The email contained a video Bai Ruiting recorded before his death. His face was deathly pale, his eyes filled with despair, yet he still tried to force a smile.
But before she could manage a smile, tears welled up in her eyes.
For the first time, this gentle man broke down in tears, his voice choked and hoarse: "Han Chen, I'm sorry, by the time you receive this email, I will already be gone."
"Bai Shuze has done too many cruel things, none of which are related to me, but I can't stay out of it."
"I have no face to face you, nor do I have the face to face Qingyun."
"I chose to die because I pushed Bai Shuze off the building. Although I didn't push him on purpose, I deliberately watched him die without helping him."
"When Bai Shuze died in front of me, I wondered how cold-blooded and ruthless I must be to watch my own father die in front of me? What terrible things would I do in the future? I'm not sure."
"I hesitated for only a moment before deciding to end my own life. Even if I lived, I would have to pay for Bai Shuze's life, so I might as well end it myself."
"Han Chen, aside from the DNA issue, I have never betrayed you. I have always considered you, Shen Luo, and Lu Chuan as my best friends. If there is an afterlife, I hope you will not hate me and can still be my friend."
“I hope you can take good care of my mother for the sake of our past friendship. Her life has been too hard. It’s good that she’s gone mad, but I’m always worried that someone will bully her. So please take good care of her and let her stay mad until the last moment of her life.”
"I'm about to die, and I feel like I have so much to say, but when it comes time to actually say it, I don't know what to say."
"That's enough. If we talk for too long, I'm afraid I'll still have feelings for you all and won't want to die."
"Goodbye, my good brothers..."
The scene abruptly ends there.
In the hospital late at night, three men wept uncontrollably.
Shen Luo slammed his fist against the wall, roaring hoarsely, "Bai Ruiting, you coward!"
Lu Chuan leaned forward slightly, his head against the wall, tears streaming down his face. "Why didn't you discuss it with us?! Bai Shuze deserved what he got, but what about you?! You're still young, you're a doctor, you've saved one life after another, you always said life is more important than anything, but you gave up on life so easily."
"Bai Ruiting, you liar! You said you considered us your best brothers, but why didn't you consult us when something like this happened?!"
"Liar! Liar! In my next life, I'll pretend I don't know you and never be your brother again!"
Ji Hanchen stood frozen in place, his hands clenched into fists, his face filled with grief, his heart churning with a torrent of emotions.
Shen Luo was right, Bai Ruiting is a coward!
Lu Chuan was right; Bai Ruiting was a liar. Why didn't he discuss things with them, who valued them the most? Why did he choose death so easily?!
My heart is hurting so much!
He has lost so much during this period, first his father, and now his best brother.
In the near future, he will also lose his aunt, who supported him throughout his childhood and whom he regarded as a mother.
**
The ward in early summer was also shrouded in a suffocating gloom.
She was much calmer than she had imagined when she learned that her child was gone.
But when she met Xu Qingyun and Huo Yan's worried eyes, the pent-up grievances and pain in her heart erupted like a volcano, consuming her fiercely.
"Sister." Xu Qingyun choked up as she hugged Xia Chu.
With red eyes, Huo Yan hugged both women tightly. "Don't cry, don't cry. The three of us siblings have finally reunited. We shouldn't cry, we should laugh."
But who can laugh?
That video was like a sharp knife, cutting into the flesh of the three people's hearts.
Xia Chu was the last to know the truth, and the shock she experienced was unimaginable to others.
She never dreamed that Liu Jing was not her biological mother, but her enemy!
Thinking of the suffering her mother had endured, she hated herself for not knowing the truth sooner, for not avenging her mother, and was still heartbroken over Liu Jing's death. With great distress, she changed Liu Jing's burial clothes and prepared for the funeral.
Thinking about the indifference she had suffered over the years, she felt sorry for herself.
Thankfully, she found her sister and brother; these were her true family.
From now on, she will no longer be someone who has family but no one loves her.
Qin Shuang felt sad as she watched them cry together.
She took a pack of tissues and slung it in front of the three siblings, her voice trembling as she reminded them, "Chuchu just had a miscarriage, don't cry too much, it'll hurt your health."
Huo Yan immediately released his older and younger sisters and said in a hoarse voice, "Yes, we can't cry anymore. We need to think about what to do next."
Upon hearing this, a murderous glint immediately flashed in Xu Qingyun's eyes: "We can't let Ji Yaxuan go!"
Huo Yan gritted his teeth: "Of course we can't let her go. She has to pay for everything she did! Don't worry about Dad. He wants to kill Ji Yaxuan more than any of us. The troublesome one is Grandpa!"
"Ji Yaxuan is good at pretending. Grandpa is completely fooled by her. If something happens to Ji Yaxuan, Grandpa will definitely not stand idly by!"
Xia Chu asked, "Even though she did so many things that hurt her mother?"
Huo Yan sneered, "It was because he disagreed with his parents being together and agreed to the marriage alliance with the Ji family that Ji Yaxuan was given the opportunity to do those things."
"The old man is stubborn and won't admit that he was wrong back then."
"But we can't deny him as a person because of this. Grandpa is a kind person and doesn't know what Mom and the three of us went through, so I don't want anything to happen to Grandpa."
"The old man is almost eighty; he can't handle any more shocks."
Neither the older nor younger sister grew up in the Huo family, so they naturally had little affection for their grandfather, but Huo Yan was different.
He was spoiled from a young age. Ji Yaxuan didn't dare to touch him, firstly because no one knew he was Ye Jianjia's son, and secondly because she needed to please her grandfather.
Grandpa is the head of the Huo family. If Ji Yaxuan wants to gain a foothold in the Huo family, she needs to get Grandpa's approval. If Grandpa dotes on her, Ji Yaxuan won't dare to mess with him!
This is why Ji Yaxuan tried so hard to spoil him, because only if his grandfather was completely disappointed in him, and he died or disappeared, would his grandfather not pursue the matter!
This is exactly the result Ji Yaxuan wanted!
The three siblings fell silent.
Ji Yaxuan is indeed a bit tricky.
Just then, Ji Yaxuan called.
Huo Yan sneered and pointed the screen at Xu Qingyun and Xia Chu, "See? Speak of the devil and he appears."
The note on the screen read "Little Fairy Ji". Ji Yaxuan thought he was being mischievous, but actually he just found it disgusting!
Not calling someone "Mom" to their face would arouse Ji Yaxuan's suspicion, but in the memo, Ji Yaxuan was not worthy of the word "Mom".
He answered the phone and asked with a smile, "Mom, did you miss me?"
Ji Yaxuan chuckled, "You're like a child who never grows up, asking me for something."
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