Chapter 77: Chapter 77: I’ll Report Next Time
After sitting for a while, Qin Xiao finally spoke, "Nini, do you know where I just went?"
Xiao Li laughed, "You didn’t report to me, how would I know?"
Qin Xiao chuckled at the words, "Yes, officer... next time I go out I will definitely report beforehand!"
Xiao Li squinted with laughter.
After the two joked around for a while, Qin Xiao casually said, "Nini, I went to see Bai Yu earlier."
Xiao Li asked puzzled, "Bai Yu, who is that?"
Qin Xiao chuckled, "Your respiratory department’s Director Bai."
Upon hearing Qin Xiao’s words, Xiao Li finally remembered that Director Bai’s name was Bai Yu, usually she just called him Director Bai, Director Bai, and didn’t react immediately.
"Why did you go to see Director Bai?"
Qin Xiao brushed Xiao Li’s wind-tousled hair behind her ear, "Bai Yu is from the Bai Family."
As Qin Xiao spoke, he lowered his head to look at Xiao Li, seeing Xiao Li had no expression, he knew she hadn’t realized.
Xiao Li glanced at Qin Xiao, then replied, "His surname is Bai, of course he’s from the Bai Family."
Qin Xiao laughed softly, "Your grandmother is from the Bai Family and is Bai Yu’s grandaunt."
Xiao Li was stunned upon hearing this, "How do you know?"
Qin Xiao said lightly, "Last time when investigating mom’s matter, I also uncovered grandmother’s past, later learning grandmother came from the Bai Family, I’ve been paying attention.
Recently, I’ve been secretly investigating mom’s past..."
At this point, Qin Xiao got a piercing glare from Xiao Li...
Qin Xiao quickly laughed, "Yes... I promised you I wouldn’t investigate, but ended up investigating secretly, I hid it from you.
That was my mistake.
But Nini, not growing up in a large family, you don’t understand the darkness within them.
I knew there was a grievance between mom and the Wen Family, I couldn’t possibly not investigate...
I must ensure that the resentment between mom and the Wen Family doesn’t affect you.
Unfortunately, things have gone against our wishes!
Mom and the Wen Family’s affair still ended up involving you, yesterday’s car accident was orchestrated by the Wen Family..."
Xiao Li opened her mouth wide upon hearing this, what did she just hear?
The car accident was deliberate...
And arranged by the Wen Family...
Qin Xiao, "I know you’re surprised, there are many things here, let me slowly explain them to you...
This time, the Wen Family’s attack was from the main branch, not the entire Wen Family.
The main branch of the Wen Family and the second branch have been embroiled in a power struggle, always not seeing eye to eye...
And mom comes from the second branch.
In the ensuing time, Qin Xiao explained the relationships within the Wen Family.
The patriarch of the main branch, Wen Xiaozheng, and the patriarch of the second branch, Wen Xiaowen, are cousins. Initially, the Wen Family’s ruler was Wen Xiaowen’s father, but power was usurped by Wen Xiaozheng’s father.
Since then, the ruler of the Wen Family became the main branch’s side, and due to Wen Xiaowen’s father previously ruling, Wen Xiaowen was suppressed terribly within the Wen Family...
Until Wen Xiaowen met Bai Ruoqing, fell in love, and eventually got married.
Because Bai Ruoqing had the Bai Family backing, Wen Xiaowen got a chance to breathe within the Wen Family...
But he only got a breathing chance, trying to liberate himself and seize power was still extremely difficult.
Because the wife Wen Xiaozheng married was also from a notable family, named Cheng Jue, from the Cheng Family, which was comparable to the Bai Family’s status at that time...
So Wen Xiaowen’s family was still suppressed within the Wen Family, and when the Bai Family was embroiled in a civil war abroad, unable to support Wen Xiaowen’s family further.
Wen Xiaozheng took action against Wen Xiaowen, and Wen Xiaowen’s family was pushed to the fringes of power in the Wen Family.
Just somehow, when Wen Xiaozheng was about to completely eradicate Wen Xiaowen’s family from the Wen Family, he inexplicably held back.
Xiao Li’s first reaction after hearing Qin Xiao’s words was to ask, "Why did the main branch of the Wen Family spare grandpa and them?
This doesn’t make sense!
Normally, one should seize the chance to completely suppress the enemy, leaving the opponent just gives them a chance to come back!"
Qin Xiao shook his head, "I’m not sure either, that part of history is already a secret within the Wen Family.
My people have inquired from Wen Family’s collateral members, but not even they know why the main branch stepped back.
They suggest it might be out of consideration for kinship."
Xiao Li shook her head in disagreement upon hearing this, "If they really valued kinship, they wouldn’t have been so ruthless initially."
Qin Xiao nodded, "Indeed... the two branches have been fighting so fiercely, how could they suddenly remember kinship at the final blow.
Later, after much inquiry, I discovered the main branch’s withdrawal was after mom left the Wen Family."
Xiao Li was taken aback, her eyes wide, "You mean mom had something to do with it?"
Qin Xiao shook his head, "I’m not sure either, after all, I haven’t investigated thoroughly back then, just the timing seems too coincidental.
So I have suspicions, previously when with Bai Yu, I also asked him about it.
But he said the matter concerns the elders’ privacy, it would be inappropriate for him to comment.
He only mentioned that within the main branch, the only one who would act against mom was the senior madam, because she hated grandmother."
Xiao Li pursued the question, "So was it her who attacked me this time too?"
Qin Xiao shook his head, "The attack was from the main branch, as for whether it was her, presumably it was!"
Xiao Li frowned, lowering her head to ponder carefully...
Why would the senior madam of the main branch target her?
She just returned to B City, never interacted with her, yet she attacked, what’s the motive?
Did she hate grandmother so much that she wouldn’t spare mom or herself?
But why, when she struck, was it just a minor car accident?
Perhaps...
Xiao Li thought of a possibility, lifting her head to look at Qin Xiao, "Uncle, if I hadn’t married you, if I came to B City alone, then this car accident might not have been just a simple dislocated shoulder, am I right!"
Under Xiao Li’s gaze, Qin Xiao silently nodded.
Seeing Qin Xiao confirm her thinking, Xiao Li bitterly smiled, "So the car accident was just the start, wasn’t it?
If I guessed correctly, she didn’t intend for me to get severely hurt this time, she just wanted to warn us that I’ve caught her eye, to be careful.
Also to let you know, you married quite a trouble home, am I right?
Perhaps, she even wants to see you kick me out of the Qin Family, right!"
Qin Xiao wrapped his arm around Xiao Li, giving her a light kiss on the forehead, "Don’t think about these things, kicking you out is something that will never happen in this lifetime.
That woman is just a fantasy-loving old lady, we don’t need to dwell on her thoughts..."
Xiao Li gently laughed, "I know, you’d never kick me out..."
Someone who would face life and death with you wouldn’t kick you out just because of trouble...
Even if the other members of the Qin Family truly disliked her for being trouble and wanted to kick her out, her uncle would definitely leave with her...