Even though the events of her past life had left Qiao Jiuru in unbearable pain, as if her heart were being torn apart, now that she had been reborn, she could not sit around waiting for doom to strike again.

She had to prevent the tragedy from happening to her family once more.

She was determined to save her children, daughters-in-law, and grandchildren.

It wasn’t until several years after her family had been posthumously vindicated that Qiao Jiuru discovered they had long been targeted.

The people behind it had always been searching for an opportunity to strike but had hesitated because of the remaining connections of the Su and Qiao families.

Not to mention the Qiao family’s background and wealth—just the Su family alone was enough to drive others mad with greed.

The Su family wasn’t only a prestigious family of scholars, but also incredibly skilled in business.

They belonged to that rare class of people who could both excel in academics and make great money.

Even before the Liberation, the Su family had already expanded their business overseas.

Su Huaiyuan’s eldest brother had studied abroad in the United States, majoring in economics, and later took over management of the family business.

However, a few years after the founding of the People’s Republic, the entire Su family—except for Su Huaiyuan, who chose to stay—emigrated abroad.

Though the Su family had taken most of their wealth with them, they secretly left behind a significant amount of money for Su Huaiyuan and Qiao Jiuru.

The Qiao family, unlike the Su family, was a well-known family of traditional Chinese medicine practitioners, having practiced medicine for generations and even treated emperors and high-ranking officials.

However, by the time it came to Qiao Jiuru’s generation, there was only her elder brother left to inherit the family practice.

Qiao Jiuru didn’t like medicine but loved history.

It was during her university years that she met and fell in love with Su Huaiyuan, eventually marrying him.

On the surface, the Qiao family didn’t seem as wealthy as the Su family, but in truth, they were not far behind.

Generations of treating the wealthy and powerful had brought them many valuable treasures.

In her generation, the Qiao family only had Qiao Jiuru and her elder brother Qiao Yin.

Qiao Yin inherited the family’s medical legacy, with great talent and aptitude.

Later, during the war of resistance, he resolutely joined the army and eventually participated in the Korean War, where he was unfortunately wounded and died.

After that, only Qiao Jiuru’s grandparents, her parents, and herself remained.

A few years after Qiao Yin’s death, her grandparents passed away one after another.

A few more years later, her parents also died.

Qiao Jiuru became the last of the Qiao family.

“The ones who reported us were your colleague Liu Mingliang and your former classmate Fang Jiahai. One was jealous of your position, and the other was after the Su family’s wealth. But because Zhang Hong and Lu Baoguo had always looked out for us, those two didn’t dare to act rashly for a long time.”

“I know Liu Mingliang. He was never able to measure up to me. I was always careful not to offend him, fearing he might try to trip me up. I didn’t expect jealousy to twist someone so completely.”

“Exactly. Liu Mingliang is a petty man. On the surface, he acts friendly with everyone, giving off the impression of being honest and reliable. But in reality, he’s incredibly dark-hearted.”

“As for Fang Jiahai, he knows a lot about our family’s situation. I used to help him out quite often. So if you say he was after our wealth, I wouldn’t doubt it.”

“You’re right. You may not know this, Huaiyuan, but he joined the Land Reform Committee not long ago. I think he probably did it specifically to come after us. The reason we were reported and sent down was mostly due to the two of them.”

“Ah Ru, where were we sent after being reported?”

“To a farm in the northwest.”

It was cold and remote there, with little food or clothing, poor living conditions, and outdated medical care—an extremely harsh environment.

When Qiao Jiuru thought of it, she was filled with bitterness and pain.

Adults could grit their teeth and endure, but their two children…

That was why she had come back in this life—she would never allow such a thing to happen again.

Although Su Huaiyuan was always focused on work, he wasn’t ignorant of the world around him.

Some people close to him had also been sent down, and he had secretly helped some of them.

So he was no stranger to those farms.

“What about Xiaofeng and Xiaozhu?!”

Taking a deep breath to calm himself, Su Huaiyuan asked again.

In addition to them, they also had a younger son and daughter.

“After we were reported, we immediately cut off contact with the children. But even so, Xiaofeng and Xiaozhu were still forced to go to the countryside as educated youth—one to the northwest, the other to Inner Mongolia.

Xiaofeng was attacked and killed by wolves in Inner Mongolia.

Xiaozhu, exhausted and starving in the northwest, eventually fell ill and didn’t survive. They died around the same time as Xiaoze.”

The news about their younger son and daughter came only after they returned to Beijing much later.

It was the final blow to her and her husband.

Su Huaiyuan, once so strong and resilient, completely collapsed.

For the sake of his wife, he held on for more than two years before passing away.

Su Huaiyuan’s expression finally changed dramatically.

He clutched his wife’s arms tightly, then let go.

Their whole family had come to a tragic end.