Chapter 1609 — The Agitated Tang Family
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
What had happened back then — had it not been for the eldest son's tacit consent, no matter how domineering and jealous the eldest daughter-in-law might have been, this was still the Tang family's home — not hers! Not a place where she could do as she pleased! Yet to gain leverage over the eldest daughter-in-law and harness her family's power, his own eldest son had actually been willing to cast aside his own flesh and blood — an act utterly devoid of humanity!
Old Master Tang had seen all of these things with his own eyes, yet he had said nothing. The Tang family needed to grow, and it needed someone as ruthlessly capable as this eldest son. As long as he did not act against the Tang family's interests, Old Master Tang would not interfere.
Hearing the noise, the Third Concubine turned her head and saw the old man and the young man standing before her — she was stunned at once! She naturally recognized the old man, but as for the youth... he looked somewhat familiar, yet she didn't dare acknowledge him...
"Father... how is it that you've come..." The Third Concubine hurried to her feet and bowed: "Father, please sit down quickly..."
The Third Concubine was both flattered and fearful. For over ten years, no one from the Tang family had ever appeared before her, and now the family's old master had suddenly arrived — it left her quite flustered. She had been born into poverty, not from any great family. All these years since losing her daughter, she had been consumed by melancholy. She knew the First Madam disliked her, and staying here she could only wait for life to slowly draw to its end.
"Xiaoming, it has been so many years — how you have suffered, and that unfathful son of mine, sigh!" Old Master Tang waved his hand the moment he stepped through the door, sighing heavily.
"Father... do not blame him... only blame Xiaoming for being careless..." The Third Concubine was terrified, unsure what Old Master Tang intended.
"Over all these years, your father has never given up searching for your daughter. But you must know — the family power behind the First Madam's side is on equal footing with our Tang family. I could only have Yuyu carry out a covert investigation!" Old Master Tang didn't even blink at his own lie. He pointed to Tang Yuyu and said, "Yuyu was always close to you as a child. After his sister went missing, it even put a rift between him and his own mother..."
"Ah! It's the Eldest Young Master!" Having heard Old Master Tang's words, the Third Concubine finally recognized him — the young man before her was Tang Yuyu!
"Third Concubine Mother... all these years, out of caution I have not come to see you, and for that I am truly ashamed!" Tang Yuyu bowed deeply — it was the honest truth. He did not possess Old Master Tang's hypocrisy; he and this Third Concubine had always been close, otherwise he could not have had things sent to her over all these years.
"The Eldest Young Master is too kind... over the years, you have taken such good care of me — there has never been any lack of food or clothing here..." The Third Concubine did not doubt Old Master Tang's words. If anyone else had forgotten her, she might have believed it, but all these years, Tang Yuyu had sent gifts through others during every festival — it had touched her deeply! She had not been kind to Yuyu for nothing — this child truly was a good one!
Learning that Tang Yuyu had been secretly searching for her daughter's whereabouts all these years, the Third Concubine was beside herself with excitement: "Eldest Young Master... then... have you found any news of Tangtang?"
The Third Concubine's daughter had the pet name Tangtang — a sweet and pleasant name. Her given name was Tang Tang as well, just written with a different character.