Duan Ruyun's face was filled with shock. "How is that possible?"
"Didn't your mother tell you what happened in the past?"
"Very … very rarely."
"What about your father?"
Duan Ruyun frowned with a complicated look in her eyes. She hesitated for a long time before speaking.
"My mother said that my father loved her very much. My father was the only person in the world who didn't want her to be wronged. But in the end, they were still separated. He even wanted to force her to have an abortion and kill me before I was born. So she hated those who had separated them."
There was no doubt who those people were. Fu Yingxiang didn't need to think too much to count them, including herself, the imaginary enemy in Gu Duo's eyes.
"Do you believe it?" she asked.
Duan Ruyun was slightly stunned. It seemed that it was the first time someone had questioned her like this.
Do you believe it? Do you believe what your mother told you?
"My mother told me this when she was mentally sound. I …"
"I know, but do you believe it?"
Even if it was a mentally sound person, would their words be trustworthy?
Duan Ruyun hesitated for a long time and didn't respond.
She used to firmly believe it because it was her mother. That was the thought and hatred that had been instilled in her since she could remember.
But when she was ten years old, her mother suddenly sent her to the orphanage and told her a terrible plan. That plan, which lasted for more than ten years, made her feel the hostility from her mother for the first time, as well as the deep resentment towards the world.
Could what she said be true?
Even if it was true, how many mothers would throw their children to a notorious orphanage and let their daughters be covered with a layer of unbearable childhood trauma?
It was true that Gu Duo was her biological mother. She had raised her for ten years, but she had sent her to the orphanage and watched her suffer two years of inhumane abuse. Then, she fled and coincidentally fell in front of Su Hong's car.
During the five years that she was by Su Hong's side, she had never revealed anything. She was just a little girl who had been abused by the orphanage, and her mother's plan was to use her to get close to Su Hong's closest friends, especially Ye Huanyan and Fu Yingxiang's families.
However, her mother thought that the plan was meticulous, but she neglected one point. Su Hong had very little personal time. All those years, she was with Duan Fei. Even if it was Su Hong's sisters' gathering, she had never been brought along. The first time she had interacted with these people was after Su Hong passed away.
"What is the truth?"
Duan Ruyun asked, "If it's not true, then tell me the truth."
Fu Yingxiang sighed.
"Since you didn't do anything, you don't need to know. Your mother won't ask you to do anything anymore, right?"
"It's because I didn't do anything that I want to know the truth. I want to know why my mother has been forcing me for so many years. People don't go crazy over something for no reason. What kind of person is my father? "
"The one your mother is talking about is not your father."
"…" Duan Ruyun's face froze, and she stared blankly at Fu Yingxiang.
"After so many years, she still hasn't let go of the obsession in her heart."
Duan Ruyun's face turned slightly pale, and it took her a while to find her voice.
"What did you say?"
"I don't know who your biological father is, but I'm sure that Gu Sinian is not."
Fu Yingxiang's eyes were burning. She was very sure that nothing had happened between Gu Sinian and Gu Duo. The child that Gu Duo was pregnant with was said to be Ling Han's, but it was eventually proven that it had nothing to do with Ling Han. However, according to Gu Duo's character and what she had asked her daughter to do, she was probably deceiving herself all these years.
Duan Ruyun seemed to be in disbelief at this result.
"But mother … but mother has always said …"
"If you don't believe me, you can ask Duan Fei's mother."
Hearing the name "Duan Fei", Duan Ruyun's eyes froze, and she subconsciously clenched her fingers. She couldn't hide the grief in her heart, and it was all expressed in her eyes.
Duan Fei was a man that she thought she would never be able to let go of for the rest of her life before she met Ling Yufeng. He was also the man that she couldn't ask for, and was the biggest regret and guilt in her life.
Not long after Duan Ruyun left, Fu Yingxiang tidied up the old photos that she had dug out. Looking at the few pieces of jewelry in the wooden box, the corners of her eyes were a little wet.
She had been at odds with Gu Duo for many years. Now that Gu Duo had ended up like this, she could only sigh and even sympathize with her.
If she hadn't met Ling Zhan, perhaps she would have been addicted to her previous relationship and couldn't extricate herself for the rest of her life. Perhaps she would be the one who would be unhappy for the rest of her life and be obsessed until she grew old.
The heavens still cared about her, and she should be content.
"Mom …"
A slightly hoarse voice came from behind. Her figure moved slightly, and she raised her hand to wipe the tears from the corners of her eyes. She turned around and forced a smile.
"Why are you here? Aren't you going to accompany Ruyun? "
"Mom, why are you crying?"
"It's nothing. I was just tidying up the old things and got confused."
Ling Yufeng frowned, and his eyes were full of worry. "I heard what you said to Xiaoyun. Are you thinking of Aunty Hong?"
Fu Yingxiang, who was holding the jewelry box, stopped. A clear sadness flashed across her eyes as she whispered.
"You still remember your Aunty Hong."
"I remember."
Ling Yufeng took a deep breath, and his furrowed brows slowly relaxed. "Aunty Hong is very cheerful and doesn't care about anything. Among all your friends, I actually like Aunty Hong the most."
"Yes, she is very cheerful."
Fu Yingxiang's thoughts drifted a little far away.
Su Hong was so cheerful. When she was in prison with her, she was the one who loved to smile the most. Before everyone was honest with her, she was the only one who never had sadness written on her face.
"Mom, do you have anything to say to me?"
Her son's voice pulled Fu Yingxiang's thoughts back. She touched her son's cheek and smiled. "It's nothing. Ruyun is a good girl. Treat her well in the future. If she wants to talk about the past, you can listen. If she doesn't want to talk about it, don't ask her."
Some stories were more suitable to be buried deep in the heart.
The dinner was very pleasant. It was New Year's Eve, and Hanyan Villa was decorated with lanterns and colored banners everywhere. Most of the children in the villa were about the same age. Ling Dongqing set off a string of firecrackers, which unexpectedly exploded in the courtyard with a series of booming sounds. Ling Yufeng himself was startled and immediately covered Duan Ruyun's ears in a flurry, for fear that she would also be frightened.
The smoke was full of the New Year's celebration. Ling Fengyun's brothers and sisters of the same generation were running around the courtyard happily like children.
Duan Ruyun looked up at Ling Yufeng with a complicated expression.
"What's wrong with you?"
From the shape of his mouth, she could tell that Ling Yufeng was worried about her.
She shook her head and pulled down his hands covering her ears. "I'm fine. I'm just a little envious of you."
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