Ruan Tianling’s expression was heavy: "Because I suspect that all those incidents where my father-in-law was kidnapped were actually orchestrated by him!"

Jian Yufei was utterly surprised: "He orchestrated it?!"

"That’s what I suspect." Ruan Tianling’s tone was already firm on it, "I can’t think of anyone else besides him."

"Wasn’t it Nangong Wenchang?"

"Nangong Wenchang was just a decoy; we’ve all been fooled by him!"

"You wouldn’t be saying... Nangong Yi misled us to kill Nangong Wenchang on purpose, right?" Jian Yufei asked with a serious expression.

Ruan Tianling nodded, his lips slightly pursed: "It should be like that. He’s using others to do his bidding."

"..."

"There are many obstacles in his way. Ansel, Nangong Xu, the baby in my mother-in-law’s womb, and Nangong Wenchang. If all these people are eliminated, he can inherit the family. In fact, besides the child in my mother-in-law’s womb, he is the most eligible to inherit. But due to his health, he can’t. Now the situation is in his favor, so he seized the opportunity to act."

Jian Yufei found it hard to accept this reality.

"Even if his grandfather dislikes him... he shouldn’t scheme against him..."

Ruan Tianling sneered: "Those people can do anything."

"Then aren’t we killing good people by mistake?!"

"Not exactly, Nangong Wenchang wasn’t a good person to begin with. My father-in-law was kidnapped, and he probably had a part in it. Maybe Nangong Yi planned it, and he just executed it. He just didn’t expect to be used as a shield, pushed out by Nangong Yi."

"But what was their purpose in hurting my dad like that?"

"First, it was indeed to better threaten my mother-in-law. Second, I suspect their target was you."

"Me?!"

"Yes. Because of you, I’ve been intervening in the Nangong Family affairs. He planned to use my father-in-law to get rid of you, then I wouldn’t meddle in the Nangong Family’s business anymore. And even if there’s resentment, it would be towards my father-in-law. I might even avenge you all and kill Nangong Wenchang. If the plan succeeded, he would have successfully removed all obstacles."

"Isn’t there still my mom’s unborn child..."

"That’s right, he wouldn’t spare my mother-in-law either. But my mother-in-law ’died’ prematurely, so he doesn’t need to deal with her anymore."

Jian Yufei’s mind was in a jumble—

"Wait, if he wanted to use my dad to kill me, why did he save me that day?"

Ruan Tianling’s eyes flickered.

"Maybe at that time you couldn’t die yet. He didn’t expect me to catch him; he was in our hands, if something happened to you, I would surely vent my anger on him."

"If so, why did he then provoke my dad to attack me?" 𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚

"It was to make us grateful to him. He was captured by me and couldn’t get away, perhaps he wanted to use being injured to get rid of us."

"Yes, that’s probably it." Jian Yufei nodded.

"Although my dad didn’t harm him at the time, but you injured him. He deliberately pulled out the needle, worsened his condition, wanting us to send him to the hospital so he could escape. That maid, he also seduced on purpose..."

"Mm, you’re right. In short, my father-in-law was originally meant to deal with you, and later he changed plans to use my father-in-law to escape."

"..."

Jian Yufei’s shoulders slumped—

She sighed and said, "I didn’t expect someone so young to have such deep schemes."