flstandardbreds Chapter 96 Death
Chapter 96 Death
“Huanhuan, we’re going to have our own child…” Fu Shiyue sat down beside her with a joyful expression, stretching out his large and warm hands and gently covering her still flat stomach.
At this moment, although there is no change on the outside, a brand new life is quietly growing beneath this seemingly calm abdomen.
Upon hearing the news, Xu Qinghuan's eyes revealed a mixture of excitement and slight nervousness.
She lowered her head slightly, gazing at the area covered by Fu Shiyue's palm, as if she could feel the tiny embryo struggling to grow and develop through her skin.
"Yes, that's right, I'm really going to be a mom!" Xu Qinghuan replied softly, her tone filled with anticipation and unease about the future.
This unexpected surprise left her somewhat at a loss. On the one hand, she was overjoyed and looking forward to the baby's arrival, imagining spending countless warm and wonderful moments with the little one.
On the other hand, the change of identity as a new mother also made her feel unprecedented pressure and tension, worrying about whether she could be competent in the role of a mother and whether she could give her child enough love and care.
“Now that we have a child, I will visit Mr. Xu again, and he will agree to us being together.”
She nodded and leaned against him.
Xie Shiyun was sitting quietly on the sofa, flipping through a magazine, when a sudden, urgent cell phone ring broke the tranquility.
She put down the magazine in her hand with some confusion, picked up the phone that was vibrating incessantly on the coffee table, pressed the answer button, and said softly, "Hello?"
However, when she heard the voice on the other end of the phone, she was instantly stunned.
It was the slightly hoarse and weary voice of a middle-aged woman: "Is this Shi Yun? I am... I am your mother's neighbor. Your mother... she is dying. She keeps calling your name, wanting to see you one last time. She is waiting at home..."
Xie Shiyun stood up abruptly as if struck by lightning, her face filled with disbelief and shock.
She gripped her phone tightly, her voice trembling involuntarily: "What did you say?"
When she heard the news, she was struck dumb, frozen in place, her mind blank. Time seemed to freeze; everything around her became blurry, only the news echoed in her ears.
She was caught in a deep internal struggle, unsure whether she should see that person. Should she go? But they had too many entangled pasts between them;
Should she not go? Yet, a voice seemed to be urging her onward.
After this brief but prolonged hesitation, the next second, as if she had suddenly made up her mind, she turned around abruptly and ran towards the door.
Along the way, her steps were hurried and flustered, her heart filled with complex emotions.
As she drove calmly, her hands gripping the steering wheel tightly, the image of that woman began to uncontrollably appear in her mind.
That woman, the woman who changed the course of her life.
Although he gave her life, he never fulfilled his duty of raising her.
Once, the wheels of fate turned mercilessly, completely swapping her identity with Xu Qinghuan's.
During that period, it was difficult to distinguish between truth and falsehood, reality and illusion.
However, now that the truth has finally come to light, they have all returned to their original lives.
Nevertheless, she was never able to accept the cruel reality that she was no longer the highly regarded heiress she once was.
Her long-standing life of luxury and privilege had made her accustomed to extravagance and preferential treatment, and the ordinary days before her were like a nightmare for her, which she could hardly adapt to.
What fueled her resentment even more were Fu Shiyue and Xu Qinghuan.
This man had given her everything she could ever dream of, cherishing and protecting her, making her mistakenly believe that she was the center of the world.
Just as she was completely immersed in the moment, Fu Shiyue turned and left without warning, abandoning her without a second thought. The shock of falling from heaven to the depths of despair... and the thought that if Xu Qinghuan hadn't appeared before her and Fu Shiyue, her secret would never have been revealed; she should have simply disappeared...
When I rushed back upstairs, my front door was wide open.
Going inside, I saw two or three neighbors standing there weeping.
"where is she?"
"Are you her daughter? Lin Yue is over there..." The middle-aged woman pointed in the direction of the room.
Looking in the direction she was looking,
She was lying there quietly.
On the bed, his face was peaceful, as if he were simply asleep. Xie Shiyun slowly approached the bedside, each step heavy with emotion.
She gazed at the familiar yet unfamiliar face on the bed, her heart filled with mixed emotions.
She didn't have many memories of her, only that she appeared in front of her when she was in a car accident. She said that she was a caregiver she had hired to take care of her.
Now, the person who gave her life is about to pass away.
At this moment, Lin Yue on the bed twitched her fingers slightly, and slowly opened her eyes a crack. Seeing Xie Shiyun, she managed a weak smile and laboriously raised her hand to reach out to him.
Xie Shiyun subconsciously grasped that cold hand.
"I'm sorry... Mom misses you so much..." Lin Yue uttered these words weakly.
Tears welled up in Xie Shiyun's eyes, and many of the resentments she had harbored for so many years dissipated at this moment.
"Mom..." The word slipped out, and Lin Yue's eyes flashed with relief upon hearing it. Then she slowly closed her eyes, and her hands fell limply to her sides.
Xie Shiyun lay on the edge of the bed and wept bitterly. No matter what had happened before, all that remained now was endless grief.
Lin Yue passed away peacefully in her final moments, as if she had finally found release.
She harbored resentment for most of her life, paving the way for her daughter's future, hoping she could have a good life in a wealthy family instead of living a life of hardship with her.
Xie Shiyun, exhausted from crying, slowly stood up.
Looking at the simple furnishings in the room, she knew she had to take care of Lin Yue's funeral arrangements.
She contacted a funeral company and selected the best coffin and burial plot.
While sorting through my mother's belongings, I found a tattered diary.
She opened the diary and found it filled with her mother's deep longing for her:
It turns out that she was already filled with regret and self-blame when she switched the children.
When she tried to salvage the situation and get her biological child back, she discovered that the Xu family had already left the hospital with the child.
Now that things have come to this, she can only helplessly accept this reality and let life continue down the wrong path.
That old diary, like a box full of secrets and unspoken thoughts, has been sealed away by the dust of time.
Now, it is presented to people once again, and those fragmented yet sincere words seem to be telling untold stories:
January 3rd was a sunny day.
"Shiyun, my darling daughter, I secretly came to the Xu family's gate today, just to catch a glimpse of you from afar. Seeing you dressed so beautifully, I felt both gratified and heartbroken. I really wanted to hold you tightly in my arms, but I was afraid of causing you any trouble. Just being able to quietly watch you like this makes me feel incredibly content. However, I simply cannot like that child we brought home, because her father is the very person who killed your father!"
On January 5th, the sky was so overcast that it felt somewhat oppressive.
"Tonight, Mom dreamed of you again, my dear Shiyun. In the dream, you were still so lovely and well-behaved. Mom misses you so much! Mom has never abandoned you, but at the time, Mom felt that if I made you suffer with me, it would be better to find you a better family. Mom knows that was unfair to you, and I'm so sorry..."
Each line of text was like a sharp sword, piercing straight into Xie Shiyun's heart.
She clutched the diary tightly in her hands, tears streaming down her face like a burst dam, dripping onto the yellowed pages.
"Mom...Mom..." she murmured, her voice trembling and filled with sorrow.
At that moment, her heart felt as if it had been torn into countless pieces, and the excruciating pain made it almost impossible for her to breathe.
He slumped helplessly on the cold ground, his body twitching slightly, completely immersed in immense grief.
As night fell and the city lights came on, the entire city was enveloped in a hazy veil of darkness.
Xu Qinghuan lay lazily on the bed as usual, holding her phone tightly in her hand, idly browsing various social media and entertainment news.
Suddenly, a short beep broke the silence in the room.
Xu Qinghuan glanced at the screen casually and discovered that she had received an anonymous text message.
She opened the text message with a puzzled look, only to find that it read: "Your adoptive mother, Lin Yue, passed away last night."
"How is this possible?" Xu Qinghuan murmured to herself, her voice trembling slightly.
The more Xu Qinghuan thought about it, the more uncertain she felt.
She gripped her phone tightly, her gaze fixed on the familiar yet unfamiliar number on the screen.
A strong urge drove her to immediately dial the number belonging to her adoptive mother and verify some things with her.
However, just as her finger was about to touch the dial key, it seemed to be bound by an invisible force, hovering in mid-air and unable to fall.
Her adoptive mother's cold and disgusted face kept flashing through her mind. She clearly remembered the cold words and heartless rejection she suffered every time she communicated with her adoptive mother.
"She doesn't like me at all, you could even say she hates me to the extreme." This thought was like a sharp thorn, deeply piercing her heart and causing her a sharp pain.
Since that's the case, why bother bothering them?
They had no time to pay attention to her, a dispensable presence. Thinking of this, she sighed softly, slowly lowered her raised hand, and casually tossed her phone aside.
Then, like a deflated balloon, she collapsed helplessly onto the bed, closed her eyes, and tried to calm her chaotic thoughts.
Because of her pregnancy, she has been feeling unusually tired and sleepy these past few days.
My body felt completely drained of energy; all I wanted was to find a quiet, comfortable place to get a good night's sleep.
Not long after lying down, she drifted off to sleep, temporarily forgetting her troubles and worries.