Chapter 1996: Extra: A Brand New Life 111 (Jiang Yue and Xue Yan) Chapter 1996: Extra: A Brand New Life 111 (Jiang Yue and Xue Yan) “And we had an agreement, you were to kidnap Brother Si Yan, as long as you didn’t harm him, and didn’t ask the Si Family for a significant amount of money, then you’d turn yourself in. With a light criminal charge, you’d probably be sentenced to a few years, and once you got out, I would give you a hundred million. For the next few decades, you could live lavishly and gamble as much as you wanted–you wouldn’t lose out, and you agreed to it.”

“How could I have known that you would slip and fall into a sewage pit and get poisoned by the waste? That was an accident, wasn’t it? Why did you run away? If you had been caught, wouldn’t you be alive and well in prison? I can’t be blamed for this; you must take some responsibility too.”

“Also, the people you hired to kidnap Si Yan, you said they would all listen to you, that you were their boss. But what happened? Once they succeeded in the kidnapping, none of them obeyed you, they demanded a huge ransom from the Si Family. And that wasn’t all; they even broke Brother Si Yan’s leg… No wonder you tried to run away. You must have known that if you were caught, you’d be spending your life in jail like them…”

“I’m so sorry… I’m so sorry…”

“I didn’t mean for it to be so tragic… I truly didn’t… Please don’t call me again, okay? Please, no more calls… I’m begging you, don’t call… I’m so frail I feel like I’m going to die… Please… I’m begging you…”

Then there was Yu Xiao’s incessant pleading.

Kneeling, facing her phone, hands clasped together, she kept on begging.

Despite saying a lot, Yu Xiao hadn’t told everything she knew. Qin Zi could sense it, and now was a perfect opportunity to make Yu Xiao spill everything. Yu Xiao was utterly devastated now, totally unable to think. As long as Qin Ye used Qin Zi’s voice to ask, Yu Xiao would surely answer.

Not wanting to miss this opportunity, even knowing Yu Xiao might grow suspicious of her afterward, Qin Zi still asked, “Why did you kidnap Si Yan?”

Yu Xiao was genuinely worn down and exhausted, completely unable to think, and moreover, just having said so much, she immediately started crying again upon hearing Qin Ye’s voice ask the question.

Crying, she answered, “I liked him too much. I’ve liked him since I was little, but he didn’t like me, he liked Qin Zi instead, and even started dating Qin Zi. I didn’t want them to be together, but his family was actually quite fond of Qin Zi. I had even seen Aunt Tao secretly visiting Qin Zi, chatting happily with her. I was jealous. I knew Brother Si Yan first, I was the one Aunt Tao and Uncle Si watched grow up, what did Qin Zi have to qualify for this!”

Aunt Tao was Madam Tao, Si Yan’s mother.

“So I,” Yu Xiao continued crying, “thought of having you kidnap Brother Si Yan. Even if Brother Si Yan didn’t lose anything because of the kidnapping, Aunt Tao and Uncle Si would definitely disapprove of him being with Qin Zi, because you’re Qin Zi’s father, even though you really aren’t, but others don’t know that, do they? Then they wouldn’t agree to their son being with the daughter of the man who kidnapped him, right? Especially since Aunt Tao has a heart condition. Just Aunt Tao’s objection would be enough. Brother Si Yan would definitely stop seeing Qin Zi, afraid of triggering her heart condition.”

And because the floodgates had opened, even without Qin Zi’s further prompting in Qin Ye’s voice, Yu Xiao continued spilling everything on her own.

“Who could have known, how could I have known…” At this point, Yu Xiao felt wronged herself.