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Chapter 025 The Revealed Past
Hearing Zhuang Jingchun’s words, Xu Xizhou was silent for a few seconds.
He lowered his eyelashes and smiled self-deprecatingly.
“They all left me in the wild and let me fend for myself. Why should I look for them? An unwanted child might as well not be born.”
“Maybe there’s a reason
”
Zhuang Jingchun took a step forward and gently touched Xu Xizhou’s shoulder.
“I’m sure your parents weren’t those kinds of people.”
“Probably because I was sick at the time. They were too poor and couldn’t cure me, so they threw me away,” Xu Xizhou shrugged, with a trace of sarcasm on his face, “After all, the people who picked me up were not willing to raise me, and wanted to exchange me with other children.”
His tone sounded relaxed, but Zhuang Jingchun clearly perceived his low mood. He couldn’t help but stretch out his hand and rub Xu Xizhou’s head.
“What are you doing? Are you pitying me?”
Xu Xizhou suddenly raised his eyes to look at him. There was no sadness in his eyes, instead, they were clear with relief.
“Actually, I should thank them for throwing me away, otherwise I would not have had the opportunity to grow up in the Lu family, let alone get in touch with racing and become a professional racer.”
As Xu Xizhou spoke, he strode out of the gallery, looking up at the blue sky above his head.
“I heard there’s a Tudor castle nearby. Do you want to see it?”
“Yes, but
” Zhuang Jingchun turned his head and glanced at the electric scooter parked in the corner. He said in a firm tone, “This time, you sit in the back.”
This guy really has strange self-esteem.
Xu Xizhou complained secretly in his heart, but his mouth curled up unconsciously.
He took a long step, and as soon as he got on the scooter, he naturally put his hand into Zhuang Jingchun’s coat pocket and leaned his head on his shoulder.
Zhuang Jingchun was slightly taken aback.
There was a warm touch on his back, and the boy’s breath brushed the side of his face, bringing an indescribable numbness and a shiver.
Zhuang Jingchun’s Adam’s apple moved. He took a deep breath, lowered his eyes, and started the scooter.
The stone road became more and more rugged. When passing through a forest path, a gray squirrel suddenly jumped under their feet, and Zhuang Jingchun hurriedly stepped on the brake.
Xu Xizhou was looking at the scenery on the side of the road, and because of inertia, the bridge of his nose hit him hard on his back.
“Hiss
it hurts!”
Xu Xizhou rubbed the bridge of his sore nose with an aggrieved expression.
Zhuang Jingchun stopped and turned to look at him helplessly.
“Who told you to take off your helmet?”
“I thought you were so good at driving.”
Xu Xizhou looked at him aggrievedly, probably because he was really hurt, so there was a light layer of tears in his black eyes.
Zhuang Jingchun put the helmet on for him, not daring to look at the eyes that disturbed his heart, and pulled down the visor with force.
“At least better than you.”
After a while, Zhuang Jingchun suddenly noticed that his waist was a little itchy. He looked down and saw that Xu Xizhou was scooping something out of his coat pocket with both hands.
“What are you doing?”
“Your pocket is so big, let me see if there is anything else in it.”
Zhuang Jingchun gritted his teeth, he couldn’t bear it anymore and said, “You will affect my driving like this.”
If Xu Xizhou’s hands continue to behave like this, he will react in a way he shouldn’t.
“OK, OK, I won’t harass you anymore. You can concentrate on driving.”
Xu Xizhou became more honest, wrapped his hands tightly around his waist, leaned on his back, and hummed again.
“
Wake me up when September ends
”
The brisk melody echoed in the air, and at the corner of the intersection, a dark blue Porsche Cayenne passed them by.
In the car, a gentle and beautiful woman sat on the co-pilot with an extremely anxious expression.
“Old Liu, can you drive faster?”
“Madam, there is a limit to speed here. It can’t go any faster.”
“Sorry, I really can’t help it.” Shu Yue didn’t know what to think. Her eyes were slightly red, and she looked out the window. A month ago, when she learned that Xiao Xi[1] was not dead, she was instantly overwhelmed with ecstasy. Today, she received another notification from the old man that they had found Xiao Xi. She had been preparing for a special art exhibition in London these days. However, after hearing the news, she couldn’t sit still for a moment, wishing she could grow wings and fly back to China immediately.
“After so many years, I had no hope for a long time, but I didn’t expect
”
“Madam, don’t be sad, you and the young master will be reunited soon. The second young master[2] will be happy in heaven.”
“Yeah, I don’t know how happy A’Dian would be.”
When Shu Yue thought of this, she burst into tears and laughed. She looked out the window with melancholy.
“I wonder what Xiao Xi is like now
 how is he doing? Does he blame me for not looking for him for so many years?”
It was dusk when Shu Yue arrived in City B.
She went directly to the Ren family mansion. In the main hall, the old man sat on a mahogany chair, talking to Officer Wang beside him. Ren Junyun stood on the other side, pacing back and forth restlessly.
When Mr. Ren saw Shu Yue coming in, he smiled, “Xiao Yue, you’re back. Officer Wang, I’ll let you speak.”
Shu Yue stood anxiously in front of Officer Wang, staring at the weathered face in front of her eyes.
“It’s like this, Ms. Shu Yue, this month we sent police to visit villages near the incident site and got a lot of useful information. There are more men than women in that village, and some people even spend money to buy wives and boys from other places. Many of the baby boys in the village were unidentified, and we thought we would spend some time investigating. Unexpectedly, a piece of news caught our attention.”
Shu Yue clenched her cuffs unconsciously and looked at him cautiously.
“What news?”
“There is a local real estate family in Wancheng, surnamed Lu. The son they raised for eighteen years was accidentally discovered not to be their own but exchanged. Coincidentally, the couple who exchanged their son lived near that village back then.”
“You mean
” Shu Yue’s heart beat faster and faster, her eyes widened unconsciously, and she was so nervous that she could hardly stand.
“That’s right, we went to the couple and took their statements. They admitted that the boy was picked up in the wild 18 years ago. At that time, the boy was sick. Because they couldn’t afford to cure him, they wanted another child, so they swapped him with the son of the Lu family.”
“Of course, this evidence is not sufficient, so I contacted the Wancheng police a few days ago and asked them to go to the local identification department to take a blood sample from the boy and compare the DNA with Mr. Ren.”
He picked up an identification report from the table and handed it to Shu Yue.
“The identification results show that this boy is Mr. Ren’s grandson, in other words, your son.”
Shu Yue took a deep breath. Her body swayed unsteadily, and she was supported by the butler at the side so she didn’t fall down.
She opened the identification report and glanced at it. Tears suddenly welled up in her eyes.
“Officer Wang, these are not the point. The point is what is the child’s name and where is he now?” Ren Junyun couldn’t sit still anymore, so he asked.
“I didn’t dare disclose the boy’s information before, and I was afraid the identification would not match, then you would be disappointed.”
Officer Wang smiled and took out a copy of the Wancheng Daily from his pocket.
“There is a picture of him on it. He is a car racer and drives F2.”
“He is a racer like A’Dian?” Ren Junyun exhaled in disbelief. He was about to pick up the newspaper but Shu Yue snatched it quickly and unfolded it.
Suddenly, something flashed through Ren Junyun’s mind. His pupils suddenly shrank and he stared at Officer Wang, “Wait, you just said he is driving F2?”
“Yes, I heard from my colleagues in Wancheng that he is the only F2 driver in China.”
Ren Junyun slapped his head fiercely and let out a regretful sound.
He was the president of the Ren group. He has always been calm and serious. Rarely did he make such a gaffe. Mr. Ren unconsciously tapped his cane and looked at him with a frown.
“What does that look mean?”
“I’ve seen him! I’ve seen his game!” Ren Junyun paced back and forth, clicking his tongue from time to time.
“Where have you seen him?” Shu Yue put down the newspaper and looked at him anxiously.
“In Melbourne, he is the only Chinese racer and he drives very fast. I was very impressed. At that time, I asked my assistant to invite him to dinner with me. However, he lost the game and was probably in a bad mood, so he refused me.”
“My god, if I had known that he was Xiaoxi, I would have to see him no matter what!”
Shu Yue caressed the boy’s photo in the newspaper, smiling through tears.[3] from sadness to joy.
“It’s great, my baby has grown so big and has become a racer.”
She suddenly thought of something, frowned slightly, and looked at Officer Wang.
“Officer Wang, you just said that the Lu family knows he is not their biological son, so is he still in the Lu family now?”
Officer Wang sighed.
“This is exactly what I want to tell you. As far as I know, after the real young master of the Lu family was brought back, he moved out and had a very unpleasant fight with his adoptive father.”
“What an unpleasant fight?” Mr. Ren narrowed his eyes slightly, with a hint of danger in his eyes.
Ren Junyun’s face also sank slightly, frowning at Officer Wang.
Officer Wang looked a little embarrassed, and after a few seconds of silence, he said softly, “After his identity was disclosed, his adoptive father no longer planned to support his racing career. Later, he brought his boyfriend to attend the coming-of-age ceremony of the Lu family. His adoptive father directly threatened to sever the father-son relationship with him
After Officer Wang’s voice fell, the room plunged into pin-drop silence.
Immediately, Mr. Ren spoke. He held the cane’s head tightly, obviously very angry.
“It’s his freedom whether my grandson has a boyfriend or a girlfriend. Why does this surname Lu care about our family?”
Ren Junyun nodded in agreement and spoke slowly.
“Is this person surnamed Lu blind? Xiaoxi races so well, and he is the only F2 driver in China. He actually wanted him to give up racing? And sever the relationship between father and son? Heh, is he qualified to be Xiaoxi’s father?”
The only calmer person present was Shu Yue. She held the newspaper tightly in her arms and suddenly raised her teary eyes.
“Officer Wang, can I ask, who is Xiaoxi’s boyfriend
?”
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Rilise has something to say:
I planned to split this chapter, but compared to the next chapter. this was nothing. The next chapter was so fat my waist trembled non-stop; almost 5 times the average chapter length. I may have to divide them or the (already) slow release will be even slower than snails.
<table>References <th>↑1</th> literally meant Little Hope, different from Xizhou’s Xi. <th>↑2</th> Shu Yue’s late husband. <th>↑3</th> Turning from sadness to joy.</tbody></table>