Cheating on her husband's mistress? I seduced her third son.

Gu Xizhou sneered.

"Yes, you gave birth to me."

He looked up and stared directly at Gu Ruyan, his gaze eerily calm.

"But did you really raise me? From childhood to adulthood, did you ever truly love me even a tiny bit? All because of a fortune teller's nonsense, saying I'm a 'lonely star'..."

He shook his head, his eyes filled with deep incomprehension and mockery.

"I just don't understand. My older brothers and I are all from the same mother, so why me? What did I do wrong?"

He took a step forward, and Gu Ruyan instinctively stepped back.

"Over the years, you've ignored me, treated me like I didn't exist, and never given me even a shred of maternal love. Do you really deserve to be my mother?"

After saying that, he stopped looking at Gu Ruyan's pale face and turned to walk straight to the kitchen.

Under everyone's astonished gaze, he pulled a sharp fruit knife from the knife rack and then turned back.

Upon seeing the gleaming blade, Gu Ruyan screamed in fright and hurriedly dodged to the side.

"What...what do you want to do? Do you intend to kill me?"

Gu Xizhou did not answer, but simply threw the knife at Gu Ruyan's feet.

"You gave me this life, and you can take it back now."

These words were like a bomb, instantly stunning everyone, who all turned to look at him.

Gu Ruyan looked at the knife at her feet, then looked up at the expressionless Gu Xizhou, her lips trembling, "What...what do you mean?"

Gu Xizhou announced, word by word:

"I'm severing my mother-son relationship with you! From today onwards, you are no longer my mother, and I am no longer your son! You did give me my life, but if you think I don't deserve to live, or if you think my fate as a lonely, unlucky person is an eyesore to you, you can take it away right now."

"Xizhou, don't talk nonsense!"

Gu Chengyan was the first to react and immediately stepped forward to try to dissuade him.

"Why can't we talk things out? She's our mother, after all!"

Gu Huaiye frowned, his tone serious: "Second brother, don't say such foolish things!"

Even if Gu Ruyan disliked Gu Xizhou and regarded him as an omen of misfortune, she would never dare to, and would never, actually take his life.

Moreover, she wanted to mend her relationship with her son, whom she had neglected for many years, and make amends.

As she got older, those nightmares made her feel uneasy.

At this moment, upon hearing Gu Xizhou so resolutely sever their relationship, even throwing a knife at her feet to make her take back her life, Gu Ruyan, amidst shock and anger, was suddenly awakened by a long-lost sense of panic, perhaps what could be called maternal instinct.

She recalled the nightmares that haunted her.

Her voice softened.

"Xizhou, Mom knows that I have indeed wronged you all these years. It was my fault. I will try my best to make it up to you in the future. As for saying things like severing our mother-son relationship, please don't say them again. They hurt Mom too much."

Gu Xizhou twitched the corners of his mouth, revealing a cold, almost sarcastic smile.

"Compensation? Forget it, I don't need it."

Su Yutang listened quietly and understood most of it.

It turns out that this man grew up under such indifference and ominous labels.

No wonder.

A simple bowl of noodles, cooked on the spot, was enough to move him to tears.

A complex mix of emotions welled up inside me.

She didn't say anything, but silently stepped forward and gently took Gu Xizhou's cold, trembling hand hanging by his side.

He didn't cry despite his parents' long-term indifference.

Even when he broke with his mother and threw the knife on the ground, he still stood tall and showed no sign of weakness.

But at this moment, when Su Yutang's warm and soft hand grasped his, Gu Xizhou trembled all over.

The man, who had just been as cold and hard as iron, threatening to sever all ties with his birth mother, suddenly had his eyes redden rapidly, a thin layer of tears blurring his stubborn vision.

He held her hand tightly; she was the only light in his heart.

Gu Ruyan stared intently at Su Yutang and Gu Xizhou's tightly clasped hands. He had actually teared up because of this woman, looking completely dependent on her. This angered her so much that she pointed at Su Yutang.

"Listen up, all three of you! This woman is only approaching you with an ulterior motive. He Xun dumped her and chose to be with me. She's doing this to get revenge on me for stealing He Xun from her, so she's resorting to any means to seduce and bewitch you! Don't be fooled by her pitiful appearance. Everything she's doing is to get revenge on me!"

Gu Chengyan frowned: "Mom, Yutang already told me all of this on her own initiative."

He looked at Gu Ruyan's suddenly frozen expression and continued to ask.

"I only have one question for you: after He Xun got together with you, did you go to see Yu Tang? Did you humiliate her with hurtful words, or even hit her?"

Gu Ruyan was speechless when asked the question, her face turning pale and then red.

Gu Huaiye, standing to the side, watched Gu Xizhou holding Su Yutang's hand tightly, his heart filled with jealousy, and he was so angry that his teeth itched.

He stepped forward directly, forcefully separating their clasped hands, then firmly grasped Su Yutang's hand in his own, before turning to Gu Ruyan.

"Mom, you've misunderstood Tangtang. She didn't seduce me; I was the one who pursued her relentlessly! I think you have to apologize to Tangtang!"

"Apologize?"

Gu Ruyan stared at her two sons in disbelief, as if they had suddenly become strangers, as if she had heard a fairy tale.

She was trembling with anger, her voice distorted and strained by extreme rage.

"You...you actually want me to apologize to her? Apologize to this bitch? It seems the three of you have really been bewitched by this vixen! You can't even distinguish between basic filial piety and right and wrong? You actually want your own mother to apologize to such a scheming, pretentious woman?"

She turned to Su Yutang, looking at her with resentment.

"She did it on purpose! She deliberately acted weak and pitiful to gain your sympathy. Just now, Mom didn't push her at all! She deliberately fell down. That vixen, she's a master of this kind of acting!"

Su Yutang's eyes immediately reddened, and she put on a look that was both aggrieved and unwilling to cause trouble.

"Please stop arguing because of me, it's all my fault...it's all my fault..."

She raised her tearful eyes to look at Gu Chengyan and Gu Huaiye, then timidly glanced at Gu Ruyan, whose face was ashen with anger.

"I...I just tripped and fell...I lost my balance, it had nothing to do with Aunt Gu...really!"

"Also, Aunt Gu has never humiliated me or hit me. I don't want to damage the relationship between you and your son because of me. I... I won't bother you anymore..."

She seemed to have made up her mind, her voice trembling with tears as she made her decision.

"I'm leaving now, and I'll never see you again..."

As she spoke, she made a move to rush towards the door.