Chapter 441: Chapter 441 Confession
Sheng Tang washed her face at the Gu Family’s house, had dinner, and then returned home with the bouquet of flowers.
When she got home, the family was having dinner.
Her parents saw the flowers in her hand and assumed that Gu Shiting had given them, showing smiles on their faces.
Grandmother asked, "Oh, who sent you flowers?"
"Xu Bingzhi sent them," Sheng Tang replied.
The room fell silent.
The chopsticks in her mother’s hand fell onto the table involuntarily.
Sheng Zong, not understanding, looked at his parents and grandmother, noticing their changed expressions and feeling the oppressive atmosphere.
"Sis, who’s Xu Bingzhi?" Sheng Zong broke the silence, "Is he a classmate?"
Sheng Tang put the flowers aside without saying a word.
Father looked at Sheng Zong and said, "Go to your room, the adults have something to discuss."
Sheng Zong refused to leave.
He had a feeling something big was about to happen.
"I’m an adult too!" Sheng Zong shouted, "I’m almost 14 years old, which is the minimum age for criminal responsibility, I’m not a child anymore, even the state recognizes that!"
Everyone: "...."
Sheng Tang couldn’t help but laugh.
Her laughter made grandmother smile as well.
Grandmother sighed softly and said to Sheng Sidong and Fang Mengying, "The kids are grown, they really are."
Sheng Sidong patted his son’s head.
The bouquet lay there, and the family sat around the table, no one had an appetite anymore.
"... I already knew about this," Sheng Tang began, "I know that I’m the child of Xu Bingzhi and Cheng Ruojun."
Sheng Zong didn’t understand: "Who? Cheng Ruojun?"
He knew the name Cheng Ruojun.
Grandfather even said that Sheng Tang looked like Cheng Ruojun.
Sheng Tang ignored him and continued, "He came to find me at the school gate last time, and I told him that I only have one father and asked him not to disturb my life.
I didn’t tell the family, fearing that grandmother would be worried. If he sends flowers now, who knows what he’ll send next, it’s better to clear things up."
Grandmother sighed.
Her parents’ expressions varied.
Sheng Zong felt uneasy, vaguely understanding but hardly daring to believe it.
He finally realized who the uncle who came during New Year’s was.
So, his sister, not his real sister?
Sheng Zong felt so wronged that he wanted to cry, why? He only had this one sister!
Grandmother glanced at Sheng Sidong and Fang Mengying, finally speaking up, "We should have told you earlier, now that you’ve exposed it, we might as well talk about it."
She started to tell Sheng Tang about Cheng Ruojun.
Grandmother kept it simple while recounting the past between Cheng Ruojun and Xu Bingzhi, with words filled with pity for Cheng Ruojun: Cheng Ruojun was innocent, who doesn’t want to find a better boyfriend and improve her situation?
Xu Bingzhi was very sinful, he was irresponsible to Cheng Ruojun, knowing she was pregnant before graduation, but he left her behind and didn’t care whether she lived or died.
"... Can you imagine how desperate she was? She was an orphan, and schools had strict rules at that time. Was being pregnant a big mistake? Without Xu Bingzhi, would Jun have been pregnant?" Grandmother’s voice choked a bit here.
In her words, Cheng Ruojun did no wrong.
All the blame was on Xu Bingzhi.
Fang Mengying listened, feeling the old lady’s words were unfair.
Xu Bingzhi did wrong, but Cheng Ruojun wasn’t entirely innocent either.
"I understand, grandmother," Sheng Tang said with a dazed expression, "I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have mentioned him. Don’t worry, I won’t have any ties with him."
Grandmother held her hand.
Later, before going to sleep, Sheng Tang’s mother came to her room.
Sheng Tang looked at her mother and suddenly threw herself into her mother’s arms, hugging her tightly.
In her entire life, her mother had sacrificed the most for her.
If not for Sheng Tang, her mother would have been a professor at Geological University by now, right?
"Mom, I will be filial to you, I will listen to you my whole life!" Sheng Tang said.
Fang Mengying felt her eyes sting a bit.
"Sweetie, you’re my daughter," Fang Mengying said.
After a while, Sheng Tang let go, and Fang Mengying sat on her bed.
"Mom also has a few words she wants to tell you."
