Chapter 40: Recall What You Did

"Are you really my mother?"

Little Yao Yao's eyes were so clear they seemed able to see into a person's heart, and even Gu Qingmeng couldn't help but feel frightened.

Those eyes were far too like Fu Sijue's, and Gu Qingmeng had a premonition that this child would be the next Fu Sijue.

Gu Qingmeng set a stern face and began to lecture like an adult.

"I toiled for ten months to bear you; everything I've done has been for your sake! And now you doubt whether you're my biological child?"

Even if I'm not his biological mother, I've raised Fu Yao as my child all these years! Gu Qingmeng thought angrily.

If it weren't for her, Fu Yao would have been devoured in that dragon‑pool tiger‑den long ago, leaving not even a scrap.

Fu Yao fell silent; if this were the truth, he'd rather be a child picked up off the roadside.

……

Fu Sijue hadn't expected a single one could last three hours; when he returned home, all the lights were off and Fu Yao had already fallen asleep.

Thinking of how fragile the child looked that afternoon, Fu Sijue felt a pang in his heart.

Lu Xiwán was right; he's neglected Fu Yao all these years.

What surprised Fu Sijue was that Lu Xiwán was still sitting in the pitch‑black Living Room.

"You didn't go to the hospital to be with the child?"

"Steward just went," Lu Xiwán said, her eyes dim as she stared at Fu Sijue, holding a mouthful of words she didn't know whether to speak.

In the end she let out a deep sigh; after all, this was someone's family matter no matter how you looked at it, and both emotionally and logically she shouldn't meddle.

"This afternoon, we found a letter out in the suburbs."

Fu Sijue got straight to the point, voicing his thoughts outright.

He wanted to know exactly what Lu Xiwán was thinking.

"The letter said they were sorry to you, exposing your existence."

Those words hammered into Lu Xiwán's heart like a nail.

"So Mr. Fu chose to believe? When am I supposed to move …"

Fu Sijue stared at Lu Xiwán with a fixed gaze, "I don't believe it, which is why I'm asking you—what exactly are you thinking?"

Fu Sijue could see through those little tricks at a glance.

The envelope's name had been left in advance; the person may have slipped away long ago.

Shen Shu's plan was deployed with extreme precision; if it weren't because those two bandits had become powerful enough to infiltrate his surroundings, then someone must have tipped off the authorities in advance.

Lu Xiwán couldn't see Fu Sijue's expression, but could guess that her mood was certainly very bad right now.

No one can accept betrayal by someone close.

"Before Mr. Fu asked me, I actually wanted to ask Mr. Fu: no matter what Miss Gu says, will you always choose to believe? Then what's the point of my explanation now?"

Fu Sijue's trustworthiness in Lu Xiwán's eyes had already dropped to the ice point.

As long as Gu Qingmeng shed a single tear, this man would feel heartache and immediately choose to believe her.

In this situation, Lu Xiwán felt that speaking up was a mistake.

Not only would it bring no benefit, it would also trap her in an unjust position.

"Mr. Fu, your silence already says a lot. Since you've already chosen to believe Miss Gu, why do you still ask me?"