Chapter 280 Even in this messed-up world, there's always a glimmer of hope.
Fang Ke read through all the information Fang Yiling sent him, page by page, and the more he read, the colder he became.
Fang Ke said, "Yan Nuo, do you remember what special characteristics your mother had when you were little, the one who would hold you while you slept and bake you cakes?"
Yan Nuo gritted his teeth and remained silent, seemingly trying to recall something, but this memory was too distant and something he deliberately didn't want to remember.
Fang Ke continued, "For example, does she have a small birthmark on her neck?"
Yan Nuo's pupils contracted, and the image of him clinging to his mother's neck and acting spoiled when he was a child immediately flashed into his mind.
He still remembers that his mother had a pink stain on her neck, but she just smiled and said that she had gotten it dirty herself and would wash it off in a little while.
Fang Ke brought out photos of the two people. The first photo was of Ouyang Yue when she was young. Even back then, her features were quite sharp, and her neck was fair and flawless.
Fang Ke flipped to the second photo. The person in the second photo looked exactly like Ouyang Yue, but her features were much gentler and her eyes looked very lively. However, she had a cherry blossom-like birthmark on her neck.
Yan Nuo stared at the person on Fang Ke's phone, completely stunned.
This is clearly... clearly... his mother from his childhood memories.
At this moment, Yan Nuo was on the verge of going mad. He knelt on the ground and roared, "Yan Zhengfeng and Ouyang Yue! What have you two done?!"
Yan Zhengfeng stared blankly at the photo in Fang Ke's hand, a disgusting look of fascination and nostalgia in his eyes. "How did you get this photo..."
But unexpectedly, the first to go mad was Ouyang Yue. Perhaps this woman had been insane for a long time. She stood up unsteadily, pointed at everyone in the room, and laughed loudly, "Looking for Ouyang Jing? Hahahaha... Go look for her in hell... She's long dead!"
"What nonsense are you talking about!" Yan Zhengfeng struggled to stop her; wasn't this just deliberately exposing himself?
"You all keep saying that Ouyang Jing is smarter than me, more understanding, more sensible, and has a brighter future, and will marry into a better family... Hahahaha!" Ouyang Yue laughed maniacally. "Unfortunately, I still won. For so many years, she could only be chained up in the basement, living like a female animal... Hahahaha, who really won!"
"Ouyang Yue! You're fucking insane!"
"Yan Zhengfeng, it's all your fault, you beast! You ruined my life, you ruined my sister's life, you destroyed us! How dare you still be alive? Go to hell!"
"Ouyang Yue!"
"And that little beast Yan Nuo, he shouldn't have been born in the first place. I'll cleanse his filthy, sinful bloodline today! I'll send you all on your way, so your families can reunite with Ouyang Jing in the underworld! If you love her so much, go and apologize to her!"
"Rest assured, everything in the Yan family will be properly inherited by my eldest and second sons. You can go in peace!"
Yan Shang and Yan Qiao were also frightened, and they knelt down anxiously, crying and shouting, "Mom! Calm down!"
Ouyang Yue couldn't hear her. After speaking, she picked up the fruit knife on the ground, raised the gleaming blade, and stabbed it fiercely at Yan Nuo and Yan Zhengfeng.
Fang Ke whipped her three meters away, knocking Ouyang Yue unconscious.
Fang Ke really didn't want to get entangled with this disgusting family anymore. The air here made her feel murky, and she really wanted to burn it all down.
"Yan Nuo, there's a secret passage in your father's study that leads to the back mountain. I reckon that's where your mother... Ouyang Jing, is being held. Do you want to go take a look?"
Yan Nuo looked at her in shock and confusion, "How...how did you know?"
Fang Ke pursed her lips and said, "I saw it on the security camera in your dad's study."
"How is that possible!"
Yan Zhengfeng's face was completely bloodless. Wave after wave of attacks had left him exhausted, but he was powerless to reverse the situation and had no way to stop them.
Who on earth did he offend? His eyes were filled with terror as he looked at Fang Ke.
"When did you check the security footage from my study... and I've already deleted it..."
He coughed violently, even coughing up blood, but no one paid any attention.
"You think you can dig up your ancestral graves for anything connected to the internet? What's so special about that?"
Little B agreed with Fang Ke's idea, "Boss, let's finish this quickly and leave. I really don't want to stay here anymore, it's disgusting! What's the difference between this and being trafficked to the mountains and imprisoned to give birth?"
"This Madam Yan is just putting on an act, trying to clean up her sins. She's the most vicious one. If she had just stopped her husband's wicked behavior and released her sister, things wouldn't have come to this."
"Based on all the crime novels I've read, I'm certain that it was Ouyang Yue who lured her sister to her home! It was a completely familiar crime. You might call her an accomplice, but she was actually one of the masterminds. That kind of person is the most terrifying."
Fang Ke let Xiao Yichen and Fang Yefan guard these people in the hall, while she accompanied Yan Nuo to the other end of the secret passage to take a look. Regardless of whether Ouyang Jing was still alive or not, it would be a result.
Zhao Qi insisted on going, so Fang Ke included him in the list.
Xiao Yichen and Fang Yefan, these two young masters, had probably never seen such filthy and disgusting things happening in wealthy families before. They felt as if they had swallowed flies and really didn't want to go to the back mountain with them.
Fang Ke instructed Xiao Wu to tie up the masterminds from the Yan family, as well as the fat man, and wait for her to return before disposing of them.
By comparing the surveillance video, they found the entrance to the study and followed it down the stairs.
The tunnel was covered in cobwebs and dust, indicating that no one had been there for a long time.
Yan Nuo walked along like a walking corpse until they finally found a doorway in the darkness, but Yan Nuo had the urge to turn back.
He covered his eyes, took two steps back, and leaned against the wall, finally breaking down in tears.
"Why me?"
Why are you doing this to me?
Why can't I even see you one more time?
He believed Ouyang Yue's words and thought that there was probably only a skeleton left in the house.
Why is God so cruel to him?
Fang Ke pursed his lips and remained silent, giving Zhao Qi a look. Zhao Qi then stepped forward, sighed, and patted him on the shoulder.
Unlike the other two, Fang Ke could sense, though very faintly, the presence of living beings in this secret room.
Fang Ke ripped off the chain and opened the door. The blast of dust made her cover her mouth and nose, but when the dust cleared, she was surprised by what she saw inside.
It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that this secret room was specially built by Yan Zhengfeng as a canary cage.
This place looks very luxurious, with many gold and jade ornaments. At a glance, it seems to have everything you could want.
Fang Ke couldn't help but wonder if this was the underground vault that the Yan family used to store gold and silver jewelry, which Yan Zhengfeng had modified to hide people.
No wonder the Yan family's fortunes plummeted. I wonder if the old master of the Yan family would be furious if he knew.
Only after lifting the layers of gauze could one see the woman lying on the bed, her face as pale as snow, on the verge of death.
She stepped forward with delight, feeling grateful that the world wasn't so terrible after all, and that it still offered a glimmer of hope.
[Congratulations, host! You have unlocked Yan Nuo's backstory and completed all hidden storylines. Yan Nuo's hidden progress is now 5/5, all explorations are complete. Rewards are now being distributed.]
[Congratulations, host, you have gained 300 points of favorability with Yan Nuo and one rule skill. The rule skill has been added to your inventory. Please learn it later according to the instructions.]
Fang Ke knew that the main system could hear her, so she called out, "Wait."
"What do I need these 300 points of favorability for? Can I exchange them for something else useful?"
[Host, what do you mean?]
"Isn't grapefruit water supposed to cure all diseases? If Yan Nuo's mother dies, he might even want to commit suicide. You don't want all this effort to be wasted in the end, do you?"
Please wait.
[Reward changed: Grapefruit Juice*1, please check.]
Little B was stunned: "You can do that??"
Where did his former meticulous, ruthless, impartial, and uncompromising boss go?
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