Wary and suspicious arose in her heart simultaneously.
But recalling past events, Wen Tingxue still chose to believe him.
After driving for about forty minutes, the car stopped in front of a villa on the outskirts of the city.
The winter afternoon in the capital cast a warm, orange light, making the small Western-style house outside the glass windows appear weathered by time.
Likely due to years of disrepair, the paint on the walls had faded countless times. It looked pale, yet eerily showed no signs of being abandoned.
“Where is this?” Wen Tingxue turned her head, puzzled.
Song You stared at the tightly shut wrought-iron gate and said in a low voice, "Before he was ten, Fu Yuchuan lived here with Fu Zhiyi. One stayed for five years, the other for ten."
"What?" Wen Tingxue was confused. "Wasn't Fu Zhiyi adopted later?"
How could she have lived here for ten years?
Song You paused for a moment, then retracted his gaze and said, "The outside world only became aware of Fu Zhiyi's existence at that time. In reality, Fu Zhiyi was brought into the Fu family by the old family head as soon as she was born.
"Everyone at the time assumed Fu Zhiyi was the old family head's illegitimate daughter. Even though the old family head denied it, the old madam believed it to be true.
"Therefore, the old madam detested Fu Zhiyi and often left her at this villa when the old family head was not home.
"When the old family head returned, he would have her brought back. It wasn't until Fu Yuchuan's mother caused a scene at the Fu family that the old family head suddenly returned and discovered Fu Zhiyi had been living outside for years.
"However, because he himself had cheated first, the old family head could only admit his fault and sent both children to the villa. At that time, Fu Yuchuan was five years old, and Fu Zhiyi was also just five."
"Then, what about Fu Yuchuan's mother?" Wen Tingxue seemed to have never heard anyone mention her.
Song You lowered his eyes and remained silent for a long while before saying, "She's probably dead."