Tl: Hua
In the private room, the atmosphere was particularly low.
Qin Chaoyan stood at the door, his body stiff, and his pair of black eyes stared coldly at the person sitting in the main seat.
Xie Yunming turned his back to the light, half of his face hidden in the shadow, speaking slowly, “Back then, your mother died in a car accident, but at the moment before her accident, someone made a phone call to her.”
Qin Chaoyan frowned slightly.
“That call was made by Lin Xue.” Xie Yunming continued, “Later, I heard that Lin Xue also had an accident at that time. She accidentally fell down the stairs, sustaining critical injuries and losing consciousness. The Ye family initially suppressed this matter, probably because they were afraid that Ye Rongxu would know. It wasn’t until half a month later, when she failed to be rescued in the hospital and passed away, that the outside world learned about it.
“The police checked their phones at the time, and because there was no recording of the conversation and no evidence to determine that it was man-made, they could only deduce that your mother’s car accident was not deliberate, probably caused by distraction when answering the phone. Meanwhile, Lin Xue was probably anxious when she heard about your mother’s accident on the phone and accidentally fell down the stairs. Like her son, she was not in good health, so her fall was more serious than that of an average person.”
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Near the elevated road of Jingwei Road, the car fleet formed a long queue.
Ye Rongxu sat in the car, and the coolness brought by the air conditioner relieved his chest tightness a lot. Seeing the long queue outside, he frowned slightly again.
“Why are there so many cars?”
“At noon rush hour, this area has always been like this. It will be fine after driving through this section.” Chen Jiang comforted him.
The rhythmic ticking sound in the car made people feel irritated for no reason.
In the private room, Qin Chaoyan clenched his hands and turned his figure completely around to face Xie Yunming. “This doesn’t seem to explain anything.”
Xie Yunming took a deep breath; his expression seemed to be suppressing something, and he continued slowly: “There’s indeed no call recording in Lin Xue’s mobile phone, but in fact, your mother’s mobile phone has it. I was the first to arrive at the car accident scene that day, earlier than the police.”
Qin Chaoyan understood and remained calm: “Did you take the recording?”
Xie Yunming did not answer him but took out his mobile phone and pressed the screen with all his strength.
Soon, the voice from the mobile phone came out, echoing in the private room.
“… Hello, Yunzhao, are you still in Qin’s house? Come out quickly; I have something urgent to tell you. Qin Jingxu is not your child, Qin… Bang!”
The call screeched to a halt with a final loud bang accompanied by an ear-splitting current that shook the phone.
Xie Yunming suddenly turned off the screen, his facial muscles tensed, as if he was brought back to the pain of the car accident scene.
Obviously, the voice in the recording was Lin Xue’s, and the last vibration was the sound of the car crash.
Qin Chaoyan knew that the moment the voice rang out, the person he should call his mother was or had already passed away. She knew that the child she raised was not her own just before she died.
Similarly, Ye Rongxu’s mother also had an accident at that moment and left her husband and son forever half a month later.
Qin Chaoyan didn’t know what they were thinking at the moment of the accident; perhaps it was too late to think at all.
He would never know what his mother felt when she learned that Qin Jingxu was not her biological son.
He thought that all his feelings for the word “mother” had been exhausted by Zhang Yun, but at this moment, he found that a wave of sadness still surged in his heart.
Perhaps it was sympathy and sadness, but he didn’t know who to be sad for.
He took a deep breath and quickly calmed himself down. He looked at Xie Yunming and said, “This still doesn’t mean anything, Lin…”
“It was that phone call from Lin Xue that irritated your mother!” Xie Yunming suddenly pressed the table and got up, his gaze sinister, “If it wasn’t for that phone call, your mother wouldn’t have been distracted while driving, let alone had a car accident. Lin Xue had to–”
“Aunt Lin shouldn’t have known that my mother was driving at the time; besides, she called to tell my mother about Qin Jingxu.” Qin Chaoyan frowned.
“But your mother had just had a miscarriage at the time.” Xie Yunming suddenly interrupted, breathing heavily, and seemed to be extremely angry, “That trash Qin Qijiang made her lose the child she was carrying. She wasn’t in good spirits or health during that time, and Lin Xue just had to tell her about this.
“Besides, what’s the use of Lin Xue telling her? I already knew that Qin Jingxu was fake at that time, and I was also helping your mother find you in private. I was afraid that your mother would be hurt again if she found out, so I didn’t tell her immediately. I wanted to wait until she was in a better mood, or wait until I found you, and then tell her.”
At that time, Qin Chaoyan’s identity had not been exposed. Except for Zhang Yun, no one knew that Qin Qijiang had another son; that’s why Xie Yunming didn’t know about his existence for a while.
Perhaps with more time, he could find out, but Xie Yunzhao got into an accident first.
“But what about Lin Xue? She knew that your mother had just lost a child, but she had to talk about this while she was driving? She didn’t know that your mother was in bad shape from the shock she suffered during that time? She even picked your mother up from my place. If it weren’t for her, your mother should have rested at home that day instead of going to Qin’s house. Later, she received her call while driving and got into a car accident!”
Xie Yunming clenched his fists; his face was filled with pain, anger, and depression.
Qin Chaoyan stood opposite him, and after a long time, he said in a hoarse voice, “It was an accident.”
Xie Yunming’s face was sinking, his teeth were clenched, and the veins on the back of his hand were exposed.
Of course he knew it was an accident, but on the day Xie Yunzhao died, he went crazy. He was full of anger and had nowhere to vent, so he could only vent his anger on Qin Qijiang, Lin Xue, and himself.
Lin Xue was innocent; everyone was innocent; everything was just an accident. Then what about Yunzhao? Did she die in vain?
In his crazy and extreme mental state at the time, he blamed Qin Qijiang, Lin Xue, and himself over and over again and continued to strengthen this idea for several years. Finally, he became so extreme that he could not extricate himself.
Especially during the years he was treated in a mental hospital, he could only rely on this hatred to sustain him. When he was discharged from the hospital, he acted like a normal person, and everyone thought he was really well, but he wasn’t.
Even at this moment, when he heard Qin Chaoyan speak for Lin Xue, he became even angrier.
“Yun Zhao is your mother; you didn’t feel anything after hearing that? You said that because Ye Rongxu is Lin Xue’s son? You just… Have you forgotten how Ye Rongxu humiliated you before? When you were a child, you just pushed him, and Qin Qijiang kicked you to the ground. When you accidentally knocked him down, Qin Qijiang sent you to apologize.
“Even last year, at his birthday party, you were humiliated and made to stand in the rain by the swimming pool for a whole day. He fell into the swimming pool by himself, and you pulled him out. But Qin Qijiang rushed over to slap you and sent you to kneel down at the hospital the next day. Which of these things has nothing to do with him?
“Just because he treats you better now, you have completely forgotten those things? Do you have… do you have Stockholm Syndrome?”
After he finished speaking, he punched the table heavily, his face cold, his breathing rapid.
He had obviously investigated all of Qin Chaoyan’s past experiences during this period of time.
Qin Chaoyan frowned: “The story told by a third party is bound to be different. Some of what you said was not done by Xuxu but instigated by someone with ulterior motives. However, this is a matter between him and me. We have already made it clear, so you don’t have to worry about it. In addition, borrowing your words, it was all Qin Qijiang’s fault. You shouldn’t vent your anger on Aunt Lin. If you want revenge, you should go to Qin Qijiang.”
“Do you think I didn’t?” Xie Yunming interrupted sharply, sneering, “If your grandparents and the Qin family hadn’t arrived in time, Qin Qijiang would have been torn into 18 pieces and buried underground!”
After Xie Yunzhao died, he tied Qin Qijiang up and planned to torture him to death.
Unfortunately, the Qin family and his parents arrived in time to stop him. The old man of the Qin family did not call the police out of guilt, and then he was escorted abroad by his parents for treatment until two years ago.
Qin Chaoyan was not interested in these things and said coldly, “It’s up to you; do whatever you want, but I still don’t want anything to do with you. And please don’t interfere in my and Xuxu’s affairs. I will transfer my mother’s shares to your Xie family.”
After saying that, he turned around again and wanted to leave.
“Your Xie family?” Xie Yunming suddenly laughed and slowly sat back in his seat, his face expressionless.
He seemed to have regained his composure as he spoke, ”Are you planning to bind yourself to the Ye family in the future, marrying into their family? Besides the fact that they already have Ji Qingyu, as far as your relationship with the Xie family is concerned, do you think you can just say it doesn’t exist?
“Even if you think so, what about others? Can Ye Boxuan also see it this way? There are some things that if he knew about, I’m afraid he wouldn’t allow you and Ye Rongxu to be together anymore.”
Qin Chaoyan’s steps froze, and he slowly turned his head: “What do you mean?”
Xie Yunming had a blank expression on his face: “After Yunzhao’s accident, I took revenge on more than one person. In addition to Qin Qijiang, there is also…”
Qin Chaoyan stood still, staring at him intently, and saw him say the last two words slowly—
“Lin Xue.”
Qin Chaoyan closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, he gritted his teeth and asked, “What did you do?”
Xie Yunming retracted his gaze, looked into the void in front of him, and said lightly, “At that time, the Ye family did not disclose to the public that Lin Xue was seriously injured and unconscious. I thought she was still alive, so while kidnapping Qin Qijiang, I also asked people to keep an eye on Lin Xue’s car, intending to send her to a car accident.”
The cold air in the private room is turned on sufficiently, gusts of coolness blowing, and Qin Chaoyan suddenly felt a little cold.
“Lin Xue was unconscious at the time and was being rescued in the hospital. Naturally, it was impossible for her to take a car out. But her car still drove out of the Ye family that day, and the person sitting in that car was…”
Qin Chaoyan suddenly clenched his fists; his fingers trembled, and his palms stung.
There was a voice in his heart shouting, don’t listen, don’t listen any more.
But the voice was still slowly and clearly transmitted to his ears.
“…The person sitting in that car was Ye Rongxu, who accidentally learned that Lin Xue was in the hospital for emergency treatment and was anxious to visit her.”
“Buzz——” Qin Chaoyan’s ears suddenly roared, and he could no longer hear any sound.
He suddenly remembered that before the incident of Yao Bin’s kidnapping last year, the Ye family’s bodyguard, Liang Peng, had said something to him.
[…Young Master wasn’t in good health in his early years, but not as serious as he is now. He had a car accident once. I heard that his ribs poked a small hole in his lungs, and he could no longer walk. In addition, Madam Ye had an accident at the time, so he was in a bad mood… Alas, it was really a disaster.]
Ye Rongxu was only thirteen years old at that time. It was also after that car accident that he could no longer stand up and walk.
When they first met as children, the other party was such a lovely little boy, speaking in a cute baby boy.
Qin Chaoyan suddenly felt a burst of blackness in front of his eyes, as if he was in the ice and snow, cold to the bone.
He clenched his teeth until it hurt, and a faint coppery taste of blood invaded his mouth.
“That car accident back then, was it you… who planned it?” He asked with difficulty, his voice dry, and each word was paused.
Xie Yunming lowered his eyes. The car accident that Ye Rongxu encountered wasn’t planned by him. His people didn’t have enough time to take action.
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QCY please just kill this man! I’m super annoyed with uncle xie. Leave my boys alone!