Li's mother's words were like a thunderbolt.
Mr. Li was stunned. He instinctively said, "Mom, what nonsense are you talking about? How could I not be your son?"
"...I also want to know, how could you not be my son?" Li's mother laughed and cried at the same time, tears streaming down her face. She murmured, "I watched you grow up from such a tiny little thing, watched you go to school, watched you get married!
When you were little and sick, we had no money. I carried you, kneeling and begging people to lend you money for treatment..."
Li's mother smiled bitterly, saying, "So, how could you not be my son?"
"This, there must be a misunderstanding!" Mr. Li panicked. "You said it yourself, I grew up under your watchful eye, how could I not be your son? There must be some misunderstanding... a paternity test! Yes, let's do a paternity test, I'm definitely your son!"
Li's mother said with a strange expression, "Do you think I haven't already done it?"
Seeing his mother's expression, Mr. Li immediately understood, and he couldn't help but stammer. "
How could this be?" Mr. Li couldn't accept it. "How could I not be your son?"
His mother gave a bitter laugh and said, "...You'll have to ask your father about that."
She looked at Mr. Li, who was standing there, now completely silent, and said, word by word, "You have to ask him how you went from being someone else's son to being my son..." Mr.
Li looked at his father and called out, "Dad."
By this point, this matter was no longer something that Xu Gui and his wife, outsiders, could interfere with. Xu Gui didn't speak, standing quietly to the side, watching how things unfolded.
"Li Dongshu, why aren't you saying anything..." His mother stared intently at Mr. Li and asked him, "Huh? Why aren't you saying anything!" Her voice suddenly rose, and her expression became extremely ferocious, completely erasing her usual peace and gentleness.
Mr. Li, questioned by her, couldn't help but close his eyes and suddenly sighed.
"When did you find out about this? " "He asked, his voice a little hoarse.
Hearing that Mr. Li's father didn't deny it, Mr. Li's wavering heart finally settled down, and he completely gave up.
He couldn't help but show a crying expression on his face,
"...Dad, what exactly happened?" He looked at Mr. Li's father and asked him, "If I'm not your and Mom's child, then whose child am I? Who are my parents?"
"Your parents?" Mrs. Li laughed strangely and said, "Isn't your father right in front of you? Your mother may be fake, but your father is real. He's your good father, always thinking of you!"
Mr. Li's father and father were both stunned when they heard this.
"...What are you saying?" Mr. Li's father frowned, looking completely bewildered, and said to her, "You're being sarcastic."
"Ha, me being sarcastic?" Mrs. Li laughed in anger, "I'm being sarcastic, but it's better than all those dirty things you and Sun Lan'er did! Do you think I don't know?" "
She pointed at Mr. Li and said, 'Li An, that's your and that bitch Sun Lan'er's son!'
'I've been kept in the dark all these years. You and Sun Lan'er watched me raise your child with all my heart, watched me ache for him, and rage for him. Don't you find that hilarious?' Mrs. Li questioned.
She was clearly furious, but more than anger, she seemed to feel sorrow—sorrow for her marriage, sorrow that the child she raised wasn't hers, but rather her husband's and his mistress's illegitimate child.
She glared at Mr. and Mrs. Li with resentment and said, 'I really wish I could poison you both to death, that would end it all!'
Mr. Li panicked and said, 'Who told you I had a relationship with Sun Lan'er? I have absolutely no relationship with her!'
Mrs. Li glared at him angrily and said, 'You still want to lie to me? I clearly saw you two embracing... I heard it from your own ears that Li An isn't my son!' " "
Who is Sun Lan'er? She was the girl from next door to Li's father's old home. Li's mother only met her a few times when she was young, and then never saw her again.
But recently, she saw her again.
Reunited with an old friend, Li's mother was actually quite happy, and she maintained contact with Sun Lan'er afterward. Even though Sun Lan'er's attitude towards Li An was subtly friendly, she didn't think much of it.
Until she saw Sun Lan'er and her husband embracing downstairs.
Li's mother couldn't remember how she felt when she saw that scene, but she never imagined that her husband and Sun Lan'er would have any other relationship… But what she didn't expect was what she heard next, which almost devastated her.
'I just wanted to confirm what your relationship was, but I heard you say that Li An isn't my child…' Li's mother murmured.
Let's go back three months:
Li's mother saw her husband and Sun Lan'er embracing, so she followed them into a restaurant. Her original intention was to confirm their relationship, fearing she had misunderstood them, but she heard them say:"
"Brother, no matter what, Li An is still my child… Yes, I am very grateful to Sister Aijuan for raising him, but the blood ties between Li An and me can never be severed!" Sun Lan'er said, "Brother, I want to acknowledge Li An back; I am his biological mother!"
But Li's father refused outright: "No, your Sister Aijuan has always treated Li An as her own son. She has no idea that Li An is not her son. If you go to acknowledge the child now, your Sister Aijuan will collapse!" Sun Lan'er
: "…But I am the child's biological mother. When you took the child away, you said you would raise him well, but you didn't say that I was not allowed to acknowledge the child, did you?"
Li's father sighed and said earnestly, "Lan'er, Li An is doing very well now and is married. Even for his own good, you shouldn't bother him! Do you want him to follow you and bear the stigma of being an illegitimate child?"
"But, he is my child…" Sun Lan'er sobbed uncontrollably, "For so many years, I have missed him so much."
She threw herself into her father's arms and cried. Her mother saw her father gently patting her back and comforting her, saying, "I know, but the child is so grown up now, why bother him again?" After
chatting for a few minutes, Sun Lan'er suddenly asked, "...Brother, doesn't Sister Aijuan know that her biological child has died?" "
Father Li replied, 'I didn't tell her...'"
Mother Li, upon hearing this, couldn't hear what they said afterward; her mind had gone completely blank, incapable of thought.
It took her a long time to process this information. Later, to confirm, she took a hair sample of Li An to the hospital for a paternity test, and the result... Li An wasn't her biological child.
The moment she received the paternity test report, her world collapsed.
She resented her husband, resented Li An, even resented herself. So, when she saw the pesticide bottle spilled in the rice jar, a wicked thought crept into her heart.
The pesticide had indeed accidentally fallen into the rice jar, but what followed was no accident.
"I only hate that I wasn't ruthless enough..." Mother Li murmured, her eyes filled with venomous resentment as she looked at Father Li and Li An, "I should have been ruthless and killed you both!"
As she spoke, Li's mother could no longer suppress her grief and covered her face, weeping bitterly. Her cries were so sorrowful and heartbreaking that they tugged at the heartstrings of anyone who heard them.
"Mom..." He Yun stepped forward, called out, and couldn't help but reach out to hug her, offering silent comfort.
"...But you didn't intend to kill anyone," Xu Gui suddenly spoke up. Looking at Li's mother, she felt she needed to explain, so she said, "You were just too angry, so you wanted to teach them a lesson. That's why you washed the rice several times, minimizing the pesticide's toxicity."
But if a person's emotions aren't released, they will only grow deeper and more intense until they destroy them.
Xu Gui glanced at the fleeting blood and sighed casually, "You're too kind. If it were me, I definitely wouldn't let it go like that."
A follower, quick to ask curiously, asked, "So, if you, Teacher Xu, encountered something like this, what would you do?"
Xu Gui raised his hand and chopped down, saying, "Of course, I'd kill both the scumbag and the bitch! After all, everyone should be treated equally!" His tone was chilling, filled with murderous intent.
This made the scalps of several men present tighten.
Li's father, looking at Li's mother, suddenly said, "No, since you know all this, why didn't you tell me? You kept it all bottled up inside, brooding alone… Besides, Sun Lan'er and I have no other relationship, and Li An isn't my child!"
Li An abruptly turned to look at his father, his expression one of shock.
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"...You're lying! I saw you and Sun Lan'er hugging each other with my own eyes!" Li's mother reacted strongly.
Mr. Li sighed and said, "That's because Sun Lan'er said she missed her child and wanted to reclaim Li An. I saw her crying like a baby, so I had to comfort her, right?"
Mrs. Li sneered and said sarcastically, "Does comforting someone require holding them in your arms? You're kidding me!"
Xu Gui nodded vigorously: Yes, that's right, you're trying to fool the "turtle"!
But halfway through her nod, she suddenly realized: Wait, these two people don't seem to have any special relationship, right? It's not like I'm fooling the turtle.
"I'm really not lying to you!" Mr. Li sighed and said, "I really have no relationship with her. If she hadn't come looking for me because of Li An, I wouldn't have had any contact with her at all!"
Mrs. Li didn't believe her and asked again, "If you have no relationship, then what about my child? Where did my child go?"
Speaking of her own child, tears streamed down her face as she asked, "Where did you take my child?"
Mr. Li looked at his wife with sorrow in his eyes.
"He's dead..."
"He died right after he was born.