Chapter 2375 - A Hard-to-Swallow Truth
That’s Yi Chen’s voice! Lu Qingmei’s heart shook, and a complicated look appeared on her beautiful but pallid face.
What mother would refuse to acknowledge her own flesh and blood unless circumstance forced her hand?
“Senior Apprentice Sister, this is his first time hearing that you’re his biological mother?” exclaimed Yu Xun. “Does that mean my nephew doesn’t know who his father is, either?”
Lu Qingmei’s heart clenched. She sighed to herself; she knew she couldn’t keep this hidden any longer.
Just as she thought, Yu Xun laughed. “Nephew, allow me to tell you the answer. Your birth mother is my senior apprentice sister. She deceived you earlier because she was worried that the truth would hurt you.
“I’m her junior apprentice brother, but before this, I, too, had no idea that you were her own flesh and blood.” Yu Xun sighed. “Had I known... heh... You’d have died a long time ago, you little beast!”
Lu Qingmei’s expression shifted erratically.
The doors of the straw hut remained tightly shut. She couldn’t see Yi Chen’s situation, but she could guess that this deception had wounded Yi Chen badly.
After all... she’d kept the truth from him all this time.
“Mother, he... he’s telling the truth, isn’t he...?” Yi Chen said hoarsely.
“That’s right.” Lu Qingmei took a deep breath, her voice gentle. “Chen’er, you don’t need to think about all of that right now. I’ll naturally give you answers once I’ve gotten you out of there.”
“Hmph. Senior Apprentice Sister, I urge you not to entertain any fanciful notions of saving this little beast,” said Yu Xun. “As you ought to know, it was Master who ordered me to capture him. Interfering with this is no different from opposing her!”