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Du Di glanced at Long Chengtian, knowing that some things shouldn't be kept from Rong Wanmu. "Actually... your mother..."

"Shut up!" Long Chengtian said, and Du Di frowned.

Rong Wanmu asked, "What's wrong with our mother"

Long Chengtian remained silent. Du Di said, "Chengtian, stop hiding it from her."

Long Chengtian didn't know who he was angry at; his face looked extremely ugly for a long time before he finally spat out, "Mother isn't dead yet."

"What" Rong Wanmu was surprised and blurted out, "I clearly saw her grave. How could she not be dead"

"Where did you see her grave" Long Chengtian asked in surprise.

Rong Wanmu said, "On a small island in the Aegean Sea where my mom had been. The next day I went there without telling her. I saw Long Xiushui's tombstone. Yes, and on the island was also a strange woman wearing a white婚紗的女人。

Long Chengtian was shocked and then he laughed bitterly, "You have already met your mother."

Rong Wanmu was stunned. If Long Xiushui wasn't dead and was still alive, did Long Chengtian mean that woman She was clearly only fifteen or sixteen years old... so young...

How could she be her mother

"There's no one else on the island except for her. Occasionally, my aunt and uncle from the Du family visit her, and occasionally I do as well. I didn't know your foster mother had also visited; it seems Mother concealed many things from me," Long Chengtian said.

Warm glared at him in disbelief. "She's so young—she looks even younger than me. How could she be my mother"

"Your eyes aren't sharp enough. That's your mother when she was around fifteen or sixteen years old," Long Chengtian explained. "It's possible that she wore a mask to avoid arousing suspicion."

Warm gave him a cold smile and asked, "Why didn't you tell me from the beginning If I hadn't asked, would you have kept it from me" Such an important matter, and both Du Di and Long Chengtian had hidden it from her.

Long Chengtian glanced at Warm. It seemed he was reluctant to inform her of the truth. Warm's eyes welled up with tears as she narrowed them. "Did she want me dead!"

"Little sister!" Long Chengtian cried out in alarm. "How can you say such a thing! If she wanted you dead, why would she have gone through so much trouble to keep you away from the Dragon family and even concealed it from me all these years Why let you live such an untroubled life"

Warm hesitated in her heart. How could she not have thought of this before! She was just too angry at the time. Back then, mother and daughter were so close, yet she didn't recognize her. Even worse, she had erected a tombstone.

This was truly a labor of love.

Long Chengtian said, "Warm, don't blame your mother. She's been exiling herself these past years and hardly even sees me anymore. Her heart must be in great pain."

"How did things end up this way I was told she had died; clearly, she is still alive,"

"Sometimes, there's no difference between living and being dead," Dudu said earnestly. "Warming, your mother tried to break the curse back then, which led to your father's death as a result. So all these years, she has been exiling herself and tormenting herself. She wants to live long enough to see when this Lu family’s curse will end or if it can be broken. Otherwise, she would have gone with your father."

Long Chengtian said, "What Dudu says is true. That's why she entrusted you to a close friend for upbringing, so that you wouldn't know about the curse and could grow up peacefully and carefree. If she had raised you herself, you would certainly have known the truth; how could you then be happy Second, your adoptive mother sees her every year and talks only about you. Your birth mother also hopes to see the curse broken so that all Lu family’s children can live safely and healthily. She wants it too."

Warming was shocked. Because of trying to break the curse, her father had died

Her hands and feet felt icy cold. If this were the case, would she dare try to break the curse If harming Ye Feimo were the consequence, wouldn't that be a suicide

The courage to ask about the curse was completely lost; her limbs felt very uncomfortable.

She tossed and turned all night long, unable to sleep at all.

A City

Today was Anning International's Christmas party. All staff members attended it. The friends of Anning International who were on friendly terms with the company also came if they didn't have other engagements. The entire venue was very lively.

The third Young Master Ye and Cheng Anya made a high-profile appearance at this Christmas banquet. After leaving the business world, the couple rarely attended such events apart from annual celebrations or anniversaries. This year’s Year End brought some good news to the Ye family, so they were naturally happy about it and felt joyful while attending the party. However, Yan Ningyuan and Xu Nuo didn't attend the party as they didn’t ask about Anning International's matters.

The masquerade ball was in full swing and the atmosphere was perfect. After Cheng Anya and Young Master Ye led the dance, the whole ball gradually reached its peak. All the staff of Anning wore masks and danced happily.

It was Entertainment Department's people who planned the dance party. The person in charge took special care of all the single men and women in Anning. Every unmarried male had a blue fluorescent bracelet on their wrist, while every unmarried female had a red one to distinguish them and bring them together. Unmarried males could invite unmarried females for dances and spark interest. There were thousands of people across thirty floors at the Anning building, not all employees knew each other well, so this kind of occasion gave them opportunities, which was also part of their company culture.

Anning International is not short of excellent singles, and as a result of the last anniversary celebration, seven couples were formed, showing significant success.

Ye Feimo looked at the joyful ballroom scene, slightly narrowing his eyes. To fit in, he put on an antique golden mask, holding a glass of red wine while standing in a corner watching the dancing men and women.

Wenran accompanied him to one Christmas party where she wore a white embroidered evening dress that made her look as pure as a valley lily. She instantly dazzled his eyes, incredibly beautiful yet so innocent.

He really liked how she looked in white and danced with her three times at the ball.

Back home, they would play around together. He forcefully pulled her to the balcony and made love under a sky full of stars; that person was bashfully beautiful, coquettishly welcoming him, like a blooming flower. Gradually, he became infatuated with her, wanting only to hold onto her until the end of time, making sure she would always be beneath him, smiling beautifully.

But it's been merely one year since then and that person is no longer by his side.

Today was Christmas. Washington must be lively with activities going on everywhere; he wondered what she might be doing at this moment — perhaps attending another party somewhere, and who would be dancing with her now — Dudui or some other man

A subtle frustration welled up in his heart as he thought of her still lingering in his mind. He tried not to think about her, but the fragrance she wore while circling around him at that year's party seemed still wafting in front of his nose as if she had never left and was still by his side.

The scenes from this year’s and last year’s parties gradually overlapped with each other.

Wenran...

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