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anwhile, at Nanjiang Villa.
Madam Lai’s dinner was as light as usual, just a bowl of rice porridge and two plates of plain stir-fried vegetables.
Half an hour earlier, Li Zihan had gone to the hospital to accompany Uncle Yuan Feng. During this ti, he had been running back and forth, and Madam Lai saw it all, which pained her heart.
If only Zishen could co over!
Madam Lai thought to herself, and slowly made her way to the upstairs study. Practicing calligraphy before bed had beco a must-do for her over the years.
Otherwise, how could she get through the long nights? She didn’t want to take those dications anymore.
Madam Lai entered the study, picked up the brush, and began practicing her calligraphy. Her characters were strong and forceful, each stroke appearing naturally.
Here, she could imrse herself in her own world, enjoying a sense of tranquility and peace.
What IVF procedures, Tang Xiaowan’s marriage into the Leng Family, including Third Aunt Lai’s sudden cerebral hemorrhage, Li Mingyue calling her a vixen—all these troubling matters she no longer wanted to think about.
Let them be, whether they pursued wealth or used pregnancy to marry into the Lai family. It had already co to this; she couldn’t possibly atone with her own death.
Suddenly, there were several knocks on the door.
Then, Nanny Wu ca in with a tray, which held grapes and figs.
"Madam, look, this season and there are still such large figs, bright red. Please try them, Young Master Zishen just specially had soone send these over, including the grapes."
Madam Lai glanced at the fruits and couldn’t help but think of Tang Xiaowan.
Why did she marry Ling Xiao?
Is my Zishen not good enough? At 25, he has already achieved so much—how is he inferior?
Perhaps, this is my retribution. I shouldn’t have used my child to beg Zhenshan to marry , to beg the old master to take in, and I certainly shouldn’t have dread of replacing Xiao Dan.
"Are you alright, Madam?"
"The sins I created are always to be repaid, only a matter of ti, isn’t it, Nanny Wu?"
"Are you referring to...Young Master Zishen?"
As the words fell, Madam Lai’s face turned pale, and she tightly pursed her lips, as if struck by lightning.
Nanny Wu quickly stepped forward to support her.
"Madam, I ant...recently Young Master Zishen has been traveling a lot, busy with work, so he hasn’t been able to co...to have a al with you. Please don’t be sad; the young master is also busy for the company, and actually, the pressure is quite high."
So words just make things worse.
At this mont, Madam Lai’s complexion has turned extrely sour, the brush in her hand trembling slightly.
"Did you already know about this?"
"Young Master Zishen... going to the hospital to see the uncle, I didn’t intentionally hide it from you," Nanny Wu said, lowering her head, not daring to look directly into Madam Lai’s eyes.
She indeed had known about the IVF. However, it wasn’t Yuan Feng who told her, but rather she overheard it while massaging Madam Lai at night to relieve stress.
"It was Zihan, wasn’t it?"
"Young Master Zihan ant well, thinking that maybe the uncle..."
"Thank you, Nanny Wu, it’s alright."
With that, Madam Lai continued her calligraphy practice, but a trace of sorrow added to her brow.
"Daddy, can you please stop calling Auntie? She’s a bad woman, she’s a vixen, make her leave, please make her go."
"Daddy, she’s the vixen, a bad woman, I want mommy. Daddy, you can’t have children with her, you are only Ming Yue’s daddy."
"Give back my mommy, give back my mommy!"
Li Ming Yue’s words echoed once again in Madam Lai’s ears. Though children should speak carefreely, each cry and curse stabbed into her heart.
The brush fell from her hand onto the paper.
Her mind was in disarray, one mont she was frolicking and fooling around on campus with Yi Xiaodan, another she was secretly following Li Zhenshan to the hospital. There was also her brother Yuan Feng who had bought a new car and took her to visit his office. There were so many folders, and she looked through each one.
Many fragnts suddenly surged into her mind like watching a movie. Madam Lai’s thoughts were occupied by various chaotic mories and scenes.
"Madam, what’s wrong?"
"I’m not a vixen, how could I possibly be a vixen? I’m not! Nanny Wu, I’m not."
Seeing this, Nanny Wu quickly ran to the storage cabinet.
Then, she held a glass of water in one hand and dication in the other, looking very concerned about Madam Lai: "Madam, here, take the dicine first."
"Should I take the dicine?"
But unexpectedly, Madam Lai’s hand trembled slightly, and she didn’t hold it steady; the glass fell to the ground.
The cup made a crisp shattering sound, and fragnts scattered splashing droplets on the floor. Madam Lai was stunned; she stared blankly at the broken glass, as if seeing her own inner brokenness.
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