It turned out that Song Jiaping's return to Lancheng this time was to represent his grandfather and father in suing them and uncovering the truth of what happened back then.
After a long while, Wu Xiufang smiled and said, "Even if he can prove that our pharmaceutical factory used their family's ancestral formula back then, at most they'll just compensate him with some money. What else can they do to us? Besides, we can hire the best lawyers. So many years have passed, it's not that easy to clarify things."
"Yes, using a few prescriptions from that medical book is the most troublesome. Don't you remember, we made a few bottles of fake medicine back then, and had your good friend Zhu Qin's husband take them back and kill people in their village? And the deaths of Zhu Qin's husband and father-in-law, these are all human lives. Can we really escape responsibility?"
Wu Xiufang didn't believe Song Jiaping could really sue them down, saying, "Her father-in-law and husband were arrested, that was because the villagers called the police. The villagers wanted to accuse them of intentionally harming people..."
"You might be able to fool outsiders with these words, but do you think I don't know?" Huangfu Sisong said, "Zhu Qin asked you for help back then, why couldn't you spare her father-in-law and husband? Now you've gone too far. How could anyone dig up these old matters now?"
Wu Xiufang no longer wanted to hide it from him, saying, "The one digging up these old matters is Zhu Qin's son, and the one helping him is Qin Tianyi!"
Huangfu Sisong froze for a few seconds and said, "I already know about this. Zhu Qin's son is Song Jiaping, right? I always felt there was something off about that kid, but I couldn't quite put my finger on it. I didn't expect him to come to our Huangfu Group with such a scheme to get revenge."
Wu Xiufang asked strangely, "How do you know? I haven't told you yet."
"Mengqi told me. She knows everything and wants me to think of a countermeasure in advance." Huangfu Sisong didn't tell her that Mengqi had thought of a way to protect the Huangfu Group.
"Mengqi knows about this?" Wu Xiufang thought in surprise and asked, "What about Mengyao? Do the two sisters know?"
"I'm not sure, but when Mengqi asked me if the matter of the pharmaceutical factory was true, I felt ashamed to face her." Huangfu Sisong thought of something and asked her, "Didn't Zhu Qin and that child die in a car accident and fall into the sea back then? Does she have another son?"
"They didn't die, Zhu Qin lied to me!" Wu Xiufang regretted not having dealt with them more decisively back then.
"What? If they didn't die, how did they survive? Why didn't they come back to find us?" Huangfu Sisong couldn't understand.
Wu Xiufang didn't answer him, she pursed her lips and smiled, saying, "She didn't dare."
"That car accident wasn't orchestrated by you too... you planned it?" Huangfu Sisong looked at her in shock, feeling a chill run through him. "You wouldn't even let her and the child go!"
"Huangfu Sisong!" Wu Xiufang said with a laugh, "Why are you pretending to be a good person? I did this back then to cut off all future trouble, to prevent things like this from happening today. Why are you looking at me like that? Didn't you also kill those innocent villagers? What's the difference between harming one person and two..."
Huangfu Sisong suddenly slapped her, saying in disbelief, "You're crazy, you're truly crazy! You treat harming people like child's play!"
Wu Xiufang didn't expect Huangfu Sisong to hit her. This was the first time he had laid a hand on her. Enraged, she immediately hit him with both hands and said, "But who did I do all this for? Back then, your inheritance rights in the Huangfu family were unstable. You needed to achieve something remarkable to prove yourself. I did all these dirty deeds behind the scenes, while you only enjoyed the glory in front of people!"
Huangfu Sisong grabbed her hands and roared, "Enough! Calm down. What's the use of saying all this now? You know very well that we are bound together. Your mistake is my mistake!"
Wu Xiufang stopped and slowly calmed down, saying, "You don't need to worry. Since it was my oversight back then, I will resolve it."
"How will you resolve it?" Huangfu Sisong stared at her, "We can't kill anyone anymore."
Wu Xiufang said with confidence, "I will make Song Jiaping give up on his own and stop dwelling on what happened back then."
Huangfu Sisong no longer believed her words. Just as he was about to say something, there was a knock on the door.
"Dad, Mom, are you both in the room?"
"Yes." Huangfu Sisong pulled himself together and said to Mengqi outside the door, "Did the kidnappers call again?"
"The kidnappers haven't called." Mengqi said from outside the door, "Someone called with a clue, and the police have recorded it and are investigating based on the clue. Do you want to come down and see?"
"Okay, we'll be right down." Wu Xiufang replied.
Although someone had provided a clue, Huangfu Sisong couldn't be happy. The kidnappers hadn't called again. Seeing the heavy reward offered online, the possibility of them killing the hostage was very high.
He felt that Mengyao's situation was very dangerous and was still very dissatisfied with Wu Xiufang. He got up and left the room first.
When Wu Xiufang saw him leave, she went to the bathroom to contact Shi Changying, told him what she had just learned, and changed her mind. She instructed him to lure Song Jiaping to the villa where Mengyao was, and to also imprison him in the villa to eliminate him, which would be foolproof.
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Song Jiaping saw the news of the heavy reward offered online for the kidnappers and felt that Mengyao's parents must have gone mad to do something so stupid.
This might lead to many people providing clues, but it would take a lot of time to sift through the truthfulness of these clues.
If the kidnappers saw this reward notice, they might get angry and kill the hostage.
Song Jiaping could no longer sit still. He had to go out and rescue Mengyao himself.
Just as he was about to go out, Qin Tianyi arrived and stopped him, asking, "Where are you going at this time?"
"I found some clues about the kidnappers and I'm going to rescue Mengyao now." Song Jiaping tried to walk out, saying, "I'm sorry, I don't have the time or the mood to talk about the lawsuit today."
"Wait, I'm not here to talk about the lawsuit. Officer Su contacted me and asked me to check on you, fearing you might be too impulsive." Tianyi continued to block the doorway, preventing him from leaving.
Song Jiaping said calmly, "I'm not being impulsive, I really have a clue."
"What clue, and where did you get it from?" Tianyi persuaded him, "Go back inside first. We can analyze it together, and then go catch those kidnappers. It's not too late to rescue Mengyao."
"There's no time. Haven't you seen the Huangfu family's heavy reward online? Mengyao is in great danger now."
"I don't think so." Tianyi said, "Mengyao's kidnapping must be suspicious. Can you give me five minutes? Just five minutes?"
Song Jiaping was anxious, but seeing Tianyi say this, it seemed he had found evidence. He reluctantly nodded and said, "Alright, tell me quickly what you've found."
They sat down inside together, and Tianyi immediately sent him several screenshots from his phone.
"Take a look yourself. These are comments from netizens under the Huangfu family's reward post. Some comments are providing clues, while others are taking the opportunity to question or mock the Huangfu family."