God of Racing

Chapter 667 - 654

In a narrow alley of the old district in Holy City.

Chen Ke was carrying a shopping bag, made a few turns, and entered one of the dilapidated old apartments.

This was an old building from many years ago, multi-story... the kind without any elevator.

Chen Ke climbed upstairs, unlocked the door with a key.

A faint medicinal smell wafted from inside, on the kitchen stove, medicine was being simmered.

In the bedroom, seemingly hearing a commotion outside, someone came out. It was indeed Gong Xueyan from back then, dressed in home clothes with hair simply tied at the back! However, she no longer had the dazzling appearance of a wealthy daughter; there was a hint of illness and worry between her brows.

Seeing Chen Ke, Gong Xueyan smiled faintly, "You’ve come."

"Yeah." Chen Ke nodded, placing the bag on the table, "These are this week’s medicines, I passed by the pharmacy and picked them up for you."

"Thank you."

Gong Xueyan sincerely expressed her gratitude, appearing meek and gentle.

She hasn’t been living well these years, her father is still in prison, and the Gong Family had long left her with nothing.

"Have you eaten?" Gong Xueyan asked while heading to the kitchen, "I thought you might come today, so I kept something on the stove for you."

"Alright, thank you." Chen Ke nodded, accepting the favor.

He ate the meal and spoke. "That child... still no news, can you provide any more clues? It’s been so many years since the child got lost... really hard to find."

Gong Xueyan was startled, her gaze turned melancholic.

...

Back then, she got pregnant, but... she was utterly helpless, Yu Sangwan had a father, yet she had no support at all. So, she could only turn to the Lu Family... but at that time, the Lu Family completely ignored her.

Gong Xueyan knew the child was not Lu Jinxuan’s, but... she really didn’t know who the father was either.

She even harbored a slight hope, perhaps this was Lu Jinxuan intentionally refusing to acknowledge it to be with Yu Sangwan?

Even though Gong Xueyan was wishful to be with Lu Jinxuan, she had no second thoughts about him.

Because of this thought, Gong Xueyan insisted on giving birth to the child.

However, even fate wasn’t on her side... her full-term pregnancy resulted in a baby girl!

Back then, Gong Xueyan held her child and went to plead with Helian Shuang.

That day, heavy rain poured, Gong Xueyan knelt at the door of Guan Chao, finally only to receive a sentence from Helian Shuang...

"A girl? Then handle it yourself! You don’t even have a title with Jinxuan, Yu Sangwan had a boy and she raised him on her own, what right do you have to ask me to raise yours?"

Gong Xueyan gritted her teeth in hatred, at that moment, she truly saw clearly... Helian Shuang was indeed ruthless! Her blood ran cold, not a good person!

Later, life got tougher day by day, Gong Xueyan couldn’t even support herself. She worked while taking care of the child, until an accident happened... the child was lost!

Over the years, Gong Xueyan worked while using the money she saved to search for her child.

She and Chen Ke met because of the "search for missing children"... Gong Xueyan was the missing child’s mother, whereas Chen Ke was a reporter covering the incident.

One could say, meeting Chen Ke was like encountering a benefactor for Gong Xueyan.

Chen Ke eagerly helped her, not just in searching for the child... knowing her poor health, he generously gave his savings to support her.

Gong Xueyan once asked him, "Chen Ke, why are you being so good to me... what’s the reason?"

Yes, she couldn’t help but feel puzzled.

In this world, who would be good to someone without a reason? Especially for Gong Xueyan, having experienced a family upheaval... enduring the coldness and warmth of human relations, she saw human nature even more clearly.

But Chen Ke just smiled faintly and answered her, "Because I was abducted as a child... and separated from my family to this day!"

"Ah..." Gong Xueyan was very surprised, "How come?"

Because looking at Chen Ke, he didn’t seem like it...

Generally, lost children suffered a lot. Either sold to scam, crippled to beg along streets, or trained as professional thieves, etc...

However, Chen Ke clearly wasn’t like that. He seemed well-educated, his speech even carried a touch of nobility. How could such a person have been abducted as a child?

Chen Ke didn’t want to elaborate, Gong Xueyan assumed he didn’t want to recall those traumatic past events, so she didn’t inquire further.

...

Recollecting her thoughts, Gong Xueyan tried hard to remember, shaking her head, "I really can’t recall, I was too exhausted alone at the time..."

"It’s okay." Chen Ke frowned and shook his head, "I just wondered if there’s any more possibility of finding clues, if you can’t recall it, never mind. By the way, have you seen Helian Si?"

Gong Xueyan was startled, "Helian Si?"

In Z Country, who wouldn’t know the name Helian Si?

Gong Xueyan shook her head in confusion, "Never met in person... of course, if you count television media, then yes I have."

"Hmm." Chen Ke nodded, "Don’t you... find him familiar?"

Gong Xueyan didn’t understand what he meant, she just sighed, "Oh... of course familiar, he and my child’s father... look exactly alike. Just not..."

"Not?" Chen Ke raised an eyebrow, "Why are you so sure?"

"Hmm." Gong Xueyan awkwardly laughed, "I’m sure because... someone all these years has always been alone."

"Who?" Chen Ke’s eyebrows furrowed, clearly intrigued.

Gong Xueyan thought for a while, "Someone you wouldn’t know, she was my child’s father’s... lover, they were very much in love, and it was because of that woman I was abandoned."

Chen Ke wasn’t interested in their entanglements, his attention focused entirely on that ’lover,’ he pressed, "Who was that woman? And why are you so sure Helian Si isn’t your child’s father because of her?"

"Sigh..."

Gong Xueyan sighed, "That woman no one would know, but her father was well-known, he was... the economist Fu Xianlin."

Chen Ke was stunned, it’s her! It was her... Yu Sangwan!

Gong Xueyan paused, then continued, "You don’t know, they had reached the point of life and death promises back then, although his appearance also shocked me, he wasn’t, because... he would absolutely not leave that woman, remaining alone for so many years, without any contact."

"Hmm."

Chen Ke chuckled lightly, "Seems very sentimental?"

"Yes." Gong Xueyan nodded, "He was very sentimental, otherwise, I wouldn’t have lost back then..."

"Huh, maybe not?" Chen Ke’s scoff was full of ridicule.

Gong Xueyan didn’t catch it, "What did you say?"

"Hmm?" Chen Ke snapped out of it, "Nothing."

"By the way, why did you ask about this?"

Chen Ke casually explained, "Wanted to inquire about something regarding the child’s father, see if it leads to any clues..."

"Oh." Gong Xueyan nodded, "Unfortunately, it’s not."