She was also a single mother back then, raising her child alone, yet the child had a known name and lineage, and now...
Jiayi, however, was pregnant with a child whose father was uncertain.
It was getting late, and Chu Yanhan was reluctant to leave, not wanting to go after not having seen her for twenty years. He felt guilty and missed her dearly, with a thousand words tucked in his heart, so much he wanted to say to Tingxuan.
Xia Tingxuan could see through the man's thoughts as he sat across from her on the sofa and softly said, "Mr. Chu, it's getting late, thank you for your arrangements. Please go ahead and return."
Chu Yanhan would rather she had scolded him harshly or even slapped him a few times, as that would feel more comforting. Her polite and distant demeanor cut him like a dull knife, painful and raw.
"Tingxuan, after so many years without seeing each other, don't you want to say anything to me?" Chu Yanhan ignored her urging.
