Chapter 2369: Starting from Appearance
After hearing his father's answer, Gu Hanye felt some comfort for the first time after being troubled for more than half a month.
But he still felt a lot of confusion and was afraid that his father was hiding the truth just to protect his feelings.
Because according to Chen Xiaofeng, many things can be explained.
For example, before my mother passed away, my father never visited her because he knew that she had an affair with Xiao Chongyang and was pregnant with Gu Hanye.
Gu Hanye also vaguely remembered that his father once came to visit his mother, but was driven out by her. His mother did say, "If you have this time, why not go see your own son?"
At that time, the parents had already separated, and the so-called visit to see their biological son should refer to Gu Tianqi.
This sentence also contains another meaning, that Gu Hanye is not his biological son.
Chen Xiaofeng also said that her mother's depression was all caused by her father Gu Changhai, who used despicable means to separate her and Xiao Chongyang. At that time, her mother and Xiao Chongyang were already engaged, but he snatched the marriage away.
Three years after his mother was married to his father, they had never slept together, and therefore had no children. Three years later, Xiao Chongyang returned to find Gu Hanye's mother. His mother filed for a divorce from his father, but his father disagreed. So, she and Xiao Chongyang conspired to elope, but their plan was ultimately thwarted by his father and failed.
But during that elopement, my mother became pregnant with Gu Hanye.
Also, the reason why Xiao Chongyang hated his father was because of the hatred of having his wife taken away from him, but Xiao Chongyang didn't know that Gu Hanye was his child, so he wanted to kill Gu Hanye.
In order to verify Chen Xiaofeng's statement, Gu Hanye also did some investigation. He found that his mother and Xiao Chongyang did have a deep relationship, and the servants working in the Gu family also told some rumors about his mother.
After that, Gu Hanye did not investigate further. He did not want to hear any more rumors about his mother, and did not want his mother's image to continue to collapse.
It was with Su Jiuyao's encouragement that he came to his father. He had no hope at first, but he didn't expect the answer he got to be completely opposite to what Chen Xiaofeng told him.
Therefore, Gu Hanye's mood at this moment can be said to be surprised or delighted.
"You really didn't lie to me?" Gu Hanye asked, staring into his father's eyes.
"Why would I lie to you?"
Gu Hanye was silent for two seconds and then talked about another thing that bothered him.
"Xiao Jun and I have a lot in common. Jiuyao even mistook him for me."
His father squinted his eyes and looked at him for a moment. "I've noticed this too, but I don't quite understand it."
Then he went to the window and looked at the small garden downstairs.
Standing here, you can just see the small flower house that my mother loved when she was alive.
After a while, my father said, "You are the only child your mother and I have. Xiao Jun is the child of Shen Qingxi and Xiao Chongyang. Xiao Chongyang and I have no blood relationship, and neither do your mother and Shen Qingxi. I am puzzled as to why our children look so similar."
After the father finished speaking, he turned around, stared at Gu Hanye for a few seconds, and smiled bitterly: "But you don't believe what I said."
"I certainly hope you're telling the truth."
His father didn't say much to him, but opened the bottom drawer of the desk, took out a manila file bag from it, and handed it to Gu Hanye.
Gu Hanye looked at his father in confusion: "What is this?"
"Open it and you'll know."
Gu Hanye opened the paper bag and took out the documents inside. It seemed that because it was too long, the ink on the paper had faded and the paper had turned yellow and brittle.
Looking at the contents on the paper, Gu Hanye was a little surprised.
It was a paternity test report between his father and him. Judging from the year, it was a test done by his father when he was a child. To be precise, it was after his mother passed away that his father took him to do the test.
He quickly flipped to the identification results, which showed that the two parties were not father and son.
"So, you did doubt my background. My mother really had an affair with Xiao Chongyang..."
"No," his father interrupted him, "I have doubted your background and misunderstood your mother, but your mother has never done anything to betray me."
My father paused, then looked out the window again, gazing at the small greenhouse downstairs. "Unfortunately, it took me many years to realize what was happening, so I've always felt guilty towards your mother... Sit down, I'll explain it to you slowly."
That morning, in his father's study, Gu Hanye learned about the story between his father, mother, and Xiao Chongyang. Most of the confusion in Gu Hanye's heart was answered...
Time goes back to the past. At that time, Gu Changhai was only twenty years old, in the prime of his life, and the next heir to the Gu Group. He had many suitors around him, but he had a special liking for Lin Wanqing, the daughter of the Lin family.
He fell in love with Lin Wanqing at first sight at a friend's party.
At that time, he was about to go abroad to study, and his flight ticket was booked for the next afternoon. The party was a way for his friends to show him off.
Lin Wanqing was brought there by a friend. She was so beautiful, so dazzling that even the most gorgeous flowers pale in comparison to her, and even the most dazzling jewels dim.
So when Gu Changhai first fell in love with Lin Wanqing, it was indeed because of her appearance, and it could not be called love.
It can only be said that Lin Wanqing left a deep impression on him. Later, whenever someone asked him what kind of girl he wanted as a girlfriend, the first person that came to his mind was Lin Wanqing.
A year later, after he had been studying abroad for a year, he was invited by a friend to attend a photography exhibition in France. When he arrived, he found out that the person who organized the exhibition was Lin Wanqing.
She is the same age as him, only 21 years old, but she has already made a name for herself in the field of photography.
She has been to many places and photographed many people. Workers working in the salt fields and children suffering in war have all become the protagonists in her lens.
Gu Changhai noticed that most of her works contained deep humanistic care, and he realized that this girl with a cold appearance was actually very gentle at heart.
Gu Changhai stood in the distance and looked at her. She was wearing a black evening dress. She talked generously with the guests, with a gleam in her eyes and a refreshing smile on her face.
At that moment he made up his mind to marry this girl.
He originally wanted to invite Lin Wanqing to dinner after the photography exhibition, but after the exhibition, Lin Wanqing declined because she had to take a flight back home.
Gu Changhai chased her to the airport and confessed his love to her before the plane took off.
The girl thanked him for his appreciation but also rejected him mercilessly. She said that she traveled all year round and had no interest in love and no time for it, so she advised him not to waste his time.
Gu Changhai said, then I will come after you have had enough fun.
The girl sighed, said "Whatever you want", and got on the plane without looking back.
Two years later, when Gu Changhai was 23 years old, he finished his study abroad and returned to China.
His friends hosted a welcome party for him and he met Lin Wanqing again.
After not seeing her for three years, she is still incredibly beautiful, but not as cheerful as before.
She sat alone in the corner, her eyes dim, like a melancholy sapphire...
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