Chapter 3

After breaking up with Li Mengyao, I returned to my own home.

Unexpectedly, the very next day, Li Mengyao stormed in angrily to confront me, accompanied by a middle-aged woman.

When I saw this woman, I was momentarily dazed-it was my mother.

Since being kicked out of the house that year, I hadn't seen her again. Even though Zhang Xuan frequently appeared in my life later on, I only heard about her through him.

This was the first time in all these years that I actually saw her.

She had aged significantly, with wrinkles on her face and a head of hair that had turned gray.

Life hadn't been kind to her these past years.

Seeing Li Mengyao still brought a pang of pain to my heart, but seeing my mother intensified the pain, making it hard for me to breathe.

Li Mengyao, with a stern expression, asked, "Lu Tao, do you really have no sense of loyalty or care for our past?"

I said nothing, looking at her indifferently.

Li Mengyao, her eyes red, stared at me intently. "You're A-Xuan's biological brother. Do you know that A-Xuan is sick?"

I sneered. Why should I care about his illness? I couldn't care less if he lives or dies.

My indifferent attitude provoked Li Mengyao. She shrieked and angrily approached me, but in her haste, she stumbled.

Instinctively, I caught her to prevent her from falling to the ground.

Once she steadied herself, Li Mengyao shook off my hand.

Suddenly, she seemed to remember something and urgently grabbed my hand again. "Lu Tao, you're the only one who can save A-Xuan now. He needs your kidney, please, I beg you."

I stared at Li Mengyao in shock, tasting the bitter taste of irony.

How absurd!

My fiancée, pregnant with her male best friend's child, was pleading with me to donate a kidney to him.

As my vision blurred, I staggered backward, Li Mengyao's once beautiful face now unfamiliar and indistinct before me.

She continued speaking, "You and A-Xuan are blood brothers! I'm carrying A-Xuan's child; you wouldn't want him to grow up without his biological father..."

Li Mengyao's mouth opened and closed, but all I felt was a splitting headache. I pushed her away.

My mother, who had been watching, suddenly bent her knees and knelt on the ground. "Lu Tao, he's your brother; we are your only family in this world. Please, save him."

Suddenly, a voice broke through, "Save him? Zhang Meijuan, you're truly skilled at manipulating emotions!"

Li Mengyao and I turned to look, both surprised to see the newcomers.

Li Mengyao's face turned pale-it was her parents.

Upon seeing them, tears welled up in Li Mengyao's eyes again. She walked over and clung to her mother's hand. "Mother, Father, Lu Tao wants to break up with me, and he refuses to save A-Xuan. Please, try to persuade him.He always listens to you..."