Chapter 77 Chapter 77

The long Weibo post from 10086 was, as always, well-organized and clear.

The Weibo post stated that Ruan Xi Yin's grandmother abandoned her husband and daughter when she was young and eloped with another man. Later, when she found out that her daughter had married into a wealthy family, she came back to find her. Although Ruan Ma (Ruan Xi Yin's mother) had some resentment, she still accepted her mother and occasionally helped her financially.

After getting money, Ruan's grandmother couldn't resist finding more men. She accidentally got pregnant again and secretly gave birth to another daughter, Ruan Wen Rou, without telling Ruan Ma. Because she and her lover didn't want to raise the child, and Ruan Xi Yin was only a little over a year older than Ruan Wen Rou, she found a way to secretly give away her granddaughter and arranged for Ruan Ma to adopt Ruan Wen Rou.

Ruan Ma never suspected her own mother and loved her younger daughter as her own. When Ruan Wen Rou was seven or eight years old, she learned about her true identity from her grandmother. She knew that if this secret were exposed, all the wealth and glory she possessed would vanish, so she kept the secret hidden. Her grandmother used this secret to extort money from her.

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【Whoa! This is explosive!!!】

【Is this what a wealthy family's drama looks like? I'm so naive!】

【Only you rich people know how to play!】

【I knew Ruan Wen Rou targeted Ruan Xi Yin, but it turns out it's not just jealousy, but also guilt!】

【I thought Ruan Wen Rou was already disgusting, but her lower limits are beyond my imagination!】

【No wonder she's called the fake daughter! Everything is fake!】

【Hahahaha aunt!!! My cousin, are you alright, cousin!】

【I thought it was a fake sibling romance, but it's not only sibling, but also across generations [shocked]】

【Thankfully, they haven't gotten together yet, otherwise your mom would have to call you brother-in-law [dog head]】

…

Ruan Cheng Ze was stunned when he saw the Weibo post.

His mind was in chaos, and his temples throbbed with pain.

Ruan Wen Rou was even more incredulous.

How did this 10086 know about such a secret?!

As she panicked, Ruan Cheng Ze suddenly turned his head.

Ruan Cheng Ze saw the latter part, but he didn't want to believe that Ruan Wen Rou was such a person. She was so gentle and kind, and she must have been deceived.

With something like this happening, she must be suffering more than he was.

He endured his pain and wanted to comfort her.

But when he turned his head, he only saw a fleeting look of panic on her face.

Ruan Cheng Ze froze.

At this time, Ruan Wen Rou reacted and immediately changed her expression: "Brother… brother, what's wrong?"

Ruan Cheng Ze hesitated for a moment before asking, "Do you know your true background?"

Ruan Wen Rou paused, then forced a smile: "I… how would I know? Brother, don't you believe me?"

Ruan Cheng Ze's heart sank.

He and Ruan Wen Rou grew up together and knew her very well.

When Ruan Wen Rou lied, she would unconsciously touch her earlobe.

The light in Ruan Cheng Ze's eyes gradually dimmed.

Ruan Wen Rou panicked and quickly explained: "That 10086 is making things up. I… I couldn't possibly be Grandma's child. Right, I did a DNA test with Mom and Dad before, and it proved that I'm not their child…"

A glimmer of hope arose in Ruan Cheng Ze's heart.

Just then, Ruan Yi's phone call came through.

Ruan Cheng Ze answered: "Dad?"

Ruan Yi's voice was full of disgust: "Where are you? …Are you with that little bitch?"

Ruan Cheng Ze was stunned: "Dad, what are you talking about?"

Ruan Yi was furious: "That bitch knew her background all along! She secretly switched the samples during the DNA test. If the testing center hadn't found out and called us, I would still be in the dark!!"

Ruan Cheng Ze's mind exploded.

If before, he could still deceive himself, but with the evidence in front of him, he could no longer deceive himself.

On the other end of the phone, besides Ruan Yi's curses, there was Xiang Li's crying.

Ruan Yi thought of something and quickly said: "You haven't had any relationship with that bitch, right?"

Ruan Cheng Ze was heartbroken and said dully: "No…"

Ruan Yi breathed a sigh of relief, then cursed again: "Come back right now! Don't let that bitch step into our Ruan family again!"

Ruan Cheng Ze hung up the phone.

Ruan Wen Rou couldn't hear what they were saying on the phone, but seeing Ruan Cheng Ze's bad expression, she anxiously asked: "Brother, Dad called… what happened?"

Ruan Cheng Ze looked at her.

The pain of his shattered white moonlight and the anger of being deceived tugged at his mind.

He was both hateful and angry: "Don't call me brother, I'm afraid it will shorten my life, Aunt!"

Ruan Wen Rou's face turned pale instantly.

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When Ruan Wen Rou returned to the Ruan family with Ruan Cheng Ze, she still held a glimmer of hope.

But as soon as she entered, an ornament was thrown at her.

Ruan Wen Rou couldn't dodge in time and was hit directly on the forehead by the ornament.

A sharp pain hit, followed by warm blood flowing down her cheek.

Accompanied by Ruan Yi's furious shouts: "Didn't I say that this bitch isn't allowed to step into our Ruan family? Did you ignore my words?!"

Ruan Wen Rou covered her forehead, still wanting to act pitiful, when she saw a familiar figure on the living room carpet.

She was dressed in luxurious and fashionable clothes, glittering with jewels, her face, which had been injected with fillers, looked slightly unnatural, and she was crying.

It was Xiang Li and Ruan Wen Rou's biological mother.

Ruan Wen Rou's heart completely cooled down.

Ruan Cheng Ze also saw his grandmother, and the disgust on his face was unconcealable. He strode into the living room and said coldly, "I just wanted to know the truth."

He paused and said sarcastically, "It seems I don't need to ask anymore."

Ruan Yi clutched his chest, his voice trembling with anger: "This is a family scandal! You've ruined the reputation of our Ruan family! Get out of here!"

Ruan Wen Rou was shocked and afraid.

No!

She couldn't leave the Ruan family. As a wealthy young lady, how could she live a commoner's life!

Ignoring the wound on her forehead, she knelt before Ruan Yi, weeping and saying that she was forced, that she was just afraid of being abandoned.

However, Ruan Yi and Ruan Cheng Ze remained expressionless, completely unmoved.

Ruan Wen Rou gritted her teeth and turned to Xiang Li.

She knew that Xiang Li was soft-hearted and had always loved her so much that she wouldn't ignore her. She even deliberately exposed her wound to gain Xiang Li's sympathy.

But the next second, she saw Xiang Li's hateful eyes, and she said through gritted teeth: "Wasn't I good enough to you? For you, I wasn't even that good to my own daughter I finally found, but how did you repay me? You lied to me for so many years! You even bullied Xi Yin… I want to kill you now!"

Ruan Wen Rou was scared and dared not speak anymore.

Ruan Yi didn't want to see them anymore and was about to have the security guards throw them out.

Ruan Wen Rou came to her senses.

She knew her mother's character, if she was driven out of the Ruan family, her mother would definitely not support her.

She had to plan for herself.

Thinking of this, she decided to go all out, no longer maintaining her persona, and said without hesitation: "If you want me to leave, you can! But you must give me an allowance every month, otherwise, if any ridiculous rumors spread, don't blame me!"

Ruan Yi and the others were stunned, unable to believe that she was so shameless.

But Ruan Wen Rou, having nothing to lose, not only demanded money but also wanted to take away the clothes, bags, and jewelry from her room.

Ruan Cheng Ze looked at the vulgarity and greed on her face.

This was the real her.

This face, which he once longed for, finally became hateful.

Although the three Ruan family members were angry, they were also afraid that Ruan Wen Rou would really reveal something bad, so they had to reluctantly agree.

Ruan Wen Rou went back to her room to pack her things, and Xiang Li's mother was also driven out.

Only the three of them were left in the living room.

Ruan Yi leaned back on the sofa, clutching his aching chest, and Ruan Cheng Ze remained silent.

Xiang Li spoke up: "We have to bring Xi Yin back."

Ruan Cheng Ze didn't speak.

He was still young, and he still had a sense of shame. As soon as he thought of what he had done to Ruan Xi Yin, he felt ashamed and had no face to find her.

Ruan Yi's eyes lit up: "That's right! We should bring Xi Yin back. Now, the only person who can turn the tide is her!"

Xiang Li called Ruan Xi Yin.

This time, Ruan Xi Yin answered.

Listening to her mother's tearful apology on the phone, she felt no emotion.

After hanging up the phone, she looked up and saw Gu Xing Shi's concerned expression: "Are you alright?"

Ruan Xi Yin, who had been calm just now, suddenly felt a little nasal.

She subconsciously nodded, then shook her head: "Actually… I feel a little sad."

Gu Xing Shi: "If you don't want to go back, don't go back. Le Shi will always be your home."

Ruan Xi Yin's nose was even more sour, but this strengthened her resolve: "No, I need to go back for a while."

Gu Xing Shi looked at her in surprise.

Ruan Xi Yin smiled, a little embarrassed: "Although it's a little childish, I want to completely say goodbye to the past, to make a clean break."

From now on, she would be Ruan Xi Yin of Le Shi, with no connection to the Ruan family.

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Gu Xing Shi personally sent Ruan Xi Yin back.

The car drove all the way to the Ruan family's mansion. Gu Xing Shi turned off the engine and looked at Ruan Xi Yin, saying softly, "Don't worry, I'll be waiting for you outside."

Ruan Xi Yin nodded vigorously.

She tightly held the business card Gu Xing Shi had given her, as if possessing endless courage.

She walked into the Ruan family.

It was the house she had lived in for two years, but it felt strangely unfamiliar.

It was not as comfortable and familiar as the apartment assigned to her by Le Shi.

Xiang Li heard the noise and hurried to greet her.

But when she saw Ruan Xi Yin, she was still stunned.

In her memory, Ruan Xi Yin was silent and taciturn, always bowing her head with a timid appearance, but the current Ruan Xi Yin, although still wearing a cheap T-shirt and jeans, was composed and confident, making people dare not underestimate her.

Ruan Yi also came out, showing a kind expression: "Xi Yin, you're back." Then, he said displeasedly to Xiang Li, "What are you doing in a daze? Hurry up and let your daughter come in and change her shoes."

Xiang Li came to her senses and quickly opened the shoe cabinet, then she was embarrassed.

After Ruan Xi Yin left the Ruan family, she had the servants put away her things, and unexpectedly, there weren't even a pair of slippers left.

Ruan Xi Yin didn't seem surprised: "No need, I'm just here to say a few words, and then I'll leave."

Xiang Li heard her indifferent voice, and tears instantly fell: "Xi Yin, Mommy is sorry… Can you forgive Mommy…."

Ruan Xi Yin didn't speak.

Seeing this, Ruan Yi quickly said: "Xi Yin, don't worry, we'll immediately drive that bitch away. Didn't you like her room before? That room will be yours from now on…."

Ruan Xi Yin listened to his rambling, and she found it a little funny.

She had indeed said before that she envied Ruan Wen Rou's room, but she didn't mean the room itself, but the care they gave Ruan Wen Rou.

But at that time, they all coldly told her not to covet Ruan Wen Rou's things.

Now, she no longer envied them, but they offered these things to her.

At this moment, Ruan Wen Rou was halfway through packing, wanting to get some water, when she came out and saw this scene.

She looked at the indifferent smile on Ruan Xi Yin's face, feeling extremely irritated.

If…

Ruan Xi Yin hadn't come back to the Ruan family.

Then, she would still be the precious daughter of the Ruan family, enjoying a comfortable life, loved by her family, and admired by outsiders.

Instead of like now, losing everything, being driven out in disgrace.

Ruan Xi Yin, why did you come back!

Her eyes were vicious, her fingernails digging deep into her palm.

She returned to her room and took out a vial of medicine from the box. The medicine could poison a person's voice.

She had prepared this medicine a long time ago, but she had hesitated and hadn't used it.

But now, she had nothing.

How could Ruan Xi Yin still be so happy!

Ruan Wen Rou, taking advantage of no one's notice, secretly came to the kitchen.

A pot of bird's nest soup was stewing in the kitchen. It was specially stewed for Ruan Xi Yin by Xiang Li before she came.

Ruan Wen Rou poured the medicine into the bird's nest soup, then slipped back upstairs and hid at the stairs.

She wanted to see with her own eyes Ruan Xi Yin lose her voice, and then, with no use value, she would definitely be abandoned by Gu Zong and the Ruan family.

Thinking of this, she almost laughed out loud.

At the same time, Gu Xing Shi, sitting in the car, was chatting with Wen Yue on WeChat, when he suddenly heard the system say:【Host! Bad news! Ruan Wen Rou is going to poison Ruan Xi Yin!】

Gu Xing Shi:【！！！】

He immediately stopped replying to Wen Yue, called the police, got out of the car and rushed into the Ruan family.

He happened to see Xiang Li bringing a bowl of bird's nest soup: "Xi Yin, this is bird's nest soup that Mommy personally stewed for you. Mommy really knows she's wrong, and I don't expect your forgiveness. This bowl of bird's nest soup is for Mommy's guilt…."

Ruan Xi Yin hesitated for a moment, then took it.

Gu Xing Shi immediately shouted: "Don't drink it!"

Ruan Xi Yin was startled: "Mr. Gu!"

Gu Xing Shi panted: "Don't drink it… there's poison in the bird's nest soup!"

Ruan Yi had been angry at being rejected by Ruan Xi Yin.

Now, seeing Gu Xing Shi, his old and new grudges came together.

That 10086 exposed the scandal of their Ruan family, making him a laughingstock, and now he rushed into his house and said such inexplicable words to incite conflict between them.

In a fit of rage, he directly snatched the bird's nest soup from Ruan Xi Yin's hand.

Gu Xing Shi couldn't stop him, he had already tilted his head and drunk it all.

Gu Xing Shi: "…!"

Ruan Wen Rou, who was secretly watching from the stairs, was stunned.

Ruan Yi finished drinking the bird's nest soup, and then deliberately said to Ruan Xi Yin: "Can parents harm their children? Don't listen to outsiders' instigation. Only parents—"

He said halfway, suddenly realizing something was wrong, opened his mouth, but didn't make a sound.

Ruan Yi fearfully covered his throat.

Xiang Li was scared: "Husband, what's wrong with you? Husband!"

Just then, a team of police officers rushed in: "Who called the police about poisoning?!"

Ruan Yi: "!!!"