The funeral of Yu Zhiyuan was cold and desolate.

The Yu Family didn’t even have a single relative, only Yu Sangwan stood vigil in front of the spirit tablet, An Daoxun and his wife came to pay their respects.

"Wanwan, don’t be too sad."

Such lukewarm words, Yu Sangwan responded politely, "Thank you, Uncle, Aunt."

Mrs. An held Yu Sangwan’s hand, "Now that your father is gone, Wanwan, come home with Auntie from now on!"

Her eyes reddened; although she was considering her son’s future, at this moment she also genuinely felt sorry for Yu Sangwan. From today onward, Yu Sangwan truly became an orphan.

"Auntie..." Yu Sangwan opened her mouth but didn’t have time to refuse.

A strong shadow loomed beside her; she didn’t need to look up to know it was Lu Jinxuan.

"Madam, she is mine, I’ll take care of her myself." Lu Jinxuan frowned, having no affection for An Daoxun and his wife.

"..." Mrs. An glanced at him, instantly daunted by his presence, sheepishly pulled at the corners of her mouth, "Then, Wanwan... Auntie will leave now!"

Turning to walk outside, she muttered to her husband, "Ah... I felt something was off with Wanwan lately, she never came home. Now I understand, Wanwan has eyes on someone else and not our Zi Hao. So what will happen to our Zi Hao?"

An Daoxun also having seen Lu Jinxuan, was now quite vexed, "Enough! How can Zi Hao compare to that person? Stop saying irrelevant things!"

"Ah..." Mrs. An sighed incessantly, "I just feel sorry for our son, can he still..."

Their voices faded as they walked away.

Passing by them were Gong Hongming and Mrs. Gong, who just entered.

"Wanwan!" Upon seeing Yu Sangwan, Mrs. Gong’s eyes instantly reddened, she couldn’t help but hug Yu Sangwan tightly.

Yu Sangwan was taken aback, her body stiff for a while, "Mrs. Gong..."

She sized up the man in front of her, Gong Hongming; she hadn’t met him before.

Gong Hongming took on the posture of an elder, even with an element of affection in his gaze, "Child."

Not only Yu Sangwan, but even Lu Jinxuan was also stunned. What was going on?

"Wanwan, poor child." Mrs. Gong couldn’t stop crying, appearing heartbroken, "From now on, you are alone, oh dear, poor child, what are we to do?"

Gong Hongming glanced at Lu Jinxuan, "Jinxuan is here too?"

Lu Jinxuan didn’t evade, "She has no friends, at least we know each other, coming to bid farewell to her father, is that not reasonable?"

Lu Jinxuan and Yu Sangwan’s matters, Gong Hongming had already heard from his wife. Men are different from women, especially men in their high positions, they understand better... How could an excellent, high-status man have only one woman all his life?

Only, this woman happened to be Yu Zhiyuan’s daughter?

"Wanwan."

Gong Hongming undecided, cast his gaze towards Yu Sangwan.

"Can we talk?"

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Gong immediately looked warily at her husband, "What do you want to tell her?" 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

Gong Hongming side-eyed his wife, then spoke to Yu Sangwan, "Child, don’t you want to know your mother’s whereabouts?"

Mrs. Gong got anxious, shouting lowly, "Hongming, stop talking! She isn’t! Haven’t you already checked?"

Such a conversation undoubtedly hid many secrets.

Yu Sangwan looked at Lu Jinxuan, who was equally puzzled and baffled.

Gong Hongming ignored his wife, only focusing on Yu Sangwan, "Child, want to have a talk with me?"

"..." Yu Sangwan bit her lower lip. She knew her mother was a very ’mysterious’ person, even described by her father Yu Zhiyuan as a ’taboo’. She was also curious, who exactly was her mother? Recent events were entirely out of sync with her past life.

She nodded; she wanted to know...

Gong Hongming smiled contentedly, "Then shall we speak in private?"

"Hongming!" Mrs. Gong stomped her foot in urgency, "What exactly are you up to?"

She hadn’t expected, always gentle and refined, Gong Hongming in taking her so off guard with a tactic?

"Wanwan, no... don’t go!"

Yu Sangwan looked puzzledly at Mrs. Gong, "Why?"

"..." Mrs. Gong was stunned, "I... this..."

Yu Sangwan’s heart filled with doubt, gaze fixed on Gong Hongming, she spoke solemnly, "Mr. Gong, please come in."

"Please."

Hearing this, Mrs. Gong appeared to be struck with a huge blow, depriving her of her vigor...

Inside the mortuary, there was a rest room.

Before entering, Yu Sangwan glanced at Lu Jinxuan, "I’ll go in myself, I’ll be fine."

Lu Jinxuan frowned but didn’t insist, "Alright, I’ll be just outside."

"Mm."

...

In the rest room, Gong Hongming, Mrs. Gong, and Yu Sangwan sat facing each other.

"Child, how old are you this year?" Gong Hongming fixed his gaze on Yu Sangwan, eyes ablaze, even somewhat excited.

Yu Sangwan frowned, "Just turned 20."

"Just turned 20..." Gong Hongming repeated, "No, you should be 21."

After thinking he added, "Right, if to conceal your origins, naturally even the age must be altered."

"What do you mean?" Yu Sangwan’s entire body tensed, unconsciously straightening her back, "What’s my origin? What does Mr. Gong know?"

"You..." Gong Hongming glanced at his wife.

Mrs. Gong’s face went pale, shaking her head, "Hongming, I beg you not to!"

Sadly, the husband she’s lived with for so many years didn’t care. He chuckled lightly pointing at his wife, "My wife, she should be your mother!"

"..."

The rest room fell into a strangely eerie silence.

Mrs. Gong closed her eyes in despair, Yu Sangwan at that moment seemed to lose all sensibility, numbly watching Mrs. Gong, unable to process this fact.

Mrs. Gong was her mother? What a ridiculous notion.

Yu Sangwan asked lightly, "Mrs. Gong, is it true?"

Mrs. Gong suddenly opened her eyes, shaking her head vigorously, "No, not at all, child, don’t listen to his nonsense!"

She glared at Gong Hongming, "Gong Hongming, what are you trying to do? Why spread such rumors?"

"Rumors?" Gong Hongming sneered, "Actually, I’m just speculating, after all, Song Dasen only has this one child beside him, and it’s a girl. Who else should I suspect if not her?"

"No, not at all!" Mrs. Gong shook her head frantically, "Don’t you know? Song Dasen treated her poorly, if she was the one, would Song Dasen treat her like that?"

"Tch!" Gong Hongming sneered, "How do I know if it’s not Song Dasen’s trickery?"

He stared at his wife, his tone icy, "It’s simple to find out, you and the child take a DNA test, everything will be clear!"

"Gong Hongming! What are you trying to achieve by finding her? You must have a motive! Otherwise..."

Watching as the couple quarreled, Yu Sangwan only felt a chilling coldness engulfing her. She had a premonition that what Gong Hongming said, was true...

She recalled what Mrs. Gong had told her: her current husband was not her first love; she had once abandoned her husband and child for herself!

Cold... so cold!