Before asking this question, Ruan Mengmeng had prepared herself mentally, but after hearing Ruan Zhengsheng's answer, her heart suddenly skipped a beat and her breathing frequency changed.
She thought she could remain indifferent to it, but she found that she couldn't be so hard-hearted as to ignore it all.
It turned out that her feelings towards Tao Hongmei were the result of her erroneous expectations of her mother, and Tao Hongmei's disgust towards her was due to her life experience.
In this way, the accident that year was explained. Tao Hongmei regarded her as a thorn in her side and wanted to get rid of her.
Ruan Mengmeng still remembers that when she learned the story from Ruan Tiantian, she thought it was a fabrication. She hid in Mu Heng's arms and cried that night.
In the days that followed, she slowly reconciled with herself, as if she had subconsciously accepted this fact.
Ruan Mengmeng never thought that being born in the Ruan family was a lucky thing. What she cared about was never her background, but the feelings between relatives.
She would rather be born in an ordinary and harmonious family than in a cold and indifferent official family.
This was never what she wanted.
But Ruan Zhengsheng didn't know, and Tao Hongmei never cared about these empty things.
Therefore, Ruan Mengmeng did not have a good life in the Ruan family, at least not as she wished. Even though they lived a carefree life, their material enjoyment standards had never been lowered.
When it comes to Tao Hongmei, Ruan Zhengsheng couldn't remain calm. The emotions in his heart surged out, and the anger pulled at his nerves. He coughed violently a few times, breaking Ruan Mengmeng's meditation.
Ruan Mengmeng picked up the cup, poured a glass of water and handed it to Ruan Zhengsheng.
Ruan Zhengsheng took the water, looked up at Ruan Mengmeng's face, and was about to ask her if she hated Tao Hongmei in her heart.
But Ruan Mengmeng spoke first: "Was it Tao Hongmei who pushed you down the stairs?"
Ruan Mengmeng met Ruan Zhengsheng's gaze, with a slight cold light in her eyes.
The look in Ruan Zhengsheng's eyes paused. He held the water cup and looked at the transparent liquid. He thought of the argument he had with Tao Hongmei that night and the moment the accident happened. His heart was surrounded by chill.
Under Ruan Mengmeng's gaze, Ruan Zhengsheng responded, "That's right."
The moment Ruan Zhengsheng finished speaking, Ruan Mengmeng's eyes changed.
Then I heard Ruan Zhengsheng continue to say: "That night I was planning to take the evidence and leave, but who would have thought...she ran out and pushed me down the stairs."
Ruan Zhengsheng seemed to be calmly narrating a fact and a scene, but his voice was choked with sobs. He could never have expected that the woman he had slept with in the past could be so vicious.
Ruan Mengmeng was silent for a moment, then said calmly: "Call the police and let them handle it."
This is the only way Ruan Mengmeng could think of to bring Tao Hongmei to justice. She just proposed it. As for whether it is adopted or not, that is Ruan Zhengsheng's business. But deep down, she hopes that Ruan Zhengsheng will do as she wish and make Tao Hongmei, who did bad things, get the result she deserves.
Ruan Zhengsheng said without hesitation: "Okay, I'll do as you say."
Ruan Mengmeng's eyes turned and she looked at her father. She heard helplessness in his words, which was the choice that one had when he was extremely disappointed in someone and had no other options left.
The greater your expectations of a person, the greater the disappointment and hurt you will get.
After more than 20 years of marriage, one can imagine the shock in Ruan Zhengsheng's heart after learning what Tao Hongmei had done.
Therefore, Ruan Zhengsheng was extremely disappointed with Tao Hongmei. It was Tao Hongmei herself who was sued in court.
Tao Hongmei returned to the ward with an extremely distorted face. She was still angry about Ruan Zhengsheng's affairs.
Ruan Tiantian helped Tao Hongmei sit on the sofa. She said nothing and just listened to Tao Hongmei cursing there.
Only then did Tao Hongmei notice her daughter Ruan Tiantian, and she just remembered the morning when Ruan Mengmeng came to the hospital to settle accounts with her, all because Ruan Tiantian exposed her.
So Tao Hongmei was furious and twisted Ruan Rou's arm hard, cursing, "How could you be so stupid! Tell that bitch what I did? Do you want to kill me, your mother? Huh?"
Tao Hongmei still did not loosen her hands, and she twisted Ruan Tiantian until she burst into tears.
Ruan Tiantian already had injuries on her body, and this added another one. She could imagine that Tao Hongmei had left a purple bruise on the inside of her arm.
Ruan Tiantian was in great pain, but she didn't dare to resist because that would only irritate Tao Hongmei and cause her to be hurt even more.
Tao Hongmei had tortured Ruan Tiantian enough before she let go. She looked at her reluctantly and said with a sour face, "Why did you come to see me today? Where were you yesterday and the day before yesterday?"
In Tao Hongmei's eyes, if Ruan Tiantian didn't come to see her for a day, it meant that she was enjoying her life behind her back.
Ruan Tiantian felt aggrieved, but she did not argue with Tao Hongmei. She said calmly, "I'm going to find Mu Chen."
She did go to find Mu Chen, but was abandoned by him again.
By now, Ruan Tiantian has become indifferent to love. She doesn't care if someone will sincerely want to hold her in the palm of their hands and protect her in the future.
In her eyes, men who approach her have ulterior motives. Even if not all men, at least those she has come into contact with are like this.
However, Tao Hongmei didn't know that Ruan Tiantian and Muchen had fallen out, and thought there was still a chance for things to turn around, so she asked anxiously: "How did you talk? Did he say what to do next? When will you deal with the little bitch couple?"
Ruan Tiantian listened to Tao Hongmei's self-righteous tone, smiled bitterly, and said comfortingly: "He said that everything is arranged by him. Mom, don't interfere. The last time you revealed my second sister's life experience, his plans were messed up."
What Ruan Tiantian said was half true and half false. The first half was false, but the second half was true.
Tao Hongmei's self-righteous arrangement last time caused Mu Chen to cut off contact with Ruan Tiantian. Now if Ruan Tiantian wants to cause trouble for Ruan Mengmeng, it might be a very tricky problem.
Both Ruan Tiantian and Tao Hongmei, mother and daughter, have lost their backers. How can two weak women defeat the "scheming" Ruan Mengmeng and her man?
Ruan Tiantian knew very well that she could neither fight nor win. She was destined to be pinned down by Ruan Mengmeng for the rest of her life, and that was why there was a hint of sadness in her eyes.
But Tao Hongmei is still deeply trapped in the situation. She doesn't know her situation yet, or she is still obsessed with her plans for revenge and is unwilling to wake up.
That's why Tao Hongmei had the terrible idea of dragging Ruan Mengmeng along even at the cost of her entire life.