Chapter 492. Followed (2)
The air abruptly fell silent. You could only hear the sizzling sounds from the barbeque.
Xi Xiaye watched Mu Lingshi silently and she noticed a rare sorrow and gloom on her face. Then, she gently patted the back of her hand that was on the table. “I’m sorry. Perhaps I shouldn’t have mentioned it.”
Upon hearing this, Mu Lingshi instantly smiled and shook her head as she lifted her drink. She tilted her head back and downed the contents of her glass.
“It’s fine. It’s just part of the past. When it’s mentioned, I can even reminisce once in a while,” she said calmly and her face started to redden. With her scar, she seemed a little sinister. For some reason, the light in her eyes had turned lonely and bleak, and Xi Xiaye felt her heart ache at this sight.
“I heard that not too long after Mother gave birth to me, she fell into a deeper depression. Unable to handle it, she ended her life and didn’t leave anything behind for Lingtian and I. I don’t even know how she looks like. Only when I grew up did I find out how she looked like from the photos or newspaper clippings.” When Mu Lingshi said this, she paused and stared at the pen, lost in thought.
Xi Xiaye sighed to herself. She silently poured more whiskey and did not know how to console her. “Your brother says that Aunty was a very great person and I’ve seen her photos too. I’m sure she was a very wise woman. For a beautiful woman to face death at such a young age wasn’t her intention either. Perhaps she was burdened with something. Maybe it was pressure. We wouldn’t know, so it’s understandable.”
When Xi Xiaye said this, Mu Lingshi shook her head sadly, her beautiful eyes immediately could not help but glitter with tears. “No, Sis-in-law, she wasn’t a good woman. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have given birth to Lingtian and I. We are just illegitimate children who don’t even know who our father is! The Mu family’s reputation was ruined by her. Grandmother almost wanted to kick her out, but she still protected that man and didn’t spare severing ties with Grandfather and Grandmother. To me, she doesn’t even deserve to be a mother. How could someone like her be a wise woman?”
Mu Lingshi took a deep breath and sniffled as she picked her drink up and downed it in a few gulps again. She was so swift that Xi Xiaye could not stop her in time.
“When we grew up, Lingtian and I never gave up on trying to find that man, but because of her intentional protectiveness from before, we had no leads at all. Father told me that she fell in love with a man who could never marry her, so…