The vile noise lingered in his ears for dozens of seconds, he heard the door open, followed by his mother’s familiar voice, "Shengxun..."
He suddenly opened his eyes.
On the screen, his mother was holding fruits in one hand and a thermos in the other, entering the office.
The couple that had been in the midst of their affair abruptly stopped their motions.
His father looked panic-stricken, turning his head to look at his mother.
The woman who had been kneeling over the table scread and frantically searched for her clothes.
His mother’s items clanged to the floor, the thermos broke open, and food scattered everywhere.
He watched his mother’s face in shock for a mont; shortly after, she quickly cald down, took out her cellphone, aid it at the panicked couple getting dressed by the desk, and recorded a video.
His father, having dressed, saw his mother recording and rushed over to grab the cell phone, "Lanlan, what are you doing? Give the phone!"
His mother dodged, pushing his father with one hand and stopping the recording with the other, she dialed a number, "Hello, Attorney Lee? This is Gu Lan, my husband has been caught cheating in his office, and I want to divorce him! I’m currently in his office, please co over imdiately... Yes, he and that woman were being indecent on the office table, and I have captured a video..."
"Lanlan, are you crazy!"
His father roared and snatched the video from his mother’s hand.
His mother tried to grab the phone back, when the pregnant woman, now fully dressed, rushed over, knelt at his mother’s feet, sobbing and begging, "Sister Lanlan, I beg you, please delete the video! It absolutely cannot be leaked, or it will ruin both mine and Brother Shengxun’s reputations... Brother Shengxun and I are truly in love, please, Sister Lanlan, bless and Brother Shengxun... Sister Lanlan, I beg you!"
With the pregnant woman holding on to her legs, his father took the opportunity to delete the video on the phone.
Then, he saw his father enter the restroom with the phone.
Soon, the sound of the toilet flushing ca from the restroom.
Monts later, his father returned empty-handed.
The pregnant woman continued clinging to his mother’s legs, crying and begging, unable to break free.
His father returned to his mother’s side, kicked the pregnant woman, and roared at her in a rage, "Get out of here!"
The pregnant woman, kicked by his father, fell to the ground, covering her mouth as she wept in distress.
His mother’s eyes filled with tears, yet her expression remained composed.
He almost greedily stared at the video image of his mother.
Yes.
This was his mother.
Dignified, graceful, serene, a lady of quiet elegance, nearly forty but looking barely past thirty.
When he went out with his mother, they were often mistaken for siblings, and many n glanced at her, so even boldly approached to court her.
When he learned that his father had been killed by his mother for infidelity, he simply did not believe it.
His mother was the epito of a refined noble lady, dignified, elegant, gentle, and graceful.
His mother never even raised her voice, how could she have committed murder?
Moreover, his mother had both the looks and lineage, how could his father possibly cheat?
He didn’t believe it.
He didn’t believe a single word.
Even after his parents’ ashes were buried, he felt like he was living a dream.
Taken abroad by his grandparents, they removed all items related to his mother.
After settling overseas with his grandparents, this was the first ti he had seen a video of his mother.
She still looked as beautiful as he rembered, gentle, intellectual, with a tranquil charm - utterly beautiful.
The pregnant woman was kicked aside by his father.
His father told the pregnant woman to get out, but she did not leave; instead, she sat on the ground, crying pitifully.
Tears welled up in his mother’s eyes but never fell as she calmly asked his father, "Is the child in her womb yours?"
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