Nangong Chunhua!
Su Xiaoxiao was slightly taken aback. Could this person be a relative of the Nangong family?
Nangong Yi seemed to know what she was going to ask, so he didn't hide it from her.
Nangong Chunhua is the youngest daughter of the old steward Nangong Anding. However, she was rebellious from a young age and disliked being controlled by her parents. When she was twenty, she ran away from home in a huff after an argument with her family.
At that time, Nangong Anding was also furious and ignored his youngest daughter completely, even forbidding anyone in the family from mentioning that she had run away from home.
After running away from home, Nangong Chunhua changed her name. When she met Bai Chengfu, he took pity on her and gave her a job as a secretary. But no one expected that the two would become lovers.
But Bai Chengfu was already married at that time. Even if Nangong Chunhua was later found to be pregnant, he could not divorce Cao Zilian to marry her.
The dowry the Cao family gave their daughter was enough to help the Bai Group, which was facing a financial crisis at the time, weather the storm.
Nangong Chunhua's love for Bai Chengfu was willing, and she had no complaints even if it had to be hidden away.
But such days did not last long. The year after she gave birth to Bai Haochu, when Bai Qingxue was one year old, Cao Zilian discovered her affair.
When Cao Zilian came to Nangong Chunhua's door that morning, she was terrified. Only then did she realize that Bai Chengfu had no say in front of his first wife. Even if Cao Zilian could no longer produce offspring for the Bai family after giving birth to their daughter, she would not allow her husband to keep a mistress outside.
However, because of Bai Haochu, Cao Zilian only slapped Nangong Chunhua a few times before having Bai's son taken back.
But Nangong Chunhua absolutely refused. Bai Chengfu later told her that if Bai Haochu returned to the Bai family, his household registration would be under his own name, and he would no longer become an illegitimate child who could not be publicly acknowledged.
The words "illegitimate child" hit Nangong Chunhua hard. She thought that as long as she and Bai Haochu hid carefully, they would be safe and sound. She hadn't considered these things at all.
Not long after Bai Hao returned to the Bai family, Nangong Chunhua developed depression due to excessive longing for her son. From then on, no matter where Bai Chengfu went, he was always accompanied by Cao Zilian's men, making it impossible for him to visit her.
Once, Nangong Chunhua had a high fever that reached 40 degrees Celsius. When she was lying in bed alone in pain and couldn't do anything, she realized how wrong she had been.
Perhaps realizing that she was not far from death, she finally mustered up the courage to call her father, but she only said "I'm sorry" before hanging up.
The next day, when Nangong Anding came to his door, he discovered that he and his youngest daughter had passed away.
Nangong Anding learned of Bai Haochu's existence after reading her daughter's diary. However, Bai Chengfu never knew her real name and thought she was just a rustic country woman. Therefore, he did not go to her door to ask for his child back this time.
Following her daughter's dying wish, Nangong An Ding kept the matter a secret from the public; only Nangong Cang and Nangong Yi knew about it...
"His mother must have loved his father terribly back then, otherwise she wouldn't have compromised like this." Su Xiaoxiao's eyes reddened after hearing what Nangong Yi said.
How did Bai Haochu later find out about his birth?
"Cao Zilian never gave him a kind look, often hitting and scolding him to his face, even calling him a little bastard. As time went by, the child grew up and learned the truth, and Bai Chengfu did not hide it from him."
Nangong Yi approached Bai Haochu because Bai Chengfu was away on a business trip, and Cao Zilian beat the fifteen-year-old boy so badly that he was covered in bruises and then locked him up.
The family servants, who had received money from Nangong Anding, had been taking good care of the young master and had also secretly told him about the matter.
Nangong Yi sent people to rescue Bai Haochu, but having already known the truth, he showed no intention of leaving the Bai family even after being beaten so badly.
Bai Haochu wanted to avenge his mother, prove himself, and make Bai Chengfu regret abandoning him.
The only way to achieve all this is to seize the Bai Group...
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