Chapter 817: Thought So, Did So

Chapter 817: Chapter 817: Thought So, Did So

Following Mrs. An’s old path...

So, everyone thinks An Yitian committed suicide?

But her dad had said before, An Yitian was absolutely not the kind of person who would kill himself.

Bai Haoxue asked, "Housekeeper An, then you didn’t go look for him? You didn’t call the police?"

"Looked..." Housekeeper An sighed. "You don’t know what it was like for the An Family back then. The moment something happened to the An Family, those uncles and aunts all rushed to cut ties with Miss and her family.

And they themselves were affected too. In order not to be dragged down completely, they all chose to flee abroad to take shelter.

Back then in the An Family, some died, some ran, some went missing, and the servants all avoided us like the plague and left one after another.

I’m lowly and have no influence, and I don’t have money. Where could I possibly go to look for him?

As for calling the police, at that time everyone knew the An Family had offended someone... The people at the police station would only brush us off; they’d never really help us search."

"So, your master was actually missing, right?"

Housekeeper An nodded and then shook his head. "So many years have passed, and there’s been no news of the master at all. I’m afraid the odds are against him."

"Dad, Sis, do we have guests at home?" Just then, little Beiting came bouncing down from upstairs and dove straight into Bai Haoxue’s arms.

Bai Haoxue picked him up. "Yes, this is the person you should call Grandpa An."

"Hello, Grandpa An..." Little Beiting greeted him politely.

Seeing little Beiting all of a sudden, Housekeeper An felt both unfamiliar and familiar.

Unfamiliar because he hadn’t seen little Beiting again after the boy turned two.

Familiar because not long ago, Lin Zhan had given him lots of photos of little Beiting.

"Young Master..." Housekeeper An grew a bit emotional when he saw little Beiting.

"Grandpa An, just call me little Beiting..."

"Little Beiting..." Housekeeper An reached out, wanting to touch little Beiting, but little Beiting shrank back into Bai Haoxue’s arms and didn’t let him touch.

He wasn’t someone just anyone could touch. He didn’t like strangers touching him.

Seeing the awkward look on Housekeeper An’s face, Bai Haoxue explained, "Housekeeper An, little Beiting is a bit scared of strangers and shy."

Housekeeper An withdrew and sat back down on the sofa, to show he understood.

It was just that, seeing little Beiting getting along so well with Bai Haoxue, yet seeming to have no idea who he was at all...

Housekeeper An’s heart ached with sourness and pain for An Yuexin.

Little Beiting’s reaction to him now would be the same reaction little Beiting would have to his Miss in the future.

But could you blame the child?

No. When little Beiting and An Yuexin were separated, he was still so very, very small.

Could you blame An Yuexin?

No either. She broke down; she completely lost her mind. She didn’t even recognize herself anymore, so how could anyone possibly hand a child over to her care?

Could you blame Bai Haoxue and Ji Hanyu?

Even less so. The fact that little Beiting clings to Bai Haoxue and Ji Hanyu proves that Bai Haoxue and Ji Hanyu treat him really, really well.

With Ji Hanyu, little Beiting has the best material life and love, something An Yuexin simply cannot give him.

But if his Miss comes back and finds her own son being close to another woman...

And to him, she’s nothing more than a stranger—how heartbroken would she be!

If she can’t accept it, if her emotions spiral and her illness relapses because of it, what then?

The more Housekeeper An thought about it, the more frightened and distressed he felt... He even wanted to tell little Beiting right away, on the spot.

His biological mother is fighting the illness for his sake, struggling to stay alive for him—this is what Housekeeper An was thinking, and it was also what he did...