Chapter 823 Do You Dare to Be Gentler (3)

She...?

Eleven suddenly remembered what Gu Tianyu had said, and felt a knot in her heart.

Could it be that she...

Gu Liancheng saw the expression on her face and quickly reassured her, "Don’t worry, she’s fine."

It was evident that Eleven, while still not opening up, did not wish her dead.

In fact, she probably didn’t hate Luo Qing, but just couldn’t get over that hurdle in her heart.

"That’s right..."

If she truly had... Brother Jingyang would not have remained silent when he saw her last night.

"Gu Tianyu didn’t lie to you, there really was a diagnosis. He didn’t tell you someone had died already, did he?"

Eleven recalled, "I remember he said someone was going to die... yes, that’s it, going to."

Which means it hadn’t happened yet.

"That’s right. The diagnosis is Aunt Luo’s; Aunt Luo has a heart condition that can’t withstand any excitement, and when she was admitted to the hospital, she was diagnosed with cancer."

"Cancer..." Eleven was startled by those two words.

Gu Liancheng nodded, "Actually, Aunt Luo knew about it a long time ago but she never told anyone. I think she really is worried about you. Not knowing when she will leave this world, she probably wanted to do something beneficial for you before that."

So that means...

Last night, was Brother Jingyang hesitating to tell her this?

Considering how she was behaving yesterday, that’s why he held back.

"Yesterday... Aunt Luo knelt down to me."

Eleven looked surprised.

"I was surprised too. But this doesn’t mean she can be forgiven by you. It only proves that she is sincerely repentant, and the guilt she’s been carrying these past years isn’t fake. On this point, your brother has no need to lie."

Luo Qing seeking him out wasn’t to gain Eleven’s forgiveness.

At this point, talking about forgiveness had become meaningless; no one would cling to those words anymore.

"My wife..." Gu Liancheng held her in his arms, "I didn’t want to talk to you about these things, but since we’ve already reached this point, let me finish what I have to say. Your birth father’s matter, Aunt Luo never discussed it with you, did she?"

"She mentioned that too?" Eleven shook her head, "I have no memory of my father."

Gu Liancheng told Eleven everything Luo Qing had shared with him.

After hearing it, she didn’t have time to organize her expressions and emotions, revealing them all to Gu Liancheng.

"Surprised?"

Leaning into his embrace, Eleven shook her head, "Not very surprised... I started to understand a bit around six or seven years old. She never mentioned my birth father, and then as I got older, she married into the Jing family, and never broached the subject again. Brother Jingyang did ask about my birth father, and that’s when I confirmed that I knew nothing at all."

"When I was young, I didn’t think too much about it, but later in the orphanage, I was frequently questioned about my parents and started to recall some things. Then I thought, it must be one of several scenarios, right? I even considered the possibility you mentioned, wondering if it was because of my father that I, too, was disliked by my mother. Doesn’t television often have this kind of story? So, I wasn’t too surprised."

"I’m not speaking well of Aunt Luo, but... she didn’t hate you. She still loves you. It’s just that at that time, she was pregnant with your brother, and she had more to consider. Maybe it wasn’t because she loved your brother more, but rather fear of losing the support of the Jing family and having to go back to living a miserable life without the courage to face it."