You hidden in my heart - Chapter 42.2

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Chapter 42.2
Following a brief period of silence, Yu Wenyin decided to tell her daughter the truth. “Why don’t you realise that Lu Yuling is the son of Zhao Hailan and the eldest daughter of the Lu family? Can grandparents care about him so much for nothing?”
Hearing this unexpected news, Li Xining was shocked and looked at her mother with wide eyes. She was stunned and unable to say a word.
Actually, Yu Wenyin had previously guessed Lu Yuling and Zhao Hailan’s relationship. She had guessed it after her mother-in-law and father-in-law met the two elders of the Lu family and constantly brought up the topic Zhao Hailan at home. But she just pretended not to know anything. She guessed it with those clues.
The boy named Lu looked similar to Zhao Hailan.
The eldest lady had been in love with Zhao Hailan.
Zhao Cichu’s mother got Zhao Hailan drunk and became pregnant.
Lu Yuling was just a few months older than Zhao Cichu.
They all pointed to the fact that Lu Yuling was Zhao Hailan’s son.
For the past two days, Yu Wenyin had been considering telling her daughter about this because she was unsure if her daughter could accept the truth. However, she ultimately made the decision to tell Li Xining because her daughter liked that boy and had the right to know everything about him. Whether she wanted to stay with him after learning the truth was up to her.
After a long time of shock, Li Xining gradually regained consciousness, dutifully glanced at her mother, and asked, “Does Lu Yuling know?”
Yu Wenyin shook her head, saying, “I doubt it. Don’t tell him just yet. Grandpa and Grandma will make arrangements for that.”
“Does Zhao Hailan know?” This time, Li Xining did not use the title Uncle, but called him by his name directly, with a cold and indifferent tone, as if the man was an unforgivable criminal.
Yu Wenyin also noticed her daughter’s change of attitude towards Zhao Hailan. But she chose not to show it. She responded instead, saying, “I don’t know very well, but I feel like he doesn’t know.”
Back then, Zhao Cichu’s mother forced Zhao Hailan to marry her because of her forced pregnancy. Because of that, the eldest lady’s heart was probably completely broken. She no longer had any hope for Zhao Hailan, and she didn’t tell him that she was pregnant.
In fact, Yu Wenyin could understand the eldest lady’s choice. No woman could accept such complete betrayal.
In the final analysis, it was Zhao Hailan’s fault. He said he was drunk. If he hadn’t gone to the woman to drink, would the woman have succeeded? If he had been more determined, could that woman be pregnant? It was he who harmed the eldest lady for the rest of her life.
Li Xining’s eyes suddenly turned red. She felt wronged for Lu Yuling and his mother, and suddenly she was so angry that she became hysterical. “He doesn’t know? How could he not know? He is a father. Why doesn’t he know?”
Yu Wenyin did not tell Li Xining that much about the entanglement between Lu Yuling’s parents. “I tell you this matter just to prepare you mentally. Your grandparents want him to recognise his ancestors and return to the clan. They will ask you to persuade him.”
‘Why should he recognise his ancestors and return to his clan? Is he a dog that comes and goes when called upon? No one wanted him when he was born, but now that he has grown up, he will be sent back to a completely unfamiliar home. Does he have no dignity? He is a human being with flesh and blood and emotions!’
Li Xining was angry but also felt sorry for Lu Yuling. She said bluntly, “I refuse it. Why should he return to the clan and acknowledge his ancestor? His surname is Lu, not Zhao!”
Of course Yu Wenyin knew what her daughter was thinking, and she also knew her daughter was right, but she still said, “You think about things too one-sided and too simplistic. Now the society is based on personal sentiments. Grandpa and grandma want him to have a solid backer.”
Li Xining: “His uncle also treats him very well. Well, the Lu family can also be his backer.”
Yu Wenyin smiled helplessly, “If the Lu family were reliable, your grandparents would not plan to let him recognise his ancestors.”
That sentence contained a hidden meaning, and Li Xining took a long time to digest it before fully accepting.”Is his uncle not good to him?”
Yu Wenyin: “Uncle is good, but his grandma and grandpa may not be good to him. Anyway, his uncle also has his own son, so no matter how good he is, it can’t be as good as his own. He is living under someone else’s roof now. He needs a place of his own.”
The words “Being under someone else’s roof” were like a needle, piercing into Li Xining’s heart, causing her to gasp in pain. ‘Why is the world so unfair to him? Why can’t he have a home that is completely his own like others?’
After pondering for a long time, she accepted the truth. “Do my grandparents have any plans?”
With a shrug, Yu Wenyin answered, “The couple didn’t tell me, but I think they wanted to test the attitudes of Zhao Hailan and the Zhao family first.”
Li Xining asked, “How do you know?”
Yu Wenyin said, “Because grandpa invited the Zhao family to attend his birthday party this year.”
It had been a while since the Li and Zhao families had spoken to one another. This was the first time Mr. Li had invited the Zhao family to his birthday celebration after that incident. He had a mission, and it was clear.
With a grimace, Li Xining asked, “Will Zhao Cichu come too?”
Even though she didn’t like Zhao Cichu in the first place, she came to despise her even more after learning that she was Lu Yuling’s half-sister. She now believed that everything that had once belonged to Lu Yuling had been stolen by Zhao Cichu.
Yu Wenyin replied, “She should be here. The Zhao family loves their granddaughter so much that they must take her with them whenever they go.”
Li Xining told the truth. “I didn’t like her before, and I don’t like her even more now.”
Yu Wenyin smiled. “In the future, if she bullies you again, let Lu Yuling help you vent your anger. No one is more suitable than him.”
Li Xining: “Why?”
Yu Wenyin: “Because they are from the same father. When you fight back, it would be you bullying the motherless child. But when he and Zhao Cichu were fighting each other, the Zhao family couldn’t blame anyone else.”
“Wow, you are using a knife to kill someone!” Li Xining said.
“Lu Yuling’s knife is yours, not mine,” Yu Wenyin clarified. You killed someone with the knife you borrowed.”
Li Xining: “…”
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