Uncle ng’s expression was calm. He glanced at the Zhang Clan, who stood outside the door, looking sowhat guilty but still glaring at him, and suddenly let out a cold laugh.
Retracting his gaze, he turned to Ms. Tao.
"Cuiniang, previously, you and Tao Qin insisted on breaking out of the secret room to rescue Jiang Kuanyu, nearly putting the escort agency in danger, and I was captured by Jiang Kuanyu because of it. However, both you and Tao Qin paid the price, so let’s leave it at that. Anyway, it’s not the only foolish thing you’ve done."
Ms. Tao lowered her head, genuinely regretting the incident.
However, Uncle ng quickly shifted his tone, his voice deepening, "What I’m about to tell you is sothing else, regarding your family, your father, and your brother."
Ms. Tao was taken aback, raising her head, eager to ask if Tao Feili was truly... dead.
But Uncle ng didn’t give her the chance to speak, "Twenty years ago, my father-in-law saved my life. Because of that, I was deeply grateful to him and treated him with filial piety like a biological father while he was alive. But, I never thought his act of saving was deliberate. Cuiniang, did you know about this?"
Ms. Tao was bewildered, shaking her head instinctively, "I don’t know, what do you an by ’deliberate’?"
"Of course, you were going to marry into my family, so your father wouldn’t tell you to prevent you from leaking it to ." Uncle ng laughed bitterly, "Back then, I was escorting goods and had just left the city when robbers attacked. To ensure the goods were delivered safely, I let the other escorts go ahead while I covered the rear. As a result, I was severely injured and barely holding on, struggling to return to the city to find a doctor, but when I was near the Tao Family Village, I couldn’t hold on any longer and collapsed."
At that ti, ng Pei was avoiding Gong Qiu and had taken Song Xin to open a branch elsewhere. Therefore, Chenggu County’s ng family escort agency was entrusted to Uncle ng.
Uncle ng, in his youthful exuberance, wanted to achieve sothing to show his elder brother, so he personally handled the escort.
Little did he know that ti, he almost lost his life.
"I collapsed three miles outside of the Tao Family Village, thinking that since dawn was approaching, soone would soon pass by and see . But I waited and waited, and no one ca. It was only when I was about to pass out from excessive bleeding that my father-in-law appeared. He saved , found a doctor for , fed dicine, and sent word to the escort agency for . Back then, I thought I was just unlucky, and only managed to encounter my father-in-law after all that ti. Now I understand that it wasn’t re bad luck. My father-in-law had been blocking anyone who might co near , waiting intentionally until I was desperate to save , just so I would owe him a debt of gratitude."
Everyone present was shocked after hearing this. None of them had ever imagined that Father Tao’s actions back then were deliberately planned.
Ms. Tao found it hard to believe, "How is that possible? There’s no reason for it. Why would my father do such a thing?"
"Because he coveted sothing in my possession. Back then, an old escort master of the ng family was on friendly terms with your father. Once, while drunk, he spoke of a treasure belonging to the ng family. Your father believed it and beca greedy. Coincidentally, he saw injured and thought to use a life-saving favor to obtain the treasure from . Unfortunately, he never succeeded, so he arranged for you to marry ."
Back then, Ms. Tao wasn’t considered a match for the ng family, but Uncle ng didn’t mind. He believed Father Tao to be a man of good character, and Ms. Tao wasn’t lacking either, so he agreed to the marriage.
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