CHAPTER 280: CHAPTER 280: ORIGINS (PART 2)

"What happened afterward?" Duan Yunfei asked.

Duan Nian glanced at him and said, "At that time, your mother and I were in Liuyun Town. After they brought the person back, your mother asked someone to bring a midwife and a doctor to check."

"When Mrs. Xu woke up and found out that the child was gone, she became crazy, so no one could approach her. She hugged a pillow all day, crying and laughing."

"Changle..." Duan Nian closed his eyes, "When Changle hurried back and saw this scene, he was deeply saddened. He wanted to go to Haoyue Manor to confront Chen Qi, but I stopped him."

"And Mrs. Xu, after taking medicine for a month, her condition showed no sign of improvement. Changle was afraid that if this continued, she would be beyond cure, so..."

He looked at Feng Wuya and said, "So he brought back a child from outside, a child who had just turned one month old."

Duan Yunfei and Xuan Hua both looked at Feng Wuya.

But he still looked dazed, utterly confused.

Duan Nian continued, "At that time, I was afraid Changle would do something bad, so I asked him where the child came from. He told me that the child was unwanted by others."

Hearing this, Feng Wuya’s body went soft, and he collapsed to the ground.

Duan Yunfei was shocked and wanted to step forward to assist, but after taking a step, he restrained himself from taking another.

"I later sent people to investigate. That child was born to a woman and a scholar. The scholar once got drunk and accidentally fell into the lake and drowned. The woman, in her grief, abandoned the child by the lake and also jumped into the lake to commit suicide."

"Someone heard the child’s cry and came to see. They quickly sent people to look in the water. When the woman was fished out, she had already lost her breath, and at that time, Changle happened to pass by. Knowing that the child had lost his parents, he brought the child back."

"Strangely enough," Duan Nian said, "since the child was brought back, Mrs. Xu’s illness gradually improved, and within two months, she was completely cured. After she recovered, she proactively suggested adopting the child, making Changle the child’s father and herself the mother."

As he spoke to the end, it seemed he remembered the warm scenes from those years, and the corners of Duan Nian’s mouth involuntarily lifted up.

"So," Feng Wuya murmured weakly, "I’m nobody’s child!"

"No!" Duan Nian crouched down, raised his hand, and gently patted his head, saying, "In the past, you were your parents’ child. Now, you are the child of me and your adoptive mother!"

Feng Wuya only felt tears continuously streaming from his eyes, then sliding down.

In a haze, he seemed to see Xiao Wu right in front of him.

When he was a child, every time he fell, Xiao Wu liked to pat his head like this and softly ask if it hurt.

"I’m sorry!" Feng Wuya choked as he spoke, "I believed the words of the villains and almost killed you. Godfather, I’m sorry!"

Seeing Feng Wuya crying with tears and snot running like a child, Duan Yunfei couldn’t help but sigh.

"Good child!" Duan Nian softly persuaded, "Go back and rest well, the past things can be talked about later!"

He sighed lightly and said towards the door, "Mo Liu, take your young master back to rest."

"Yes!"

Mo Liu dared not lift his head to look at Duan Nian, but just supported Feng Wuya, whose body was still trembling, and left the study.

After the two walked far away, Xuan Ying came in with a sympathetic expression, saying, "I didn’t expect the young master’s origin to be so complex!"

Duan Yunfei also felt uneasy in his heart. In all these years, this was the first time he saw Feng Wuya cry. Seeing his expression, he could not utter a single rebuke.