Tang Yi hadn't expected to see Mr. Mo right after leaving the principal's office. Her first instinct was to pretend not to see him and take a detour.
But it was obvious Mr. Mo had already spotted Tang Yi.
As Tang Yi was about to leave, Mr. Mo took two quick steps, closing the distance between them. He stared at Tang Yi for a long time, but Tang Yi offered him no pleasantries, nor did she greet him.
This inexplicable hostility made Mr. Mo feel very uncomfortable.
Mr. Mo spoke calmly, "Teacher Tang, there's no need for such hostility towards me. I don't mean anything else. I just want to understand your relationship with Yu Guilan, where she is now, and I want to see her."
Seeing Mr. Mo's persistence, Tang Yi replied, "If I tell you, will you stop bothering me from now on?"
Hearing Tang Yi's words, Mr. Mo became even more convinced that Tang Yi knew Yu Guilan.
To get Yu Guilan's whereabouts, Mr. Mo nodded and replied, "Yes."
Tang Yi took a deep breath and said, "Can you lend me your car?"
Mr. Mo handed over the car keys without asking any questions.
After taking the keys, Tang Yi said to Mr. Mo, "Let's go, I'll take you to see Yu Guilan."
Mr. Mo was extremely excited. After so many years apart, the thought of seeing Yu Guilan soon made his blood boil.
Back then, the Mo family was very wealthy, but Yu Guilan was an ordinary person who worked her way through school.
Mr. Mo had promised Yu Guilan a lifetime together.
But when Mr. Mo returned from a business trip, he found Yu Guilan gone. He learned from neighbors that his parents had sent Yu Guilan away while he was away.
Mr. Mo was furious at the time. He refused the arranged dates his family had set up and had been searching for Yu Guilan's whereabouts for years, but to no avail. Gradually, his heart closed off.
Until this moment, when Tang Yi told him she knew Yu Guilan's whereabouts, Mr. Mo was overjoyed.
Sitting in the passenger seat, his emotions were tumultuous.
After so many years apart, he wondered if Yu Guilan was married, if she still remembered him.
Mr. Mo was like a boy in love.
He was so engrossed in thinking about what he would say to Yu Guilan when he saw her that he didn't notice Tang Yi was driving towards the cemetery.
Tang Yi parked the car outside the cemetery.
She gestured for Mr. Mo to get out.
Mr. Mo was stunned. This...
Tang Yi, however, said, "Didn't you say you wanted to see Yu Guilan? I've brought you to see her."
At the grave, Mr. Mo saw the photo was of Yu Guilan, but the name read Gu Simo.
He was dumbfounded.
Tang Yi explained, "Yu Guilan is my mother, but I don't know what happened to her all these years. She told me, and everyone around us, that her name was Gu Simo. I only found out the name Yu Guilan by accident when I read her diary."
Mr. Mo understood why he hadn't been able to find Yu Guilan's whereabouts for so many years. She had gone into hiding, changing her name.
If he had known her name was Gu Simo earlier, perhaps he would have found her by now.
"Mr. Mo, I don't know what your relationship is with my mother, but now, I've brought you to see her. I don't know if she'll blame me, but I hope you won't harass me anymore. This is affecting my work."
Mr. Mo pursed his lips, unable to speak for a long time.
Tang Yi was 26 years old, and he had been separated from Yu Guilan for 27 years. Therefore, Tang Yi was very likely their child.
Thinking of this, Mr. Mo's blood surged.
He wanted to ask Tang Yi, but remembering her attitude towards him, he stopped himself.
This was something he would have to investigate himself, slowly.
Tang Yi was already extremely repulsed by him. If he asked Tang Yi these questions, he might provoke her further.
So, despite his suspicion that Tang Yi was his and Yu Guilan's child, Mr. Mo held back and did not ask Tang Yi.
Mr. Mo whispered a few words to Yu Guilan before leaving with Tang Yi.
His visit was too sudden, mainly because he didn't know Yu Guilan had passed away, so he hadn't prepared any offerings or chrysanthemums for her.
He vowed that he would bring these things when he returned tomorrow.
On the way back, Tang Yi didn't say a word. Ever since Yu Guilan's death, Tang Yi hadn't visited her even once. This time, after bringing Mr. Mo to see Yu Guilan, Tang Yi was very down. Mr. Mo sensed this and wisely kept quiet, focusing only on driving.
Upon returning to the school, Tang Yi got out of the car and silently returned to her office to prepare her lessons.
Mr. Mo watched Tang Yi's retreating back. He decided to investigate thoroughly to see if Tang Yi was truly his biological daughter.
Mr. Mo went to the principal's office and said, "This year, Mo Corporation will fund comprehensive health check-ups for all teachers."
The principal was surprised by Mr. Mo's sudden request. He looked at Mr. Mo and asked, "Mr. Mo, is something wrong?"
"No, I just remembered. I will arrange for doctors to come to the school to conduct physical examinations for the teachers in the next two days. You can inform the teachers then."
The principal didn't understand what Mr. Mo was thinking.
Did Tang Yi have an illness?
After all, Mr. Mo and Tang Yi had been getting along well recently, and it was only after Tang Yi arrived that Mr. Mo proposed the health check-ups. He hadn't made such a request before.
Therefore, the principal believed his guess was correct.
After returning to her office, Tang Yi was completely dejected.
Ever since her mother was buried, Tang Yi hadn't dared to visit the cemetery. Every time she saw her mother's photo on the tombstone, her eyes seemed to stare at her, a slight upturn of her lips as if she were smiling.
Tang Yi felt a deep sense of guilt.
Tang Yi could never forget the moment she personally pulled her mother's oxygen tube, nor could she ever forget the look of disappointment on her mother's face as she looked at her.
If only, Tang Yi wished, nothing had happened and her mother were still alive. Even if she had to work tirelessly every day to pay the medical bills, Tang Yi's heart would have been full.
Unlike now, where she drifted through her days in a daze.
Tang Yi closed her eyes in despair.
Suddenly, the office door was pushed open. The principal looked at Tang Yi and asked sternly, "Teacher Tang, have you seen Mo Shaoxuan from your class?"