Chapter 896: Misunderstanding

She looked at Yuan Yuan who was keeping himself entertained nearby and her eyes shone brightly.

He Xiyan stared blankly at Yang Yun and soon, cold sweat dripped down her back.

She turned her face away and her mind raced as she tried to figure out a response to ease the awkwardness. However, she was unable to search for the appropriate words to say no matter how much thought she gave this matter.

She had to face this issue head-on.

“Aunty…” she said and she no longer looked embarrassed but instead, she seemed composed. “He is my son.”

“Your son?” Yang Yun’s eyes widened and her expression changed from one of surprise to shock and confusion, as though she didn’t understand the implications behind He Xiyan’s words.

Gu Lin who sat beside her frowned and she clearly looked surprised as she asked, “What do you mean by saying that he’s your son?”

He Xiyan pursed her lips slightly as she stood in the corner and forced herself to calm down. She knew that they had mistakenly thought that Yuan Yuan was Jiahang’s child which wasn’t even plausible.

“Yuan Yuan, come here,” she called out to her child.

Yuan Yuan quickly ran over to his mom’s side and tugged on her long skirts.

“Mom,” Yuan Yuan said sweetly and he kept looking around in confusion.

He Xiyan nodded at him before she turned to face Yang Yun and Gu Lin. After she paused for a moment, she finally said, “Aunty, this is Yuan Yuan. His father is from Ye City and we used to date. I had Yuan Yuan five years ago but his father holds custody rights so he would come over to play occasionally.”

He Xiyan took a deep breath after she told them the truth. Now that the truth was out, she felt as though she had been relieved of a heavy burden. She guessed that Jiahang’s mother would be shocked and enraged but she decided that there was no need to continue to conceal this fact.

Yuan Yuan cocked his head curiously as he looked at these two unfamiliar aunties. Then, he tugged on her skirts and asked, “Mom, who are they?”

Boom…

Yang Yun’s face immediately turned pale and her eyes were so wide that it seemed like her pupils were about to fall out of her sockets.

She sat dumbly on the sofa and felt as though someone had thrown a basin of cold water over her; this water was so cold that her body was numb. Her disappointment was as immense as her earlier happiness.

She opened her mouth but she couldn’t eke out a single word.

Gu Lin froze in shock as well. She had guessed that Yuan Yuan was probably not her cousin’s child because despite his cute and handsome appearance, he looked nothing like a member of the Gu family. However, she didn’t expect him to be the child of He Xiyan and another man.

She had assumed that they had taken an abandoned child under their wing, or that they had adopted a child.

“Miss Chen…how could you…?” Gu Lin suddenly rose to her feet and asked agitatedly.

This was no laughing matter since the child was already so big. No one in their family had ever married a woman who had a child from wedlock. This would be such a terrible stain on their family name. How could her cousin fall for such a terrible woman?

He Xiyan clenched and unclenches her fists. She tried to force herself to calm down but beads of sweat still appeared on her forehead.

She looked at Jiahang’s mother who was so livid that she was unable to speak and said apologetically, “I’m really sorry, Aunty. I should have allowed Jiahang to bring this matter up sooner.”

He Xiyan did not feel as though she had committed a crime but she was apologising because she had failed to remind Jiahang to let his parents know of her situation earlier.