Chapter 204: It Is All in the Past

Cheng Wan finished work and saw Chu Fangfei.

She stood at the entrance, looking at the people and cars on the road, sadness in her eyes.

Cheng Wan walked to her side and asked indifferently, "Did you have a fight with Wen Lvzhong?"

Chu Fangfei turned to look at her, her emotions surging violently, though she tried her best to restrain them.

"Cheng Wan, can you tell me the story of his time in Bali Town?"

There was a hint of pleading in her tone.

"Of course."

The two went to a nearby coffee shop.

The music was soothing.

Cheng Wan simply recounted the story of Wen Lvzhong and Qin Xingwan.

Yet Chu Fangfei was not satisfied, "What you said is too general; I can't feel at all that they were in love."

Cheng Wan sighed softly, "Qin Xingwan passed away several years ago; you are his wife now, why mind those things?"

Chu Fangfei stirred her coffee, a bitter smile appearing on her lips at these words.

"I just want to know." She was very stubborn.

Cheng Wan was helpless, "You two fought, didn't you?"

Otherwise, Chu Fangfei would not be asking about the past.

"If you are fighting because of Qin Xingwan, there is no need," Cheng Wan advised.

Although she was unwilling for Wen Lvzhong and Chu Fangfei to marry at first, now that they were husband and wife, Cheng Wan still hoped they could make it work.

"It's not because of Qin Xingwan."

"It isn't?"

Cheng Wan was somewhat stunned; it wasn't because of Qin Xingwan, yet what Chu Fangfei asked about was Qin Xingwan.

Chu Fangfei took a sip of coffee, the bitter taste blooming on the tip of her tongue.

"It's because of you."

Cheng Wan frowned, "Me?"

Chu Fangfei raised her eyes to look at Cheng Wan and said bluntly, "The person Wen Lvzhong liked in Bali Town was you, right?"

Cheng Wan clenched her fingers, but quickly returned to normal.

Her expression was somewhat detached.

"No."

Chu Fangfei let out a laugh, with a hint of sarcasm, "Cheng Wan, since I've said it, it means I've already looked into it; the person Wen Lvzhong liked was you, not Qin Xingwan."

She said it with extreme seriousness.

Cheng Wan fell silent.

Those things—she thought no one would ever know.

Chu Fangfei had truly put in a lot of effort.

"Cheng Wan, I want to know, why did you make Wen Lvzhong think that the one he liked was Qin Xingwan?" Chu Fangfei pressed, wanting to know the truth.

Cheng Wan only asked one thing, "Where did you find this out?"

Chu Fangfei pursed her lips; she was unwilling to say.

But thinking about it, since she was already face-to-face with Cheng Wan, why bother hiding it?

"Wen Lvzhong has regained his memory," Chu Fangfei said quickly, afraid that if she paused, she would regret it.

She was afraid that if Cheng Wan knew Wen Lvzhong had regained his memory, she would go find him.

She was afraid they would rekindle their old flame.

But hiding it was even more painful.

"He called your name after getting drunk once, so I became suspicious, and then I went to investigate and found many things."

Cheng Wan sighed, "That's right, the person he liked back then was me."

These secrets would be known by someone sooner or later.

Since Chu Fangfei had found out, hiding it was useless.

Cheng Wan spoke slowly, "When Wen Lvzhong came to Bali Town as a volunteer lawyer, he stayed at a hotel not far from the flower shop; he came to buy flowers every day, and we gradually became familiar."

"Later, our relationship grew better and better, and just as we were preparing to be together, Xingwan found me; she said she liked Wen Lvzhong and hoped to receive my blessing."

"It was only then that I realized she had also liked Wen Lvzhong for a long time; she had saved my life, so I promised her that I would keep my distance from Wen Lvzhong, but Wen Lvzhong found out about my concession, and he got drunk."

Actually, the plot that followed was very cliché.

Qin Xingwan had a one-night stand with him; Wen Lvzhong was a man with a strong sense of responsibility, so he decided to take responsibility for Qin Xingwan and prepared to marry her.

Later, he returned to the Wen Family and was detained; Qin Xingwan thought he had broken his promise, but she still decided to give birth to the child.

Later still, Ping'an was born, and the flower shop caught fire.

That day, Qin Xingwan came to the flower shop in the middle of the night because she was being threatened to come and steal the Perfume Notes.

She saw Wen Lvzhong when she left the Yiyuan, and knowing that Wen Lvzhong would protect the child, she chose to save Cheng Wan.

She felt she had wronged Cheng Wan, so she used her life to repay her.

Chu Fangfei remained silent for a long time.

A long while later, she whispered, "Then she..."

"Was already burned to death."

Even now, Cheng Wan still remembers that day, the 'sorry' Qin Xingwan said when she pushed her out.

In Cheng Wan's heart, Qin Xingwan did not owe her anything.

After all, compared to the grace of her saving his life, this really counted for nothing.

"I'm sorry," Chu Fangfei apologized.

She did not know that such a tragic thing had actually happened.

Cheng Wan looked out the window and said indifferently, "Regardless of who Wen Lvzhong likes, the fact that Qin Xingwan bore a child for him is enough."

Chu Fangfei remained silent.

She felt relieved.

Indeed, Cheng Wan clearly did not want to dwell on those past feelings anymore, and Wen Lvzhong actually had no intention of divorcing to go find Cheng Wan.

Everything was just her own inner anxiety.

"Thank you," Chu Fangfei said to Cheng Wan, "I would like to take the child Ping'an home; Grandma and the others miss him too."

"Ping'an's surname is Qin; this is something I agreed upon with them, and he will not return to the Wen Family."

Chu Fangfei did not insist.

She left.

Cheng Wan sat alone for a long time, thinking about those past events.

Back then, Chu Li asked her if she had ever liked Wen Lvzhong.

She admitted it.

That was because at that time, her feelings for Wen Lvzhong had just sprouted and had no foundation.

So, after learning that Qin Xingwan also liked Wen Lvzhong, she decisively gave up on that affection.

Her cell phone made a 'ding' sound.

It was a message from Cheng Han, asking why she hadn't returned home yet.

Cheng Wan took a deep breath and shook off those bad emotions.

She returned to the Cheng Family.

Just as she was about to enter, she saw Yuanyuan squatting on the ground, stuffing something into his mouth without knowing what he had picked up.

"Yuanyuan!" Cheng Wan hurried over and grabbed Yuanyuan's hand, stopping him from putting the thing in his hand into his mouth.

And what he was clutching in his hand was mud.

Cheng Wan didn't know whether to laugh or cry as she patted the mud away, "You can't eat this."

Yuanyuan didn't understand; his little mouth puckered, and he started to cry.

Cheng Wan hurriedly coaxed him.

As a result, before she had coaxed him for more than a few sentences, she was shoved hard by someone.

Qin Yun Shu picked up her son, her voice sharp, "Cheng Wan, what did you do to my son?"

Cheng Wan's expression turned cold, "I just saw him picking up things off the ground to eat."

Her tone was icy.

There were servants in the house, and Qin Yun Shu was there as his mother, yet not a single person had seen Yuanyuan eating mud in the Garden; he might have already eaten a lot.

"Cheng Wan, my son is only this small and doesn't understand anything; stop making excuses here," Qin Yun Shu cried while holding the child, "You just want to drive me away."

Cheng Wan was speechless.

Just as she was about to speak, Yuanyuan suddenly began to vomit violently.

Qin Yun Shu panicked, "Yuanyuan!"

She glared at Cheng Wan with hatred, "Cheng Wan, what exactly did you do to Yuanyuan?"