In the old warehouse in the southern suburbs, the dilapidated tin doors creaked in the wind and rusted.
When Rong Yin got out of the car, it was already dark, with dark clouds on the top, and a rainstorm seemed to be coming.
She held the text message tightly with her fingers, and her heart beat like a drum.
[If you want to know the real cause of your parents' death, come to the old warehouse in the southern suburbs.]
She remembered that everyone said that her biological parents died in a traffic accident.
But now - she is not sure.
The light in the warehouse was dim, and a man walked out of the shadows with a thin figure, but his eyes were sly and resentful.
"You are finally here, Mrs. Chi."
Rong Yin subconsciously tooped half a step back: "Who are you?"
The man sneered: "It doesn't matter who I am, what matters is... I know the truth about you."
"Do you know about my parents?"
He nodded, "That's not all."
He took out a USB flash drive from his pocket and shook it in front of her.
"The death of your parents was not an accident, but a... deliberately arranged murder."
Rong Yin's heart trembled: "You're talking nonsense!"
"You can see for yourself."
As he said, he inserted the USB flash drive into the projector beside him, and the screen jumped immediately.
——
In the picture, a car is speeding in the rainy night.
The man in the car shouted, "Let's go! They are catching up!"
The woman hugged a little girl and kept crying. "Just hand over the evidence. We shouldn't mess with the Chi family..."
The camera flickered, and the little girl's face appeared clearly in the picture - that face was Rongyin!
Rong Yin's body was shocked and his face turned pale: "It's impossible... It's not true..."
"You have always thought that you are the illegitimate daughter of the Rong family, but in fact you are the root of the Chi family."
The man stepped closer, and his tone became colder and colder. "Your parents knew the evidence of the Chi family's arms smuggling and tried to expose it, but they were chased to death. They died to protect you.
"You say... Chijia...smuggling?" Rongyin's voice changed. "Chi Yuchuan also knows this?"
"Of course he knows." The man's eyes were cold and fierce, "Do you think he married you because of love? No, he wants to control you and not to make you your second mother.
Rong Yin felt cold all over, as if she had fallen into an ice cellar.
She shook her head and muttered, "No... No... He can't lie to me like this..."
The man suddenly smiled and took out a photo--
It was Chi Yuchuan, standing in the corridor of the hospital with her back to a doctor before she went abroad.
"This is your mother's attending doctor. He left a sentence before his death - 'People from the Chi family can do anything.'"
Rumble——
Thunder sounded outside, and the rainstorm poured down.
Rong Yin staggered back, as if his whole body was drained of energy.
At this time, there was a strong wind outside the warehouse, and the door was suddenly pushed open--
Chi Michuan's figure came in against the light.
"Rongyin - don't listen to him!"
There was a trace of trembling in his voice. "He was kicked out of the house by my father. He has been crazy for many years! What he said is all false!"
The man sneered, "Fake? I am the witness of the evil of your Chi family.
Rong Yin raised his head, his voice trembled and stubbornly: "Is what you said true? My parents... Isn't it an accident? Are you really... lying to me from beginning to end?"
Chi Yuchuan gritted his teeth and said in a low voice, "I didn't lie to you, I just... didn't have time to tell you."
"So, do you really know?"
"...Yes." He admitted in a low voice, "I have been checking the black accounts of the Chi family over the years. The Chi family has never been clean. My mother committed suicide because the investigation was too deep.
Rong Yin collapsed on the ground: "Why didn't you say it earlier?!"
"Because I'm afraid you can't bear it." He took a few steps closer and wanted to help her. "Yinyin, I didn't mean to hurt you. I just wanted to protect you..."
"Protection?" She suddenly burst out and shook him away fiercely. "You control me, deceive me, and hide the death of my parents... What do you call protection?"
Chi Yuchuan's face turned pale, but he still said word by word, "I love you, it's never fake."
"Do you love me?" Rong Yin's eyes were red, "But I don't even know who I am!"
"I'll help you get it back." He stretched out his hand and said, "Yinyin, I will take you to find out the truth together."
She took a step back tremblingly, "I don't believe you, Chi Yuchuan. At least now, I can't trust you anymore.
His face froze, and a rare panic appeared in his eyes.
"Don't go."
"I have to go." She whispered, her eyes were dead dead, "I want to be alone, find out all this."
"Sound--"
She had turned around and walked into the rainstorm without looking back.
Chi Michuan stood in place, his face was wet by the rain, and his fingers clenched inch by inch.
In the warehouse, the man's sneer still stopped:
"You lost her after all, Chi Michuan."
"You thought you could control everything, but after all, she was the one who could let you lose everything."
Chi Yuchuan lowered his head, and between his eyebrows, there was unprecedented coldness and determination:
"I can let her go, but I won't... let her die."
"Even if I destroy the Chi family, I will protect her."
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Hook at the end of the chapter:
On a rainy night, Rongyin's mobile phone shook again.
A short message was sent from a hidden number:
[Before your mother died, she left the last recording. She said, "If you see this recording, it means that you have been betrayed by the Chi family."]
Rongyin's hands trembled, and his eyes suddenly became firm.
She knew that she had to start uncovering the truth that had been buried for many years.
Whether it's Chi Michuan, it's an enemy or a friend--
She will never take a step back again.