After I traveled through the book, I was spoiled by five little villains

He was stunned by what Qin Yaoguang had just said.

After a long while, Yan Yuanan managed to squeeze out two words from between his teeth: "Mother..."

These two words concealed his helplessness and shock.

Besides that, he really didn't know what to say.

As soon as he opened his mouth, he realized that his voice was terribly hoarse and did not sound like his own voice at all.

Qin Yaoguang sat not far from him, looking at him gently.

For this secret talk, she specially chose this place and asked Guyu to guard the entrance on the first floor while the others were scattered around.

Make sure that what she says will only be heard by Yan Yuanan.

"Yuan An, you don't have to be afraid."

Qin Yaoguang said slowly: "Mother is just asking you, do you want to take back what originally belonged to you?"

"Mother."

Yan Yuanan lowered his eyes, staring at a naturally formed wood knot scar on the wooden board on the ground, and said in a difficult tone: "Mother, I don't know."

Then he fell into a long silence again.

Qin Yaoguang did not urge and waited quietly.

It would be too cruel to ask a child who has just turned thirteen to make such a big decision.

Even if Yan Yuanan has such a mind.

Even though, she desperately hoped that he would agree.

But she would respect Yan Yuanan no matter what decision he would make.

Even though she knew the background of each child and their future achievements, she never thought of treating the children as tools.

As for Yan Yuanan, Qin Yaoguang had thought more than once that if he could grow up safely, he would be happy, and she was willing to be his mother for life.

Although she knew that even if the plot line in the book deviated, what was supposed to happen would definitely happen.

Now, it is Yan Yuanan's turn to stand at the crossroads of fate.

She pushed it herself.

It is more than a year earlier than in the original book.

Qin Yaoguang sighed softly in her heart and said softly, "Yuan An, just pretend that I never mentioned this today."

She was wrong.

How could she force a child like this?

Could it be that she has become the kind of person who, relying on the insignificant kindness I have shown her, demands repayment from others?

As she spoke, she stood up, walked to Yan Yuanan, and said gently, "Let's go down."

Yan Yuanan did not move.

After a moment, he raised his head, and a light flickered in his deep black eyes.

He whispered, "Mother, I have no evidence."

Yes, the maid who secretly took him away and raised him died on that cold winter day in order to protect him.

He was still young at that time and had no power to resist.

I can only swallow all my tears and pretend to be obedient to confuse the evil man.

It is said that the younger the child is, the less he remembers.

But he clearly remembered every detail of what happened that day, including the shape of each snowflake, the chill of the cold wind blowing through his thin clothes, and the strange smell of burnt flesh when the raging flames burned the human body.

Only then did he dare to burst into tears.

Before the tears fell, they were evaporated into the air by the heat, leaving the little face covered in black gray dust.

"There's a kid here!" someone shouted.

Immediately afterwards, someone picked him up by the waist and carried him away from the fire.

The scene was chaotic.

In front of him, the raging fire was like a violent beast, madly devouring the home where he had lived for several years.

Under the ravages of the flames, the walls and roof began to collapse. Tiles and wooden beams fell one after another, making a noisy crashing sound, rushing down.

The people who came to put out the fire were carrying buckets of water, shouting and yelling at each other, with their footsteps moving in a chaotic manner.

Yan Yuanan stared at all this in a daze.

Until a pair of rough but warm hands covered his eyes.

"Oh my god, such a small child!"

The person who was speaking was Aunt Wu, who sold breakfast at the market. He was familiar with his adoptive mother's stall because it was next to hers.

Seeing a woman with a child, it is not easy for orphans and widows, so I often help them.

However, she was also the one who brought disaster.

Aunt Wu had good intentions in trying to matchmake his adoptive mother, but she ended up inviting a wolf into the house?

The man was Aunt Wu's distant nephew Wu Cai, who was a scholar and had traveled to their small town to visit his relatives.

Yan Yuanan's adoptive mother was of extraordinary birth, and her appearance and temperament were far superior to ordinary people.

She had long abandoned her name "Shuang Ye" and lied to others that her husband's surname was Ye, but that he unfortunately died young, so she had to live a hard life with her young child.

Frost Leaf is careful in her actions, but kind-hearted.

The mission she received was not to take Yan Yuanan away, but to strangle him in the cradle.

However, when she saw the baby sleeping soundly, she was determined to rescue him at all costs and run away.

Qin Yaoguang understood this as the power of the "God of Plot".

In short, the author of the original book designed such a special life experience for Yan Yuanan, and wanted to use him to stir up the situation, so how could he bear to let him die?

God knows how Shuangye managed to hide the truth and escape to that border town with a child in her arms, hiding her identity and finally living a stable life.

Who would have thought that after escaping such a dangerous situation, he would end up in the hands of a villain?

At first, Wu Cai fell in love with Shuang Ye at first sight, and used the scholar's wife as bait to pursue her passionately.

However, Shuangye was not a worldly-wise person, so how could she be moved by such an ordinary man?

She never tired of Wu Cai's pursuit and clearly rejected him many times.

Wu Cai had no choice but to ask Aunt Wu to be a matchmaker for him.

But Shuangye looked down on him at all.

What's more, she was carrying Xiaoyan and Yuanan with her, and was burdened with a huge secret. She had never thought about marrying anyone and spending the rest of her life with him.

She had already prepared herself for the truth to be revealed and did not want to implicate other irrelevant people.

How does Wu Cai know so much?

His self-esteem was hurt and he became evil-minded. He asked someone to bring a packet of medicine used by brothels to train prostitutes. He found an opportunity and made the move.

With her reputation ruined, Shuang Ye had no choice but to accept him.

When she got married, she thought that it would be fine to live like this for the rest of her life.

Who would have known that Wu Cai, who had made so many sweet promises to each other, would become a completely different person after marriage.

Not only is he lazy and gluttonous, he also often beats Frost Leaf.

Shuang Ye was not a person who would accept things passively, but after getting married, she had to "obey her husband". Her external identity was that of a widow without the support of her natal family, so she had to grit her teeth and endure it.

She is very proud, so how could she admit that she married the wrong person?

Therefore, she would never complain to anyone else, including Aunt Wu who acted as a matchmaker.

It was true that she had to swallow her anger and live her life with a forced smile, not wanting outsiders to laugh at her.

Perhaps her intuition told her that there was danger, or perhaps she realized something, so she called the little and still ignorant Yan Yuanan aside and told him the truth about his life story.

Only then did he realize that the person he had always called "mother" and who had always treated him wholeheartedly was actually just his "adoptive mother."