This promise, not particularly heavy, already seed quite generous from the perspective of the three Xi brothers.
Xi Nian’s gaze was firm, with an utmost seriousness, "Yes, baby."
Bo Yan frowned tightly, "I’m going to interrupt, but could you three brothers stop calling Yu Ran ’baby’? That’s my special nickna for her. Can you let go of those two words ’baby’?"
Xi Nian smiled faintly. He was well aware of how Bo Yan felt about Yu Ran and was comforted by it; after all the hardship his sister had endured, she was still doing well. However, rembering not to use that particular nickna wasn’t sothing he could change all at once.
"I’ll do my best, but, Great Actor Bo, Yu Ran’s na when she was part of the Xi family was Xi Bao," Xi Nian said.
Bo Yan argued with reason, "But she hasn’t been with the Xi family for many years now. You and I both know very well, Ranran is my limit, ’baby’ is non-negotiable, I insist."
Yu Ran didn’t know whether to laugh or cry but didn’t rebut Bo Yan’s words.
The Xi brothers compromised, "Alright, we’ll do as you say."
Shifting from the topic of origins, which always felt a bit irreverent when one person was missing, Yu Ran asked Xi Nian, "Any news about my sister?"
Xi Yan nodded, "Analyzing all the gathered conditions, ng Qiuyan is the most likely candidate. We’re still waiting for the DNA comparison results, but the facts point strongly in that direction. Ranran, you should prepare yourself."
A complete circle, and the person was right by her side?
In her state of bewildernt mixed with excitent, if ng Qiuyan indeed turned out to be her sister, Yu Ran found herself overjoyed. Yet, fearing the investigation might be in error, she didn’t allow her expression to reveal her feelings and focused on Xi Yan, "How likely is this possibility?"
Xi Yan replied, "Over eighty percent."
A heavy stone in Yu Ran’s heart lifted, bringing her so joy. She turned to look at Bo Yan, tightly squeezing back his hand that held hers, "Seventh brother, did you hear that?"
Bo Yan was just surprised. He had also been investigating the whereabouts of Yu Ran’s sister and had not expected to find her close at hand. Could there be sothing amiss with the leads he was following?
Seeing Yu Ran’s happy face, he chose not to express his doubts but smiled in pleasure instead, reaching out to pinch her cheek, "Mm, I’m happy for you. This was a regret for you, now redied. Of course, I’m happy for you."
About Xi Bei’s disappearance, how she was lost, how she was sched against, and the details of their separation, Yu Ran felt she had every right to know. She expressed her thoughts, and the Xi brothers, who would have given her the world on a plate, readily agreed to anything she asked. Anything else was unimportant as long as they could keep their promise.
Of course, Yu Ran wasn’t at all interested in everything about the Xi family. Whether the Xi family had planned or simply turned a blind eye to these incidents, she was thoroughly disgusted with them.
Her mories of the Xi family weren’t vivid. Her parents had died early, and the only impression of the Xi family she had was of a large, gloomy castle, surrounded by roses, their reds vivid and dripping.
And then there was the pitch-dark cell, devoid of daylight.
With each resurgence of mory, her hatred for the Xi family grew.
Gathering her emotions, Yu Ran looked up at her three brothers, "I don’t have a clear mory of when I got lost, and my recollection is fragnted. Can you tell , how much of it was conspiracy?"
"Of course, we weren’t planning on keeping you in the dark," they replied.
Having heard that, Yuran felt much more at ease. She nodded, and Xi Nian began to explain slowly.
The story itself isn’t complicated. The elder of the Xi Family viewed himself very highly. He had five sons, but they all died young, including the father of the three illegitimate children of Xi Nian and his siblings.
On one hand, the old man was a philanderer; on the other, he was power-hungry, marrying not so much for love as for assets.
He was married five tis, each ti aiming for the woman’s family wealth or a large inheritance, and thus he just kept getting richer, stepping on others along the way.
Xi Zhen was a man without conscience or bottom line. As long as it made money, he would stop at nothing.
But inevitably, when you always walk by the river, you’ll eventually get your shoes wet, right?
The one who dealt him a heavy blow wasn’t one of the wives he married but rather the daughter-in-law married to his son.
His youngest son’s wife was actually deeply cunning and ultimately took a big bite out of him, didn’t she?
Qin Zhen was soone who trusted no one, not even his own son. He always suspected that anyone related to him only existed to seize his inheritance.
He was very arrogant, and no one knows what sort of agreent he forged with his youngest daughter-in-law. He then took the large sum of money Qin Zhen gave him and fled to a foreign country, but according to investigations—just ntioning it made Xi Nian feel like he was soiling his mouth.
"However, based on our years of investigation, Xi Gu might just be Xi Zhen’s son."
"What?" Yuran couldn’t believe it, and it could even be said she was shocked. It was utterly absurd, so absurd that she didn’t understand. "After Xi Zhen got everything he wanted, why would he eradicate his own descendants? Doesn’t he feel that it’s very twisted?"
Xi Nian laughed, "How would he consider himself twisted? People are unfathomable. Xi Zhen is particularly contradictory. On one hand, he doesn’t want his descendants fighting over anything. On the other hand, it seems he feels that only the person who survives the slaughter is fit to be his heir.
The mindset is twisted enough, isn’t it? But since all of his own sons are dead, leaving only Xi Gu, we are not clear on what exactly he is thinking. However, back then, he allowed his youngest daughter-in-law to harm us siblings. After all, our father was just an illegitimate child;
In olden tis’ terms, he was just an offspring that Xi Zhen had outside, taken care of elsewhere."
Yuran looked upset, yet she was very calm, "Being an illegitimate child, naturally he had nothing to do with his property. Why would he be so determined to completely annihilate his father?"
Xi Nian was relieved that Yuran still retained her innocence. He chuckled; the Xi Family was too deplorable, so vile that it made one sick. "Because, Xi Zhen took a fancy to our mother. Xi Zhen is a heartless bastard, the kind that deserves to be struck by a great thunder."
Yuran’s pupils sharply contracted, and her face was full of disbelief. She was almost frozen on the spot, her lips quivered, "He..."
Xi Nian continued, "Back then, we were young, and you and Beibei were even younger. Our father and mother took us to flee abroad. Originally, we planned to return ho, but we never boarded the flight. We stayed in Ireland forever. I’ll take you there to see them one day."
Yuran nodded, "What on earth does Xi Zhen want to do?"
"I don’t know, perhaps even he doesn’t know what he wants. His ntal state is shattered; his perspective twisted. He probably wants to see his own descendants slaughter one another until death, to satisfy a streak of pleasure in his heart."
Xi Zhen, that’s just how twisted and sick he was.
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