Still remember that day... Yinzhu advised, "Young Lady, Aunt Xing is Shen Yun’s confidant, you and the son-in-law must not see her. In case she harbors ill intentions, it would be detrimental to both you and the son-in-law..." "She doesn’t have that capability yet." Su Qingyue was aware that Xiao Chonghuan and Shen Yun were investigating Aunt Xing’s background, "Go bring her in." After a moment, Aunt Xing, wearing peasant’s clothes with a few fake wrinkles pasted on her face, entered the Su Mansion’s small courtyard led by Yinzhu. At the time, Xiao Yuchuan and Su Qingyue were having tea in the yard. Upon seeing Aunt Xing’s deliberately altered appearance, obviously to evade the surveillance eyes sent by the Xiao couple. "Yinzhu said you wanted to see me?" Xiao Yuchuan raised an eyebrow. Aunt Xing looked at Xiao Yuchuan with eyes full of affection, her slightly yellowing beads filled with guilt, her entire being trembling with excitement, "Chuan..." She glanced at Yinzhu beside her, "Could you ask her to leave? There are things I can only tell you, and preferably even Su Qingyue shouldn’t know." "My wife is more important than my life. She is not an outsider." Xiao Yuchuan signaled for Yinzhu, "You may leave now." Yinzhu respectfully left the yard. Xiao Yuchuan said, "Now there’s no outsider, why did you want to see me?" "Chuan’er, I am your Auntie!" Aunt Xing burst into tears as soon as she finished speaking. Xiao Yuchuan smiled, "Aunt Xing, are you getting old? You were Shen Yun’s accompanying maid, stayed in the Xiao Mansion for decades, how could you be my aunt?" "You must understand the reason and the process by which Xiao Chonghuan and his wife initially recognized you as the heir of the Xiao Family, Chuan’er." Aunt Xing recounted the process, the reasons why the Xiao Chonghuan couple acknowledged him. "The fact that I am the young Master of the Xiao Family has long been public, it’s no secret." "The birthmark unique to the direct male descendant of the Xiao Family on your head, is something I engraved." One statement from Aunt Xing made Xiao Yuchuan pause his action of holding the tea cup. The fact about the birthmark on the head of the direct male descendant of the Xiao Family was a secret, unknown to outsiders, impossible for servants to know. Fresh chapters posted on novel•fire.net Aunt Xing continued, "Chuan’er, you are not of Xiao Family blood, your son Ye’er is also unlikely to bear a Xiao Family birthmark." "Seeing that Ye’er has no birthmark on his head..." Xiao Yuchuan scrutinized Aunt Xing, "He wouldn’t have told you, a servant, these things." "Xiao Chonghuan suspects you are not his son. The investigation has already reached me." Aunt Xing cried bitterly, "Chuan’er, I have carefully concealed this secret for so many years, I have no choice but to tell you now. The Xiao Chonghuan couple are ruthless, I’m afraid if I don’t seize the chance to speak to you, there will be no opportunity to speak again." Xiao Yuchuan exchanged a glance with Su Qingyue who was seated across, the two remained silent. Aunt Xing continued, "You are not of the Xiao Family bloodline because back then, the wife of Wushan Village hunter Xiao Hai, Yang Xuelian, your adoptive mother, secretly swapped Shen Yun’s son with her own child, and I exchanged the two children back in secret." Xiao Yuchuan had long known he was not the son of Xiao Chonghuan and Shen Yun, "So, this means I am the biological child of Xiao Hai?" "No." Aunt Xing shook her head, "Your biological father is named Xiao Changfu. Your mother is called Lu Xingcui. Lu Xingcui is my older sister, she is ten years older than me. This matter starts with the tragic fate of your mother. And I, too, have been rather unfortunate, just slightly better off than my sister who died early, after all, I have lived till now."
The Spirited Daughter-in-law and the Mountain Man - Chapter 1820
Updated: Oct 27, 2025 1:44 PM
