Chapter 763: Chapter 767: The Importance of Deduction
Ye Xingbei thought of Xiao Shu, shook her head, “I can’t. No matter who Xiao Shu’s father is, I can’t bear to be unkind to him.”
Even though Xiao Shu is not her biological son.
Even though she is only a decade or so older than Xiao Shu.
But having raised Xiao Shu for five years, her affection for him has long since seeped into her bones.
Many times, she forgets that Xiao Shu is just a child she adopted, feeling as if Xiao Shu is her own son.
If standing in Xiao Shu’s shoes, regardless of whether or not the matter had anything to do with him, even if it had, she would do her utmost to compensate him.
Her feelings for Xiao Shu would not change in the slightest.
“Yi Xinning’s character is indeed problematic,” Gu Junzhu said: “It can be seen from the way she threatened Fang Siqi and instigated the relationship between Xiao Qiao and Mi Sheng, she is a woman with ill-intentions.”
“Yes,” Ye Xingbei nodded, “That’s it, she’s very bad.”
“Back then, Senior Master Fang lied to her that Ah Yao was the grandson of his good friend. Under Senior Master Fang’s pressure, she had to adopt Ah Yao. With Senior Master Fang watching, she had to treat Ah Yao well,” Gu Junzhu said: “But when Ah Yao was twelve, she suddenly found out that Ah Yao is Fang Lutong’s son, and her mentality collapsed, and she began to abuse Ah Yao. Senior Master Fang deceived his son, making Fang Lutong believe that Ah Yao was Mi Junyuan’s son. When Yi Xinning found out that Ah Yao was actually Fang Lutong’s son, it’s like she had grasped Senior Master Fang’s weakness. ”
Ye Xingbei said, “Yi Xinning had grappled Senior Master Fang’s vulnerability, so no matter how she abused Ah Yao, Senior Master Fang did not dare to do anything to her, and could only take Ah Yao to the Xiang’s ancestral mansion to look after him.”
“Yes, that’s my deduction,” Gu Junzhu said: “But all of this are my assumptions. As for whether the actual events were like what I guessed, I need to find more evidence. I have already asked Xiao Seventh to find evidence.”
Often, once you’ve identified a suspicion, it is much easier to find evidence along that direction.
This is the importance of reasoning.
Thinking of Ah Yao’s tragic experiences, Ye Xingbei felt a deep sorrow. After a long while she said, “I really don’t understand what Fang Haichuan was thinking about. Why didn’t he tell Fang Lutong that Ah Yao was Fang Lutong’s biological son? If Fang Lutong knew that Ah Yao was his biological son, at least he would not abuse Ah Yao. What kind of life has Ah Yao been leading in the Fang Family for so many years? It’s too cruel.”
“This probably has to do with his scheme of sowing discord between Fang Lutong and Fang Siqi,” Gu Junzhu said: “I guess, even though Fang Siqi had relations with Fang Lutong, Fang Haichuan duped Fang Lutong into believing that the person who had relations with Fang Siqi was actually Mi Junyuan. If Fang Haichuan told Fang Lutong that Ah Yao was actually Fang Lutong’s son, wouldn’t Fang Haichuan’s ploy be exposed? To smooth over the previous lie, Fang Haichuan might have had to tell Fang Lutong that Ah Yao was Mi Junyuan’s son.”
“There’s another thing,” Gu Junzhu paused before continuing, “If Fang Lutong and Fang Siqi had a son together, I suspect the relationship between these two would likely be unseverable. Fang Haichuan probably didn’t want his son to be entangled with Fang Siqi. He didn’t actually intend to adopt Ah Yao, so he told Fang Lutong that the child was Mi Junyuan’s. He probably planned to send Ah Yao away. But he didn’t expect Fang Lutong to be so twisted, insisting on raising Mi Junyuan’s son out of spite. He probably couldn’t refuse Fang Lutong, and considering that Ah Yao was indeed of Fang bloodline and had Fang Lutong’s blood running in his veins, keeping Ah Yao in the Fang family under the identity of Mi Junyuan’s son would not be a bad thing. That’s probably why Ah Yao ended up staying in the Fang family.”