Chapter 1163: [Bonus chapter] Overlooked
"Elle, do you remember?" asked Mu Chenyan.
Raelle nodded her head, "I do. In fact, you'd also know it." Mu Chenyan's brows furrowed up in confusion and Raelle added, "I was on Coral Bay island that day."
Mu Chenyan had a look of understanding as soon as she heard it. Being the person to whom the security team of Raelle reported, how could she be oblivious to what happened that day?
"Those people weren't after me?" asked Raelle to Ru even though she was already certain about the answer.
"Nope," answered Ru. "Their target was never you. You just happened to be there at that time. Those people were after the girl you know as Chi Xirui. They wanted her. But your security team was too vigilant and seeing that they were suspicious people, they attacked first and cleared their suspicion later as per their orders. After all, they won't take any chances with your security." He took a brief pause and added, "She gave birth to her son, Xiang Ziyang on that island."
Raelle was stumped while Mu Chenyan was startled a bit.
"Her son's name is Justin," said Raelle.
"If you say it like that, then his mother also has many names, no? Why would it be so difficult for you to find her? She registered her son's birth on Coral Bay under the name, Xiang Ziyang. As for why she told the name Justin to his adopted mother, Tang Hebe, we'll have to understand her history a little bit for that."
"What's her history?" asked Mu Chenyan this time around. "She isn't from that remote mountainous village for sure."
"Oh no, her mother was from there. She? She was born and raised in Country I." Ru looked at them and said, "I should say, your family is very fortunate and blessed. Without even knowing anything, Raelle managed to save the life of her nephew. I can assure you, if your security team hadn't been mistaken that day, two lives would be gone and you would never see your nephew. That is why that girl remembered your life-saving grace until her death. She was actually a good girl who never forgot people's kindness. Tsk. Unfortunately, she wasn't that fortunate in life."
"Did she offend someone?" asked Raelle. "I remember those people. They didn't look like any normal criminal group."
"Of course, they weren't just any criminals. There has to be some distinction between the Mafia and the petty gangsters, no?" asked Ru. "Why else would their social status be so different?"
"Mafia?" Mu Chenyan caught on.
Ru nodded, "Isn't it obvious? How can you miss it? Her name was Genevieve D'Amico! It's a clear giveaway. The very first time, little Uncle mentioned that name, the first person that came to my mind was Raphael D'Amico!"
"Who is that?"
"You don't know?" asked Ru in surprise. "How can you not know? He is the Godfather of the biggest Mafia Empire in the Country I. How can you not know?"
"Why would she know?" Xia Zhao finally interrupted Ru. "You're asking the wrong person, Ru. Raelle would not know these things."
Ru nodded at that, "True. You grew up in the world of light. How can you be familiar with the dark world? It's my mistake for overlooking this detail."
"Who is Rapheal D'Amico to Chi... No, to Genevieve?" asked Raelle.
"He is her father," answered Ru. "Her birth father."
"She was the daughter of a Mafia boss?" asked Mu Chenyan with a frown but slowly, she understood a lot too. No wonder, everything seemed to be shrouded in mystery when she looked into that girl. How could it not be? If it was easy to find the information related to Mafia groups, wouldn't that underworld perish by now?
They really had the means to protect their own and that's why they were still able to rule.
"Correct! She was not just the daughter of the Godfather of the Mafia. She was his little princess. Because Mr. Raphael had only one daughter all his life. So, it's not surprising that he loved her so much. The only person Mr. Raphael loved more than his daughter was his wife. As in, Genevieve's mother. The same person was sold by her own family to human traffickers when she was so young. But I guess that was the biggest blessing in disguise for someone like her."
Raelle was very interested in this now and asked, "Tell me more."
"About what?" asked Ru. "Didn't you get your answers?"
"Not yet."
"How is that possible?" teased Ru. "Didn't you just want to know why she took you as her savior? You have the answers now."
"The nature of this is different now," said Raelle reasonably. "Now, I'm more interested in her since she is the birth mother of my nephew. I have to understand her background and what exactly happened back then."
"Your curiosity is still very alive," commented Ru. "But it's okay. I'll give you the answers you want. I'm very good at finding answers." He put the tablet in his hand in front of Raelle and pointed at the picture, "This is Jennifer Chi. She is Genevieve's mother."
"She looks beautiful," said Raelle truthfully.
"Huh! Why else would a Mafia heir fall in love with her?" asked Ru.
"He saved her life?" asked Raelle.
Ru shook his head, "No, it's not that dramatic either. Because if Mr. Raphael had seen her when she was sold by her parents, he'd only feel pity for her but nothing else for sure."
"Why do you say that?" asked Raelle.
Ru swiped and showed another photo. This one was black and white picture. And the girl looked to be about 8 or 9 years old. She was so small and thin. So scrawny that it almost looked scary. Her hair was dry like grass and her complexion was so yellow. She looked like she was suffering from some terminal illness.
"Who is this?" asked Ru.
Raelle looked up at Ru, "Is this Jennifer?"
"Bingo!" answered Ru. "You're good. I like that I don't have to explain too much. This is her when she was 13 years old."
"What? She looks like an 8-year-old," said Raelle.
"You think girls in patriarchal families have three meals a day? It'd be good if they can have something to eat once a day," told Ru.
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