Perhaps because of the death of her best friend of the same generation, Chen Zilan looks much more decadent than before.
Her eyebrows and eyes were tinged with a hint of vicissitudes, which would never appear on someone like her who pays attention to maintenance.
When Chen Zilan saw Ning Yichu, her eyes flashed with emotion. She walked over quickly and held Ning Yichu's hand tightly. "Chuchu, you have suffered a lot during this period. If I had known earlier, I should have rushed over as soon as possible. You have lost so much weight..."
Perhaps seeing her reminded her of her good friend from her youth, Shen Zilan's eyes felt a little sore.
"Auntie, you've worked hard too..."
The two sat opposite each other, both looking a little sad.
Chen Zilan's eyes showed pain, "Qingwan is still so young...wasn't she in good health before? How could something like this happen suddenly...really..."
She wiped the tears from her face. Perhaps she was afraid that if she continued talking, it would make Ning Yichu feel uncomfortable, so she quickly stopped talking and led the conversation in another direction.
"Before, you kept wanting to ask me who your biological father was. I didn't want to tell you at first. After all, so many years have passed, and I didn't want you to be involved in those storms again. But now... I have to tell you."
Chen Zilan sighed softly, remembering the day she had a big fight with Ning Qingwan, just because she wanted to tell Ning Yichu the truth.
But Ning Qingwan refused.
I don't know what she was thinking, but she refused to agree no matter what. In the end, we had a big fight with each other and ended up parting on bad terms.
As a friend, not a party involved, she couldn't bypass Ning Qingwan and tell everything, but she also didn't want to keep it a secret from Ning Yichu. So she searched through the boxes and cabinets at home to find the pocket watch and gave it to Chuchu, hoping that she could find the clues herself soon...
"Chuchu, Qingwan, when your father was in love, it was very sweet, and I was very happy for her at the time... But after all, there was a huge gap between their social statuses, and I was worried..."
Thinking of the past, Shen Zilan's face was full of heartache for Ning Qingwan, "But then one day, Qingwan told me that the man actually had a family... and she was pregnant."
Ning Yichu clenched his palms tightly.
Yes...
How could Ning Qingwan, such a noble person, be willing to be a mistress?
She was cheated on by a mistress!
All of this was due to Li Jianbin's concealment!!
"I also advised her not to have the child. If she had really given birth to the child, you and your daughter would have been cursed to death... These outsiders wouldn't care whether Qingwan was deceived or not..."
When they think of their sincere friendship in their youth, they still feel heartbroken for each other after so many years.
At that time, Ning Qingwan was dignified and elegant, with a gentle and generous personality. The Ning family raised her very well...
But later, it was revealed that she was pregnant before marriage, and everyone accused her of being promiscuous...
The Ning family drove her out, and Ning Qingwan had nowhere to go. It was Chen Zilan who took her in.
She watched helplessly as her former best friend, from being the emperor's favored daughter, fell into the hands of a despised mistress.
"Chuchu, I really couldn't persuade her back then. She loved that man very much and firmly believed that they were true love, and that the original wife was only together because of an arranged marriage... She was willing to bear the infamy for that man."
Chen Zilan looked dejected. "Thinking about it now, it was because the Ning family raised her so naive that she had never come into contact with a man. That's why she was deceived by that old man's sweet talk and believed everything..."
"Aunt..." Ning Yichu's emotions were extremely complicated. She asked, "Then when my mother had a mental breakdown, was she also hurt by this man?"
"Why……"
Speaking of this, Shen Zilan couldn't help but sighed deeply.
"At that time, I was abroad a lot for my own reasons, and I only returned home when I had time. I'm not particularly clear about many things, but I know that your mother loves you very much."
"Before she gave birth to you, she had already thought of a name for you and even made you lots of clothes and shoes. She was eager to meet you and love you dearly... She said that even if everyone scolded her, she wasn't afraid. You were innocent. She wanted you to open your eyes and see the world. Even if everyone despised her, scolded her, and no one accepted her, she would always love you, protect you, and see that you grew up safely..."
At that time, Chen Zilan even felt that Ning Qingwan would be much better off without this child.
But every day seeing Ning Qingwan love the unborn child so much, she, as a new mother, naturally knew the hardships and love involved.
"I originally thought that living like this wouldn't be a bad thing. We could take you somewhere else to start a new life later. But I didn't expect things to change so quickly. At that time, I was in Europe when I suddenly received Qingwan's suicide note."
Ning Yichu's heart tightened, "Suicide letter?"
"Yes." Chen Zilan nodded and said sadly, "She said... She always thought that the old man loved her, so she had the courage to bear so much criticism... But she only realized today that everything was a joke, she was just a substitute..."
substitute……
These two words stirred up waves in Ning Yichu's mind.
Almost subconsciously, she thought of Yu Huaiqing...
Yes, back then, Gu Sinan and Li Jianbin competed for Yu Huaiqing, and in the end, Gu Sinan won. Li Jianbin, unable to get the love he wanted, accepted his family's arrangement and married Su Huiyue, and only later did he meet her mother...
Ning Yichu understood everything in an instant.
Why would Ning Qingwan do anything for that man?
Because... Li Jianbin transferred all his love for Yu Huaiqing to her.
Ning Yichu didn't know how good Yu Huaiqing was, but she knew that Gu Sinan had kept himself clean for her and had been cherishing the memory of his deceased wife for decades.
And Li Jianbin probably still misses her now!
These false loves made Ning Qingwan, who was inexperienced and had never tasted love, mistakenly believe that they were true love.
She was so young then, as young as a flower, her life had just begun, but Li Jianbin, an old man, relied on his age and experience to play with her in his palm...
"Qingwan couldn't bear the blow. She had some mental problems before giving birth, and she went completely crazy after giving birth to you." Chen Zilan's face flashed with pain and a little regret. "I'm sorry, Chuchu, I was also abroad at that time and couldn't take care of you and your daughter. Otherwise, maybe she wouldn't..."
"Aunt, don't blame yourself for the past..."
Ning Yichu pinched her palms tightly, the pain in her palms kept her sane at all times.
She forced herself to hold onto her emotions and looked at Chen Zilan, "Aunt, the old man who seduced my mother is Li Jianbin, right?"
"Li Jianbin..."
Chen Zilan muttered the name, lost in thought for a moment, "Isn't it Gu Sinan?"
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