Chapter 1642: Is Zhu Qingrui Dead or Not? 2

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Her aunt was very happy to see her and said, "I have been talking to your father these past few days about wanting you to come over and taste my cooking, and you just happened to come."

"Can you really cook? I thought Dad was bragging for you!"

"I just learned, it doesn't taste good," Ji Yingjie said.

"Your aunt is being modest; her cooking is very good. I guarantee you'll be able to eat an extra bowl of rice."

"Go on with you, who praises themselves like that?" Ji Yingjie gave him a coquettish glare.

Since Ji Yingjie was discharged from the hospital, the old couple's relationship has been very good; they have never turned red in the face or quarreled.

Shi Youxuan did not come over to eat; she had very important things to do.

She said, "Aunt, please call Nianyin and have her come over too. I don't know what's wrong these past two days, she keeps avoiding me."

"Why?"

Shi Youxuan spread her hands: "I don't know either, perhaps I offended her somewhere?"

"Let her come over and ask."

"Please don't tell her I'm here yet."

"I understand."

Ji Yingjie called Nianyin, and she did indeed come, but upon seeing Shi Youxuan, she turned around and wanted to leave!

"Come back."

Shi Youxuan stopped her: "You can hide for a moment, but can you hide for a lifetime? How long do you intend to hide from me?"

"I must investigate that matter clearly; it is very important!"

Nianyin had no choice but to come back.

Shi Youxuan called her aunt over as well and said to her: "Aunt, there is something I want to know. Nianyin won't tell me; she says she is following your orders not to speak."

"Can you let her tell me?"

Ji Yingjie said: "You may. Nianyin, speak; I want to hear it too."

She had lost her memory and could not remember the things she had done in the past.

Nianyin had received the order from her mother, but she was hesitant and made all sorts of excuses, refusing to speak.

But later, she couldn't withstand Shi Youxuan's offensive and had no choice but to tell the truth.

"That's right, I didn't watch him breathe his last with my own eyes. I only heard from the people below that he was dead, so I had them throw him into the wilderness to feed the wild beasts. He was too disgusting; I couldn't be bothered to look at him for another second."

"But he couldn't stir up any trouble. That person had already been tortured as miserably as possible; even if he survived by luck, he was already ruined!"

Shi Youxuan:...

The way she said it—although Nianyin's tone was full of contempt, she still keenly captured the useful information: it was not certain whether he was dead or not.

She stopped asking, but Ji Yingjie was troubled by it and kept asking endlessly.

"What kind of person was he?"

"How did I deal with him?"

"No way? I was actually that kind of person..."

Her emotions were a bit agitated. Nianyin, mindful of her emotional state, did not say everything that had been done back then; this was already a polished version, yet Ji Yingjie was still streaming with tears, sadly banging her head against the wall.

"It's too terrifying, it's too terrifying..."

"Heavens!"

"I should go to hell to atone for my past sins..."

For an entire evening, everyone was trying to counsel Ji Yingjie in various ways. Shi Yucheng even made up lies, saying that Nianyin was exaggerating and that the facts were not at all as she described, and that it wasn't that terrifying.

They managed to pacify Ji Yingjie, and it was already very late when Shi Youxuan returned home.

As the car drove to the entrance of the village, she saw someone standing under a big tree from afar.

Looking closer, it was indeed her husband.

Shi Youxuan opened the car door, and her husband sat into the car.

"Why are you waiting here?"

"Why are you only just back?"

The two spoke almost in unison.

"Oh, don't mention it."

Shi Youxuan told her husband in one second: "There is a high probability that Zhu Qingrui is not dead."

Then she spent nearly an hour explaining the reason for returning late!

"Has Aunt really changed her nature?" Sheng Hanyu said thoughtfully: "People always say that it is easier to change mountains and rivers than a person's character. Your aunt's personality has changed a bit too thoroughly."

"Exactly."

Shi Youxuan echoed: "If it weren't for the detailed physical examination at the hospital, I would have suspected that Aunt had been swapped by someone."

Ji Yingjie was definitely still that same Ji Yingjie, only her personality had changed too thoroughly.

But regardless, becoming like this is still very good; it is much better than before, and certainly better than being a headache at every turn.

Both of them suspected that the person behind this was Zhu Qingrui.

If he is still alive, the possibility that he is the one doing this is very high. This person will be a scourge sooner or later, especially since he is now in the shadows and they are in the light; the future troubles are endless.

Shi Youxuan told her daughter the news that Zhu Qingrui might be alive, so that her daughter could also be more on guard.

Jiangzhou is the safest place in the world, and the rest of the family is in Jiangzhou. Zhu Qingrui will not directly strike here; the greatest possibility is that he will play tricks in the dark.

But Shi Ran and Yun Qitian fly between various countries because of their work.

To prevent them from being attacked while abroad, the couple told their daughter this news without having definitive evidence, so as to take precautions against potential trouble.

Shi Ran was puzzled: "If Zhu Qingrui is still alive, why doesn't he take revenge on Great Aunt and Aunt Nianyin? Instead, he is causing trouble for our family?"

If one were to speak of having enemies.

Ji Yingjie and Nianyin are likewise his enemies, and it is a blood feud!

Shi Youxuan said to her daughter, "You, you are still young."

"If hatred can be carved into one's bones, then perhaps it is!"

"Bone-deep hatred will make a person fight to the death, while bone-deep fear will make a person put hatred aside... or shift it! Bone-deep hatred must have an outlet, and that outlet is us."

"I am the one who started it, so if he seeks revenge on me, he has found the root..." She spoke very rationally, and also with a headache.

But there was no helping the headache; this is reality, and there is no reason to be spoken of.

Shi Ran was very angry: "Really, this is too snobbish, bullying the weak and fearing the strong."

Shi Youxuan said: "Instead of complaining, you had better make yourself strong, strong enough that those who bully the weak and fear the strong dare not bully you, and that will be enough."

"Okay Mom, I will remember that."

Actually, she did not complain often, it was just that she was too furious today.

------------------------------Sheng Hanyu received a call from Liu Min. Liu Min was sobbing and saying that her husband had been kidnapped. The kidnappers did not want money; they had only one demand: to have Sheng Hanyu go to Country L in person.

It was clearly a trap.

Shi Youxuan did not want her husband to go; it would be very dangerous for her husband to leave Jiangzhou.

But Liu Min cried bitterly: "Big Brother, I know this matter puts you in a difficult position, and I shouldn't have made this call to you. If A Yong knew, he would blame me too, but I truly have no other way..."

"The child is still small, he cannot be without a father. I beg you to save him. I will use my life to protect Big Brother, even if it means I have to die, as long as A Yong can live..."

Sheng Hanyu decided—to go to Country L.

Shi Youxuan wanted to object, but after being husband and wife for many years, she knew that objecting would be useless, so she decided to go with her husband.