Please Confess to Me

15

Chapter 15

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"Do you want to know my true origins?"

Origins? Shen Xi had never thought to ask Su Hang this. First, because there were a lot of rumors circulating regarding this subject already. From his return to the Su family at 18 years old, to becoming the head of the Su family, Su Hang had always been a popular topic of gossip. And the second reason was that due to Su MingLi's huge mouth, everybody knew that the Su family had first found Su Hang while he was pushing a broken tricycle filled with plastic bottles and cardboard boxes.

But since Su Hang had asked her this sentence, Shen Xi figured that he wanted her to know. So she nodded. "Un."

"I know there are a lot of rumors about my childhood. And everyone knows that I'm Su BoNian's illegitimate son." When Su Hang said the words 'illegitimate son', he almost gnashed his teeth. His hand that was gripping a porcelain spoon tightened, turning his knuckles white.

Shen Xi looked at Su Hang's clenched fist and couldn't help but reach out to put a hand over it. Shen Xi then tried to pull out the porcelain spoon Su Hang was still holding.

When Su Hang felt a soft touch at the back of his hand, his expression eased in an instant.

"Be careful, you might hurt your hand." Su Hang's grip was too tight for Shen Xi to be able to release the spoon. In the end, she could only gently remind him.

The giddy Su Hang finally opened his fist, but the fragile porcelain spoon had already broken into two. With furrowed brows, Shen Xi spread Su Hang's palm and found a red mark.

"It's fine. I'm not hurt." Just as Shen Xi was carefully examining the mark, Su Hang's hand suddenly turned over and seized Shen Xi's hand.

Surprised, Shen Xi raised her eyes to look at the man opposite her.

Su Hang didn't know why he did it. But the feel of Shen Xi's finger still lingered in his palms. He couldn't help but want to keep holding her hand.

"Do you mind?" Su Hang asked, looking straight at Shen Xi.

"What?" Shen Xi was slow to react.

"That I'm an illegitimate child."

Shen Xi had already thought about that issue in her previous life. Truthfully, when she had married Su Hang, the labels attached to him had also attached to her. The number of people who laughed at Su Hang for being illegitimate was the same as the number of people who laughed at her for marrying an illegitimate son. The rumors didn't stop even after their divorce. They would sneer and say 'Ah, look, Shen Xi finally couldn't stand to be married to him. She finally divorced that illegitimate child.'

But how many people knew back then that it was Su Hang who had offered to divorce her.
　　
It was true that at first, Shen Xi had no choice but to marry Su Hang for the sake of Shen Group. But in the five years she had lived with Su Hang, Shen Xi had learned to appreciate her husband. He was calm and strong, erudite and wise, elegant, and a gentleman. If she hadn't known that Su Hang had another woman in his heart, Shen Xi would've let herself love the man.

"Do you remember your business trip to HK?" Shen Xi suddenly said. "You went on the second day of our marriage."

Su Hang blinked, confused.

"That day, I went to Yun Shu's club and bumped into Su MingLi."

At the mention of Su MingLi, Su Hang's eyebrows furrowed.

"I heard her talking about you."

Su Hang could already imagine the words that came out of Su MingLi's mouth.