Chapter 287: Chapter 292: Discovering the Problem
Meng Xingzhi’s stern expression relaxed slightly as he pulled away his arm and stared into Su Yun’s eyes, demanding, “Are you keeping something from me?”
Su Yun’s heart skipped a beat, and she panicked, but she tried her best to maintain a calm facade.
“Of course not. After so many years of marriage, what could I hide from you?”
“What about before we were married?”
“There was even less then!” Su Yun could no longer keep up her composed front, her hands clenched tightly together on her knees.
Actually, her mental fortitude wasn’t that bad; otherwise, she wouldn’t have been able to be a captain, but she cared too much about Meng Xingzhi.
“Then where is your bracelet?” Meng Xingzhi grabbed her left hand, “I remember you’ve had a bracelet on your wrist since you were young, a family heirloom from the Su Family. It was made of Mithril and had the Lotus Sutra engraved on it by a micro-engraving master, with three thousand six hundred characters. How come I don’t see you wearing such a valuable item?”
Not many outsiders knew of this silver bracelet from the Su Family, but Meng Xingzhi was one of the few who did. The silver bracelet’s appearance was plain, and one who didn’t know the details wouldn’t understand its value.
What Meng Xingzhi didn’t know was that for many years, the old man had been giving Su Yun a hard time because she had lost the bracelet and stubbornly refused to disclose where it had gone.
“It’s been lost a long time ago!” Su Yun’s face turned slightly pale. Back when she was desperate to return and marry Meng Xingzhi, she had heartlessly abandoned her newborn daughter, and in her grief and guilt, had stuffed the bracelet into the infant’s swaddling clothes.
Her father’s resentment over the years had gradually led her to regret her past actions.
If only she hadn’t been soft-hearted at that moment.
“Really?” Meng Xingzhi couldn’t believe Su Yun would lose such an important bracelet.
“It’s true! I’ve already explained the situation to my father,” Su Yun struggled free from Meng Xingzhi’s grip and, feeling guilty, asked, “Have you heard some gossip?”
“Yes,” Meng Xingzhi sighed, “I was at a gathering with some of the brothers from the compound yesterday and I overheard some idle chatter about how you suffered a lot during your time as a sent-down youth.”
Su Yun, realizing it was about this, immediately relaxed and nestled pitifully against Meng Xingzhi’s chest, coquettishly saying, “Isn’t that the truth? But for you, it was all worth it.”
She bowed her head and didn’t notice the meaningful look in Meng Xingzhi’s eyes.
The idle chatter he had heard was not just about that; he had heard that Su Yun had given birth to a child during her time as a sent-down youth. She had abandoned that child for fear that she wouldn’t be able to marry him.
If this were the case, then he, Meng Xingzhi, would bear a huge sin. What did he have to offer, being just a filler in the household, that would justify her, the precious daughter of the Su Family, abandoning her own flesh and blood?
Would he have spurned her if she were single, even if she had truly had a child? What kind of man did she take him for, Meng Xingzhi?
Didn’t he have two sons himself? Would he have irrationally demanded that she be a virgin bride?
A severe look flashed across Meng Xingzhi’s eyes.
Seventeen years. If Su Yun had truly deceived him for seventeen years, then she couldn’t blame him for being ruthless.
Meng Xingzhi had an important meeting to attend today; he had planned to wait for Meng Ping to return to give him a proper scolding. However, since Meng Ping had been tasked with transporting Hai Lan, Meng Xingzhi had to go to the meeting first.
Su Yun was at home, practicing her painting, but the more she painted, the more unsettled she became. She thought of the tone Meng Xingzhi had used when he spoke to her, and she couldn’t shake the feeling that he was testing her!