Chapter 3736: The Fog of the Past Finally Dissipated
“That’s why she died.” Qiao Nian cut him off directly.
Ji Lingfeng seemed to be strangled as his expression sank into pain. “Yes, she’s dead. She’s been dead for many years. I was also one of the people who encouraged it. I was the one who killed her.”
If this had been said in the past, Qiao Nian might have believed it. However, as she looked at the man clutching his head in extreme pain, she suddenly felt a wave of understanding.
“You don’t have it in you.”
Ji Lingfeng raised his head. “What?”
Qiao Nian crossed her arms, her eyes cold but calm. “You’re not ruthless enough.”
If he weren’t ruthless enough, he wouldn’t be able to kill anyone.
Only a heartless person like Nie Qingru could kill Ji Qing. How could a man like Ji Lingfeng, who still felt pain after all these years, kill Ji Qing…
“How did she die?” Qiao Nian looked at him and asked the question she had always wanted to ask.
Ji Lingfeng seemed to fall into a painful memory. His handsome and mature face gradually wrinkled and distorted as he recalled. “I don’t know what happened that day either. I rushed over with all my might when I heard the news. When I got there, I only saw a mess. She… couldn’t even have her corpse preserved completely.”
Ji Qing had died without a burial place. Not even her corpse was left behind. She had been blown into countless pieces and thrown into the deep sea to feed the fish. The entire scene was too horrible to look at.
Ji Lingfeng still remembered almost going into a mental breakdown. The sky had collapsed. He only wanted to avenge her at all costs.
But he couldn’t do it.
At that time, Xie Yun had already given birth. The day before, he had even held the infant in his arms. The child was very young and weak as he lay in his arms, blowing bubbles at him. He even held one of his fingers tightly. He couldn’t forget that feeling.
In addition, besides his newborn child and wife who he couldn’t let down, everyone in the Ji family was watching him.
Some of the older generation knew what he was thinking. That night, they knelt outside the old residence and asked him to give up on revenge. Those great-uncles remained kneeling until they fainted.
In the end, he let her down and could not investigate to the end to avenge her. He could only set her name as a taboo and not allow anyone to mention it.
Of course, he also looked for the child Ji Qing told him she was pregnant with.
Before finding Qiao Nian, Ji Lingfeng couldn’t even be sure if the child had been born. He could only rely on his numb beliefs to support his life day by day.
“She had been researching a project. That project seemed very dangerous and affected the interests of too many people. At that time, many forces warned her openly and secretly to drop the research. However, she refused to listen and stubbornly insisted on doing it. She even quietly left the independent continent and hid in Beijing for a few years. It was only when… she was found again that her peaceful life was broken.”
Ji Lingfeng tried his best to recall everything that happened back then. “I don’t know what her research project was, but her death must be related to it.”
Qiao Nian was expressionless as she sat in front of the bed.
However, those familiar with her knew she was not really calm and even a little angry.
“That’s why she killed her own daughter?”
Ji Lingfeng was surprised. “You know?”
Qiao Nian did not answer him directly. Instead, she looked at him with clear eyes. “She didn’t participate?”
Ji Lingfeng avoided her eyes, not knowing how to answer. “She did.”
