"The driver who killed your mother got into Jiang Mingxi's family's car. Jiang Mingxi's parents took him away. If it weren't for Jiang Mingxi..."
Song Lan's voice was cold and tinged with anger as she interrupted Jiang Ke.
"What I want to hear is, whose child is Jiang Mingxi? If you can't tell me..."
Before Song Lan could finish speaking, Xu Zhiqiang kicked Jiang Ke again.
His eyes flashed with a fierce threat as he waved the pictures on his phone. "President Jiang, stop struggling. Just say what you need to say, and everyone will be better off."
Jiang Ke was kicked so hard that he lost his balance and fell to his knees with a thud.
His knee slammed heavily on the ground; the excruciating pain paled in comparison to the humiliation and agony. Yet, staring at Jiang Mingle on Xu Zhiqiang's phone, he could only swallow his anger and humiliation.
With bloodshot eyes, Jiang Ke stared at the photos on his phone. "I don't know exactly who Jiang Mingxi's parents are..."
Snap!
Xu Zhiqiang raised his hand and slapped Jiang Ke across the face.
Fearing to offend Song Lan, he was now putting on an even more diligent act, scolding, "You don't know? You didn't do a DNA test report? Tell me what happened to the report first!"
Although he didn't know Jiang Mingxi personally, he had heard about how Jiang Mingxi posted the paternity test report on Weibo, causing a huge uproar online.
Jiang Ke's mouth bled from the slap. Overwhelmed by humiliation, he took a deep breath. "The DNA test report was to deceive Jiang Mingxi, to make him believe he is my child. As for the report's contents, I bribed the person who conducted the test."
Xu Zhiqiang was utterly dumbfounded. "Why would you lie to her like that? You made Jiang Mingxi think she was your child, and then your whole family treated her like that?"
Jiang Ke bit his lip.
Xu Zhiqiang kicked him in the mouth, yelling, "Bite my ass!"
"Explain!"
Kicked hard, Jiang Ke's mouth was full of blood, mixed with shattered dignity. "Because Jiang Mingxi's biological parents were looking for him before we could reunite Jiang Mingxi."
Xu Zhiqiang kicked Jiang Ke in the face again, yelling, "Didn't you just say you didn't know who Jiang Mingxi's biological parents were?"
Jiang Ke was kicked so hard he almost fell to the ground. He wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, looking like a pathetic dog. "I don't know. All I know is that the car that picked up the driver who caused the accident on the highway back then was a top-of-the-line luxury car at the time."
"Back then, only the very rich and powerful could afford to drive that kind of car."
"We fabricated the paternity test report so we could get some benefits when Jiang Mingxi's biological parents are found."
Song Lan sneered and retorted, "Back then, the Zhang Family bribed my family's bodyguards to stage a grand scheme where Zhang Lin saved my grandfather. Wasn't it your mother who tricked Jiang Mingxi into going to the Hai River? On one hand, she made Zhang Lin her savior, and on the other hand, she wanted to drown Jiang Mingxi in the Hai River. Now you're saying you just wanted some benefits?"
"At that time, Jiang Mingxi was only about ten years old. You recognized Jiang Mingxi last year."
"In between, you also bribed that college couple to adopt Jiang Mingxi in an attempt to torture him to death."
Are you just giving me the runaround now to get something in return?
"You son of a bitch!" Xu Zhiqiang angrily stood up, kicking Jiang Ke to the ground and stomping hard on Jiang Ke's face. Eager to prove himself to Song Lan, he grew even more vicious, "Don't you dare be so ungrateful!"
Jiang Ke's face was being stepped on by Xu Zhiqiang.
Xu Zhiqiang, holding his phone, bluntly threatened, "If you don't tell the truth, I'll make this call right now. What? Do you have to wait until you're dead to shed tears?"
Seeing Xu Zhiqiang about to make a phone call, Jiang Ke hurriedly grabbed Xu Zhiqiang's leg, "I'll talk, I'll talk, don't touch Lele!"
Jiang Ke lay sprawled on the ground, his face trampled by Xu Zhiqiang, his eyes filled with terrified pleading and hesitant difficulty. After a long pause, as if releasing all his strength, he released Xu Zhiqiang's leg, letting his face slump to the ground, closed his eyes, and gave up his last struggle.
"Because the person who killed Song Lan's mother in the accident was my father."
Xu Zhiqiang was stunned for a moment, then cursed under his breath, "Damn it!"
"The driver who was forced by my dad to hit someone ran away, and my dad watched him get into a private car."
He was afraid the driver would report him to the police and that he would be implicated, so he kept investigating the driver afterwards.
Just as he found a clue about the driver and gave chase, the driver escaped again. He didn't catch the driver, but he did catch a child.
"That child is the one who was sitting in the private car that the driver was in on the highway."
"My dad didn't know who was in that car, or what the relationship was between the owner and the driver. He was afraid that what he did would be exposed and that he would get into trouble, so he sent the child to an orphanage."
"Also, with a bit of wishful thinking, in case I could get something out of that family, I sent that child to the orphanage and adopted Lele at the same time."
"After that, he searched for the driver for a long time, but the driver seemed to have vanished into thin air."
"My dad thought the matter was over, but when Jiang Mingxi was twelve, someone suddenly placed a missing person ad in the newspaper."
"My dad was terrified. He was afraid the Song Family would find out the truth, and he was also afraid that the family that took the driver away was powerful and influential, so..."
Jiang Ke licked his blood-stained lips.
"At the time, I was thinking, kill Jiang Mingxi, and if anyone really came looking for her, I'd let Lele be that child."
"Because it involves the incident where my father hit and killed Song Lan's mother, I orchestrated the incident by the Hai River. I figured that even if it was investigated later, Jiang Mingxi would be found to have fallen into the Hai River and drowned because of the Song Family, which would make the Song Family look guilty."
Who would have thought that Jiang Mingxi would survive in the frozen Hai River!
It's alive!
If Jiang Mingxi had died back then, none of this would have happened.
He's still the youngest president of Tianli Group, so Lele won't be arrested.
You bastard!
That nemesis!
Jiang Ke clenched his fist and slammed it hard on the ground.
Xu Zhiqiang stomped hard on his face, "What about the subsequent paternity test report? What about the college couple's adoption? Tell me!"
Jiang Ke gasped, his face burning from being stepped on. " Jiang Mingxi didn't die by the Hai River. The Zhang Family was worried, so they arranged for the college couple to stay. This has nothing to do with my family."
"The subsequent forensic report was due to that missing person notice, which suddenly led to a frantic search for that person."
"We want Lele to become that person, so we must make Jiang Mingxi our biological daughter."
"But Jiang Mingxi is utterly vicious; he's always harming Lele. We were going to treat him better, but he always bullies Lele."
Sparks flew from Jiang Ke's eyes.
Unable to bear it any longer, Xu Zhiqiang kicked him in the mouth, then, holding his phone, smiled apologetically at Song Lan on the other end, " Teacher Song, you see, Jiang Ke has told me everything he knows..."