Chapter 141 I will talk to the old man
When Aunt Hong heard this sudden remark, she was so frightened that her hands began to tremble, and the fruit plate fell to the ground. She looked at Xu Ge in surprise.
Xu Ge looked calm. He stood up, walked over, and slowly squatted down to help her pick up the scattered fruits on the ground.
Aunt Hong's heart started pounding, and then she became nervous and uneasy, not knowing where to put her hands.
"Xiao, Xiaoge, what are you talking about all of a sudden?"
Xu Ge slowly stood up and curled his lips slightly, "Is it sudden? Or do you really not understand? Then why would you react like this? What are you afraid of?"
Aunt Hong's expression suddenly became nervous, and she didn't dare to look her in the eye.
"I really don't understand what you are saying..."
"Does Grandpa know that you have a daughter?"
Aunt Hong's expression suddenly changed. She turned around and looked at her with a look of shock and disbelief.
"You, how did you know?"
"Is this kind of thing difficult to find out? If someone doesn't know about it, it's probably because no one would suspect such a thing would happen. Or do you think you really concealed it very well and there are no clues?"
The reason why this matter was not known to other people in the Zhou family was simply because no one would have thought that Aunt Hong, who had served the Zhou family all her life, had already given birth to a daughter.
Aunt Hong widened her eyes slightly, "You, what do you want to do?"
Xu Ge looked at her calmly and indifferently. "Don't you know what I want to do? It's so simple. I want the truth of the matter."
Aunt Hong's expression changed rapidly, and she finally closed her eyes. "I still don't understand what you are talking about..."
Xu Ge smiled lightly, shook his head slightly, took out his cell phone and showed it to her.
"Please take a look at these first."
Aunt Hong looked at her mobile phone, which contained the message of her daughter who was studying abroad. This completely overwhelmed Aunt Hong.
His face turned pale, and he looked at her palely, "You, you..."
Xu Ge put away his phone and smiled faintly, "As long as you tell me the truth, your daughter will be fine."
After that, she added pointedly, "You may not be familiar with the current customs abroad, but I do know that in a foreign country, all sorts of accidents can happen, and it's difficult to protect your rights. After all, there's a saying that goes, 'Distant water can't quench near thirst.'"
Aunt Hong couldn't pretend not to know about such an obvious threat. She grabbed her arm and begged.
"Xiaoge, Aunt Hong begs you, don't touch her, don't hurt her."
Xu Ge didn't wave her away, but nodded decisively, "Of course, as long as you tell me why you did this in the first place?"
Aunt Hong's eyes flickered, "I, I..."
"For money. To be more precise, for your daughter's study abroad expenses, right?"
Aunt Hong's expression faded, but she finally nodded, her eyes slightly red.
"Yes, I am sorry for you, I am sorry for you, but this matter has nothing to do with my daughter. Please don't involve her, okay? I can do whatever you want. Aunt Hong, please, for the sake of me taking care of you for so many years, please, okay?"
Xu Ge looked at her regretful and painful expression calmly, "Didn't you ever think about what I would have to face after you did something like this?"
Aunt Hong trembled all over, "Xiao Ge..."
"You said you wanted me to do this for the sake of our past friendship. What about you? You watched me grow up. When you drugged my wine, did you ever think about our past friendship?"
Aunt Hong shook her head and took two steps back.
"You know very well what I did back then. Don't you feel any guilt at all?"
Aunt Hong covered her mouth and shook her head, "Of course I feel guilty, I just, just..."
"But compared to your daughter, she is of course more important. After all, I'm just an orphan with no one to rely on, right?"
Aunt Hong slowly fell to the ground, covering her face and crying silently, only shaking her head occasionally.
Xu Ge looked down at her, slowly squatted down, and said calmly.
"Did Grandpa know about this?"
Aunt Hong suddenly looked up at her, "You, why do you ask that?"
Xu Ge frowned slightly and stared at her closely, as if trying to see through whether she was telling the truth or not.
"So, Grandpa didn't know about it back then?"
Aunt Hong shook her head and said, "Of course the old man doesn't know."
Xu Ge looked at her for a long time before standing up. "Then if I ask you to go and admit in person to Grandpa that you were the one who drugged us, can you do it?"
As expected, Aunt Hong froze, her face turned pale and bloodless, and she shook her head in horror.
"No, no, I can't let the old man know about this, absolutely not..."
At this point, Aunt Hong suddenly knelt down and said, "Xiao Ge, Aunt Hong begs you, except for this matter, you can ask me to do anything you want. I have lived in the Zhou family all my life and have long regarded it as my home. If the old man knew what happened back then, he would definitely make me leave. Aunt Hong begs you..."
Xu Ge frowned slightly, avoided her kneeling plea, and spoke in a calm but cold tone.
"But I came back to find out the truth about this matter, Aunt Hong. You don't know what I went through because of that incident four years ago. So I'm sorry, I can't forgive you. Either you go and admit to Grandpa in person that it was Chen Ru who bribed you to put drugs in my and my uncle's wine, or I will...
Tell this to Grandpa and Uncle in person."
After saying that, Xu Ge seemed to have thought of something and added: "Don't think that I won't be able to find evidence after a long time."
Hearing this, Aunt Hong suddenly looked up at her, a flash of fear in her eyes, and she even held her breath, staring at her closely.
Xu Ge felt something was amiss with her, but he still said, "I found out that the money Chen Ru gave you back then wasn't deposited directly into your account, but into your daughter's overseas account. Although it's a little harder to trace, the flow of such a large amount of funds, and such an unusual flow of funds, is too conspicuous. As long as I can prove that you are mother and daughter, this will be the most powerful evidence."
Upon hearing this, Aunt Hong collapsed to the floor, her face filled with dejection and despair.
Xu Ge began slowly, "I can give you time, but not too long. If you can't speak, I will come to help you."
She turned around and said, "If you want to leave now, you can leave right away."
Aunt Hong looked at her leaving back and couldn't help but cover her face. Her old face was full of complexity and guilt.
Xu Ge originally thought that Aunt Hong would not want to stay even for a minute, but when she saw a table full of her favorite dishes, she did not move for a long time.
Aunt Hong came out of the kitchen and gave her a kind smile when she saw her.
"Come, wash your hands and eat. All your favorite food."
Xu Ge sat back without saying a word, glanced at the food on the table but didn't pick up her chopsticks.
Aunt Hong looked at her for a long time before she spoke, "Xiao Ge, I will tell the old man that I was the one who gave him the medicine."
When Aunt Hong heard this sudden remark, she was so frightened that her hands began to tremble, and the fruit plate fell to the ground. She looked at Xu Ge in surprise.
Xu Ge looked calm. He stood up, walked over, and slowly squatted down to help her pick up the scattered fruits on the ground.
Aunt Hong's heart started pounding, and then she became nervous and uneasy, not knowing where to put her hands.
"Xiao, Xiaoge, what are you talking about all of a sudden?"
Xu Ge slowly stood up and curled his lips slightly, "Is it sudden? Or do you really not understand? Then why would you react like this? What are you afraid of?"
Aunt Hong's expression suddenly became nervous, and she didn't dare to look her in the eye.
"I really don't understand what you are saying..."
"Does Grandpa know that you have a daughter?"
Aunt Hong's expression suddenly changed. She turned around and looked at her with a look of shock and disbelief.
"You, how did you know?"
"Is this kind of thing difficult to find out? If someone doesn't know about it, it's probably because no one would suspect such a thing would happen. Or do you think you really concealed it very well and there are no clues?"
The reason why this matter was not known to other people in the Zhou family was simply because no one would have thought that Aunt Hong, who had served the Zhou family all her life, had already given birth to a daughter.
Aunt Hong widened her eyes slightly, "You, what do you want to do?"
Xu Ge looked at her calmly and indifferently. "Don't you know what I want to do? It's so simple. I want the truth of the matter."
Aunt Hong's expression changed rapidly, and she finally closed her eyes. "I still don't understand what you are talking about..."
Xu Ge smiled lightly, shook his head slightly, took out his cell phone and showed it to her.
"Please take a look at these first."
Aunt Hong looked at her mobile phone, which contained the message of her daughter who was studying abroad. This completely overwhelmed Aunt Hong.
His face turned pale, and he looked at her palely, "You, you..."
Xu Ge put away his phone and smiled faintly, "As long as you tell me the truth, your daughter will be fine."
After that, she added pointedly, "You may not be familiar with the current customs abroad, but I do know that in a foreign country, all sorts of accidents can happen, and it's difficult to protect your rights. After all, there's a saying that goes, 'Distant water can't quench near thirst.'"
Aunt Hong couldn't pretend not to know about such an obvious threat. She grabbed her arm and begged.
"Xiaoge, Aunt Hong begs you, don't touch her, don't hurt her."
Xu Ge didn't wave her away, but nodded decisively, "Of course, as long as you tell me why you did this in the first place?"
Aunt Hong's eyes flickered, "I, I..."
"For money. To be more precise, for your daughter's study abroad expenses, right?"
Aunt Hong's expression faded, but she finally nodded, her eyes slightly red.
"Yes, I am sorry for you, I am sorry for you, but this matter has nothing to do with my daughter. Please don't involve her, okay? I can do whatever you want. Aunt Hong, please, for the sake of me taking care of you for so many years, please, okay?"
Xu Ge looked at her regretful and painful expression calmly, "Didn't you ever think about what I would have to face after you did something like this?"
Aunt Hong trembled all over, "Xiao Ge..."
"You said you wanted me to do this for the sake of our past friendship. What about you? You watched me grow up. When you drugged my wine, did you ever think about our past friendship?"
Aunt Hong shook her head and took two steps back.
"You know very well what I did back then. Don't you feel any guilt at all?"
Aunt Hong covered her mouth and shook her head, "Of course I feel guilty, I just, just..."
"But compared to your daughter, she is more important to me. After all, I am just an orphan with no one to rely on.
It’s helpless, isn’t it? "
Aunt Hong slowly fell to the ground, covering her face and crying silently, only shaking her head occasionally.
Xu Ge looked down at her, slowly squatted down, and said calmly.
"Did Grandpa know about this?"
Aunt Hong suddenly looked up at her, "You, why do you ask that?"
Xu Ge frowned slightly and stared at her closely, as if trying to see through whether she was telling the truth or not.
"So, Grandpa didn't know about it back then?"
Aunt Hong shook her head and said, "Of course the old man doesn't know."
Xu Ge looked at her for a long time before standing up. "Then if I ask you to go and admit in person to Grandpa that you were the one who drugged us, can you do it?"
As expected, Aunt Hong froze, her face turned pale and bloodless, and she shook her head in horror.
"No, no, I can't let the old man know about this, absolutely not..."
At this point, Aunt Hong suddenly knelt down and said, "Xiao Ge, Aunt Hong begs you, except for this matter, you can ask me to do anything you want. I have lived in the Zhou family all my life and have long regarded it as my home. If the old man knew what happened back then, he would definitely make me leave. Aunt Hong begs you..."
Xu Ge frowned slightly, avoided her kneeling plea, and spoke in a calm but cold tone.
"But I came back to get to the bottom of this matter, Aunt Hong. You don't know what I went through because of that incident four years ago. So I'm sorry, I can't forgive you. Either you go and admit to Grandpa in person that it was Chen Ru who bribed you to put drugs in my and my uncle's drinks. Otherwise, I will tell Grandpa and my uncle personally about this."
After saying that, Xu Ge seemed to have thought of something and added: "Don't think that I won't be able to find evidence after a long time."
Hearing this, Aunt Hong suddenly looked up at her, a flash of fear in her eyes, and she even held her breath, staring at her closely.
Xu Ge felt something was amiss with her, but he still said, "I found out that the money Chen Ru gave you back then wasn't deposited directly into your account, but into your daughter's overseas account. Although it's a little harder to trace, the flow of such a large amount of funds, and such an unusual flow of funds, is too conspicuous. As long as I can prove that you are mother and daughter, this will be the most powerful evidence."
Upon hearing this, Aunt Hong collapsed to the floor, her face filled with dejection and despair.
Xu Ge began slowly, "I can give you time, but not too long. If you can't speak, I will come to help you."
She turned around and said, "If you want to leave now, you can leave right away."
Aunt Hong looked at her leaving back and couldn't help but cover her face. Her old face was full of complexity and guilt.
Xu Ge originally thought that Aunt Hong would not want to stay even for a minute, but when she saw a table full of her favorite dishes, she did not move for a long time.
Aunt Hong came out of the kitchen and gave her a kind smile when she saw her.
"Come, wash your hands and eat. All your favorite food."
Xu Ge sat back without saying a word, glanced at the food on the table but didn't pick up her chopsticks.
Aunt Hong looked at her for a long time before she spoke, "Xiao Ge, I will tell the old man that I was the one who gave him the medicine."
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