"She abandoned us and betrayed her beliefs when we desperately needed researchers."
"Later, she died in childbirth on the land she had come to. Do you think she deserved it?"
She took a sip of water, her expression unusually indifferent, as if she were talking to Ye Yun about an unimportant stranger.
Ye Yun pursed her lips, offering no comment.
Tang Shu continued, "My father is a workaholic. After losing his wife, he didn't seem too sad, and he didn't have much time to take care of me. After informing my uncle, he threw himself back into his work."
“My uncle took me back to this land.”
"To protect me, he dared not say that I was the daughter of a traitor. He said that my mother was heartbroken because of my father's departure, so she quit her job and returned to her hometown, where I was born."
At this point, a smile appeared in Tang Shu's eyes as she looked at Ye Yun and said self-deprecatingly, "So when I grew up, many people laughed at me, saying that I was a country bumpkin."
Ye Yun's lips twitched slightly.
Sister, please don't use such a lighthearted tone to say something so tragic on purpose, okay?
This is strange.
Ye Yun recalled that when Gu's mother first described Tang Shu, she did say the same thing: "She is beautiful and sensible, but her background is not good. Her birth mother is Uncle Tang's sister. She died in childbirth, so she was adopted by Uncle Tang when she was young."
She is very sensible and much more pleasing to the eye than Uncle Tang's biological daughter.
But then again...
Uncle Tang's biological daughter has not shown her face yet. I heard that she has been found, but she is afraid that Uncle Tang will force her to marry someone else, so she would rather die than go home and is hiding at a relative's house.
"Ye Yun, you're my friend, you can't tell anyone about these things."
Tang Shu smiled broadly.
Ye Yun nodded repeatedly, "Don't worry."
"Yes, these things have been weighing on my mind for many years. After talking about them, I feel much more relaxed." Tang Shu breathed a long sigh of relief.
The glass of water gradually emptied.
She slowly put down her cup, her gaze returning to the courtyard, but Angus was no longer there.
He must have given up when faced with a difficult situation.
"Let's go upstairs and rest."
"good."
The two said goodnight to each other at the top of the stairs, then went their separate ways to their respective rooms.
Little did they know, a pair of gray-blue eyes in the back garden were fixed on the window of Tang Shu's room, their eyes flashing with unwavering determination.
"Tang, I won't give up."
...
The next day, Ye Yun got up very early, before dawn.
She first went to take a look at Xiao Chuqi's room.
Xiao Chuqi and Tian Xiaohui were still fast asleep, but the nanny was suddenly awakened and reflexively hugged Xiao Chuqi. After seeing that it was her, she visibly breathed a sigh of relief.
"Girl, it's you..." The nanny rubbed her eyes, looking sleepy.
Ye Yun hummed in agreement. "I just came to check on you. You can sleep a little longer. I'll come and wake you up when it's time to leave."
"good……"
Taking care of the child during the day is exhausting. The nanny was so sleepy that her eyelids were drooping, and she fell asleep again while holding Xiao Chuqi.
Ye Yun tiptoed out of the room.
Uncle Tang also got up.
Perhaps it was because he was about to send Tang Shu off to her wedding that he felt so sad. Uncle Tang sat on the sofa in the living room, smoking a cigarette. His back was lonely and full of desolation.
He took Tang Shu in and raised her since she was a child; she was his younger sister's orphan.
Not by blood, but closer than blood.
Ye Yun didn't disturb Uncle Tang. She tiptoed to Tang Shu's door and gently knocked.
There was no response.
Ye Yun assumed Tang Shu hadn't gotten up yet, and gently called out, "Tang Shu?"
"..."
There was still no response from inside.
"Still not up?"
Uncle Tang downstairs was disturbed by the knocking. He stubbed out his cigarette in the ashtray and went upstairs.
He knocked on the door. "Xiao Shu?"
There's no response inside.
"Huh..." Uncle Tang couldn't help but wonder, scratching the back of his head, "This child, who is always so sensible, why is he sleeping in on such a joyous occasion?"
He knocked on the door again.
"Xiao Shu? Xiao Shu?"
After knocking on the door several times, the sound gradually grew louder, even waking Tian Xiaohui, but there was no response from Tang Shu's room.
Something's not right... Ye Yun couldn't help but feel a sense of foreboding.
"Uncle Tang, do you have any other keys?"
"have."
Seeing that Ye Yun's expression was off, Tang Yueguang also realized the danger. His face tightened, and he quickly turned around to go to the warehouse to find the key.
The spare key was brought soon.
As soon as the door opened, Ye Yun rushed in, only to be met with a lifeless and empty space!
Oh no...
Tang Shu has disappeared.
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