Chapter 538
Zhang Xiyue’s expression stiffened for a moment before she reluctantly bit her lip in frustration.
She hadn’t kept quiet about this to her grandparents or father. In fact, she had already spoken to them about it. But instead of the response she wanted, she had been fiercely scolded.
To them, whether it was her brother or her mother, they both had actively provoked Su Xiaoxiao. Even when Su Xiaoxiao learned that her brother was involved, she chose to endure it silently. If her brother hadn’t been arrested, Su Xiaoxiao might have kept quiet about the matter for the rest of her life.
As for her mother, Su Xiaoxiao and her husband hadn’t even known it was her before everything blew up.
All in all, Su Xiaoxiao and her husband were just two innocent country bumpkins. The current situation they were facing was entirely because her brother and mother had brought it upon themselves.
“Well, if you don’t have anything else to say, you can leave now.” Su Xiaoxiao made a sweeping gesture, signaling to Zhang Xiyue to go.
Zhang Xiyue stamped her foot in anger and, with red eyes, ran off.
Su Xiaoxiao watched her retreating figure and couldn’t help but curl her lip in disinterest.
Peng Huijing and her two children were truly useless. It made Su Xiaoxiao question whether Peng Huijing was really the mastermind behind everything in her past life.
This doubt had been lingering in Su Xiaoxiao’s mind for a while.
It wasn’t until after lunch, when Jiang Yexun was holding her in his arms for an afternoon nap, that the thought still lingered in her head.
“What’s wrong?” Jiang Yexun kissed the top of her head gently, his voice tender with concern.
Su Xiaoxiao thought for a moment, then asked, “Do you think there’s any situation where Peng Huijing could have had a chance to get our whole family killed?”
“Why would you think something like that?” Jiang Yexun’s expression grew more serious.
Su Xiaoxiao quickly placed her slippery little hand on his muscular abdomen, gently soothing him.
“I’m just curious. If we didn’t know anything, what could be done to harm us?”
Jiang Yexun felt that this kind of thought was inauspicious, but seeing his little wife’s dark eyes, full of curiosity, he ultimately gave in.
“Alright, let me analyze this for you.” Jiang Yexun leaned back, his tone becoming more serious. “For this to work, the first thing that would have to happen is your brother getting into trouble. He’s a cadre in the military, professionally trained. If anything unusual happened in the family, he would definitely be on high alert. Once he starts investigating, with his skills, it wouldn’t be hard to uncover something.
“But even if your brother did get involved in something, it wouldn’t be easy for anyone to harm you or your parents. After all, the research you submitted is still highly valued by the country. If anyone tried to harm you, you wouldn’t even need to investigate; the national security office would act immediately.”
Jiang Yexun carefully explained his reasoning to Su Xiaoxiao.
But in her past life, she hadn’t submitted any research at all.
Su Xiaoxiao bit her lip, thinking over Jiang Yexun’s words. It made sense that if Peng Huijing had been behind the attack in her previous life, it could explain things. Her brother’s incident, the fact that Peng Huijing hadn’t been caught, and Zhang Zhiyuan, still in the prime of his life, would have been in charge of organizing things.
Her brother’s situation hadn’t caused Grandpa Zhang to reject him, so he probably would have been arranged for a decent position.
As Peng Huijing’s power grew, so did her ability to influence people, and it would have been easy for her to target the Su family. Especially when, afterward, Jiang Yexun started investigating like a headless fly, spending years doing so.
Indeed, she had the strength to fight Jiang Yexun, the richest man in China, in a life-and-death struggle.