Chapter 248: Right and wrong at the same time
Chapter 248: Right and wrong at the same time
Yukira gulped. He laughed nervously. “Teehee~~ C-can I explain it later? You see, it’s a long story.”
Yukito whined. “I want to know now!”
Yukira snapped. “Shut up, Yukito!”
Why is he putting oil in the fire?
He was sweating all over, not because of the kidnapping, not because he beat up the two men, but because his dear sister saw him doing it.
Nana was in a daze, but Huo Xiao Fan’s voice brought them back to reality.
“Enough with the chit chat!” She saw everything through the monitor, and she couldn’t believe a high school student took out two of her armed men. But what she knew was that they were only ordinary students.
The twins frowned at the same time. “Whose voice is this?”
“The one who has kidnapped you here.”
Yukira narrowed his eyes. “And what do you want? And wait. Where are you? Why don’t you show yourself?”
“That isn’t necessary. Once Nana gives me what I want, then you can all leave happily from here.”
Yukito worriedly looked at her. “Nee-chan, what is she saying?”
Nana stayed quiet for a while. A swirl of emotions was brewing in her eyes.
Huo Xiao Fan looked at Nana from the monitor. She didn’t understand the meaning of her gaze. Why did she look so…solemn? And it didn’t feel like it was because of the divorce. It was something else.
Nana was hesitating to ask her questions in front of the twins. But they should know this truth. And then…they should decide if they still want her in their lives or not.
Because this one truth would shatter every belief, they had. They would never look at her in the same way as their elder sister.
‘Yukito and Yukira would surely…hate me…’
“Mrs. Huo Xiao Fan.” Nana took a deep breath and said.
Huo Xiao Fan widened her eyes in shock as she heard her name.
How does she know about my identity? How did she find out? Wait…does she knows everything?
She was utterly bewildered.
Nana’s eyes rimmed in tears. “Y-you…gave birth to me…so why do you hate me so much that you want to destroy my life?”
Silence.
The twins rapidly blinked their eyes.
Yukira asked, “Birth? Who?”
Yukito said, “Nee-chan…weren’t you adopted? Then who is this woman?”
The one who couldn’t contain her shock the most was none other than Huo Xiao Fan.
Birth…What is she saying?
Yukira said impatiently, “Nee-chan, we don’t understand what you are saying. What birth? This woman talking to us is your…mother?”
Nana bit her lips and nodded. She clenched the hem of her dress in her fist. “Tell me…wasn’t you abandoning me at the orphanage enough that you want to ruin my marriage with Jinhai?” She broke down.
Huo Xiao Fan had no words to say. She knew about about the orphanage too. But something didn’t make sense.
Yukito exclaimed, “What!? Does she want to do that? But why? Who is she? And why did she suddenly barge into our lives?”
Nana sadly smiled. “I don’t know why she came in my life at this point, but I do know who she is.”
“Who?”
Nana looked up at the camera as if seeing straight at her. “My biological mother.”
Huo Xiao Fan was stunned at the other side.
The twins were equally shocked too.
“Yes…she is my biological mother and…” She shut her eyes. “Yu Tengfei is my biological father.”
The twins felt as if a thunderbolt struck them. Their face turned white as if they were sucked dry of blood.
“W-what are you saying, Nee-chan…This is not possible.” Yukira said in a daze. “His wife was Yu Ichika, our mother.”
Yukito laughed nervously, “Yes. There is a misunderstanding.”
Nana said plainly, “There is no misunderstanding. This is the truth. I’m their illegitimate daughter. D-dad was cheating on Mom with Mrs. Huo Xiao Fan.”
Silence again.
Tears rolled out of her cheeks. “I’m your step-sister.”
The twins were finding it hard to digest. Suddenly, such a big truth was dumped onto them regarding their father.
Yu Tengfei having an affair, shook them to their core. They hated him for what he did to Nana, but their mother too…
Yukito was finding it hard to keep up his balance, but Yukira quickly supported him.
Mom…she always loved him so much. She was a good wife to him, to the point that she refused to believe her daughter that night twelve years ago.
She trusted him so much…
She would miss him so much that she couldn’t sleep when he used to go out for business trips…
And all this while, he was having an affair? There was another woman in his life?
Why…
Mom never lacked anywhere, so why…
When mom was such a good wife to him, then why…
They looked at Nana incredulously, tears in their eyes. “Nee-chan…”
Nana smiled amidst her tears. Her lips were trembling. “It’s fine if you hate me. It’s okay if you don’t want ever to see me again. I understand.” She shamefully lowered her gaze.
After all, how can they see her now in the same light? She was an illegitimate daughter of another woman whose father hid behind his wife’s back. He betrayed Yu Ichika, and now the daughter, who was the proof of his infidelity, was standing in front of them.
The twins looked at each other and had a tacit understanding. They rushed towards her and hugged her tightly. Nana was squeezed in between them.
“Nee-chan…” Yukito stuttered while crying. “No matter what, you are still our sister. You always were, and you always will.”
Yukira was sniffling. “Don’t ever say that again. We will never hate you! You cannot get rid of us, even if you tried! We will leech onto you like parasites!”
Nana was stunned. And then she broke into a peal of soft laughter. The sleeves of the twins’ shirt soaked wet in her tears. She raised her hands and ruffled their hair.
Huo Xiao Fan seemed as if she wanted to say something, but she didn’t know where to begin. Nana was right, but at the same time, she was very wrong.
But clarifying that part of the past wasn’t her intention today. She didn’t wish to dwell in that.
She coldly said, “I don’t care what you know or what you understand. I don’t want to bother with the truth. I just want you to sign the divorce papers.”
The twins were shocked.
“Divorce papers?” They said unanimously.
“Yes, divorce papers, in exchange for not hurting you two. This is the deal.”
Yukira’s aura turned cold. “I don’t know what kind of a mother you are to snatch your daughter’s happiness, but we won’t let you.”
She laughed. “Really? How?”
Yukira abruptly bent down, took out the gun hidden in the pant of his right ankle, and shot at the two men on their thighs from that angle.
It happened in a flash. The two men screamed in pain and collapsed.
Yukira smiled. “Now, since your men aren’t left anymore to stop us, we will take our leave.”
There was silence.
“Don’t be so cocky, kid.” Suddenly, more five men barged in and aimed their guns at them.
“Now, Nana, will you sign the papers, or if not, then my men are ready to hurt your brothers.”
“No!” At that moment, Nana was struck with an idea.
“If you made me sign these papers, then I won’t ever hand over Dad’s last letter to you.”
Huo Xiao Fan was shocked.
There is a letter for me…? From Tengfei…
“What do you mean?”
Nana felt hopeful. She took the bait.
“When I visited the old home, I found your letters in Dad’s bag, the ones you wrote to him. In there, I found one letter which Dad wrote for you, but I guess he couldn’t send it. It was his last letter before he committed suicide. It’s addressed to you. And I know you want it because he has said a lot of things in it that are important for you to know.”
‘What did he want to say to me…? Something so important…’
“Where is the letter?”
“It is with me, but you won’t get it. Let us go, and then I will hand it over to your men.” Nana said firmly.
“Heh! I will get the letter too. I think you don’t understand your situation. Guard.” She called out one man.
He immediately took hold of Yukito and pointed the gun at his temple. One other man dragged Nana at the table and forced her to hold the pen.
“Now sign.”
“I will burn that letter!”
“I won’t let you.”
Nana now indeed had no hope left. Even her last plan failed.
“Hurry.” She said coldly.
She saw the man pressing the gun harder on his temple.
“Don’t listen to her, Nee-chan!” Yukira shouted.
She tremblingly took the pen.
“Nee-chan, stop!”
Her eyes watered when she saw those papers. A tear trickled on them. She slowly rested her hand on it and pressed the pen knip on the documents.
‘I’m sorry, Jinhai…’
Just as she was about to sign, a hand pressed on top of hers, stopping her.