Chapter 1523 - 1283: Don’t Meddle in Women’s Affairs

Chapter 1523: Chapter 1283: Don’t Meddle in Women’s Affairs

The issue with Zhong Jinnan and Yu Yao had always been a knot in Song Yansheng’s heart.

At the age of fourteen, he accidentally saw this man in his mother’s room, and a hostility towards Zhong Jinnan surged in him.

When his father had his accident, the Song Group was seized, and he almost died in a car accident, he knew his mother was under immense psychological pressure then.

Especially since, in his heart, his mother had always been such a gentle and mild woman; asking her to support this family was indeed hard on her.

Sometimes, he blamed himself back then, blamed himself for not being strong enough to protect his mother, to protect the Song Group, and to protect the Song Family.

After the cold storage incident, his mother, following Old Sir Xu’s advice, wanted to send him abroad and arranged for Yan Ke to protect him.

While Qin Ran stayed in the country to protect his mother and father, as well as someone whose presence he could never put aside — Shi Nuan.

He didn’t know what kind of deal his mother had with Zhong Jinnan, but a despicable and shameless man like Zhong Jinnan would surely never help them out of sheer kindness.

He hated Zhong Jinnan, hated him extremely, but he hated more the powerless fourteen-year-old self facing all of this.

He actually saw Zhong Jinnan once during his seven years abroad.

Yes, Zhong Jinnan did go to America, but he did not ask to see him, instead, he met Yan Ke.

He inquired about his situation with Yan Ke, his tone as if it were a routine affair; he knew, Zhong Jinnan disliked him too.

It’s only natural he disliked him; back then, he pursued his mother, but his mother had already married his father, so he must have disliked his father greatly.

And along with him, who was connected by blood to his father.

He silently left at that time, not knowing if Zhong Jinnan eventually came to see him.

It made no difference whether he came or not, in the end, Yan Ke told him about it.

Yan Ke said: "My master isn’t such a bad person really, he’s just a bit stubborn, and, about your mother, he genuinely cared!"

Song Yansheng just wanted to sneer at the time. Of course, genuinely cared, he naturally knew that.

Without genuine care, why would he be unwilling to part with sending a disciple he cultivated for ten years to protect them at the Song Family.

He went to such an extent, yet what did his mother give him in return? Song Yansheng could hardly dare to think!

After he returned to his country, he was unwilling to live in the Song Family Mansion for many reasons, but one important reason was his inability to face his mother candidly.

He knew whatever his mother did was for him, for his father, and for the Song Family. His mother had it difficult, was compelled, but he still couldn’t come to terms with it.

Initiating for Zhong Jinnan to see his mother was equivalent to a slap in his face; apart from Gu Zheng, who had been friends with him for many years, probably no one dared to make such a request.

And the fact that Song Yansheng would allow it shows that he really treated Qin Ran as a brother.

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When Song Yansheng returned to the bedroom, Shi Nuan was still asleep, and by then the sky was already dark, which meant it was time for dinner.

But looking at how the little girl was now, he guessed she wouldn’t be able to get up for dinner.

Blame him; he had worn her out earlier, though making her sweat and exercise a bit after being out in the cold was actually good.

Song Yansheng returned to the study to organize emails. Not long after, Aunt Hui came upstairs to inquire about dinner time, and Song Yansheng checked the time and said, "Come up in half an hour!"

Aunt Hui agreed and went downstairs. Song Yansheng processed emails for another twenty minutes before returning to the bedroom.

He found the bedside lamp was on, indicating the little girl had awakened, quite early indeed.

"Rested enough?" Song Yansheng walked to the bedside, looking at the little girl’s clean face under the dim light, he asked.

Shi Nuan shook her head: "Still very tired, but I just can’t sleep!"

Song Yansheng raised an eyebrow: "Why? Got something on your mind?"

Shi Nuan thought for a moment and said: "Not exactly, just that some things happened recently, making me feel how impermanent life really is!"

Song Yansheng nodded: "Yes, life indeed is impermanent, so we must strive to live better than now, to live happily and joyfully, for this life not to be in vain!"

Shi Nuan looked at the man’s stunningly handsome face and his jet-black eyes, and her heart suddenly felt moist.

She really wanted to ask: Song Yansheng, why do you care about me so much? Why do you love me? Have there been other women in your heart?

But she found that she was actually afraid of knowing the answer, so she dared not ask, not a word dared to ask.