Chapter 81 Past Events
He was silent for a moment, "I'm sorry, Mengmeng, it was wrong of me to do these things without your consent, but I also have my reasons.
When I was nineteen years old, my cousin and I went to a friend's party in a neighboring city. On a remote road, we saw a young woman being beaten and insulted by two men.
At that time, I was full of hot-bloodedness, so I naturally stopped the car to stop them. My cousin and I beat the two men away.
Then we wanted to call the police, but the woman begged us not to, saying that she was from a nearby village and that in her village, if a woman was insulted, she would be looked down upon by the whole village. I agreed out of pity.
The woman said she was afraid to go back alone and asked us to take her back, and I agreed.
After sending her home, the woman said that according to the custom of their village, the benefactor must drink a cup of sugar water when visiting, and asked us to go in and drink a cup of water before leaving. My cousin didn't want to go, but I felt soft-hearted and couldn't resist her pleading, so I agreed.
I didn't expect this was a trap. She put drugs in the water and her target was me. She wanted to use me to extort 20 million from my father.
When I woke up, I saw the two men who had beaten her were there, one was her husband and the other was her brother.
Her husband used to be a security guard in my father's company, but was fired for drinking and fighting.
He had met me before, so he came up with this idea to take revenge on my dad and make a lot of money at the same time.
He and that woman's brother hit it off right away and planned to kidnap me. My cousin was purely implicated because of me.
My father paid the ransom and the two men were going to let us go. But the woman said that we had seen their faces and would definitely call the police if we let them go. She persuaded the two men.
They brought my cousin and I to the edge of the cliff, and when they were about to push me down, my cousin suddenly pushed me away and pulled them both down the cliff together. That's how I survived.
Later, my cousin and the two men died, and the woman was arrested by the police. I heard she was sentenced to fifteen years."
His tone was calm, and it sounded like he was telling someone else's story, without any emotion.
But his clenched fists were shaking slightly. I felt a little regretful for letting him talk about the past. Every time he recalled such an experience, it would be painful.
I gently held his hand and leaned into his arms, "It's all in the past, don't think about it anymore."
"So later on, whenever anyone approached me, regardless of gender, I would first investigate their family background. I also developed the habit of taking the lead in everything. This was probably a self-preservation instinct."
His words made me feel relieved. For someone who has experienced life and death, it is not surprising that he would behave like this.
I was about to hug him when my phone rang. It was Huang Tianyi. "Mengmeng, you didn't go home today?"
"Yeah, I have something to do today, I'll leave tomorrow."
"Oh, I saw the lights were on in your house, and I thought you forgot to turn them off. We're going out to eat now, do you want to come with us?"
"No, I've eaten. You guys go by yourselves." I hurriedly refused.
"Come together, I'll be at your door." As soon as he finished speaking, the doorbell rang.
I looked at Xiao Shiqiu helplessly, and saw that he was sitting there openly, with no intention of hiding at all, so I had to bite the bullet and open the door.
Huang Tianyi and Tang Yi stood at the door hand in hand. Tang Yi saw Xiao Shiqiu at a glance. He had an expression of 'as expected' and said, "Good evening, cousin."
"Cousin?" Huang Tianyi and I stared at him with wide eyes.
"Yeah, didn't I mention it?" Tang Yi looked innocent.
Xiao Shiqiu came over and said, "Ayi is my aunt's son."
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