Chapter 864: 864, Xiao Yebai is actually Mo Yaoxiong’s biological son!

Seeing the two were about to leave, Xu Jing’s expression suddenly turned off, and she ran over to block the door and shouted, “Don’t go! You can’t leave!”

Grandma Xu said in a low voice, “You see, this is how she is. Sometimes she is normal, and sometimes she is not…”

Mo Weiyi looked at her, his eyebrows furrowed tightly.

It was only when Grandma Xu walked over and took Xu Jing’s hand, gently and softly coaxing, “Mom is here; I won’t leave. I’ll go make you something tasty. Didn’t you just say you wanted to eat the dish Mom cooks?”

Xu Jing looked at her, seemingly understanding as she nodded.

“Mom will go downstairs now to make it for you. You stay here for a while, did you hear? Come on, move away from the door.” Grandma Xu half deceived and half coaxed Xu Jing to the side.

Rong An went ahead first.

He was obviously afraid that Xu Jing, in her mad state, might hurt Mo Weiyi.

Fortunately, it seemed that Grandma Xu’s soothing was effective. Xu Jing bowed her head and quietly let Mo Weiyi leave.

Once Grandma Xu also left, a bodyguard immediately came over and “slammed” the door shut, then locked it.

It was with a heavy iron chain, clanging loudly and clearly, resonating stunningly and clearly in the quiet and slightly dark attic, making it somewhat eerie.

Grandma Xu sighed and came downstairs with her granddaughter.

“Grandma,” asked Mo Weiyi, “did you ask Dad what exactly happened to Xu Jing to make her like this?”

“Yaoxiong said that he was too angry that day, so he accidentally kicked her and hurt her. She’s been brought here to recover from her injuries, and I only realized after coming here that her mental state wasn’t very good.”

Mo Weiyi pursed her lips.

It was clear, Mo Yaoxiong’s words to the old lady were half true and half false.

She had witnessed how angry he was at the time, kicking fiercely, wishing he could have killed Xu Jing on the spot!

But the things Xu Jing had done…

“Grandma, do you know what Xu Jing did back then?”

“Yaoxiong mentioned that whatever happened between him and Xu Jing back then was innocent, that nothing really happened, and the recent story about Xu Jing being pregnant was also fake. I know it’s Xu Jing’s fault, so I can understand why your Dad treats her this way…”

Mo Weiyi looked at her, “Grandma, actually, Dad hasn’t told you everything.”

“More things?” Grandma Xu was surprised. “What else is there?”

Mo Weiyi hesitated.

Perhaps Mo Yaoxiong didn’t tell her because he was afraid the old lady couldn’t accept it, especially since Xu Jing and Xu Xian were biological sisters, yet Xu Jing could actually harm her own sister…

“Tell me, Weiyi, what else is there? If you don’t tell me, I’ll go and ask Yaoxiong myself!” Grandma Xu said, beginning to walk outside.

“Grandma,” Mo Weiyi quickly grabbed her.

With Grandfather seriously ill in the hospital and Xiao Yebai having been in a car accident… Mo Yaoxiong was probably overwhelmed. If Grandma added to the chaos…

“Grandma, I’ll tell you.” Mo Weiyi had no choice but to reveal, “Mom was pregnant with her first child, and it was Xu Jing who gave her the abortion drugs that caused the miscarriage…”

“What did you say?” Grandma Xu’s face looked shocked.

“Later, she even replaced the vitamins Mom was taking with birth control pills and abortion drugs, which is why the many subsequent pregnancies were unsuccessful, and why the babies that were born didn’t survive long after birth…”

“How is that possible?” Grandma Xu’s body swayed, and she seemed unwell, “Xu Jing is usually so timid, how could she do such a thing to Xu Xian?”

“She confessed it herself; everyone heard it!” Mo Weiyi supported her, “That’s why Dad was so angry and locked her up here. So, Grandma, I will tell Dad that Aunt has a mental issue, but whether or not to send her to the hospital, prepare yourself mentally.”

Grandma Xu’s eyes looked empty, and after a long while, she slowly nodded, “I understand.”

“Grandma…”

“It’s all my fault, all of it is my fault.” Mrs. Xu said as she shook her head, “All these years, I had no idea Xu Jing harbored so much resentment! She even attacked her own sister! It’s all my fault…”

Swamped in regret, Mrs. Xu lamented, “Back in the day, the Xu family’s business was struggling; if it weren’t for that, I wouldn’t have arranged blind dates for my two daughters. It’s all my fault. Why didn’t I ask Xu Jing to avoid meeting with Yaoxiong when he came to our house? Why did I insist on them meeting together…”

“Grandma, how could you possibly blame yourself?” Mo Weiyi could only try to console her, “Even if you had not allowed her to meet with dad then, they would ultimately have met as in-laws in the future. Affairs of the heart really can’t be controlled. You can only blame her for being too headstrong, eventually making a wrong decision on her own. It had nothing to do with you…”

Mrs. Xu shook her head, “Actually, I did notice back then that Xu Jing had feelings for Yaoxiong. I should have talked to her properly. If I had been a bit more patient then and had urged her more, perhaps the great mistake later wouldn’t have happened…”

“Grandma…”

Seeing the old lady so heartbroken, Mo Weiyi felt very uneasy inside.

After all, for all these years, Mrs. Xu genuinely cared for her as if she were her own biological granddaughter.

Even though she knew she was just adopted from an orphanage, she treated her even better than her biological granddaughter, Qu Yunyao…

**

In the bedroom on the second floor of the attic.

After the door was locked, the woman, who had been pretending to be crazy and foolish, suddenly went over, pressed her ear against the door, and listened intently.

Once the sounds outside had faded, a strange smile slowly appeared on Xu Jing’s face.

But quickly, the smile on her face disappeared. Her gaunt, pallid face showed shock and fear, her eyes wide open, as if she had seen something terrifying…

“Ah——”

After a scream, Xu Jing covered her ears and desperately hid around the room, while continuously shouting, “Don’t come over! Don’t come over! Don’t! Don’t ah!”

“It wasn’t me who harmed you! It wasn’t me!”

“It’s all your fault! Who asked you to always be better than me!”

“Why must all the good things be yours!”

“I won’t accept this! I won’t accept!”

“Ah ah ah don’t come over! Don’t come over!”

But no matter where she hid, Xu Xian’s voice followed her like a shadow.

In the end, Xu Jing could only open the wardrobe, crawl in, and then firmly shut the door.

She covered her ears and shook her head desperately. In the darkness, after a long time, that voice finally disappeared.

Xu Jing sat there, slowly relaxing.

Then, as if thinking of something, a strange smile slowly formed on her face again.

Xu Xian, that secret you desperately tried to conceal…

What to do, now I have discovered it…

There’s no hiding it anymore…

You can’t hide it from anyone now…

**

Half an hour later, Mo Weiyi got into the car.

She took out the recording pen from her bag.

She tried pressing the switch again, to no avail.

Could it be broken?

The way Xu Jing looked earlier, it was clear that her mental state was very poor, and she probably couldn’t even distinguish between what was true and what was false.

But this recording pen…

It must have been left behind by Xu Xian.

Since Xu Xian’s death, Mo Yaoxiong had completely sealed off that attic.

Weiyi remembered that every time she passed by, the servants would tell her not to enter.

Over time, she lost the curiosity to explore.

Moreover, after Xu Xian’s death, Mo Yaoxiong was very depressed for a while. Although she was only 16 at the time, she knew that her mom had passed away and her dad must be very sad, especially since Xu Xian had frightened him that night with her condition…

In short, she never inquired about Xu Xian and thus had never come into contact with so-called relics.

This recording pen…

If it really were a relic left by Xu Xian, and since it had been thrown in the attic cupboard, it definitely must have been used by her, and it might contain some of her spoken words.

Better give it to dad…

Weiyi had made up her mind and said, “Huai’an, let’s head directly to Nangong Hospital.”

“Okay.”

**

When they arrived at Nangong Hospital, it was eleven o’clock noon.

The entrance to the ward was as usual guarded by several black-clad bodyguards.

Upon entering the ward, Mo Yaoxiong was not there.

Weiyi had no choice but to call him and explain Xu Jing’s situation.

As expected, Mo Yaoxiong said, “You don’t have to worry about this matter, I can handle it.”

“But I’m afraid grandma can’t take it, because mom back then also suffered from depression, stayed in that small attic for too long, and eventually became mentally unstable and…”

“I know,” Mo Yaoxiong interrupted her, his tone leaving no room for negotiation, “Weiyi, you should know that it was Xu Jing who caused Xu Xian’s depression! That woman is too malicious in her thoughts. Even if she really is now mentally unstable, it’s just her getting what she deserves!”

After saying this, Mo Yaoxiong then instructed, “After you’ve seen your grandfather, go to the People’s Hospital to see Yebai.”

Weiyi bit her lip, “Isn’t he not in any serious danger?”

“It’s nothing serious, but his external injuries are quite severe, especially the wound on his forehead. The doctor mentioned a slight concussion,”

Weiyi uttered an “Oh.”

No wonder he was so incoherent over the phone this morning, he must have hit his head…

“Also,” Mo Yaoxiong suddenly asked, “Have you noticed any issues with Yebai’s sleep lately? At night, have you noticed anything unusual about him?”

Weiyi obviously hadn’t noticed.

After their divorce, they had completely separated…

But at the moment, all she could do was feign ignorance, “What do you mean?”

“He has been taking medication recently, probably due to too much stress. The quality of his sleep has been poor. The doctor said that type of medication should be taken less often, as excessive use can cause side effects and is not good for the body, and it can also stimulate the brain cells,” Mo Yaoxiong patiently advised, “You’re pregnant now, and besides worrying about the company, he also has to take care of you. The stress is inevitable. As his wife, you need to be more caring towards him, understand?”

With so many things going on at home, Weiyi knew that Mo Yaoxiong was stretched thin. Even if she held any resentment internally, she could only respond, “I understand.”

Little did she know that Mo Yaoxiong had more to say, “From now on, when you go to bed at night, make him sleep too. Don’t stay up late anymore. I’ve also spoken to him, we can slow down with the company’s matters. Nothing is more important than a healthy body…”

He went on and on.

It was evident that he was genuinely worried about Xiao Yebai.

There was a time when Weiyi would sometimes feel that Mo Yaoxiong was too biased, wondering why he had to be so good to Xiao Yebai?

Sometimes it even surpassed her, his own daughter…

But since discovering the secret of her birth, Weiyi could now understand.

After all, compared to her, an unaccomplished adopted daughter, a smart and capable adopted son was indeed more likely to garner his affection…

After hanging up the phone, the inner chamber’s door opened, and Shi Bo walked out.

“Shi Bo,” Weiyi quickly stood up, “How is my grandfather doing?”

Shi Bo sighed, stepped aside, and let Weiyi see for herself.

Old Master Mo lay on the hospital bed with his eyes closed, surrounded by complex machines emitting “beep beep” sounds.

Old Master Mo had no reaction to their conversation outside…

Weiyi asked, “Shi Bo, may I go in and see my grandfather?”

Shi Bo looked inside, then back at Weiyi.

“Shi Bo, you can rest assured, I just want to see my grandfather, it’s been a long time since I’ve seen him…” Weiyi said, her eyes beginning to well up with tears.

Shi Bo apparently could not bear it, he furrowed his brows and pondered for a good while, “Alright, then you go in and see the old master, I’ll wait outside.”

“Thank you, Shi Bo,” Weiyi was overwhelmed with emotion.

Shi Bo smiled, waited for her to enter, then closed the door.

…

Weiyi slowly walked up to the hospital bed.

Only upon closer inspection did she notice that Old Master Mo had a breathing tube inserted into his throat.

Such an apparatus, usually only seen in films involving critically ill individuals, was now right before her eyes…

Weiyi clenched her fists tightly.

It took quite a while before she dared to softly call out, “Grandpa.”

Old Master Mo lay there with his eyes tightly shut, his face pallid. It was unclear whether he was unconscious or asleep, and he showed no reaction to her voice…

Weiyi sat down beside him, reached out, and gently grasped the hand that rested on the edge of the bed.

Because of the constant IV infusions, his hand was nearly covered in needle punctures. Despite the fierce heat of summer, this hand was devoid of any warmth.

She had many things she wanted to say, but seeing the once imposing old master now tormented by illness…

She found herself unable to speak a word.

All she could do was hold his hand, look at his face, and sit silently beside him, waiting…

Unfortunately, until the door was knocked, Old Master Mo did not respond to her in any way.

“Princess, the doctor is coming to examine the old master,” Shi Bo said.

Mo Weiyi retracted both hands, lowered his head, wiped away the tears on his face, then stood up.

…

He stepped into the living room outside.

Shi Bo asked, “Did the old master say anything to you?”

Mo Weiyi shook his head.

He hadn’t opened his eyes at all from the beginning to the end…

Shi Bo had no choice but to say, “He might be unconscious right now, that’s the situation. And even if he wakes up, it’s very hard for him to speak…”

Mo Weiyi: “I know.”

With a breathing tube that thick inserted in his neck, it pained him just to look at it, let alone speak…

“Princess, regarding the matter of the will…”

Suddenly, the ringtone of a mobile phone sounded, and Mo Weiyi hurriedly took out his phone.

It was a call from Su Wanwan.

Mo Weiyi could only press to hang up first, then said, “Shi Bo, I’ll go back first.”

It really was getting late.

Shi Bo glanced at the time and, swallowing back his unfinished words, said, “Then go back and have some rest after eating. With your pregnancy, it’s better to visit the hospital less often. Regarding the matter of the will, I’ll talk to you about it next time.”

Mo Weiyi nodded in agreement.

He knew, even without being told, that the previously fixed content of the will regarding the distribution of shares must have been modified.

He wasn’t blood of the Mo Family, and having been cherished by Old Master Mo for twenty years was satisfaction enough. With no inheritance left for him now… it was only natural.

Perhaps it hurt a bit when he first found out, but upon reflection, such matters could be let go.

…

On the way back, Rong An called Aunt Zhou to prepare lunch in advance.

Mo Weiyi returned Su Wanwan’s call, “Wanwan, were you looking for me just now?”

He had been shedding tears in the sickroom for a long while. Although he hadn’t burst into loud sobs, his voice was still a bit hoarse.

On the other end of the phone, Su Wanwan could naturally hear it, “Did you cry again?”

“I’m fine.” Mo Weiyi sniffled.

“That Ruan Qiyang is really shameless. To treat you this way when such a beautiful and outstanding daughter arrives unannounced! It infuriates me. Just wait, I’ll definitely help you get back at her!”

Get back at her?

Mo Weiyi frowned, “What do you mean?”

“I just need to let my husband speak to Old Gu, you know Old Gu, right? I heard he is somewhat friends with President Xiao. Your Mo Family and the Gu family discussed cooperation before, though it seems it didn’t work out…”

“Are you talking about Gu Huai’an?”

“Yes!”

Mo Weiyi: “…”

So Gu Huai’an was referred to as “Old Gu” behind his back by those people?

There was also Ming Jinmo…

He seems to be about the same age as Gu Huai’an, yet he’s called “Uncle Six”?

All his subordinates also call him “Lord Six”…

If she hadn’t seen it with her own eyes, she would have thought he was some old man in his seventies or eighties.

“Gu Corporation is now the most badass media company in the country, squashing a female star is nothing to them. Also, I checked later, and it turns out your mom is that Fang Kaiying’s mom!”

“Who is Fang Kaiying?” Mo Weiyi was confused by her.

“Just a minor celebrity, now acting in a movie with my friend. I ran into her twice at the movie studio, always talking about ‘the most beautiful star offspring,’ pfft, like you aren’t prettier!”

Mo Weiyi: “…”

“Don’t worry, I’ve got this. I’ll make sure she and her daughter disappear from the entertainment industry completely!”

“Wanwan,” Mo Weiyi said calmly, “to be honest… before, I indeed thought that she might have had her reasons for refusing to raise me, or maybe she just wanted to abandon me. After I met her in Kyoto, I felt that whatever the reason, it’s quite normal. After all, she abandoned me the moment I was born, and in the past twenty years, she has had absolutely no emotional connection with me. It’s too normal for her not to recognize me suddenly showing up. She was willing to compensate with two hundred million, which I think is fair, so let it be, you don’t need to worry about this.”

“Family bonds can’t be measured in money! Her giving you two hundred million just proves that she has earned far more than that!” Su Wanwan argued vehemently, “You think two hundred million is a lot, but for her, that’s just the salary for two movies! Conversely, if you blow this matter up, not just two hundred million, her public image would totally collapse, and she’d trend again for ‘abandoning after birth,’ ‘low morality.’ The public won’t accept it, brands will pull her endorsements, and she’ll owe heaps in breach of contract; it’s a whole series of reactions. By then, her losses would definitely exceed two hundred million and may even affect her husband’s company, including all the artists under it…”

“I know,” Mo Weiyi sighed, “so let it be, why go to such extremes? After all, I’ve lived quite well these years. She was right about one thing, if she hadn’t abandoned me back then, how could I have had twenty years of a happy life?”

“You really are…” Su Wanwan was frustrated by her complacency.

“Okay, no need to persuade me anymore, I’ve decided already. Let’s just pretend I don’t know this woman and go our separate ways from now on.”

“Good that you can come to terms with it,” Su Wanwan sighed on the other end, “How come I find that ever since you got pregnant, you’ve become much more composed?”

“…Really?” Mo Weiyi was puzzled.

“Yes, maybe this is what they call the glow of motherhood.”

Mo Weiyi: “…”

Actually, she hadn’t really thought about how to take revenge on Ruan Qiyang.

Even if Ruan Qiyang was unscrupulous, no matter how you look at it, she had given her life, only to choose to abandon her right afterward.

But she no longer needed her mother like a little child…

So what if she had no parents?

She was now an adult, and soon she would be a mother herself. She could not only take care of herself but also continue to care for her child in the future.

And she would definitely not be like Ruan Qiyang; she would definitely be a diligent and good mother…

After hanging up the phone, Mo Weiyi put her phone back in her bag and accidentally touched that voice recorder again.

Only then did she remember that she had forgotten to mention this matter to her dad while on the phone…

She took out the voice recorder, looked at the logo on it, pondered for a moment, and asked, “Rong An, where can I buy a charging cable for this voice recorder?”

Rong An glanced at the rear-view mirror and reached out his hand, “Let me see.”

Mo Weiyi handed him the voice recorder.

At a red traffic light, Rong An stopped the car and examined the somewhat old voice recorder closely.

He finally said, “This seems to be an old model from Sony from a few years ago, you need to go to a specialty store to buy the matching charging cable.”

“Okay, take me to buy it first then we can go home.”

“Alright.”

…

After all that turmoil, it was past twelve when I finally got home.

Mo Weiyi plugged in the recorder to charge then went downstairs to have lunch.

Aunt Zhou served the dishes one by one and hesitantly said, “Princess, the master called earlier.”

Mo Weiyi asked curiously, “My dad?”

“Yes, he told me that Mr. Xiao was in a car accident yesterday and he’ll be recovering at the People’s Hospital for a few days…”

Mo Weiyi looked at her, “Aunt Zhou, what are you trying to say?”

Aunt Zhou quickly smiled and said, “I’ve made a pot of bone soup, princess. When you visit the hospital later, you can have Young Master Rong An bring the soup.”

Mo Weiyi: “…”

Really!

Beating around the bush, just to urge me to visit Xiao Yebai at the hospital?

Mo Weiyi tried to hold back, but finally managed to calmly say, “Aunt Zhou, I’ve been running around all morning and I’m really tired. Let me have a nap first and then we’ll see.”

“…Alright then,” Aunt Zhou said helplessly.

But as a servant, saying too much would be overstepping.

…

After lunch, Mo Weiyi went upstairs.

Sure enough, it wasn’t long before Xiao Yebai’s call came through.

Mo Weiyi looked at the name on the screen.

She didn’t know when, but she had changed his contact name from “Dear Xiaobai” to “Xiao Yebai.”

The phone rang persistently. As she watched, Mo Weiyi suddenly felt annoyed, quickly set the phone to silent, and then tossed it aside.

Out of sight, out of mind!

Then, she looked at the coffee table.

The recorder seemed to be fully charged.

She immediately picked it up and tentatively pressed the power button.

The screen lit up.

Mo Weiyi moved the playback time to the beginning, then pressed “play.”

Then, unbelievably, a woman’s gentle voice came out from inside.

It was indeed Xu Xian’s voice!

Mo Weiyi didn’t expect that the device had actually recorded Xu Xian’s words.

The feeling was too strange.

Xu Xian had been dead for exactly five years now, and to be honest, she had almost forgotten Xu Xian’s voice…

However, now that she knew she wasn’t her biological daughter, Mo Weiyi was hearing Xu Xian’s voice again after five years.

Mo Weiyi placed a pillow at the back of the couch, lay down flat, and quietly listened.

“This afternoon, the old master said he wanted to hear Weiyi play the piano, but that child was being petulant and didn’t want to play.”

“I know she did it on purpose, just to let the old master know she doesn’t like playing the piano, so then the old master will come to me and tell me not to arrange for a piano teacher anymore, not to force the child to do things she doesn’t want to do.”

“I was very angry and punished her to play in B minor 50 times, no eating until she was done. Maybe my voice was too harsh, she actually started crying…”

“Actually, my heart was also very upset, but Weiyi, you have to know, mom can’t have any more children, you are my only daughter, and my only hope. Your dad has many many women out there, if you always stay so naive, if you never grow up, how will you compete with others in the future…”

These must be incidents from before she was twelve.

Xu Xian didn’t speak much, it’s apparent it was recorded intermittently over a long gap.

The more Mo Weiyi listened, the more her thoughts drifted back to the past…

So that was the reason Xu Xian used to force her to play the piano, it was all out of concern that Mo Yaoxiong might have other illegitimate children, she did all that for her own good…

But she had misunderstood, even thinking that her mother was too harsh, occasionally going to complain to the old master about Xu Xian.

Suddenly realizing this made Mo Weiyi feel very uncomfortable, especially when she heard what came next—

“Why does it have to be like this? My beloved Weiyi, why isn’t she my biological daughter?”

“I don’t believe it, I went to ask Yaoxiong, I also asked mom, I even went to that orphanage and found the director…”

“I really felt like dying…”

“Yaoxiong asked me to keep it a secret, said not to upset the old master, just to love Weiyi like my own daughter, but I couldn’t accept it, I really couldn’t accept it…”

This must have been after she got hurt when she was twelve, It was then, in the hospital, that Xu Xian found out her blood type was wrong, and it was from that time onward she became sullen and gradually developed depression.

Mo Weiyi, with her eyes closed, quietly listened to the woman’s voice filled with pain and despair.

The bedroom was very quiet, the curtains weren’t drawn, and the afternoon sun cast a fierce glow inside.

She lay motionless on the couch, appearing calm, but only she knew how terrible she felt.

How desperate Xu Xian must have been?

To have loved and nurtured her daughter for twelve whole years, to find that she was just a substitute adopted from an orphanage…

And that her own husband and mother both knew about this, and they conspired to hide it from her, a secret kept for twelve years…

Mo Weiyi suddenly opened her eyes and sat up from the couch.

She couldn’t bear to listen anymore…

And she decided, it would be better to destroy the recorder. If her dad heard Xu Xian’s innermost confessions, he might also…

“I could never have imagined that besides the matter with Weiyi, Yaoxiong had hidden another huge secret from me!”

In the recorder, Xu Xian’s voice suddenly became very agitated.

Mo Weiyi was just about to press “stop” when her finger suddenly froze.

Following that.

“Xiao Yebai…”

Mo Weiyi was stunned.

“Xiao Yebai is actually Mo Yaoxiong’s biological son! That woman, the woman from back then, she didn’t die!”

“No wonder he was so good to Xiao Yebai! How could I be so foolish! I actually believed his lies! He has deceived me once again…”

Mo Weiyi was completely frozen in place.

Source: Webnovel.com, updated on Novlove.com