Although Song Feng was only in his forties or fifties, being the general manager of a company was ultimately not a family member. The elder Mrs. Song had always distrusted outsiders, always fearing that others would compete with them for the family inheritance. Hence, she was always on guard. Just as Song Xi graduated from university, the elder Mrs. Song thought of placing Song Xi in the company, then slowly learning to manage various business operations, so that later she could take over from her own son.
After all, she only had one son, Song Feng, and the mothers of Song Qiao and Song Xi were not particularly impressive either, each having only given birth to a daughter, with no further developments.
When Song Xi was initially brought back to the Song Family to acknowledge her ancestry, Song Qiao’s mother was still around, but the elder Mrs. Song disregarded whether Song Qiao’s mother agreed or not, she was the first to raise her hands in favor of bringing her back, and even changed Song Xi’s surname to Song herself. This made Song Qiao’s mother start to have even more disagreements with Song Feng, leading to her health deteriorating, and on her last day alive, she fainted at home. At that time, Song Qiao was at school, and Song Qiao’s mother had called Song Feng before fainting to tell him she was unwell, but Song Feng was too busy with work and did not come home.
That led to, the untimely rescue of Song Qiao’s mother, and her death.
However, Song Qiao did not know about this.
When Song Xi heard Song Qiao’s name from her grandmother, a shadow crossed her eyes, but she still asked with concern, "Grandma, what’s wrong? Did sister make you angry?"
When the elder Mrs. Song heard Song Xi still calling Song Qiao sister, her expression grew even darker, yet she spoke to Song Xi gently, "Xixi, you treat her as a sister, but she may not necessarily treat you as one."
Song Xi paused, but then she tugged the corners of her mouth and obediently stood behind the elder Mrs. Song, massaging her shoulders while a calculating light flashed through her eyes, and then she smiled faintly and said, "Grandma, you know, I’ve always been a good child."
"Yes yes yes, you are a good child, Grandma naturally knows." The elder Mrs. Song was so comfortably massaged that she couldn’t help but want to close her eyes and enjoy it.
"Then Grandma, what did sister do to you? Did she upset you?"
"Let’s not talk about it, the more we talk, the angrier I get..." Song Xi wanted to know what happened, but the elder Mrs. Song didn’t plan to say.
At noon, Song Qiao was in her bedroom checking emails. Although she had taken a leave, staying at home felt suffocating, and she always wanted to find something to do.
She was looking at an internal email sent from the company when suddenly she heard a very loud scream, which almost made her subconsciously look towards the door, and then belatedly realized that the scream seemed to come from Yu Xia, prompting Song Qiao to immediately put down her laptop and hurriedly walk towards the door in slippers.
As soon as she opened the door, she saw Chen Mama, who had also come upstairs after hearing the noise, and she couldn’t help frowning and directly asked Chen Mama, "Chen Mama, what happened?"
Chen Mama was also baffled, shaking her head, "Madam, I also came up to check after hearing the scream. The voice just now seemed to be Ms. Yu’s; did something happen to Miss Yu?"
Chen Mama was originally downstairs preparing ingredients for lunch when suddenly she heard the scream. The servants didn’t know what had happened, but a few days ago, Lu Jingchen had instructed that aside from Chen Mama and some designated servants, no one else was allowed upstairs, and those who could go upstairs needed a reason to do so.
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only Chen Mama was allowed upstairs at will.
Since Chen Mama had been looking after Lu Jingchen for over a decade, she naturally couldn’t be compared with the other servants. Even Lu Jingchen’s parents didn’t treat Chen Mama as just a servant, and treated her quite well.
Song Qiao suddenly thought of something, and without asking Chen Mama further, she directly started walking towards the study, moving very fast. She had a very clear feeling in her mind that something must have happened to Yu Xia in the study.
Song Qiao’s study was not very far, just a few rooms away, and she quickly arrived, with Chen Mama following closely behind her.