"That's true. If your relationship was good, he would have taken you in long ago," Shen Lu nodded in agreement.
Gong Tianhua was the director of a research institute. Even if he couldn't cure Fu Cheng, he would have ways to extend his life or at least make him more comfortable.
But Gong Tianhua did nothing, acting as if Fu Cheng wasn't his nephew.
"My aunt and my mother were not on good terms," Fu Cheng explained. "Even though they both married into the Imperial City, they never had any contact, just like strangers."
Shen Lu's mind conjured up a whole melodramatic soap opera about a wealthy family. "Oh, so that's how it is. No wonder your uncle-in-law ignores you."
There was another important point Fu Cheng didn't mention. His aunt, Yun Lian, was not of the Yun Family's bloodline. She was an orphan his mother, Yun Yao, had taken in. The two grew up together, as close as sisters, but in the end, they became enemies for some reason, and Yun Lian was expelled from the Yun Family.
