Chapter 43 The Moon of Yesteryear
He had clearly embarrassed himself at the donation event, and he had also expressed a cold attitude in the car earlier, so what was it that kept Ruan Xue persistently inviting him?
Xie Ning's expression was unreadable, which was not in line with Ruan Xue's personality. "I understand, Cai Huai, please deliver a message for me later."
After being turned away again, Ruan Xue threw a few things in a fit of anger, "Fujita, that Xie Qing clearly doesn't like me. I'm not going to invite her again!"
Fujita Mitsuha could only gently coax her again and again. Even if Ruan Xue didn't say anything, he didn't plan to let Ruan Xue continue to invite Xie Qing. Doing too much would be abnormal, and he also needed to have less contact with Ruan Xue to avoid being targeted by others, which would be a loss.
"Alright, Xiaoxue, since that Miss Xie is being unreasonable, let's not invite her. How about we go to the movies later tomorrow? I have to go back to work the day after tomorrow, so I might not have much time to spend with you."
Hearing Fujita Mitsuha's comforting words, Ruan Xue's anger subsided considerably, and she said reproachfully, "Then I'll come find you, and you're not allowed to refuse!"
The man chuckled softly, "Okay."
After comforting the person, Fujita Mitsuha went out under the cover of night and went straight into the river bay.
"Miss Yoshiko." Fujita Mitsuha bowed respectfully, not daring to look at the woman dressed as a man in front of her.
"How is it?"
“Miss Xie has consistently refused invitations, always travels with bodyguards, and rarely leaves the French Concession, making it difficult to find an opportunity to strike. Ruan Xue is a useless pawn.”
No one expected the Zhang family to go abroad so quickly. And the one who really had a good relationship with Xie Ning was the Zhang family, not Ruan Xue, which made it difficult to get close to them.
"No, this pawn is still useful. After all, she was Zhang Congzhi's concubine. Given the relationship between Zhang and Xie, Ruan Xue may not be worth much, but the child in her belly is."
Fujita Mitsuha was taken aback. This was to have Ruan Xue fake a pregnancy and use this news to mislead Miss Xie.
Fangzi placed her hand on her chest. If it weren't for her pocket watch blocking the force of the bullet, she would be dead by now. Afterwards, she sent people to investigate in detail, but they found no clues. Only after consulting experts did they get an impossible guess: according to the location at the time, the person who shot her should have been more than 500 meters away, which was not within the range of a rifle!
They took the bullet back to study it and said it was different from bullets today. The bullet was thinner and heavier. Fangzi immediately thought of someone: Xie Ning!
There was also the battle in Shanghai some time ago. Many of their soldiers were injured by artillery shells with longer range and greater power. A large number of soldiers died from excessive blood loss because they could not stop the bleeding. After investigation, it was finally found that the problem was with the bullets. If this is really Xie Ning's latest weapon, then she must capture Xie Ning!
Leaving someone like that in China would be absolutely detrimental! Only by getting Xie Ning can she make amends for her mistakes.
The people keeping watch on the other side noticed Ruan Xue associating with a Japanese doctor. They looked at each other in surprise and quickly ran to tell Liu Ping. Ruan Yuan, who was next to Liu Ping, naturally found out as well.
"Wife, what do you say?"
Ruan Yuan was no longer feeling anything. "Mr. Xie's decision must have its reasons. If Ruan Xuezhen has any problems at that time, you should plead for her and bring her back."
Even if it's necessary to take action, it has to be done by our own people.
The two were unaware that "Mr. Xie" had gone abroad, and that "Ms. Xie" was the one who remained in China.
Liu Ping stroked Ruan Yuan's belly and said with a smile, "Wife, don't think too much. Taking good care of your health is the most important thing. You're carrying two babies now."
Ruan Yuan absentmindedly hummed in agreement. Seeing that the sun had risen outside, she went to the kitchen, made a basket of pancakes, and took them to her original home.
Compared to its previous cleanliness and tidiness, the house was now filthy and filled with the strong smell of smoke. Ruan Yuan slammed the basket she was carrying heavily on the table. "Dad, didn't I tell you not to smoke opium? It's no good!"
Mr. Ruan ignored Ruan Yuan, only blowing smoke rings as he slumped onto the bed. After a long silence between father and daughter, Mr. Ruan finally said, "Didn't I tell you not to come back?"
"If I hadn't come, would you have just rotted to death in the house?" Ruan Yuan said as she tidied up.
A figure staggered over and knocked the bowl and chopsticks out of Ruan Yuan's hands. "What are you cleaning up? This is what your mother should be doing! Your mother is gone, so let it stink."
Ruan Yuan's eyes instantly reddened. "You're still blaming me? She wanted me dead! I was just giving her a taste of her own medicine! Isn't that fair?"
"What fairness are you talking about with your mother? Even if she didn't give birth to you, she still raised you for twenty years. What clothes you wear weren't sewn by her? What food you eat weren't made by her?" In his rage, Mr. Ruan overturned the table again, and the still-steaming hot pancakes fell all over the floor.
Ruan Yuan sneered and stopped pretending to be obedient. She went straight for the attack and retorted, "Yes, she provided me with food and clothing. She didn't give birth to me but raised me. But what I wear is not a piece of clothing that Ruan Xue has discarded? I am tall and not as petite as Ruan Xue, so I took apart old clothes and patched them with cloth."
You mean food? I've been eating nothing but pickled vegetables and porridge since I was a child. The porridge was so thin you could see the bottom of the bowl. The mother and daughter hid away to eat meat and white rice. I didn't blame anyone. I know I was an adopted child. In this world where people are cheaper than grass, it's already a blessing to be alive.
When Ruan Xue went to school, I didn't aspire to be like her. I went out to work early to earn money to support my family. Two years ago, she became seriously ill, and I risked everything by selling my body to pay for her treatment, just to repay her kindness in raising me. I didn't care about any advice from others, but she shouldn't have taken my life!
I told you I wanted to marry Liu Ping and settle down with him, and you agreed.
As a result, she took advantage of your absence at sea to trick me into going to the Qin family to be buried alive with them, to be married off to the Qin family's youngest son who had died! Buried alive, my father! If it weren't for a benefactor who rescued me, I would be lying underground now, rotting and decaying!
Am I supposed to die? Is the baby in my womb supposed to die? This world is terrible, I just want to live, is that wrong?
I crawled out of that cannibalistic den. I wouldn't have used such methods on my family before, but since she's so heartless, don't blame me for being ruthless. By the way, you should know that my own mother begged you to take me in back then, and she paid money—her life savings, enough for me to grow up without worrying about food or clothing. But you should know how I've fared. Don't you feel any guilt?"
Mr. Ruan looked dejected. "You knew everything?"
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