Rebirth: I Became Mr.President's Beloved-Chapter 1129: This Kind of Care Lasts a Lifetime

Chapter 1129: Chapter 1129: This Kind of Care Lasts a Lifetime

Although Ruan had told her that there were people around Kang Yunxi who were familiar with Ming, Tang Li never considered Meng Shu as a suspect.

As the eldest son of the Meng Family’s main house, Meng Shu really had no reason to be involved with a Drug Lord.

Meng’s Mother came to apologize, bringing quite a few gifts.

The most precious of which was a set of emerald jewelry.

Tang Li didn’t want to accept it, but Xiao Minglan reached out and accepted the peace offering on her behalf.

When Meng’s Mother got up to leave, Xiao Minglan handed the jewelry to Tang Li, explaining the hidden message: "A kidnapping isn’t child’s play; even though you and Jingtian returned safely, Meng Shu has already surrendered, and the Meng Family can’t just consider the matter settled."

Tang Li understood.

The jewelry in her hand was probably arranged by Elder Meng.

Such generosity was partly to please her, but more importantly, it aimed to resolve the grudge in Song Baiyan’s heart caused by the incident.

Xiao Minglan continued, "Before marrying Meng Liping, Su Mei had an affair in Yun Province."

Tang Li stopped looking at the jewelry and turned her gaze towards Xiao Minglan, who took a sip of tea and continued: "Su Mei’s father started his career in jade business, and thirty years ago in Yun Province, he was quite prominent, with a group of runners working under him."

"Among them was a young man named Wu Ming, from Yue Country. Because his family was poor, he had illegally entered S Country. Eighteen-year-old Su Mei was immediately attracted to this tough but silent worker, but Su Mei’s father disagreed. After sensing his daughter’s feelings, he sent Su Mei abroad for school, and as for Wu Ming, he was sent to guard the jade mine."

Wu Ming.

Upon hearing this name, Tang Li immediately thought of Ming.

In the village, Ming indeed spoke the Yue language.

Xiao Minglan placed the teacup on the table: "Two years later, Su Mei returned and went to find Wu Ming."

"Did they stay together afterward?" Tang Li asked.

Xiao Minglan nodded: "Su Mei defied her father’s objections, insisting on staying at the jade mine to live as a common couple with Wu Ming. She urged him to study, preparing to open a small shop in the nearby town. Just when she was over two months pregnant, a woman came to the door claiming to be Wu Ming’s partner and wanted to discuss business with him."

"While Su Mei was abroad for those two years, Wu Ming was in the prime of youth. Thinking he and Su Mei had no future, mingling long enough with other workers, he inevitably learned to spend money for fun, but the problem was, the woman he kept finding was a drug addict."

Listening to this, Tang Li could already guess the development.

Ming, in his dealings with that woman, likely came into contact with things he shouldn’t have.

Even if he didn’t become addicted, there was no way to be completely free again.

"My brother was a geologist before his death, studying alongside Su Mei’s sister, Su Lai. Upon finding out her sister was having emotional issues, Su Lai brought Su Mei to the Capital."

"By then, Meng Liping’s first wife had been deceased for almost three years. Through a twist of fate, he met Su Mei, who bore some resemblance to his late wife, and gradually, the two became acquainted until Meng Liping proposed marriage a few months later."

Tang Li’s focus, however, was on Su Mei’s pregnancy.

Meng Shu knew Ming, and Ming once had a child with Su Mei...

With no outsiders in the living room, Tang Li voiced her suspicion, "So Meng Shu is actually—"

She didn’t finish the latter half of the sentence.

Xiao Minglan’s response confirmed her guess: "When Su Mei married Meng Liping, she was already seven months pregnant. Her agreeing to the marriage was partly because of the child."

In other words, Meng Shu truly was Ming’s son.

"Meng Liping had no children with his late wife, and although he and Su Mei later had a daughter, he’s always treated Meng Shu as his biological son. However, his father, Old Mr. Meng, after discovering Meng Shu wasn’t his son’s child, didn’t value this grandson much, preferring Meng Lin from the second house."

Xiao Minglan’s words implied that Meng Shu’s turn to the wrong path was partly due to Old Master Meng’s favoritism.

Just as Tang Li bit into a piece of mung bean cake, Xiao Minglan slowly added, "Yunxi is also considered a child I raised, and I thought she’d at least remember the old friendship."

What Kang Yunxi said in the village, Tang Li didn’t plan to tell the old lady.

Since it’s a secret, let it remain as it is.

Carrying the plate of mung bean cakes, Tang Li left, and Xiao Minglan sighed. Aunt Min inquired with concern, but Xiao Minglan didn’t respond.

Some thoughts are best kept to oneself rather than spoken aloud.

When she first learned Tang Li’s background, she had reservations about her son’s choice of bride.

Song Baiyan, as the Family Head of the Song Family, could marry someone who wasn’t a wealthy heiress of equal standing, but he shouldn’t marry the descendant of a drug dealer.

Marrying Tang Li meant bringing certain hidden dangers into the Song Family.

She had explained the potential consequences to her son.

But in the end—

Song Baiyan did it anyway.

If the entire Song Family was his responsibility, then Tang Li was the canary he selfishly chose to keep.

This form of keeping was for a lifetime.

When the news reached the Capital that Tang Li and Song Jingtian might have been kidnapped by a Drug Lord, Xiao Minglan understood that the crisis hidden within the marriage had begun to surface.

A couple of days ago, Song Baiyan mentioned he was going to the outskirts for an inspection, but in fact, he went to Diannan behind her back.

Otherwise, how would the originally untraceable pair—big and small—come back together?

This morning, upon seeing Song Baiyan in the dining room, Xiao Minglan noticed the bite mark under her son’s shirt collar, near the artery on the neck, still red.

This location wasn’t one an ordinary person could reach.

She finally couldn’t hold back and reminded, "Fooling around is fine, but you just got back from outstation yesterday. You’re twenty now, and you should be mindful."

At that point, Song Baiyan said,

"After a few days apart, and with recording the show and the kidnapping, now that we’re back safely, I can’t help but feel a bit elated."

With that, he took all the responsibility upon himself.

So, it’s not the demoness absorbing the scholar’s vitality, but the scholar himself volunteering. 𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺

When Xiao Minglan remarked, ’I’m worried you’re constantly on edge,’ Song Baiyan’s reply was—’As you already know, among their generation, someone my age is basically a senior. If I don’t spoil her, she might really run off with someone else.’

Carrying the mung bean cake, Tang Li was still thinking about her kidnapping case on her way back to the master bedroom.

She originally planned to share her findings with Song Baiyan.

But before she could even start, the case had reached its conclusion.

Meng Shu surrendered himself, but Kang Yunxi—

Still hasn’t been found by the police.

Tang Li recalled Song Jingtian mentioning Kang Yunxi wanted to take him to F Country.

So, Kang Yunxi is very likely to have returned to F Country.

Tang Li pivoted on her feet to the first floor and encountered one of Song Baiyan’s secretaries, Guo Li.

Guo Li held a document, informing Tang Li, "Master is in a meeting."

He then asked if Tang Li had an urgent matter.

Tang Li truthfully replied, "I just remembered a detail about the kidnapping case, concerning another hostage."

"Do you mean Miss Kang Yunxi?"

"Yes," Tang Li nodded.

Guo Li directly handed the document in his hand to Tang Li: "There’s already news from Yun Province, which I was about to report to Master later. With the cooperation of Myanmar police investigation, it was found that Miss Kang appeared at Suolei Pier in Myanmar, and around midnight yesterday, S Country’s patrol vessel intercepted two smuggling ships from Myanmar headed to Burkina Faso in the vicinity of the Malacca Strait."

"One of the smuggling ships escaped; on the intercepted one, a group of women was found in the cabin. According to the snakehead’s confession, these women were supposed to be sold to Burkina Faso."

Burkina Faso is a country in Africa.

Tang Li put the document aside and looked up at Guo Li.

Guo Li, not disappointing her, quickly spoke up, "If the snakehead isn’t lying, Miss Kang should be on the other ship."

Tang Li: "..."

So, Kang Yunxi plans to go to Africa to pick corn?

Even if escaping Song Baiyan’s pursuit, this is quite an overreaction.

But Guo Li added, "The snakehead claims Miss Kang is a renowned Drug Lord in Shan State, sold to him by Ming."

Tang Li: "......"

This plot twist—

It’s already turning into a spectacle for her father-in-law to sell his daughter-in-law for attention?

——

Good night!