Ding Ruola was also quite curious about the matter of Gu Qianxue's mother, but Fang's mother stopped talking here.
The girl was very sensible. She knew that Fang's mother must have her reasons for not wanting to talk further, so she didn't ask any more questions.
Early the next morning, Ding Ruola noticed a familiar car downstairs.
There was also a person standing beside the car. Due to the high floor, Ding Ruola could only see the general outline of the man's figure.
"What are you standing there for? Si Yan is here to pick you up."
Fang's mother saw Ding Ruola lying on the balcony. She was also curious and leaned over to see what the girl was looking at.
She followed the girl's gaze and saw her own son downstairs.
"Okay, I'll go downstairs right away!"
Ding Ruola grabbed her hair with one hand, trying to tidy up the mess on her head.
She picked up a shoe with her toe, tilted her body slightly as she lifted her leg, and reached out to put on that shoe. She did the same for the other shoe.
Fang's mother couldn't help laughing when she saw Ding Ruola's anxious and clumsy actions.
But the girl had already left. She probably didn't hear Fang's mother's laughter.
In the elevator, the girl took out the lipstick that she rarely used in a year from her bag in front of a "funhouse mirror".
After the elevator reached the first floor, Ding Ruola got out.
She ran and skipped all the way to Fang Siyan's side.
"I haven't considered forgiving you yet! You're just my driver today."
The woman was being duplicitous. She was clearly excited about Fang Siyan's appearance, but she still had to say something tough.
Hearing Ding Ruola's words, the man pursed his lips and smiled. He bent down to open the car door for Ding Ruola.
"I'm also your doorman!"
Ding Ruola got into the car contentedly. She deliberately didn't fasten her seat - belt, waiting for Fang Siyan to do it for her.
Fang Siyan could easily understand the girl's little thought.
After he got into the car, he leaned over towards Ding Ruola. In order to reach the seat - belt, he almost had to lie on top of Ding Ruola.
The moment the man got close, Ding Ruola smelled the long - missed perfume again. It was a faint soapy scent without any other odors mixed in.
"Do you like this smell?"
Ding Ruola nodded repeatedly. It wasn't the smell she liked, but Fang Siyan.
"Can you tell me what you've remembered? Let me have an idea in my mind."
The girl still didn't give up. She tilted her head, and her bright black eyes stared at Fang Siyan's side face.
The man's every little movement, like swallowing saliva and licking his lips, was all seen by the girl.
She was waiting for the man to speak.
"I'll tell you after I take you to the studio!"
Ding Ruola thought that Fang Siyan wasn't just stalling for time. If he wanted to stall, why didn't he find something that would take longer?
Fang Siyan needed to organize his thoughts. There were too many things that had happened back then. Some things had already been resolved, and Ding Ruola could know about them now. But some things were still unresolved, and it was better for Ding Ruola not to know.
The two of them arrived at the studio.
Everyone in the studio was rather cold towards Ding Ruola's appearance.
The two went to the meeting room together. Ding Ruola locked the door from the inside.
"Can you talk now?"
Ding Ruola took a bottle of water from the shelf on one side for Fang Siyan.
Fang Siyan took a sip of water and looked up at the girl standing straight beside him.
Back then, Fang Siyan and the Gu siblings walked home from school together.
The environment was relatively relaxed at that time, and neither family thought about picking up their children.
Fang Siyan and Gu Qianxue had a good relationship and walked closer together. Moreover, they were in good health at that time, able to run and jump, so they walked behind Gu Tingjun.
The two were having a great time playing when suddenly a car stopped by the road. The two kids didn't have time to react and were taken away by several men.
The men who took the two kids away weren't local British people. There was a disgusting smell on those two men, like a mixture of curry and sweaty stench.
The kids' eyes were blindfolded, and they had no concept of the distance or time. Because of their fear, they even thought they had been in the car for a whole day and night.
When they arrived at the kidnappers' den, Fang Siyan and Gu Qianxue were driven out of the car.
Gu Qianxue kept crying because of fear. The kidnappers were chattering, and their English also had a strong curry accent, as if they were afraid that people wouldn't know they were Indian immigrants to Britain.
They couldn't stand Gu Qianxue's crying, so they casually found a towel to gag her mouth.
After that, he could only hear the girl's muffled sobs.
"The local villains you offended are a group of Indians?"
Fang Siyan shook his head. He indicated that these foreigners were just knives bought by the real kidnappers with money.
The real person who kidnapped them wasn't any local villain, but Deng Lirong.
Fang Siyan and Gu Qianxue were tied up when they ate and slept, and the blindfolds on their eyes were never taken off.
Once he heard someone talking outside. This time it was a woman, and he thought the voice was very familiar. He wanted to take a look.
So Fang Siyan lay down and, relying on his sense, found Gu Qianxue's hands tied behind her back. The two of them, relying on the tacit understanding they had accumulated from playing together for many years, took off the blindfold on the boy's face.
The boy lay on the crack of the door and finally saw clearly who the woman outside was.
It was Deng Lirong!
Ding Ruola tilted her head. She thought it was incredible.
Why did Deng Lirong kidnap Gu Qianxue? If she just had a grudge against the Fang family, kidnapping Fang Siyan alone would be enough. Why did she go to the trouble of kidnapping Gu Qianxue as well?
"The relationship in the Gu family is even more complicated than that in the Fang family."
Although Deng Lirong was the mistress, that is, the eldest wife of the head of the Gu family, theirs was a business marriage, and there wasn't much affection between them.
She was able to get pregnant only through artificial insemination. Due to the immature technology at that time, Gu Tingjun had been in poor health since childhood and had always been a regular at the hospital.
Moreover, the people in the Gu family suspected that Gu Tingjun's origin was not right, so they basically didn't like this child.
Not long after she gave birth to Gu Tingjun, the head of the Gu family brought a woman back.
This woman was Gu Qianxue's mother - Bai Lixuan.
The two of them were together for a short time, and then Bai Lixuan gave birth to a girl.
As the child grew up, Gu Qianxue became more and more like her mother. At the same time, Gu Qianxue's mother's health also gradually declined.
It seemed that Gu Qianxue's growth was at the expense of her mother's life.
Gu Qianxue was extremely intelligent and in good health. From any perspective, the girl was more suitable to inherit the Gu family's business in the future.
In the face of interests, Deng Lirong had to take tough measures against Gu Qianxue.
"Deng Lirong is so vicious. Is Bai Lixuan's death also related to Deng Lirong?"
Ding Ruola picked up the water on the table and handed it to Fang Siyan's mouth.
She didn't expect that the things that happened back then were so dramatic. She didn't expect that Deng Lirong wouldn't even spare a child.
Fang Siyan's story wasn't over yet. There were still many things about Deng Lirong that he hadn't told.
Moreover, Bai Lixuan's identity was also unusual. Under the current circumstances, it was better not to tell Ding Ruola.