Gu Xinheng's body swayed, and he was almost unable to stand because of what Old Lady Gu said.
He took a deep breath, gripped the door handle with his left hand, and steadied himself.
"Mom..." Gu Xinheng lowered his voice and said solemnly, "Rou Rou, you are my daughter."
"Gu Xinheng, stop daydreaming! She is the daughter of Shen Zi and Yue Ting."
Just like every time before.
Whenever Gu Xinheng was full of hope for the future, Old Lady Gu would ruthlessly shatter his dreams.
On the other end of the phone, Mrs. Gu's old and cold voice came slowly, "Mom knows that you still can't forget Shen Zi. Mom also admits that forcing you to marry Shen Wan back then might have been a mistake on my part."
After all, no one expected that Shen Yi could reach such a height today.
At that time, Shen Yi, the eldest son of the Shen family who was capable of taking charge of things, had not yet grown up.
From an outsider's perspective, compared to the siblings Shen Yi and Shen Zi who lost their mother and were hated by their father Shen Jun.
Obviously, Shen Wan, who is favored by her father, is a better marriage candidate.
Shen Yi and Shen Zi are both born to Shen Jun's original wife.
Shen Wan is the daughter of Shen Jun and his later wife Jiang Yunwen after the death of his first wife.
Shen Jun dotes on Jiang Yunwen alone, and also treats Shen Wan with great love.
Shen Zi and Gu Xinheng were engaged when Shen Zi's mother was still alive.
But later, Shen Zi's mother died early, and Shen Yi and Shen Zi became unfavored children.
However, Shen Wan just had deep feelings for her sister's fiancé.
Everything that happened afterwards happened too fast.
They drugged her, had sex with her, and were caught in bed with her in a premeditated plan.
Afterwards, the Shen family and Old Lady Gu added fuel to the fire, and eventually, Shen Zi sadly left for Europe.
Gu Xinheng married Shen Wan for the sake of his family.
After many years, everything seemed to have calmed down.
Shen Zi accidentally met Duke Reddington, who went by the alias Yue Ting, in Europe and began a passionate love affair with him.
Because of this relationship, Shen Zi gradually came out of the shadow of that year.
After all, she was the sister he once loved, and except for that time, Shen Wan was always kind to Shen Zi.
So the two sisters reconciled quickly.
However, just after Shen Zi gave birth to Yue Ze, one day, she had an argument with Duke Reddington.
After the couple had a quarrel, she ran to Country M to relax and also lived in her sister's manor.
At that time, Shen Zi could already look at Gu Xinheng with a normal attitude.
Gu Xinheng also behaved like a polite brother-in-law.
However, no one knew how ecstatic Gu Xinheng was when he learned that Shen Zi was coming.
Gu Xinheng seemed to be several years younger and looked forward to meeting Shen Zi at the manor every day.
Soon, Shen Wan was diagnosed with pregnancy.
Soon after, Shen Zi also started to have pregnancy symptoms, and it was discovered that there was already a baby in her belly.
Shen Zi was still fighting with Yue Ting and threatened to stay in Country M alone to give birth to a child.
And Shen Wan was also happy to have Shen Zi accompany her.
Two pregnant women were sharing their breastfeeding experiences. On the surface, everything seemed fine.
It was not until after a prenatal checkup that Shen Wan was told by the doctor that the baby's fetal heart rate was very weak.
Even if the baby is born, it probably won't be very good.
So, Shen Wan once again turned her gaze to her sister.
Afterwards, she spent a lot of money and hired someone to perform a ritual, hoping to use Shen Zi's belly to keep her own child.
When the due date came, both of them had periods at the same time, and in the end, it turned out to be what she wished for.
After the children were born, Shen Zi's child died young, while Shen Wan's child survived.
"Back then, if that stupid woman Shen Wan hadn't hired someone to do something, she would have accidentally diverted the attention of the Reddington family for you. Do you think that you would have succeeded so easily in swapping the children without telling them?"
On the other end of the phone, Mrs. Gu's voice came slowly.
Her words pulled Gu Xinheng's thoughts back from his long-lost memories. (To be continued)