It was as if his memory had suddenly burst open and flooded his mind with past events.
âShe was the kindest and gentlest woman I have ever met but also the stupidest, most useless, and most vulnerable. She gave everythingâher gentleness, kindness, and careâto that man and the son whom she had not bornâLin Jingxuan. She would rather spend her patience and love on that son than on me. She told me that I wasnât her son, I came from the dump, and I made her sick.â
Ye Erruo unconsciously clutched his hand tightly when she heard that. She did not agree with what his mother had said. He hadnât been ditched.
Now, she finally understood why Old Master Lin had allowed a mistress into the house ostentatiously and why the illegitimate son had been acknowledged as the firstborn instead.
It was because his mother had loved that man too much for her own good.
As for him, he had never known motherly love, which explained his aloof and tyrannical nature.
âMy mother wanted me to address that man as my father, but why should I? He wasnât my father and he was unfit to be one. She could not stop harping on about the son who wasnât hers even on her deathbed.
âThe day after she passed away, I concocted poison and sent that pair of ingrates down to hell to keep her company. Lin Jingxuan would have accompanied them if it wasnât for the old man. He stopped me from poisoning him too. Iâve always been better than that fella in every way, so the old man naturally loves me.â
â...â
Following that, he whispered resolutely into her ear, âIâll snatch everything that chap likes. If I canât have something, then Iâll destroy it.â
She stared wide-eyed at him. She had finally found out why he had given her that strange look when Lin Jingxuan had first brought her home to meet his family. It was also when the old man had started to transfer his authority to him that heâd started to go after her.
âIs this the reason you took notice of me then? You wanted me because you wanted to break us up?â
He replied with a soft gaze, âThatâs not the main reason.â
âThen whatâs the reason?â She was stumped.
âI knew you were the one for me when I first set eyes on you.â
If he hadnât been convinced that she was the one, he wouldnât have put up with her nonsense. He would have finished off any other woman who resisted him repeatedly! As he had said earlier, he would destroy what he could not have!
âBaby Ruo, it was love at first sight for me.â
âLove at first sight?â She didnât believe him at all.
âIf I hadnât fallen head over heels with you, I wouldnât have tried to break up your relationship with him time and again and I wouldnât have stopped myself from going after him because I didnât want to hurt your feelings. As you know, I have no talent other than my talent for making people disappear from this world.â
She didnât know how to reply to that.
âAre you sleepy yet?â
After circling her arms around his waist, she said, âNot at all.â
Mo Jiangye, I will be by your side from this day onwards. Iâll give you all the gentleness and patience I have and Iâll become your home. I couldnât catch you in the past but Iâll be here with you in the future.
It didnât matter who his father was or if the man was still alive, and she didnât care to ask either.
âAre you hungry?â
âI was hungry earlier but not anymore.â
âItâs gonna be bright out soon. We better get into bed now.â
âAlright.â
âBaby Ruo, it was love at first sight for me. I ask for nothing more except to have you beside me forever...â As he leaned on her, he whispered softly into her ear.