1266 Old Grudges
“That’s right.” Rong Linyi nodded.

Madam looked at him and Madam Rong for a moment.

“What if I tell you that this might be true?” She asked.

“You really mean…” Madam Rong immediately asked.

“What I really mean is that Second Miss was indeed kidnapped at that time to force you to give up the seal.” Xiao Mengxia’s expression was very serious.

“But the seal isn’t in the Rong family…” The Old Master couldn’t help but say.

“What if I say that the seal is very likely to be on Second Miss?” Xiao Mengxia’s expression turned uglier.

“This…” Everyone was shocked by this news.

“I’m not sure either, but the seal was either in Zhengzheng’s hands or Second Miss’s hands. This matter… is the only thing Old Master hid from me…” Xiao Mengxia shook her head. “I know that before he died, he only saw Second Miss and Zhengzheng, and they met separately. He didn’t even see me… because he didn’t want to implicate me in this matter.”

“So, everyone in the An family knows that the seal is not in my hands. But everyone in the An family also knows that the seal is either in Zhengzheng’s hands or in Second Miss’s hands.” Madam took a deep breath. “Back then, when Second Miss came to the Rong family to take refuge, she was alone and didn’t bring Zhengzheng with her. That was because Zhengzheng had been taken away by An Mingchen and Eldest Miss. Let me ask you, if the seal was on Zhengzheng, would the rest of the An family still come to find the seal?”

“But An Mingchen told me that he was chased by Second Miss because he took Zhengzheng away, which led to the final accident,” Rong Linyi interrupted. He believed that An Mingchen was not lying.

Xiao Mengxia shook her head. “Second Miss wouldn’t do such a thing. I guess someone from the An family’s side branch mistakenly thought that the seal was on Zhengzheng, so they chased after them. Also, if Second Miss really brought the seal to the Rong family to take refuge, it would make sense in the end. Why did Eldest Miss kidnap her and force you to hand over the seal?”

“The Eldest Miss is…” Madam Rong said hesitantly.

Xiao Mengxia sighed. “An Mingchen and Zhengzheng’s biological mother.”

“All these years, why has she…” Madam Rong probed again. “Why hasn’t there been any news of her?”

Xiao Mengxia closed her eyes. “Second Miss is missing and Zhengzheng is gone. She feels terrible. Although she has always been competitive, she has also been condemned by her conscience. Back then, she even knelt in front of me and cried, begging me to forgive her. But I… I can’t forgive her! After that, she lived in seclusion and handed over the family business to An Mingchen to manage.”

“I mentioned her biological mother in front of Yanyun, and her reaction was a little big.” Rong Linyi pondered. “Is this related to the conflict between her mother and her aunt back then? You said that her relationship with her aunt is very harmonious.”

“Zhengzheng has liked Second Miss more than her own mother since a young age. That’s why Old Master said that he would give Zhengzheng to Second Miss.” Thinking of the past, Xiao Mengxia sighed repeatedly. “It’s my fault. Because I don’t have a good relationship with Eldest Miss, I’m very close to Second Miss. Old Master was afraid that I would be angry with Eldest Miss after he left, so he said that he would let Second Miss and Zhengzheng inherit the family assets. It’s all my fault…”

If it weren’t for the fact that others’ grudges involved them, the Rong family wouldn’t even be bothered to ask.

“Could it be—” After a long time, Qiao Sisi crossed her fingers and asked thoughtfully, “Is all of this a scheme of the eldest daughter? She wanted to obtain the seal, so she… kidnapped the second daughter, but she didn’t find the seal on her. She suspected that the seal was on the Rong family or Zhengzheng and chased after them separately. On the one hand, she is trying to kidnap someone from the Rong family, and on the other hand, she is chasing after Zhengzheng?”