Chapter 15

Li's mother's words were truly earth-shattering.

Mr. Li was startled and instinctively said, "Mom, what nonsense are you talking about? How could I not be your son?"

"...I also want to know, how could you not be my son?" Li's mother cried and laughed at the same time, tears streaming down her face. She murmured, "I watched you grow up from such a small child to this big person, watched you go to school, and watched you get married!"

"When you were little, you were sick and we didn't have any money. I carried you and knelt down to beg people to lend us money for your treatment..."

Li's mother smiled bitterly and said, "So, how come you're no longer my son?"

"There must be some misunderstanding here!" Mr. Li exclaimed in a panic. "You said it yourself, I'm someone you watched grow up, how could I not be your son? There must be some misunderstanding... a paternity test! Yes, let's get a paternity test done, I'm definitely your son!"

Li's mother, however, said with a strange expression, "Do you think I haven't done it?"

Seeing Li's mother's expression, Mr. Li immediately understood, and he couldn't help but be speechless.

"How could this be?" Mr. Li couldn't accept it. "How could I not be your son?"

Li's mother gave a bitter laugh and said, "...You'll have to ask your father about that."

She looked at Li's father, who had fallen completely silent at some point, and said, word by word, "You should ask him how you went from being someone else's son to being my son..."

Mr. Li looked at his father and called out, "Dad."

By this point, it was no longer something that Xu Gui and his companion, being outsiders, could interfere with. Xu Gui remained silent, standing quietly to the side and watching how things unfolded.

“Li Dongshu, why aren’t you saying anything…” Li’s mother stared intently at Li’s father and asked him, “Huh? Why aren’t you saying anything!” Her voice suddenly rose, and the expression on her face became extremely ferocious, sweeping away her usual peaceful and gentle demeanor.

When questioned by her, Mr. Li couldn't help but close his eyes and suddenly let out a long sigh.

"When did you find out about this?" he asked, his voice a little hoarse.

Hearing that Mr. Li's father did not deny it, Mr. Li's wavering heart finally settled down, and he completely gave up hope.

He couldn't help but let out a crying expression.

"...Dad, what exactly is going on?" He looked at Li's father and asked, "If I'm not your and Mom's child, then whose child am I? Who are my parents?"

"Your parents?" Li's mother laughed strangely and said, "Isn't your father right in front of you? Your mother may be fake, but your father is real. He's a good father to you, and he's always thinking about you!"

Both Mr. Li and his father were taken aback when they heard this.

"...What are you saying?" Mr. Li frowned, looking completely bewildered, and said to her, "You're being sarcastic."

"Ha, I'm being sarcastic?" Mother Li laughed in anger. "My sarcastic remarks are better than all those dirty things you and Sun Lan'er did! Do you think I don't know?"

She pointed at Mr. Li and said, "He, Li An, is the son of you and that bitch Sun Lan'er!"

"It's pitiful that I've been kept in the dark by you for so many years. You and Sun Lan'er watched me raise your child with all my heart, watched me feel pain and anger for him. Don't you find that funny?" Li's mother questioned.

She was clearly furious, but more than anger, she seemed to feel sorrow—sorrow for her marriage, and sorrow that the child she had raised was not only not her own, but was even her husband's illegitimate child with his mistress.

She glared at Mr. and Mrs. Li with resentment and said, "I really wish I could poison you both to death, that way I could end it all!"

Mr. Li became agitated and said, "Who told you that I have a relationship with Sun Lan'er? I have absolutely no relationship with her!"

Li's mother glared at him angrily and said, "You still want to lie to me? I clearly saw you two hugging each other with my own eyes... I also heard it from your own ears that Li An is not my son!"

Who is Sun Lan'er? She was the girl from the neighbor's house in Li's father's hometown. Li's mother only met her a few times when she was young, and then she never saw her again.

But during that time, she saw him again.

When old friends meet again, Li's mother is actually quite happy. Afterwards, she has more contact with Sun Lan'er. Even though Sun Lan'er's attitude towards Li An is subtly friendly, she doesn't think much of it.

She didn't know until she saw Sun Lan'er and her husband embracing downstairs in her own building.

Li's mother couldn't remember how she felt when she saw that scene, but she never expected that her husband and Sun Lan'er would have other relationships... But what she didn't expect was that what she heard next almost crushed her.

“I just wanted to find out what your relationship is, but I heard you say that Ang Lee is not my child…” Ang Lee’s mother murmured.

Let's go back three months:

When Li's mother saw her husband and Sun Lan'er embracing, she followed them into a restaurant. Her intention was to ascertain their relationship, fearing she might have misunderstood them. However, she overheard them saying:

“Brother, no matter what, Li An is still my child… Yes, I am very grateful to Sister Ai Juan for raising him, but the blood relationship between Li An and me can never be severed!” Sun Lan’er said, “Brother, I want to acknowledge Li An as my mother; I am his biological mother!”

Mr. Li refused outright: "No way! Your sister Ai Juan has always treated Li An as her own son. She has no idea that Li An isn't her son. If you go and claim the child now, your sister Ai Juan will be devastated!"

Sun Lan'er: "...But I am the child's biological mother. You took the child away and said you would raise him well, but you didn't say that I was not allowed to acknowledge the child."

Mr. Li sighed and said earnestly, "Lan'er, Li An is doing very well now and is already married. Even if it's for his own good, you shouldn't bother him! Do you want him to follow you and bear the stigma of being an illegitimate child?"

“But he is my child…” Sun Lan’er sobbed uncontrollably, “For so many years, I have missed him so much.”

She threw herself into her father's arms and cried. Her mother saw her father gently patting her back and comforting her, saying, "I know, but the child is so grown up now, why bother him anymore?"

After exchanging a few words, Sun Lan'er suddenly asked, "...Brother, doesn't Sister Aijuan know that her biological child has died?"

Mr. Li replied, "I didn't tell her..."

When Li's mother heard this, she couldn't hear what the two said afterward, because her mind had already gone blank and she was unable to think.

It took her a long time to process all this news. Later, to confirm it, she even took a piece of Ang Lee's hair to the hospital for a paternity test, and the result... Ang Lee was not her biological child.

The moment Li's mother received the paternity test results, her world collapsed.

She resented her husband, resented Ang Lee, and even resented herself, so when she saw the pesticide bottle spilled in the rice jar, a wicked thought crept into her mind.

The pesticide did indeed fall into the rice jar by accident, but what happened afterward was not an accident.

"I only regret that I wasn't ruthless enough..." Li's mother murmured, her eyes filled with extreme resentment as she looked at Li's father and Li An. "I should have been ruthless and killed you both!"

As she spoke, Li's mother could no longer suppress her grief and covered her face, crying out in a sorrowful and heartbreaking voice that made everyone who heard it feel a pang of sadness.

“Mom…” He Yun stepped forward, called out, and couldn’t help but reach out and hug her, silently comforting her.

“…But you didn’t intend to kill anyone,” Xu Gui suddenly spoke up. She looked at Li’s mother and felt that she still needed to explain for her, so she said, “You were just too angry, so you wanted to make them suffer a little. That’s why you washed the rice several times to reduce the toxicity of the pesticide to the minimum.”

However, if a person's emotions are not released, they will only become deeper and more intense until they destroy them.

Xu Gui looked at the bloodstains flashing before his eyes and sighed casually, "You're too kind. If it were me, I definitely wouldn't let it go like this."

The reporter, quick to ask out of curiosity, asked, "If you, Teacher Xu, were in this situation, what would you do?"

Xu Gui raised his hand and chopped down, saying, "Of course, all scumbags and bitches should be killed. After all, everyone should be treated equally!" His tone was chilling, filled with murderous intent.

At this, several men present couldn't help but feel a chill run down their spines.

Li's father looked at Li's mother and suddenly said, "No, since you know these things, why didn't you tell me? Why did you keep them to yourself and sulk by yourself? Besides, Sun Lan'er and I have no other relationship, and Li An is not my child!"

Li An suddenly turned to look at his father, his expression one of shock.

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"...You're lying! I saw you and Sun Lan'er hugging each other with my own eyes!" Mother Li reacted strongly.

Mr. Li sighed and said, "That's because Sun Lan'er said she missed her child and wanted to take Li An back. I saw her crying like a baby, so I had to say a few words to comfort her."

Li's mother sneered, saying sarcastically, "Do you need to hug someone to comfort them? You're kidding me!"

Xu Gui nodded vigorously: Yes, that's right, you're trying to trick "Turtle"!

But halfway through nodding, she suddenly realized: Wait, these two people don't seem to have any real connection, do they? And it's not like they're lying to the turtle.

“I’m not lying to you!” Mr. Li sighed and said, “I really have nothing to do with her. If she hadn’t come looking for me because of Li An, I wouldn’t have had any contact with her at all!”

Li's mother didn't believe it and asked again, "If you have no relationship, then what about my child? Where did my child go?"

When she spoke of her biological child, tears streamed down her face as she asked, "Where did you take my child?"

Mr. Li looked at his wife with sorrow in his eyes.

"He's dead..."

"He was already dead when he was born."