Chapter 1214: Chapter 1212: The Enemy Is Right Beside You
Being held by Wu Lihong, Madam Wang struggled for a while, but after all, a womanâs strength is no match for a manâs, and she was quickly subdued by him.
"Wu, let me go, youâre always bullying me!" Madam Wang shouted angrily.
Wu Lihong said, "I wonât let go, anyway, you canât go back to your family!"
Madam Wang was startled, then burst into tears.
Wu Lihong awkwardly loosened his grip, took out a handkerchief and handed it over, coaxing, "Good wife, I was wrong in this matter, I really didnât expect it, I truly didnât, it wasnât intentional to hide it from you or anything."
"Didnât expect?" Madam Wang sneered.
Wu Lihong said, "Itâs not like you donât know that all these years I havenât been anywhere, if Iâd known about the mother and daughter, I wouldnât have ignored it all these years."
Madam Wangâs gaze turned fierce, seeming to reveal his guilt.
Wu Lihong lowered his eyes and did not see her sinister look, only said, "This is also a predetermined matter by destiny. When I took this assignment and went over there, I met her again and only then learned she had a daughter for me. At that time, I was young and reckless, inexperienced, how could I have known that a night of romance would lead to this? I truly didnât mean to hide it from you!"
"Youâre so sure that sheâs your biological daughter? Youâve been gone for so many years, who knows if sheâs really yours!" Madam Wang taunted him sarcastically.
Wu Lihongâs face darkened, frowning, and said, "If she werenât my daughter, why would she wait for me all these years, and why would she live with her daughter alone? She would have remarried long ago, why endure a hard life with her daughter? Besides, I heard that the girl resembles me very much."
Madam Wang immediately caught on to this phrase: "Heard?"
Wu Lihong nodded.
"You havenât seen that illegitimate child?" Madam Wang looked full of suspicion.
Wu Lihong didnât like this term, they are all his daughters, whatever âillegitimate child,â so he said, "Whatâs with the âillegitimateâ or not? What do you take Yining and the others for, they are all my children!"
"How dare she compare with Yining and the others!" Madam Wang was fuming.
"In any case, she is also my child, same as Yizhen!"
"Yizhen is even better than her, at least Yizhen is a legitimate concubine-born daughter, what is she, just a bastard!" Madam Wang snorted, seeing his dark expression, she said, "Then tell me, why havenât you seen that girl?"
"When I arrived in Huayang, the child happened to be away, but had gone to Changan with someone to do business. She still seems to be in Changan, so I havenât seen her, only heard from Meiniang that she resembles me!" Wu Lihong said.
"What? You said that the girl is now in Changan!" Madam Wang was shocked, her eyes widened, almost disbelieving her ears. How could this be possible, a young girl, at such a young age, doing business? Leaving her parents to travel thousands of miles for business?
Wu Lihong wasnât sure if Wufu is indeed in Changan, and said, "Before I returned, her mother said she was in Changan, whether sheâs still there now, I donât know."
"How could it be, sheâs just a girl, how could she possibly be doing that, tell me more!" Madam Wangâs heart was already in turmoil, hearing this news, it was even more shocking than hearing of someone getting promoted.
The illegitimate child is right in Changan?
How can this be? There was no mention of it in Ping Anâs letters, and Fu Gui hadnât brought it up either, how much more is there that she doesnât know?
Madam Wang was extremely agitated, feeling that everything was out of her control, this feeling was truly terrible.
The enemy was right in Changan, right by her, and she knew nothing, this was utterly unsettling.