novelraw Chapter 273: Tang Yanqi’s Background (3)
Chapter 273: Tang Yanqi’s Background (3)
Mrs. Sheng finished speaking, raised her chin, and turned to leave. Tang Yanqi stood there in a daze, her fingers loosened, and the sheets of paper she held scattered all over the floor.
She couldn’t believe what she saw, she absolutely could not believe it.
After a long while, Tang Yanqi snapped back to reality as if she had been electrocuted, and quickly gathered the papers scattered on the ground. She had to go ask clearly, she absolutely had to go ask clearly.
The thin figure stumbled out of the Japanese restaurant, in her usual calm demeanor, it had been many, many years since she had been this flustered.
But right now, Tang Yanqi couldn’t care about those things; she had to figure out certain things, absolutely had to figure them out.
Ignoring her empty wallet, Tang Yanqi got into a taxi, and only then did she remember to call Tang Ruhai. Upon learning that he was at the Tang Building, Tang Yanqi rushed over without a second thought.
The Tang Building was not like Shengshi. Although it was also a towering skyscraper, it still lacked some grandeur.
Tang Yanqi never imagined that one day she would walk into this place by herself.
Upon reaching Tang Ruhai’s office, Tang Yanqi didn’t wait for an announcement; she burst right in. Tang Ruhai was in the middle of speaking with his secretary. Seeing her rush in suddenly, he frowned slightly, a bit displeased, but said nothing, just gestured for the secretary to leave first.
For Tang Yanqi to burst in like this unannounced was obviously rude. In the past, Tang Ruhai would have surely lectured her with the authority of an elder, but times had changed, and having just secured the contract with Shengshi, he was in a good mood and didn’t bother with Tang Yanqi’s discourtesy.
"Why are you here today? Is there something you need?"
Since the last meal with Sheng Jianan, Tang Ruhai’s attitude towards Tang Yanqi improved significantly. As a businessman, he was well-versed in human relations. From Sheng Jianan’s attitude towards Tang Yanqi that day, Tang Ruhai understood that Tang Yanqi’s situation with the Sheng Family was much better than she herself suggested.
Tang Yanqi looked at Tang Ruhai, spoke word by word: "I want to see my mother, I want to know what happened back then."
Leaving the Tang Building, Tang Yanqi walked slowly along the street, her gaze somewhat blank, like a puppet.
Why she ended up at the Tang Family, she knew: because her mother was sick, because Miss Tang passed away unexpectedly, because the Tang Family found her.
Tang Yanqi always thought that there was no connection between these things. But today, when Mrs. Sheng dumped a pile of documents in front of her, she realized that nothing was so simple.
Tang Wan was kidnapped and killed, and the person who kidnapped her was none other than her own mother, and the person who killed her was also her mother.
Many long-sealed memories rushed into Tang Yanqi’s mind. She learned the detailed process of Tang Wan’s kidnapping and accident from Tang Ruhai, but she did not tell Tang Ruhai what she saw today.
She couldn’t say it and didn’t want to say it.
She remembered that when she was young, life with her mother was very tight, yet suddenly one day, her mother bought her many beautiful clothes and toys and told her they were moving, would live in a big house, and she could go to school carrying a backpack like other children.
But Tang Yanqi didn’t wait for that day; instead, she waited for the day her mother had an accident, and soon after, she was brought into the Tang Family, becoming a young lady of the Tang Family, or rather, a replacement.
Tang Yanqi never thought there could be a connection between these trivial matters, she didn’t want to believe what Mrs. Sheng said, yet her rationality chose to believe, as Mrs. Sheng had said, what reason did she have to deceive her?