novelraw Chapter 312: Has His Sweetheart Returned? (Part 2)
Chapter 312: Has His Sweetheart Returned? (Part 2)
Tang Ruhai did not mistreat her mother, just as they had initially agreed, the Tang Family provided her mother with the best care, while she did what the Tang Family asked of her.
The woman on the bed had an aged appearance beyond her years, lying there in a death-like slumber. Tang Yanqi’s hands unconsciously clenched.
After two seconds of silence, she looked at Tang Ruhai: "I want to be alone with her for a while."
Tang Ruhai nodded and then gestured for the person beside him to take Tang Yanqi’s phone, before allowing the mother and daughter to be alone.
Tang Yanqi slowly sat down by the bedside, reached out and held her mother’s unresponsive yet warm hand, pressing it to her cheek.
Her eyes gradually turned red, and after a long time, she spoke: "Mom, I’ve learned some incredible things. Tell me, was it you?"
The response she got was, of course, an endless silence. Tang Yanqi felt her heart twist into a knot, her eyes stung with pain, but she forced herself not to let the tears fall.
"Since childhood, I never knew who my father was. Since childhood, life was hard for us, but I didn’t mind. Why did you do those things? Mom, you were so eager to send me into the Tang Family, but my life there is not good, not good at all."
Before the age of six, Tang Yanqi was an understanding yet happy girl, but after six, she entered a long period of repression, especially when she first entered the Tang Family. At that time, Shen Wanqing’s mental state teetered on the edge of collapse, either hitting or scolding her.
Her small body bore countless scars, and back then, her only thought was to grow up. With age, she would have the strength to resist, and the capability to protect herself.
But when she truly grew up, she realized that the childhood hurts were nothing but physical pain, something that could be endured and eventually would pass. Growing up, there were far more constraints.
Tang Yanqi, in her heart, already had answers. Mrs. Sheng had no reason to deceive her, and Tang Ruhai also provided answers, along with her own recalled memories.
Some things, when they develop, don’t feel significant, but once a conclusion emerges and thinking back, it truly proves "the more you think, the scarier it is."
Once, she thought her mother was someone who destroyed others’ families, although it wasn’t just her mother’s fault alone. So in the Tang Family, she endured everything from Shen Wanqing as repayment for her mother’s debts.
Gradually, she felt she had repaid enough, and the relationship with the Tang Family was purely transactional, so she no longer tolerated Shen Wanqing, no longer tolerated the Tang Family, treating them with cold indifference. But now, she realized she still had much more to repay.
The tragedy of the Tang Family, her own tragedy, in a certain sense, was caused by the person lying here.
But she couldn’t blame her, this was her mother who carried her for ten months, how could she blame her? Ultimately, everything could only be borne by herself...
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On the other side, Sheng Jianan had just stepped out of the meeting room when he saw Qiao Zi standing awkwardly at the entrance of the CEO’s office.
"What’s the matter?"
Qiao Zi bowed respectfully: "CEO, Madam is here, waiting for you inside, it’s been a while."
Sheng Jianan opened the door and indeed found Mrs. Sheng, elegantly seated on the sofa in a cheongsam and a shawl.
"Mom? Why are you here?"