Ye Zhi pondered for a moment and asked, "Ruo Qing, if you encountered a situation where your loved ones were killed, what would you do?"
"Me..." Zhan Ruo Qing furrowed her brows. After a moment of serious thought, she said, "I would definitely investigate the truth of the matter, find out who the enemy is, how they killed my loved ones, and then retaliate in the same way, making them taste the same pain!"
Ye Zhi nodded in agreement. "If it were me, although I wouldn't retaliate in kind, I would gather all the evidence and bring the perpetrator to justice. I would seize all their wealth, status, and power, leaving them with nothing!
But one thing we have in common: I would definitely first find out who the enemy truly is. If I mistakenly identified the enemy and let the real culprit go free, the mere thought of that possibility would haunt me day and night!"
"Exactly!" Zhan Ruo Qing echoed. Suddenly, she seemed to recall something and asked in surprise, "Wait! Are you implying that Ou Minghan never investigated the true cause of his parents' deaths and just assumed the Ye family was responsible for his hatred?!"
"It's more or less like that," Ye Zhi said calmly. "The Ye family had absolutely no connection to Ou Minghan's parents. The only intersection was when his father bid for the same piece of land as the Ye family. Ou Minghan's father's company was already in trouble, and he wanted to use this land to turn things around, but he lost the bid, and his company went bankrupt not long after.
His mother disappeared, and his father died in a car accident. Moreover, the police have records of Ou Minghan's father's car accident; he was drunk driving, collided with an oncoming bus, and died on the spot.
However, Ou Minghan firmly believes that there was foul play in his father's death and that my father deliberately had someone kill his father."
"Ah, this... This still doesn't justify blaming the Ye family!" Zhan Ruo Qing was shocked. She couldn't help but ask, "Then why don't you investigate who actually killed Ou Minghan's father and present the evidence to him, leaving him speechless?"
"How did you get drawn into Ou Minghan's logic and fall into his self-proving trap?" Ye Zhi was speechless. "That was his father, not my father! He himself doesn't want to investigate the real cause of his father's death, so why should I help him find the truth? Just to prove the Ye family's innocence and leave him speechless?
Even if there were indeed issues with his father's death, investigating the truth is the police's job!"
"You're right!" Zhan Ruo Qing tapped her forehead. "I was confused. Just because he suspects the Ye family, does that mean the Ye family has to prove their innocence? Investigating the truth is something he, as the son, should be doing!"
"Furthermore, he doesn't even believe the police's evidence. Do you really think he would accept the truth I investigate?" Ye Zhi sneered. "Even if I threw the investigation results in his face, he would just say I have influence and distort the truth."
"There's a high possibility of that..." Zhan Ruo Qing was speechless. She asked with great confusion, "What's his problem? Since he doesn't trust anyone, why doesn't he investigate it himself instead of believing his own conjecture?"
"Because he doesn't care what the truth is; he just needs an excuse to target the Ye family! Believe it or not," Ye Zhi said sarcastically, "if the Cen family wasn't from country K and had no connection to the Ou family, there would be no way to find any relationship, and Ou Minghan's father and mother killer would have already become a member of the Cen family!"
Zhan Ruo Qing was dumbfounded. She finally understood!
"So... how Ou Minghan's father died isn't important; all he cares about is how to use the woman to devour her family, right?!"
"Mm," Ye Zhi nodded.
The Ye family in the original plot, the current Cen family, and even the Ou family that adopted him, all proved one fact: Ou Minghan only cared about profit.
Zhan Ruo Qing suddenly thought of something and said with emotion, "Then he and Cen Ya are truly a perfect match! Both of them live in their own worlds and refuse to face reality!"
Ye Zhi found it amusing. "You're absolutely right."
"I really don't understand," Zhan Ruo Qing couldn't help but complain. "Regardless of what grudges the Ye family and Ou Minghan have, Ou Minghan really did abuse her! But because Ou Minghan had an excuse, she believed that he had his reasons, that it was unavoidable, that he loved her deeply, and that while he was hurting her, he was even more heartbroken. So, this could also be considered her abusing Ou Minghan... She's really mastered the art of psychological victory!"
Ye Zhi: "...Did she say that herself?"
"Indeed!" Zhan Ruo Qing continued. "Her words at the time almost drove Cen Xiu Cheng mad! Cen Xiu Cheng was so angry that he immediately said that he would find out that Ou Minghan's father had nothing to do with the Ye family, and that it was all an excuse Ou Minghan deliberately made. He would make Cen Ya see that this scumbag is just a selfish, violent, emotionally unstable lunatic, who deliberately abuses her for pleasure. After that, Cen Xiu Cheng stormed off, presumably to investigate the truth."
Ye Zhi: ...
It seemed Cen Xiu Cheng was indeed very angry.
What did Ou Minghan's feud with the Ye family have to do with Cen Xiu Cheng...
The Ye family wasn't in a hurry to prove their innocence, but Cen Xiu Cheng, an outsider, was diligently investigating the truth.
Suddenly, Ye Zhi's heart sank.
Even Zhan Ruo Qing, an outsider, knew about the Cen family's farce. Ou Minghan, who was at the scene at the time, naturally heard everything clearly.
Although Ou Minghan seemed to be feigning death and didn't express any opinion, it was clear that he would absolutely not allow Cen Xiu Cheng to uncover the truth!
"Ruo Qing, use your connections to contact Cen Xiu Cheng and tell him to be extra careful about his safety, especially beware of car accidents!" Ye Zhi said sternly.
"Ah?" Zhan Ruo Qing was shocked. "Ye Zhi, are you implying that Ou Minghan would directly take action against him?"
Ye Zhi did not answer directly. "It's always better to be careful. Moreover, many of Ou Minghan's opponents have inexplicably died in car accidents."
Zhan Ruo Qing asked, "Should I tell him that you reminded him?"
"There's no need for that," Ye Zhi sighed with emotion.
She chose to remind Cen Xiu Cheng not to gain any favor with the Cen family. Cen Xiu Cheng was forced into this situation entirely because he wanted to save Cen Ya.
Cen Xiu Cheng's desperation reminded her of Ye Yu Zhe in the original plot.
In the original plot, Ye Yu Zhe, who desperately wanted to save his sister, never received any help even until his tragic death.
And now, when she could, she was willing to remind Cen Xiu Cheng, who was walking on the same path, to be careful.