CHAPTER 255: CHAPTER 234: THE TRUTH ON THE VERGE OF REVELATION 2

The person on the other end of the phone took a deep breath, "That day when you came to see me, I always felt that something didn’t quite add up..."

"...I know, I also feel there’s something fishy, but I don’t mind bringing her in for a detailed examination first."

"...A girl came into the rehab center today; her situation is rather complicated... it’s a case of involuntary drug use."

"...Get straight to the point."

Yin Shixiu was already uneasy, and now listening to the other person hesitating and stuttering, he felt even more restless.

"That girl first got involved with ecstasy. Three months ago, she and her friends went to a bar, someone spiked her drink with ecstasy, and later... she was raped."

Yin Shixiu’s head exploded with a buzzing sound.

"She couldn’t accept it, attempted suicide twice, both times discovered and stopped by her parents, but later her mental state collapsed... she went from involuntary to voluntary drug use."

"After her parents discovered her drug use, they forcibly brought her in this morning..."

"Nowadays, many people use ecstasy as a hallucinogen on women, and then carry out..."

"Shixiu?"

"I’m listening."

"I’m only guessing... the chances of something like this happening are very small, but... but, if your wife encountered something similar, at least it would all make sense."

"She wasn’t addicted to drugs—beep!"

Yin Shixiu hung up the phone.

The phone fell to the ground...

No need to listen further; he already knew...

If there was an addiction, he wouldn’t have missed the signs...

His Xiao Meng wouldn’t hide it from him due to drug addiction; she would tell him...

She loves him, she wants to be with him forever, so why wouldn’t she say anything?

She would say it and actively try to quit...

She wouldn’t stop him from touching her, wouldn’t resist his touch...

It’s too strange, isn’t it?

If she really was—

Yin Shixiu’s heart was in knots; in his ears, he heard her desperate murmurs from nightmares, in front of him were the blood-stained scratches on her body...

He could even imagine... how much struggle and fear she had inside.

Everything before almost matched, but...

He furrowed his brows tightly, eyes filled with blood moving back and forth; he was still pondering.

He instinctively knew that Rong Jing and Rong Qiao coming over must be related to Su Xiaomeng.

But... what was the connection?

The date on the blood test report was two days after she attended the alumni meeting; if something did happen, it was most likely on the night of the alumni meeting or the following day.

Her senior brother said she was fine when she left...

Ren Yixuan said he didn’t take Su Xiaomeng home...

And Su Xiaomeng didn’t go home the entire night...

The taxi...

Who lied? Who told a falsehood?

Why did Rong Jing and Rong Qiao want to see Su Xiaomeng?

Rong Jing and Su Xiaomeng had no overlap, and what about Rong Qiao?

Rong Qiao and Su Xiaomeng...

The truth was almost on the tip of Yin Shixiu’s tongue, ready to burst out...

He walked out swiftly with an inner turmoil like a raging storm.

The garden of the Yin Family was tended by gardeners, but unlike those in open parks that needed to be meticulously curated for viewing.

There was a small river on the periphery of the garden, particularly shallow, yet it was a small tributary of the moat.

Su Xiaomeng and the Rong siblings walked to the pavilion by the river.

She looked at the slowly flowing stream, from top to bottom, even able to see the colorful stones at the bottom clearly.

"This Yin Family house must be priceless, right? And the wealth of the Yin Family, who knows how much it really is."

Rong Jing stood beside Su Xiaomeng, casually said.

"Old man, stop beating around the bush."

Su Xiaomeng looked at him with a calm and frank face, her big eyes unwaveringly meeting his.

Rong Jing raised his eyebrows slightly, chuckled, "How do you know I’m beating around the bush? Rather than already getting to the point?"

Su Xiaomeng pursed her lips, looking at this person in front of her who never won her slightest bit of favor.

Those snake-like eyes... Rong Qiao had them too, and his father, the old man with a full head of white hair, also had them.

"Do you still want the title of Young Madam of the Yin Family, Meng Meng?"

Rong Jing slightly raised the corners of his lips, his face beautiful to the point of enchantment, made even more radiant by the confidence that came naturally to him.

He looked very much like Rong Qiao, and perhaps not just in appearance.

"The first time I saw you, I was astonished; since when did Yin Shixiu start liking your type..."

A light sneer slipped from his lips, "So it was because of a shotgun wedding. However, I believe he loves you very much, after all, if Brother Shixiu didn’t want to marry you, no one could force him."

"But precisely because he loves you, loves you beyond anyone’s imagination... Once he knows the truth, he’ll only be angrier, more pained, right?"

"As long as you don’t tell, he’ll never know."

Su Xiaomeng gave a light snort, with a hint of sarcasm.

"Yes, if we don’t tell, he’ll never know. Su Xiaomeng, I can guarantee you that."

Rong Jing pinched her chin, making her look back into his eyes, "You don’t want to leave him, and you especially don’t want to leave him because of something like this... So even if it’s difficult, even if it’s painful, you have to hide it. You understand more than anyone that someone like Yin Shixiu, who has a severe obsession with cleanliness, could never tolerate his woman being touched by anyone else."

"Of course, even if he wasn’t obsessed with cleanliness, no man in the world could tolerate his woman having a fling with another man... Especially not an old lover, right?"

"Your husband can’t accept it, and the prestigious family behind your husband also can’t accept it, naturally, it’s not just the Yin Family... There’s also the Bai Family willing to stand up for you."

"I heard from Aunt Zhou that she sent an invitation to Old Sir Bai, but I don’t know how many members of the Bai Family will come tonight."

Su Xiaomeng clenched her fists, Rong Jing’s words crashed down on her like an avalanche...

Why drag the Bai Family into this?

"It’s truly surprising, who would have thought that you are actually the granddaughter of the Bai Family. Old Mr. Bai stepping out, there really aren’t many who would dare to offend him."

"Rong Jing, maybe Rong Qiao hasn’t explained it to you clearly, since this incident happened, I have never hoped for a good outcome. I don’t understand what you’re trying to achieve with all this talk."

"How could you not understand? Deep down, you understand perfectly..."

Rong Jing released her chin and turned to face the small river in front of him, "If you had thicker skin, if the Yin Family wasn’t such a prestigious family, even if you weren’t chaste, it wouldn’t be such a big deal, but unfortunately..."

"Uncle Yin and Aunt Zhou both value family honor above all else... Brother Shixiu, even more so, can’t tolerate even a grain of sand in his eyes."

"You understand this, so you know that once these things come to light, you won’t have a good outcome..."

"From the moment you walked in and saw Rong Qiao and me today, you were filled with hostility towards us."

"Xiao Meng... have you ever thought that we are here to help you?"

Su Xiaomeng let out a soft laugh, saying nothing.

Help? She didn’t hear that; she only heard a lengthy "prelude to a threat."

"Once such a disgraceful incident is exposed, who benefits from it?"

"The Yin Family will be humiliated, your husband will no longer love you, and when your children grow up, they will feel ashamed of you. Old Sir Bai, who acknowledged his granddaughter after many years, will probably end up in the hospital from the disgrace... Even though your parents love you dearly, what will neighbors and relatives say about them behind their backs in the future?"

"It was Ren Yixuan who—"

"Yi Xuan is just a victim."

Rong Jing calmly interrupted her, and Su Xiaomeng felt like she was in an ice cellar.

Watching a pair of brightly colored lips say such malicious words right in front of her...

"He was your childhood sweetheart for twenty years, and after you abandoned him to climb up to the Yin Family, not only did he not resent you, but he also remembered the old friendship. After you got dead drunk at the class reunion, he took you to a hotel, but you, in your drunken state, seduced him..."

"You’re lying! I didn’t seduce him! Why would I seduce him?!"

"You did seduce him, and once this is exposed, that will be the truth. As for your motives... who knows? Maybe you saw him with Xiao Qiao and got jealous, wanting to deliberately ruin things... Or perhaps you were just trying to prove you still had charm in front of him, but then Xiao Qiao caught you in the act..."

"Rong Jing! Who do you think would believe such things?!"

"Xiao Meng, human hearts are deeper than the sea and more complex than a spider’s web... To find out if they believe, you’ll have to tell them."

Su Xiaomeng quivered with anger, her eyes slightly red and brimming with tears...

"You shouldn’t have used the Bai Family to threaten Xiao Qiao, because they won’t become your shield, and only drag them down. Your cousin shouldn’t have threatened Xiao Qiao either, because, ultimately, the initiative lies with us."

Cousin...

Su Xiaomeng furrowed her brow in confusion.

"Oh, you probably don’t know, that day Xiao Qiao went to your school and wanted you to apologize to her, but you fiercely refused. You seem to hold your poor pride higher than anything else..."

"What you said to Xiao Qiao, your cousin heard it. After you left, he assaulted her, threatening that if she dared to speak out about your affair, he would have her gang-raped to death..."

"Tsk tsk, your cousin... so protective of you, huh?"

Bai Shunyuan... also knew.

Su Xiaomeng stood there, dazed... She couldn’t quite believe Rong Jing’s words.

She remembered clearly how Bai Shunyuan hated her, hated her intensely...

"Why did something that has nothing to do with anyone else suddenly involve so many others?! Why be so cruel to me?! What did I do wrong?! Why force me like this?!"

Su Xiaomeng abruptly pushed Rong Jing!

Tears streaming down like blood, her world was completely gray...

"You’re so smart, do you really not understand what happened?! Whether I seduced Ren Yixuan or if Ren Yixuan forced himself on me... You don’t understand?! Rong Jing!"

Rong Jing clasped her wrist, his expression indifferent...

"He ruined me! Ruined my family! Isn’t that enough?! Huh?! What is this title of Young Madam of the Yin Family? I never cared about it! I just wanted to be with my husband, just wanted to see my children grow up... sob..."

"Such prestigious families, such as the Yin Family and the Bai Family, what do they have to do with it! Why must they all be dragged into this?! My disgrace, my sins... Why must they be implicated..."