Gu Tianyu and his wife did not take into account that Qiao Xi was their biological daughter. They only doted on their adopted daughter and completely ignored Qiao Xi.

Long Junye glanced at Qiao Xi.

No matter how strong Qiao Xi was, she would still feel a little disappointed when she saw this scene. Fortunately, she quickly adjusted herself and realized that Long Junye was looking at her. She turned her head and smiled at him.

Long Junye reached out and held her hand tightly in his palm to give her some comfort.

Qiao Xi's heart trembled. Even though he withdrew his hand after only a few seconds, she felt a sense of security she had never felt before. She looked at him gratefully.

Yue Mingzhu invited everyone to go to the restaurant for dinner. The huge dining table was filled with delicious dishes. The Long family had a grand presence, with more than ten maids standing around, almost one maid serving one person.

Gu Wen Qian had learned table manners and behaved elegantly and gracefully, knowing exactly which tableware to use for different meals.

In comparison, Qiao Xi is much more casual, without so many red tape, yet also generous and decent, impossible to find fault with.

Gu Wen Qian gently shook the red wine glass, put it to her nose and sniffed it, and quickly told the year and origin of the red wine.

"Wen Qian is great. She knows so much about red wine?" Yue Mingzhu even glanced at Qiao Xi deliberately.

"Thank you Aunt Yue for the compliment." Gu Wenqian regained some sense of superiority, "I have studied Western etiquette and have a deep understanding of red wine."

They also talked about the piano exam so that the Long family could know how good she was.

Gu Tianyu echoed her, "Qianqian has been smart since she was young. She started learning piano at the age of three and participated in the Imperial City Piano Competition at the age of ten, winning the silver medal. She also has good academic performance and even went to the European Women's College to learn aristocratic etiquette... She has always been our pride."

In comparison, Qiao Xi, her biological daughter, is simply not worth mentioning.

Qiao Xi was too lazy to listen and ate the food silently, showing no interest in any of this.

After dinner, Gu Wen Qian refused to leave and played with Long Yutong at Long's house.

Qiao Xi and Long Junye left first, and Gu Tianyu and his wife didn't even ask her to go home when she had time, showing that they didn't consider her as a member of the Gu family at all.

Qiao Xi didn't care anymore. She didn't have much hope for the Gu family anyway.

Long Junye asked, "I'm going back to the company, where are you going?"

Qiao Xi had something else to do. "I have an appointment with a friend. Assistant Gao, I'll just get off at the subway station in front."

Gao Han said politely, "Where are you going? I'll take you there."

Qiao Xi, "No, I can take the subway."

Gao Han glanced at Long Junye, and Long Junye signaled Gao Han to stop at the subway station.

After getting off the car, Qiao Xi went to Tang Jin's place, changed into a black outfit, and then went to a nearby flower shop to buy a few bunches of Mengling lilies.

Chu Lan also came, and the three of them got in the car and headed to the cemetery in the suburbs to pay tribute to Qiao Xi's adoptive mother Tang Xue.

Tang Jin drove the car. "After Uncle Qiao committed suicide, he was thrown into a mass grave and hastily buried. Because it had been so long, there were many unmarked graves there, so we couldn't find Uncle Qiao's body, and we couldn't bury him with Aunt Tang..."

Qiao Xi's senior brother also looked for the prison guard who was in charge of the incident, but the prison guard didn't remember where he threw it.

After Qiao Jinnian was arrested, she was also kidnapped and threatened to confess with her life. In order to protect her, Qiao Jinnian had to confess, but he was still killed...

Thinking back to the past, Qiao Xi's eyes became moist. The days she spent with her parents were the happiest times of her life. Her parents gave her all their love and always held her in their hands...

The three of them came to a cemetery in the suburbs and placed a few bouquets of flowers in front of the grave. Tang Jin and Chu Lan bowed deeply several times.

Qiao Xi knelt in front of the tomb and kowtowed several times, his eyes red.

"Mom, I'm here to see you. I've endured for ten years and worked hard for ten years just to return to the imperial capital to avenge you. Don't worry, I will definitely find out what happened back then, clear your name, and bring the people who hurt you to justice!"

She didn't say that she was not their biological daughter, and Gu Wen Qian was so hostile to them, so she didn't know how to explain it.

As the sun sets, the sky turns blood red, and the silent cemetery becomes even more desolate.

The photo of Tang Xue can be clearly seen on the tombstone. She was a kind and gentle woman who was killed at a young age.

It was past ten o'clock in the evening. Qiao Xi had already gone to bed in her room. Tang Xue was sitting in the living room waiting for Qiao Jinnian to come back. They had always been very loving, and Tang Xue would wait for him every night.

Qiao Xi remembered that she heard the doorbell, and then she was awakened by Qiao Jinnian's hysterical crying. She was so scared that she put on her clothes and went downstairs.

She saw her mother lying on the ground, surrounded by blood, and Qiao Jinnian was kneeling on the ground, heartbroken.

Qiao Xi looked at the scene in horror and was about to run over when suddenly a dark shadow jumped out and took her away. She heard her father's shouting, and soon she was taken to a car and the kidnappers drove away.

Qiao Xi kowtowed a few more times, wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, stood up, and whispered, "Let's go."

Tang Jin protected her, "Boss, do you think Uncle Qiao will leave any clues?"

Qiao Xi thought carefully, "I remember when I went upstairs, my mother was still looking through the videos she had taken of me. That was the new camera my father had bought, and it took a lot of videos and photos."

"Where is that camera?" Tang Jin thought that since she mentioned the camera, she might have thought of something.

"I was so scared at the time that my mind went blank except for fear." Qiao Xi returned to the car, leaned back in the seat and continued to recall.

"I remember when the kidnappers called my father, he asked to say something to me. He told me not to be afraid and that I would have the baby goldfish to accompany me in the future. He said this three times."

Chu Lan said cautiously, "Camera, baby goldfish, is there something in the fish tank?"

"Could it be the memory card?" Tang Jin said casually, "Maybe, the camera was on when Aunt Tang was killed, and then..." Then he didn't know what happened.

Qiao Xi was stunned for a moment, "Memory card? Fish tank?" In ten years, why had she never thought of connecting these things together?

Maybe she was too frightened at the time and ignored all these things. The scene was like a nightmare. Later, she was taken to Medicine King Valley by her master, and it took her a long time to come out.

Chu Lan, "After Uncle Qiao and Aunt Tang were murdered, the villa was auctioned off, but everyone said it was a haunted house, so no one dared to buy it, and the price kept falling."

"It was later bought by a foreign couple who renovated the house inside and out. The fish tank must have been gone long ago."

Yes, it has been ten years. Even if something was really recorded at that time, or Qiao Jinnian really threw the memory card into the fish tank, it would be impossible to find it.

Tang Jin drove the car to the Qiao family villa. A foreign couple with two children had just returned from outside. The family walked into the yard happily holding hands.

Qiao Xi recalled that ten years ago, her parents also held her hands and walked home like this, and accompanied her to swing on the swings and build castles in the yard.

It’s a pity that the villa has been renovated, and everything except the main structure of the house has changed, and it can no longer be restored to its original appearance.

Qiao Xi did not get out of the car to avoid exposing her identity. She sat in the car and watched for a while before leaving and going to the restaurant for dinner.

Tang Jin poured her a glass of red wine and asked, "Have you found the person who kidnapped you?"

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