentally spilled the milk, she was scared and anxious.
"Auntie...it doesn't hurt..."
He muttered quietly, "When I knocked over the cup, Mom said to blow on it so it wouldn't hurt."
Xi Muxuan's hand trembled violently, and she let go of Xunxun's shoulder as if she had been burned.
She stared at the child's tear-stained face, her eyes flickering, and after a long while she managed a cold smile: "What does a child know?"
Xuanyuan Ge took advantage of her distraction to move forward half a step, and Qi Moxun followed closely with two of his men, their steps as light as a cat.
Xuanyuan Ge signaled them with his eyes not to move, and continued speaking.
"Your father's preference for sons over daughters is his fault, not the result of the Xuanyuan family's dealings. When he proposed the conditions to my grandfather, he specifically added a clause to ensure that you would have enough food and clothing and would not suffer any injustice."
"Wronged?"
Xi Muxuan felt like she had heard a huge joke.
"He made me study finance and management, and forced me to marry someone I didn't like, just because the other person could help the Xi family expand its business!
He said I was a tool of the Xi family, to make up for his 'sacrifice' back then! Is this what you call not being wronged? "
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