Yan Xinxin clutched her water cup, tears silently falling into it.
"When I was eighteen, on the night before my high school graduation, I was assaulted by a stranger at the Universal Star International Hotel."
"What? H-how could something happen!"
Lan Xuan gasped, heartbroken, stepping forward to embrace Yan Xinxin.
"The little boy you saw yesterday... he’s my son."
"Then that little girl is your daughter too? You had twins?"
Yan Xinxin shook her head regretfully at the suggestion.
"I was indeed pregnant with twins back then, but my daughter was pronounced dead the day she was born..."
Lan Xuan was stunned, unable to find any words to comfort Yan Xinxin.
This kind of pain from loss wasn’t something that mere words could heal or ease.
"I don’t know if my little angel has truly left me, but I only got to see her once."
"So young, giving birth unmarried. I endured countless judgments and insults, even disdain from my own family. For Xi and Chun, I persevered through it all, but even now, I often have nightmares—nightmares about that night..."
"Unbelievable! Didn’t you report it to the police back then? They could’ve arrested that man for what he did to you—it’s a crime!"
Lan Xuan exclaimed indignantly.
"The police? If they’d known it was him, they’d only bow and scrape."
"That man wields a lot of power?"
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"So yesterday, that man deliberately brought up this matter to ruin your wedding with Young Master Mo? But in Ancheng, I don’t think anyone holds more power than Young Master Mo. Could that man still have the audacity to harm you?"
Yan Xinxin gave Lan Xuan a bitter smile.
"Lan Lan, you’re right. That man is very powerful. In Ancheng, no one dares to provoke him."
Lan Xuan paused, detecting a hidden implication in Yan Xinxin’s words.
"Could it be... don’t tell me... the man who hurt you back then was—was Young Master Mo?!"
She stared wide-eyed in disbelief, then quickly shook her head and waved her hands.
"No, no! If it’s Young Master Mo, aren’t you two fine now? Besides, you’re about to get married..."
"Before yesterday, I didn’t know that the man back then was him at all."
Lan Xuan’s astonishment deepened as her eyes widened further.
"So what’s Young Master Mo’s deal? He hurt you five years ago, and now he’s marrying you?"
"Probably out of guilt, pity for me, or maybe he just wants Xi to legitimately become the Mo family’s heir."
Yan Xinxin wiped her tears with a self-mocking smile.
Her hand moved to her flat stomach again, and the piercing pain surged once more.
Lan Xuan, seeing Yan Xinxin’s despondence, reached out to hold her hand.
"Xinxin, though it may sound selfish, I have to admit I’m kind of glad that the man who hurt you back then turned out to be Young Master Mo."
Yan Xinxin forced a faint smile.
"But the fear and pain he caused me—I can’t forget, nor can I forgive."
As she spoke, she slowly stood up.
"Thank you, Lan Lan. But I think I might need to trouble you for some time—I want to stay here for now."
"Of course, no problem. Once you feel better, you can go back to Young Master Mo. After all, you two are already married, and you even have a child..."
Before Lan Xuan’s words had finished, the doorbell rang.
"Could it be my mom coming to see me?"
Lan Xuan wondered aloud before turning to open the door.
But as soon as the door opened and she saw the person standing outside, her eyes flew wide open in shock.