After returning home with the child, her ex-husband knelt down and gently coaxed her.

In the Yunjian Apartment, a white light shines in a three-bedroom apartment on a middle floor.

After hanging up the phone, Lu Wei'an put his arm around the woman next to him and sat her down on his lap.

"Did you suffer some injustice today?"

The woman gently shook her head and smiled, "Miss Cheng is the heiress of the Cheng Group. She has a distinguished status. Why should I feel wronged if she gets angry at a mere secretary like me?"

Lu Wei'an understood her and knew she wouldn't take such a small matter to heart.

She cared about something else.

He removed the gold-rimmed glasses from his nose, looked up, and brushed a strand of hair behind her ear. "So, you don't have anything to ask me?"

"no."

Ai Xiao got up from his lap and walked to the window to look at the night outside.

"From school to graduation, and from graduation to work, my identity slowly changed from your girlfriend to your secret lover."

Ai Xiao smiled gently, "Every step I took was my choice, and this relationship was something I was willing to do. Whatever the outcome, I should take responsibility for it."

"Lu Wei'an."

Her cool gaze swept into the hazy darkness of the distance. "We've been together for quite some time now. If you never get married, I can stay with you for the rest of my life."

She turned around, leaned against the windowsill, and smiled gently at the man who stood up from the sofa. "But if you get married, and the other person isn't me, I will completely disappear from your world and never appear again."

Lu Wei'an stepped forward and wrapped his arms around her, the scent of sandalwood mixed with the smell of alcohol wafting over him.

"Being Lu Jin's son has too many unavoidable circumstances, let alone being an illegitimate child."

Lu Wei'an's deep, magnetic voice rang in the woman's ear, "I can't let my emotions consume me like west Yan did. But I can assure you, my entire being will be you."

"Xiaoxiao, wait a little longer." Lu Wei'an pulled the woman into his arms. "Wait for me a little longer."

......

The moon was high in the sky, but the lights in the second-floor rooms of the servants' quarters in the Cheng family mansion were still on.

Cao Han rummaged through the cabinet, layer by layer, and pulled out a bankbook and a jewelry box.

Under the light, Cheng Wanwan saw that Cao Han's hands were trembling.

Tears streamed down her face, but her heart remained completely calm.

"This is the money I've saved up over the past few decades." Cao Han placed the bankbook on the table in front of Cheng Wanwan. "It's also the dowry I've saved for my daughter."

Upon hearing this, Cheng Wanwan's breath hitched, and she looked at the well-preserved document.

"Miss, I've always treated you like my own daughter." Cao Han looked at Cheng Wanwan with boundless affection in his eyes. "Consider this dowry as something I've saved up for."

Cheng Wanwan felt waves of unease, but on the surface, she was so moved that she burst into tears. "Aunt Cao, I can't accept this. You should keep it for your daughter."

"I'll pretend I don't have that daughter anymore. You're Cao Ma's own daughter." Cao Han placed the bankbook in her hand. "It's not much money, don't be stingy."

Cao Han originally intended to give it to Cheng Wanwan when she got married, but given the current situation, she wouldn't be able to wait until then.

She opened the jewelry box, inside which was a set of gleaming gold jewelry.

"Wanwan," she said affectionately, "In my hometown, when a daughter gets married, her mother always gives her a set of gold jewelry. I picked out this set a long time ago."

She placed a gold bracelet on Cheng Wanwan's wrist, saying, "This is a gift from Cao Ma. I wish you a happy and fulfilling marriage in the future."

Cheng Wanwan looked at the gold bracelet in her hand, tears streaming down her face.

"Aunt Cao...you've been so good to me." Her eyes were blurry with tears as she looked at Cao Han, who was also crying. "I wasn't fortunate enough to be your biological daughter in this life, but I'll be your daughter in the next, okay?"

"Okay, okay." Cao Han nodded repeatedly, tears streaming down his face. "Wanwan, actually, there's something I need to tell you—"

"Aunt Cao".

Cheng Wanwan interrupted her, glanced at the time, and said, "It's getting late, I should go back to my room."

She stood up, looking at Cao Han with a pitiful expression, "Aunt Cao, you must remember what you promised me, okay?"

Cao Han nodded, her face full of heartache. "Aunt Cao remembers. Don't worry, Aunt Cao will help you."

She gathered the jewelry box and bankbook from the table and placed them in Cheng Wanwan's hand. "Wanwan, go back and rest."

Her eyes were full of reluctance, but Cheng Wanwan didn't want to look any longer. She took her things, turned around, and left.

After seeing her to the door, Cao Han stood there until she could no longer see her in the darkness before she choked out, "Wanwan, I am actually your biological mother!"

After passing through the back garden, Cheng Wanwan had already wiped away the tear stains on her face.

Before entering the main building, she looked at the bankbook and jewelry box in her hand, her eyes filled with indifference and disdain.

The next moment, she tore up the bankbook in her hand without hesitation and threw it into the fishpond, where it was quickly devoured by the pampered fish as fresh food.

The set of gold jewelry in her hand was heavy, but its price was far less than that of a single limited-edition necklace she casually owned.

Cheng Wanwan forcefully removed the bracelet from her wrist and threw it, along with the jewelry box, into the depths of the garden where trees intertwined.

Finally, as if he had shaken off something disgusting, he exhaled and entered the main building.

......

The next day.

When Liang Xu called, Lu Xiyan had just finished a business negotiation and was leaving the tea restaurant, preparing to pick up An Ning and An Xuan for dinner.

Anning took Anxian to play at the amusement park on another street, which was less than ten minutes away by car.

The driver opened the door, and Lu Xiyan got into the car while answering a phone call.

"Western Banquet!"

Liang Xu's tone on the other end of the phone was slightly excited, "You were absolutely right! That rotten apple from the Ministry of Justice who tampered with the results did indeed stick out—it's Sun Hao, the deputy director of the forensic department!"

Lu Xiyan instructed the driver to start the car, then frowned and asked, "If I'm not mistaken, it was Cheng Wanwan who made him do this."

"That's right!" Liang Xu hurriedly said, "Cheng Shao and Han Yun probably also discovered something, suspected the problem of their biological daughter, and even did a paternity test between Han Yun and Cheng Wanwan."

Lu Xiyan frowned slightly. "And the result?"

"As you said, Cheng Wanwan isn't Han Yun's biological daughter at all!" Liang Xu said excitedly. "But Cheng Wanwan had Sun Hao do another paternity test and changed the result to show that she was Han Yun's biological daughter."

Lu Xiyan's eyes darkened. "So, Cheng Wanwan must have known about her background all along. And the fact that the Cheng family has remained so quiet until now means that the fake identification has been delivered to Cheng Shao and Han Yun, and they believe it without a doubt."

Liang Xu asked, "Does Cheng Wanwan know the truth but still want to solidify her status as the Cheng family's heiress? What about An Ning—"

Before he could finish his question, Lu Xiyan was suddenly startled, his eyes turning cold.

"Anning is in danger!"