Chapter 47 Disgusting Father
Yun Yao's father's name was Wei Xu, and Yun Yao took her mother Yun Xiaoxiao's surname.
Yun Yao's father, Wei Xu, married into the Yun family. As far as Yun Yao knew, Wei Xu was an orphan from a young age and was later adopted by the Zhang family. He only had one aunt surnamed Zhang. Moreover, the Zhang family had severed ties with them long ago after Yun Yao's father went to prison. So where did this young man with the surname Wei come from, and who had been having private financial dealings with her father for many years?
Yun Yao was utterly shocked. He had never known that his father knew someone with whom he could entrust his finances. Moreover, from Cao Zhang's hesitant words, Yun Yao felt a chill run down his spine, sensing that his father might be hiding something even bigger from him.
Cao Zhang was indeed a man favored by his wife. When he encountered something suspicious, he investigated it thoroughly, which led him to discover a huge secret about Yun Yao's father.
But Yun Yao was someone the lady loved and respected, and Cao Zhang didn't know whether to tell Yun Yao everything directly, because the truth was too cruel.
Seeing Cao Zhang hesitate, Yun Yao was even more eager to know what his father was hiding from him, so he said to Cao Zhang, "Mr. Cao, please tell me everything about my father."
Seeing Yun Yao's determination, Cao Zhang sighed and continued, "Mr. Yun, what we find next may surprise you. Following those accounts, we also discovered that your father had secretly set up an overseas account for this young man surnamed Wei. Our investigation revealed that there was a large sum of money in that overseas account, which is very likely the money your father embezzled back then."
Yun Yao suddenly stood up, breathing heavily, hardly believing his ears.
Yun Yao still remembers the beginning of all his tragedies, which was to raise money to reduce his father's sentence! At that time, he asked his father where the money went, and his father told him that the money had been taken by Ma Jian. He believed him. It was in order to raise this huge sum of money that he was forced to painfully agree to Qin Rao's request, and he went from an innocent person to someone else's plaything.
Yun Yao stared at Cao Zhang, almost spitting out broken words through gritted teeth: "Do...do you have any evidence?"
Cao Zhang immediately produced a batch of documents containing irrefutable evidence of overseas account transfer records and amounts. The accounts belonged to Yun Yao's father, Wei Xu, and a young man named Wei Jiaxing.
Yun Yao stared at his father's name, then looked at the name Wei Jiaxing next to him. He felt his blood boiling, as if it would burn him to ashes.
At this moment, Cao Zhang looked at Yun Yao's appearance and comforted him with a few words of concern, but he didn't say much more.
"I've never heard of this Wei Jiaxing before. Mr. Cao, have you found out anything about his background? Is he... is he some kind of relative my father found?" Yun Yao asked through gritted teeth. He even suspected that Wei Jiaxing might be a child his father had secretly adopted.
But what Cao Zhang said next was an even more cruel and absurd truth.
Cao Zhang seemed reluctant, but since Yun Yao had asked, he had no choice but to continue, saying, "Mr. Yun, we found that this young man named Wei Jiaxing is twenty-three years old this year, only three months younger than you. When he was in school, his registered guardian was his mother, named Xu Lu. This Ms. Xu was your father's secretary in his office when she was young, but she suddenly resigned and disappeared. We... we also found that your father has been secretly making payments to this mother and son for the past twenty-three years..."
Yun Yao understood, but he wished he were deaf and dumb at that moment, so he wouldn't have to face such an extremely cruel and disgusting truth!
Yun Yao clutched his head, his head throbbing so badly he could barely stand. Cao Zhang immediately tried to support him, but Yun Yao pushed him away and ran to the sink to retch.
This is disgusting! How could such a disgusting thing happen in the world?! His biological father had been supporting a mistress and an illegitimate child behind his and his mother's back all along, and this illegitimate child was only three months younger than him. His father, who always professed love for him, even cheated on him during his pregnancy!
Yun Yao was in extreme pain. He finally understood that his father had never loved his mother, nor had he ever loved him.
His father had long since betrayed his mother, betrayed him, and betrayed their family. What's even more disgusting is that this father, whom he once admired and loved, didn't hesitate to deceive and exploit him in order to reduce his sentence and to embezzle the money for his illegitimate son, wanting to squeeze every last drop of blood from him!
In that instant, Yun Yao felt as if she had died.
He finally saw his father clearly; he was an utterly disgusting, hypocritical, selfish scumbag. And he, for such a person, had reduced himself to this state! Yun Yao lay on the sink, laughing maniacally.
Suddenly, thunder roared in the sky. A torrential downpour poured out like a flash flood, blurring the sky and earth into a single, indistinct expanse.
"Mr. Yun, are you... are you alright?" Cao Zhang finally came over.
Yun Yao stood up silently. He looked out at the courtyard, which was like the torrential rain in his heart. After a long while, he spoke hoarsely, "Excuse me, I would like to be alone for a while."
After Cao Zhang left, Yun Yao squatted down again, hugging himself. In the bitter wind and rain, he trembled and buried his head in his arms as if he couldn't bear it.
After an unknown amount of time, when Yun Yao came to her senses and heard the sounds of the outside world again, the thunder had disappeared, and the raindrops had become a light drizzle, gradually stopping. This thunderstorm had appeared suddenly and vanished just as abruptly.
Yun Yao stared blankly ahead. At this moment, all that remained of him in the mortal world was a shell of a body; his soul had already been annihilated by the malicious manipulation and betrayal of his closest relatives.
Just then, a commotion suddenly came from nearby, as if several people were talking and walking towards them. Yun Yao was stunned and didn't react at all until Butler Xing and a deep, familiar male voice came from ahead. It turned out to be the eldest young master, who should have been in the Northwest at the moment.
They seemed to have just spotted Yun Yao in the pavilion as well, and all stopped in their tracks. Presumably because Yun Yao's expression was so unpleasant, the young master looked at him with some surprise and whispered, "Yun Yao... what's wrong with you..."
Yun Yao seemed to have finally been woken up. He looked up at the young master and his group, wiped away the tears that had somehow covered his face, and turned to run out of the pavilion.
Behind them came the anxious voice of Butler Xing: "Yun Yao... Oh, young master..."
The bluestone path was slippery and wet after the rain. Yun Yao heard someone chasing him from behind, so he ran very fast. Unexpectedly, he slipped and was about to fall, but was suddenly caught by an arm behind him.
"Yun...Yun Yao, are you alright?"
The young master's hot breath and strong arms so close to his face made Yun Yao tremble with discomfort. He pushed away the young master who was supporting him, looked at him with a pale expression, and said in a hoarse voice, "I'm fine, thank you."
After saying that, Yun Yao ignored the young master's inscrutable expression and stumbled away.
At this moment, Butler Xing and his entourage caught up from behind. Butler Xing grabbed the young master, who seemed to be standing there in a daze with deep eyes, and asked, "Young master, what's wrong? Where is Yun Yao?"
The young master gazed in the direction Yun Yao had run off in, then gently rubbed his fingertips together, as if savoring something. After a moment, he chuckled softly, and without looking at Butler Xing, calmly turned and walked back.
"It's nothing, Butler Xing, let's go see Madam."
Muxi Garden suddenly became lively again. The eldest young master had returned from the Northwest and would stay for a few days before going back. Thanks to the efforts of many parties, the mission seemed to be going smoothly. The second and fourth young masters had also returned to Muxi Garden, and some clandestine operations were brewing under the overall control of the madam.
But everything outside had nothing to do with Yun Yao. He hid in his vulnerable corner, turning his back on the world, as if he had disappeared. Even when his wife called him gently at night, he kept his eyes closed and didn't respond.
The lady probably already knew everything that had happened during the day, and Cao Zhang wouldn't hide anything from her. So, looking at Yun Yao's pitiful figure, she didn't insist. Instead, she sighed, tenderly stroked his hair, and hugged him into her arms. The night passed without further incident.
The next day, Midsummer's Day arrived. The newly built platform in the West Garden was officially inaugurated, and amidst cheers from the crowd, festive flowers and balloons adorned the beautiful stage.
Yun Yao refused his wife's suggestion to reschedule the performance. He felt he had nothing left but dance. He wanted to finish the dance he had rehearsed for so long, to immerse himself completely in the world of dance, to forget all the terrible reality, as if he had returned to the time when his loving family was still around him, as if he had returned to a time before all of this had happened.
Before going on stage for rehearsal, the second young master Xu Zhi and the fourth young master, who was still wearing his school uniform, came up to him. "Yun Yao!" Xu Zhi still had that same playful smile. He saw that Yun Yao was in a low mood today and wanted to tell him some jokes to cheer him up, but Yun Yao remained expressionless.
Even the Fourth Young Master noticed the awkward atmosphere and nudged his Second Brother, signaling him to stop talking. The Second Young Master, Xu Zhi, pursed his lips, still staring intently at Yun Yao, "What's wrong? Did you have a fight with Madam?"
"Second Brother, are you crazy?" Fourth Young Master protested. "Who can argue with Madam? Who is Madam? How could she do something so childish?"
The conversation had completely veered off course, and Yun Yao ignored the two noisy brothers. He looked at the platform and slowly walked up to it.
The eldest son, standing to one side of the stage, noticed him coming out and his gaze subtly followed him. At that moment, the young mistress, Lou Yingying, walked over, holding her daughter's hand. The little girl was very excited to see her father, whom she hadn't seen in a long time, and called out "Daddy!" in a clear voice before rushing over to him.
Yun Yao on the stage seemed startled by the child's innocent cry of "Dad." He stared blankly at the scene of father and daughter embracing.
Yun Yao couldn't help but recall the scenes of his childhood, sitting on his father's shoulders watching the sunset at the beach, and falling asleep in his father's arms after playing in the sand... These beautiful memories had now been completely eroded, turning into heart-wrenching pain and the original sin of everything.
And for the rest of his life, he could never go back to the beginning, nor could he live a clean life again; his love, his dreams, his life were all ruined.
Yun Yao's emotions surged, and the overwhelming pain of yesterday seemed to sweep over him again. He unconsciously took a few steps to the side, and suddenly lost his balance. A dizzying feeling of weightlessness suddenly came over him. Accompanied by the gasps from the audience, which came from near and far, Yun Yao instantly fell from the two or three-story-high platform!
"Yun Yao!" someone shouted, and instantly several people from the crowd rushed over.
Lou Yingying stood there, stunned, holding her daughter who had suddenly been shoved into her arms by her husband and burst into tears. She watched helplessly as her husband rushed off the stage. She patted her frightened daughter, feeling both worried for Yun Yao, the dancer with her extraordinary talent, and vaguely sensing that something was amiss.
Upon receiving news that Yun Yao had fallen from the platform and was injured, the Madam rushed over. However, when she arrived, she saw the three young masters of Muxi Garden gathered in the crowd. The second young master, Xu Zhi, was holding the unconscious Yun Yao's hand with a pained and anxious look in his eyes, while the eldest young master, the next heir, was holding Yun Yao tightly in his arms and ordering his attendants to call an ambulance immediately.
The lady stopped in her tracks. She frowned slightly as she looked at the scene, sensing a danger that shouldn't have happened... But seeing the unconscious Yun Yao, whose legs were bent abnormally and who was covered in blood, the lady's worry and heartache for Yun Yao overwhelmed all other thoughts.
Just as she was about to rush over, a familiar, sharp pain suddenly struck her head, and her limbs convulsed and went weak. The lady swayed, and her attendants quickly stepped forward to support her. She braced her forehead, a sense of panic rising within her for the first time. This sudden illness felt like a return to when she had just begun her convalescence in Nanhang… her condition…
The lady gripped her personal attendant's arm and gritted her teeth, saying, "Send Steward Xing to find me, quickly!"
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