After leaving my father and keeping my son, I built my own wealthy family, and my ex-husband's

Mingyun didn't want her grandmother to suffer any more shock.

However, since the matter concerns the truth behind the deaths of the eldest son and his wife of the Qin family, the old man of the Qin family would never give up on this clue.

After a night of discussion.

The group decided to hire a professional hypnotist to try to evoke Mei Yingxue's relevant memories.

Over the next two days, the hypnotist and Mei Yingxue met and got to know each other in preparation for the hypnosis session.

This way, the hypnotherapist can understand Mei Yingxue's situation and develop a special hypnosis plan, while minimizing Mei Yingxue's resistance.

On the third day, the hypnosis officially began.

With the hypnotist's guidance, Mei Yingxue quickly entered a state of deep concentration.

With her eyes closed, she looked as if she were asleep.

But in reality, her consciousness was in a semi-conscious state, able to receive the hypnotist's verbal instructions, give feedback, and enter into deeper memories.

However, since Alzheimer's disease is a brain dysfunction, it is much more difficult for people to retain memories in such a deep way than for normal people.

Therefore, even though Mei Yingxue received treatment from a top-notch professional hypnotherapist, her words spoken under hypnosis were still somewhat incoherent and contained certain deviations and confusion.

However, through the hypnotist's persistent efforts, the situation from that year was eventually pieced together from her fragmented descriptions.

It turned out that Qin Shan and his pregnant lover had eloped when they encountered ruthless bandits who robbed them on the road.

The social order thirty years ago was far worse than it is now.

Thugs, hooligans, and scoundrels are everywhere.

There were also quite a few robberies.

Moreover, it was in a remote location, unlike now, where there are at least a large area covered by cameras.

To evade the Qin family's search and capture, Qin Shan drove an inconspicuous old car, carrying his pregnant wife and their caregiver Mei Yingxue, away from Beijing and fled to the mountainous area near Binhan City.

His wife is due to give birth soon.

He plans to go to a rural hospital near Binhan City, and after the baby is born, he will move to a place even further away from Beijing.

Along the way, they had to avoid major transportation hubs and urban areas, otherwise the Qin family might discover their tracks.

One evening.

As Qin Shan drove along a winding mountain road in the suburbs...

Four robbers stopped Qin Shan's car at a bend in the mountain road.

Qin Shan didn't want to cause trouble.

After being stopped, they tried to negotiate with the other party as politely as possible.

The other party demanded that he pay a toll.

He gave it to me.

But the robbers were insatiable and kept trying to squeeze every last penny out of him.

Qin Shan had long planned to elope with his beloved woman to live in seclusion and avoid the Qin family's pursuit, so he brought a lot of valuables with him, which would be the source of their family's livelihood in the future.

It's possible that for a long time to come, he won't be able to show his face in public and look for work.

However, things have already come to this point.

In order to protect the woman he loved and the child in her womb, he eventually handed over all his money.

She even gave her decent coat and shoes to the robbers.

Even though he had gone to such lengths, the robbers still went further.

The four robbers were not only greedy for money, but also had their eyes on his woman.

He disregarded the fact that she was nine months pregnant, forcibly dragged her out of the car, and even tried to assault her in front of him.

Enraged, Qin Shan got into a fight with the four robbers.

Although he was tall and strong and quite skilled, he was still outnumbered.

After defeating the robbers.

With the help of Mei Yingxue, the wounded Qin Shan managed to bring his lover back to the car and then sped away.

The robbers were enraged and went berserk.

He recklessly pursued the enemy in his car.

It was raining heavily at the time.

At a sharp bend in the road, the robbers deliberately rammed the front of their car into the rear of Qin Shan's car.

And just like that, Qin Shan's car skidded out of control and flew straight off the cliff.

Finally, it plunged headfirst into the turbulent river below.

Qin Shan was already injured and his physical strength was severely depleted.

In the final moments of his life, he used all his strength to help Mei Yingxue lift her pregnant lover out of the rapidly sinking car.

Mei Yingxue was good at swimming, but no matter how good she was, it was impossible for her to hold back two adults by herself in that situation.

In the end, Qin Shan was swept away by the surging undercurrents at the bottom of the river.

Despite her immense grief, Mei Yingxue exerted all her strength to bring the unconscious woman to the surface and then swam to the shore.

Fortunately, the woman survived.

Mei Yingxue then took the woman to a dilapidated temple nearby for temporary shelter, where they subsisted on wild vegetables.

a few days later.

The baby was born.

However, the mother suffered too much physical and mental stress.

She passed away less than a month after her child was born.

Before she died, she gave the pendant that Qin Shan had given her to Mei Yingxue, asking her to raise the child and instructing her to let the child live an ordinary life.

Mei Yingxue found a place to bury her, and then, with her newborn baby, trekked through mountains and rivers to leave that mountainous area.

Later, after several twists and turns, she finally found shelter in a village in the countryside near Binhan City, with a family surnamed Ming.

That village was very remote at the time, with a small population, and the villagers' homes were far apart.

It's estimated that even if the Qin family is powerful, it's unlikely they'll find their way here. This place is perfect for Mei Yingxue to settle down with her child.

She was about the same age as the head of the Ming family at the time.

His wife passed away many years ago, leaving him with only a son in his early twenties who had just gotten married.

So, Mei Yingxue married him and became the stepmother of his son.

Then she also brought her child to live with the Ming family.

Therefore, she and Qin Shan's posthumous child both gained new identities.

The child born after her death was none other than Mingyun.

When everyone present learned this astonishing secret, they were all dumbfounded.

Mingyun's mind went completely blank on the spot.

She never imagined that she had been adopted by the Ming family, and that her real parents were... Mr. and Mrs. Qin Shan...

And Old Master Qin...

He was undoubtedly her biological grandfather.

This change in identity came too suddenly and was too astonishing.

"Mom..." Mingyun turned around blankly and looked at Zhou Xiu. "Tell me, is all of this... true? I'm really not the Ming family's biological child? It really was my grandmother who brought me, who was just born, to the Ming family to settle down?"

Zhou Xiu clenched her hands. "Your grandmother used to forbid us from revealing this secret... but we didn't know you were from the Qin family. Your grandmother never said anything..."

Her words indirectly confirmed the facts.

Mingyun remained silent for a long time before turning and going to the balcony.

Mino hurriedly followed.

"Are you alright?"

"I have no idea……"

Mingyun exhaled a breath of stale air, her expression complex. "I don't know how to describe how I feel right now..."

Yu Ye said, "No matter what, you are still yourself. Whether you are a member of the Ming family or the Qin family, it doesn't affect the fact that you are you."

After pondering for a long time, Mingyun's expression returned to some calm.

After the two major truths from back then came to light, Old Master Qin did three things.

First, they reported the case to the relevant departments and reopened the investigation into the Qinshan car accident case from years ago, determined to find the four robbers.

Then they found the burial place of Mingyun's birth mother, paid their respects, and moved her to the Qin family ancestral cemetery.

Finally, a family DNA comparison was conducted with Mingyun, confirming that she was indeed Qin Shan's biological daughter.

After completing these three tasks, another major decision was made—to establish Mingyun's son, Tianheng, as the future heir of the Qin family.

Firstly, it was to make amends for the guilt he felt towards Qin Shan and his wife.

Secondly, since Mingyun is Old Master Qin's granddaughter, Tianheng, who has Mingyun's bloodline, is the most suitable candidate, even if he is only considered as his great-grandson.

Mingyun originally wanted to refuse.

This time, however, Old Master Qin's attitude was extremely firm.

He said he was practically buried up to his skull and couldn't take any more of this kind of tormenting; he was truly exhausted.

Even if Mingyun doesn't want Tianheng to manage everything after handing over the family business to him in the future, she chooses to sell all of Qin's group and assets into cash and live off the huge sum of money for the rest of her life.

The Qin family's century-old foundation is gone, so be it; let's just break up the partnership.

Two months later.

Mingyun received a phone call.

It was a call from the prison.

It is said that Qin Pinsen wanted to see her one last time before he was executed.

Qin Pinsen was probably worried that she didn't want to see him, so he asked a prison staff member to tell her that he had thoroughly realized his mistake and was very regretful. If he couldn't even see her before he died, he would leave with endless regret and pain for the rest of his life, and he hoped to get her forgiveness at the last moment of his life.

After listening to the prison staff's account over the phone, Mingyun remained silent for two seconds before calmly saying, "Then let him leave with regret and pain; that's what he deserves."

He hung up the phone after saying that.

In the end, Qin Pinsen never received the forgiveness he wanted, even until the very last second before his execution.

After the news of Qin Pinsen's death sentence was announced.

He Ya, who was already mentally unstable, went completely insane.

She holds a rag doll and calls it "son" every day.

She cries one minute and laughs the next.

One moment she says she is the young mistress of the Qin family, the next she says her son is the heir of the Qin family, and then she shouts that she wants Qin Pinsen's whole family to pay with their lives.

Sometimes when she goes crazy, she not only smashes things around the house, but also slashes randomly with a knife.

Her father couldn't take it anymore and wanted to send her to a mental hospital.

However, the He family was on the verge of bankruptcy and heavily indebted, unable to even afford the costs of a mental hospital.

All the friends and relatives from before now avoid the He family like the plague, and not a single one offers a helping hand.

So He Qingsong and his wife could only lock He Ya at home, and then spend their days in tears, blaming each other for not disciplining their daughter properly, which led to their current predicament.

He Qinsong was also on the verge of collapse.

He simply left home and hid for a few days, but when he returned, he was shocked to find that his wife and daughter were dead.