Chapter 171 Yaoyao, can you stay with me?
"Mrs. Hu, I don't know what your purpose is in hiding this, but is there really anything in this world more important than your son's life?" Jin Qingyu threatened again, and Mrs. Hu's expression became increasingly flustered.
She shrieked, "Don't touch my son! He was just a child back then, and those things had nothing to do with him. He's already suffered enough."
"That depends on whether Mrs. Hu can cooperate," Jin Qingyu said unhurriedly.
Mrs. Hu gritted her teeth and finally relented: "Fine, I'll tell you, but you have to promise me you'll protect my son's safety, and..."
"Mrs. Hu only needs to make one request. Make this clear, this is something you asked for yourself, something you need from someone." Jin Qingyu had run out of patience, and he coldly interrupted Mrs. Hu.
Jiang Xingyao also noticed the fleeting panic on Mrs. Hu's face.
She finally sat down and slowly said, "Back then... back then, Da Rong was blinded by profit. Not long after he got the prescription, someone came to his door, saying they wanted to cooperate with Da Rong."
The conditions offered by the other party were very generous, and we had no choice but to agree. They also knew that the prescription was only half-finished, so after finding Da Rong, they hired many people to study it together.
Everything was going well, but one day, Da Rong came back in a panic, trying to pack his things and run away. Before he could leave, a group of people broke into our house and took my son away.
I was terrified. I wanted to call the police, but Da Rong wouldn't let me. He told me to wait a little longer and that he could bring my son back to me.
Then, about a week later, he really brought his son back. But from that time on, my son started talking nonsense and his mental state gradually became abnormal.
Da Rong told me not to ask any more questions, saying that everything was in the past. Later, we moved, but people kept coming to our door, so we had to move again and again, hiding here and there.
Unexpectedly, even after arriving here, Da Rong still died. It was a car accident. How could it be such a coincidence?
I wanted to call the police, but then Da Rong's business partner contacted me again. They said it was the Qu family who did it and were retaliating against us. They said that even if I called the police, it wouldn't end well. They gave me some money and told me to raise my son well.
That's all I know, Miss. Please, I beg you, have mercy on us, considering how destitute we are.
Jiang Xingyao knew perfectly well that her grandfather would never do something so ruthless; it was clearly someone else who was throwing mud at the Qu family.
Moreover, Mrs. Hu said a lot of things, but they were all ambiguous and didn't get to the point.
Jin Qingyu said in a deep voice, "Mrs. Hu, do you still want to keep this a secret?"
What were Hu Darong and his lab doing back then? And why did your son become so mentally unstable? If you don't want to talk about these things, I can ask your son. After all, hypnosis technology is quite advanced in China now, it shouldn't be difficult, right?"
Mrs. Hu panicked again: "No, don't look for him. He's mentally unstable and can't handle this."
“Then you tell us,” Jin Qingyu said.
Mrs. Hu then said, "Well... I don't really know much about it either. The reason Da Rong wanted to run away was supposedly because their lab had captured a live person for experiments, and he was afraid something would go wrong, so he wanted to just leave."
When Mrs. Hu mentioned the word "living person," Jin Qingyu's shoulders trembled noticeably. Jiang Xingyao also realized that the person Mrs. Hu was talking about was none other than Jin Qingyu's mother.
She bent down slightly and looked at Jin Qingyu: "Are you still okay? Should we take a break?"
Even though many years have passed, it's hard to imagine anyone remaining unmoved upon hearing about their mother's experiences before her death.
Especially…
This is a bloody, live experiment.
This was clearly a deliberate murder.
Jin Qingyu grasped Jiang Xingyao's hand, squeezing it a little tightly, causing Jiang Xingyao to feel a slight pain. Before she could pull her hand away, she heard Jin Qingyu say in an overly cold tone, "Continue."
Seeing this, Mrs. Hu seemed to panic even more, and her voice trembled: "Those people were afraid that he would let something slip, so they forcibly tied him to a rope. My poor son was taken to the laboratory, and for his sake, he had no choice but to stay."
I don't know what my son saw there, but he went crazy after he came back and kept talking about being scared.
Those people stopped guarding against Da Rong, but the Qu family started coming to their door from that time on.
They found out what happened in the lab and, fearing it would implicate the Qu family, wanted to send our whole family to jail.
Of course we refused. My son is so sick. This was just a momentary lapse in judgment on Da Rong's part. We were forced into it. If anyone should take the blame, it should be the culprit.
We kept hiding like this, and several times we almost got caught by the Qu family. It wasn't until Da Rong died that the people from the laboratory came knocking on our door again.
They gave me some money and told me to hide if I wanted to live.
Mrs. Hu's words this time were similar to those last time, but she added many details.
Jiang Xingyao said, "But the Qu family never contacted you after that. Not long after you left the board of directors, my grandfather passed away, and my mother went to a nursing home. Jiang Yuncheng knew nothing about these things, so it was even less likely that he would contact you. So who do you think caused Hu Darong's death?"
It was those people from the lab who, after harming someone, worried that Hu Darong wouldn't keep quiet, so they used the Qu family's name to silence him, and then ran out to play the good-hearted savior.
They are truly a bunch of beasts worse than pigs and dogs. After doing all sorts of despicable things, they still want to preserve their reputation and are willing to find someone to take the blame.
Mrs. Hu was struck dumb. Her eyes widened as she stared at Jiang Xingyao in disbelief: "Those who came looking for us, weren't your mother's people?"
Mrs. Hu knew about Old Master Qu's accident, and the Qu family came to their door right after Old Master Qu's death, so they believed it without a doubt.
They believed in the old chairman's magnanimity and that he wouldn't completely destroy them, but if Qu Xinting took over, they were uncertain.
That's why they never suspected that the people chasing them were from the Qu family.
Jiang Xingyao said, "After her grandfather passed away, she went to a nursing home immediately, and only recently returned to the company."
"Jiang Yuncheng knew nothing about what you did before. Do you think the Qu family would bother to hunt you down?"
Mrs. Hu finally realized something, and her voice was shrill: "It's them! It's always been them! They've never let us go all these years! Da Rong's death was their doing too!"
Mrs. Hu was momentarily overwhelmed with emotion, and she held her head in her hands for a long time, unable to react.
Jin Qingyu was also in a bad mood. Jiang Xingyao's hand was so clenched by him that it turned white. Jiang Xingyao hesitated for a moment, then gently patted his shoulder and asked, "Jin Qingyu, shall Assistant Xu take you out for some fresh air?"
Judging from Mrs. Hu's condition, she probably won't be able to calm down anytime soon.
Naturally, you won't get any information from them.
Jin Qingyu looked up at Jiang Xingyao and said, "You stay with me."
Jiang Xingyao instinctively wanted to refuse, but Jin Qingyu said again, "Yaoyao, just this once, okay?"
He was no longer as arrogant as before; his features had softened considerably, and he exuded a fragile, precarious air.
As for her complexion, Jiang Xingyao couldn't quite tell whether it was a sickly paleness or a deathly pallor caused by excessive emotions.
Jiang Xingyao's gaze unconsciously fell on the wheelchair beneath him. After a brief hesitation, she said to Assistant Xu, "Call me when Mrs. Hu is feeling better."
Outside the room, the air was still not fresh. The sky in the urban village seemed to be lower than in other places, and even the clouds were covered with a layer of gray, hazy and foggy. Looking up, all you could see was a messy layout.
Jiang Xingyao didn't know how Jin Qingyu was feeling right now; she only knew that her heart was pounding with suppressed emotions and a tightness in her chest.
Passing by a small supermarket, Jiang Xingyao went in and bought Jin Qingyu a bottle of water. She couldn't say anything to comfort him, and in the end, she only said, "It's all in the past."
Jin Qingyu's gaze never left Jiang Xingyao; he could see that Jiang Xingyao looked bewildered.
This seems to be the first time that Jiang Xingyao has experienced such a large emotional fluctuation because of him.
After drinking cold water, his dry and hoarse throat finally felt a little better. Jin Qingyu said, "The year she suddenly disappeared, I was still in junior high school. That morning, she was the one who took me to school. She even told me that she would make me braised noodles when she came back that night."
That was shortly after Han Hui came to our door, and also shortly after I learned that I was actually an illegitimate child.
His low, husky voice gently rippled through Jiang Xingyao's heart, stirring up indescribable waves. This was the first time Jiang Xingyao had heard Jin Qingyu talk about his past.
Jiang Xingyao said, "It's all in the past, everything is about to end, let's not think about these heavy things anymore."
Jin Qingyu chuckled softly, a little stubborn: "When I came back that day, the house was pitch black. I searched for her like a madman, but I couldn't find her anywhere."
I also reported it to the police, but to no avail.
Later, she came back on her own. She had lost a lot of weight. She said it was because she was busy with work and forgot to tell me. But when I went to the school to look for her, she had never been there.
She didn't want to talk about it, so I didn't ask. I thought the matter was over, until her body became increasingly thin. No matter how much she ate, she couldn't stay healthy. She became skin and bones and fell ill. She insisted on holding onto her savings book and refused to go to the hospital no matter what.
She said she would save all her money for my college education. She also wouldn't let me go to the Jin family's house, and she wouldn't let me hate Jin Manchuan. Ha, isn't that stupid?
She later passed away. I found a very large needle mark on her wrist. I contacted Uncle Wei to perform an autopsy.
The hoarse voice abruptly stopped there.
Jin Qingyu's voice was deliberately calm, but Jiang Xingyao could still hear a slight tremor in his tone.
That makes sense. No matter how nonchalant he sounds, how could a son not care about his mother?
He didn't mention the time, but when his mother passed away, he probably hadn't even graduated from junior high school. Jiang Xingyao had no idea what his mindset was when he decided to perform an autopsy.
Resentment? Indignation?
Jiang Xingyao pressed his hand down: "Jin Qingyu, stop talking, I know everything."
During the years she liked Jin Qingyu, she especially wanted to know about his past. But now, perhaps time has passed, or perhaps it's all too heavy, making it almost unbearable for Jiang Xingyao to listen.
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