Volume One Chapter 1 While His Daughter Was Being Cremated, He Was Accompanying the Daughter of His First Love
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Her daughter was suffering from kidney failure. Before her surgery, her greatest wish was for her father to accompany her to an amusement park on her birthday; she wanted to spend time alone with him. I knelt before Fu Xicheng, begging him to grant our daughter’s wish, and he agreed.
But on her birthday, my daughter waited for him in the biting wind, waiting until she coughed blood and fainted, yet he still did not appear.
Her condition worsened, and the rescue failed.
Before she died, she asked me through tears, “Mommy, why does Daddy like Aunt Cheng’s daughter but not me? Am I not good enough?”
My daughter left this world with regrets.
From the phone that slipped from her little hand, a video was still playing. In the video, her father had reserved the largest amusement park and was celebrating the birthday of his beloved’s daughter.
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Before my daughter was cremated, I was the only one at the farewell.
Bundled in a bulky black down coat, my thin frame could not hide my grief. My eyes, red and swollen from crying, brimmed with reluctance to part.
I took a pair of hair clips from my pocket, leaned over, and gently placed them on my daughter. They were birthday gifts I had designed myself for my precious girl.
“Happy birthday, darling. Mommy will always love you.”
Bowing her head, Su Tingwan pressed a gentle kiss to her daughter’s forehead. The cold touch made her tears well up once more.
Time was running out.
A male staff member kindly reminded her, “My condolences. Has the child’s father not arrived yet?”
The records showed that the child had a biological father.
“He will not come.” A flash of coldness passed through Su Tingwan’s eyes.
“Won’t you wait a little longer?”
He was a father himself—surely a man would regret never seeing his daughter one last time.
“Wait?” Su Tingwan let out a bitter laugh. “Yesterday, in ten degrees below zero, my daughter stood at the amusement park gate waiting for her father. She waited from morning till night, waited until she coughed blood and fainted, and her father still did not come.”
“Do you know where he was? He reserved all of Disneyland to celebrate the birthday of his beloved’s daughter!”
The staff member was speechless.
He had not imagined there could be such a man so unworthy of being called a father.
Su Tingwan’s fingertips caressed her daughter’s pale, rigid face with longing. Choking on her words, she whispered, “Go ahead. Don’t let my daughter miss her auspicious time.”
May her precious one be born into a good family in her next life.
May she have a father who cherishes and loves her.
May she never have to wait in vain again.
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It was deep winter, and soon after leaving the funeral home, night had fallen.
Su Tingwan clung tightly to her daughter’s urn, sitting in the back of the taxi. Her face was hollow as she gazed out the window, eyes bleak and desolate.
They passed near Disneyland.
The road ahead was congested.
The car slowed to a stop.
Directly in front of her was a massive electronic billboard, broadcasting the news.
[President of the Fu Group throws a spectacular party at Disneyland with fireworks to celebrate his beloved daughter’s birthday!]
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
Countless dazzling fireworks burst in the sky, and then words appeared among the night stars—
“Happy birthday to little darling Tangtang!”
Beneath the brilliant fireworks, Cheng Ruotang wore the very custom Elsa princess dress that Xixi had longed for. She beamed with happiness, holding Cheng Muyan’s hand with one, and Fu Xicheng’s with the other.
As the second round of fireworks blossomed in the sky, Fu Xicheng and Cheng Muyan leaned down together.
From left and right, their loving kisses landed on Cheng Ruotang’s cheeks.
The scene froze at that moment.
“Seeing is believing—President Fu truly dotes on his daughter.”
“This is what they call ‘love me, love my kin’—”
Envious whispers buzzed around her.
Only Su Tingwan’s eyes burned red as she clutched her daughter’s urn closer to her chest, tightening her down coat to shield it.
Covering the urn protectively, she murmured in pain, “Don’t look, darling.”
She was afraid her daughter would be hurt.
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It was ten o’clock at night when Su Tingwan finally returned to the mansion she shared with Fu Xicheng.
Dragging her heavy steps upstairs, she entered her daughter’s room.
After tidying up her daughter’s belongings, she sat on her little bed, holding the urn, and spent the night in silence.
The next morning.
Su Tingwan went downstairs and ran into a tall, handsome figure.
It was Fu Xicheng.
He did not look at her, his face as cold as ever. He spoke little, asking tersely, “Where’s Xixi?”
A bitter, mocking laugh escaped Su Tingwan.
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It had been three days since their daughter’s death, and only now did he remember Xixi.
Fu Xicheng frowned, displeased, and shot Su Tingwan a glance.
Did she intend to throw a tantrum because he had stood Xixi up two days ago?
Fu Xicheng did not argue with her.
Suppressing his annoyance, his voice deepened. “I’m here to take Xixi to the amusement park.”
At the mention of the amusement park, a sharp pain twisted in Su Tingwan’s heart.
She would never forget that moment—the call from the staff, bursting into the amusement park, only to see her darling collapsed in a pool of blood, with no sign of Fu Xicheng.
Only then did she realize that on the phone that morning, Xixi had told her, “Mom, Daddy arrived right on time. We’re having so much fun. Don’t worry.”
It was a lie.
Her child had lied for the first time, just to have a moment alone with her father.
She had believed her father would never let her down, that he would keep his promise.
So that small child had foolishly waited in the freezing wind, from morning until night—
A flush of red crept into Su Tingwan’s eyes as she stared at Fu Xicheng’s impatient profile. Her voice was like ice. “Take Xixi? She’s already dead! Where are you going to take her—to the underworld?!”
“Su Tingwan!” Fu Xicheng was livid.
So he missed an appointment—was it such a big deal?
How dare she curse their daughter like that!
She was Xixi’s mother—how could she say such things?
Fu Xicheng looked at Su Tingwan as if she were a madwoman.
“You’re simply unreasonable!” He could not be bothered to engage with her madness, casting her a cold glance of warning before heading upstairs to fetch Xixi himself.
He had only gone a few steps when his phone rang.
The special ringtone made him stop at once. He quickly pulled out his phone and answered immediately.
A little girl’s sweet, coquettish voice sounded in the quiet living room.
“Daddy, I miss you. Will you come keep Tangtang company?”