He had already guessed the truth of the matter, and it was indeed that absurd idea he had initially conceived.
The revelation hit him like a bolt from the blue, turning his face pale and his entire body rigid.
This was not the outcome he wanted, absolutely not!
An Ruo turned her head to look at him, saw his stiff expression, but no other anomalies.
"Actually, I lied to you. I didn’t give the child away; he’s been here all along, always right here."
Her hand gently caressed the tombstone, her eyes revealing a mother’s tender love for her child.
"That day, someone called me, said you had something for me, and asked me to meet up.
Then I went, but that person gave me a check instead. They said you and Lan Keren were already married and asked me to take the money and stay away from you..."
"I didn’t want to believe what he said, but he showed me photos of you and Lan Keren in Country A, looking intimate. You indeed had been with her in Country A without telling me.
I even called you, wanting to confirm with you, but on the phone, I heard Lan Keren’s voice.
It was the middle of the night in Country A. Why was she there with you at such a late hour? And both of you sounded like you had been woken up," An Ruo said calmly.
What happened that day was her most painful memory. She had never mentioned it to anyone because she didn’t have the courage to recall it.
But now she could easily speak of it, because the pain in her heart had lessened a lot. It was also because she didn’t want to care too much anymore; what she needed was to let go, to find peace.
Tang Yuchen’s throat moved as he asked with difficulty, "What happened afterward?"
"Afterward... I walked out of the café, feeling a severe pain in my abdomen. My water broke. I was rushed to the hospital. Due to complications during delivery, by the time I woke up, all that was left was the child’s lifeless body..."
Tang Yuchen staggered backward in shock, nearly collapsing to the ground.
So the child had died during a difficult birth!
She must have been in so much pain at the time. First the betrayal from him, and then the agony of losing a child...
He couldn’t bear to think further. Even though he had killed people, seen more bloody and cruel scenes, and had long since become cold and heartless,
the very thought of what had happened to her was something he simply couldn’t face, couldn’t accept at all.
Just imagining that scene was enough to make one feel utterly devastated.
An Ruowei slightly lifted her head, the wind tousling her hair, her eyes distant as she continued,
"Tang Yuchen, you will never understand how I felt that day. To me, it might as well have been the end of the world.
My love for you died completely that day. I never wanted to see you again, so I begged Yun Feiyang to take me away, to a place you would never find.
But why, after just one year, has my peace been shattered? Why do I still have to face you now..."
In that moment, Tang Yuchen’s eyes became dark, void of any light.
He clenched his fists, the only way to restrain his trembling body.
Now he finally understood why she hated him so much, why she didn’t want to see him.
He had destroyed her, completely destroyed her.
She really didn’t love him anymore, and it wasn’t just talk.
He, at that moment, was filled with regret, wishing time could be turned back. He would have avoided the occurrence of everything.
In his attempt to hide things from her, thinking it was for her own good, he had never imagined it would harm both her and the child. Now he fully tasted the bitterness of his own actions...