"Mom, I don't blame you at all. Please come back with me. Your family will be so happy to know you're back!"

Faced with her son's hopeful tone, Yu Lian couldn't bear to say the words that would hurt him.

"An'an, I'm sorry."

Hearing the words "I'm sorry," He Ning'an's heart jumped into her throat.

"Mom, don't you want me anymore?" Large tears streamed down her face. Her lips were pressed into a thin line.

"No, no, Mommy doesn't mean I don't want you. Mommy means that you're the only one who knows who I am right now, so you can't tell anyone, okay?"

He Ning'an nodded in surprise.

"Okay, now you have half a day off. Can you go back with your mom?"

He Ning'an couldn't have asked for this more than he could have.

From the moment Yu Lian admitted her identity, a warm feeling lingered in He Ning'an's heart.

He held his mother's hand tightly all the way out of the school.

Yu Lian walked towards the driver's seat, and he followed closely behind.

Yu Lian whispered a reminder, "Son, you have to let go of Mommy so Mommy can drive you home, right?"

He Ning'an smiled somewhat embarrassedly, then sat down in the back seat.

The little car's engine was loud, but it didn't bother the little kid who was distracted by his mother.

He had endless questions along the way.

But the most crucial question is whether she suffered or was bullied by bad people during her time away.

The more she asked, the more uncomfortable Yu Lian felt, her heart clenching tightly together.

Yu Lian drank spiritual spring water on the way home, so she recovered about one-third of her strength by the time she got home.

For a child who loves his mother, such a big change would be immediately noticeable.

He Ning'an asked worriedly, "Mom, are you sick? You used to be very thin. Don't worry, I will grow up quickly and get you treated."

Yu Lian's heart melted upon hearing this. His own son not only didn't blame him for what he had done back then.

I still love her, this incompetent mother, as always.

"Don't worry, Mom is in good health. However, at this stage, Mom needs a suitable identity to do her own things."

He Ning'an only vaguely understood what her mother was saying, but she realized that her mother was probably trying to avoid being recognized, just like how she acted when facing her at school.

"Mom, I promise I'll keep this a secret. It's our little secret."

"Thank you, An'an."

Yu Lian took her son's hand and walked home.

On the way, she had already learned most of the children's current situation from An'an.

They also learned the true identity of that woman surnamed Wen.

Although she wasn't the children's stepmother, the ambiguous relationship and the way the three little ones treated her suggested that it was close to that level.

She saved Manman's life and also helped the child's grandparents; the elderly couple liked her very much.

Given the close cooperation between the two companies, it's no surprise that such a relationship would inevitably develop into a romantic one.

"Is Aunt Wen good to you and your younger siblings?"

The two entered the courtyard, and Yu Lian asked the question she most wanted to ask.

"Aunt Wen... Mom, I don't know either. Aunt Wen is very kind to me. I understand she wants to get closer to me. She doesn't mean me any harm, but I just hate her. I'm scared... I'm scared..."

Her son hesitated, his lips trembling, and she encouraged him, "Say it, Mom's here."

"I'm afraid she wants to take your place. I don't like younger siblings. Mom, I'd rather you hadn't given birth to them. I'd be all you need."

While feeling surprised, Yu Lian wanted to figure out the source of her son's dislike for his younger siblings.

However, she knew that pushing a child too hard was not a good thing.

"Come in."

He Ning'an was curious about everything in front of her, about her mother's life and what had happened in the past five years.

Looking at the spacious and tidy house, He Ning'an cried.

"Mom, don't you live in a leaky house?"

These words made Yu Lian both cry and laugh.

"I'm sorry to have worried you, An'an. Mom is doing well. It was a complicated situation back then. I'll explain it to you when you're a little older."

"Mom, I'm hungry."

He Ning'an didn't want to make her mother cry, so she cleverly changed the subject.

Upon hearing this, Yu Lian immediately put down her bag and started cooking for the child.

She rarely cooks now, but her culinary skills haven't changed much.

"Just put your schoolbag away. By the way, do you want to see your grandfather? I'll take you to see him."

He Ning'an refused without even thinking, "No, I hate Grandpa. Mom and Grandpa disappeared together, it must have been him, right?"

It must be said that his son is very smart.

"Yes, Mom also dislikes Grandpa, so we won't see him for now. I'll take you to see him whenever you want. We won't invite him today."

Yu Lian first fed him some snacks to fill his stomach, and then added a lot of spiritual spring water to the food while cooking.

I prepared a table of light dishes.

She had also drunk quite a bit, and by the time the meal was finished, she had returned to her normal self.

He Ning'an, who was doing her homework and didn't notice the change in her mother's appearance, froze on the spot the moment she got up to go eat.

"Mom, how come you're all better?"

Yu Lian didn't know how to explain, "Mom said it's very healthy, the weight gain is only temporary, and it won't happen again."

Upon seeing the familiar mother from his memories, He Ning'an couldn't help but hug her.

"Let's eat first. After you finish eating, I'll take you home so your grandparents won't worry about you."

Having just reunited with her mother, He Ning'an felt like less than ten minutes had passed before they had to part again.

He was afraid that this was just a dream he had imagined.

"Don't be afraid, my good son, eat first, then think about it."

He Ning'an nodded reluctantly and ate the food his mother had put on his plate little by little.

He desperately wished that time could stand still at this moment, so that it was just him and his mother.

Remembering this, he brought up the topic that they hadn't finished discussing earlier.

"Mom, I don't like my younger brother and sister because they are traitors, especially my sister. She calls her Aunt Wen. Mom, the three of them are very annoying. They don't respect Grandpa, Grandma, or Aunt at all."

"They won't even listen to me anymore."

Speaking of this, of the three little ones, the older brother was the one who liked him the most and listened to him the most.

Sometimes her brother's words carry more weight than hers.

"Is it because of your mother?"

He Ning'an hesitated for a moment, then slowly shook his head with uncertainty.

"I feel that my younger siblings have changed since Aunt Wen came. They've become very... like bad kids, rude, yelling at elders, and throwing tantrums when things don't go their way..."

Over the next two hours, Yu Lian came to a profound understanding of why An An, as the eldest brother, would say he disliked his younger siblings.

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