Chapter 909: Halfway to Death (Part 2)
Ruan Qi was so famous and popular that her accident immediately caused widespread public outrage.
In addition, the Cheng family's past affairs involved illegal activities. This was no longer a personal grudge within the wealthy family, but a criminal case.
Countless netizens tagged the imperial capital police on Weibo, and many people even called the reporting hotline directly.
Things are getting bigger and bigger.
No one in the Cheng family had expected that a media outlet would dare to post the charity dinner video online. This immediately put the entire Cheng family in the crosshairs.
Hospital, VIP ward.
The ward was silent, with only the occasional beeping of the heart rate monitor.
On the snow-white hospital bed, the slender little girl was buried in the quilt, and her exposed left hand was covered with bruises.
The bathroom door suddenly opened and Xi Jiu came out with a hot towel.
He walked to the bedside and sat down, gently grasped Ruan Qi's left hand, and put a hot towel on the back of her hand.
At this moment, someone suddenly knocked on the ward door.
Then, the door opened and Gong Qi, dressed in a white Tang suit, walked in.
"Master, the matter has been resolved. The Cheng family's actions have aroused the anger of netizens, and many people are demanding a thorough investigation of the Cheng family."
Xi Jiu didn't look up, but focused on helping the girl apply the towel, and said "hmm" lightly.
"Pay close attention to online public opinion and don't give the Cheng family a chance to retaliate. Also, send a few people to protect that influential media figure who released the video. Don't let the Cheng family take advantage of this opportunity to retaliate."
Gong Qi nodded slightly. "Everything has been arranged as you instructed. But... Master, is it really appropriate to expose Madam Ruan's family affairs to the public? Will Mr. and Mrs. Ruan be angry?"
"This is what my uncle and aunt meant." The hot towel quickly cooled. Xi Jiu picked it up and put the little girl's hand back under the quilt. "Although Liu Qiuyu died twenty years ago at the hands of Cheng Qi and Xu Qingya, there's no real evidence. Without evidence, there's no conviction. So, why not use public opinion to punish them?"
Twenty years ago, there was no surveillance in China. No one could be sure whether Liu Qiuyu fell to her death or was pushed by Xu Qingya.
But what is certain is that Xu Qingya was absolutely responsible for Liu Qiuyu's death. And although Cheng Qi was not the main culprit, he was also an accomplice who watched coldly from the sidelines.
However, due to the lack of solid evidence, the Ruan family could not identify Xu Qingya and Cheng Qi as the murderers of Liu Qiuyu.
However, if we cannot convict, there are other ways.
Times have changed. Now is the Internet age, where not only can the law convict people, but so can public opinion.
Sometimes public opinion even has a greater impact on people than the law.
So, Xi Jiu and Ruan Fengmian came up with the idea of exposing the Cheng family's past.
Xi Jiu: "Xiao Qi's crime shouldn't be in vain, and Madam Liu's death shouldn't be in vain. And the suffering Xiao Qi's parents have endured over the years can't be written off. It would be too easy for them to just let Xu Qingya and Cheng Qi face legal consequences. The best way is to discredit them and condemn them to death. Only then can the Ruan family finally achieve justice."
Gong Qi knew that Xi Jiu hated the Cheng family because of Ruan Qi, so he nodded in understanding. "I'll keep an eye on online public opinion and make sure this matter is handled properly. One more thing: the Cheng family has been clamoring to see you."
"No." Xi Jiu answered coldly without thinking.
Gong Qi: "Okay, I'll turn them down in a minute. Oh, by the way, Patriarch Zhuge Lang, the patriarch of the Zhuge family, just called and said he wants to talk to you."
Zhuge Lang is the head of the Zhuge family, a family of metaphysics, who had divined for Ruan Qi.
When Ruan Qi was abroad, a divination predicted that she would die. Xi Jiu was worried, so he asked Old Master Xi to invite Zhuge Lang out of seclusion to personally divine for Ruan Qi.
Zhuge Lang did predict the doom of death, and at the same time, he also predicted Ruan Qi's chance of survival.
He said that Ruan Qi's life lies in the dead.
At that time, Xi Jiu didn't understand what this sentence meant. But now, he vaguely understood it.
The dead people Zhuge Lang mentioned should be the children who were burned to death in the villa by Jiang Chunian ten years ago.
Ruan Qi was so traumatized by the deaths of these children that she forgot the past.
And now, thanks to these children, she has overcome her inner demons, defeated her fear of Jiang Chunian, and gained a new life.
'Life lies in the dead', this should be what it means.
But now, Xi Jiu still has a question——
Is Ruan Qi’s life-threatening situation really over?
Bai Li had previously said that if they could defeat Jiang Chunian, Ruan Qi would be halfway through her fate. What did this mean?
Does it mean that Ruan Qi will encounter danger in the future?
The more Xi Jiu thought about it, the more worried he became. He asked Gong Qi to bring his phone over and called Zhuge Lang himself.
Zhuge Lang was still awake and answered the call quickly.
Before Xi Jiu could say anything, he said bluntly: "Xiao Qi's fate has been half solved."
When Xi Jiu heard this, his heart sank.
"Her old enemies are completely dead, isn't that the end?"
"Yes, it's not over yet." Zhuge Lang sighed and said slowly, "I just read Xiaoqi's fortune again. The divination shows that she is halfway to death. But in the near future, she will face greater danger than today."
Xi Jiu's face turned cold: "Is there any solution?"
"No," Zhuge Lang replied, "but I caught a glimmer of hope, a glimmer of hope that still exists in the dead."
Upon hearing this, Xi Jiu frowned.
Is there still hope for life in the dead?
In addition to the children who were tortured to death by Jiang Chunian, who else around Ruan Qi died?
Zhuge Lang's hexagram was too abstract, and Xi Jiu couldn't figure it out after thinking about it for a long time.
He rubbed his brows irritably and asked with his phone, "Is there no other way? What can I do to help Xiao Qi?"
Zhuge Lang on the other end of the phone didn't say anything.
Xi Jiu faintly heard the sound of fortune-telling coins rolling.
After a long while, Zhuge Lang spoke again: "According to Xiao Qi's original fate, she should have died before the age of twenty. But due to some chance, she miraculously lived to this day. But although she is alive, her fate is dead. The fate of the dead cannot be predicted. I can only grasp some omens through the luck of heaven and earth, and these omens say..."
Zhuge Lang suddenly stopped talking again.
The voice of fortune-telling came from the other end of the phone again.
Xi Jiu and the others were upset, and Zhuge Lang didn't speak again until he could no longer hold back.
"The prophecy says that Xiao Qi's current fate is determined by the will of heaven and earth, and no one can predict it. If he can't survive the catastrophe, his soul will be scattered and will never be reincarnated. If he can survive, his future will be a meteoric rise, like a phoenix soaring to the sky, admired by all."
"However, if you want to survive the catastrophe, you need the blessing of heaven."
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