I hate you!

As if she knew what he wanted to say, Xiao Lei murmured, "I've made up my mind. I'd like to carry yours and Director Shenlong's child. Please don't let my past affect you."

"Ms. Fan, we-"

Xiao Lei closed her eyes as she interrupted him. "Please don't call me that… I've given up on that identity a long time ago."

...

A decade ago, Fan Entertainment was hit with a scandal involving embezzlement of the company's fund and somehow, someone spread the rumors that President Fan Lei was the first to take out a huge chunk of money from the company's fund and that was why he was killed. In addition, there was a rumor that President Fan Lei's wife, Chen Qingting, had an affair and that their currently missing daughter was born from the affair.

Her oldest uncle, Fan Shaohang, had come out from his seclusion and defended his deceased brother and his wife. Even Fan Chuan came out to say something about it.

"It was alleged that President Fan Lei started siphoning the money from the company's fund to cover his illegal activity as well as paying off his wife's indiscretion…"

When Xiao Lei saw the news, she was furious! She knew that it was her Uncle Chuan's tactic. Her father had his supporters in the company, and she believed that most of them were distrustful toward her uncle. That was why these rumors suddenly existed.

"I want to go back! Now!"

She wanted to go back to demand the truth right there and then. However, Xiao Yunjie stopped her from doing so. He was holding their toddler son as he said sternly, "You go back now, you'd be exposing Zhihao to the ugliness of the world you abandoned! He can't protect himself yet, and I can't protect you guys there!"

Xiao Yunjie knew that with his identity, people would never accept him as the husband of the heir of Fan Entertainment. He also knew that Xiao Lei's unscrupulous uncle would use this as a reason to force her to give up on certain things.

He did not want her to go back to where she originated from only to suffer more pain and anguish.

"Xiao Lei… When you told me about your past, I told you that I'd back you up if you want to go home… But now, it's not just about you anymore. You have to think of Zhihao's safety!"

Even though she knew that he was right, Xiao Lei still shook her head angrily. She sat on the old couch in their beloved home as she cried into her hands. "But my parents! Their reputation! They are not that kind of person! My mum! She would never do anything that would hurt my dad!"

"I know…" Xiao Yunjie said softly. It broke his heart to see the first person he had ever loved crying so sadly while he was unable to do anything.

With teary eyes, Xiao Lei looked up at her husband who was standing in front of her.

Holding their son tightly in one arm, Xiao Yunjie leaned down. With one hand, he cupped her cheek and kissed her on the lips before saying, "I believe you… If you say they are not that kind of person, then they are not that kind of person."

He then sat down next to her and gently placed Zhihao on her lap. He then enveloped her in a hug before he said softly, "Wait till Zhihao is older! If you still want to go back to being Fan Wushuang, I promise you! I'll back you up!"

As Xiao Lei looked at their little son who was staring at her with a worried expression and patting her cheeks with his chubby little hands, she sighed. As she held their son tightly, she whispered, "I won't let anything happen to you…"

Even though it hurt that she could not clear her parents' names, but as a mother herself, she did not want her son to come into any kind of harm. Xiao Yunjie was right. Their son was too young. If they were to go back, she might not be able to look after him constantly.

Her uncle wanted to get rid of her. If he found out that she had a son, he would target him as well. There was no other way. The only way for Fan Chuan to secure his position in Fan Entertainment was to get rid of all the heirs except his own.

...

Back to the present, Guang Ying glanced at Xiao Lei who was sitting in the passenger seat. He could tell that she was thinking deeply about something and there was a drop of tear that lingered at the corner of her eye.

When he looked back at the road, he said in a kind voice, "Xiao Lei then… I just want to let you know… If you want, we can help you get back the management rights to Fan Entertainment as well as everything that should be yours in the first place."

Xiao Lei shook her head. "I don't want the company… I don't want my inheritance anymore… I just want a peaceful life…"

"What about your son? Those are his right…"

She shook her head slowly.

"He's his father's son… He will make his own life and earn his own fortune…" Xiao Lei said softly as she clenched her fists tightly.

Xiao Yunjie's disappearance took everything off her mind. There was no longer any desire to go back and take her revenge. All she wanted to do was to raise their son properly until her husband returned home.

Xiao Lei glanced at Guang Ying and asked in a meek voice, "Guang Ying… Do you mind to keep this from Han Ye?"

Guang Ying frowned. He wondered why she suddenly mentioned Han Ye.

"Han Ye? Why?"

Xiao Lei decided to tell him the truth. "We… To tell you the truth, we were childhood friends… He doesn't recognize me, and I want to keep it that way. I don't want him to know what I went through…"

There was also something that bothered her. Something that she had long forgotten. When she recognized Han Ye, a specific piece of an old memory popped up in her mind, and it was as clear as day.

She hoped that he had forgotten about that, but if he hadn't, she did not want him to remember about it.

A flashback ran through her mind at that moment. It was Little Han Ye, and he was sitting on the floor next to a huge indoor swimming pool. His clothes were soaked from top to bottom.

President Fan Lei was down on one knee beside him as he checked on the boy's condition.

Little Han Ye was holding patting his chest as he coughed out the water that went into his lungs. President Fan Lei kept patting him on the back as he coughed.

Panting and with bloodshot eyes, Little Han Ye then glared at Little Fan Wushuang.

With anger in his eyes, he had disregarded the presence of everyone else in that room as he shouted at her, "You jerk! Is it fun to play with my life?! You know what! I hate you! No wonder you have no other friends!"

...

Before her parents' deaths, there were a few things that she regretted doing. One of them was her nearly killing her friend. That was the first and the last time she saw him getting so angry, but she knew that it was her fault.

Xiao Lei shook her head to get that memory out of her mind.

She did not want to remember his angry face. He was the only one from her past now, and she did not want him to remember her because she did not want him to remember that memory.

She was too afraid that once he remembered her, he might hate her again. Back then, after that drowning incident, he did not talk to her until the accident happened. For a long time after that, she felt that he only talked to her again because of her loss.

She doubted that he had actually forgiven her.