Chapter 1179: Telling Su Bing
Really, if anyone was to blame, it was that irresponsible scoundrel Xu Ye—the same Xu Ye who let Su Mo bear not one, not two, but three children for him and then vanished like mist.
Perhaps he had been a good soldier. Perhaps he had served his country with honor and accolades. But none of that could erase the undeniable truth: he was a terrible man and an even worse father.
Gu Zi had agreed to let the children attend Xu Sheng’s birthday celebration for two reasons. First, because Xu Sheng himself was innocent in all of this. And second—though she’d never admit it aloud—because she was curious. Curious to see what kind of family the illustrious Xu clan really was.
But now that she had seen it all with her own eyes, she only felt a deeper, heavier ache for Su Mo. This sprawling mansion—so vast it had corridors that echoed with every footstep—wasn’t big enough for Su Mo and her three children?
Xu Ye had slipped away in secret, returning to the capital to resume his life of ease and privilege, likely without a single thought of ever going back for Su Mo or the children he left behind. The sheer audacity of it.
Gu Zi didn’t want to dwell on it any longer. She dabbed away a tear that had escaped the corner of her eye and went off to find Su Le, who had just devoured a mini cupcake and had cream smudged along her cheeks and the corners of her mouth. With practiced care, Gu Zi wiped her clean and then led her off to wash her hands.
Yu Fang returned with drinks and caught sight of this quiet scene—and immediately felt a twinge of guilt.
She had been the one to ask her second son, Xu Fan, to retrieve the children once he had tracked them down. In her heart, she had truly believed that the children must have suffered terribly all this time—raised by an uncle and aunt instead of their biological family. Surely, no one could care for them as deeply as their real grandmother and uncle would.