He Su looked at Rong Chaobei, veins bulging on his forehead, barely able to maintain his composure.
"Are you stupid? Talking nonsense here! Do you want to kill your own brother? What do you know? You don't know anything!"
Rong Chaobei looked at He Su, a flash of pain in his eyes: "But, Mom... you said that one should be honest, this is wrong..."
He Su gritted her teeth: "You idiot, were you bribed by Rong Zhaonan? I shouldn't have given birth to such a worthless wretch! You're useless, good for nothing, you don't understand anything, and you can even be bribed to go against your brother and mother!"
She couldn't understand how Rong Chaobei could be here, and how he could have been bribed to deal with her!
Rong Chaobei stared blankly at He Su, then suddenly his eyes reddened, and he abruptly raised his voice—
“No matter how useless or incompetent I am, I know I can’t do anything against my conscience. That day when my older brother came to our house, I heard everything you and Aunt Xu said!”
He Su was stunned. The next moment, she suddenly clutched her leg and shouted angrily, "Don't talk nonsense! What did you hear? You didn't hear anything! I shouldn't have given birth to a debt-collecting idiot like you!"
Rong Chaobei looked at her, tears streaming down his face, almost pleading—
"Let's tell the truth, let's turn ourselves in, okay? The police said that confessing will get you leniency, and I'll help you atone for your sins. Don't hurt anyone else!"
What she heard that day had a huge impact on her values.
The education she received from childhood made it impossible for her to accept that her mother had done so many bad things and deceived so many people!
She caused the death of Sister Ye Qiu, ruined the Xiang family, and even tried to kill her eldest brother and sister-in-law...
She was afraid of her father's strictness, but the moment she heard everything...
She was even more terrified of her mother—as if she were a stranger, a terrifying person she didn't even recognize.
"Shut up, shut up... If you still consider me your mother, shut up right now, or you'll die!" He Su roared.
"You're the one who should shut up!" Xiang Ziye suddenly raised his gun and aimed it at He Su, shouting angrily.
He Su froze instantly when she recalled Xiang Ziye shooting her without hesitation.
As he spoke, he turned the gun around and pointed it at Rong Chaobei, his eyes cold and menacing: "Rong Chaobei—you speak!"
He Su dared not make a move, but stared at Rong Chaobei with hatred and warning.
Rong Zhaonan pointed his gun at Xiang San and suddenly said, "Chao Bei, don't come any closer. Just stand there and talk."
Rong Chaobei was stunned, recalling what Sister Heng had told her when she arrived here earlier—the explosives on Brother Xiang Ziye's body had a range of ten meters, leaving nothing but barren land and turning flesh into mud.
Her older brother wouldn't let her go over there because... he was afraid she would get hurt.
But Mom... seems to want her dead, right?
Why?
My second brother is my mother's child, but isn't she?
She felt a lump in her throat as she looked at He Su's unwavering gaze.
Rong Chaobei remained silent for a long while, then took a deep breath, as if summoning all the courage he had left, and said in a trembling voice—
“Brother Xiang… my brother has never lied to you. What happened that day… at least, from what I heard from Mom and Aunt Xu’s conversation, it’s true…”
Rong Chaobei spoke somewhat haltingly, but he still managed to slowly recount everything he had heard that day.
"...Mom said...Second brother didn't do it on purpose...It was all an accident...Eldest brother...Eldest brother won't be in any trouble anyway, so let you all assume it was him...There's no evidence...From the angle Third brother saw it, it was also my eldest brother pushing Xiao Si...You're all perfect for dealing with eldest brother..."
After saying that, she bowed deeply in Xiang Ziye's direction and whispered in a trembling voice, "I...I'm sorry...Brother Xiang, Third Brother Xiang, I know that apologizing is useless, but my Second Brother didn't do it on purpose. What happened to Xiang Xiaosi was indeed an accident. I will definitely go with Mom and Second Brother to turn ourselves in!"
She will accompany her mother to turn herself in, and it doesn't matter if her mother hates her!
But Dad said, wrong is wrong, and right is right! People have to be responsible for their own actions!
She only wanted to atone for what her mother had done!
There was a moment of suffocation in the air, as if the air itself had stopped moving.
Only the moonlight fell upon them.
Xiang Ziye closed his eyes, feeling as if his heart was being squeezed and then released tightly.
In the end, it's still the same... After all these years, I realized I trusted the wrong person, and I hated the wrong person...
He suddenly opened his eyes, his gaze filled with bloodshot veins and a ferocious glint as he stared at He Su: "He Su..."
He Su suddenly looked up and sneered, "My stupid girl has been bribed. She'd even sell out her own brother and mother. You actually believe her?"
Xiang San suddenly smiled strangely, his anger almost materializing: "Yes, you can't believe your daughter's words, you can only believe the truth from your mouth?"
He Su glanced coldly at Xiang San, then stared at Xiang Ziye for a moment.
She calmed down at this point and said quietly, "So what if you don't believe me? I just want to protect my child. Didn't Rong Zhaonan say that my second child only lost a stone, or that Xiang Xiaosi lost his footing?"
"It's because you didn't believe the 'accident' explanation back then. Xiang San insisted that he saw Rong Zhaonan push Xiang Xiaosi. I'm just giving you an outlet for your anger, the 'truth' that you're willing to accept."
She paused, lightly tugging at the corner of her swollen lips, then suddenly pointed at Rong Zhaonan: "And—don't forget, you brothers have reached this dead end because he's targeting you! Not me!"
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