Chapter 161 You and Me
Duke Su was keenly aware of his wife's unusual mood and immediately stopped and looked back at her, "Yun Chang, what's wrong?"
"He..." Gu Yunchang couldn't even utter a word, staring blankly at the man in the hall.
Duke Su followed her gaze and was stunned for a moment, unable to come back to his senses for a long time.
Seeing the face that looked 80% similar to her own, Gu Yunchang's eyes widened and she walked towards him involuntarily, "You..."
Xie Suzhou frowned, retreated calmly, his eyes full of surprise.
Zhao Hu was also shocked by the scene before him. When he saw Xie Suzhou, he didn't notice anything wrong. Now that he was standing with the Duke's wife, Zhao Hu was shocked to find that the two were so similar, almost as if they were cast in the same mold.
Gu Yunchang stared at him intently, as if afraid he would suddenly disappear. "Child...what's your name?"
Xie Suzhou just stared at the woman in front of him, silent.
"Yun Chang." Duke Su stepped forward with a frown, pulling his wife behind him. He raised his eyes to look at the handsome man. Although his face was calm, his trembling voice still revealed his emotions, "Lord Zhao, he is..."
"Duke Su, this is Xie Suzhou, who will soon be the Langzhong of the Ministry of Revenue. He is also the champion of this year's provincial examination." Zhao Hu spoke at the right time, lowered his eyes, and concealed his desire to gossip.
"Xie Suzhou..." Duke Su was stunned for a long time before he gritted his teeth and asked, "How old is Xie Jieyuan this year?"
Xie Suzhou lowered his eyelids slightly, taking in the man's cautious and tentative look. "Twenty-two."
"You're twenty-two? Are your parents still..."
"Yun Chang!"
Gu Yunchang was about to speak when she was interrupted by the Duke of Su. His face turned pale and he pulled his wife away. "Master Zhao, I have something else to do. Let's discuss what we discussed the other day another day."
After he finished speaking, he left in a hurry without even giving Zhao Hu a chance to talk to him.
Zhao Hu glanced at Xie Suzhou, who had a gloomy expression, and coughed twice. "Come here, have the kitchen serve the food. Doctor Xie and I are having a good time drinking and chatting today, and we won't leave until we're drunk."
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Outside the Zhao family
"Come on, come home with me." Duke Su tightly grasped Gu Yunchang's wrist and forcefully took her to the carriage. Without waiting for her to react, he leaned forward and instructed the driver, "Return to the Duke's Mansion."
"yes."
"Husband... why are you pulling me away?" Gu Yunchang stood up from the small couch. Her wrist was gripped by him until it turned purple, and even one of the hairpins on her hair fell off, which was enough to show how much force Duke Su had used.
Duke Su's face darkened as he glanced at her with a coldness in his eyes that Gu Yunchang had never seen before. "If I don't drag you out, am I going to let you go crazy in public? If you don't feel ashamed of yourself, I'm going to lose face!"
"For so many years, every time you saw a man who looked somewhat like you, you would rush over and question him for a long time. It's been eighteen years. When will you finally wake up? Chen'er is dead, dead! Burned to a pile of bones!"
"You're talking nonsense!" Gu Yunchang seemed to have been stimulated by something. She suddenly covered her ears and screamed, "Didn't you see just now that the child looks so much like me! Why can't I ask a few more questions? What if our Chen'er is still alive..."
"Shut up!" Duke Su shouted, his face extremely grim, his back teeth creaking as he bit them. "Don't continue to indulge in your own thoughts. Tang Song is our only son. If you continue to be stubborn, I will have no choice but to send you to the Zhuangzi Shangqing for cultivation!"
Gu Yunchang was stunned. She had never thought that her husband, who always loved her, would show her such a frightening expression. "Husband... why are you like this..."
Seeing the tears in her eyes, Duke Suguo spoke calmly as if nothing had happened, "Yunchang, our Chen'er has passed away. People can't always live in memories. If you are always crazy about Chen'er, you will also delay his reincarnation. Although Song'er is an orphan you and I brought home, he is well-behaved and filial. You and you have a mother-son relationship. What else is there to be dissatisfied with?"
"What else is there to be dissatisfied with?" Gu Yunchang sneered, tears streaming down her cheeks. "The blood flowing in Tang Song's body is not ours. If God is willing to return Chen'er to me, I would rather die in exchange for it!"
"Ridiculous." Duke Su turned his head away and stopped looking at her, but a moment of solemnity flashed in his eyes.
Gu Yunchang buried her face in her hands, and her soft sobs were heard in the car, "My son... my son..."
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Zhao Family Hall
Su Cheng sat on the mahogany chair, glancing around uncomfortably.
Zhao Hu had already found a reason to leave, leaving time for the two to talk.
Xie Suzhou leaned back in his chair, his eyes filled with lingering depression. He noticed the woman's small movements and pursed his lips. "Ah Cheng, you already knew this, didn't you?"
"Ah?" His sudden words caught Su Cheng off guard and made him stunned for a moment. He asked in a low voice, "Know what?"
"You know I'm not the Xie family's biological child." Xie Suzhou raised his eyes, his gaze was direct, and his low voice was full of oppression. "To be honest, Jinyu and A Ming are not either."
Su Cheng's body stiffened a little, and he subconsciously asked, "How did you know?"
"I guessed." Xie Suzhou's eyes were tired, his slender fingers gently pressed against his brow, and a sigh escaped his thin lips. "When Xie Song was arrested by the officials, he uttered a few words in panic. I didn't say much at the time, but I kept it in my heart. Thinking about the past, there are many things about Xie Song and me that don't seem like real brothers. But I grew up in the Xie family, and I can't remember much about my childhood. If he hadn't accidentally revealed it, I would never have thought about it in this way."
Su Cheng was shocked by his sharpness and murmured, "So... you knew about this a long time ago, then why did you ignore the Duke's wife just now?"
"It's still unknown whether I'm their child or not. I've been separated from my biological parents for many years and we've each led our own lives. If they don't want to recognize me, why should I rush to acknowledge them?" Xie Suzhou lowered his eyebrows, his expression as calm as ever, but no one noticed that his left hand, hanging in his sleeve, was clenched tightly, the knuckles turning white. "Besides..."
The words were on the tip of his tongue, but Xie Suzhou didn't say anything else.
Su Cheng frowned and asked softly, "What's more?"
Xie Suzhou looked up at her, his eyes flickering with indescribable emotions, "Nothing."
What should I do if my biological parents don’t like Ah Cheng after I recognize her as my biological parent?
It’s better to be alone and have no worries.
"Xie Suzhou, you..." Su Cheng hesitated for a moment, as if she had made up her mind. She gently held his fingertips and mustered up the courage to speak, "Don't be discouraged, you still have me."
In just a blink of an eye, Xie Suzhou came back to his senses, held her hand with his backhand, curled the corners of his lips slightly, and a sincere smile appeared in his eyes.
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