Jin Rulan spent two days in the intensive care unit before she was out of danger.
Upon waking up, the first thing he asked was about Xu Jiayue's condition.
Xu Tingchuan had already found Xu Jiayue through Shen Muzhi's people last night, and had met with her. He told her about Jin Rulan's car accident and gave her the address.
However, he didn't have much hope that she would come to see Jin Rulan. He could understand that Jia Yue couldn't accept it for a while, just like when he accidentally learned about this matter, he also found it very difficult to accept that his mother had caused the death of Jia Yue's parents.
Whether it was intentional or not doesn't matter; what matters is the result: she made Jia Yue an orphan.
Over the years, whenever he saw Jia Yue's face becoming more and more like Gu Huainan's, he found it increasingly difficult to face Jin Rulan calmly.
Now that Jin Rulan is lying in the hospital bed, this is almost the most harmonious time that she and her son have spent together.
"Don't worry, Jiayue has gone back to Pei Yang's place. Pei Yang will keep an eye on her." Xu Tingchuan had already told Pei Yang about this, hoping that Pei Yang would keep an eye on her and prevent her from doing anything foolish.
Upon hearing this, Jin Rulan withdrew her gaze, her eyes lowering somewhat dejectedly. She had always used a tough exterior to disguise herself, only able to shed this facade and naturally express her care for Jia Yue. What would she do if she never heard Jia Yue call her "Mom" again?
Looking at her expression, Xu Tingchuan couldn't offer any words of comfort, only saying, "You should have been mentally prepared long ago. Jia Yue can't be kept in the dark forever."
“When I brought her home, I did think this day would come, but as she grew up day by day, I almost forgot that she wasn’t my biological daughter. Gradually, I even felt that maybe we could be mother and daughter like this for the rest of our lives.” Jin Rulan smiled bitterly and looked at Xu Tingchuan, saying, “When did you find out about this?”
Although she did not hide Jia Yue's identity when she brought him back, and he already knew that Jia Yue was his Uncle Gu's child, the cause of the bombing was handled internally and had been completely kept secret. She never thought that her son would know the explanation submitted to the internal authorities back then.
“Thirteen, Grandpa said it to Dad.” Xu Tingchuan overheard his grandfather and father arguing in the study. His grandfather felt that his mother didn’t care about the family or him, and said he regretted agreeing to let his father marry her.
“No wonder he suddenly wanted to go abroad back then.” At the time, Jin Rulan’s attention was entirely focused on the young Xu Jiayue, and she didn’t pay much attention to Xu Tingchuan, who was originally quite independent.
After he returned from studying abroad, he became even more distant from her, even indifferent. She always thought it was because he went abroad and was a boy, so naturally he was not as close to his mother as he grew up.
Later, their relationship became increasingly strained, and she felt guilty for not caring enough for him during his childhood. However, the mother-son relationship was beyond repair, and she didn't even know how to approach her son.
"Was that accident really just an accident?" Xu Tingchuan stared at her and asked in a slightly hoarse voice.
Jin Rulan raised her eyes, looking at him in surprise, "What do you mean by this?"
Xu Tingchuan withdrew his gaze, shook his head, and said calmly, "It's nothing."
"You think I did it on purpose?" Jin Rulan never expected that her son would see her this way.
"I don't know." Xu Tingchuan couldn't give an answer, because those were things he hadn't been involved in.
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