After Divorce, Hidden Marriage Husband Became Addicted to Me
Chapter 105 - 103: Bite Marks, Origin

Chapter 105: Chapter 103: Bite Marks, Origin

Fu Tingzhou looked at her, eyes reddening like a small animal, struggling to resist. He furrowed his brow, involuntarily released his hand, and gazing at the bite mark on his wrist, he said with a deep gaze, "Following me here and even biting me, Tang Xi, do you have an explanation for me?"

Tang Xi looked at him with some fear, startled for a moment upon hearing this.

Did he think that she was tracking him?

So he thought of her like that... But it’s just as well, as long as she keeps him from finding out about her pregnancy, any misunderstanding is preferable.

"So what if I followed you, what if I didn’t? The hospital isn’t something you and Su Mengshu own, I can come if I want to." After saying that, Tang Xi raised her head and called out, "Sister, you’re here."

Fu Tingzhou turned around.

Tang Xi took the chance to slip away.

Watching her retreating back, he couldn’t help but frown. This woman, why run... He wasn’t some natural disaster or fierce beast, he didn’t scold her for being discovered tracking him!

Looking at the bite mark on his wrist.

The woman didn’t hold back when biting him; it broke the skin, slightly bleeding but it wasn’t much of a problem.

Su Mengshu came out of the consultation room, holding the ultrasound report in her hands and wondering how to keep Fu Tingzhou around; she had booked a fancy restaurant for a romantic dinner for that evening.

Just as she approached, she saw Fu Tingzhou looking at his arm, a tender emotion emerging in his gaze, which surprised Su Mengshu, "Tingzhou... I’ve had my check-up, the doctor said the fetus is healthy and well-behaved, my back pain and discomfort are due to my poor health... I will try my best to take care of myself, to take care of our child, no matter how hard or tiring it gets."

When Fu Tingzhou looked at Su Mengshu, his expression returned to normal, he gently hugged her shoulder, "That’s good, have they prescribed any medicine?"

"They prescribed some, come with me to get it," said Su Mengshu tenderly, smiling as she hooked her arm through his.

"Tingzhou, let’s go out to dinner together tonight... I’ve made a reservation."

"I have to spend the evening with my mother, let’s do it another time."

Su Mengshu pinched her lips, a look of grievance in her eyes, but she still tried to appear understanding, "Then... okay... How is aunty feeling now? If only she liked me, accepted my presence, I’d really like to take care of her..."

"When my mother is discharged, I will introduce you to her."

Su Mengshu’s eyes lit up, "Tingzhou, then, when are we getting married... I don’t mean to rush you, I’m just scared, I’m scared my belly will grow and my colleagues, relatives, and friends will gossip about me, gossip about me being pregnant before marriage... I don’t want our child to be born without a proper status..."

Fu Tingzhou furrowed his brows.

Mentioning the child, his expression changed slightly.

Because he had experienced the same, Qin Jianlan had struggled to provide for him, living frugally, coming to the Fu Family only to be unaccepted, he even less wanted his own child to go through the same. He spoke indifferently, "Next month, we can get engaged."

"Really? That’s wonderful," Su Mengshu was overjoyed.

Compared to her happiness, Fu Tingzhou was obviously indifferent.

As if he wasn’t the one getting engaged.

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Tang Xi went to the welfare institution.

She brought many toys and snacks for the children.

The orphanage still has five children, and Xiaomi is the youngest.

She comes over in her spare time to tutor the children and play with them.

The orphanage is located in a remote area, surrounded by ordinary residential buildings. Though the area it occupies is not small, with three floors and a large yard equipped with some sports facilities, the environment here is quite ordinary. At the moment, Tang Jingyun, along with Tang Shiyue, is clearing weeds off the ground.

Tang Xi also put on gloves and walked over.

"Mom Tang, you go rest, Shiyue and I can handle it."

It was June, and the sun was starting to heat up. The youth’s face was covered in sweat, wearing a plain white short-sleeved shirt, looking fresh and handsome, "Sis, when did you get here? I didn’t even hear you."

Tang Xi smiled, "I cut some watermelon and placed it on the table, go wash your hands and eat."

Tang Shiyue walked away, then after a few seconds, came back. The youth handed a piece of watermelon to Tang Xi’s lips, "Sis, you eat too."

Tang Xi smiled tenderly, bowing her head to take a bite.

She did not see that the youth’s eyes held the same tenderness, enveloped with a trace of adoration.

But all this was seen by her Tang Jingyun.

Tang Jingyun knew her son’s thoughts all too well. She was not old-fashioned and rigid, but, she didn’t see it favorably either... because she knew that Tang Xi had no other complex feelings towards her son, only familial affection, treating Shiyue just like a younger brother.

"Xixi, come with me to my room, I have something for you."

Tang Xi nodded and followed Tang Jingyun upstairs.

Tang Jingyun opened a drawer, "This is something your mother left for you, and now it’s time it should be returned to you."

Tang Xi took it, a metal box with a red cloth bundle inside, containing a handwritten letter and a silver metal lucky bead about the size of a fingernail, engraved with the letter ’L’.

Her fingers trembling, she caressed the lucky bead, clenching it tightly in her palm, this was her only... the only connection to her mother.

Tang Jingyun spoke from the side, "Your mother was a very good person, she always entrusted me to take good care of you, but I was so useless, letting you suffer so much in the Su Family. And making you, constantly run around for my illness."

Tang Xi opened the yellowed letter.

"I’m sorry to have you born under these circumstances, my daughter, mom loves you, but mom is guilty, unable to stay by your side, to grow up with you. Mom named you Ningning, hoping your life will be peaceful."

Tang Xi bit her lip hard, tears swirling in her eyes.

She read the short two lines over and over again.

Tang Jingyun stood up and hugged her, "She was a very beautiful woman, excellent, wise, and elegant. Even dressed in prison clothes, with short hair, she still had great demeanor. Your mother is definitely not a lawbreaker; she must have been suffering greatly to have to commit a crime. Mom Tang can tell you, she didn’t die, I saw her when she was released from prison, that time you were one year old, she came to hold you, then she left."

"Left? Where did she go?" Tang Xi asked with a trembling voice, "Where did she go, and why hasn’t she contacted me all these years?"

How much she longs for a family, to have parents.

"That I don’t know... Her number is now out of service... These things of your mother, I give them to you, I know you’ve always been thinking about her all these years..."

Tang Xi lowered her gaze, looking again at the letter in her hand, watching her mother’s handwriting, slowly matching the gentle and elegant image described by Tang Jingyun... "What is my mother’s name?"