"Tang Xuan, could you see Brother Liu and President Lin off for me?" Tang Zhongxin said to Tang Xuan from the doorway.
Tang Zhongxin wanted to use his daughter's relationship with Liu Xiaoyuan's old classmate to win Liu Xiaoyuan over.
For a family head like Tang Zhongxin, if he could bring in a talent like Liu Xiaoyuan for the Tang family, he wouldn't hesitate to sacrifice his own daughter's happiness.
Although Tang Xuan has only been in the Tang family for a few years, she has already come to understand her father's personality and the thinking of some of the Tang family's higher-ups.
In their minds, women from the Tang family were merely tools for exchanging benefits.
Tang Xuan had thought about getting rid of the Tang family, but when she thought of her bedridden mother, she lost the courage.
"Tang Xuan, I have something to say to you!" Liu Xiaoyuan said directly after arriving outside the Tang family's residence.
"Tang Wen and Tang Wu, you two go back with President Lin first. I'll take a taxi back myself later!" Liu Xiaoyuan said to the Tang brothers, Tang Wen and Tang Wu.
"We'll be going now!" Lin Xin and the others got into the car and drove away.
After watching their car drive away, Liu Xiaoyuan said to Tang Xuan, "Let's talk as we walk!"
"Hmm!" Tang Xuan nodded. Actually, Tang Xuan also had some questions to ask Liu Xiaoyuan. For example, it was really unbelievable that Liu Xiaoyuan had become a master of internal energy in just four years.
The two walked down the street like a couple, except they weren't holding hands.
"Tang Xuan, what exactly happened?" Liu Xiaoyuan asked Tang Xuan.
Tang Xuan naturally knew what Liu Xiaoyuan was asking about, and said with a smile, "Not long after the college entrance examination, one day, two strangers suddenly came to our house, saying that my dad had sent them to pick me and my mom up and take us home. I felt very strange because I had asked my mom about my dad before, but she always told me that my dad was dead."
"But the other party actually claimed to be someone sent by my father. I didn't believe it at the time, but when I saw my mother's angry face, I realized that my father was not dead, but my mother had been lying to me all these years."
“At first, my mom disagreed and absolutely refused to go with them. Later, I don’t know what they said to my mom, but we agreed. So, I followed my mom to Beijing and the Tang family without really understanding what was going on.”
"After arriving at the Tang family, although I became a member of the Tang family, people behind my back said that I was a wild girl, and I also learned some of the truth from them."
"My dad met my mom during one of his trips back then. My mom was captivated by his temperament, refinement, and appearance. But the good times didn't last long. Because of the Tang family, my dad abandoned my mom, saying he would come back for her before he left."
“My mom was naive at the time because she thought my dad would come to pick her up, but ten days, a month, three months... years passed without any news from him. When my dad left, my mom didn’t even know she was pregnant; she only found out later.”
"At the time, my mother was still naive and thought that my father must have been delayed by something, and that he would definitely come back to pick her up as soon as he finished dealing with it. My mother gave birth to me while watching the gossip of the neighbors. My grandmother was so angry about this that she fell ill and never recovered."
"In the end, my father broke his promise! As the years went by, my mother's feelings for my father turned into hatred. She hated this man, hated this man who betrayed his promise..."
After hearing Tang Xuan's story, Liu Xiaoyuan was surprised to learn that Tang Xuan's mother had such an experience, and it seemed that Tang Zhongxin was not a good person either.
Tang Xuan's eyes were already wet as she spoke. Liu Xiaoyuan wanted to hand her a tissue, but he realized he didn't have any. He could only say, "Tang Xuan, I'm sorry!"
Tang Xuan shook her head and said, "It's okay. Even if you didn't ask, I would still tell you, because I haven't been happy at all these years in the Tang family!"
Upon hearing this, Liu Xiaoyuan said, "Tang Xuan, since that's the case, then don't stay in the Tang family anymore. Life is about being happy!"
Tang Xuan sighed and said, "I also want to leave the Tang family, but my mother's health wasn't very good to begin with. After moving into the Tang family, her health deteriorated day by day, and she eventually became bedridden. If I leave the Tang family, there will be no one to take care of my mother. So, even if I'm unhappy in the Tang family, I have to force myself to stay for my mother's sake!"
Liu Xiaoyuan never expected that Tang Xuan was bearing such pain, forcing a smile every day to live her life. It was truly a hardship for her.
No wonder I felt there was something strange about Tang Xuan's face when I saw her before. Now I know, it was that forced smile!
"Tang Xuan, if you don't mind, I can examine your mother's illness. Maybe I can cure her!" Liu Xiaoyuan said.
"Really?" Tang Xuan asked with a look of surprise, but after the initial surprise, Tang Xuan looked at Liu Xiaoyuan and said, "My mother's illness has been seen in a big hospital, but the doctors there couldn't do anything and said they could only treat it conservatively!"
Tang Xuan's words implied that she didn't quite believe Liu Xiaoyuan could cure her mother's illness.
Liu Xiaoyuan understood Tang Xuan's thoughts. After all, anyone would choose to trust the hospital's doctors if they saw someone as young as her.
After Tang Xuan finished speaking, she realized that she had said the wrong thing. Liu Xiaoyuan had kindly offered to treat her mother's illness, but she said such a thing. It was like biting the hand that feeds you.
"I'm sorry, Liu Xiaoyuan!" Tang Xuan quickly apologized to Liu Xiaoyuan.
Liu Xiaoyuan said with a smile, "It's alright, we're all classmates, no need for that. Tang Xuan, how about this, I'll come to the Tang family tomorrow to examine your mother. I'll bring Dr. Xiao Qingfeng from Jishantang with me."
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