It was rare that his father Yu Jiahou was also there today. He was talking to someone on the landline in the living room. Yu Xiao walked over and sat down, listening to his father's call in silence. Although his father didn't say much, Yu Xiao still heard the clues of what was going on from his few words.
There is a problem with my father's company!
"Dad, what's going on in the company?" Seeing his father's anxious look, Yu Xiao suppressed his sadness and asked his father.
"Xiaoxiao, what's wrong with your eyes? Did you cry? Did you have a fight with Shaonan?" As soon as Yu Xiao spoke, Ren Zhiping heard something wrong in her daughter's voice and asked nervously.
"Mom, I'm fine! Uncle Ming said he will never come back to this city, so I'm a little sad." Yu Xiao said perfunctorily.
"Oh, I thought it was something else. He's not an important person. Why are you so sad? If you don't want to come back, then don't come back!"
"Dad, what happened in the company?" Yu Xiao continued to look at his father and asked.
Yu Jiahou sighed: "Alas, Xiaoxiao, our company may not be able to survive!"
"Why? Are you in debt again?"
"Well, the hole this time is a bit big, and it requires five million!" Things had come to this point, and Yu Jiahou didn't want to hide it from his daughter anymore.
When Ren Zhiping heard what her husband said, she glared at him fiercely: "What are you talking about! Xiaoxiao, it's okay! Your father's company... is doing well!"
"What do you mean it's okay? Why are you still pretending at this time? Xiaoxiao is not an outsider, so there's nothing wrong with telling her!" Yu Jiahou didn't want to hide it any longer.
"Dad, is there nothing you can do?"
"Well, yes, there is. I think as long as we ask, Kang Nong will definitely help, but..."
"But what? We are relatives after all. As long as you ask, they will definitely help. If you don't go, I will!"
"Ask the Kang family to come up with another five million?" Yu Xiao asked coldly while sitting aside and looking at his mother.
"Yes, Xiaoxiao, your father's company has been in business for so many years..."
"What if I don't have five million?" The last ray of hope in my heart was like a faint starlight in the dark night, which exploded in the darkness and gradually sank.
"If we don't have the five million, we will have nothing. Even this house will belong to someone else..." Liu Xiaoyun looked at her daughter excitedly.
"When you asked me to marry Kang Shaonan, was it also for the two million?" Yu Xiao did not answer her mother's words. She had a faint smile on her face, but her heart was broken into countless pieces.
"Yes... No! There were some special circumstances in our family at that time..." Liu Xiaoyun heard the hidden meaning in her daughter's words and hurriedly explained.
"Really? My life's happiness is only worth that two million, right?" The tears in her eyes could no longer be stopped and flowed freely on her face, but she still smiled faintly, looking at the mother in front of her as if she were looking at a stranger.
"No, it's not... Xiaoxiao, listen to what mom said..."
"Why did Kang Shaonan want to marry me?" Yu Xiao looked at her mother and asked back calmly, with a heartbreaking smile still on her lips.
"Xiaoxiao, listen to what mom said... Shaonan likes you, and our company was in trouble at that time, so..."
"Why did I lose my memory?"
"Xiaoxiao, didn't I tell you that you had a car accident..."
"Don't treat me like a child. There was no car accident at all. There was a kidnapping case seven years ago, right?" Yu Xiao looked at her mother calmly and asked back.
"Who told you this? Who was it? Xiaoxiao, tell me, Mom will go find him!" Ren Zhiping could no longer remain calm after hearing her daughter's words. This made her more nervous and uneasy than the two million yuan matter.
"Tell me what happened? Why did I lose my memory? I want to know the truth!" The mother's expression showed that she knew everything that happened.
"What, what truth? What truth is there? You just had a car accident that year... right, husband?" Ren Zhiping felt a little guilty when her daughter questioned her and looked at her husband for help.
"Yes, Xiaoxiao, it's no good for you to think about the past. Since you have forgotten it, just forget it! Don't think about it anymore!" Yu Jiahou nodded and counselled his daughter.
“Okay… since you won’t tell me, I’ll check it myself…” Yu Xiao stood up from the sofa, turned around with a cold face and was about to leave. After taking two steps, he stopped and turned back to look at his parents: “Don’t ask the Kang family for help with the company’s matters this time. If you take another penny from the Kang family, I will never come back to this family…” Yu Xiao said in a calm voice, walked slowly to the door, opened it and walked out.
It wasn't until there was a bang at the door that Ren Zhiping came back to her senses. She stood up and ran to the door, opened it and chased after him: "Xiaoxiao... Xiaoxiao..."
The elevator had not arrived yet. Yu Xiao stood at the elevator door, looking at his mother who ran out with a calm face.
"Xiaoxiao, you... do you really want to check?" Ren Zhiping tightly grasped her daughter's arm and looked at Yu Xiao nervously.
"Mom, I don't want to check. Can you tell me? I just want to know what happened back then?" Yu Xiao looked at her mother pleadingly.
"Xiaoxiao, Mom won't lend money to the Kang family anymore. We won't lend it anymore. Let the company go bankrupt! We won't investigate anything, okay? Mom begs you... My dear daughter..." After all, this was the daughter she raised, and Ren Zhiping couldn't bear to see her daughter get hurt a second time.
"Mom, I don't want to be pitied for the rest of my life..." Yu Xiao shook her head with tears in her eyes. Now that things had come to this point, she was determined to find out everything that happened back then.
Even if she was pitied, she wanted to know why.
"Silly child, who pities you?" Upon hearing her daughter's words, Ren Zhiping couldn't stop her tears from falling.
"Everyone who knows the truth feels sorry for me! Including you and dad, right?"
"No! It's not like that! Xiaoxiao, you..."
"Mom, I have lost my memory, but I still have a little self-respect. Give it back to me, okay?"
"Silly child..." Ren Zhiping hugged her daughter and burst into tears.
Yu Jiahou also rushed out of the house, and his eyes turned red when he saw the mother and daughter hugging each other and crying.
Under the strong persuasion of his parents, Yu Xiao followed his parents back to the house. The family of three sat on the sofa in the living room. The silence and oppression spread silently in the living room, stimulating everyone's heart...
"Xiaoxiao, you were indeed kidnapped seven years ago. The reason you lost your memory is that you were only fifteen years old that year. During the kidnapping case, the SWAT police who came to rescue you shot and killed a man. That man died in front of you, only a few centimeters away. Because you witnessed it all with your own eyes and you were young, you fell into a coma on the spot. When you woke up, you didn't remember anything." After being silent for a few minutes, Yu Jiahou finally spoke, and told the truth of that year in a hoarse voice.
"Is it true?" Yu Xiao looked at his parents and asked calmly, with no expression on his face.
"Yes, it's true! Later... we felt that that city was too stimulating for you, so we moved here. Everything dad said is true. We would rather you lose your memory for the rest of your life than think about the past. Xiaoxiao, we don't want the Kang family's money. Mom and dad had no choice about the last two million, but things have come to this. Please forgive mom and dad. This time, we won't rely on anyone. If the company really goes bankrupt, your dad can still make a comeback, don't worry!" Yu Jiahou patted the back of his daughter's hand comfortingly at the end.
“But you’ve been running this business for so many years…”
"It's okay! There are always gains and losses in business, and no one can guarantee that they will never lose money in their lifetime. You are right, we owe the Kang family too much, and we can't accept help from others like this anymore..."
"Thank you, Dad..."
"Oh, you kid..."
"I'm a little tired and want to rest for a while! Dad, Mom, Shaonan just left, can you please not tell him about what happened today?" Yu Xiao stood up and went back to his room to instruct his parents.
"Then go and have some rest. Don't worry, your parents won't say anything!"
Yu Xiao went back to her bedroom to rest, closed the door gently, and lay quietly on the bed. Although she closed her eyes, her brain was working all the time. She only half believed what her parents said. Although it was somewhat convincing, there were still some things that didn't make sense. Even if someone really had a brain rupture in front of her seven years ago and fell down, and she lost her memory because she couldn't stand the stimulation, this couldn't be a reason for Kang Shaonan to marry her, right
There must be an important link that they didn’t mention!
But who should she go to if she wants to find out the truth? Who will tell her the truth
Yu Xiao lay there until lunch time. Ren Zhiping came in to call her daughter to eat. She found Yu Xiao lying there sleeping obediently, which comforted her. Yu Xiao followed her mother out of the room, ate lunch obediently, and then told her mother that she wanted to go out and relax alone. Yu Jiahou and Ren Zhiping wanted to stop her, but after thinking about it, they let her go. It had been a long time since what happened seven years ago. Even if their daughter really wanted to investigate, she would not find any clues. Knowing that she felt bad, they let her go.
Yu Xiao took her bag and went out. When she walked out of the unit door, she took out her cell phone and called An Jingya. This time, she no longer had any concerns and asked her out directly.
"Sister Jingya, I want to talk to you about Kang Shaonan!"
"Oh, okay! Where do we meet?" An Jingya had been suppressing her emotions for too long. Every time she faced Yu Xiao, she found it hard to control herself. Now that she finally had the chance to have a face-to-face interview, she certainly wanted it more than ever.
"Just by the sea!"
"Okay! See you later!"
The two of them hung up the phone at the same time and rushed to the beach. Yu Xiao's home was not far from the beach, and they arrived in a short taxi ride. She got out of the car with her bag, looked at the endless sea in front of her, and walked over step by step. She had been to this place many times. She remembered that when An Jingya jumped into the sea last time, she stood here and looked down. She even wondered what kind of mentality An Jingya had when she jumped down. When she stood on the top of the embankment, holding the railing with her hands, she clearly realized that when a person is desperate, no matter how deep the sea is in front of her, she will jump down without hesitation, right? (To be continued)