Rebirth: The Ascent of a Socialite-Chapter 583 - 236: A Mother’s Ruthlessness

Thank you, catherineguo, for the pink support. September 1st, the day school starts, let’s do a double update today. It’s the last month, let’s have pink support and recommendations, and let me break through. Whoever wants to curse or comment, bring it all on.

**

After returning to the hotel, Su Ziceng placed the diary on the bedside table. This was the diary that had accompanied Qiao Chu through the most beautiful days of her school life, and had witnessed her transformation from a naive girl into a wife and mother, enduring years of both happiness and pain. Just before her death, Qiao Chu chose to lock it with a padlock and then send it across the ocean.

At the keyhole, because of multiple attempts to unlock it, there were obvious scratch marks. Su Ziceng knew that she needed to open this diary soon and then search within it for many secrets known only to Qiao Chu and unknown to others.

First, Su Ziceng freshened up, then she requested room service to bring her a cup of calming herbal tea. Afterward, she sat on the sofa, watching the snow fluttering outside the window, and in front of her appeared the flurry of Qiao Chu’s thoughts.

When closing the book, Su Ziceng didn’t speak, her gaze moving to the window. Was this Qiao Chu’s choice? Qiao Chu might be the smartest person in the world. She knew everything – Su Qingzhang’s scheming, Chang Mei’s cooperation, and her husband’s shifting affections; she knew it all.

The woman, gently caressing her belly while sitting in the rocking chair with a soft voice, she must have eyes even more beautiful than Ye Taina’s – eyes that perceived life and death. In this world, the only one she yearned for was mentioned at the end of her diary, that name.

"My dearest baby, you must live happily in place of mom."

To live happily in place of Qiao Chu—indeed, her life was a sacrifice made by Qiao Chu. The emotionally detached Qiao Chu chose such a method to end her own life.

"This is a secret that belongs only to me. If it weren’t for Xiao Mei’s introduction, I would never have met Master Wang. When I first met him, I didn’t believe in fate, until I received the Red Love ring. The Red Love was a birth gift from Tina to Ziceng, which I liked so much that I wore it on my hand. Three nights after Qingzhang left Mo City for Europe to meet Tina, I had a dream. In the dream, I saw a pitiful woman with a distorted face surrounded by blood, her tears also red. Although I’ve always been afraid of blood, I wasn’t scared; the woman lying in a pool of blood felt unusually close to me. As she neared death, I heard her say ’It would be better for you, Su Ziceng, to be dead, everyone wants you dead,’ that was my dear baby. The very same baby who, during the day, playfully kicked inside my belly, why had she changed like that. Her expression made me terribly sad, I wanted to hold her and tell her, mom is here. But countless red streams of blood separated us, my dear baby."

"When I woke up in the morning, Xiao Mei had already opened the window near the balcony. After one night, the roses under the balcony had bloomed, the air should have been filled with the sweet fragrance of roses, yet my nostrils were filled only with the scent of blood, the sorrowful scent of my dear baby’s blood. I dared not tell anyone about that dream, as it would burden Ziceng with a terrible fate upon birth."

"After arriving in Europe, Qingzhang still called me a few times initially, but in the following days, his calls became increasingly rare. I first thought it was due to the time difference or his work. However, his tone over the phone was always too excited, even happier than when he was in Mo City. Xiao Mei also sensed something unusual, until the tenth day after he went to Europe, he suddenly changed his plans to return on time, saying he wanted to accompany Tina to Africa. My due date was approaching, yet he refused to change his plans. I tried to contact Tina, but she did not answer my calls."

"Xiao Mei said that Qingzhang had fallen in love with Tina, that he had been possessed by a devil, no longer caring about me and our child, or even the Su Family. I didn’t believe it; I believed in Qingzhang, I also believed in Tina, they are the most important people to me in this world. Xiao Mei and I argued, I told Xiao Mei to get lost, saying she was the real devil. Back in Kelly Women’s College, she always tried to arrange everything for me, including my friends and my future. She really got mad this time, cursed Tina and me with the most venomous words... she even cursed my unborn child, saying what Master Wang said was true, that my child would bring disaster to both parents."