Time Travel Article: My parents divorced at the beginning

Chapter 185: Yuan Family History & Yang Liu

"I'm afraid not, Master!"

"I heard from the people at the old house that the old lady has already heard about Miss Yang Liu's news and has sent her trusted confidant to Xinhu in person!"

Upon hearing this, Yuan Yanqing rubbed his eyebrows in annoyance. Yang Liu's madness was really beyond his expectations. If he had known earlier, he should have cut the root of the problem as soon as possible. He really shouldn't have listened to his mother's orders and tortured the other party slowly.

Now that things have come to this, it’s too late to regret!

Thinking of this, Yuan Yanqing ordered his trusted subordinates, "Since the old lady's people have already gone, let all our people withdraw and remember to clean up the mess!"

"This incident has become so serious, it's still unclear whether Yang Liu can get through it safely. Let the old lady's people deal with it!"

"Yes, young master!" After hearing Yuan Yanqing's order, the subordinate responded in a low voice, bent down and left the room, leaving Yuan Yanqing alone sitting behind the desk to calm down.

Why did Yuan Yanqing treat Yang Liu in this way? This has to start from the story of the previous generation of the Yuan family.

Mr. Yuan’s wife, Qin Shuyuan, was the only heir to the Qin family, the richest family in Jiangnan before the founding of the People’s Republic of China. She married Mr. Yuan with all the Qin family’s property.

Unfortunately, Qin Shuyuan had been married into the Yuan family for many years but had not given birth to any children. She had no choice but to adopt the child of Mr. Yuan's cousin to inherit the family line.

This child is Yuan Yanqing’s father, Yuan Chengsi.

In the seventh year after Yuan Chengsi was adopted into the eldest son's family, Qin Shuyuan, who was nearly 40 years old, became pregnant unexpectedly. She gave birth to a girl, Yuan Baozhu, who was Yang Liu's biological mother.

The old couple held this child, whom they had been looking forward to for many years, in their hands for fear of dropping him, and in their mouths for fear of him melting. They raised Yuan Baozhu to be too naive and ignorant of the world.

When Yuan Baozhu reached the age to get married, the old couple of the Yuan family thought of taking her in as a son-in-law. However, how could Yuan Chengsi, who had grown up with his own ideas, be willing to give up the huge family fortune of the Yuan family?

Knowing that Yuan Baozhu loved listening to operas, Yuan Chengsi simply found someone to deliberately seduce the young and ignorant Yuan Baozhu into falling in love with an opera actor.

Even if the old couple of the Yuan family wanted to marry a daughter-in-law, they would not want to find an actor as their son-in-law. Naturally, they strongly opposed the two of them being together. Later, Yuan Baozhu ran away from home and eloped with her lover.

At that time, the whole country was in turmoil, with wars and banditry everywhere. In addition, Yuan Chengsi secretly obstructed the people sent by the old couple of the Yuan family to look for them, but they could not find any trace of the two people.

When Yuan Baozhu ran away from home, she took with her a large amount of gold, silver and jewelry. Money is very tempting.

After completely getting rid of the Yuan family's search, the actor not only took away the money Yuan Baozhu brought with her, but also drugged Yuan Baozhu and sold her to the mountains to be married to an old bachelor.

It was also at this time that Yuan Baozhu learned from the actor that her experience was deliberately arranged by Yuan Chengsi.

Life in the mountains is not a life for human beings. After Yuan Baozhu tried to escape several times without success, she was found by an old bachelor and beaten beyond recognition.

Yuan Baozhu couldn't stand it anymore, so one day, she took advantage of the old bachelor being drunk, tied him up, set the house on fire, and burned the old bachelor to death.

However, she did not gain any benefits. She was discovered and chased by the villagers, and fell into the cliff behind the village. Fortunately, there was a pool of water above and below the cliff, so Yuan Baozhu survived by chance. Unfortunately, the huge impact force hit her head, causing Yuan Baozhu to lose her memory.

Yuan Baozhu drifted down the river and was rescued by the mountain man Yang Guang. The two gradually fell in love with each other, and later got married and gave birth to Yang Liu.

Later, due to war and natural disasters, the three members of the Yang family followed their clansmen to flee famine. One time when they were fighting for steamed buns, Yuan Baozhu was pushed by others and accidentally hit her head and regained her memory.

After recovering her memory, Yuan Baozhu wanted to take her husband and daughter back to the Yuan family. Unfortunately, before she reached the capital, she was discovered by the actor who sold her.

Upon learning the news, Yuan Chengsi immediately sent people over, and the tragedy of the father and daughter dying in Yang Liu's memory happened.

As for why Yang Liu did not die, it was because she was Yuan Chengsi’s wife, and Qin Xue specifically asked her to stay.

Qin Xue was an orphan that Qin Shuyuan specially selected from the Qin family's neighbors and adopted as a playmate for Yuan Baozhu.

Yuan Baozhu was raised without knowing the ways of the world. When she made a mistake, Qin Shuyuan, feeling sorry for her daughter, was reluctant to punish her, so she would punish Qin Xue. Over time, Qin Xue accumulated a lot of resentment in her heart.

Even though Yuan Baozhu suffered such a great crime later, Qin Xue still did not feel relieved and wanted Yuan Baozhu's daughter Yang Liu to live a miserable life as well.

At this time, in the old house of the Yuan family, Qin Shuyuan was also discussing Yang Liu with the old servant Qin Shu.

"Old lady, I think the situation in Xinhu is going to be difficult to handle. This time, it's not just about hiring a killer, but the more troublesome thing is Miss Yang Liu's letter of complaint. I'm afraid this will bring down a large number of people!"

"Now is the time to put things right. If these people fall, they will be dragged down with them. It will go on and on, and there's no telling when it will end!"

Uncle Qin's words made Qin Shuyuan sigh deeply. She looked at Uncle Qin with a tired face and said sadly, "Uncle Qin, this child is Baozhu's only child. He is my only relative in this world!"

"I've been searching for so many years, and finally found the person. No matter how difficult it is, I must bring the child back to me safely!"

Old Qin's heart ached when he heard this. He looked at the white-haired Qin Shuyuan and assured her, "Miss, don't worry! No matter what, I will help you bring Miss Yang Liu back to Beijing safely!"

"I know that things are not easy to handle. So, when you go to Jiang Province, find the person above you. Tell him that as long as he is willing to help, the favor he owes to the Qin family will be written off!" Qin Shuyuan handed a note and a jade pendant to Lao Qin.

Lao Qin took the things Qin Shuyuan handed over and assured him again, "Don't worry, Miss!"

"Well! When you get to Xinhu, keep an eye out for Yuan Yanqing's men. I have a feeling this guy is behind Yang Liu's incident!"

"what do you mean……?"

"Although we haven't found any evidence in the Baozhu incident, think about it, who is the biggest beneficiary after Baozhu got into trouble?" Yuan Shuyuan said in a deep voice.

"It was only after I got married that I realized that the Yuan family was just a facade, but they were actually in decline!"

"It was my dowry that maintained the Yuan family's reputation during those years. Unfortunately, money can move people's hearts, and these people actually laid their hands on my precious pearls." Qin Shuyuan said viciously.

As Qin Shuyuan spoke, she thought of the trick that the old man Yuan Jinshan had played on her before he died, and she couldn't help but become emotional.

"It's all because of that old bastard Yuan Jinshan. If he hadn't adopted Yuan Chengsi and raised him to be a cunning person, how could there have been such a disaster later?"

Seeing Qin Shuyuan's agitated expression, Old Qin couldn't help but persuade her, "Miss, you should calm down first. The most urgent thing is to find a way to rescue Miss Yang Liu as soon as possible!"

"I'm so mad I'm confused. Yang Liu's matter is the most important thing right now, so you should go and do it right away!"

At this time, in a police station in Xinhu City, the police had just learned through interrogation of Yuan Houzi and others that the mastermind behind this vicious injury incident was actually Yang Liu.

The police officers in the police station all knew something about Yang Liu's name. After all, the other party controlled the largest black market in Xinhu City, so they had to deal with them.

But when they arrived at the house, they found that Yang Liu's residence was already empty.

"Director, what should we do if the person runs away?"

"Find out if she has any other whereabouts, then issue a wanted order and conduct a city-wide search!"

At this time, not only were the police officers from the police station searching for Yang Liu, but those guys who were feeling insecure because of her report letter were also secretly sending people to search for Yang Liu.

After being overwhelmed by anger, Yang Liu finally calmed down, especially after learning that Accountant Wu had died and the Yuan brothers had been arrested.

Yang Liu was naturally aware that she was currently in a situation where she was wanted by the whole city, so she had prepared a hiding place for herself early on.

As the saying goes, the most dangerous place is the safest place!

At this time, she was hiding in a large courtyard not far from the Red Star Food Factory.

"Liao Hong, have you returned from the countryside to live here?"

"Yes, Aunt Wang! Now the policy for educated youth returning to the city has been relaxed, so I came back."

"You look so messy, hurry back to your room and clean yourself up!"

"Okay, Aunt Wang, I'll go back to the house first!"

At this time, Yang Liu had already disguised herself and even falsified her identity. Now she was an educated youth who had returned to her hometown.

This identity was a way out that Yang Liu created for himself when he first started to get involved in the black market business.

Liao Hong is a real person. Yang Liu met her when doing business on the black market. However, she was an orphan and was very ill at the time. She died soon after.

So, Yang Liu borrowed the other person's identity and bought a house in this slum as his evacuation base, and lived there for a while.

Later, Yang Liu took advantage of the policy of sending educated youth to the countryside and escaped from here and disappeared, so her moving in this time did not attract any attention from others.

Yang Liu, the great hermit, hid herself in the city, but it was hard for Uncle Qin who came to look for her. After he arrived in Xinhu, he couldn't find Yang Liu's whereabouts. He was so anxious that he had to call Qin Shuyuan for help.

As soon as Qin Shuyuan received the call from Lao Qin, she became anxious. She had finally found her granddaughter, but she suddenly disappeared. How could she not be anxious?

"Old Qin, where do you think the Yangliu people have gone to?"

"There are people outside who want to catch her. I hope she was caught by someone else!" Qin Shuyuan said worriedly.

"Miss, I called you because I was worried about this. What should you do now?"

"Well, you continue looking for someone first. I'll call those old friends and ask them to help. No matter what, we have to find Yang Liu before anyone else!"

"Well, I'll keep looking!"

For a time, everyone in the underground world of Xinhu was looking for a woman named Yang Liu. Unfortunately, even though so many people were looking, no one found Yang Liu.

Although the police officers from the police station did not catch Yang Liu, the testimony of the Yuan brothers made them turn their attention to the black market and the network of relationships behind it.

It just so happened that the letter of complaint sent by Yang Liu at this time also played a role, and a vigorous campaign to crack down on speculation and corruption was launched in Xinhu City.

It happened that a nationwide campaign to correct mistakes was launched, and with the help of this spring breeze, the disturbance that occurred in Xinhu City quickly spread to the entire Jiang Province.

Yang Liu, who initially caused the turmoil, was now hiding in the compound under the identity of Liao Hong, secretly observing the situation outside, ready to run away at any time.

As the investigation deepened, more and more people were caught, and even the aunties in the slums learned a lot of information.

That day, Yang Liu went out to buy vegetables as usual. As soon as she arrived at the door of the supply and marketing cooperative, she heard the discussions of the aunts around her.

"Hey, have you heard? A lot of speculators have been arrested in the black market recently!"

"How could I not have heard of it? The black market has been completely shut down now. I heard that even many of the bigwigs behind the black market have been arrested!"

"Wow, this is quite a big deal!" someone said with emotion.

"My child's father, his third aunt's second uncle's family, works at the police station. I heard that this incident was caused by a woman!"

Everyone showed surprise when they heard this, and they all came closer to ask, "What do you mean?"

"I heard that this woman used to be in charge of the black market in Xinhu City. I don't know why she suddenly hired someone to kill someone, and even reported all the bigwigs behind her!"

"Wow! This woman is so powerful!"

"Yeah, I heard the police haven't caught the man yet!"

Yang Liu was standing in the grocery shopping queue, listening to people around her gossiping about her, but she felt completely indifferent, as if they were not talking about her!

Don't tell others to be kind without having suffered others' suffering!

She has no regrets about what she has done. If she really has to regret something, it is that she should have been calmer and more careful!

Uncle Qin stayed in Xinhu City for three full months before he finally learned some things about Yang Liu's early life from an old man in the black market, and only then did he find out where Yang Liu was hiding.

"Miss Yang Liu, I was sent here by your grandmother to take you home!"

"Oh! Really?" Yang Liu said in a light voice.

Yang Liu looked at Lao Qin who was looking at her with tears in his eyes without any emotion in her heart. She knew that Accountant Wu and his people had been monitoring her for more than ten years. Who knew whether the person coming to her was a human or a ghost?

Old Qin naturally noticed the alienation displayed by Yang Liu, but considering what she had experienced over the years, he could understand why she did that.

"Miss Yang Liu, there is another hidden story behind this. Please listen to me and I will tell you slowly. You will know what is going on after you finish listening." Then Lao Qin told Yang Liu all the big and small things that happened in the Yuan family over the years.

"For so many years, the old lady has been looking for your whereabouts. As soon as she got any news, she asked me to come to you."

Yang Liu was stunned for a long time after hearing what Lao Qin said.

That's it!

Thinking of everything she had been through over the years, Yang Liu sneered. She turned to Old Qin, who was standing conveniently, and slowly said, "You and I are going back to the Yuan family!"

The deep hatred in Yang Liu's words frightened Lao Qin, but as long as the other party was willing to go back with him, nothing else mattered!

Originally, Yang Liu would have had to escape with his skin peeled off if not his life for the crime he committed in Xinhu City. However, the other party had already given him the identity of Liao Hong, which made it easier for Lao Qin to handle the matter.

Lao Qin directly found a female corpse to fake the fact that Yang Liu died accidentally, and then sent the old man in the black market who knew that Yang Liu might be Liao Hong away. Then he took Yang Liu, who had changed her name to Liao Hong, back to Beijing.