"Your father…" Yun Qingrong pursed her lips and took a deep breath. Looking at her daughter's eyes, she could see the hurt in them. It pained her to know that she was the reason behind it.
"He's been looking for you everywhere. Actually, you've met him already. It's President Qiao, Feifei. He just found out about you today because I told him." She admitted, a little worried that her daughter had yet to say anything about her keeping Su Xiaofei from her birth parents.
Su Xiaofei remained silent. She was already aware of this and would never question her father's affection towards her. However, she hadn't expected that Yun Qingrong had already sought him and revealed the truth about her identity.
For the past five years, she was merely an investor of Qiao Tech and a friend of Qiao Yuhan's. Now that Qiao Fengying had found her, Su Xiaofei didn't want to cause any problems and conflict between him and his wife. Who hadn't heard about wives despising the existence of their husband's other children from another woman?
Liu Shulan was a decent person, but Su Xiaofei didn't know her very well. She also didn't have any idea how Liu Shulan ended up with her father after he parted ways with Bai Qingyue in the past.
What if Liu Shulan perceived her as a threat to Qiao Yuhan and forbid her younger brother to see her ever again? Su Xiaofei didn't think she was ready to be parted with Qiao Yuhan, now that their relationship as siblings was deeper than the one they had in her previous life.
She had assumed that their current setup was enough for her and didn't dare to ask for more from her birth father. It was enough that she knew he cared for her and hadn't given up on finding her till the very end.
"He will be coming here soon to confirm it, and he has asked if he could run a paternity test with you just to make sure that I am not mistaken, that I'm not lifting his hopes up. Would you do it with him, Feifei?"
Yun Qingrong knew that she was asking her daughter too much, but she needed to be certain that she would leave Feifei with the right people once she passed on. She wanted everything prepared, just in case she didn't survive the complications of her illness.
Su Xiaofei already knew the truth, but she didn't think it would hurt to have solid evidence between her and her father. No one would doubt that she was his daughter once the result was out.
"If that's what Mama and Uncle Qiao want, then I have no problem with it." She answered, making her nervous mother sigh in relief.
"I'm really sorry for what I've done, Feifei, but as for your previous question, I regret I cannot give you the answer you needed. You may ask President Qiao for details about your mother."
Yun Qingrong didn't think that she should be the one who informed her daughter about her relationship with Bai Qingyue. The more she looked at her daughter, the more she thought that it was hard to understand Feifei these days.
No—her daughter had become a totally different person ever since she was hospitalized more than five years ago. Her mannerisms, the way she spoke and temperament were a far cry from the one she had prior to that event.
"I don't care anymore, Mama. Since she obviously doesn't want me in the first place, I cannot accept her as my mother. Please, don't say anymore, Mama. You are my only mother, regardless if I came from you or not."
This was the irrefutable truth that would never change no matter what Bai Qingyue's excuse was for abandoning her. From the moment Su Xiaofei found out she was adopted, the overwhelming feeling of regret and helplessness washed through, and she wished that she had spent more time with Yun Qingrong.
Bai Qingyue could never be a mother like Yun Qingrong. While it's true that the woman had given birth to her, passing her looks and genes, making her existence possible, Su Xiaofei didn't feel any gratitude towards her one bit.
This was why she was able to face her birth mother with a straight face. There was no longing in her face, as she didn't have any lingering feelings towards Bai Qingyue. If anything, her birth mother was an obstacle in her path to ruin Mo Yuchen.
When she and Lu Qingfeng stepped out of the hospital room, Su Xiaofei immediately rested her head on Lu Qingfeng's chest, allowing her tears to roll down her cheeks. Her husband looked around and allowed her to weep on his shirt, knowing that she had been trying to keep her tears at bay during her conversation with her mother.
"She lied to me." She choked in tears as she clung to him. The feelings she was trying to rein in earlier cannot be contained anymore. Su Xiaofei didn't want her mother to see her at such state.
"Do you blame her then? Knowing this, did your love for her diminish with her confession?" Lu Qingfeng was asking her this, not only for Yun Qingrong, but also for himself.
He knew very well that he would need to come clean eventually, that he was also reborn like her, and that he also didn't intend to betray her by keeping it from her.
Su Xiaofei shook her head and smiled bitterly. No, she can never hate her mother. That was something she wasn't capable of. She could hate herself. Heck, she could hate the whole world, but never Yun Qingrong.
"No, but I just wish she told me this earlier. It would save us both the heartaches if we were truthful to each other. I don't blame her. She must have been worried sick about the possibility of losing her daughter. It must be around the same time when Su Haoran started cheating behind her back."
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