Report? The amount of information was too much for her to handle.

How could the cooperation between the two companies involve reporting? Did her parents do something illegal?

"The cooperation between Chong Yuanxing and Tang Yuezhou this time is actually to help them."

"Tangxiang has been famous since the Republic of China. It is almost a legendary existence in the incense making industry. But by the time of your parents' generation, due to poor management, the company was left with only an empty shell. Although it has a great reputation, the profits are dismal."

"Chong Yuanxing is different. He has a talent for making incense and understands company operations. He has made Touyun a great success. Now that his company is established, he naturally wants to help his old friend."

"So the two companies announced a partnership, which was supposed to be a good thing, but they ended up having a disagreement."

"If Chongyuanxing unilaterally breached the contract, it would have to pay a huge amount of liquidated damages, but in the end, it didn't pay a single cent. I thought it was suspicious, so I asked someone to investigate."

"It turns out that Chong Yuanxing reported Tang Yuezhou's company's products, adding the addictive illegal spice 'Licorice' into the incense they developed."

Nie Zheng listened quietly, her palms already sweating. She couldn't tell how much truth or falsehood there was in Chong Yixing's words.

At this moment, there is no need for him to lie anymore...

"This report dealt a fatal blow to Tang Yuezhou. His company was already facing bankruptcy due to poor management, and now this incident has happened. The incense that he had developed has been banned and cannot be released. This means that all the money invested in the early stage has gone down the drain. They have no other options."

"So... that car accident has something to do with my adoptive parents?"

Chong Yixing nodded to himself: "That car accident was indeed not an accident, but it has nothing to do with your adoptive parents. Tang Yuezhou was desperate. As far as I know, Chong Yuanxing gave them a sum of money, but they confiscated it. I guess they had already made a decision at that time."

"What decision?"

Nie Zheng hugged her shoulders unconsciously, her whole body trembling. She already had a vague answer in her mind, but she secretly hoped that her guess would not become a reality.

"Before they went bankrupt, they both signed an accident insurance policy, and you were listed as the beneficiary." Chong Yixing sneered, very disdainful, "So the car accident was not an accident. To be precise, it was suicide. They wanted to make the accident insurance effective by causing a car accident. They wanted to use their own lives to exchange for your worry-free food and clothing for the rest of your life."

Nie Zheng's mind was in a mess: "But in the end..."

"Two cars collided and no one survived. But the police determined that your parents were primarily responsible for the accident, and in the end the insurance company did not pay any compensation. They died in vain."

"…How do you know these things?"

As soon as she finished speaking, there was a loud thunder, and she shuddered, with goose bumps on her back.

Chong Yixing suddenly laughed again. His smile was eerie and frightened her.

"I know everything related to Chong Yuanxing."

Although she was in great pain at the moment, she was still rational.

"Is it really that simple? After the car accident, my parents' house caught fire. How did that happen? You said you knew everything about my adoptive parents, but how did you know all the details about my parents' car accident?"

Chong Yixing was stunned for a moment: "You are really smart."

"There is nothing to hide now. Tell me everything you know."

"There's really nothing to hide."

Chong Yixing looked up and saw through the inch-sized iron window on the wall the dark clouds outside. It started to rain and the sound of the dripping water was disturbing.

"Licorice is a banned spice in China. If you want to buy it in bulk, you need a channel, and Tang Yuezhou's channel is me."

Chong Yixing said with some regret, "I was thinking that I would get a share of the profits after the product was launched, but I didn't expect this to happen. The two of them had a car accident, and I sent someone to your house to look for the receipt for the purchase of licorice. After all, this matter is related to Chong Yuanxing, so I have to be cautious. Who would have thought that the idiot would accidentally set the house on fire and throw cigarette butts around? I chopped off his hands!"

"You used money to settle this matter. You turned the fire into an accident..."

Chong Yixing didn't say anything, he just quietly observed her expression.

His family was destroyed by this kid Chong Jianzhi, so he wanted him to taste the feeling of loss.

At this point, there was no need for him to hide anything any longer. He had already committed enough crimes, so one more or one less wouldn't matter.

Chong Jianzhi has fallen deeply in love with Nie Zheng. Now Nie Zheng knows the truth: her parents' death was caused by her adoptive parents.

What would she choose?

She should have had a happy family, but the indirect creator of the tragedy turned out to be her closest adoptive parents.

Can she still be with their son with peace of mind?

The visiting hours were over, and Nie Zheng's expression became lifeless. She turned and left without saying another word.

It was still raining heavily outside. It had never rained so heavily since the beginning of spring. There were lightning and thunder, and the strong wind almost blew her down.

Unable to stop a car outside the detention center, she could only walk towards the subway entrance with difficulty.

She didn't know how long she had been walking. She was already soaked by the rain, but her mind was still blank. Her cell phone vibrated several times. They were all calls from Chong Jianzhi.

When she got on the subway, she suddenly felt a little regretful. If she hadn't come to see Chong Yixing today, would none of this have happened?

She could continue to pretend that she knew nothing and live happily with Chong Jianzhi.

But can she really not care about anything?

When she got home, Chong Jianzhi was already sitting in the living room. Seeing her coming back wet, he took a few steps forward and hugged her in his arms.

"Where have you been? Why didn't you answer my call?"

Nie Zheng had a headache and was surrounded by Chong Jianzhi, who asked her to sit on the sofa. After taking the towel handed to her by Wang Ma, he began to carefully wipe the water droplets on her head.

"Why don't you speak?"

Nie Zheng's senses became somewhat dull, and the conversation between her and Chong Yixing in the afternoon kept emerging in her mind.

The adoptive parents did nothing wrong, but their breach of contract was the last straw that broke the camel's back.

The company was on the verge of bankruptcy, and the incense it had invested a lot of money in developing was also reported and could not be produced and put on the market.

They had no other way to go, and thinking of their infant daughter, they wanted to find a good way out for their daughter, even if it meant giving up their own lives.

Unfortunately, things didn't go as planned. After they left, she ended up in an orphanage...

"Nie Zheng? Nie Zheng?"

Chong Jianzhi turned her face and saw her distraught look. He frowned and wiped the rain marks off her face.

"What happened to you?"

She finally came to her senses, but subconsciously dodged his hand, leaned back on the sofa with her arms, and tried to keep a distance from him.

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