On the day of graduation, I was dragged by my rich father to get the certificate

"Mother?" Gu Wan heard his voice become sharp, "Are you really...my mother?"

Nangong Xuan took out a document from her bag and handed it to her.

Gu Wan took the document and scanned the professional terms and numbers with a blurry gaze, finally stopping at the line "Probability of parent-child relationship 99.9999%". Her hands began to tremble uncontrollably.

"Are you really my mother?" Gu Wan hugged her excitedly, and was so happy that she was flying. She thought that she was so lucky to be able to recognize her biological mother on the wedding day.

Isn't this the hidden purpose of her desperate attempt to become famous - to let her biological mother know about her on TV, on the big advertising screens on the pedestrian street, and even from the mouths of people around her, so that she and her biological mother can recognize each other.

"Silly child, of course I am your mother, my poor daughter." Nangong Xuan patted her back and took out a faded velvet box from her handbag, "Look at this."

Inside the box was a yellowed photo - a young woman with a face that resembled Gu Wan by 70%, holding a swaddled baby. On the back of the photo was written "Nangong Xuan and Wan Wan, taken on the occasion of the full moon".

"Nangong...Xuan."

In the midst of her joy, Nangong Xuan suddenly changed the subject, "I have my own reasons for leaving you."

“What’s the reason?”

"I had no choice at the time because I wanted revenge!"

"Revenge?!" Gu Wan suddenly had a bad feeling.

A trace of pain flashed in Nangong Xuan's eyes, "Back then, in order to annex the Nangong Group, the head of the Si family, Si Yan, pinned a false accusation on his good brother Nangong Jue, your grandfather, and framed your father for commercial fraud.

He also used the power of the Si family to eventually overturn the century-old Nangong family's foundation overnight. Just like that, on the night when my father was taken away by the police...he committed suicide in the detention center."

These few sentences contained so much information that Gu Wan almost couldn't react.

Nangong Xuan continued, "As the only descendant of the Nangong family, I can no longer stay in the warm little home with Brother Song. I must go back and ask the Si family for reimbursement for this blood debt!"

"To the Si family?! To ask for... a blood debt!!!" At this moment, Gu Wan's mood was like a roller coaster, suddenly falling from the top to the bottom. How he wished that everything that happened before his eyes was just a dream, "But... for so many years... why didn't you come to see me once?"

“This is all for your protection.”

"Protect... us?"

"Song Ge and I met at a Taekwondo gym. He was my Taekwondo coach, and we soon fell in love. But due to the huge difference in our family backgrounds, my father did not agree with us being together, so I had to elope with Song Ge.

We still lived a happy life, and luckily we gave birth to you. But just when we were happiest, we received the bad news about your father.

Immediately, a seed of revenge sprouted in my heart, but that was the Si family, and I didn't want to implicate you, so I didn't say anything to Brother Song. I just made up an excuse that I had had enough of this kind of life without money and wanted to go back to being a young lady.

Brother Song loves me very much, so no matter what decision I make, he will agree. On the day I left, I asked Brother Song not to mention any news about me to you, just treat me as if I were dead..." Nangong Xuan was already in tears as she spoke.

Gu Wan's world seemed to collapse in an instant.

"But why today?" Gu Wan shook her head, her voice choking. She looked up, "Why choose my wedding day?"

Nangong Xuan burst into tears. "Because I can't watch you marry the son of my enemy!"

Gu Wan felt dizzy and had to hold on to the wall.

Nangong Xuan suddenly grabbed Gu Wan's hand with amazing force: "So you can't marry Si Yehan. Their Si family has reached their current status by stepping on the corpses of our Nangong family. The Si family is our Nangong family's sworn enemy!"

The reluctance was written on Gu Wan's face and engraved into her heart. She was so close, so close to becoming the happiest woman in the world.

But the appearance of Nangong Xuan shattered all of this.

“Why…why are you telling me this now?” Gu Wan’s voice was barely audible.

Nangong Xuan closed her eyes in pain. "I was threatened by the Si family to leave the city... I have been collecting evidence for these years. When I heard that you were going to marry Si Yehan... I had to come back to stop the wedding."

Sworn enemies? What should she do? What should she do? What should Si Yehan do? What should they do?

Gu Wan suddenly felt that his breathing had stopped, and only the heartbreaking pain proved that he was not dead.

Outside the auditorium, the organ began to play the prelude to the Wedding March. Gu Wan glanced at his watch—it was 10:29, and the bell was about to ring.

In another minute, the door would open, and she would hold Uncle Wu's arm and walk towards Si Yehan, towards the happy future she believed in.

Gu Wan stood there, feeling dizzy.

"Who can tell me what to do now..." Gu Wan murmured to herself, tears pouring down her cheeks like a burst dam, leaving dark marks on the white wedding dress.

Nangong Xuan held her daughter's hand and said, "Come with me, Wanwan. Let's go now. You can't recognize a thief as your father anymore!"

The bell rang at this moment, solemn and long. The staff outside the door signaled Gu Wan to prepare to enter. The wedding march - grand and cheerful.

"Ms. Gu, it's time to enter." The staff member urged softly.

Gu Wan stood there, feeling her legs as heavy as if they were filled with lead. Her gaze wandered between her biological mother and the door that was about to open, and her mind flashed through every detail of her acquaintance with Si Yehan - his gentleness, his promises, the way he looked at her...

"Wanwan, are you going to sever your ties with the Nangong family and me from now on?"

Gu Wan closed her eyes, more tears welling up. When she opened them again, she made a decision.

The door of the auditorium slowly opened, and the guests stood up and turned around, waiting for the bride to appear.

Si Yehan stood at the end of the red carpet, with an unconcealable smile on his face. He had arrived an hour early today and personally checked every detail to ensure that the wedding would be perfect. When he heard the bell ring, his whole body trembled slightly with anticipation.

The door slowly opened, and sunlight poured in from outside. Si Yehan held his breath, waiting for that familiar figure to appear.

However, there was no one behind the door.

Confused whispers began to emanate from the guests. Si Yehan's smile froze, and he looked at the wedding planner standing by the door in confusion, who was speaking frantically into the intercom.

Suddenly, a hotel staff member rushed into the hall, his face full of panic: "Oh no! The bride is missing!"

The bouquet in Si Yehan's hand fell to the ground, and the white roses and baby's breath scattered all over the floor. The auditorium immediately exploded, with all kinds of speculations and discussions rising one after another.

"Wanwan..." Si Yehan was stunned for only a second, then rushed to the backstage without caring about his image, pushing aside the staff who were blocking his way. "Wanwan! Gu Wan!" His shouts echoed in the empty corridor, but received no response.

In the dressing room, the veil was lying alone on a chair, and on the dressing table was a strange document with nothing in it. Si Yehan's face was getting paler and paler.

"Boss Si, we checked the surveillance." The security supervisor rushed over and handed over a tablet computer. "Ms. Gu left voluntarily with a middle-aged woman. They left by car from the east exit."