The madman's ramblings held no sway over Xing Zheng. He remained unfazed, his gaze cold as he fixed on the man on the bed. From his words, he could already gauge the depth of his hatred for Xing Sha and Xie Qin Jia. "That bitch, I treated her so well, yet she only cared about money. She gave birth to my child, so she's mine!"
"Hahaha, I'll just watch you and Zhao Rong tear each other apart! Neither of you are good people; you just like other people's wives!" Liu Qin Ye laughed hideously, each word laced with hysteria, evident that his disfigurement had indeed been a great stimulus.
Xing Zheng furrowed his brows, pressing him, "Zhao Rong?"
Liu Qin Ye's earlier words clearly indicated a feud between Zhao Rong and Xing Sha, yet Xing Sha was unaware. Hearing this, Liu Qin Ye's laughter grew even more arrogant and savage. "Haha, that bitch had long been secretly seeing Zhao Rong behind your back. You fool, you didn't even know you were being cuckolded!"
"That bitch truly has charm. First, you took her in, not caring that she was used goods who had given birth, and then Zhao Rong came to me to raise his son, hahaha. He even wanted to kill me. Damn it, does he think my son will fall for his tricks? Hahahahaha, now, your Zhao family and your Xing family all belong to my son!"
Jiang Chu Bi gasped in astonishment. She looked at Xing Zheng, his brows tightly knitted, clearly shocked by Liu Qin Ye's words. Xie Qin Jia and Zhao Rong... were they also involved?
In the previous generation of the Zhao family, there were only the brothers Zhao Rong and Zhao Yu. Zhao Rong had never married. As a junior, Jiang Chu Bi was not privy to Zhao Rong's romantic affairs in his youth. However, even racking her brain, she couldn't fathom his romantic entanglements involving Xie Qin Jia. From Liu Qin Ye's words, Xing Sha was completely unaware...
If everything Liu Qin Ye had said was true, then the situation became clear. Zhao Rong had an affair with Xie Qin Jia. Because Xing Sha had stolen her away, he sought revenge, thus bringing Zhao Jiang He into the Zhao family. This child, who was "abandoned by his mother," must have also deeply hated Xing Sha, as well as Xing Sha and Xie Qin Jia's two children.
Xing Zheng remained silent. Liu Qin Ye's laughter became even more hysterical, the piercing sound echoing in the basement. Xing Zheng turned and left. Jiang Chu Bi cast a glance at the man raving on the bed before following Xing Zheng.
In the living room, Jiang Chu Bi and Xing Zheng sat facing each other. Seeing his strange expression, she cautiously said, "He's not mentally sound. What he says might not be true..."
Xing Zheng smoked, saying nothing. Jiang Chu Bi didn't know how to comfort him.
They both knew deep down that his words were likely true. This would mean that Xing Yan's tragedy years ago was also caused by Xie Qin Jia. Yet, for all these years, Xing Zheng had been bearing the blame alone, and also dealing with Xie Qin Jia's accusations...
As Jiang Chu Bi pondered, Xing Zheng suddenly stood up, grabbed his car keys, and headed out. Jiang Chu Bi tried to speak to him, but it was too late.
Xing Zheng started the car and drove towards the Xing family villa. He couldn't wait any longer; he needed to get all the answers as quickly as possible!
Xing Zheng's furious return caused the butler at the villa to become flustered. He followed Xing Zheng, telling him, "Second Young Master, Mr. Xing's intention is that you should not return for the time being, Madam she..."
Before he could finish his dissuasion, Xing Zheng had already entered the villa, coincidentally meeting Xing Sha, who was reading a magazine downstairs.
Xing Sha put down his magazine, waved the butler away, and after he retreated, asked Xing Zheng, "What's wrong with you?"
"Who is Liu Qin Ye?" Xing Zheng pressed Xing Sha. "Before you married her, where was she, and who was she with? And where is the child she had with another man?"
Xing Sha's expression shifted rapidly. "What nonsense are you talking about? I don't know any Liu Qin Ye. She never dated before she married me!"
"Xing Zheng, even if you resent her, you shouldn't slander her like this. She is your biological mother!" Xing Sha rebuked Xing Zheng sternly.
"It's precisely because she is my biological mother that I want to know these things!" Xing Zheng retorted with the same attitude. "I know you won't admit it. My people have already taken Liu Qin Ye away. Do you dare to confront him face to face?"
At this statement, Xing Sha's arrogance deflated significantly. His previously stern expression turned to disbelief. He stared at Xing Zheng for a long time, still unwilling to believe, "Liu Qin Ye... he's not dead?"
He had already received news that not long after he took Xie Qin Jia away, Liu Qin Ye was killed by loan sharks. Xing Sha had even hired specialists to investigate in Runcheng. Those who knew Liu Qin Ye in the vicinity all said that Liu Qin Ye was dead, that after being taken away by those people, he never returned. Years had passed, so how could he have inexplicably come back to life?
"Where did you find him?" Xing Sha pressed Xing Zheng.
Xing Zheng told him the truth, "Zhao Jiang He is Liu Qin Ye's son."
How could Xing Sha not understand what this meant? "Impossible, how could the Zhao family..."
"She had an affair with Zhao Rong, did you know?" Xing Zheng shattered Xing Sha's hope with a question. The light in his eyes instantly dimmed.
Xing Sha fell silent again. Xing Zheng saw the usually rational and composed Xing Sha, the master strategist, display an unprecedented look of bewilderment and panic. He then knew that Xing Sha's previous denial of Zhao Jiang He's identity was not intentional concealment; he truly did not know the truth.
Xing Sha's mind felt like it had been hit by a cataclysmic tsunami, a tempestuous storm that swept through, leaving behind devastation and ruin. For decades, he had believed himself to be the one who knew the truth and remained silent. Now, he realized he too had been kept in the dark.
He didn't know Zhao Jiang He was that child from years ago, nor did he know the extent of Xie Qin Jia and Zhao Rong's entanglement.
After a long period of silence, Xing Sha said to Xing Zheng, "Where is Liu Qin Ye? I want to see him."
Father and son left the villa together. Xing Zheng drove, with Xing Sha sitting beside him. After getting in the car, he had been rubbing his forehead. Xing Zheng recounted Liu Qin Ye's frantic words to Xing Sha.
Before he could even ask anything, Xing Sha said sternly, "He still has the nerve to say such things!"
Xing Zheng: "What exactly happened between you back then?"
Liu Qin Ye hated Xing Sha to the bone, and Xing Sha felt the same towards Liu Qin Ye. What deep-seated hatred existed between them?
"I'll tell you about this after I meet him," Xing Sha said. It wasn't easy to speak after keeping it secret for decades, but it was impossible to hide it any longer. "How did you find him?"
"He's at a welfare home in Runcheng. Zhao Jiang He visits him regularly," Xing Zheng replied.
Xing Sha thought of something and then asked Xing Zheng, "When did you start suspecting Zhao Jiang He?"
"I'll tell you that after you explain everything to me," Xing Zheng responded with the same tactic.
The father and son arrived at a suburban villa. Xing Zheng led Xing Sha to the basement.