【Sweetheart Lover】

Chapter 264: Family Secrets Revealed

While the dispute over property distribution had not yet subsided, the atmosphere in the Ruan family was made even more chaotic by a sudden family secret.

It was an ordinary but somewhat strange afternoon. The sun tried hard to penetrate the clouds, but could only cast mottled light and shadows. In the courtyard of the Ruan family, an old cat lazily basked in the sun, unaware of the coming storm.

Ruan Xiaofeng was looking for his toys in the utility room when he accidentally knocked over an old wooden box. With a "crash", the contents of the box fell to the ground. He squatted down and was about to clean up, but his eyes were attracted by a yellowed diary.

Out of curiosity, he opened the diary. Although the handwriting was a little blurry, as he read deeper, his eyes widened and his face was full of disbelief.

"This...how is this possible?" he muttered to himself, his hands shaking unconsciously.

His heart was beating like a little rabbit in his chest, and all kinds of thoughts kept flashing through his mind: "What would happen if this secret was known to everyone? Would it cause a lot of trouble?"

Ruan Xiaofeng ran to the main hall with the diary in his arms, as if he had lost his soul. At this time, the adults were still arguing about the property.

"Stop making noise!" Ruan Xiaofeng's childish voice, with a slight tremor, broke the noise.

Everyone's eyes turned to him, and they saw that his face was pale and his lips trembled slightly.

"I...I discovered a secret." He stammered, and then raised the diary in his hand. At this moment, he was nervous and scared, not knowing what consequences his action would bring.

Mr. Ruan's expression instantly became solemn. He stood up and walked towards Ruan Xiaofeng with a staggering step.

"Child, where did you find this?" The old man's voice was filled with a hint of panic.

Second Aunt came over, snatched the diary, and quickly flipped through it. As she read, her expression changed from confusion to shock, and finally to anger.

“How…how could this happen?” she screamed, “We were kept in the dark for so many years!”

Uncle San also squeezed over, took a few looks, then sat down on a chair, stunned.

The eldest sister covered her mouth, tears welling up in her eyes.

For a moment, the main hall was completely silent, with only the heavy breathing of the crowd.

Suddenly, Second Auntie jumped up, pointed at Old Man Ruan and shouted, "Old Man, you actually hid such a big thing from us!"

Mr. Ruan lowered his head and sighed: "This is all in the past. I wanted to let it sleep forever."

"Sleeping? That's easy for you to say!" Second Aunt's face turned red with anger. "Is this fair to us?"

At this time, Uncle San also came to his senses. He frowned and said, "Brother, you did something wrong."

The eldest brother of the Ruan family looked at the old man seriously, as if waiting for an explanation.

Frightened by the sudden uproar, Ruan Xiaofeng hid behind his mother, revealing only a pair of terrified eyes. He regretted it very much: "If I had known earlier, I would not have taken out the diary. What should I do now?"

At this moment, it suddenly started to rain heavily outside, and the raindrops hit the windows violently, as if they were also crying for the misfortune of this family.

The wind also began to howl, blowing the branches in the yard all over the place.

Mr. Ruan raised his head, looked at the wind and rain outside the window, and said slowly: "This is my fault. I'm sorry to everyone."

Second Aunt snorted coldly: "Just say sorry and it's over? This matter is not that easy to get over!"

The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and the entire Ruan family was immersed in chaos and confusion.