Searching for Treasures in the Clouds

Chapter 402 What exactly is Yun Jianyue?

“I understand. You kids were a bit impulsive. You didn't even know the other side's background before recklessly starting a fight. If our family isn't as powerful as theirs, this fight could be a devastating blow to us. Maybe with just one word from them, our company would go out of business, and we'd be left destitute. When you're out in the world, the first thing you have to learn is patience. If someone offends you, don't act impulsively. Try to de-escalate the situation. Even if you're angry or unhappy, don't show it. Calm them down first. It's not too late to take action after you've investigated their background, and then you can retaliate more thoroughly. Don't you agree?”

The children nodded.

"Third Uncle, if his family is really more powerful than ours, should we just give up?" Shan Shi asked, puzzled.

Yun Jianyue chuckled and replied, "It's fine if you let it go to his face, but you can use dirty tricks behind his back. Actually, you could have saved the fight after school, lured him to a place without surveillance cameras, given him a good beating, and then soaked him in water to wash off your fingerprints. When he got home and complained, there would be no surveillance footage to testify against him, and no fingerprints could be extracted. You could then insist that you didn't hit anyone, and what could he do to you? Kids are mischievous, and accidents are easy to happen when playing outside. You have a hundred ways to force an accident on him—make him fall, make him slip and fall into the river, make him get hit by something. Besides, the families of kids who can afford to study at that tutoring center are not ordinary. I think as long as the child isn't seriously injured, no parent will keep bringing it up."

"It makes sense!"

"That's right, that's right."

The children's eyes lit up, and they seemed to have another idea in mind, so they happily discussed it.

Seeing that everyone had finished chatting, Yun Quan lifted up his right sleeve and offered his arm to Yun Jianyue, choking back tears as he said, "Dad, I was hit too. He pushed me, and I bumped into the cabinet."

Yun Jianyue looked down and saw a large, frightening bruise on his son's arm. He had checked all the other children in the Yun family, but hadn't checked his son. Now that he saw it, his face instantly turned grim.

"Shanli! You're injured, why didn't you say so?"

"Was it that chubby kid who did it, or did his henchman push you?"

"Ah! Third Uncle, quickly take him to apply the medicine."

The children all gathered around and approached Yunquan to check on his injuries.

Later, Yun Jianyue somehow got the chubby boy to apologize to them honestly. Then, the chubby boy's right hand was broken for some reason, and he never came back to the institution to study.

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After listening to Yun Jixing's story, Yu Ru exclaimed, "Now that you mention it, Yun Jianyue is truly an exceptionally kind elder. No wonder you trust her. She's been incredibly good to you."

Yu Ru had initially thought that the three siblings, Uncle Yun and his sister, were seasoned individuals who had seen much in life, so how could they be completely unguarded against Yun Jianyue, someone with ulterior motives, and fail to uncover anything about her? Now she understood. Firstly, someone adopted at the age of three, unaware of his origins, considered himself the family's child, and the family genuinely treated him like one. It was indeed difficult to suspect he would harbor any ulterior motives. Secondly, Yun Jianyue diligently taught the Yun family children, treating them all equally, tirelessly helping them resolve problems, and clearly remembering each family member's likes and dislikes. Such thoughtfulness was truly rare.

"Yes. That's why I can't figure out why he wanted the Yun family dead."

"Did you ask your grandparents about Yun Jianyue's origins in the Yun family? Did they hide anything from you?"

Yun Jixing shook his head. "I asked, but I didn't get any useful information. I think they won't hide anything now."

According to Situ Ningzhai and Yun Zhonghe, Yun Jianyue's biological mother was named Liu Hui, a native of Xicheng. When Yun Jianyue was three years old, she fled with him to Shuicheng to seek refuge with a friend, who valued the mother and son highly. However, due to the chaos of war, the friend unfortunately encountered a life-threatening situation and entrusted the mother and son to Yun Zhonghe. Yun Zhonghe, owing him a favor, agreed to help take care of them. Unexpectedly, Liu Hui died of illness after only six months in the Yun family. Considering that Yun Jianyue was still young and had no one to care for him, the Yun family adopted him.

"Is it possible..." Yu Ru hesitated for a moment, but still voiced her suspicion, "Yun Jianyue's mother lied. She's not from Xicheng, and her name isn't Liu Hui. All the information she gave you was false. She might have a secret identity. Yun Jianyue wasn't three years old when he came to your family; he was much older. So he's always known he's not your biological son."

"Yes. Aru, I had the same guess, but... the key people have all passed away, so there's no way to start the investigation."

"Let's go to the mountain city. We said we'd go last time but never made it. This time, let's go as a tourist and find out about the Jinxiu Ruihua Cloth Shop."

"Okay. But... let's get married first and then go?"

"Ah."