Love in the Midst of Mistaken Identities

Thinking back on how Bai Zhenfeng treated them, he felt terrible. The man, who said he would take care of them two in the past, went back on his word eventually; but he would not blame anyone. After all, he was not biological

Just that, Bai Zhenfeng could not dictate their three fates his whole life. They were humans, living beings, beings that were able to think themselves.

Wei Lan suddenly realized and laughed bitterly at the end. She was already old-no matter if she was happy or not, more than half of her life had already passed.

“Xiao Yi, don’t worry. I will try to convince your Uncle Bai.” Wei Lan held her son’s hand. She had already decided to help her son this time. No matter what means, she would let her son get the happiness he deserved.

“Thank you, Mom.” Gao Yi heaved a sigh of relief. As long as his mother supported him, nothing else mattered.

“Congratulations, brother.” Gao Xin extended his hand, and Gao Yi shook it tightly. When Wei Lan saw her two sons like this, she finally smiled. She did not suffer her whole life as she had these two sons by her side; she was already satisfied.

When Gao Yi pushed the door open, Xia Ruoxin was still pacifying Rainy for her to sleep; and Rainy already looked like she was falling asleep. He walked lightly to Xia Ruoxin’s side.

Upon seeing Rainy asleep, he lowered his voice as he was afraid of waking her up.

“She just fell asleep,” whispered Xia Ruoxin as she nodded her head slightly and looked down at her daughter. Rainy held her doll tightly as if she was afraid someone would take it away from her again.

Gao Yi carried Rainy over carefully, and his eyebrows furrowed. “Why did she cry?” Rainy’s face was red, and her eyelashes were wet. Obviously, she cried.

“She misses home and hasn’t got used to this place yet. After all, she’s only three.” Xia Ruoxin did not say much as she did not want him to worry. She did not mention a word about what Bai Zhenfeng and Bai Luoyin did to them, and she could see the tiredness in Gao Yi’s eyes. Actually, everyone here was not as relaxed as she imagined them to be. Gao Yi, Wei Lan, and probably she herself as well.

“Ruoxin, just hang on for these few days. This incident will be over real soon, and once it ends, we will move away. Everything will be alright,” said Gao Yi as he smiled and placed his hand on Xia Ruoxin’s waist, and then he held it tightly. Xia Ruoxin was stunned for a while as it still was not the type of physical contact that both of them were comfortable with.

Who could imagine that they would be a couple soon?

Up until now, they still did not have much physical contact; but upon realizing this, Xia Ruoxin heaved a sigh of relief and let herself rest on his shoulder. This moment was probably their most comfortable and physically closest point in time.

On the other hand—when Wei Lan walked in, she saw Bai Zhenfeng in a daze, holding onto a woman’s photo. Her heart went from the initial pain to becoming calm as she had no longer felt the pain, jealousy, anger, and upset emotions that she felt in the past. It was probably because it happened for a long time, and her heart was already numb. The man that said he would marry her no matter the cost probably did not even exist from the start.

Whether she was the substitute or not, it no longer mattered. Between them, there was no talk of loyalty as-after all—she did marry into the family with two children. Besides, one of her legs was already in the coffin, if she still talked about love; it would probably be too pretentious of her.

“Did he agree to leave the woman?” Bai Zhenfeng asked as he kept the photo as though it was his treasure, and he did not even care who was in front of him-even if it was Wei Lan. He never cared if Wei Lan would be upset. After so many years, he was used to this way of communication; and he thought Wei Lan would be, too.

Wei Lan sat beside Bai Zhenfeng, and for the first time, she looked at him—the husband that she had been married to for so many years—seriously. His hair was already white, and time had marked their footprints on his face. Turns out, they were really getting old.

“What are you looking at? Are you even listening to me? I’m asking you: did Gao Yi agree?” Bai Zhenfeng was getting uncomfortable from her looks because she had never been so quiet like today, and the look she gave him was similar to a stranger’s. He had never seen such a distance from her, and it made him uncomfortable.

“He loves that woman, deeply.”

Wei Lan kept her gaze and said this one sentence.

“I don’t care whether he loves her or not. He must marry Luoyin. Luoyin had waited for him for so many years; I won’t let her wait in vain. What’s so good about that woman? She’s just someone with a child; how can she be worthy of our Bai family? There’s nothing good about her.”

Once he heard Wei Lan’s words, his stern voice thickened with sarcasm; and his temper would only be this bad when it involved Bai Luoyin.

“Didn’t Bai Luoyin’s mother have a family, too? Did she not have a daughter? Yet, you still loved her all your life. Why can’t my son love a person like that, too?” Wei Lan spoke ever so calmly. She finally realized that one day, she could also use the same tone against this man. After living her whole life, perhaps she was really tired. Seeing him love someone to this extent, she was exhausted. She smiled once again, and behind the smile were the many months and years that had passed.

“After all, my son’s surname isn’t Bai. It is his choice to marry whoever he wants, and you don’t have to tell me how Bai Luoyin waited for my son all these years and whatnot. Who kicked my son away at the very start and threw his heart carelessly away? And who was it that stepped on his dignity? My son is not a ball; he can’t come and go as you please.” Both of them knew very clearly

— deep down in their hearts—whatever had happened between Bai Luoyin and Gao Yi.

When they were young and first started to love, it did not seem that there was much spark going on between them, but Bai Luoyin took him like a fool and pretended to like him. In the end, all he got was insults from everyone. To be curt, she was playing him like a monkey; and when she was done, she just threw him aside. However, now that she wanted him back again, would it really be that easy?

Bai Zhenfeng could not believe the woman before his eyes. In the past—no matter what he said, she would always listen. Even if he loved Bai Luoyin’s mother like crazy until the point he directly brought Bai Luoyin to the Bai family and loved her with all his might, she did not say a word. However, what was wrong with her today, or did he hear wrongly?

Wei Lan suddenly felt happiness from within. It was as though she had released all the unhappiness she had suppressed for the past few years.