The Eight-Year Lie： Shattered Vows and a Vengeful Heart - Chapter 15

“That woman, seeing the Xu family still hadn’t taken a stance, went to their house to argue. But Xu Ge’s mother was a woman of strict principles and directly told her that an illegitimate child from outside was not fit to be a child of the Xu family.”

“That woman was no pushover either. The two of them had a dispute. You know Xu Ge’s mother’s health. In a fit of anger, she was admitted to the hospital and passed away after rescue efforts failed. And that woman, afraid of getting into trouble, immediately accused Xu Ge, reporting to the police that Xu Ge had raped her, and the child in her belly was the evidence. The police haven’t acted yet, but Xu Ge’s dismissal is already a done deal…”

I couldn’t remember what Mrs. Liang said afterward, and I didn’t know when the call ended. My mind was still in a fog. I had taken my revenge, yet why was my vision blurry, and tears streamed down my face uncontrollably?

After being discharged, walking on the street, it was clearly midsummer, but I felt a chill all over my body. I entered a flower shop and chose a bouquet of white freesias, with a fresh and elegant scent-Xu Ge’s mother’s favorite flowers.

Today was her third death anniversary, and I ought to visit. I carefully wiped her photo, then knelt and kowtowed three times. When I looked up again, my face was covered in tears. “I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to hurt you.”

She had treated me exceptionally well, not caring about my family or my good-for-nothing father, but instead comforted me at every turn. After the incident, she hadn’t contacted me. As intelligent as she was, how could she not have realized it was my doing? She was simply heartbroken for me.