Gu Qian thought that his life could start anew after his release from prison, but he didn't expect that the debt collector from ten years ago was still waiting for him. As soon as he was released, he took him away and kidnapped him overseas. After that, he never heard from him again.
As for the adopted son from the previous life.
Zhuang Yan had met him once. Over the years, he had been sponsoring the orphanage. When Zhuang Yi was five years old, he took him to the orphanage to see the new facilities.
That was the time he watched a child in a wheelchair with both legs amputated in a corner.
He recognized him at a glance as Zhuang Zixin from his previous life.
The orphanage director introduced him to the child, saying, "That child's name is Su Duoyu, and he doesn't have a very good personality."
"Su Duoyu?"
"It was his mother who named it."
Where is her mother?
"They ran away."
That means I don't want him anymore.
Zhuang Zixin didn't have a mother in his previous life. Not long after he was born, he was taken to an orphanage by Gu Qian. Then, when the opportunity arose, Xia Wan adopted him, and he lived a wealthy life under Zhuang Yan's care.
In this life, Gu Qian went to prison, but Zhuang Zixin's mother, Su Tian, did not die.
Su Tian initially took genuine care of the child, but later, when the debt collectors found out about her relationship with Gu Qian, her family caused trouble and even took legal action to take away the ten million yuan that Gu Qian had given her, and the cake shop was also seized.
Having no money or income, Su Tian had an unwanted child, so she simply named him "Su Duoyu" (meaning "Su the Extra").
When Zhuang Zixin was two years old, Su Tian fell in love and became completely infatuated, but the man broke up with her because he didn't like the child.
Su Tian felt that the child was a burden to her, so she took out all her anger on him. In a moment of carelessness, she broke both of the child's legs, and due to the lack of timely treatment, the child eventually had to have his legs amputated.
Later, Su Tian met another man. After confirming their relationship abroad, the man took her abroad, leaving the child in an orphanage.
When Zhuang Zixin was seven years old, he became mentally unstable and insisted that his name was not Su Duoyu, but Zhuang Zixin. Zixin means passing on the torch, and he would take over the Zhuangxia Group in the future. His father was Zhuang Yan.
Nobody took his words seriously; they just thought he was crazy.
When Zhuang Zixin met Zhuang Yan's gaze, he became agitated and fell off his wheelchair, screaming in pain.
"Dad, it's me, Zixin. I'm your son. I was wrong. Please take me out of here. I promise I'll listen to you from now on..." he said as he crawled toward Zhuang Yan.
Little Zhuang Yi was frightened and hugged her father's neck tightly: "Daddy, who is he? Why is he calling you Daddy?"
Zhuang Zixin belatedly noticed the child in Zhuang Yan's arms. His eyes widened, his face filled with disbelief.
He was confined in an orphanage, without communication equipment, and unable to leave, so he was unaware that Zhuang Yan in this life had changed everything.
He didn't understand why Zhuang Yan was so cold to him, nor did he understand why his leg had been amputated, or why he was in this orphanage. Where was Xia Wan? Where was Gu Qian? Where was Zhuang Yan?
His only hope for survival was waiting for Zhuang Yan to take him away. He sat in his wheelchair, hoping day after day, staring longingly at the main road outside.
He finally saw Zhuang Yan, but Zhuang Yan was holding another child in his arms, and that child was calling him "Dad".
That's clearly his father.
Zhuang Zixin trembled uncontrollably, tears streaming down his face, but no one paid him any attention.
Zhuang Yan, with a cold face, hugged Zhuang Yi tightly: "I don't know her either." He turned to the director and said, "Since she's mentally unstable, let's just send her to a mental hospital. I'll arrange the hospital."
The dean nodded hurriedly and said yes, thinking to himself: Mr. Zhuang is such a good person.
Upon hearing Zhuang Yan's words, Zhuang Zixin cried loudly, "I don't want to go to the mental hospital! My mind is perfectly normal! I am Zhuang Zixin, I came back from the future! My father is Zhuang Yan, my mother is Xia Wan, I am their only child, the entire Zhuang family and Xia family belong to me! Dad, I know I was wrong! I shouldn't have disobeyed you, I shouldn't have removed your oxygen tank! I've already been punished in my past life! Please take me away, let me take good care of you..."
As Zhuang Yan carried Zhuang Yi away from the orphanage, heart-wrenching sounds could still be heard behind them.
A group of children surrounded him and said, "Your surname isn't Zhuang, it's Su. Your name is Su Duoyu, you're a superfluous person, you're mentally ill, you should get better treatment in the future, Su Duoyu."
Zhuang Yan turned around, a sarcastic smile on his lips: "Su Duoyu, what a good name."
It seems the wheel of fortune really does turn; retribution is inevitable, and this is the ending he wanted.
Upon seeing Zhuang Zixin from his previous life again, Zhuang Yan felt a little confused, as if it were all unreal, like a dream.
When they got back to their doorstep, they saw Lu Yan watering the flowers with a hose. Under the sunlight, the spray created two rainbows.
At that moment, my restless soul found solace, all my chaotic emotions were instantly calmed, and I felt at peace and secure.
This is his home, the home he and Lu Yan made together. In this home, they had a child and became a family of three.
In this home, any storms will be kept out, and nothing can be destroyed.
"I'm back," he said softly, without mentioning anything about Zhuang Zixin. He simply smiled and put down Zhuang Yi, then walked towards Lu Yan and pulled her into his arms tightly, as if only in this way could he confirm that everything was real.
Lu Yan didn't ask any questions or struggle; she simply let Zhuang Yan hold her and gently pat his back.
Welcome home.
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