Chapter 1472: Absent for a Full 18 Years

Chapter 1472: Chapter 1472: Absent for a Full 18 Years

"I came here today to figure out what happened back then. Wasn’t Mom originally in Yaoshan? Why did she come to Ye City and then go to Bing City?"

"Dad, what exactly happened back then? Can you explain it clearly to me?" Xia Yinian placed her hands on the desk, looking earnestly at Xia Liyuan.

"Nian Nian, you... might actually be the Feng Family lady, and you’re not concerned at all?" Xia Liyuan asked softly.

"How could I not care?" Xia Yinian pursed her lips. "But, as long as Mom is still here, nothing is more important than that."

"Moreover, Xia Chuxue is pretending, and the truth will come out one day."

"By then, whatever she encounters, she must have been mentally prepared once she agreed to pretend to be me, right?"

"Dad, I can’t promise you much. I can only say I’ll do what I must, without overreaching. I hope you won’t resent me when that time comes."

Xia Liyuan composed himself and nodded slightly.

"I understand."

"I also know that truth can’t be hidden forever, but since they chose this path, I can’t stop it, and I have my own responsibility."

Xia Liyuan closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

"Dad..." Seeing her father feeling so guilty, Xia Yinian felt heartbroken.

However, before she could finish her words, Xia Liyuan’s voice sounded again.

"Back then, Rourou carried you to the Xia Family to look for a job. I happened to be in the office that day, and she directly bypassed the secretary and pushed open my office door."

"At that time, you were just over a month old. She said she urgently needed money; adults could go hungry, but children needed to eat."

Recalling those days, Xia Liyuan’s expression instantly changed.

Xia Yinian stared at him without blinking, seemingly able to see in his eyes the image of Mom holding a child back then, not hesitating to push open her boss’s door.

"She said she understood design, so I asked her to draw two design sketches first."

Xia Liyuan seemed to remember something, a slight smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

"Then she placed you on the sofa, and you immediately cried. Rourou couldn’t console you and could only helplessly hold you."

"I truly didn’t expect that after she glanced around, she directly carried you over to watch me."

"She said, ’Could I trouble you to hold her for a moment?’ Before I could respond, you were placed in front of me, and for some reason, I picked you up."

"Strangely, once you were in my arms, you settled down immediately, so I held you while she drew."

In the smile of Xia Liyuan, Xia Yinian could see how important these memories were to him.

It was something from eighteen years ago, yet coming from his mouth, it felt like it happened just yesterday.

"Originally, I didn’t have much confidence in her, after all, she was just a twenty-year-old single mom." Xia Liyuan’s voice sounded again.

"Unexpectedly, her design sketches were quite good, and later, not only was she successfully hired, but she also received an advance on a month’s salary to hire someone to take care of you."

"Your first nanny was recommended by me, and even the house you lived in at the time was under my properties."

"Rourou was dedicated and optimistic, a rare gem of an employee."

"But unexpectedly, the good times didn’t last." Xia Liyuan closed his eyes and sighed softly.

"During her third month at work, she was absent for the first time, and she has been absent from my life for a full eighteen years since then."