Chapter 23 Chapter 23
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Song Chunman subconsciously clenched her fists when she heard that. The warm light from the living room fell on her face, but it couldn't hide the paleness.
She and Gu Tingzhou were just new friends, but how could he ask about such a private matter so easily?
Gu Tingzhou's eyes never left her. Seeing that she looked tense and seemed unhappy, he immediately softened his tone: "Don't think too much, I don't mean anything else."
He leaned forward, his voice filled with barely perceptible urgency. "It's just that what happened that day really upset me. Besides, we're pretty familiar with each other now, and I want to get to know you a little better. And if you need any help, you can tell me."
After he finished speaking, he paused, as if he had made up his mind, and then he continued, "And don't worry, after you tell me your secret, I'll tell you mine too. So we can be considered to be confiding in each other, right?"
Song Chunman looked up at him. The sincerity in the man's eyes did not seem fake, and the tense curve at the corners of her mouth couldn't help but relax.
The man had a serious expression on his face, but his words were spoken with a kind of clumsy enthusiasm that didn't seem to have any malicious intent.
He Xiaoman didn't say anything, she just got up and went to the room to look at her daughter. The sunlight shone through the gap in the curtains and fell on the child's sleeping face. Her little brows were relaxed, and there was a smile at the corner of her mouth, like a peaceful kitten.
After confirming that the child was asleep, she gently closed the door, walked back to the living room and sat down. She looked at the man and chuckled, "It's nothing... Just like my ex-husband said the day before yesterday, Xiyue is not his daughter."
Gu Tingzhou's Adam's apple rolled slightly when he heard this. Although he had heard this news from that man the day before yesterday, he was still a little shocked when he heard her say it in person.
After a long while, he finally asked in a hoarse voice, "What about Xiyue..."
"It's someone else's child." Song Chunman unconsciously clenched her hands on her knees. The thought of speaking about her past made her voice bitter. "Before I got married... I was framed by my stepmother's daughter and had sex with a stranger. Xiyue was conceived at that time."
Gu Tingzhou's heart suddenly sank. How could this be such a coincidence? He was also framed by Chen Yafang and had sex with a strange woman.
He suppressed the emotions surging in his chest and continued to ask, "Then why aren't you with the child's father? Is there something difficult going on?"
He Xiaoman was silent for a long time, her nails almost digging into her flesh, before she slowly spoke, "I also wanted to try to find him, but I was unconscious that day. I can't even remember what he looked like, so how could I find him?"
After that, she simply talked about that night four years ago, about the glass of spiked soda that Song Yushan brought her, about her escaping to the room at the end of the guesthouse in a daze, and about her panic during her escape...
Anyway, she said everything she could and couldn't say in front of this man.
As for whether he would decide to be friends with her in the future, she didn't care.
But just as she finished speaking, there was a loud "clang".
The crisp sound of the enamel cup in Gu Tingzhou's hand hitting the ground suddenly pierced the air, and water splashed onto the concrete floor, leaving dark stains.
She seemed to be paused, her pupils suddenly shrank, and her originally gentle features were now filled with exhaustion and shock, even her breath was stuck in her throat.
The blood in his body seemed to freeze at this moment.
That night four years ago when he was forced to sleep, the figure that made him grit his teeth in countless late nights, tossing and turning, and using all his connections to look for her, the woman whose name he couldn't even remember, even her face, was actually the one in front of him?
His hands on his knees trembled uncontrollably, his fingertips were as cold as if they had just been pulled out of ice water, and even his shoulders were trembling slightly.
Four years, a full four years. He searched every corner of the city and even sent people to the countryside to check for possible clues, but to no avail. But he never expected that he would meet "that woman" again in this way?
What made his heart beat even more wildly was that Song Chunman said that Song Xiyue was pregnant at that time, so wasn't that his daughter?
This realization exploded in his skull like thunder, causing his temples to throb violently and the sound of his own heartbeat like a drum filling his ears.
Gu Tingzhou suddenly looked up at the room. The door was closed, but the warm light coming through the crack was like a red-hot iron, burning his eyes.
He opened his mouth and wanted to speak, but his throat was stuffed with cotton and he couldn't make a sound. He could only stare at the woman in front of him, his eyes gradually turning red.
Seeing his strange reaction, Song Chunman was a little confused. She just told him about her experience, and this man seemed to be about to cry?
This... is too empathetic, isn't it?
She was a little unsure of what to say next, so she just looked at the man and said, "Comrade Gu, it's been four years since this happened. I've gotten over it and received compensation from my stepmother. My child and I are doing fine now. You don't have to feel so sorry for me..."
She spoke the last sentence a little softly.
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