After Bankruptcy, the Billionaire Asked Me to Marry Him!
Chapter 136 The Reality is Much Crueler

Chapter 136: Chapter 136 The Reality is Much Crueler

Cheng Yanhuai sent a freshly roasted secret-recipe turkey from a private chef.

Lue Xizhou sent a set of racing car toys.

Gu Lanqing sent a box of fireworks, plus a bottle of perfume from Tan Ningyan for Ye Li.

The person who came to deliver the gifts was Gu Lanqing’s secretary, who respectfully placed the gifts down and looked towards Ye Li, "Mrs. Fu, my Lady says, whenever you have time, she would like to invite you for a meal, to somewhat express her apology."

Ye Li was momentarily stunned, then seeing Fu Yanci glance at Xiao Bao, she quickly realized what was happening.

The first time they met, she had asked Tan Ningyan about the past between Fu Yanci and Xiao Bao’s Mother.

Knowing full well that Xiao Bao was Fu Yanci’s nephew, Tan Ningyan deliberately misled her with vague words, leading her to believe Xiao Bao was Fu Yanci’s son, until yesterday when Fu Yanci denied it.

Now that the truth was clear, Tan Ningyan must be feeling incredibly guilty.

"No need..."

Ye Li shook her head with a smile, "I’ll contact Sister Ningyan later."

After the person left, Ye Li made a phone call to Tan Ningyan to thank her and Young Master Gu for the gifts, and, by the way, they chatted about that beautiful misunderstanding last time.

After hanging up the phone, she heard the whirring sound of racing car toys from the bedroom.

Ye Li walked over and saw Xiao Bao freely controlling the racing car with a remote.

"Are you done?"

She ruffled Xiao Bao’s hair, letting him continue playing, then Fu Yanci came over, checked Ye Li’s forehead temperature, and took her to take her medicine.

When they came back, they sat together on the bay window.

Seeing Xiao Bao, who was as handsome as a child star, Ye Li’s heart filled with even more sympathy.

She had thought he had been abandoned by his mother but at least had Fu Yanci, his father, to look after him, and when he grew up, apart from Old Mrs. Fu and Fu Yanci, he would be the most precious member of the Fu Family.

It turned out, however, that Fu Yanci was not the father, but the uncle.

"Fu Yanci..."

Ye Li leaned closer to Fu Yanci and asked softly, "Xiao Bao’s father..."

"Passed away."

With just one sentence from Fu Yanci, Ye Li’s lips tightened.

She heard him say softly, "Xiao Bao’s father passed away before he was even born; Xiao Bao was a posthumous child."

"His mother wasn’t married to my older brother at that time. My aunt was crying so hard she was nearly blind, kneeling in front of her begging her to give birth to the child, and she agreed."

Mentioning the past, Fu Yanci’s face grew dark.

The night around them, accompanied by the cold wind, seemed to be frozen over, emanating a chilling coldness.

"For Xiao Bao, my uncle and aunt promised her that if she kept the child, they would give half of my older brother’s wealth to her. Besides that, she was free to go wherever she wanted, marry whoever she wanted in the future, and the Fu Family would keep it a secret that Xiao Bao was her child, ensuring her future marriage prospects wouldn’t be affected."

"She agreed! But once the child was born, she changed her mind!"

Ye Li’s suppressed heart suddenly eased, "A child is flesh and blood born of a mother’s ten-month pregnancy, she must not have wanted to let go. What happened then?"

How did Xiao Bao end up being taken back?

And why were his grandmother and you looking after him?

What about his uncle and aunt?

Almost as soon as she asked what happened next, Ye Li sensed something was wrong.

The already gloomy expression on the man’s face seemed to frost over, his black eyes accumulating an expanse of dark clouds.

"Later..."

He glanced at Xiao Bao, who had now disassembled the racing car into pieces and was beginning to reassemble it according to the manual, and Fu Yanci said in a heavy voice, "Later, she took Xiao Bao and moved out to live elsewhere."

"No one knew what happened, only that my aunt was so angry she vomited blood. When I got there, Xiao Bao... was locked in a cage, covered in injuries... and that day was his second birthday."

"A cage...?"

Shocked and unable to fully voice her feelings, Ye Li moved her lips, then turned to look at Xiao Bao again.

Tears slid down her cheeks, unbidden.