"I'll help you seek the truth and avenge Nancy's death!" Jennie said firmly.
When Yanni heard Jennie's words, the hesitation in her
eyes deepened.
"Miss Kim, is what you say for real?"
Jennie nodded .
Yanni's lips quivered, her eyes were humble
and persistent as if she had seen a little hope.
"Why would you want to do that?"
When Jennie heard Yanni's question, she chuckled bitterly, "Aunty Yanni, you've got a poor memory. Have you forgotten? I was also once a murder suspect."
Yanni was stunned as if she had just recalled such an event. She mumbled softly, "I've never suspected you."
Hearing that, Jennie felt rather surprised. As the mother of the victim, Yanni had actually said that she had never suspected her.
"Why's that?" Jennie asked.
Yanni answered, "I've felt that there was something fishy about Nancy's death. Moreover, I've known about your mother, Shin Hye. She's a famous socialite in Jiang Cheng. Although I've never had any contact with her, I'm aware that she's a very nice person. She's very kind and
has done many charitable deeds. How could the daughter she brought up be that cruel... My Nancy... She's that... that weak... How could one have done that..."
Perhaps because Yanni recalled Nancy's tragic death,
hence she was weeping sadly again.
Jennie heard that Yanni had personally confessed a truth - the woman who had died was indeed Nancy!
"Aunty, what you said is right. My mother had taught me since young to be kind to others. I'd never commit such a brutal act..." When Jennie spoke up to this point, she began to choke up. "However, you're well aware that back then when I was arrested as a suspect, one of the reason was that someone had deliberately framed me...
"I've waited painfully for two years in prison. Now, besides you, I'm the one who desires the most to find the killer!"
This made Yanni saw Jennie's sincerity.
"Consider it avenging Nancy's death. Shouldn't you tell me what really happened? How did Somi and Nancy swap identities?"
As Jennie spoke, she moved in a step closer, and her pressuring gaze caused Yanni to have nowhere to hide.
Yanni lowered her head and was somewhat flustered. She
whispered, "If I tell you the truth, you wouldn't hurt Somi, would you?"
Jennie was taken aback for a moment. After giving it some thoughts, she understood this woman's meaning. Even though Somi had not treated her kindly, she was, after all, her daughter, hence she was worried about Somi's safety.
"Don't worry, I won't harm Somi. Moreover, if the Manoban Family knows that Somi is not dead, they'd treat her even better. How'd they harm her?"
What Jennie had said was the truth. Just that Old Mistress Manoban alone, she probably was more delighted to see Somi than to see her.
Yanni sighed gently. She had indeed seen the Manoban Family's kind treatment toward Qinger. Maybe even if Somi had crossed a line, they would also pardon her.
Hence, after considering her words, Yanni opened her mouth to speak. "Three years ago, Nancy had an opportunity to have a heart transplant."
There was a faint light in Jennie's eyes. She did not interject as she already knew that that heart was acquired through Xia Tao's abuse of power by harming a teenager.
However, the reason Jennie did not mention that she had been to City C was so that Yanni would not feel pressured.
After all, Nancy was under the provision of Xia Tao at that time, and it was an undignified matter. However, this mother had silently agreed and connived it!
Yanni continued saying, "Nancy's surgery was a success, and her recovery went well." "It was just after Nancy had recovered and discharged from the hospital that Somi came to City C suddenly."
"Somi went to City C after returning to the country three years ago?"
Jennie was surprised at this outcome.
This meant that the time when Somi returned from Italy basically coincided with her time of returning from the UK.
However, although Somi came back to the country, she did return to the Manoban Family!
At that time, Jennie was completely immersed in the excitement of marrying Lisa. She had also asked Lisa about Somi's situation, but Lisa kept avoiding the topic.
Because of Lisa's attitude, hence when it was later rumored in the outside world that Lisa's beloved was his old childhood sweetheart, Jeon Somi , Jennie nearly believed it.
After that, the preparation for the marriage took a year. During this period, Jennie was so preoccupied that she had forgotten about Somi's matter.
Moreover, the Jennie at that time was innocent and simple-minded.
She laughed at herself.
"Somi had come to City C three years ago. However, when she was here, she was in a terrible mood. She was out of spirits and seemed depressed."
As Yanni recalled the past, she let out a sigh. "I thought to myself, at that time, she must have suffered some grievances on the outside."
"It's just that at that time... I didn't even... notice it..."
Yanni blamed herself and sobbed as she said.
"When Somi saw that Nancy's surgery was a success, she was also happy. Every day, she'd bring her younger sister along as she carried the easel and went painting. Those days were truly the happiest times the three of us had together! If only... If only... it wasn't for that incident later on..."
That incident later on?
Jennie felt that that so-called "incident" must have been
something terrible. Watching Yanni teared up again, Jennie felt that she was rather cruel.
Everyone would have a past that was hard to recall; the kind of past that would wrench one's heart once it was looked back on. What she was exposing might just be the scar in Yanni's heart!
"Somi had grown up in the Manoban Family since young, so her inherent aura was different. Coupled with the fact that she was pretty, that damned bastard husband of mine had long had some ideas on Nancy. It was just that Nancy's physical condition did not allow it, so he dared
not touch Nancy, but then Somi appeared..."
Mu Chenyan did not pressure Yanni, and she began to spill it all out.
Reaching this point, Yanni was slightly hesitant, and there was much uneasiness in her eyes. She lowered her head and dared not look at Jennie's expression.
"You mean, he... he touched Somi?"
Mu Chenyan's heart skipped a beat.
She and Somi, though they did not have a close relationship, yet hearing that she had been bullied and that her mother might just have been an accomplice, a feeling of repulsion arose in Jennie's heart. She gritted her teeth and looked at Yanni's pitiful look. All her sympathy suddenly turned into a kind of abhorrence!
Those who were pitiful must have a cause for having sunk to their lows!
"Did he force Somi?"
"No. He was a doctor, so he had lots of anesthetics... He drugged Somi..."
"As Somi's mother, how could you have allowed such a thing to happen?"
Jennie stood up and finally could not help but accused
Yanni.
Having previously seen how Jeon Somi had treated Yanni, if the bystanders were to say it was unacceptable, Jennie was able to comprehend the reason behind it now.
Although Somi had brought Yanni back to Luo Hai, there
must have been hatred in her heart!
Yanni sniveled and appeared remorseful. "I had no choice. That man was savage. If we were to resist, he would've beaten Nancy and me to death!
"After my divorce with Shu Heng, my parental home felt that I was a disgrace and refused to have anything to do with me. I had no one to go to, and I was helpless...
"After that man got what he wanted, he even said that Somi was not a virgin and that he had suffered a loss..."
When Mu Jennie heard that, she suddenly felt like going ballistic!
Luckily, that man was already dead. Otherwise, how could he be allowed to live in the world peacefully?
He himself had committed such a shameless act, yet he dared to say such things!
"What happened after that?" Mu Jennie asked coldly.
Yanni shrunk her body. Recalling that scene seemed to terrify her. "When Somi woke up and knew that she had been violated, she kicked up a tremendous fuss, and as she suffered a breakdown, her strength was astoundingly strong."
"The few of us could not hold her down, so running out of options, the damned bastard gave her a shot of tranquilizer..."
Jennie was speechless..
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