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Yan Rusheng looked at Xuxu and spoke with a slightly mocking tone . "Ha . The Wen Xuxu who doesn't enjoy meddling in others' affairs is now sticking her nose into this matter . "
Xuxu retracted her gaze and eyed him . She was hopping mad . She lectured, "How can you put it in this way? This concerns both First Aunt and First Uncle . How can I feign ignorance?"
If it was someone else, she would definitely not bother . Even if she bumped into a woman fighting with a mistress over such matters on the street, she would always choose to walk away from the scene .
Yan Rusheng weakly smiled and used his hand to ruffle her hair with affection . "Silly lass! Hurry and take a shower and rest early . You must be freezing . "
He grabbed her hand and true to what he said; it was indeed cold .
…
"Alright, I shall grant you your wish! Let's get a divorce!"
Slam!
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Xuxu was fast asleep when she was jolted awake by a yell and the sound of a door slamming . "First Aunt!" she thought .
She instantly widened her eyes and immediately sat up . The bed was empty . When she touched the space beside her, it wasn't warm anymore .
"Yan Weiye, you're too much!"
Jiang Qinglian shouted at the top of her voice once more, and then it was followed by her heart-wrenching cries .
Xuxu flung the blanket away and didn't even bother putting on her bedroom slippers . She bolted for the door, barefooted . After wrenching the door open, she ran out of the room but the corridor was already empty .
The cries were coming from First Uncle's bedroom .
She scurried across to the room and was about to knock on the door .
"She doesn't have much time left . How can I leave the children in the lurch? They're my children and even if this is my mistake, they are innocent . I have an obligation to protect them and secure their future . "
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Yan Weiye's voice sounded from the room, and Xuxu's hand hesitantly hovered in mid-air .
"If she didn't give birth to the children, she wouldn't have suffered from poor health . "
Jiang Qinglian remained silent as Yan Weiye carried on trying to persuade her .
His words peeved Xuxu . What did he mean by she helped him bear his children?
Was First Aunt barren? All of his words callously stabbed First Aunt's heart .
"Qinglian, I'm sorry . I just want to fulfill my duty as a father . "
Jiang Qinglian snorted . "Duty as a father? All these years, you've been secretly taking care of them . And you're saying that you didn't fulfill your duty?"
"Mother has been keeping an eye on me, so I haven't met her in more than a decade . I only recently went to visit her because her health is rapidly declining . "
Not only Jiang Qinglian was shocked, but it also left Xuxu dumbfounded .
So it meant that Grandmother had already known that First Uncle had a mistress?
Jiang Qinglian asked the burning question that Xuxu wanted to ask as well .
"You mean mother… knew this all along?"
"Yes, she knows all along . And she had been preventing us from meeting . "
"So you mean Mother knew of the children's existence?"
"Yes . There was a year I didn't return home for quite a long period . It was because Mother had given me a beating that it left me hospitalized . "
"Yan Weiye, get out . I want to be alone . "
Jiang Qinglian seemed overwhelmed by emotion, and her voice quivered . But she seemed to have calmed down .
However, Xuxu could tell that she was suppressing herself and it was agonizing for her .
Grandmother!
Xuxu's eyes glistened, and she finally understood why Grandmother managed to take care of her family . She had everyone in harmony .
She was firm, upright, and strict .
And if she was not mistaken, the kind and filial First Aunt would have accepted this arrangement .
Xuxu had always respected and loved First Uncle . But the mistake that he had made left her bitterly disappointed .
First Uncle obviously knew his wife too well . She was the one who had stayed beside him for decades, hence he knew what her weakness was .