Lu Mo sensed the sadness emanating from the girl. She had been making a fuss just moments before, but suddenly her mood changed. This had happened before; she would laugh and then... and then suddenly become melancholy, as if she had thought of something.

I wonder what this girl has been through?

"make persistent efforts!"

Lu Mo didn't know how to comfort people. He was always bad with words, so he could only mutter this sentence, which he himself felt was not very pleasant to hear.

Ye Qingqing didn't mind. She was no longer the Ye Qingqing she used to be. She didn't need men's sweet words at all, and even felt a little disgusted by them.

She liked Lu Mo's clumsy and tongue-tied manner.

No matter how sweet your words are, it's not as good as doing something for her wholeheartedly.

"Tell me, what is Gu Nianci to me? She has no relation to my parents, so how is she related to me? It's really strange!" Ye Qingqing was completely confused.

Her immediate family members are Xu Yali, Ye Zhiguo, and Ye Tong. Ye Tong was not yet born when the property was returned, so it is understandable that she was not included.

But Ye Zhiguo and Xu Yali are both alive. If she is Gu Nianci's direct relative, then surely one of Ye Zhiguo and Xu Yali is also a relative, right?

But that's not it at all!

"There's another strange thing. My parents' marriage certificate shows the date as December 15, 1977, and I was born on July 6, 1978. They had me less than eight months after they got married. Were they that open-minded back then?"

Lu Moxin trembled. All told, only seven months and twenty-one days after Xu Yali and Ye Zhiguo got their marriage certificate, Ye Qingqing was born.

In other words, when they got their marriage certificate, Xu Yali was almost certainly pregnant with Ye Qingqing; she was getting married because she was pregnant.

But Xu Yali didn't like Ye Zhiguo, and she was unhappy in her married life... Could it be...?

Ye Qingqing looked around to make sure no one was there, then lowered her head and whispered in Lu Mo's ear, "Do you think my dad raped my mom...? My mom only married my dad because she had me? That's why she always cries secretly in the middle of the night."

Lu Mo's heart raced; Ye Qingqing's thoughts coincided with his.

If this conjecture is true, it would explain Ye Qingqing's premature birth and Xu Yali's troubled married life.

But now there's Gu Nianci, this mysterious woman whose appearance has shrouded Ye Qingqing's background in mystery, making her even more enigmatic.

"Nonsense!"

Lu Mo scoffed, saying that such speculation was too sordid and he didn't want it to be true at all.

Ye Qingqing sighed, "I hope it's just my imagination. If it really is, I'd be disgusted with myself!"

Lu Mo reached out his hand, wanting to offer the girl some comfort, but he pulled it back halfway through, his hand clenching tightly.

He needs to control his heart.

Until your leg is fully healed, you must stay true to yourself!

“It can’t be true,” Lu Mo said with certainty. Actually, he had another guess, but it was too absurd for him to believe.

But he would investigate. Several of his comrades had transferred back to Pingjiang City, and most of them were in the public security, procuratorate, and judicial departments. He could ask his comrades to check the relevant information from eighteen years ago; there would definitely still be records.

On the tree-lined avenue, I met Madam Sheng again. She was sitting in a wheelchair, which was parked under a sycamore tree. A gentle breeze was blowing, and cicadas were chirping. Although it was a bit hot, it was still quite cool.

The nanny, Xiao Li, was holding a small bowl containing a soup made with black carp and dendrobium flowers to provide nutrition for the old lady.

"Grandma, have a few more sips. You threw up everything you ate this morning," Xiao Li said.