Chapter 567 Twenty Years Ago (Part 1)
The second son Cheng Boyan did not die of his mother's illness due to excessive longing for her, but Cheng Qi agreed to Xu Qingya's request in order to establish a relationship with Organization X.
Of course, Cheng Qi wasn't stupid enough to kill his son himself. He simply acquiesced to Xu Qingya sending members of Organization X to hunt down Cheng Boyan.
And his original wife Liu Qiuyu did not commit suicide by jumping off a building.
"Grandma was pushed off the building by Xu Qingya." Ruan Qi finally revealed the truth that the Cheng family had deliberately concealed. "As long as Grandma lives, Xu Qingya will always be the mistress. She hated Grandma to the core, so she chose the most vicious method and pushed her off the 30th floor in front of Cheng Qi."
Although Liu Qiuyu had long lost her feelings for Cheng Qi, how desperate must it be for her husband, with whom she had lived for many years, to watch her die for a woman?
And as the son of Liu Qiuyu and Cheng Qi, how painful would Ruan Fengmian be when he knew that his father had killed his mother for the mistress?
Ruan Qi will always remember the crying she heard outside her parents' bedroom door when she was a child.
At that time, she didn't understand why her father, who was always gentle and smiling, would cry. But when she grew up, she understood.
It was a son's longing and guilt for his deceased mother.
He missed his mother and felt guilty for not being able to save her in time.
From then on, Ruan Qi hated Cheng Qi and the Cheng family.
"After my grandmother jumped to her death, Mom and Dad thought she didn't commit suicide, so they secretly investigated. But as soon as they found out the truth, Xu Qingya attacked them. She bribed the chef at the other courtyard and poisoned Mom and Dad's food. She wanted to poison them, but failed. Mom and Dad were saved by Cheng Jinyan."
Hearing this name, Xi Jiu's eyebrows twitched slightly, "Cheng Jinyan?"
"Yeah." Ruan Qi nodded. "Although Cheng Jinyan is Cheng Bosong's son, he has been abused by his parents since he was a child. My parents couldn't stand it and often helped him secretly. Compared to Cheng Bosong and his wife, my parents are more like Cheng Jinyan's biological parents."
Xi Jiu didn't expect that Cheng Jinyan and the Ruan couple had such a past.
He was a little surprised, but when he thought about Cheng Jinyan's style of doing things, he felt that it was reasonable.
Although Cheng Jinyan's methods were cruel, he had never done anything truly harmful to the world. The old man of the Xi family had praised Cheng Jinyan before, saying that he was the only good seedling among the Cheng family's ragtag pile.
It turned out that he was taught by Ruan Fengmian and Yang Liu.
"On the day Liu Qiuyu poisoned Mom and Dad, Cheng Jinyan happened to be visiting the villa. He hid under the kitchen window and heard Xu Qingya and the chef plotting. So, Cheng Jinyan told Mom and Dad about it."
Ruan Fengmian and Yang Liu had just found out the truth about Liu Qiuyu's death when Xu Qingya threatened to poison them. Ruan Fengmian and Yang Liu knew they could no longer stay at the Cheng family.
They took Ruan Munan, who was only eight years old at the time, and prepared to escape overnight.
"Dad also wanted to take Cheng Jinyan away at that time, but Cheng Jinyan refused. Dad also knew that escaping this time would be a life-or-death experience. Instead of following him, Cheng Jinyan might as well stay in the Cheng family. Although the Cheng family is not good, at least he can save his life."
Ruan Fengmian's decision was right.
Not long after their family escaped, members of Organization X pursued them. Ruan Fengmian was shot multiple times while trying to protect his wife and child. Had it not been for the pregnant Yang Liu, risking a miscarriage and carrying him deep into the mountains, Ruan Fengmian might have been killed by Organization X.
But the Ruan couple who fled into the mountains also fell into despair.
Ruan Fengmian's gunshot wounds were severe, with several bullets lodged in his heart, putting him in imminent danger. Ruan Munan, then only eight years old, was also struck by two bullets. While not fatal, his young age and the shock he suffered caused him to faint.
In this way, Yang Liu, who was only four months pregnant, dragged her husband and held her son in her arms and walked in the mountains for a whole night.
At dawn the next day, when Yang Liu had no more strength left and was almost in despair, she finally met someone—
"Mom met my grandma."
She was not Ruan Qi’s biological grandmother, but Old Lady Ruan who lived in Qingyun Village.
Qingyun Village is nestled against a mountain where many wild mushrooms grow. Grandma Ruan had gotten up early that day to pick mushrooms to sell in the city.
But I didn't expect to run into a family of three covered in blood.
Having lived in the countryside all her life, Grandma Ruan had never seen such a bloody scene before, and her face turned pale with fear. But when Yang Liu, with her last breath, begged her for help, the terrified Grandma Ruan hesitated for only two seconds before agreeing to Yang Liu's request.
Grandma Ruan called Grandpa Ruan, and the elderly couple, who were nearly 50 years old, groped in the dark and carried the bloody family of three back home.
Then, Grandma Ruan knocked on the door of the neighboring house and threatened to not cook for them, forcing Nie Beilou, who had been living in seclusion at the time, to rescue the people.
From then on, the story of the Ruan family slowly unfolded.
There is no Cheng Boyan and Lin Yan in this world anymore, only Ruan Fengmian and Yang Liu, the daughter-in-law of the Ruan family from Qingyun Village.
Later, Yang Liu kept the baby in her belly, and a few months later, she gave birth to a chubby little girl.
Nie Beilou, under the pretext that 'this girl and I are destined to be together', accepted the little girl as his apprentice before she was even a month old. Furthermore, he personally named the little girl 'Ruan Qi'.
The character "Nan" in "Qi" and "Ruan Munan" both have the character "木" on the side, implying prosperity and endless vitality.
"If it weren't for my grandparents and master, my parents would have died long ago and I wouldn't have been born." When talking about these things, Ruan Qi's eyes turned a little red.
She pulled up the corners of her mouth and smiled, speaking with a nasal voice, "Later, it was with Master's help that we cleared Mom and Dad's whereabouts, allowing them to live peacefully in Qingyun Village for twenty years. But Jiujiu, those people from Organization X still haven't given up. They must see Mom and Dad's bodies."
The little girl wiped her eyes, her circles red, but her tone was icy. "I don't want Mom and Dad to hide their identities anymore. They've done nothing wrong, so why are they hiding? And my grandmother, I want her revenge too! Cheng Qi and Xu Qingya, they must pay!"
Ruan Qi finally told the truth of twenty years ago.
When Xi Jiu heard this, his heart felt like it was being sharpened by a blunt knife and it hurt terribly.
He wrapped his arms around her tightly.
"Baby," he whispered, his tone soothing, "I will avenge your uncle and aunt together with you. I will make the Cheng family pay the price."
Ruan Qi didn't say anything, but leaned her body against his arms.
The two of them sat quietly for a while, and after Ruan Qi calmed down, they continued to read the confession from Organization X.
The confession stated that Organization X had long been collaborating with the Cheng family, a major Chinese poison sect. Xu Qingya, the wife of the Cheng family's head, was a core member of Organization X.
Their collaborative project is——
"Developing drugs that can push the limits of the human body?"
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