"Xiaoyang, besides you, who else knows about this?"
"My sister-in-law and Tingting, we all know about it. I think everyone else in the courtyard knows about it too. Only my eldest brother doesn't know. Mom, we didn't mean to hide it from you."
"I know you're worried that I'll be sad and heartbroken. Your eldest brother will definitely know as soon as he meets that person."
"Um."
"I don't think my eldest brother will be sad about this, nor will he expect his father to suddenly appear. Mom, we've already let it go, but I'm afraid you still can't let her go, so I didn't dare tell you."
Mei Xiangcao thought for a while and said, "Since your eldest brother doesn't know yet, let's go and tell him so that he won't be kept in the dark anymore."
"Hey, Mom."
They went to Xu Nuannuan's room together. The three children were not asleep. They were lying on the bed obediently, not crying or making a fuss. They were very well behaved.
Old Madam Guan didn't leave her room; she must have gone back to her own room to rest. Fang Suyun and Jiang Ting were guarding Xu Nuannuan's child's bedside, along with Jiang Ye.
"Mom." Jiang Ye saw that Mei Xiangcao looked unhappy, so he quickly went over and asked, "Mom, what's wrong with you? Did something happen?"
"There is something I want to tell you." Mei Xiangcao said, and she looked at Xu Nuannuan and Fang Suyun, "You should already know about this matter. It's about Jiang Ye's father."
Xu Nuannuan realized something was wrong when she saw Mei Xiangcao come in.
This mother-in-law was bullied by many people when she was young, and she raised three children alone. Just think about how difficult it was and how strong she was.
She usually has a smiling face and rarely looks pessimistic. It is difficult for ordinary people to see her sad.
She saw her eyes were red and thought something serious must have happened.
All of them were standing here, making her so sad and upset. Could it be that she met that person again?
She could imagine that her mother-in-law must have known that Jiang Dongcheng was unfaithful, so she was so sad.
Mei Xiangcao raised her eyes and glanced at Jiang Ye. Her eldest son looked exactly like that man. She felt even more uncomfortable looking at him.
"Aye, Mom wants to tell you something. Your brothers and sisters all know about this, but you are the only one who has been kept in the dark. Mom thinks I should tell you."
"Mom, what's going on?"
He helped Mei Xiangcao sit down, and looking at his haggard mother, he couldn't help but feel distressed.
Fang Suyun was afraid that she was going to say something, so she couldn't listen to what was going on. "I'll go out, you two can talk."
"No need." Mei Xiangcao stopped her. "Since I came to this room to talk, I'm not afraid that you might overhear. Maybe you already know about this, but don't laugh at me after listening to what I have to say next."
Fang Suyun knew how difficult it had been for this in-law. "Xiangchan, even though we're in-laws, we've been together for so long, we're almost like sisters. If you're having any troubles, just tell me. I can't say I can help you, but if I can, I'll definitely do my best."
"Suyun, thank you."
She looked at Jiang Ye again: "Aye, actually your father is not dead, I have seen him."
Hearing this, Jiang Ye's expression did not seem to be disturbed, but rather became gloomy for a few seconds.
"Mom, you're in a bad mood just because you saw him."
"Yeah." She looked at her son's worried face and said, "Aye, are you unhappy because you know he's not dead?"
"Mom, whether he's dead or alive is no longer important to me. But Mom, I don't want you to be sad because of him."
"You, you really don't want to recognize him?"
"No." Jiang Ye was actually thinking that if that person had not betrayed his mother, and his mother asked him to acknowledge him, he would acknowledge him as long as his mother was happy.
But now my grandma's mother is obviously sad, probably because she met that person.
That man betrayed his mother.
"Mom, where did you see him? What happened between you and him? You might as well tell me."
Mei Xiangcao hesitated for a moment, then heard Xu Nuannuan say to Jiang Ye apologetically, "Aye, I was actually the first to know that your father wasn't dead at all. A while ago, I went to the Jiang family here to see Old Man Jiang, and I discovered that his son Jiang Dongcheng looked exactly like you. Judging from his age, he could be your father. I thought he must be the missing father-in-law.
However, he has long had a family here, with a son and a daughter, both of whom are almost as old as Jiang Ting and Jiang Yang. His father disappeared, but in fact, he returned here. Ah Ye, please forgive me for hiding this."
"Nuannuan, you don't have to apologize. I know you did this for us."
If his mother didn't know about this, she would never be hurt.
"Brother, I already knew this," Jiang Ting said. "I saw a girl who looked like you in the hospital that day. She was the child of our unfaithful father and another woman."
Jiang Yang said, "I've known about this for a long time. My co-worker Jiang Yiming is the one who had the child with that woman. Brother, we didn't mean to hide it from you."
"I know, you don't have to feel guilty."
The most important thing now is not whether he feels uncomfortable or not, nor is it whether he should recognize Jiang Dongcheng, but his mother.
He held his mother's hand tightly in his own: "Mom, I know that in our family, the one who can't let go of him the most is you. Although he already has a family here, I can't persuade you to let go all of a sudden, but we have to face the facts.
You don't have him, but you still have us. Let's just pretend he doesn't exist as before, right?"
Mei Xiangcao nodded, then shook her head.
"Mom knows. I'm already sixty, and this wouldn't be a good thing for me. But it's really hard for me. I can't accept this fact. He said before that he would never leave me no matter what happens."
Jiang Ye thought for a moment and said, "Although you haven't mentioned him much in all these days, we all know how much you care about him. I've seen you secretly looking at his photos in your room countless times, and every time you shed tears it was because of him. Tell us about his past, and you might feel more at ease."
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