After Lin Yong Yi heard this, he looked at her in shock.
Lin Wan Bai did not dodge. Even though her hand that was tightly gripping the teacup was already slightly trembling, her eyes were still unblinking as she waited for an answer.
Lin Yong Yi's sitting figure seemed to have stiffened. After a long while, he slowly closed his eyes, and the expression on his face was extremely vicissitude. "You still heard it that day …"
Last time when Li Hui brought Lin Yao Yao and her daughter to cause a ruckus in the study room, Lin Wan Bai also came at the same time.
Li Hui was unable to get any money from him and could only speak a lot of things indiscriminately. Afterwards, Lin Yong Yi even paid extra attention to her and saw that she was in a very normal mood so she thought it would be good to keep the door soundproofed and didn't let her hear anything that she shouldn't have heard …
"Yes." Lin Wan Bai nodded.
Faced with Lin Yong Yi's reaction, she already had an idea in her heart, and did not speak anymore, and continued to wait.
"Since you've heard it, and are asking now, I won't hide it from you anymore!" Lin Yong Yi placed his hand on the side of his leg and placed it on his knees, as though he had made a decision, and slowly said: "You are indeed not the Lin Family's daughter."
"Then I …" Lin Wan Bai's throat tightened.
Lin Yong Yi answered her question, "When your mother married me, she was already pregnant."
"…" Lin Wan Bai felt as if his breath was instantly sucked out.
Lin Yong Yi sighed deeply, his gaze gradually blurred, as if he was thinking of the things that happened many years ago, "So many years have passed, but I still have no way of forgetting that your mother is wearing a white dress and slowly walking towards me … I fell in love with her at first sight. That was something I had never felt before. All my life, I had only wanted to marry her! Even after I found out that she was pregnant with someone else's child and was adamant in not beating it away, that I would waver in the end, I still chose to accept you! "
"We practically married in a flash, and she didn't even hesitate. Hearing that I was willing to accept you, she married me without hesitation.
"I was very happy at the time, and I thought he was the happiest man in the world. I swear, when I said 'I'm willing' to the priest in the church, I really wanted to take good care of you two!"
When Lin Yong Yi finished speaking, he was a little agitated and a heavy sadness fell into those eyes.
After calming down for a long time, he finally found his voice again, and looked up at her, "Wan Bai, I know, you're blaming me in your heart — but do you know? Your mother never loved me. I can endure her having another person's child, and I can also treat this child as my own. But what I can't endure is that my wife doesn't even look at me, and even when I take her hand, it's as painful and torturous as if … "
"Indeed, I made a big mistake in this marriage. When we first started, I was seduced by Li Hui, but your mother didn't care at all. When Li Hui was pregnant, I even thought of letting her beat the child up, so long as your mother gives me 10% of her feelings! I've worked hard for eight years, a whole eight years, but I still haven't been able to enter your mother's heart! " Lin Yong Yi laughed bitterly in the end.
He had thought that time would eventually move her, but reality slapped him hard in the face.
Eight years of time was enough to fight, but he couldn't have a woman's heart.
Lin Wan Bai listened and kept quiet.
Lin Yong Yi's voice was mixed with grief and indignation, as though it had been a long time since he had gotten over it, and the expression on his face was so lonely.
She never knew that there were such unknown things. No wonder she had such a blissful childhood before she was eight years old, but all of it disappeared the moment her mother jumped off the building.
"I don't know who that man is, but I know that your mother will never forget him until the moment of her death …" Lin Yong Yi paused for a while, and asked in a hoarse voice, "You always thought, that your mother couldn't bear suicide because I found Xiao San?"
Lin Wan Bai pursed his lips, not denying.
Because just now, she really did think so. Mom was depressed because her dad went to live in the hospital after finding Little San. In the end, he even chose to leave this world in such a resolute manner …
Lin Yong Yi shook his head in frustration, his eyes had a glimmer in them as he said hoarsely, "At that time on the top floor of the hospital, the nurses who witnessed the entire scene told me that when your mother jumped down, the one who was shouting was still not me, not me …"
Lin Wan Bai was completely stunned.
She saw Lin Yong Yi's trembling hands, as he took out a pocket watch.
He vaguely remembered seeing this watch when he was young. However, it was a little worn out now. The metal shell on the outside was opened, but there was no watch needle inside. Only a yellowed photo was left hanging on the tombstone like when he was young.
That was her mother …
Lin Wan Bai, who had come here to seek the truth, suddenly couldn't blame the old father in front of her. Although she had already figured out why he could be so ruthless towards his own daughter, and how he could not fall in love with her, he was also a scarred person. Furthermore, he had once given himself eight years of blissful childhood, with a surname of …
Lin Wan Bai walked out of the villa with shaky steps. The sun outside was very strong, so she had to use her hands to cover her steps.
A warm wind was blowing on his body, and his back was pressed against his spine by his wet clothes.
If her father wasn't Lin Yong Yi, then who else could he be?
Her feet slipped and she almost fell. The nanny who sent her out quickly supported her and asked if she was alright.
"Thank you, I'm fine!"
Lin Wan Bai shook his head, and turned back to look at the villa. Through the window, he could still see Lin Yong Yi sitting on the sofa, maintaining the position of lowering his head, and looking at the pocket watch.
She swallowed twice, suddenly anxious to see someone.
He took out his phone from his bag and quickly dialed a number, "Hello, Mr. Lu... It's me! "
Half an hour later, Lin Wan Bai was sitting on a chair in the coffee shop.
Lu Xue Lin who was dressed in casual clothes sat on the opposite side. She looked to be in a sickly state, but her smile was as amiable as ever: "Miss Lin, you waited for a long time, right?"
"No, I just arrived!" I ordered you a cup of coffee. " Lin Wan Bai shook his head, and indicated for the coffee to be served.
"Thank you." Lu Xue Lin replied with a smile, then raised it and took a sip.
"Miss Lin suddenly wants to see me. Is there something wrong?"
Lin Wan Bai's eyes never left him after he sat down, as if she was trying to find the slightest trace of similarity between his face and body. When she heard his question, she opened her mouth.