Xie Wenyuan was also struggling to make a decision: "Zhiyan, your mother and I have indeed neglected your and your sister's education because of our work. I know you are not a child who takes things out of context, but you and your sister are siblings after all. You two are from the same clan. Could there be some misunderstanding?"
Xie Wanying was indeed a bit spoiled, but she was their first child, and the happiness of becoming parents for the first time made them want to give their daughter the best of everything in the world.
Although Xie Wanying sometimes makes mistakes, she has not caused any major problems over the years, and her character can withstand scrutiny.
Xie Zhiyan's expression did not change. His parents' reaction was exactly what he expected. After all, they were blood relatives. If they accepted it all at once, it would be strange.
"Mom and Dad, I know this is a blow to you, but I only decided to tell you after I was absolutely certain. Although I don't know why she did this, her malice is definitely there."
Shu Ying clenched her hands, hesitant to speak. Huang Meiling noticed her conflict, turned her gaze away from Xie Zhiyan, and gently patted her hand.
"Yingying, is there something you want to say?"
Seeing that she seemed hesitant, Xie Wenyuan said frankly, "You don't need to overthink it. Your mother and I are not people who can't distinguish right from wrong. If this matter is really your sister's fault, we will not let it go easily. Just say what you have to say. We are all doing this for the betterment of our family."
Shu Ying met Xie Zhiyan's gaze, and as if she had found a stabilizing force, she slowly spoke.
“My parents said they would ask my sister to send me money and gifts during holidays, but I haven’t received anything over the years, not even letters from my parents, Zhiyan, or my sister.”
“Over the years, I have been trying to write letters to the military, hoping that my letters home can reach Zhiyan, but Zhiyan has never written to me. I don’t have his exact address, and the research base is a classified unit, so I have no way to contact my parents.”
A wave of shock washed over Xie Zhiyan. He grasped her hand and asked, "Shuying, you've never received a letter from me?"
Shu Ying looked blank: "Did you write it for me?"
Xie Zhiyan said anxiously, "But I wrote three letters for the first time, and I also told Xie Wanying to take good care of you. I also gave her my allowance for going to the front line, so that she could keep some for herself and give some to you. She clearly wrote that her parents had died and that you were having financial difficulties. After that, I sent her money for several months in a row."
After a moment of silence, everyone understood.
Xie Wenyuan slammed his hand heavily on the table: "This is too much! How could I have raised such a daughter? What a hypocrite! I used to think she was just spoiled and not good at expressing herself, and that she was just a little immature, but in the end she was still a good child. I never thought she could do such a heinous thing."
The family laid their cards on the table and began to reconcile the letters and financial transactions over the years. Huang Meiling's heart sank; her daughter truly wished for her son to die.
She interfered, intercepting Xie Zhiyan's first batch of crucial letters and sowing discord between them.
Shu Ying gradually pieced together the story: "So, initially all our letters were intercepted by Xie Wanying, and later, as the war situation became more and more severe, you stopped receiving her letters, and the letters from other soldiers also failed to be sent out. That's why you thought that you didn't receive my letters because of the war?"
Xie Zhiyan nodded. Actually, when he first received Xie Wanying's letter, he thought that Shu Ying didn't want to write to him.
But since the matter has already been discussed, there's no need to continue saying things that would cause unpleasantness.
Xie Wenyuan and Huang Meiling pieced together the events from beginning to end, and after learning the truth, they were so angry they almost fainted.
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