Chapter 110 Demanding the Truth: Ling Hai Confesss, Grandfather and Grandson Confront Each Other
Ling Yuehai finally said everything.
He didn't just disappear into thin air back then; it was Old Master Qin who arranged for him to disappear.
The first member of the Qin family to arrive at the scene was none other than Old Master Qin.
Qin Shu's parents died on the spot. Only Ling Yuehai, who was the driver, was able to escape death because he happened to hit the deployed airbag.
According to Ling Yuehai, the car lost control of its brakes, which caused it to fail to avoid an obstacle in time when it appeared in front of it, resulting in it crashing into the obstacle and flying directly into the canyon beside the mountain road.
It plummeted all the way down.
It was clearly murder at a glance, yet the old man fell silent after receiving a phone call.
Not only did they not continue the investigation, they even told Ling Yuehai to shut up and then immediately sent him away from the scene.
Finally, they even collaborated with the police who first discovered the scene to fabricate a scene where Qin Shu's father, Qin Yue, was driving and his wife was riding in the car, and the two unfortunately fell to their deaths.
At first, Ling Yuehai always wanted to continue investigating.
After discovering that he was secretly investigating the case and even threatening to take it to the police station, the old man directly kidnapped his parents, wife, and children.
“I’m sorry to Mr. Qin… Ah Shu, you’re right. He treated me so well, always regarding me as a brother, but I couldn’t even find out the truth and avenge him!”
"I've lived on for over a decade, and I'm the one who has wronged him!"
"I was heartless and cruel! I should have died with him back then!"
Ling Yuehai slumped to the ground, like a lump of mud.
"This is impossible..."
Qin Shu staggered backward.
I was filled with disbelief.
Grandpa knew it was murder all along...
It was also Grandpa who arranged for Ling Yuehai to leave...
grandfather……
Thinking of the kind old man who raised him from childhood, thinking of the gentle old man who always treated him as his successor.
The shock and tremor Qin Shu felt were beyond words.
"How could it be Grandpa...?"
"How is this possible..."
The belief collapsed in an instant.
Qin Shu stumbled and fell to the ground after her leg bumped into the sofa next to her.
He felt more panicked and disheveled than ever before.
It felt as if I had been deceived and betrayed by my closest loved ones, and I was forced to confront that unbelievable and bleak truth.
Ling Yuehai's answer shocked Song Ying as well.
But at this moment, all her thoughts were focused on Qin Shu.
The floor was carpeted, so it wasn't cold.
But Qin Shu's shoulders were trembling.
Song Ying stepped forward quietly, stretched out her arms, and squatted down to hug Qin Shu from behind.
"Ash, I'm here."
No further words were needed.
She simply held him tightly, transferring her body heat through her clothes to the cold person in her arms.
In this situation, any words are inadequate and powerless.
All she could do was stay by his side.
He needs to calm down and think things through.
So she stayed with him, silently and steadfastly.
I stayed with him.
We will never be apart.
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The last rays of the setting sun streamed through the windows, bathing the entire private room in gold.
Qin Shu finally spoke his first words.
"I want to go back to the old house."
He stood up, but because the movement was too sudden and he hadn't eaten all day, he almost stumbled and fell to the ground.
Song Ying, who was squatting down beside him, was in no better shape.
At this moment, Song Ying no longer cared about herself.
"A-Shu, are you alright? Your leg..."
"I'm fine."
Qin Shu held onto the table with one hand and pressed his leg with the other. It took him a while to finally get rid of the numbness.
He glanced at Song Ying, who had gone from squatting to sitting on the ground, pursed his lips slightly, bent down, picked her up horizontally, and placed her on the sofa next to him.
He started massaging Song Ying's legs.
"sorry."
Qin Shu said softly.
If it weren't for him, she wouldn't have had to suffer like this.
Song Ying rolled her eyes at him and gave a soft snort.
"What are you saying? We're husband and wife, we're one family. If you apologize to me again, then I'll have nothing to do with you anymore!"
Qin Shu's blank expression finally softened because of Song Ying's words.
Peng Wen remained outside the door the whole time.
For as long as Qin Shu was lost in thought, Song Ying stayed with him, while Ling Yuehai sat slumped in the room for just as long.
At this moment, Qin Shu regained his senses and looked at Ling Yuehai with icy eyes.
“I will ask the old man about everything you said today. If I find out you haven’t uttered a single lie…”
"You don't need to do anything, Ash, I'll die on my own!"
Ling Yuehai spoke with a firm tone.
Qin Shu stared at him for a moment, then finally called out to Peng Wen.
"Sir." Peng Wen pushed open the door and came in.
"Take the person away and settle them properly, making sure no one discovers it—including the Qin family."
"Yes, sir."
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Song Ying drove the car back to the old house.
She insisted on doing so because she was worried about Qin Shu's emotional state.
They remained silent the entire way.
When they arrived at the old house, Song Ying finally couldn't help but stop the car and ask.
"A-Shu, if Grandpa really knew about what happened back then but didn't tell anyone, what will you do?"
“Every wrong has its perpetrator, and every debt its debtor. Regardless of who he fears or who he wants to protect, all I want is for the murderer to be brought to justice.”
Qin Shu's voice was wooden and cold, no longer displaying his previous wild and unrestrained manner.
He gazed silently ahead.
"I will never let the people who killed my parents get away with it."
"No matter who it is."
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The old man was pruning the flowers in the garden.
I never expected my grandson and granddaughter-in-law to come back so suddenly.
He was so happy he couldn't stop smiling.
He handed the watering can to the servant, then instructed the kitchen to prepare several more of Qin Shu and Song Ying's favorite dishes for dinner, before leading the young couple to sit in the pavilion by the pond.
"You didn't even tell me you were coming back. Ah Ying's favorite black chicken soup has to be simmered in a clay pot over low heat the night before. If you make it now, the flavor won't be nearly as good."
Normally, Song Ying would definitely act coquettishly with the old man.
But with this incident today, all her thoughts are on Qin Shu, and she has no energy left to please her elders.
He just smiled and said, "We came back today to visit you, not to go back to the old house to freeload, so it doesn't matter whether it's fresh or not."
“You’re such an honest child. You don’t know, your second aunt loves to eat bird’s nest soup with chicken broth. Every time, she has to soak and simmer it in the kitchen two days in advance. It’s much more precious than your black chicken soup.”
This was originally just a casual remark.
But soon, remembering the trouble that the second son's family and the Xu family had recently caused, the old man's expression changed.
They quickly changed their tune.
"Forget about them, let's talk about you guys. After what you did during your live broadcast in London, Wen Ruohai even came to my door, saying that I raised a good grandson, and even the Wen family got caught in my scheme, hahaha."
As he said this, the old man's smile returned.
Qin Shu has always been his pride.
Whenever the topic comes up, a smile spreads across her wrinkled face, and her overall complexion improves considerably.
"And Ah Ying, you've been working a lot lately, and I'm a little worried. If you keep working like this, you might not be able to find the time to hold your wedding at the end of the year. Oh, by the way, designer Eric is coming over in a few days. His wedding dress designs are renowned worldwide. Let him meet you then, so that the wedding dress can be finished by the end of the year."
The old man kept talking on and on.
All of this was discussed briefly when the elders of both sides met last year.
Because there was a year in between, the timeline of the plan is only approximate.
Even Song Ying herself was so busy that she forgot the time.
But the old man remembered it clearly.
They've been planning and strategizing for them all along.
In the past, Song Ying would definitely have been grateful and touched.
But at this moment, especially after hearing what Ling Yuehai said, hearing these words again filled her heart with an indescribable bitterness.
She gently took Qin Shu's hand.
If he himself felt this way, Qin Shu must have felt even worse.
After all, he was his grandfather who had raised him for many years and taught him step by step.
They are also his closest blood relatives now.
But now, no one can explain whether the kindness shown over the past decade or so was genuine pity, compensation, or perhaps even guilt...
The couple's silence finally made the old man realize that something was wrong.
He turned around and looked at the two people who had fallen behind him.
His gaze first fell on the two holding hands, then looked at Song Ying—she was looking at Qin Shu.
Finally, the old man's gaze also fell on Qin Shu.
"Ashu, what's wrong with you?"
The old man frowned.
The grandson was behaving very strangely.
"grandfather."
Qin Shu closed his eyes and spoke in a deep voice.
He gripped Song Ying's hand tighter.
After a moment of silence, he suddenly opened his eyes.
The fox's eyes were as sharp as a hawk's, yet as deep and still as a dark pool.
"I came back today to ask you again what really happened when my parents died."
The smile on the old man's face disappeared.
“You haven’t let go of this matter yet? Ash, I know that your parents’ situation is a knot in your heart, but so many years have passed, and you have now started your own family and career. Soon, you will also become a father. You should not dwell on the past; the future is the path you should take.”
Qin Shu's voice was wooden, and his eyes were cold and hard.
He stared intently at the old man and repeated it again.
"You just need to tell me the truth about what happened back then."
“I’ve told you the truth many times already, and the police have also issued a statement: A-Yue and the others were in a car accident…”
"I'm no longer the ignorant and incompetent child I once was. Is it a coincidence that you're still lying to me now?"
Qin Shu interrupted the old man's familiar speech and slowly walked forward.
"Grandpa, I saw Ling Hai."
"My father's most trusted secretary back then."
“I remember when my parents had the accident, I told you that there were three of them when they left from my aunt’s house, and Linghai was the driver.”
“But you never believed me. Not only that, you also said that only my parents were there, and that Ling Hai probably left halfway through.”
"I once believed in you too."
"But now, Ling Hai himself confessed that it was you who took him away from the scene and, together with the police, fabricated new evidence!"
“Even when he wanted revenge, you kept stopping him, and even threatened him with his family!”
"Tell me, why? Why!"
Qin Shu's eyes were bloodshot, his gaze filled with pain.
The previously wooden voice transformed into a roar at this moment.
The confusion and bewilderment that had been building up in my heart for so long burst forth in an instant.
They pressed on relentlessly.
Every sentence was a question.
-
This was the first time the grandfather and grandson had faced each other in this direction.
Grandpa Qin looked up at his grandson, who was a head taller than him.
He suddenly realized that the child who used to cling to him and wouldn't leave, and who even needed him to coax him to sleep at night, had grown so tall.
When he decided to groom Qin Shu as his successor, he had already foreseen that one day, this boy, who was even smarter than his father Qin Yue, would discover the truth of what happened back then.
Perhaps the best decision would have been to let him grow up as an mediocre rich kid.
But he still couldn't bear to let Qin Shu fade into obscurity.
This is A Yue's son.
With someone as outstanding as A Yue, his child is bound to shine as well.
This day came much earlier than the old man had expected.
The setting sun cast long shadows of the two people on the ground.
An old man and a young boy faced each other.
So close.
And it's so far away.
Qin Shu looked into the old man's deeply furrowed wrinkles and spoke again in a deep voice.
"Who exactly are you afraid of? Or are you trying to cover for someone?"
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