Chapter 677: Chapter 678: The Rebellious Young Man Who Has Always Loved His Childhood Sweetheart
Liu Ruyan said, “That’s right, my goal back then was simple, to drive a wedge between you and Gu Qichen. I knew about your haughty character back then, that you would never associate with the murderer who caused your mother’s death, no matter how strong your feelings for Gu Qichen were, you would leave him.”
Xia Yangyang continued, “Aunt Liu, your brilliance back then was not only making me believe that Gu Mingzhu was the enemy who killed my mother, you also framed me for exposing the Gu Family’s shameful secrets. They mistakenly thought that I wanted to take revenge on Gu Mingzhu. In this way, the patriarch would not tolerate me either, severing my connection with Gu Qichen once and for all.”
Liu Ruyan nodded, “Everything I did back then was for Weiwei and myself. Unfortunately, Weiwei is a lost cause. I know what you want to know the most – how your mother died. I bribed Ma Jianguo, and as for Gu Mingzhu, everyone knew about the grudge between her and your mother. During the financial crisis back then, Xingguang was also severely impacted. Your mother was constantly borrowing money. That 20 million was originally intended by Gu Mingzhu to insult your mother. Gu Mingzhu actually hoped that your mother would beg her for help, but instead she deliberately d 20 million to the charity foundation established by your mother, refusing to lend a hand even then. Your mother was honest and obviously wouldn’t use that money, so I embezzled it into her personal account under your father’s name to alleviate Xingguang’s financial difficulties, then bribed Ma Jianguo to expose this matter. Your mother believed until her death that she was taking the fall for your father, thinking that he had moved the money, so she pleaded guilty, and led to her downfall.”
Xia Yangyang clenched her teeth, she had considered many possibilities.
But she had never expected that Liu Ruyan could be so cruel back then.
She sowed discord between her parents, causing her mother to not know the truth until her death, bearing false accusations.
However, Liu Ruyan laughed and said, “Do you think this plan was foolish? Because they are husband and wife, if they had a mere conversation, the plan would have been exposed. But human hearts are the most unpredictable things in the world. Your father never asked until his death, your mother never told, your father thought your mother was confused, and your mother thought your father had no other choice. There’s something else you may not know. The reason your mother willingly took on the blame for your father was because she felt that she owed him her whole life. Your father treated me well, but he didn’t love me, same as your mother. Your mother was always obedient to your father, but she didn’t love him. Your father discovered this secret early on. She had a lover in her heart. Even her marriage to your father was on a whim. This caused your father a lot of pain. When a person is in pain, they must find a way to vent, and I served that purpose.”
The past that Liu Ruyan dredged up was something Xia Yangyang vaguely knew but didn’t fully understand.
As a child, Xia Yangyang always thought her parents were deeply in love.
But then Liu Ruyan and Xia Weiwei appeared, and Xia Yangyang’s world collapsed with her original beliefs.
Later when she found out about Gao Wenbin’s existence.
Xia Yangyang felt that the relationship between her parents was much more complicated than she had imagined.
After hearing what Liu Ruyan said, Xia Yangyang could understand.
Perhaps back then, her mother was still thinking about her childhood sweetheart, the bad boy.
Her father was in pain, so he had an affair.