It was only later that she remembered the day she went to find Qiangwei. She told her she was her mother, but Weiwei didn’t seem the least bit surprised, as if she had known all along that they were mother and daughter.
When asked about this, Gu Qiangwei didn’t hide anything and nodded, "Mm, not that much earlier, just about an hour before you came to Jueyuan to find me."
Hearing this, Tang Yuyan couldn’t help but feel a bit surprised, "How did you know?"
"It was Qin Sijue, he had always been helping me investigate this matter."
Thinking of this, she could not help but picture Qin Sijue in her mind again.
That gentle yet domineering man, who seemed to dismiss everything, was incredibly protective of her, holding her as if she were the apple of his eye, treasuring her deep within his heart!
"So, you actually suspected that we were mother and daughter all along?"
"No." Gu Qiangwei shook her head and glanced at her, "Because you were Mrs. Nangong then, and I didn’t know about your amnesia before, so I wouldn’t have associated us as mother and daughter at all."
She paused, then continued, "But Qin Sijue had said that we looked alike, he had his suspicions from the beginning, and later, he also investigated you." She stopped there, "Mom, you don’t mind, do you?"
Tang Yuyan gave a gentle smile, "How could I mind? He did it all for our reunion."
"I’m glad you don’t mind."
"What happened after that?"
"After that, because of your identity, I always believed you couldn’t be my mother who disappeared twelve years ago, so I didn’t pay it any mind. But I didn’t expect Qin Sijue to keep investigating until the day you were hospitalized, that’s when I found out."
"I see." Tang Yuyan lowered her eyes, thinking of how Qin Sijue had been quietly investigating all along while they, mother and daughter, were near yet unaware of each other.
But now everything was clear.
"What about you? Did your memory suddenly return, and that’s how you remembered everything?"
Gu Qiangwei, reminded by this, also grew curious about why her mother had lost her memories and why they had suddenly come back, how she remembered everything.
Hearing her daughter’s words, Tang Yuyan bowed her head, hesitated for a few seconds before speaking, "Not exactly."
She looked up, her eyes full of pity for Gu Qiangwei, "Indeed, it was the return of my memories that made me remember everything, but before that, I had also been having a private detective investigate your background secretly."
Upon hearing this, Gu Qiangwei was taken aback.
"Because I also felt that there was too much that was unusual between us. I remember, when you were shot and fell unconscious, my mother’s heart inexplicably hurt, that kind of excruciating pain as if a piece of flesh had been gouged from the tip of my heart." Recalling the scene when Gu Qiangwei was unconscious, Tang Yuyan’s eyes grew tearful.
Because at that time, the Doctor had said her chances of waking up were almost none.
"Afterwards, I had someone investigate. In the course of the investigation, indeed, it led to the Gu Family, but at that time I had no idea we could be mother and daughter, because I had absolutely no impression or memory of ever having a daughter, so I thought maybe we could be relatives or have some other relationship, until..."
Her voice faltered, becoming choked up.
Looking at her daughter she had not seen for twelve years, and thinking of all that she had suffered at the Gu Family, Tang Yuyan couldn’t help but become misty-eyed, taking Gu Qiangwei’s hand and continued, "When Xixi was hospitalized, I received a call from the private detective, and then... I went for a check-up, the Doctor told me that I had indeed given birth to a child."