Recognized by My Ex After Being Reborn
Chapter 400: I will not let go of any of the 400.

Chapter 400: I will not let go of any of the 400.

After Mother Yan left the Yan Family, heartbroken and with nowhere to go, she trudged for three hours, arriving beneath the Shuangshi Building, where security guards mistook her for a begging crone and drove her from Shuangshi territory.

Shi Lan left Jin Qiu’s house, and on the way back to Peak, she saw Mother Yan. Initially, she didn’t want to get involved, but seeing her wearing slippers and disheveled, she pulled her car up to Mother Yan. The Yan Family might have been disgusting, but at least this woman had never asked her for anything. Shi Lan had some suspicions and rolled down her window to ask Mother Yan, but before she could speak, the weakened Mother Yan collapsed by her car.

Because Mother Yan had been chased out without a penny to her name, she also didn’t bring a mobile phone.

Shi Lan called Yan Shixiu, and then Xun Yinghua had people support Mother Yan into Shuangshi.

After the doctor’s examination, confirming it was only dehydration and heatstroke, Yan Shixiu instructed the doctor to take care of her, then returned to his office to continue his work.

Shi Lan sat in the parlor, holding documents from Nanqi. Soon after, Mother Yan woke up on the sofa next to her.

Mother Yan sat up, finding the place unfamiliar and did not recognize the young woman in front of her as An Lan, with whom her daughter had fiercely clashed, so she thanked her, "Thank you, miss."

Shi Lan put down the documents and looked at Mother Yan, asking, "What happened? How did you end up in such a mess?"

Mother Yan braced herself on the sofa and then saw the documents on the table, the words "Nanqi City" piercing her eyes.

At this moment, Yan Shixiu entered, pushing the door open. He glanced at Mother Yan and said to Shi Lan, "Come to my office to have a look."

Shi Lan nodded, picked up the documents, and rose from the sofa, "You two talk."

Mother Yan was taken aback but dared not face Yan Shixiu and only after he sat down in front of her did she stealthily begin to wipe her tears.

"Did you walk over from the Yan Family?" Yan Shixiu asked.

"Shi Xiu, are you... investigating something?" Mother Yan thought of the document she had just seen and asked Yan Shixiu.

"Although it’s somewhat difficult, there will eventually be a result. Of course, if you’re willing to tell me voluntarily, it would save me a lot of effort," he responded.

Mother Yan wiped her tears and finally met Yan Shixiu’s gaze.

These eyes once brimmed with hope, but in the end, they turned distant and cold.

"You’ve been smart since you were young, and I knew that one day this would happen. Do you know why I dared not invest too much emotion in you? Because I knew you would eventually learn the whole truth. I was too afraid. I couldn’t face us becoming enemies. But..." Mother Yan stopped mid-sentence as she began to choke up again, "but now that it has come to this, it’s only a matter of time before you uncover the truth. Instead of letting you beat around the bush, I might as well explain everything."

"Your mother is Lian Mengxiang, the third daughter of the Lian Family. She met your father, Lu Yanming, while acting in films. They fell in love quickly, and without heeding the Lian Family’s objections, they married in secret, leading to Lian Mengxiang being driven out of the Lian Family."

"Your father wanted to provide the best life for your mother and gave up his beloved career in screenwriting to go into business. However, he just wasn’t cut out for it and quickly plunged the household into hardship. By then, your mother was about to give birth."

"Your parents were full of anticipation for your arrival yet also worried about your future. It was at this time that Yan Changming entered your father’s life. He knew your father’s weaknesses and enticed him to invest all his savings, actually intending to have your father take on the risk for him. In the end, both suffered a devastating loss, and your father, unable to cope with the blow, ultimately... took his own life!"

Upon hearing this, Yan Shixiu’s expression remained unchanged, but his voice became much gruffer, "Continue."

"After your father’s death, your mother was devastated but thought of the child within her womb and forcefully suppressed her grief, waiting for your birth. She hoped that your arrival would bring her hope, but postpartum depression led to mental illness, causing hallucinations, and she nearly harmed you. Knowing she couldn’t go on like this, she left a suicide note and her inheritance, entrusting Yan Changming to raise you. For the sake of the meager inheritance left by your mother, Yan Changming agreed to take you home." As Mother Yan spoke, she wept.

"When Yan Changming brought you back home, I was very opposed, not out of a lack of compassion, but because I was afraid you would be unable to bear the truth when you grew up. But your mother didn’t know that it was Yan Changming who had triggered your father’s death, and she had no other friends to entrust you to, so I had no choice but to reluctantly accept."

"The Lian Family also inquired about you, but Yan Changming, afraid that they would take away your mother’s inheritance, lied and claimed you were already dead."

"You know all about what happened afterward."

"These years, I truly couldn’t face you, not knowing what to do. On one hand, I watched you grow up; on the other, I was worried about you finding out the truth. I knew Yan Changming was a despicable man, but I didn’t dare leave him, especially since you were still so young. If Yan Changming wanted to harm an infant, it would take him no effort at all."

"I know you think that by saying this, I must be trying to absolve myself, and you have every right to hate me. I’m complicit in allowing that father and daughter to commit so many atrocities, a complete accomplice. Now retribution has come, and I’ve been kicked out by that father and daughter, which is the punishment I deserve. I’m sorry."

"I’m too cowardly..."

"I have no right to ask for your forgiveness, or for you to forgive that father and daughter. You’re free to call the police, to seek revenge; I can take it."

"Shi Xiu, I only hope that you don’t give up on your life so easily, like your parents did."

"Heh..." Yan Shixiu let out a snort of derision, making the already oppressive room feel even more suffocating.

At that moment, Shi Lan, who had been standing outside the door, couldn’t hold back any longer and let Xun Yinghua come in to take Yan’s mother away.

Then she gently wrapped her arms around Yan Shixiu from behind: "If it’s too painful, you can bite me."

Yan Shixiu looked down at her fair arm, brought it to his lips, kissed it, then said, "The rusty saw blade has finally sawed through my heart."

"Yan Shixiu..."

"I’m fine," Yan Shixiu replied, "No need to look at the information anymore, let Huo Zhao come back."

Shi Lan moved to stand in front of Yan Shixiu, squatting beside him and holding his cold hand, she said, "I understand, I understand everything."

"From now on, I am only your husband, no longer anyone else’s anything—I’m free."

As much pain as Yan Shixiu felt in his heart, Shi Lan felt it too in hers.

Then, Xun Yinghua knocked on the door from outside: "President Yan, it’s time for the meeting..."

Yan Shixiu stirred and said, "I’ll go to the meeting."

"You go. Leave that woman to me."

"Leave the others to me too..."

"I won’t let a single one of them off."