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The expression on Wen Jie’s face shifted and she took a step back involuntarily.
“What is the truth behind this that you are willing to be insulted and abused just to cover it up?” Gu Juexi asked heavily.
“Juexi, revealing the truth doesn’t always mean that you are amending the injustice. Sometimes when you stubbornly go after the truth, you might end up receiving an unimaginably hurtful answer.” Wen Jie gripped her son’s arms tightly, her voice raspy.
“Mom, Auntie Mao knew the truth but she blamed it all on Gu Tianmu. Do you know why? She expected me to probe into this and find the answer myself.”
“It is because she was told by someone who has no idea about what really happened!” Wen Jie became enraged out of a sudden, as if she had been provoked to a point where she had lost all her patience.
“And you, the only person who knows the whole truth, would rather conceal it instead?” Gu Juexi rebutted.
“Gu Juexi, what are you arguing about with Mom?” Ye Yuwei walked out of her room. Wen Jie was breathless from the bickering and Ye Yuwei helped her sit down. “Why can’t you talk things out properly? Why do you have to fight?”
Gu Juexi stared at Wen Jie calculatively, then turned around and walked away.
Wen Jie covered her forehead with her hand. She was trembling slightly, looking overwhelmed.
The yard was quiet once Gu Juexi left. Ye Yuwei let go of Wen Jie’s arm. She could not cozy up with her like she used to.
“I’ll get you some water,” Ye Yuwei said and turned around.
“Weiwei, you resent me too, don’t you?” Wen Jie asked out of the blue.
Ye Yuwei clenched her hand very tightly, not knowing how to respond.
“Sit down, I want to talk to you about your father,” Wen Jie said, rather gently.
Ye Yuwei looked at Wen Jie in disbelief and surprise. “Mom, you are willing to tell me?”
Wen Jie gestured for her to take a seat. She composed herself, slowed her breathing and said, “Since you both went to Feng County, I suspect you know a bit about your father’s past.”
Ye Yuwei nodded.
“Forty-one years ago, when the Wen family was preparing to list the company, they encountered a major problem. Ironically, it was a fourteen-year-old boy who saved them from disaster. The first time I saw him, it was exactly like the first time I saw you but back then, Ye Di was there with him. He adored Ye Di very much.”
Ye Yuwei knew about this too, otherwise, her father won’t set up this riddle to avenge her Aunt.
“I was eighteen when I met your father.” Wen Jie looked down, her expression indistinguishable. “When they first moved into the Wen family, Ye Shu was very quiet and frigid. He would only smile at Ye Di and no one else.”
Ye Yuwei vaguely pondered that her father and Gu Juexi shared the same personality.
“In the first half of the year, the Wen family suffered financial instability after the company was listed. In the second half, I was engaged to Gu Tianmu. At the time, I was very unhappy but no one cared about my feelings and opinions except Ye Shu and Ye Di. They would talk to me and keep me company; they were the only warmth that I could rely on in that house. For me, they were like my brother and sister.”
Brother and sister?
Ye Yuwei looked at Wen Jie in bemusement. Was that how she defined her relationship with Ye Shu?
If so, how did the story about eloping emerge?
“Later, a lot of things happened. Everything had changed, including the people,” Wen Jie chuckled bitterly. She held onto the table and got to her feet. “Weiwei, no matter what, you should believe in your father. Sometimes, some stones are better left unturned.”