Destruction is the easiest thing to do, just like now, Gu Qian easily tore apart the beautiful illusion.
Xia Wan's ears were ringing, and she thought she was hallucinating. She looked at Gu Qian's mocking face and said, "What do you mean? What do you mean that my mother seduced your father and even caused his death? Gu Qian, explain yourself clearly!"
Gu Qian wiped the blood from the corner of his eye and mocked, "Haven't I made myself clear enough? Like mother, like daughter. Infidelity is hereditary. Your mother cheated on you with my father while you were with Xia Qingshan, and you cheated on me while you were with Zhuang Yan. Don't try to deny it. From Zhuang Yan's perspective, you betrayed him. So many people watched you run away from your wedding. Do you think you can wash your hands of it?"
"My mom couldn't possibly have cheated on me! You're lying to me!"
"Why is it impossible? Do you think your mother is some kind of pure and virtuous woman? She chose my father as her driver because she was attracted to his looks. What kind of job could a rich woman like her have that would require her to be out all the time? Do you really think that every time she asks my father out, it's for business? She wants to have romantic encounters with my father. Going to beauty salons, shopping, afternoon tea, business dinners... those are all excuses she makes up. You should think about it carefully. Many times when you said you wanted to go, why didn't she take you with her? Because she was afraid you would disturb her private rendezvous. Think about it carefully. At home, isn't she a little too nice to a driver? Allowing my father to eat at the table and having him accompany him everywhere. But when your father is home, she doesn't act the same way. Because she feels guilty. She's afraid your father will find out she's cheating on him!"
"You're talking nonsense!" Xia Wan was furious and raised her hand to slap Gu Qian, but her hand was stopped in mid-air.
Gu Qian gripped her wrist tightly, his smile cruel: "You know whether I'm lying or not, you just don't want to admit it. Do you know why you're so cheap and stupid? It's because you inherited it from your mother. Your mother just loves to seduce people. When she saw my father was strong and healthy, she couldn't wait to climb into his bed."
Xia Wan's eyes widened. Apart from her hatred for Gu Qian, she still refused to believe it. How could she believe Gu Qian's words?
Believing Gu Qian is to deny her mother, which is a betrayal. In her memory, her mother always spoke to her gently, would hold her to sleep, and tell her stories. A photo of the three of them is still hanging on the bedroom wall, and there is another one on her father's desk.
How could a mother not love her father? When her father is drunk, she will personally cook him a hangover soup. She remembers his birthday and their anniversary every year and prepares surprises for him. When her father goes out for social events, she will leave a light on for him no matter how late it is. She will thoughtfully prepare his outfits, down to the smallest detail like an inconspicuous cufflink.
She had seen her mother tie her father's tie, and the two kissed goodbye as they saw him to the door.
I've also seen the happy smile on my mother's face in the candlelight.
But now someone is telling her that it's all fake, as if her faith, which she has upheld for many years, has been shattered in this moment.
She couldn't believe Gu Qian's words, nor did she dare to believe them.
Gu Qian is just an outsider. Why should she doubt her own mother because of a few words he said?
"Don't believe me? You doubt that I'm lying to you?" He looked at the woman in front of him with disdain and sneered as he shook off her hand.
Gu Qian gave Xia Wan an account and told her to log in and check it out. "There's a surprise inside. After you've checked it out, you'll know whether I lied to you or not."
Why did Xia Wan's mother, Lu Mei, have an affair? It's not hard to guess.
Xia Qingshan was busy with work, and coupled with his pride and arrogance, he didn't know how to coax women. Lu Mei always felt that this marriage was too cold, like a glass of ice water, without any passion. She couldn't feel Xia Qingshan's love. In this self-doubt, she set her sights on Gu Qian's father, a young man who drove a car. She enjoyed the money provided by Xia Qingshan while having an affair and enjoying the emotional value provided by the driver. She wanted everything, and was greedy and selfish.
Seeking thrills, she had an affair with her driver while she was away at work, which resulted in a car accident in which both of them died.
Every time the two went out, they would turn off the dashcam in the car, and their phones were always clean. Lu Mei didn't dare to give herself away because she was afraid that Xia Qingshan would divorce her.
Although she and Xia Qingshan were supposed to be equals, she was always inferior in status. She was afraid of Xia Qingshan and depended on him at home, always putting him first. After a while, she got tired and resentful, and began to doubt her own charm. The driver's appearance was like a spice in her mundane life.
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Xia Wan took out her phone, downloaded an app in front of Gu Qian, and then logged in with the account and password that Gu Qian had just given her.
After multiple verifications, only the final step remained, but she dared not click to see, fearing that the result would be disappointing, shattering all her expectations and ruining her childhood memories.
Fear manifested as a voice, screaming in her mind, warning her not to click and look inside, for something terrifying awaited her.
This triggered the body's self-preservation mechanism. Gu Qian laughed provocatively from the side: "Don't dare to click in?"
Xia Wan took a deep breath, her fingertips trembling as she clicked on the link, and then she saw a lot of photos.
The photo was blurry and looked quite old, but Xia Wan recognized her as her mother at first glance.
She watched Lu Mei in various positions on the bed, pleasing the man beneath her. She tried to find resentment and pain on her face, but there was none. After a dozen or so pictures, all she saw was pleasure; she was truly aroused.
Her memory was hazy; she couldn't recall what her mother's gaze looked like when she looked at her father. She only remembered that her mother was smiling. It turned out that a smile that had lasted for so many years could be devoid of emotion.
If she felt disgusted when she learned that Gu Qian had cheated on her and had an illegitimate child, then seeing these photos of her mother now makes her feel suffocated and dizzy.
It was as if a ravenous beast was inside her, roaring fiercely, fighting and tearing, trying to cover up the memories that terrified her. Before she could even finish looking at the dozens of photos, the trapped beast had already broken free of the cage of memories.
She wasn't completely without memory; she just needed a key moment to recall it. She remembered: in the storage room in the yard, her mother and the driver were hugging each other.
The red ball slipped from her hand, and she ran over to pick it up, then stood there dumbfounded.
Her mother turned to look at her, her eyes filled with panic and her face pale. She was too young to know what had happened, but she vaguely sensed that she had glimpsed an unknown fear.
Her mother told her that this was their secret and she shouldn't tell anyone, or her mother would turn into bubbles and disappear like the Little Mermaid in the fairy tale.
She was only three years old at the time and didn't understand anything. She believed whatever her mother said and had no judgment. Children's memories change every day, and they forget things after a long time.
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