Before he died, my grandfather forced me to marry the richest man in the capital.

It was 4:30 p.m. in an office inside the prison.

A man sat at the table, exuding an air of oppression. Opposite him sat a man in prison clothes, looking old and no longer the dashing figure he usually was in a suit and tie. In just a few hours, he had lost all his energy and spirit.

With her gaze lowered, she was somewhat intimidated by the man opposite her and didn't dare to look up. Her hands were nervously clasped together, her forehead was covered in cold sweat, and she looked tremblingly at the hands on her legs.

The man remained silent for a long time; the office was so quiet you could hear him breathing.

He seemed to be there just to keep everyone company, calm and composed, playing with the ring on his hand with ease and composure.

The longer it went on, the more nervous and uneasy the man in the prison uniform became. Finally, unable to bear it any longer, he spoke, his voice trembling, "Master Ji... Master Ji, is there something you need?"

Upon hearing this, Ji Hancheng remained silent, stroking the ring on his finger repeatedly and very carefully, as if afraid of bumping or damaging it. After a long while, he finally asked, "Do you know why you came in?"

Tang Xin took a breath and nodded. "I know, I'm addicted to drugs."

Ji Hancheng curled his lips into a sarcastic smile, "Don't you know what you've done? Let me give you a heads-up, you're not getting out of here."

Tang Xin's eyes widened. He was arrested for drug use, so why couldn't he get out? Wouldn't he be able to leave once he finished quitting?

Panic, terror, stammering, "Why...why?"

Ji Hancheng remained calm throughout, a stark contrast to Tang Xin, and said unhurriedly, "Don't you know what you've done? Or do you simply not want to remember?"

Upon hearing this, Tang Xin's face turned deathly pale, almost deathly so. She looked at Ji Hancheng with an incredulous gaze, tinged with fear, "You............"

Ji Hancheng interrupted him, exposing him, "You should know very well how Yao Yao's maternal grandparents died, right? You really embody the phrase 'people die for money' perfectly. You're willing to pay any price to get the Jiang family's assets. You're much more ruthless than me in this respect. I still have to learn from you."

There was no doubt that the man in front of him knew the secret from many years ago. Tang Xin panicked, his face turned deathly pale, and his hands trembled uncontrollably.

He never dreamed that the matter would be investigated. It happened so many years ago, and the surveillance coverage was not as extensive back then. The place he chose to strike was a road without surveillance cameras. He hit the old man of the Jiang family, and the old lady's car also fell off the cliff. It could be said that there was no way to prove anything. How could it be found out?

Tang Xin couldn't understand how many years had passed and no one except Chen Lan knew about this matter; they had kept it a secret all along.

Last time, it was because Chen Lan knew the whole truth that she was able to control him, forcing him to transfer the villa and shares to his son's name and sign a guarantee agreement.

Tang Xin recalled that many years ago, Jiang Rui suddenly jumped to her death. Originally, he had no intention of doing so, but Chen Lan kept persuading him.

What did Chen Lan say back then? "Old Tang, the Jiang family only has one daughter, Jiang Rui. Now that Jiang Rui is dead, and you see, the old couple are getting old. What if they get scammed by someone with ulterior motives? The company and the money will just fall into other people's hands for nothing. With us, we can help run it. Why don't you go to the Jiang family tomorrow and ask them to transfer the company to your name? After all, you are the Jiang family's son-in-law, so it's perfectly legitimate."

"It doesn't matter to me, as long as I'm by your side, even if we're not officially recognized. It's just that Tingting is suffering because her biological child is being called an illegitimate child, while Yaoyao isn't biologically related but is the eldest daughter of the Tang family."

Tang Xin comforted her, "Once Jiang Rui's funeral is over, I'll take you into my family. I won't let you and Tingting suffer outside. My child, Tang Xin's child, can't be left to wander outside."

The next day, Tang Xin returned dejected and furious, cursing, "Those two old bastards! I told them to transfer the company to my name and help manage it, and they actually want to bury their daughter in the Jiang family's cemetery! I raised their granddaughter with such hardship for so many years, and instead of being grateful, they told me not to even dream about it. How have I wronged Jiang Rui? I didn't even lay a hand on her when she went to see that man."

Chen Lan was delighted with Tang Xin's performance and encouraged him, "Since the two elders can't figure it out, then we can only..."

Tang Xin understood and began to make a plan.

The next day, the Jiang family came and transported Jiang Rui's body back to the Jiang family's place for cremation. After the cremation, she was buried directly in the Jiang family's cemetery.

The Jiang family cemetery is somewhat remote, surrounded by mountains, and there aren't many passing vehicles. On their way back after burying Jiang Rui, they had a car accident, and the car plunged off a cliff.

When the police found them, they were both dead. Since there were few people on the road, it could only be determined to be an accident, since the cars involved in the collision had also fallen down.

After the two elders of the Jiang family passed away, Tang Xin obtained a fake agreement, which was a share transfer agreement for Jiang Rui. Tang Xin even put his fingerprint on it while Jiang Rui was asleep. Since he was her son-in-law, he actually inherited the Jiang family's company. After acquiring it, he merged it with the Tang family and collectively referred to it as the Tang Corporation.

After a long period of recollection, Ji Hancheng's cold voice pulled him back to reality, "You remember how you harmed someone. It seems you haven't forgotten, you're just deliberately unwilling to admit it."

Before Tang Xin could speak, Ji Hancheng spoke first, showing no regard for Tang Xin, "I'm quite curious, as Yao Yao is your daughter, why don't you feel the slightest bit of pity for her?"

Tang Xin laughed, a mocking laugh at himself, "Daughter, this bastard is Jiang Rui and that man's illegitimate child. I raised her for so many years without holding a grudge, so what's wrong with me taking a little something in return?"

Tang Xin spoke these words with a sense of righteous indignation, tinged with grievance and anger.

This is resentment and deep hatred that comes after deep love.

After a moment of silence, Ji Hancheng narrowed his handsome eyes, his gaze filled with coldness, and retorted, "Who told you that Yao Yao isn't your daughter?"

Tang Xin replied without hesitation, "I tested it twice."

After saying that, Ji Hancheng threw a file folder onto the table, making a loud thud. "Open your eyes and take a good look. Is Yao Yao your daughter?"

This paternity test was recently done by someone at Ji Hancheng's request. It's between Tang Xin and Yao Yao. The source of the doubt is Tang Xin's reaction and eyes when Yao Yao was drugged two years ago. Why would Tang Xin hate Yao Yao so much? If they were biological children, he wouldn't look at Yao Yao with those eyes. The only explanation is that they are not biological children.

He sent bodyguards to the casino to secretly take Tang Xin's hair and send it to Yan Zhun's hospital.

Tang Xin looked at Ji Hancheng across from him with a puzzled expression, opened the file with trembling hands, his lips quivering, and said in shock, "This is impossible, how could Yao Yao be mine? I clearly checked twice."

Tang Xin continued talking to himself, and Ji Hancheng did not interrupt him, trying to find the problem in his words.

"I was just afraid the test was wrong, so I went to two hospitals. How could this happen?"

"Impossible, something must be wrong, something must be wrong, yes, it must be wrong."

He had always believed that Yao Yao was not his daughter, treated her like an enemy, and considered Jiang Rui as the woman he had cheated on. Now that things had suddenly reversed, how could he possibly admit that he was wrong so quickly?

If Jiang Rui is innocent and did not cheat, then it proves that Tang Xin is terribly wrong.

Ji Hancheng's cold, deep voice rang out in the office, "I can vouch for this assessment with my own life. It's the truth. You can't deny it if you don't want to. You're just deceiving yourself."

Tang Xin panicked when he met Ji Hancheng's firm and unquestionable gaze. His face turned pale with panic. The next second, he realized the reason: "It's that bitch Chen Lan. It's that bitch. It must be her."

Ji Hancheng twitched his lips and glared at Tang Xin, who was sneering. "You pushed your own daughter out into the world and let her suffer all kinds of harm. Have you ever thought about how she has lived all these years? Do you know that she was bullied at school? Do you know that she was often humiliated? If you weren't Yao Yao's biological father, I would have killed you with my own hands. I wouldn't have given you a chance to reflect on your actions inside."

Tang Xin's eyes were bloodshot, and there was regret in them. "I'm sorry to Yao Yao, but Jiang Rui wasn't killed by me. It really wasn't me. She jumped off the building by herself. I don't know why she jumped."

Tang Xin recounted his feelings for Jiang Rui: "Jiang Rui is the kind of girl who looks like a lady from a well-to-do family. Her features and figure are so captivating that men can't take their eyes off her. She exudes an air of refinement. She is very capable and proficient in music, chess, calligraphy, and painting. The two elders of the Jiang family have put a lot of effort into her, and I fell in love with her at first sight."

"Actually, she didn't like me at first, and even rejected my advances. She was a very arrogant person. One day, I happened to see her arguing with that man. From what I heard, Jiang Rui liked him, but the man rejected her. Jiang Rui asked him repeatedly why, but the man just wouldn't answer."

Jiang Rui said, "You clearly like me too, so why won't you take that first step?"

"The man remained silent until Jiang Rui left heartbroken. I followed her to comfort her. She had opened a dance studio in the capital, mainly teaching dance and piano. I found her there and relentlessly pursued her for over a year, finally succeeding. It seems that hard work pays off; Jiang Rui married me. We were quite happy after marriage. Jiang Rui was a virtuous wife. Not only was she skilled in music, chess, calligraphy, and painting, but she could also cook. However, I knew that she learned this skill from that man."

Ji Hancheng listened patiently to Tang Xin's account of Jiang Rui's love story and guessed, "Later, someone told you that she had an affair with another man, right? That led to your later cheating on her."

Tang Xin nodded stiffly, not denying it, "Yes, it was Chen Lan who told him."

At the time, Chen Lan was a receptionist at Tang's company. One day after get off work, she waited for him in the parking lot and gave him a photo of Jiang Rui entering a hotel with a man.

When Tang Xin saw the photo, his world was turned upside down. Being cuckolded is something no man can accept, and he was no exception.

He was seething with anger and started looking for an outlet. After several encounters with Chen Lan, he discovered that she was particularly good at making people happy and was also very gentle. Over time, coupled with Chen Lan's seduction, he naturally had an affair.

After learning that Yao Yao was not his child, he began to openly be with Chen Lan, often staying out all night.

Jiang Rui remained calm in response, neither crying nor making a fuss, which was what annoyed Tang Xin the most, as he felt that Jiang Rui didn't care about him.

Tang Xin then recounted the whole story to Ji Hancheng, telling him that Jiang Rui actually had feelings for that man, but he didn't know why that man refused to be with Jiang Rui, and even Jiang Rui herself didn't know.

Ji Hancheng had already understood the whole reason. From Tang Xin's words, he could tell that Tang Xin loved Jiang Rui, so he was even more unable to accept Jiang Rui's infidelity. He couldn't bear to lay a hand on Jiang Rui.

She vented all her dissatisfaction and resentment on Yao Yao, whom she didn't consider her biological daughter, which is why she was full of disgust for Yao Yao.

If Yao Yao's mother wasn't killed by Tang Xin, then there's only one conclusion...