Wu Xiufang saw that her expression was not happy, but rather sad. She asked, "Yaoyao, your father and I won't interfere with your love life anymore. Why are you unhappy instead? Did Jiaxi force you to reconcile?"
"No, he didn't force me," Mengyao concealed. "I was thinking of my second brother. If you had been like this back then, you would have attended his wedding and seen how happy he and Daisy were..."
She noticed her parents' expressions change instantly and felt she had said the wrong thing, bringing up her second brother again and making them sad.
Huangfu Sisong asked gravely, "What did you say! Shaohua and Daisy had a wedding? Why were we completely unaware?"
"Second brother was afraid you would object, so he didn't tell you, but he invited me and Eldest Sister..."
Wu Xiufang stared at her, interrupting, "So you all knew about this and kept it from us together?"
"Mom and Dad, I don't know anything," Mengyao put down her chopsticks and stood up, unable to bear her parents' repeated questioning. "Second brother is gone, and talking about this is meaningless. I'm full, I'm going back to my room."
After speaking, she quickly left the dining room without waiting for her parents to say anything more.
Only Huangfu Sisong and Wu Xiufang were left at the dining table. Huangfu Sisong put down his chopsticks and sighed, no longer wanting to eat.
"Alas, if only we had agreed to Shaohua's marriage back then and let that woman marry into the family, perhaps..."
"We should have stopped them earlier, and Shaohua wouldn't have secretly registered their marriage and held a wedding. Then things wouldn't have turned out like this!" Wu Xiufang's emotions became agitated again.
"You still say that, you killed our son!" Huangfu Sisong said coldly. "If you hadn't set your sights on Sheng Zhuzhu, none of this would have happened!"
Seeing that she was still stubborn, Huangfu Sisong was so angry that he flicked his sleeves and left.
Wu Xiufang knew he was blaming her, but hearing him say it so directly tonight still felt like her heart was being gouged out.
When the Huangfu Group's project collaborated with the Sheng family, he had also agreed to the marriage between Shaohua and Sheng Zhuzhu. Now that something had happened, how could he blame her entirely?
She had calculated everything, but she never expected Daisy to appear later.
Daisy had infatuated Shaohua, disrupting everything that was within her plans and control.
She now only hated that woman Daisy, blaming all the mistakes on her.
After the child is born, she would make Daisy accompany Shaohua in death!
...
A month later, Tianyi saw a summary of some information investigated from the countryside and found Wu Xiufang's identity suspicious. However, without concrete evidence, he still couldn't figure out how this woman had made the Wu family believe her.
Many relatives related to Wu Xiufang's mother were no longer alive, and their descendants or others were not very clear about the matter. It seemed unlikely to find any strong evidence.
Tianyi was at a loss for what to do, unable to fulfill his promise to Daisy. He feared that Daisy would be in danger after giving birth.
He worried about this matter for several days, thinking about what he might have overlooked or could continue to investigate.
One day, while checking his email, he found an email from a few days ago. The sender's address was the same one that had previously leaked the Huangfu Group's project secrets to him.
He quickly opened the email. It stated that the sender wanted to meet him.
This person was finally going to reveal their true identity, and he was very curious about who this person was and what their connection or conflict with the Huangfu Group was.
He replied with an email, agreeing to the meeting. The time was set for tonight, and he provided the address of a private club and the room number.
Tianyi thought that perhaps this person, due to their status, did not want others to know they had met, so the meeting location should be as private as possible.
Not long after, the person sent another email, which simply contained the word "Okay."
After work, Tianyi went to the club first, opened a bottle of wine in the private room, and waited for the person to arrive.
When the appointed time came, someone pushed open the private room door and walked in. Tianyi was stunned to see that it was Song Jiaping.
"Mr. Qin, hello," Song Jiaping said calmly.
"Dr. Song, you, you are the one who sent me the email?" Tianyi still couldn't believe his eyes.
Song Jiaping nodded and said, "I'm no longer a doctor."
"Please sit," Tianyi said, having calmed himself. "I remember, Susu mentioned it to me once, but she didn't say what you changed your profession to."
Song Jiaping replied, "I worked as an employee in the investment department at the Huangfu Group, and I have now resigned from there as well."
"It's a shame you're not a doctor anymore. Susu's life was saved thanks to you last time; your medical skills are truly unparalleled," Tianyi felt quite grateful to him.
Song Jiaping smiled and said, "You must have many questions for me. You can ask me anything. However, after you've asked, there's something I'd like to ask of you."
"Okay, as long as I can do it," Tianyi had too many doubts and asked directly, "Why did you stop being a doctor and instead work as an employee at the Huangfu Group, and even leak their important projects to me? Do you have any grudges against the Huangfu family? With your medical skills, there's no need for you to make a living at the Huangfu Group."
Song Jiaping replied, "Yes, I have an irreconcilable hatred for the Huangfu family. Thirty years ago, Huangfu Sisong and his wife falsely accused my grandfather and father of selling fake medicine that caused deaths. My grandfather and father were arrested as a result. My grandfather died of a sudden cerebral hemorrhage during interrogation, and my father was sentenced to death."
"Then it's no wonder you stopped being a doctor," Tianyi understood him a little.
Song Jiaping continued, "Our family, which was once a respected lineage of divine doctors in the village, became despised and disgraced as swindlers by the villagers. My mother, taking me, who was still young at the time, could no longer stay in the village. Without knowing that Huangfu Sisong and his wife had harmed us, she came to Lancheng to seek refuge with them. As a result, she almost died at their hands. My mother had no choice but to hide with me, live incognito, and raise me with extreme hardship and difficulty. Her only wish in this life was for me to avenge our family, ruin Huangfu Sisong and his wife, and bankrupt the Huangfu Group."
After listening, Tianyi asked, "Which village were you from before? Were you from the same village as Wu Xiufang?"
Song Jiaping asked in surprise, "You know Wu Xiufang wasn't originally a rich lady from the Wu family, but grew up in the village?"
"Yes, I'm investigating this matter," Tianyi said. "A friend of mine is also being threatened and confined by Wu Xiufang, and I want to help her, so I've been looking into Wu Xiufang's background."
Song Jiaping took a sip of wine, moistening his throat, and said, "My mother told me that Wu Xiufang didn't have that name before. She was in Gou Lan Village with my mother, and they were very good friends..."
"Wait, what Gou Lan Village? Wasn't it Da Ji Village?" Tianyi heard him mention the village name, and it was completely different from the village he had sent people to investigate.