CHAPTER 240: CHAPTER 240: THE RICH YOUNG MASTER AND THE POOR HEIRESS

Ningwan handed a tissue to Mrs. Yan as she cried.

Just as she was about to continue her questioning, her phone suddenly rang. It was a call from Zhan Hanjue.

Ningwan hurriedly stepped aside to answer.

"Come back! I know where you are." Zhan Hanjue said.

Ningwan was surprised, not expecting him to know that she had come to see Mrs. Yan.

"I still have some things to ask her."

"No need, come back, I’ll tell you everything."

Ningwan was even more surprised that he knew it all too?

"Okay, I’ll come back right away."

After hanging up, Ningwan returned to Mrs. Yan’s side and comforted her, who was still deeply saddened: "Actually, you don’t need to be too upset. He has already met someone he likes, and his recent marriage to that actress was just a setup. He was previously married to a daughter of the Ye Family, and they were in harmony as a couple. Now they have reconciled, and their relationship is very good, very happy."

"Really? You’re not lying to me?"

"It’s true, of course, why would I lie to you? I have no reason to deceive you," Ningwan said.

Mrs. Yan was overjoyed and tearfully thanked her: "That’s wonderful, truly wonderful. Such a kind child should not be treated so harshly by fate. Thankfully, he is happy now, truly wonderful."

"Mom."

At this moment, Yan Rui appeared and called out to her.

Mrs. Yan quickly wiped away her tears and responded gently.

Ningwan said: "You should take care of the child; I have something to attend to."

"Thank you for telling me all of this," Mrs. Yan said gratefully.

Ningwan nodded slightly and left.

Actually, she had many doubts in her mind.

From Mrs. Yan’s reaction just now, she could sense that the day of Zhan Changwen’s car accident wasn’t simple.

Even though she wasn’t aware of the details of the car accident, she was sure Mrs. Yan knew something else.

Just give her a little more time, and she would get it out of her.

However, Zhan Hanjue said he knew and asked her to come back.

Forget it, she’ll trust him for now and go back first.

When she arrived back, Wangyue and Wu Taotao had also returned.

Wangyue was carrying a large bag and held a live pheasant.

Upon seeing Ningwan, she immediately presented the pheasant to her to have a look.

"Miss Ye, look, a pheasant. Tonight let’s eat pheasant; Taotao says it’s delicious."

"Hmm, you should have Taotao roast it for you; she makes the best roast," Ningwan said.

Wangyue went to bug Wu Taotao, asking her for tips on roasting pheasant.

Ningwan walked through the yard and entered the house.

This time, Zhan Hanjue was sitting by the window in the house; he was visible as soon as one entered the door.

"Sorry, I went over without telling you. How did you know what I knew?"

Ningwan walked over and sat beside him, asking.

Zhan Hanjue turned to look at her, holding her hand and saying lightly: "We are a couple, how could I not know what you are thinking."

"Then why didn’t you stop me before?" Ningwan asked.

"I thought you were just going there for the usual reasons, but when you were there for so long, I suspected you might be trying to learn something from her."

"You said you know everything, what do you know?" Ningwan asked.

Zhan Hanjue raised her hand to his lips and kissed it.

"My father’s car accident is indeed related to her. To be exact, it is related to her current husband."

"You knew all this for a long time?"

"At that time, Father got a call from her current husband, and that’s how he knew Mother had come to Jiangcheng. Her current husband said Mother wanted to see me, so Father drove me there. As a result, there was an accident on the way. Nobody expected the accident, but if Grandmother and Aunt knew about it, they would surely think it was Mother trying to harm Father. It would lead to many bad associations, so I never mentioned her to Grandmother and Aunt. Aunt became even more suspicious and secretly investigated. I then had people stop her from finding out that Mother had been to Jiangcheng that day."

"You call her ’Mother’; do you not resent her for abandoning you?"

"Do you know why she left?" Zhan Hanjue said.

Ningwan shook her head.

She had seen pictures of Zhan Changwen, a refined and handsome man.

From how others described him, he was also kind-hearted and gentle.

A man like that, with both talent and looks, and from a respectable family, would easily attract women.

Therefore, she couldn’t understand why Mrs. Yan initially left him.

She had previously heard Old Mrs. Zhan describe her as promiscuous.

However, seeing Mrs. Yan today, she deemed it impossible.

She seemed so gentle, how could she be such a promiscuous woman?

"Actually, my parents were in love once," Zhan Hanjue slowly said: "Father told me that when he first met Mother, she was so poor that she couldn’t even afford a three-yuan meat dish. However, she found his wallet and returned it with everything untouched. He immediately developed feelings for this honest, simple girl. It was almost love at first sight."

"It sounds wonderful," Ningwan said.

The man continued: "Yes, it was wonderful. Father was the heir to the Zhan Group. To fall in love at first sight with a poor girl and pursue her by all means. But during his pursuit, he learned about her family background and discovered... discovered that the Zhan Family was her enemy."

"What happened?"

"Father said he wanted to look into Mother’s situation to learn more about her. Only then did he find out that Mother once came from a decent family but fell into decline due to a business war with the Zhan Family. Grandfather couldn’t bear the blow and jumped to his death, and Grandmother fell into a coma, becoming a vegetative state. Mother became an orphan, but luckily she was already grown up and managed to struggle on her own, studying while working hard to save for Grandmother’s medical expenses. Father felt heartbroken upon learning this. But the things had already happened, and he had no power to change them. He was also afraid to let her know that he was a member of the Zhan Family, and thus didn’t dare to see her again.

But that is just how destiny works; the more you want to stay away from someone, destiny keeps making you meet.

Mother encountered trouble with some thugs while working at a karaoke bar, and Father happened to help her. He even assisted with Grandmother’s hospitalization, and Mother was extremely grateful and also developed feelings for him. Father, infatuated with her gentleness, deliberately lied about his name and didn’t reveal his true identity.

The two fell in love, indulging like any young couple in the sweetness of romance. However, later, Aunt found out about Father’s relationship, and especially with a woman of mismatched status.

Upon investigating her identity, and learning she had once caused trouble at the Zhan Family, she feared Mother would harm Father and so went to reveal Father’s true identity to her, hoping she would leave him. It was at this point that Mother also discovered she was pregnant."

"Your mother... she must have been heartbroken!" Ningwan said.