My older sister, born in the 1970s, stole my marriage; I took my three treasures and blew up the fam

"Really? Looks like my slap just now wasn't strong enough!"

Ruan Tinghe grabbed Ruan Jiaojiao by the collar and raised her hand.

Ruan Jiaojiao closed her eyes in fright, looking like a pitiful creature at the mercy of others.

However, the slap did not land on Ruan Jiaojiao's face; instead, both hands grabbed the hem of Ruan Jiaojiao's skirt.

It was ripped open suddenly.

The long skirt was transformed into a short skirt, revealing two fair thighs without any concealment.

Ruan Jiaojiao gasped and reached out to hold down the hem of her skirt to prevent herself from being exposed.

"Sister! What are you doing!" she screamed.

Ruan Tinghe sneered, "Look at how you've been beaten since you were a child! What, weren't you hung from a tree and beaten for a whole day and night? How come there's not a single mark on your legs?"

Ruan Jiaojiao felt guilty: "The wounds had already healed when I was so young."

"Yeah?"

Ruan Tinghe rolled up her trouser legs, revealing her two long legs as well.

She was very fair-skinned, with long, straight legs that immediately attracted everyone's attention.

But when everyone saw the still clear and pitiful mottled whip marks on Ruan Tinghe's calves and thighs, they all gasped, their eyes filled with disbelief and pity.

Ruan Tinghe generously showed everyone the whip marks on her legs.

Even after more than a decade, those traces are still faintly visible, crisscrossing each other.

Actually, it's not so bad in summer. The weather is warm, and you won't easily notice it unless you look closely.

But winter is different. When it gets cold, her exposed legs turn pink from the cold, making the marks even more noticeable.

It's like a brand that's just been branded; just one look is enough to imagine the pain it caused.

"See that? These are the marks left after being whipped for a whole day and night!"

Ruan Jiaojiao panicked. She never expected that after more than ten years, Ruan Tinghe would still have scars on her body.

She hurriedly retorted, "Then, that must have been something you did wrong when you were little and got punished. How can you blame me?"

"Really? Didn't you just say that the things I mentioned before—being slandered, framed, and beaten—were all your experiences? How come they're now mine?"

"I……"

"Are you trying to say that it's been too long and you can't remember clearly?"

Ruan Jiaojiao said nervously, "So what? More than ten years have passed, who knows how you got these injuries? Anyway, everything I said is true."

"Do you have any evidence?"

"My parents are witnesses! And the villagers too!" Ruan Jiaojiao was very confident. Now her parents and almost everyone in the village resented Ruan Tinghe, so they would definitely testify for her.

Ruan Tinghe laughed, "Heh, your parents? You mean those scumbags who wanted to kidnap Da Bao, Er Bao, and Xiao Bao, who wanted to send me to a ghost marriage, who wanted to kill my whole family of four?"

"Does anyone believe what those scumbags say?"

Ruan Jiaojiao's eyes widened. "You, what nonsense are you talking about!"

"I'm talking nonsense? Didn't you say I slandered your parents and got them jailed? Do you really think everyone's stupid? This case was investigated and decided by the local police themselves! Your parents even have criminal records in the police station!"

"The two of them broke into my house in the middle of the night, intending to kidnap my family of four and sell them for money! Everyone in the police station knows about this!"

"Everyone!" Ruan Tinghe said to the crowd, "You are welcome to call anytime to find out the truth!"

"And also, Ruan Jiaojiao, you said I stole all the Ruan family's assets and am living a life of luxury in the city with the child?"

"Heh, it was clearly four years ago that you took all the family's assets, and your parents even tried to force me to marry the village chief's son in exchange for dowry money!"

"Later, I fought my way out and almost lost all four of us during childbirth at the hospital! I couldn't even afford the medical bills, and it was the police who helped me out!"

Ruan Tinghe addressed the crowd: "You are all welcome to call the police station or the local hospital at any time to inquire about the truth of this matter!"

"Finally, your claim that I stole your man and seduced a sent-down youth is even more ridiculous!"

"You seduced those educated youths. Who among the educated youths who went to the countryside back then didn't know? Do you want me to name them all? Maybe some of them are even related to any of you here!"

"I stole your man! Who is your man? Tell me, what's his name?!"

Ruan Jiaojiao was forced to retreat step by step, her expression flustered, completely unsure of how to respond.

"Can't you say it? Or do you prefer to go to the police station to talk to me instead of telling me?"

Just then, Captain Song arrived with his team.

Captain Song immediately became nervous when he saw the current state of Ruan Jiaojiao and Ruan Tinghe.

"Comrade Ruan! What happened? Why are you all like this?"

Both of them had their skirts torn, their faces swollen like pig's heads, and tear stains on their faces.

One rolled up her trouser leg, revealing two gleaming, shapely legs.

At first glance, it really looks like we've encountered a thug!

Ruan Tinghe's eyes reddened. "Captain Song, are you still investigating human trafficking cases recently?"

Captain Song nodded: "Yes, you've always known that."

"I have a lead to provide."

Everyone was confused; why did the topic suddenly change?

Weren't we just talking about the Ruan family's affairs? How did it suddenly veer off to human traffickers?

Captain Song, however, took it very seriously: "Comrade Ruan, please speak!"

"The clue I need to provide is myself!"

"Huh? What do you mean?" Captain Song was dumbfounded.

The onlookers looked at each other in bewilderment.

Ruan Tinghe explained, "I suspect I was abducted. My adoptive father, Ruan Dashan, and my adoptive mother, Li Xiumei, are highly suspected."

Ruan Jiaojiao was terrified: "Ruan Tinghe! What nonsense are you talking about! They are your parents! How can you slander them! They were the ones who saved you from being abandoned by your biological parents!"

Ruan Tinghe didn't even glance at her, and continued, "Captain Song, although my hometown isn't in the same place as Shanghai, I've noticed that my eating habits are very similar to those of the locals in Shanghai. I strongly suspect that my biological parents are from Shanghai, and that I was abducted from Shanghai back then!"

Ruan Tinghe had long suspected this.

There's one main point, it's probably the awakening of a talent?

In her past life, she also had friends in Shanghai. Although she had known them for many years, she still couldn't understand the local dialect of Shanghai.

But after she traveled through time, this was the first time she had come to Shanghai and the first time she had heard the people of Shanghai speak.

She was able to understand the gist of it!

After listening to it so much, she was even able to quickly learn the Shanghai dialect!

It's like something that's in your genes!

Not only that, she made another discovery.

That was when she saw a piece of fabric from twenty years ago at Grandma Qin's place.

Grandma Qin said that it was produced by a textile factory in Shanghai twenty years ago. However, just a few months later, the factory had an accident and stopped production. That kind of fabric has never been produced since.