"Forget it, let's find that thing first and then talk about it."

Putting away the chaos in her heart, Tang Yating relaxed her eyebrows, but her expression became a little solemn. After several unsuccessful attempts to seek help from Nalanyan Peak, she could only turn her attention to her mother, hoping that

You can find some clues from your mother's bedroom at home.

The reason why Tang Yating cares so much about the relationship between her mother and Nalan Yanfeng is because the pair of copper bracelets have a very different meaning to her grandmother.

If it weren't for some extremely special reasons, it would have been impossible for it to appear in the hands of Nalan Yanfeng, and it has been retained by the latter until now.

As her mind became more and more speculative, Tang Yating became more and more uneasy. She was worried that if she really found out something, it might even lead to some unimaginable and unacceptable consequences.

But even so, she still couldn't change Tang Yating's personality, which was always full of unknown curiosity about anything new. When Lian Bu quickly moved to the outside of Ruan Chunling's room, her pace gradually slowed down.

Even though she knew her mother was not at home, sneaking into her mother's room secretly for the first time still made Tang Yating somewhat uneasy.

"Let's start with the bookcase. I remember that my mother usually likes to put all the old things in the bottom drawer."

After briefly detailing the search, Tang Yating walked gently to the huge bookcase at the head of the bed, and her movements were still quite gentle. After opening the drawer where Ruan Chunling kept the old accessories, her eyes wandered around.

During this time, I began to search carefully.

When Tang Yating was engrossed in searching for her target, perhaps because of the heavy rain outside the window, she did not even notice or notice the key being inserted into the door or the sound of the door being pushed open.

arrive!

"These seem to be things that Mom hasn't used in a long time, right?"

She picked it up with her bare hands and flipped through the stacks of old stationery and accessories inside the drawer. Tang Yating's beautiful eyes moved and she glanced at them one by one with concentration. When she saw many things that she had never seen before,

He couldn't help but lower his head and murmur.

"Huh? This is..."

As her eyes wandered accidentally, Tang Yating's gaze slowly fell on an old gray-yellow photo that was covered by a stack of thick clean papers, with only a small corner exposed.

In the corner of the photo is Ruan Chunling with a bright smile, and her hand seems to be resting on another young man next to her. But looking at the man's figure, it is obvious that he is not her father Tang Hao.

Tang Yating, who was full of curiosity and seemed to have discovered something, pulled out the photo almost smoothly.

However, when her eyes fell on the photo, the slightly familiar face of a young man was engraved in the girl's eyes, which made her expression instantly sluggish.

"Oh my God! This isn't—"

"Yating? What are you doing?"

Tang Yating's sweet voice, covering her red lips with her bare hands, was almost connected with a rush of footsteps and the middle-aged woman's shocked questioning words, which spread in this not-so-spacious bedroom.

"Mom? Mom, why are you back?"

Being surprised by this extremely familiar question, her delicate body stiffened suddenly. Tang Yating's delicate hands trembled, and the old photo she was holding on her fingertips drifted down and landed in front of Tang Yating beside the bed.

Ruan Chunling's eyes moved away from Tang Yating's frightened and pretty face, followed the falling paper shadow, and suddenly landed on the photo on the ground in front of her. When she saw the two people on it clearly, that

The expression on his face that was originally filled with surprise and surprise turned into a dark and clear expression almost in an instant.

"Tang Yating! Who taught you to go to your parents' room to search for things without permission?!"

The angry questioning broke the tense atmosphere in the room in an instant. As Ruan Chunling shouted, she came to Tang Yating in one quick step and slapped her in the face without any reason.

He slapped her hard, hitting her daughter's delicate and fair face!

"Pah——"

The slap landed on the cheek, causing Tang Yating, who was still in a state of shock, to be instantly brought back to consciousness by the burning tingling sensation on her face.

She turned her head back, and her eyes were full of sparkles. She looked at her mother in surprise, but for a moment, she was speechless and didn't know what to say.

"Come out with me!"

Ruan Chunling, who was in a rage, had a cold expression between her brows. She put her hands behind her back, walked quickly to the corner of the sofa in the living room, then turned around suddenly, staring reproachfully at the man in front of her who was looking down.

Tang Yating's head was still covered with one hand, and her cheek was so painful from being slapped just now.

"Come, stand in front of me."

After the words of command fell, Ruan Chunling's breathing was rapid and ups and downs. However, her complexion changed between cloudy and sunny, and she seemed to be trying hard to adjust her emotions. The words that were originally extremely angry became a little lighter at the end.

Seeing her mother's unusually angry look, Tang Yating dared not hesitate or refuse at all. She held back the tears that were about to burst out of her eyes and came to her with small steps.

The girl remained motionless with her eyes tightly closed, burying her pretty face under her hair and standing quietly. From this look, she was ready and waiting for another punishment that was about to come.

"Let me ask you, why did you go into your mother's room to look for things? It rained so heavily in the afternoon. If you didn't stay at school well, what were you looking for when you got home?"

Sitting sideways and staring at her daughter with some seriousness, Ruan Chunling frowned, took a deep breath, and then asked in a deep voice.

"I...I..."

"What am I? Don't hesitate and answer quickly."

Seeing that Tang Yating was so confused, hovering on the edge of whether to answer or not, Ruan Chunling took the initiative to speak before she could continue to hesitate, and replied with a sharp urging again.

Perhaps because it was still raining heavily outside the window, the atmosphere in the living room seemed a little dull and depressing. The clearer the sound of raindrops hitting the glass window, the more tranquil the room felt at this moment.

Since Ruan Chunling had just returned from outside in the rain, her body was inevitably soaked by a lot of rainwater at this moment. There were drops of water falling continuously on her cuffs and trouser legs, including between her hair, and some even

It has slowly soaked into the sofa behind her. But Ruan Chunling is not focused on it at all at the moment.

"Mom, I'm sorry. I, I just wanted to figure something out, so-"

Tang Yating's original clear voice was slightly hoarse due to her emotional fluctuations. She explained slowly and almost like she was mumbling to herself, but she stopped suddenly at the end.

Obviously, she was trying her best to hide her mother, not wanting to disturb her before the things she was curious about were clear.

"So what? I'm your mother. Is there anything I can't say that I must do secretly without telling me?"

Tang Yating's somewhat inexplicable answer made Ruan Chunling, who seemed to understand but not understand, have no choice but to control her emotions first, and then try to make her put aside her grudge and tell the truth.

Faced with Ruan Chunling's continuous ideological work, Tang Yating finally couldn't bear the pressure in her heart. Her eyes fell on her mother's face, looking at the latter's soaked hair, and a touch of bitterness appeared at the corner of her mouth.

, finally chose to tell the truth in his heart.

"Mom, can I ask you something first?"

Her hands were clasped behind her back, and her fingertips were pulled together. Although Tang Yating tried very hard to show her stubborn courage, the question she left seemed so lacking in confidence, even mixed with...

With a bit of expectant pleading.

"Huh? What?"

Ruan Chunling seemed to have not yet reacted to Tang Yating's sudden change of subject. She had never thought that the latter would suddenly turn around and ask her questions.

However, Ruan Chunling also clearly heard the emotion in her daughter's words. She hesitated for a moment and gave a simple reply.

Seeing that her mother had relaxed her guard against anger, Tang Yating's frail heart gradually regained some confidence. She glanced at the bedroom where her mother was inadvertently, then moved her gaze back, staring at her mother, trying her best to

He kept a calm tone and then spoke slowly.

"That's right, Mom, I want to know, did you and Nalan Yanfeng know each other a long time ago? Between you, you are -"

"Why do you ask this? Who told you?"

Even though she tried her best to face the truth, she still seemed so hesitant and paused when the words came to her lips.

However, one thing that Tang Yating expected was that only halfway through her questioning, Ruan Chunling suddenly stood up and suddenly lost control of her emotions. She stopped her words with a sharp look in her eyes.

Stared at her sharply.

"No, Mom. I'm just concerned-"

"What are you concerned about? Are you concerned about your mother and whether she has any shady things with him? Are you concerned about whether you have anything to do with him? Then you can transform from a sparrow to a phoenix?!"

Before Tang Yating could explain her anxious reply, Ruan Chunling had already stretched out her palm angrily and slapped it heavily on the wooden coffee table in front of her.

However, the latter didn't have any thoughts at the moment to care about the burning pain in his palm. He just looked at the girl in front of him with an extremely rare expression. There was also a rare coldness on her face.

She staggered back a few steps, and Tang Yating seemed unable to calm down her thoughts from her mother's violent emotional reaction and the incomprehensible answer that she had never imagined.

So she could only open her mouth in silence for a moment, but no sound came out.

She really couldn't understand why her mother would suddenly say such words that surprised and puzzled her. Is this just a moment of indignation and nonsense, or was it true that she accidentally said the truth out of genuine desperation?
Chapter completed!