"Cheng Xi usually used up all her salary to support her family. How could she have any money left? So when she was desperate, she chose to sell blood on the black market. As a result, she contracted a disease, which continued to spread and eventually turned into cancer."
I was shocked. I have seen many families that favor boys over girls in TV dramas, but I never dared to imagine that there are actually parents who don't love their children at all.
They are obviously both children of the Cheng family, but Cheng's parents are using their daughter's life in exchange for their son's legs.
When Cheng's parents used the money earned from Cheng Xi's blood selling to treat Cheng Yu's illness, didn't they feel guilty?
My nose felt sore and I felt a little sorry for Cheng Xi.
After Lu Zhiyuan finished telling Cheng Xi's experience, he also sighed heavily.
After calming down, Lu Zhiyuan continued, "I asked the neighbors of the Cheng family, and they said that after Cheng Xi passed away, Cheng Yu suddenly had enough money to open a farmers' market. I heard that Cheng Xi had bought insurance before, and after she died of illness, the insurance company paid out a large sum of money. The money was then divided among the family, and Cheng Yu also had the capital to start a business."
I frowned. "The money Cheng Yu used to open the shop was from Cheng Xi's insurance deposit?" I looked up at Lu Zhiyuan. "Do you believe that?"
Lu Zhiyuan looked at me meaningfully: "Do you think the neighbor is lying?"
I shook my head. "Neighbors are just neighbors. They can't possibly know everything about the Cheng family. I just think it's unreasonable."
"Why is it unreasonable?" Lu Zhiyuan asked me.
"Think about it, with Cheng Xi's education and family background, and more than 20 years ago, how could she be willing to spend the insurance money? Besides, the entire Cheng family depends on Cheng Xi for support. With Cheng's parents' vampire personalities, how could they possibly leave the insurance money for Cheng Xi?"
Lu Zhiyuan raised his lips and smiled, seeming to agree with my guess.
He said: "So I specifically asked someone to check with major insurance companies, and Cheng Xi has never bought any insurance."
A flash of inspiration struck me, "In other words, this so-called 'bailment' is actually the 'reward' that someone got when they instructed Cheng Xi to take me away!"
Lu Zhiyuan gave me an approving look: "Smart."
Thinking about it this way, everything becomes clearer.
Tang Jun is the illegitimate daughter of Tang Tianxiang and Cai Ya. In order to let Tang Jun return to the Tang family openly, Cai Ya bribed the nanny Cheng Xi and instructed her to take me away and abandon me.
Cheng Xi was under pressure from her family. She was suffering from cancer and needed money for treatment. She also needed money to support her parents who favored boys over girls, so she obeyed Cai Ya's instructions.
But she did not abandon me. Instead, she gave me to the Lan family to raise. Do the Lan family's parents know what she did?
I would rather believe that Lan’s parents are unaware of this, otherwise they are participating in human trafficking with Cai Ya.
I looked up to ask about the Lan family, but saw Lu Zhiyuan frowning, closing his eyes, and rubbing his temples.
Looking at his tired appearance and deep dark circles under his eyes, I suddenly realized something.
Lu Zhiyuan and I only found out that Cheng Xi has a younger brother after meeting Uncle Feng yesterday.
And Lu Zhiyuan was with me the whole time yesterday. How on earth did he manage to come up with all this clear background information overnight?
I looked at Lu Zhiyuan suspiciously, and when he opened his eyes, his gaze met mine.
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