Chapter 31: The Truth About Love

Chapter 31

Ren Ran went forward and gently patted her back to help calm her down.

She didn't make a sound but waited quietly for her mother to settle down. There were some things that only she could go through herself.

She believed her mother would get through this.

Half an hour later, the two sat in a corner of a cafe. Ren Suya's face was pale and the brightness had gone from her eyes.

Seeing her mother like this pained Ren Ran.

"Mom, are you okay?"

Ren Suya looked at her daughter before her, seeing the concern in her eyes. Suddenly she smiled, and the smile brought tears to the corners of her eyes. The smile was bitter. "Ran Ran, your mom is useless. I've let you down and made you suffer."

Ren Ran took her hand. "Mom, I'm not suffering."

Facing her understanding daughter brought waves of pain to Ren Suya's heart.

"When did you find out?"

"Two months ago."

Since she had been reborn.

"Why didn't you..."

The words "tell me" stuck in her throat as she thought back to the things her daughter was always whispering in her ear. At the time she hadn't thought anything of it, but looking back now, her daughter had been warning her every time. She had just been too foolish, believing in that man too much.

"Were those traces of lipstick in your dad's car and those women's marks on his clothes your doing?"

Since Kong Liji had taken his mistress and illegitimate child out of town to shop in other provinces, it was clear he was being cautious.

Someone so cautious wouldn't have left such obvious traces on himself.

"Yes."

"Do your grandparents know too?" Ren Suya glanced outside at Gao Ying.

Ren Ran nodded.

Ren Suya gave a bitter laugh. She was useless as a daughter, needing her parents and daughter to worry about her.

Back then her parents had told her he wasn't the right one for her, but she hadn't listened, insisting on marrying him.

Thinking back now, she understood her parents had keen judgement.

If it hadn't been for her unexpected pregnancy with Ren Ran, her father wouldn't have given in so quickly.

She gently patted her mother's back over and over to calm her.

Half an hour later, her mother's emotions finally settled down, though her complexion still didn't look well.

"Ran Ran, they're all liars."

"Yes, all liars."

They were more than just liars. Downright sinister.

After returning from Hangzhou, Ren Suya drifted along in a daze, unable to move past the blow for the time being.

As the car neared home, Ren Suya, who had sat motionless the whole time, suddenly spoke up.

"I don't want to go back. I don't want to see him."

"Okay, we won't go back. Let's go to the villa in the hills," Ren Ran agreed readily.

The car changed direction toward the hillside villa.

As soon as Ren Suya saw her aged parents, she couldn't hold back her tears.

On the drive back, Ren Ran had already told her grandparents everything.

Grandma went up and embraced her daughter, gently patting her back. "Don't be scared. You still have us and Ran Ran."

No matter how old she was, in her grandparents' eyes, she would always be their little princess.

"He deceived me. He made me suffer so much."

"Mom, I hate him."

"I shouldn't have disobeyed you."

"I was wrong, so incredibly wrong. Why did they do this to me?"

Grandma dabbed at her tears as well.

Grandfather Ren wanted to go up to them but didn't know how to cut in. He stood to the side with Ren Ran, watching the mother and daughter weep in each other's arms.

After an hour, the crying finally stopped and they both calmed down a lot. But everyone's faces still looked poor.

"You've never suffered much in this life. Now you're enduring some losses which will teach you a lesson," Ren Hongru said solemnly.

Ren Suya didn't refute him, acquiescing.

Ren Hongru looked at Ren Ran, a probing look in his eyes, seeming to want to say something but holding back.

"Just ask what you want to ask, Grandfather." Ren Ran guessed what her grandfather wanted to ask.