After Bankruptcy, the Billionaire Asked Me to Marry Him!
Chapter 353: Fairy Tales Are All Deceptive

Chapter 353: Chapter 353: Fairy Tales Are All Deceptive

"Young Madam, the young... young master has fallen ill!"

On the other end of the line, the old butler was so anxious that he stuttered.

It was an unprecedented urgency.

Even earlier that morning when he called to say Xiao Bao was missing, he hadn’t been this worried.

Wanted to ask what falling ill meant, and what illness he had.

The words were on the tip of her tongue, but Ye Li’s voice was calm and restrained, "Uncle Ning, don’t worry. I’ll be there immediately!"

"Ah Li, come and have..." breakfast.

"Mom, I’m leaving first. Xiao Bao is sick."

In the living room on the first floor, before Li Xueqing’s cheerful words were finished, Ye Li had already swept past like a gust of wind.

Hot on her heels, the car roared away.

After running two red lights, the Maybach stopped at the alley entrance of the old mansion. As soon as Ye Li got out of the car, she heard the noise from afar.

"Let me in, I’m Xiao Bao’s mother. How dare you stop me!"

"The old madam has ordered that you are not allowed in!"

"Get out of the way..."

Ye Li quickly stepped forward and immediately saw Lin Kerou arguing with two servants at the door.

Wearing a moon-white Chanel suit.

Her hair elegantly pinned up at the back.

At first glance, she appeared as the quintessential noble lady of a wealthy family.

But at this moment, Lin Kerou was pushing and shoving the two young and strong servants in an undignified manner, trying to get in. However, the two men had their hands behind their backs, blocking the door like a wall of flesh. No matter how she pushed or hit, they neither retaliated nor gave way.

Lin Kerou was furious, "I am Fu Muzhi’s mother. How dare you not let me in to see him!"

"Young Madam!"

Seeing those two look respectfully at someone behind her, Lin Kerou suddenly turned her head, just in time to see Ye Li walking up.

"Ye Li!"

Lin Kerou looked at Ye Li with an ashen face, "Xiao Bao is ill. I need to go in and see him!"

"Who told you that Xiao Bao is ill?"

Ye Li retorted.

Lin Kerou was startled, the panic in her eyes flashed briefly.

She had been back in the Imperial City for more than four months.

In those four months, except for weekends, she could see Xiao Bao from afar at the kindergarten gate every day but that’s all she could do.

The last time, be it due to the maternal instinct or coincidence, Xiao Bao came out to meet her.

She originally thought after three years, he would forget everything from the past, and since she was his mother, it would be just a matter of time before he accepted her.

But unexpectedly, nothing changed after that day.

She waited for months.

Until yesterday.

Although it cost her a few million, the fact proved that money makes the devil grind the beans.

The moment she saw Xiao Bao appear at the alley entrance at the appointed time, Lin Kerou once again confirmed that her gamble was worth it.

She just didn’t expect that upon their first meeting, Ye Li would see through it all.

"I am his mother!"

Composed, Lin Kerou said, "He is my flesh and blood. Whether he is happy or sick, no one knows better than I do!"

"So, you mean to say that when the child is in pain, the mother’s heart hurts?"

Ye Li sneered, "Sorry, you’re late. Your maternal love is past its expiry date!"

Saying that, she turned to leave, watching as Lin Kerou swiftly followed.

Ye Li stopped, looked at the two servants and said, "Grab her and throw her to the entrance of the alley! From now on, not just the Fu family’s door, but even this alley is off-limits to her!"

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"Ye Li, how dare you!"

Lin Kerou’s face changed dramatically, her anger boiling over, "Ye Li, don’t think that just because Fu Yan has married you, you are really Mrs. Fu. You..."

"Throw her out!"

"Yes!"

Before Lin Kerou could finish speaking, Ye Li had already stepped past them and entered the gate of the old mansion.

Looking up again, she saw that the two were exchanging glances and walking toward her menacingly.

Thinking that they would really do as Ye Li said and toss her out of the alley.

At that point, it wouldn’t just be the Fu family, but her entire reputation among the Imperial Capital’s wealthy families would be completely ruined.

Lin Kerou was so furious that her voice steadied, "Ye Li, what kind of noble lady of a wealthy family are you? Fu Yan, look at what kind of woman you’ve married!"

Spinning on her heel before they could touch her, Lin Kerou stomped away in anger, almost breaking the heel of her shoe.

Ye Li ran all the way to the small courtyard, just in time to see Old Mrs. Fu wiping tears, and the old butler spinning in anxious circles at the study door.

"Grandmother..."

"Little Lizi..."

Seeing a savior, Old Mrs. Fu grabbed Ye Li’s hand and said, "Go in and have a look..."

As she spoke, Old Mrs. Fu’s tears fell again.

Ever since the kindergarten started after the New Year, Xiao Bao had been happy every day.

Up at seven.

Out the door by seven-thirty.

Until five-thirty in the evening, when he hopped and skipped through the front door.

The atmosphere in the old mansion visibly lively.

Thinking it would get better and better, there was a chance that someday Xiao Bao might speak.

Old Mrs. Fu smiled as she thought about it.

Unexpectedly, just after Yan left on a business trip, something happened to Xiao Bao.

"Grandmother, don’t worry, I’ll go in and take a look!"

On the way here, she had already learned the whole story from the old butler.

Knew he had sneaked out early yesterday morning to meet Lin Kerou at the tea house in the alley.

Also knew he had locked himself in his room for two days and one night.

Before, on weekends, he also spent entire days alone reading, drawing, building Lego, so no one noticed anything unusual.

Until this morning, when he was supposed to leave for school, the old butler opened the door and found him acting strange.

Huddled in the corner of his bed, not speaking.

If anyone approached, he would scream and bang his head against the wall.

It was as if, overnight, he had returned to three years ago, when Fu Yan first brought him home to the Fu family.

"Brother Mu..."

The gentle knock on the door sounded, accompanied by Ye Li’s voice from outside, "Brother Mu, may I come in?"

In the pitch-black room, Xiao Bao was curled up in Da Bai’s embrace, tightly gripping one of Da Bai’s hands.

In the dim light, Xiao Bao looked at the blood marks on the back of his hand he had scratched himself, his eyes filled with panic.

What should he say when he saw Ye Xiaoli?

How could he tell her that Fu Yan was not his uncle, but his dad?

She liked uncle so much, her eyes lit up like gems every time she saw him. If she found out uncle had an illegitimate son, would she leave uncle?

On one hand, he felt she wouldn’t, considering she initially misunderstood him to be uncle’s illegitimate child.

At that time, she and uncle were just newlyweds, but she didn’t despise him, even when she mistakenly thought he had fallen into the ice lake on a frigid day. She jumped in without hesitation to save him.

On the other hand, he was afraid she might mind, given that she was no longer the same person.

"Xiao Bao, fairy tales are all lies! Snow White was so pretty, when the King married the new Queen, she was almost killed, let alone you. You are a boy. When you grow up, and in the future, Ye Li gives birth to a child of her own, she won’t accept you for the sake of her own child."

"Only your mom has a heart solely for you... Come back to mom, everything mom has is yours. We’ll keep that secret together, and everything will go back to how it was, okay?"

That was uncle, how could he be dad?

If he were dad, why did he say he was uncle?

Why didn’t he acknowledge him?

Was it because of Ye Li?

Or was it because of... her?

His head was filled with dense black threads, intertwining horizontally, vertically, and diagonally, forming an impenetrable net once again.

Looking up again, the patch of mottled light at the foot of the bed turned into a mass of pitch-black ink, left and right, pressing on him heavily like mud.

"Ah... ah ah ah..."

With wide eyes, Xiao Bao screamed.