Chapter 419: Yu Xi's Past

"Let me tell you some good news." Leng Ruoli smiled. "I've had Yu Xi's adoptive parents seized and brought back to the country."

Jiang Muye was taken by surprise.

One key point occurred to him—he had been overlooking Yu Xi's adoptive parents all this time.

Why had Yu Xi's adoptive parents suddenly vanished from the face of the earth without a trace? If Yu Xi was afraid they'd become a weapon used to threaten him, then hiding them away made perfect sense.

But the problem was that Yu Xi loathed his adoptive parents.

From the look of things, he wouldn't care whether they lived or died.

So why the hurry to send them off?

Still, right now Jiang Muye was curious how Leng Ruoli had pulled it off.

"How did you do it, getting them back into the country?" Jiang Muye asked.

Leng Ruoli kissed Jiang Muye's hair and said with a grin, "Naturally, I tricked them into coming back. I investigated them and found they're a pair of incredibly stingy snobs who love money more than life itself. If their cards got frozen, and there was a chance the money might vanish into thin air, do you think they'd just sit there waiting for death?"

So Leng Ruoli told Jiang Muye the whole story of exactly what had happened.

It turned out a single virus scam text message had fooled the pair of them.

Afraid the money in their cards would disappear, they'd rushed back to the country to deal with the bank. But they had never imagined they'd be nabbed on the spot by Leng Ruoli's men.

"So where are they now? They must know a lot of Yu Xi's little secrets." Jiang Muye's eyes narrowed slightly.

After thinking it over, he felt the most reasonable explanation was that this husband and wife had gotten hold of some small leverage over Yu Xi, and that Yu Xi was only afraid they'd leak it, which was why he'd thought of hiding them away.

If he wanted to yank out the roots completely, then he absolutely had to make use of Yu Xi's adoptive parents.

Leng Ruoli looked at Jiang Muye, her pretty eyes curving at once, and said with a smile, "You and I really are thinking along the same lines~"

Jiang Muye's mouth curved up. He kissed Leng Ruoli's red lips and said matter-of-factly, "But of course. We're bound to be a couple."

Leng Ruoli gave a bashful laugh, then pulled Jiang Muye to his feet and declared with certainty, "Let's go. Yu Xi's good days have come to an end."

Having deceived the two of them, he shouldn't expect to live safely and soundly in this world any longer. Even if he couldn't be killed, Yu Xi had to be made to wish he were dead.

Jiang Muye brought Leng Ruoli and soon arrived at a large villa.

It was one of the villas under Leng Ruoli's name, not often lived in, but there were always dedicated people keeping it clean.

So when Jiang Muye and Leng Ruoli appeared, there wasn't much dust.

【Congratulations, Host. Check-in at the villa successful. You have obtained five hundred Grit Points.】the System reminded.

After accepting the reward, Jiang Muye watched as the bodyguards, with great deference, opened a door upstairs.

He and Leng Ruoli walked in together.

They saw a pair of panic-stricken adoptive parents, terrified out of their wits. Facing Jiang Muye and Leng Ruoli, they were trembling with fear: "Mr. Jiang, Miss Leng, what are you planning to do? Why did you have people knock us out!"

When Yu Xi's adoptive father tried to step forward, a bodyguard expressionlessly pressed down on his shoulder, forcing him to sit back down.

When Yu Xi's adoptive mother saw how impartial and ruthless the bodyguards looked, she was scared stiff too, and didn't dare make the slightest move, afraid that whatever she did would earn her a beating.

Jiang Muye and Leng Ruoli sat down on the sofa in front of them.

Leng Ruoli leaned on Jiang Muye's shoulder, looking down coldly at the frightened couple: "Yu Xi is your adoptive son, isn't he."

Jiang Muye gently stroked Leng Ruoli's hair and said icily, "Yu Xi offended us. The son's fault is the father's fault—shouldn't you help repay and make up for his mistakes?"

Jiang Muye and Leng Ruoli's words scared the two of them badly.

They both knew Jiang Muye and Leng Ruoli had powerful backgrounds and excellent PR abilities. If they were quietly killed off, there'd probably be people to help cover it up.

That made their fear grow deeper and deeper, and one by one they began to distance themselves.

"No no no, we're only his adoptive parents, he's not our biological child, boohoo, he has nothing to do with me at all!" Yu Xi's adoptive mother burst into loud sobs.

Even Yu Xi's adoptive father wore a cloud of worry on his face. He complained, "I have no ties with him anymore. He wants to kill me too—he's our enemy. If you want to deal with him, we can help you. Please, Young Master Jiang and Miss Leng, spare us!"

When Jiang Muye heard Yu Xi's adoptive father get to the key point, he lifted his head and said coldly, "Why does he want to kill you?"

Yu Xi's adoptive father and mother exchanged a glance, hesitating somewhat.

Jiang Muye's gaze was icy cold. He picked up a Swiss Army knife from the table.

The moment it unfolded, the gleaming edge of the blade turned Yu Xi's adoptive parents' faces stark white.

Not to mention that Jiang Muye casually toyed with the Swiss Army knife, and in a moment flung it down in front of Yu Xi's adoptive parents, which frightened the couple even more.

"Are you going to talk now? You can't even walk out that door, and you still want to hide something." Jiang Muye looked at the disgusting couple with loathing.

They clutched their heads and wailed: "We were wrong, we were wrong! Please spare us! We'll tell you whatever you want to know!"

Leng Ruoli urged impatiently, "Then hurry up and talk."

She crossed her legs and directly turned on a voice recorder to start recording.

The two looked at each other. After enduring the mental torment, they had no choice but to speak.

"Yu Xi was an adoptive son we took in eight years ago, when he was only twelve or thirteen…" Yu Xi's adoptive father said haltingly, and when he saw Jiang Muye impatiently tap the table, his pace quickened, "He was especially good-looking! We were pimps too! We needed a beautiful boy like that!"

What did "pimp" mean?

It was simple and clear.

Jiang Muye and Leng Ruoli were both adults. How could they not understand what that meant.

"Although we're both doctors and earn a decent living, we needed to consolidate clients, and we needed resources to get into high society, so Yu Xi became our weapon!" Yu Xi's adoptive mother hurriedly added, "I… I made him serve patrons with his looks! I even had him use a fake name and be a kept mistress, taken care of by someone!"

Jiang Muye's pupils constricted.

No wonder Yu Xi was so twisted—so Yu Xi's adoptive parents were this twisted!

Although Jiang Muye didn't like Yu Xi, he still felt somewhat uncomfortable about Yu Xi having gone through all this since childhood.

No matter who encountered something like this, it would inevitably twist their psyche, but that still couldn't become an excuse for Yu Xi to hurt others.

"He was really too beautiful. Those moneybags were all very satisfied with him, and of course plenty of rich women and big shots were satisfied with him too, both men and women, and they gave us a lot of financial help." Yu Xi's adoptive mother said meekly, "He was very obedient at first, completely under our control, but…"