Chapter 104: Yin Ruyun, what kind of person?

Jiang Xiaoxiao saw it was Jiang Ciyou. Her anger surged instantly. Moreover, from who knows where, a group of reporters had suddenly appeared. They surrounded Jiang Xiaoxiao and snapped photos relentlessly. Jiang Xiaoxiao naturally understood Jiang Ciyou's motive. She wanted to frame her, smearing dirty water on her.

"Jiang Ciyou, stop slandering me. I never committed perjury. Every word I uttered is the truth."

Jiang Ciyou spoke calmly and unhurriedly, "Did you not say in court that Yin Ruyun treated you like her own daughter? Are you not lying?"

Facing the cameras, Jiang Xiaoxiao dared not speak falsely.

"I didn't lie. Yin Ruyun has been very good to me. Although she is not my biological mother, she has indeed been kind to me. Jiang Ciyou, stop fabricating nonsense here."

This was something Jiang Xiaoxiao had not lied about.

So, when facing the reporters, her tone was exceptionally righteous and forceful.

Jiang Ciyou smiled but said nothing more. She turned and walked away in her high heels.

After a short while, the group of reporters surrounding Jiang Xiaoxiao left as well.

Jiang Xiaoxiao looked bewildered, not knowing what scheme Jiang Ciyou had been playing.

As she turned, she saw Yao Shulan staring at her with a grave and icy expression.

Jiang Xiaoxiao hurriedly admitted, "Mom, believe me. In my heart, I only recognize you as my mother."

But Yao Shulan suddenly asked, "Didn't you say before that Yin Ruyun abused you from childhood, tormenting you day and night? How has it changed to treating you like her own daughter?"

In Yao Shulan's eyes, Jiang Xiaoxiao was the one committing perjury.

Because after Jiang Xiaoxiao returned, she had been persistently accusing Yin Ruyun and her husband of abusing her.

This was also the deepest pain in Yao Shulan's heart.

She felt profound guilt toward Jiang Xiaoxiao and bone-deep hatred toward Yin Ruyun.

But now, Jiang Xiaoxiao suddenly changed her words, saying Yin Ruyun was good to her.

Today in court, to prove Yin Ruyun's character, she had recounted many selfless acts Yin Ruyun had done for her during her upbringing.

If all that were true, it would be utterly ridiculous.

Jiang Xiaoxiao was stunned.

She finally understood why Jiang Ciyou had asked such a question in front of a crowd of reporters.

It was to dig a pit and wait for her.

She had almost forgotten how she had slandered Yin Ruyun before to gain Yao Shulan's sympathy and affection.

Jiang Xiaoxiao stammered, unsure how to respond to Yao Shulan's question.

She decided to shift the topic and direct the blame at Jiang Ciyou.

"Mom, actually, my testimony in court was all designed by Jiang Ciyou. She wanted to save Yin Ruyun. She teamed up with Bo Jinxiu to deceive me. She even wanted to sow discord between us mother and daughter. Mom, you must not be swayed by her."

Actually, these past few days, Jiang Xiaoxiao had felt very strange.

At this moment, she had finally figured it out.

What was called an appeal was a play designed by Bo Jinxiu and Jiang Ciyou against her.

Jiang Xiaoxiao had originally thought that by agreeing to the appeal, she could have close contact with Bo Jinxiu during the retrial process.

With their shared goals, they could meet often, discuss the case, and their feelings would develop rapidly.

But what she hadn't expected was that during this time, she had almost no opportunities to see Bo Jinxiu.

Every time she tried to find Bo Jinxiu, she was turned away.

And when she used the case as an excuse, Bo Jinxiu only sent a lawyer to handle it.

Forget about developing a romantic relationship; she hadn't even spoken more than three sentences to Bo Jinxiu.

The more she thought about it, the more suspicious she felt.

She was definitely being used by Jiang Ciyou.

It must be that Jiang Ciyou had incited Bo Jinxiu to step forward with this plan.

It could expose her relationship with Yin Ruyun to ridicule by the upper class, and also destroy her relationship with Yao Shulan.

Jiang Xiaoxiao had completely understood.

"Mom, Jiang Ciyou is a scheming little vixen who frames me everywhere."

But Yao Shulan remained unmoved: "I just want to ask you, did Yin Ruyun really abuse you?"

Jiang Xiaoxiao was left speechless.

Why was Yao Shulan so obsessed with this issue?

"She certainly didn't abuse me. I could have lived a rich life as a wealthy heiress. She stole me away. She had a guilty conscience, and she couldn't even feel guilty for what she did. She was kind to me, but that was all she owed me! If she hadn't swapped the two children back then, I could have grown up by your side. I would have been a hundred times better than Jiang Ciyou!"

Yao Shulan seemed stung as if by a sharp object.

The events from over twenty years ago were still vividly in her memory.

Back then, Yin Ruyun's mother had hooked up with her father, indirectly causing her mother's death.

She hated them to death and was crazily seeking revenge.

Less than three months after her mother died, her father announced he would marry Yin Ruyun's mother.

She had loudly accused Yin Ruyun on the school's radio station as a mistress's daughter.

This had led to her being bullied by the entire school.

Yin Ruyun had been driven to the edge by her.

She kept explaining, "Shulan, I really don't know about my mother and your father's affair. I only found out recently. Sorry, I'll apologize to you for my mother."

Yin Ruyun had knelt down directly.

But she had crazily hit her, slapping her face and pulling her hair.

"Yin Ruyun, you are a liar. You and your mother are both vicious liars. You wanted to replace my position. Your mother seduced my father, and you and she planned it. I was wrong to have treated you as my best friend all these years. You are a poisonous snake, lurking by my side for so many years, just for this fatal strike. Yin Ruyun, I won't let you go."

Yin Ruyun endured it silently, her face swollen red from the slaps, but she didn't fight back.

She looked at Yao Shulan calmly and coolly: "Shulan, what would it take for you to believe me?"

"All right. If you jump off this rooftop, I'll believe you."

Yin Ruyun directly stood up, walked to the edge of the rooftop, and jumped without hesitation.

At that moment, Yao Shulan was stunned.

She hadn't expected Yin Ruyun to really jump.

In the instant she leaped without hesitation, there was a wave of immense regret in her heart.

She rushed madly to the side of the rooftop.

Fortunately, Yin Ruyun didn't fall directly to the ground; she landed on a huge pine tree.

But she was still seriously injured from that fall.

Eventually, she was rescued.

Yin Ruyun's suicide attempt caused a huge stir in the school and at home.

But to the outside world, she only claimed it was due to excessive academic pressure and depression that led her to jump.

She didn't mention Yao Shulan at all.

Up to now, no one knew that the rooftop at that time had actually been shared by two people.

This matter had always been Yao Shulan's deepest secret hidden in her heart.

Her feelings toward Yin Ruyun were extremely complex.

Later, her father and Yin Ruyun's mother died in a car accident.

Actually, at that time, her father and Yin Ruyun's mother had already registered for marriage, but the wedding hadn't been held yet.

Legally, she still had the right to inherit the Yao family property.

But Yin Ruyun had silently withdrawn from school and completely disappeared from her sight.

For many years, whenever she thought of Yin Ruyun, her emotions were complex, and there was even a faint sense of guilt.

Perhaps she really didn't know about her father's and her mother's affair.

Perhaps she had indeed misunderstood her.

After all, in the years they had lived together, she had truly been kind.

But after the exposure of Jiang Xiaoxiao and Jiang Ciyou's identities, her surging hatred resurfaced.

She finally didn't have to feel guilty anymore.

She could finally confirm that Yin Ruyun was definitely not the kind of person who didn't fight for things or seek advantage, selfless and loving.

She had not only swapped her own children but also abused her.

She could finally hate this person openly and legitimately.

But now...

Jiang Xiaoxiao said she treated her like her own daughter.

Why? If she was really kind, how could she have swapped the two children?

If she was really vicious, how could she have been so good to her when she knew Jiang Xiaoxiao was her own child?

Yin Ruyun, what exactly were you thinking?

What kind of person are you?