Chapter 441 Surrogate Motherhood
Qingqiu Cemetery.
Jiang Ning knew that he had faked his death, and his tombstone was erected in this cemetery.
Sitting in the passenger seat of the space gray Koenigsegg, Jiang Ning turned to look out the window.
The weather is great today; the sun is shining brightly, the sky is clear and blue, and there isn't a cloud in sight.
When Lu Junyan told her that he wanted her to accompany him to Qingqiu Cemetery, Jiang Ning almost asked Lu Junyan if he planned to take her to pay respects at her empty grave.
However, upon closer reflection, this kind of worship seemed meaningless. Jiang Ning guessed that Lu Junyan had taken her to the cemetery today to pay respects to other people.
After parking the car, Lu Junyan bought a flower basket by the roadside and climbed the mountain with Jiang Ning.
"Would you like to go see your own tombstone?"
Lu Junyan asked Jiang Ning with a smile, but Jiang Ning promptly shook his head.
"No way, it feels so weird."
"That's true."
Seeing that Lu Junyan agreed with her, Jiang Ning thought that Lu Junyan had indeed brought her to pay respects to someone else.
Could it be someone from the Lu family who passed away?
Or is it...?
Just as Jiang Ning was having some doubts, Lu Junyan slowly stopped.
Beneath a lush ginkgo tree stands a marble tombstone.
Jiang Ning arrived at the tombstone and looked down at the name engraved on it.
"...What's next..."
Her long eyelashes arched upwards.
Although she hadn't heard the name many times.
But she still remembered—
This is the Joker's real name.
Jiang Ning was somewhat surprised that Lu Junyan had erected a tombstone for Joker at Qingqiu Cemetery.
She turned to look at Lu Junyan, her eyes filled with surprise and inquiry.
"Joker's body was later cremated by the Dragon Fang Gang... Their leader, Brother Long, gave me his ashes."
Lu Junyan spoke these words with a calm expression and a serene voice.
"Is this... returning to one's roots?"
Jiang Ning had barely finished speaking when he saw Lu Junyan shake his head.
"No...Joker can't be considered a citizen of Country A, but...Brother Long probably thinks he's still my brother...a half-brother, even though we share the same mother."
"Um……"
Jiang Ning nodded.
Her gaze fell once again on Joker's tombstone.
Before yesterday, Joker was a lively and energetic person.
Even the biggest threat to her and Lu Junyan.
And now...
He has already turned into a handful of ashes.
Jiang Ning's intuition told her that Lu Junyan brought her here less to pay respects to the Joker and more to tell her about his birth mother.
Jiang Ning and Lu Junyan stood side by side in front of Joker's tombstone, bathed in the warm breeze.
Time seemed to stand still.
All around was completely silent.
Jiang Ning couldn't help but steal a glance at Lu Junyan.
Lu Junyan's model-like face remained as calm and composed as ever.
Jiang Ning could tell that Lu Junyan was calm and composed, without much emotional fluctuation.
But she was really itching to know what Lu Junyan's background was like.
However, Lu Junyan remained silent for too long, so she had no choice but to ask him first:
"So Ms. Yang... is not your biological mother?"
Lu Junyan glanced at Jiang Ning indifferently and forced a bitter smile.
"Genetically speaking, no... but I was born from her."
Jiang Ning: ? ? ? ? ?
Although Lu Junyan's father, Lu Yexiong, often indulged in pleasure-seeking activities when he was young, he did have a time when he truly loved someone.
The other party is the eldest daughter of the He family—
He Yanqing.
At that time, He Yanqing was very noble and aloof.
Because of her good family background, beautiful appearance, high IQ, and quick learning ability, she was hailed as a genius beauty, and countless young men pursued her.
Lu Yexiong was also pursuing it, but he wasn't relying on himself; he was relying on the Lu family's substantial assets.
At that time, the He family and the Lu family had many business dealings. Among the many suitors of his daughter, He Yanqing's father chose the Lu family, which could bring more benefits to the family and the company.
That is, Lu Yexiong.
However, He Yanqing herself disagreed.
At the engagement banquet jointly hosted by the He and Lu families, He Yanqing criticized Lu Yexiong in front of all the guests, making him look worthless and causing the Lu family to lose face.
Enraged, Lu Yexiong confronted He Yanqing and told her that he was only attracted to her excellent genes, not to her as a person.
Later, He Yanqing still married Lu Yexiong.
Because she couldn't go against her father's wishes.
But she made it clear to Lu Yexiong at the wedding—
She doesn't love him.
Lu Yexiong actually loves He Yanqing.
However, He Yanqing's rejection of Lu Yexiong was too obvious.
It's obvious that two people like that can't live a good life together.
After marriage, He Yanqing became increasingly irritable, depressed, and mentally confused.
Having no other option, Lu Yexiong compromised by asking He Yanqing to have a child for him in exchange for agreeing to a divorce.
However, He Yanqing refused.
After much back and forth, she ultimately chose to have a child through surrogacy.
The woman who was borrowed was Yang Liyun's.
Later, He Yanqing and Lu Yexiong successfully divorced, but the He family was very disappointed with He Yanqing's willful behavior and severed ties with her.
He Yanqing left for a distant land, going to the United States, and then disappeared without a trace.
"Your biological mother... lives alone in the US?"
For some reason, Jiang Ning sensed something was amiss.
She watched Lu Junyan cautiously, afraid of touching a sore spot.
Lu Junyan turned his head, met Jiang Ning's gaze, and smiled slightly.
“I know you’re being considerate of me… but I have no memory of this birth mother and no feelings for her.”
Lu Junyan didn't think his words were particularly cold-blooded.
In fact, he has lived to this day without ever having seen his biological mother.
He only figured out about her in the last couple of days.
“My dad didn’t tell me much before, he just mentioned that I do have a biological mother.”
"Um……"
Jiang Ning breathed a sigh of relief.
Judging from Lu Junyan's calm demeanor, he probably wouldn't be unable to accept He Yanqing's experience in the United States.
"You guessed right... my biological mother didn't have a good life in the US..."
Before He Yanqing severed ties with the He family, she was a pampered young lady, surrounded by bodyguards and servants, with everything done for her. She was a figure admired by thousands in high society.
However, it's different in Country M.
She had no relatives or friends and was all alone.
A young and beautiful woman is an easy target.
He Yanqing believed that with her outstanding abilities and education, she could still thrive in the United States.
But as soon as she started looking for a job, she was tricked into a den of iniquity.
It was a powerful and influential group in the area that used recruitment as a pretext to deceive naive young girls and then imprisoned them to engage in illegal services.
He Yanqing was imprisoned for five years, during which time she also became addicted to drugs.
Joker was born under these circumstances to He Yanqing.
He Yanqing didn't even know which man's bastard child she was.
From the time Joker could remember, He Yanqing had been telling him:
"You are not my child...you are not my child..."
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