Chapter 84: Xia Cheng's Mother
In the early morning, Xia Cheng woke up, her eyelashes trembling, and she gradually saw her surroundings clearly.
Amid the hissing sound of sharpening the knife, a man in black appeared, swinging his arms back and forth. He was wearing a black long-sleeved jacket and had his back to Xia Cheng. He would occasionally bend down to scoop up a bucket of water and pour it on the knife, then continue sharpening.
The surroundings were extremely dark, with only a small light hanging from an electric wire above the head swaying, and the light and shadow were unevenly distributed.
Xia Cheng shuddered all over.
She remembered that she fainted as soon as she told the police her identity, and was caught after she woke up. It must be this man who tampered with the car.
Panic and heat made her turn her head to look at the hemp rope on her body.
Rough and strong.
She secretly moved her wrists, trying to use the gap to loosen them, but the man tied them too tightly. She only moved her shoulders slightly, but the light and shadow gave her away.
The man saw the change in her shadow, turned around, and had a wooden smile on his face. The scar from his lip to the corner of his eye was hideous and terrifying, and it made him look even more desolate because of this smile.
The silver knife in his hand was cold, and he roughly tore off the tape on Xia Cheng's lips.
After the sting, Xia Cheng began to tremble.
"Who are you? Why did you kidnap me?"
"Does it matter?"
The man approached, lifted her chin with the tip of the knife, and lingered on her face with an almost intoxicated look in his eyes.
"You and her are really alike."
"Who? Do you know me?"
From the moment they got in the car, Xia Cheng felt something was wrong. He was just a passing taxi driver, but he could directly tell her that he had a quarrel with his family. Then he inexplicably said, "You actually treat them as family."
Although Xia Cheng felt suspicious at the time, she hastily thought that perhaps the Xun family was too famous and the driver had read the newspaper.
Now that he said this again, Xia Cheng felt cold under her feet.
"Who do I resemble? What the hell are you talking about?"
"You look like whoever gave birth to you."
Does he know He Qing?
But she and He Qing don't look alike. Looking at them alone, no one would think they are mother and daughter.
"Do you know my parents? Do you want money?" Xia Cheng asked tentatively. The man's expression suddenly turned cold, his brows furrowed, his nose raised, like a hyena with a strange personality.
"Calling that kind of person your parents, are you worthy of your mother?"
He growled softly, and the tip of the knife in his hand moved closer and closer, cutting a small wound on the elastic skin. Xia Cheng didn't even dare to swallow his saliva, and tried his best to shrink his neck back.
However, the man remained calm. After a low growl, he returned to his normal distance.
Xia Cheng's chest rose and fell weakly. She was very confused by the man's words. What did those people mean by parents? Aren't they her own parents?
However, he seemed to become very excited when he mentioned this issue. Xia Cheng didn't dare to provoke him anymore. After thinking for a moment, she continued with what he said.
"Do you know who my real parents are?"
"I came here today to tell you this." The man suddenly deflated, turned his wrist, and the knife had cut Xia Cheng's rope. His tone suddenly became gentle.
"It's good that you still remember her. She even lost her life for you. If you don't remember her, her death would be so pitiful..."
He muttered as he untied the rope for Xia Cheng.
As Xia Cheng turned her wrist, he grabbed her neck like crazy.
"You must remember her! You must!"
"I remember... I remember..." She was out of breath and responded in a hoarse voice.
The man released his strength, Xia Cheng's face flushed red, and he collapsed on the floor.
"How did my mother... my real mother die?" she asked.
"That damn bastard killed him!" The man sat on the rickety plastic bench, holding a dagger.
"who?"
There was a fire in his eyes, and he spoke the name with a thick hatred.
"Xun Youdong! I must kill him! Kill him!"
"If you wanted to kill him, why did you tie me up here?"
"To protect you." His eyes darkened, and he became quiet. "If I fail, Xun Youdong will retaliate. He's a petty, evil-minded person!"
After hearing this, Xia Cheng was still confused.
"What should I call you?"
"My last name is An Wuyu."
"Uncle An, what is your relationship with my real mother? From what you said, Xun Youdong and He Qing and I have no blood relationship, right?"
Xia Cheng asked, and An Wuyu's next words shocked her.
"I was married to your mother."
She was dumbfounded.
"Then you are mine..."
"I'm not." He shook his head. When he mentioned Xia Cheng's mother, his expression softened and his red eyes became clearer.
"When I married your mother, she was already pregnant. Your father is indeed Xun Youdong."
"Then how did my mother... die?"
An Wu Yu clenched the knife in his hand and his whole body tensed up.
Whenever he thought of this past event, he felt extremely painful and always wanted to die.
“It’s been almost twenty years…”
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Twenty years ago, in a small village in the south of the Yangtze River, there lived a pair of childhood sweethearts who grew up together.
The girl was called An Yimei, the boy was called Xun Youdong, and there was also a young man called An Wu Yu playing with them.
Xun Youdong's father was an educated youth. After marrying his mother, he stayed in the village and became a teacher.
Influenced by his father, Xun Youdong studied very hard since childhood. This hard work infected his two playmates. At that time, the three of them went to college together, which was a big happy event in the village.
But the difference is that Xun Youdong studied finance, An Wuyu studied medicine, and An Yimei followed Xun Youdong to his school to study architectural design.
After entering college, An Yimei and Xun Youdong started dating. Although An Wu Yu had liked An Yimei since childhood, in order not to destroy this friendship, he chose to remain silent.
Love in student days was beautiful. An Yimei and Xun Youdong would read a book together in the stairwell with a light on, would make appointments to go to the library together, and would run around anxiously when the other was sick, with only each other in their eyes.
But after graduation, everything changed.
Xun Youdong went to work in a bank, where he met He Qing, the daughter of the president of a state-owned bank.
Xun Youdong, a young, energetic and handsome man, was remembered by He Qing because he once helped her by chance.
At that time, Xun Youdong was still in a critical period of growth. When He Qing asked him if he had a girlfriend, he felt guilty and hesitated, and said, "I don't."
From then on, everything changed.
At first, he treated An Yimei very well, constantly sending her gifts and flowers in the rented apartment they lived in. Later, he began to travel frequently on business, and An Yimei saw all the expensive watches and shirts he gave her, but she still believed in her lover.
Until An Yimei found out she was pregnant.
She told Xun Youdong, who became extremely panicked and kept persuading her to abort the child.
An Yimei was confused and went to the prenatal checkup alone in pain after the quarrel. She met Xun Youdong who was accompanying He Qing for the prenatal checkup.
Only then did she realize that Xun Youdong was already married to someone else.
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