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Now that they know Xu Yan is not A'an, and A'an doesn't want to recognize them, they can only look for clues from the Xu family.
Xiao Jin tied up all the members of the Xu family and threw them in the middle of the hall. He sat at the top, his eyes filled with intimidation that made people shudder.
Luo knelt on the ground, her eyes full of panic: "Why did you tie us up? Didn't I bring Miss Xiao here?"
Xu Yan was outside during the day and was just caught. When he saw his father and mother were also tied up, he looked terrified and asked, "What's going on?"
Seeing that her daughter was also captured, Luo remembered Lin Yan's warning a few days ago, collapsed to the ground, and thought to herself: "It's over, I've been discovered."
Xiao Jin spoke in a deep voice and asked, "Where is A'an now?"
Luo knew that everything would be over if she was discovered, and she laughed a little crazily: "Why, your dear sister doesn't want to recognize you? That's great."
Xiao Jin was in no mood to waste time talking to her. "If you don't want your daughter to suffer a fate worse than death, just confess the truth."
"I really don't know where Daya is. She suddenly appeared that night and left just as suddenly. I haven't seen her since then."
When Mrs. Luo heard Xiao Jin's threat, she said in fear: "I beg you, please let my daughter go. This was my idea and has nothing to do with my daughter."
Hearing how Mrs. Luo addressed A'yan, Xiao Jin's heart trembled slightly. It turned out that A'yan didn't even have a decent name in that family, while Xu Yan had a nice name. How sad A'yan must have been at that time.
Xiao Jin had interrogated prisoners over the years, and he could see that Luo Shi really didn't know. A glimmer of light in his heart was extinguished, and he waved his hand and ordered his men to drag them away.
This meant something different to Luo. She thought Xiao Jin wanted to kill them and break free from the people dragging them.
Seeing that he couldn't break free, he broke down and said, "Why are you pretending to be so noble? Back then, you wanted a son, so you gave your daughter to me. Now you want to get your daughter back, but it's not going to be that easy."
Xiao Jin's eyes darkened, and he ordered his men to let Luo go, "Let her speak."
Mrs. Luo continued, "You don't know, the sister you've been looking for for so long has never had a good day since she was born. I treat her like a dog every day. When I get angry, I beat and scold her, but she never fights back. She calls me mother every day, feeling that she hasn't done enough."
"If it weren't for the sudden flood, it would have been difficult for our family to get rid of her. She was also stupid. She actually jumped into the river to save Yan'er, and she thought I would save her. It's a pity that she was lucky enough not to die. I don't know what kind of good life she has had these years."
Every word that came out of Luo's mouth was like a huge rock hitting Xiao Jin's heart, making it hard for him to breathe.
Xiao Jin walked quickly to Luo's front, his eyes bloodshot, wishing he could strangle her to death.
Xu Yan hurriedly knelt down, trying to push Xiao Jin away, begging: "Please let my mother go. Daya doesn't want to be your sister, but that's okay with me. She was washed away by the flood while trying to save me, which means she didn't have that fate. Why don't you just treat me as your sister?"
"Ayan was washed away by the flood while trying to save you. She treated you as her own sister, but you just wanted to replace her." At this moment, Xiao Jin felt that this family was so ridiculous.
At the same time, I felt sad for A'an, a five-year-old child who hoped with all her heart that her parents would love her, but her parents only had her younger sister in their hearts and only beat and scolded her. In order to save her younger sister, she was washed away by the flood, and her parents never even looked at her.
In the end, she found out that she was not her parents' biological child. She was only five years old at that time. How devastated she must have been.
If it weren't for her good luck, perhaps A'an would have been gone from this world long ago.
Xiao Jin closed his eyes, not wanting to see anyone from the Xu family anymore. He waved his hand and ordered: "Beat them up and sell them off, making them slaves for the rest of their lives."
A disabled slave will never be able to turn over a new leaf in her life, especially someone like Luo who cares about face. Her life will be worse than death, and they will live in darkness forever.
Xu Zhuang, who had been silent all the time, begged for mercy: "I didn't do anything to hurt Daya. It was all done by the mother and daughter. It has nothing to do with me."
Luo was still immersed in the fear of being sold. When she heard Xu Zhuang say this, she spat and cursed: "Bah, Xu Zhuang, why are you pretending? If you hadn't said that you would keep Daya and sell her as a prostitute in the future, you would be much more cruel than me. If you really sold her, you might as well die."
Xu Zhuang: "You have such a cruel heart. We have been husband and wife for so many years, can't you just let me live a good life?"
The two of them were arguing with each other. If it weren't for the rope, they would have started fighting long ago.
At this moment, Xiao Jin suddenly felt a little fortunate that Ah Yan was washed away by the flood and escaped from this den of wolves, otherwise she would probably still be living in dire straits.
After dragging those people out, silence finally returned to the hall. Xiao Jin sat on a stool, trembling all over, saying that fate was unfair and why did A'an's life have to be so miserable.
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He didn't even dare to tell A'niang about this. He was afraid that A'niang would not be able to hold on and would return to her old self. If it weren't for her obsession with seeing A'yan, A'niang would not have been able to hold on until now.
At this moment, Xiao Jin began to understand why Ah Yan was unwilling to recognize them. She had met such parents and lived in such an environment since she was a child. Even if she knew that she had a family, she didn't want to be hurt again.
Xiao Jin felt that A'yan was most likely still in the capital. He could have asked the Xu family to describe A'yan's appearance, draw a picture of A'yan, and look for her in a high-profile manner.
But he knew that this would only make Ah Yan leave here, and she would even hate them more and never come back.
Since Ah Yan knows martial arts, her life must be safe and secure now. Xiao Jin knew that since Ah Yan didn't want to recognize them, he shouldn't disturb her, but he still couldn't help it, couldn't help but want to see her.
He wanted to see what his sister looked like now, whether she was doing well, and whether she could forgive him.
Even though Xiao Jin knew that A'yan didn't want to recognize her, she didn't stop anyone from looking for her. At least she wanted to know how A'yan was doing so that she could compensate her.
Xiao Jin also had no intention of letting Zhong Yuxi off for interfering.
We learned from Mrs. Luo that the bracelet was obtained from Zhong Yuxi, so she may have clues about A'an.
Xiao Jin didn't beat around the bush and went straight to the Zhong Mansion uninvited. He ignored the people in the mansion who tried to stop him and just barged in.
He spread the news that Zhong Yuxi had teamed up with the Luo family to impersonate the second daughter of the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion, making the Zhong Mansion once again the subject of discussion among everyone in the capital.
Zhong Lou also didn't expect that Zhong Yuxi was so bold as to interfere in the affairs of the second lady of the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion. Over the years, many people who didn't know the danger of their own life had come forward to claim to be relatives, but none of them had a good ending.
Now is not the time to think about these things. He can't stop the Duke of Zhenguo, so he can only go find Gu Shi to see if he has a way to save Zhong Yuxi.
While Xiao Jin was interrogating Zhong Yuxi, Zhong Lou sneaked out of the house.
On this side, Zhong Yuxi was forced to kneel on the ground by Xiao Jin's men, looking at Xiao Jin who was sitting at the top with fear in his eyes.
"Where did you get that bracelet?" Xiao Jin's voice was low and majestic.
Zhong Yuxi looked at Xiao Jin with sharp eyes, and her body couldn't help but shiver. She thought to herself: "How can I say this? I can't say that I exchanged the bracelet for my few luck points."
Before Lin Yan took the book away, Zhong Yuxi had already exchanged the bracelet for her luck points, otherwise she would not have been able to get involved in this matter.
Knowing that she definitely couldn't tell him, Zhong Yuxi could only make a bitter face and purse her lips.
In Xiao Jin's eyes, she was unwilling to speak. In that case, Xiao Jin waved his hand and ordered her to be taken to jail.
Zhong Yuxi had heard of Xiao Jin's methods of torture. If he was taken to the prison for interrogation, he would be skinned alive if not killed.
Unfortunately, her father had disappeared somewhere at the moment, and Zhong Yuxi was instantly paralyzed, her brain racing.
Zhong Yuxi suddenly remembered that when he changed the bracelet, a passage of words appeared on the book, which wrote the place where the bracelet was located, Nanshan.
"I got this bracelet by accident. I only know that it first appeared in Nanshan and was picked up by someone. It was passed through many places before it came into my hands. It is possible that the second young lady is near Nanshan," said Zhong Yuxi.
Xiao Jin has interrogated countless people over the years and knows which of the other party's words are true and which are false.
Xiao Jin was not interested in how Zhong Yuxi got the bracelet, but what she said about Nanshan caught his attention.
Just at this time, the Empress Dowager's decree arrived, ordering Zhong Yuxi to go to the palace, as the Empress Dowager had important matters to attend to.
Xiao Jin knew very well the collusion between Zhong Lou and the Empress Dowager. Now was not the time to fall out, so he stood up and left the Zhong Mansion directly.
Xiao Jin immediately ordered people to investigate Nanshan. If he remembered correctly, the Luo family's residence in Lin'an was across a river from Nanshan. Perhaps there really was some connection.
Lin Yan just discovered that the bracelet he had placed on Nanshan Mountain had disappeared at some point, and he immediately realized that it was Zhong Yuxi's doing.
The bracelet should be in Xiao Jin's hands now, so it has been returned to its original owner. Lin Yan has no intention of taking it back, so he just thinks of it as a severance of ties with their family.
With such a big commotion at the Zhong Mansion, it would be hard for Lin Yan not to know about it. However, she was not worried that Xiao Jin would find out about it on Nanshan Mountain. After all, everyone there was her people, and he would not be able to find out even if he turned Nanshan upside down.
The Luo family incident caused such a big stir that Tang Yuelin ordered people to investigate the matter thoroughly and find out the whole story.
At this time in her previous life, Xu Yan had not yet entered the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion, and Tang Yuelin did not know that Xu Yan was not the second lady of the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion. She did not intervene this time, but she did not expect that Zhong Yuxi would let someone else become the second lady.
However, what puzzled Tang Yuelin was why Zhong Yuxi failed in this life.
This is a good thing. Xu Yan's recognition of her kinship failed, and Miss Xiao San did not marry far away in this life. She probably would not end up dying in childbirth.
Speaking of which, Miss Xiao San's tragic fate in her previous life was closely related to Xu Yan and Zhong Yuxi.
However, in his previous life, Lin Yan did not enter the capital, was seriously injured, and disappeared for several years, but he became good friends with Miss Xiao San, which made Tang Yuelin puzzled.
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