The woman’s name was Wang Yun.
A very ordinary woman.
She had once worked as a maternity nurse.
What was unusual was.
She had once cared for the Xu family’s infant, Xu Wendong.
She had another identity.
She was Xu Wendong’s wet nurse.
Wang Yun was forty-two years old this year. Back when she cared for the newborn Xu Wendong, she had just given birth herself and had an abundance of milk.
Because Xu Wendong’s mother had no milk, the young Xu Wendong cried in hunger. Out of compassion, she suggested that Xu Wendong feed from her milk.
At first, she thought she would be refused. After all, the Xu family was a legitimate big household and generally looked down on someone like her.
But to her surprise, Xu Qingshan and Luo Qingchuan readily agreed.
Not only that, but they also treated her with great respect.
Just a hundred days after Xu Wendong was born, the Xu family experienced a massive upheaval.
Xu Wendong also realized why he felt a sense of familiarity when he saw Wang Yun.
Even though he was just an infant at the time.
Even though years had passed.
That familiar feeling was something he could never forget.
"Back then, your parents gave me a vacation, allowing me to go home and rest. Who knew, when I returned, the Xu family would have suffered a great upheaval?"
"The next time I saw your father, he was already lying in a coffin, and you and your mother had disappeared." Talking about the past, Wang Yun couldn’t help but sigh.
"By the way, I have a photo of you at one hundred days, with your parents. If you want to see it, I can take you home."
Wang Yun smiled kindly: "Come on, get in the car, Auntie Wang will take you home."
"Auntie Wang, let me take you home instead!" It was the depths of winter, and Xu Wendong couldn’t bear the thought of making his wet nurse carry him.
"Alright." Wang Yun moved her right leg with difficulty and then sat to one side on the back of the tricycle, limping.
Xu Wendong couldn’t help but frown: "Auntie Wang, what happened to your leg?"
Wang Yun forced a smile: "It’s nothing. I broke it when I fell down the stairs. At first, I didn’t think it was a big deal, but it turned out to be a fracture."
"Anyway, you just follow this road straight, turn right at the next traffic light, and then go straight through six more traffic lights, and you’ll reach the place."
"Okay." Xu Wendong nodded obediently and continued on as Wang Yun directed.
He thought the journey would be brief.
Gradually, he felt something was off.
After turning right, the distance between traffic lights became increasingly extensive. Normally, each traffic light would be a few hundred meters apart. Still, he felt that the distance between lights here was at least two or three kilometers.
Moreover, the view ahead was becoming much more open.
They were heading toward the suburbs!
"Auntie Wang, didn’t you say my parents gave you a house? That house can’t be in the suburbs, can it?" Xu Wendong wore an expression of disbelief.
In his view, a house from eighteen years ago, even if somewhat remote, should at least be within the current third ring, or even within the second ring.
Wang Yun forced a smile: "Your parents were very generous people. How could they have given me a house in the suburbs? The main reason is I moved later on."
Xu Wendong felt relieved.
After more than half an hour on the road, the tricycle arrived in front of a small courtyard in an old residential area.
By this time, Xu Wendong was sweating all over from the heat.
"For someone like me, it took over half an hour. How long would it take Auntie Wang with her bad leg to get in and out of the city?" Xu Wendong’s heart grew heavy.
Wang Yun pushed open the gate and gestured for Xu Wendong to park the tricycle in the yard.
A slender girl emerged from inside. She was wrapped in a long white down coat, her hair slightly messy, a lollipop in her mouth.
Though her appearance was unkempt, her features were delicate, especially her bright eyes, as beautiful as stars in the night sky.
"Mom, you’re home a bit early today!" Tang Xiaoxiao’s voice was clear and pleasant. She took the uneaten sugar-coated haws from her mother and looked curiously at Xu Wendong: "Who is this guy?"
Wang Yun grabbed Xu Wendong’s hand, limping toward the house, and smiled: "Don’t you recognize him?"
Tang Xiaoxiao rolled her eyes: "Should I?"
Wang Yun revealed a kind smile: "He’s the boy in the photo!" She said, fixing her gaze on the family picture on the TV cabinet.
Xu Wendong also saw the photo.
There were four people in the picture.
One was a woman sitting in a chair, holding a plump baby boy in her arms.
This woman had a kind smile on her face—it was Wang Yun.
Behind her was a young couple.
The man was six feet tall, with sword-like eyebrows, sharp eyes, and a charismatic demeanor, especially when he smiled. It reminded Xu Wendong of a phrase.
Beside him was a woman in a black cheongsam; she had a stunning appearance, her smile gentle and lovely, her eyes curving into crescent moons when she smiled.
Seeing this couple brought an incredibly familiar feeling to Xu Wendong, making his nose sting and his eyes fill with hot tears.
It was the first time he had seen what his parents looked like.
"Oh, so this is that boy in the photo!" Tang Xiaoxiao suddenly spoke, but her voice was cold: "Xu, get out of my house, we don’t want you here!"
Wang Yun frowned and said displeasedly: "Xiaoxiao, don’t be rude to the guest!"
"Mom, he isn’t a guest of ours!" Tang Xiaoxiao said angrily: "If it weren’t for the Xu family, would you have ended up ?"
"Have you forgotten who broke your leg?"
Wang Yun sighed: "But this has nothing to do with Wendong!"
Xu Wendong couldn’t help but ask: "Auntie Wang, what happened to your leg?"
Before Wang Yun could respond, Tang Xiaoxiao’s voice rang out: "My mom is your nanny. After your dad died, the Xu family wanted to eliminate you, so they found our family and forced my mom to reveal your whereabouts."
"My mom refused, so the Xu family broke her leg."
"Since then, my mom’s life changed. She couldn’t continue as a nanny; no one would hire a cripple for a nanny."
"Otherwise, she wouldn’t have been reduced to selling sugar-coated haws on the street." Having said this, she let out a heavy scoff, her gaze toward Xu Wendong filled with deep hostility.
Wang Yun sternly said: "Xiaoxiao, I know you hate the Xu family, but Wendong is also a victim. You can’t project your hatred for the Xu family onto him."
Tang Xiaoxiao turned her head away, still harboring resentment toward Xu Wendong.
Xu Wendong unconsciously clenched his fists, the hatred in his heart growing stronger: "Auntie Wang, Sister Xiaoxiao, don’t worry, I will definitely seek justice for you, and I won’t let you suffer any grievance."
Wang Yun said: "Wendong, Auntie only wishes for your health, the rest..."
Suddenly, there was a frantic knocking at the door and an angry voice: "Bitch, open the door, open it now!"