Shen Ningning's eyes welled with tears as she listened, her gaze turning red.
"But you had a chance! Whether it was Aunt Qingdai or Second Master Xie, they would've been so happy if they knew who you were!"
Xu Jingxi gave a wan smile. "Would they really be happy? Liang Yici's and my identities can't be exposed. If people found out we weren't General Liang's children, how could our mother face the world?"
Shen Ningning fell silent.
So, when Fang Qingdai left the Capital City, she was already pregnant.
But Fang Qingdai was a proud woman. She would never forgive Second Master Xie for sleeping with another woman.
Nor would she allow herself to be trapped in the inner residence, sharing a husband with some other woman.
So she silently left the Capital City.
Shen Ningning asked, "You don't blame them, do you?"
Xu Jingxi lowered his cool gaze. "As far as I'm concerned, my parents have been dead for a long time."
