Chapter 553 The Feud Between the Wen and An Families
Murong Ting said anxiously, "We can talk about it when we meet. Where are you now? I'll come pick you up."
"Murong Ting, my aunt came to see me," Kong Wange said softly.
"You've already met?!" Murong Ting cursed inwardly.
He returned to Anjia today and only learned from his second aunt that Anya and Zhou Sihai were old friends and had also attended the funeral today.
His heart skipped a beat then and there, and hearing Kong Wange say this now, his ominous premonition intensified.
He took a deep breath and asked, "What did she say to you?"
“You told me everything, and even told me to leave you.”
Murong Ting fell silent, unable to tell whether she was angry or not. After a long while, he stammered, "Wanwan, I didn't mean to hide my parents' situation from you."
"What's going on with your parents?" Kong Wange asked instinctively.
Murong Ting became wary: "Didn't you say my aunt told you everything? She didn't mention this?"
Kong Wange coughed lightly, then immediately straightened her tone and said, "Of course I mentioned it, but I'd like to hear what you have to say."
Murong Ting knew he couldn't get past this hurdle today, so he recounted the whole story to Kong Wange.
It turns out that after Murong Ting's mother, An Qing, married Murong Ting's father, she became the editor-in-chief of a newspaper in Jiangcheng.
“In the third year after my mother gave birth to me, she got hold of a major news story about the Wen family,” Murong Ting said slowly.
"What is it?" Kong Wange asked.
“I was young then, and it was my aunt who told me about it later. Back then, the old patriarch of the Wen family, your maternal grandfather, had just passed away. After Wen Zhengning took office, he faced the predicament of the Wen family about to fall apart, so he took a risk and got into selling fake medicine.”
"Selling fake medicine?" Kong Wange said incredulously, "That's illegal!"
"When people are pushed to a certain point, it's normal for them to do all sorts of dirty things."
Kong Wange wholeheartedly agreed with this point. Back in Jiangcheng, Murong Hao was so forced that he even dared to kidnap three children.
Thinking about it this way, if Wen Zhengning's situation was indeed bad at the time, then selling fake medicine... is not impossible.
"Back then, the Wen family produced a health-preserving pill that claimed to be effective against cancer. Many cancer patients, trusting the Wen family's reputation, even stopped taking their own medications and spent a lot of money to buy the Wen family's health-preserving pill. You can imagine what the consequences were."
Kong Wange couldn't speak, and could only ask in a dry voice, "Such a big thing, didn't it cause a stir back then?"
"Back then, things weren't like they are now. The only way people got information was through newspapers. Wen Zhengning, through her connections with various newspapers in Kyoto, suppressed all the troublemakers." Murong Ting couldn't help but sneer at this point: "Of course, there were also some quick-witted people who, upon hearing that my mother was the editor-in-chief of a newspaper in Jiangcheng,..."
"Then I told your mother about it..." Kong Wange continued.
Murong Ting hummed in agreement: "My mother lived up to expectations. After extensive undercover investigations, she finally obtained evidence that the Wen family was selling counterfeit medicine. Once the evidence is submitted, not only will Wen Zhengning go to jail, but the entire Wen family will also be destroyed in an instant."
"But... the evidence wasn't delivered," Kong Wange guessed.
If the delivery had succeeded, Wen Zhengning would never be where she is today.
"Yes, Wen Zhengning is meticulous. I don't know where he heard that my mother had evidence, but he immediately stopped selling the health pills and came to Jiangcheng many times to try to bribe my mother, but she refused. Then, just before my mother was about to deliver the evidence, she and my father were in a car accident."
This was the first time Kong Wange had heard Murong Ting talk about his family affairs; he was only three years old at the time.
A sudden pang of pain shot through her heart, and she asked softly, "Was it the Wen family who did it?"
“My parents didn’t originally plan to go out that day. My aunt later checked my mom’s phone records and found that she received a phone call before she went out with my dad.” Murong Ting’s voice was a little muffled.
"Most importantly, after their incident, the evidence of the Wen family selling counterfeit drugs in the car's cameras and recording equipment was completely destroyed."
After listening, Kong Wange felt a little breathless, but she still felt that something was wrong. She tried to calm herself down and analyzed, "A-Ting, there's something I don't know if I should say."
"you say."
Kong Wange pondered for a moment and said, "I'm not trying to excuse the Wen family, but if the Wen family really did this, isn't it a bit strange that they only destroyed the evidence of selling fake medicine but didn't delete the call records on the phones?"
"The phone number used for dialing was a black card, and the owner could not be traced, so this may be the reason why they act without restraint."
After these words, Kong Wange fell silent.
In this way, the Wen family would be the biggest beneficiary of Murong Ting's parents' car accident.
They can't get them clean no matter how much they wash them.
"Of course, these are all just my aunt's speculations, without any concrete evidence. Otherwise, Wen Zhengning wouldn't still be able to live so freely."
Kong Wange's throat went dry, and after a long while she said, "Why didn't you tell me all this before?"
Murong Ting said in a deep voice, "I didn't mention you before because I was afraid you would overthink things. Wanwan, whatever my aunt said to you, I apologize on her behalf and hope you can understand her feelings."
“She hates everyone associated with the Wen family and believes that the Wen family killed my mother. But after years of investigation, I have always felt that there is something fishy about this matter, and the truth may not be so. Even if we take a step back and believe that my parents’ death is indeed related to the Wen family, it has nothing to do with you. You are you, and the Wen family is the Wen family. They cannot be confused. Do you understand?”
"Murong Ting, are you really not bothered?"
Murong Ting said earnestly, "Wanwan, you can only be my wife for the rest of my life. You are my only love in this life, understand? I'm telling you this in the hope that you won't give up on me, okay?"
Kong Wange felt a slight warmth in her heart and whispered, "What about your aunt? What if she continues to disapprove of us being together..."
"She will agree. The reason she doesn't agree now is because she doesn't know how good you are, Wanwan. If all else fails, after you get your revenge, we'll go back to Jiangcheng and leave!"
After Murong Ting said those words, Kong Wange's pent-up frustration somehow dissipated.
She snorted, "I don't want to be the bad guy. Put yourself in my shoes, I can understand if your aunt doesn't like me. Don't argue with them, after all they are your elders, and I don't want you to give up your family for my sake."
Upon hearing this, Murong Ting's tense nerves finally relaxed: "Have you thought it through? I was just afraid you would be wronged."
Kong Wange rolled her eyes: "You just said those vows of eternal love on purpose to make me happy, you secretly hope that's what I think, right?"
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