Only after Sun Bailing and Hua Li stopped crying was Luo Yan able to escape.
Luo Yan took out paper and pen and placed them on the coffee table to start drawing, sketching portraits of Xu Tai, Liu Jingqiu, and Xiang Yu.
Luo Yan drew three people with her finger, "Brother, sister, and younger sister."
"You said they are siblings?" Sun Bailing asked.
Luo Yan nodded her little head, "Kiss."
Luo Shicheng was surprised, "The three of them are siblings."
Luo Yan nodded seriously, then drew Cheng Yichen on Xu Tai's face, pointed at Xu Tai, and said, "Dad."
She pointed at Cheng Yichen again, "Baby."
Then draw Tang Guizhi above Xiang Yu and Liu Jingqiu, "表表".
"Are they cousins?" Hua Li asked.
Luo Yan nodded.
Luo Shicheng said, "Xu Tai's biological mother is named Tang Nier, so Tang Guizhi is Tang Nier's relative."
No one expected the truth to be like this, and everyone is silently digesting this shocking revelation.
Sun Bailing said, "At that time, Suyin supported me in joining the army to fight against the Japanese pirates. In order to avoid dragging me down, I went to Tongxian County in Lincheng to stay with her wet nurse. Her wet nurse's husband's family was indeed surnamed Tang."
"Then why did Xu Tai's son become the Cheng family's adopted son?" Hua Li couldn't understand.
Sun Bailing said, "If the upper beam is crooked, the lower beam will be crooked too. Tang Nier successfully switched the children, and her own daughter escaped the war and got a good life. Many years later, the mother and daughter were able to recognize each other. It is not surprising that Xu Tai, as her son, followed suit."
If she had given Yan Yan away back then, wouldn't Yan Yan have suffered much less?
But the thought of separating from Yan Yan breaks her heart. Hua Li realizes that she is being selfish; she really can't bear to give away her own flesh and blood.
"I know how Li Mingzhu and Xiang Yu contacted each other..."
As he spoke, Luo Shicheng strode out the door.
Sun Bailing and Hua Li exchanged a glance, having thought of the same thing.
Taking advantage of her position as a nanny, Tang Guizhi easily became friends with the other nannies in the East Wing.
This explains why no contact could be found between Li Mingzhu and Xiang Yu, because the person responsible for making contact was their nanny.
At this moment, Luo Yan took out the portrait of the woman she had met on the plane, which she had previously put into her spatial storage but had never taken out.
Hua Li looked at it first, then shook his head, saying he didn't recognize it.
Luo Yan handed the portrait to Sun Bailing, who was stunned at first glance.
"Yanyan, where did you meet her...?"
"Airplane".
"A plane... going from where to where?"
Luo Yan blinked, unable to explain.
Hua Li said, "After we were taken away, Luo Shicheng took Yan Yan to Beijing by plane. It should be on the plane from Lisha Town Airport to Beijing. Dad, is there something wrong with this person?"
"She, she is your mother, Shen Suyin."
Luo Yan and Hua Li both froze.
Luo Yan recalled the woman's delicate hair on the plane, and the filter of her fantasy about her grandmother's gentleness, virtue, and kindness shattered completely.
Hua Li took the portrait and looked at it carefully. Although it was a childish sketch, she could still tell that her mother was a beauty. It was just that she didn't look like her. No wonder her father hadn't recognized her before.
“Mom…” Hua Li’s slender hand stroked the screen, a warm current flowing from her fingertips stirring in her heart.
Sun Bailing hurriedly went upstairs, changed into formal attire, and quickly went downstairs.
"Dad, where are you going?" Hua Li called out to Sun Bailing, whose eyes were filled with anxiety.
"I'm going to find your mother."
He just wanted to see his lady immediately; he couldn't wait even a minute longer.
Hua Li grabbed Sun Bailing, "Beijing is so big, do you know where to find my mother?"
Sun Bailing said confidently, "I know where she will go. I know she will definitely be waiting for me there."
Hearing Sun Bailing's affirmative answer, Hua Li continued, "Since you know, then go ahead. But shouldn't you ask for leave before you leave?"
Sun Bailing snapped out of his daze. His sense of responsibility made it impossible for him to abandon everything and set off immediately. He could only suppress his anxiety and return to his unit to apply for leave.
In the afternoon, Chen Yuanshan and Zhang Jue drove back, bringing Cheng Yichen, who had stayed in Lincheng, with them.
The person who took in Cheng Yichen was named Xiao Jin, a relative of Xiao Rong's family. He had known Tang Guizhi for a long time, but he did not participate in the murder. He simply thought that Cheng Yichen was the child of Tang Guizhi's relative and agreed to take her in temporarily.
Upon arriving in Jiangcheng, Cheng Yichen was immediately taken to see Xu Tai.
Xu Tai, whose mouth had been welded shut, broke down upon seeing Cheng Yichen and confessed everything on the spot.
Thirteen years ago, Xiang Yu returned to China and met Tang Nier and Liu Jingqiu. The three of them have maintained contact ever since.
Afterwards, following Tang Nier's plan, the three children paved the way for Xiang Yu step by step, letting Shen Suyin know that Sun Bailing and Xiao Rong were already husband and wife, so that she would give up on returning to China and use all sorts of means to try to force Hua Li to his death.
However, Hua Li's tenacity exceeded their expectations, and Tang Ni'er's sudden death from an acute illness disrupted their plans, which allowed Hua Li to survive and reunite with Sun Bailing.
Unable to obtain Shen Suyin's family fortune and lacking business acumen, Xiang Yu took a risk and started an arms deal. He also contacted Xu Tai to set up a base on Gongji Mountain in an attempt to frame Luo Shicheng.
Unfortunately, Xu Tai had no direct evidence to prove that his actions were instigated by Xiang Yu...
When Tang Nier was alive, Xu Tai obeyed her orders. After Tang Nier died, the instructions he received all came from Li Mingzhu, or rather, from Yin Huaiying, the nanny who worked for Li Mingzhu.
Yin Huaiying was Tang Guizhi's nominal eldest daughter when she was infiltrating the Sun family. In reality, she was just a goddaughter. At the time, Tang Guizhi dressed herself up to be old and rustic, so no one noticed anything amiss.
After learning about these issues, Luo Shicheng only asked the leader in charge of the case one question.
"Can Xiang Yu be sentenced to death based on the existing evidence?"
The leader gave Luo Shicheng a very clear answer: "Don't even mention the death penalty, even a prison sentence isn't enough."
Luo Shicheng encountered Sun Bailing, who had returned to the army to ask for leave, and told him the whole story. Sun Bailing pondered.
Clearly, the three Xiang siblings had been plotting for so long in order to ensure that Xiang Yu would inherit Shen Suyin's wealth without any omissions, and as Shen Suyin's own daughter, Hua Li was someone Xiang Yu would definitely want to get rid of as soon as possible.
If he were to recklessly rush to reunite with Shen Suyin now, it would only drive Xiang Yu, who is already on the verge of despair, even more insane.
While reuniting with Shen Suyin was important, the lives of his daughter and granddaughter were even more crucial, so Sun Bailing hesitated.
Luo Shicheng then told Sun Bailing about the three unexpected incidents he encountered on his way back to Jiangcheng.
"The Jiefang truck and van that hit our car were both scrapped but stolen vehicles. The two drivers were burned beyond recognition and had no identification documents on them..."
The gang leader was silenced after leaving the state-run restaurant. The method was professional, leaving almost no clues. The other gang members were all under the leader's orders and knew nothing else.
As for Sun Qingsheng, he only said that he was avenging his mother and his two elder brothers, and there was no way to prove that he was acting under someone else's orders.
"Dad, Hua Li and Yan Yan are in danger. I need your help."
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