Chapter 140 - The Gulf Between Father and Daughter (2/2)

After she arrived in the capital, Mo Huawen had truly doted on her. Even Mo Xuemin, whom he had always thought highly of was put behind her. Sometimes, when her father looked at her, she could clearly see how he missed her mother. How could a gather like this be unfaithful? And to refuse to see her mother for the last time?

“Then, I was…really busy. I was handling things in Auntie Fang’s courtyard…and didn’t know your mother would die so suddenly… While your mother’s health has always been poor, it was not that bad…She couldn’t even wait for me for a few hours…Your mother, your mother…” It was said that men do not cry until they encountered something truly sad. Mo Huawen held the corners of the table tightly with both hands, afraid that he’d show his weaker side in front of his daughter.

He felt extremely regretful even when he thought about what happened now. If he had known how evil that person was…Luo Xia would not have died so young…He did not know if he was stupid or dumb. They had been husband and wife for so long, and yet, he did not know anything… When he thought of how loving they were and the years they had spent together, Mo Huawen felt extremely grieved.

The morning sun streamed through the window and upon Mo Huawen’s sorrowful expression. His eyes shone, reflecting the light. The bitter smile on his lips was tinged with pain. Mo Xuetong had not imagined Mo Huawen would look like this. Her heart started to beat wildly and she realized that she had neglected something important in the past.

“Father, how did Mother die?” Her voice was thin and weak, shaking uncontrollably. Her lips had turned pale and her hands pressed down so hard on the desk that one could see her joints. A voice in her heart told her again and again that there was something unusual about her mother’s death. And Auntie Fang was not the only issue. Otherwise, her father would have dealt with her a long time ago. Even if he did not punish her, he would not keep her by his side. She did not have any complaints in her past life because she only knew that her mother had died of sickness.

But in this life, she was certain that Auntie Fang had killed her mother. That was why she hated her!

However, she realized that there were other problems, and these problems and made her father hesitate. She had to know! She wanted to know why badly! She forced down the pain and shock she felt and waited for Mo Huawen to give her an answer.

Mo Huawen took a deep breath and made a decision when he saw the pain on his daughter’s child-like face. He saw the panic she felt and how she shook. Her face was as white as paper, and yet, she clutched on to the desk tightly and did not allow herself to fall. He said, “Tong’er, your mother died of illness. It is my fault. I did not make it in time to see her for the last time. You don’t need to investigate this matter further. I want to ask you, did you get people to beat up Yinchun?”

He would not tell Tong’er what happened. Since Luo Xia did not say, he would not mention it either. Mo Xuetong can just be Miss Mo, that’s all!

Yinchun’s death? How did Yinchun die? Didn’t she smash herself on her mother’s coffin and died because she was so close to her mistress? How did it become Mo Xuetong getting someone to beat her up? Mo Xuetong was a little stunned and she could not react just then. Her eyes were wide as she looked at Mo Huawen dazedly.

“Tong’er, it wasn’t you, right?” Mo Huawen understood immediately when he looked at the shock and daze in his daughter’s clear eyes. He thought of how he left his most beloved daughter alone in Cloud City for more than a year because he was fl.u.s.tered by Luo Xia’s sudden death and Auntie Fang’s sweet words. He felt extremely regretful now!

How would his obedient and lovable daughter do something like that? Forcing her mother’s maid to death for no reason, hitting her until she had no way out and died in front of Luo Xia’s coffin. Tong’er was only 11 then. Even though she was a little introverted and was not as likable as Min’er, it would not make her so vicious.

How could his and Luo Xia’s daughter do something like that? But he was enthralled by Auntie Fang then and believed in everything she said. When he recalled how she had knelt at Tong’er’s Qingwei Garden, he could see that she had gone to make trouble. How could a child who had just lost her mother be able to withstand that?

She had already let Auntie Fang off easily by splas.h.i.+ng her with a basin of water!

He recalled the letters he sent to Tong’er being returned unopened and thought that she was unwilling to forgive him. He thought that she was vicious and hateful and as such, let her stay alone in Cloud City to train her temper. He had then ignored her. However, these were all plots set by Auntie Fang. Auntie Fang had hated Tong’er…and done things to her where he could not see. He did not know how much Tong’er had suffered.

No wonder Tong’er hated him so much then, and no wonder Tong’er did not forgive him. Auntie Fang was so evil. How would she treat Tong’er well? And he, he had listened to her honeyed words and thought that Tong’er was arrogant and vicious, stubborn and unyielding, and disobedient. Tong’er was rebellious and unfilial…they were all lies Auntie Fang made up!

His heart hurt!

He was wrong. How could he let Auntie Fang interfere with Tong’er’s matters!

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