Chapter 3: Chapter 3: The Unfavored Daughter of the Lai Family Chapter 3: Chapter 3: The Unfavored Daughter of the Lai Family Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation The man stood with his back to the light, dressed in a white shirt, tall and upright, over one meter eighty, the room’s light fell on his shoulder blades, giving off a soft luster.
It was somewhat difficult to discern his face, but Tang Li identified that he was not one of the Lai Family People.
In her previous life, she had never seen such a person in the Lai Family.
The man carried himself with the poise of someone in a position of authority.
Lai Wenyan was a National Congress Member, holding a high position as well, but in terms of accumulated prestige, he did not match the man before her.
Tang Li froze on the spot, uncertain whether to advance or retreat.
She hadn’t expected someone to be in the room, and that person was coincidentally standing by the balcony. She thought that at this hour, there should be nobody in the Lai Family’s mansion…
After all, it was getting dark, and it was Old Madam Lai’s 65th birthday banquet.
Like Aunt Wu, who had delivered clothes to her and then went to the garden to help out.
It was the beginning of October, around 6 o’clock in the evening, night had fallen, and behind Tang Li, the newly lit lights were a backdrop of dim warmth. Under the fading light, her slender figure seemed particularly fragile.
Through the half-open balcony sliding door, Tang Li could see the furnishings inside the room.
—This was Lai Wenyan’s study.
As if to confirm her guess, Lai Wenyan’s musings came from within the room: “Regarding the healthcare reform proposal, there are indeed quite a few differences within Congress…”
As a daughter, she was not favored by Lai Wenyan.
Her mother had given her the “Lai” name, placing her longing for Lai Wenyan upon her.
But two years ago, carrying her mother’s ashes, she took a two-day and two-night train ride to the Capital. Upon seeing Lai Wenyan for the first time, all of her anticipation and anxiety came to nothing, leaving only an indescribable sense of confusion and wandering.
Before her mother passed, she had given her an address but had not told her that her father had a family in the Capital, complete with a dignified and graceful wife and a beautiful daughter.
Tang Li still remembered Lai Wenyan’s expression at that time; he did not want this unexpected daughter of his.
At that time, Lai Sheng Xia was 22 years old, and Lai Yuaner was 16.
And she had just turned 17.
Tang Li and her mother spent more than a decade in poverty on the border between Myanmar and Vietnam. They had long learned to read people, and whether it was Lai Wenyan’s or Old Madam Lai’s attitude towards her, both made her realize that there was something problematic about her birth.
In her past life, a few years after she married Han Jifeng, accompanying him to a banquet, she encountered a senior individual with a high status, who could be considered an old acquaintance of her mother.
Only then did she find out that her mother Tang Yin was not “the other woman”; over twenty years ago, Lai Wenyan was on an undercover mission at the border. To infiltrate the enemy, Lai Wenyan utilized the favor he had with the young Miss Tang Yin; their relationship progressed to marriage.
Later, after the mission ended, Tang Yin’s father died, and Tang Yin herself disappeared.
It wasn’t long before Lai Wenyan was called back to the Capital.
No one expected that at that time, Tang Yin was already pregnant.
In her previous life, Tang Li returned to the Lai Family and was shot dead by mistake by the special police, a total of nine years, during which Lai Wenyan never revealed her true heritage to her.
“If the healthcare reform is really implemented, the annual expenditures of the Ministry of Finance will also increase.”
Inside the study, Lai Wenyan’s voice became increasingly clear.
—He was walking towards the balcony.
Just as Tang Li thought she would surely be caught, the man in front of her turned around and casually pulled the thick curtain closed.
Then, he walked back inside.
Tang Li was relieved, yet in her mind lingered the look the man had given her as he turned around—gentle as if he was looking at a naughty kitten. His handsome and scholarly features seemed to carry a faint smile.