Chapter 16 Father and Daughter Have a Heart-to-Heart Talk

Like a child finding a support, Yan Songyu finally had someone to confide in, and could no longer hold back, "Dad..."

Yan Binghua's eyes welled up with tears at the word "Dad." He opened his weathered but still strong arms, ready to once again provide shelter for his daughter. "Come here."

"Dad!" Yan Songyu threw herself into Yan Binghua's arms, clutching his clothes and sobbing uncontrollably. "I'm sorry, it's all my fault, it's all my fault. I shouldn't have disobeyed you, I shouldn't have married Jiang Chengli... Waaah~ I was stupid, I was blind and heartless, I ruined Feifei..."

Since her rebirth, what she has never dared to think about is what happened to her father? And what will become of the Yan family in the future?

My mother passed away early. My father loved her deeply and never remarried. He poured all his affection into her, but she caused him to suffer the pain of losing his daughter in his later years!

She couldn't imagine the blow it would be for her father to outlive his child, especially since his health was already failing at the time...

How could she be so stupid!

Yan Songyu bit her lip until it bled, the salty, metallic taste spreading in her mouth. She could only swallow it down along with her tears.

Yan Binghua gently patted Yan Songyu's back and coaxed her softly, "Don't cry, sweetie. If you're upset, tell Daddy. Daddy isn't old yet!"

Looking at the father and daughter embracing each other, especially Yan Songyu who looked like she had cried out all her grievances, Feng Yu's nose couldn't help but sting, and his heart was filled with a dense, dense pain.

Cry.

It'll be better if you just cry it out.

He knew that the hatred in her heart had not lessened at all because of the revenge over the years, but had even deepened. However, no matter how much she trusted him, he could not break through the barrier in her heart. He could only watch as she hid her pain deeper and deeper. It was not a bad thing that she was willing to cry now.

"Dad, Jiang Chengli, he... he was plotting against me from the very beginning." Yan Songyu finished crying and finally composed herself to begin her story.

"But I'm stupid, I couldn't see it, and I even poured my heart and soul into it."

Yan Binghua stroked her hair. “She’s not stupid. My daughter is never stupid. She’s innocent, kind, sincere, smart and beautiful. The ones who are wrong are the bad people who deceived and schemed against you. My daughter is not wrong.”

Hearing her father's words of comfort, Yan Songyu couldn't help but start crying again. No matter how old she was, whether she was married or not, even though she was already a mother, she was always a little girl seeking a hug and comfort in front of her father.

"Waaah~ Daddy, Jiang Chengli never saved me. He was the one who hired those thugs. His later rejection was just a ploy to get me. After he saw that I was wavering, he orchestrated the car accident again. I didn't even realize it and just stupidly fell into the trap of tenderness he had woven."

Yan Binghua's eyes darkened as he listened, but he wasn't surprised. He had always thought Jiang Chengli was a liar, but this damned brat—how dare he treat his daughter like this! If, if even the slightest accident happened, then his daughter…

Feng Yu clenched his fists, head bowed in thought. If... if he had been braver back then, could Song Yu have avoided all this harm? Perhaps they could have had a future together. He would never have hurt her!

"Not only that, he also has a childhood sweetheart, Zhou Yue, who knows all of this and even helped him."

“After we got married, they didn’t stop seeing each other. Zhou Yue got pregnant around the same time as me, and they…”

Something flashed through Yan Binghua's mind, too fast for him to grasp, but he keenly sensed that what followed was the key point.

"They even plotted to switch my child!" Yan Songyu's eyes were filled with grief and indignation.

The hammer finally fell, and a sense of "aha!" welled up inside him. He had wondered why Nannan had continued to pester them after being discovered. Now he understood!

"presumptuous!"

In a fit of rage, Yan Binghua raised his hand and smashed the white jade paperweight with a dragon pattern on the table. Having reached his current position, he had not lost his temper or shown his emotions for many years.

"You worthless ants, you deserve to die!"

Yan Binghua walked back and forth twice with his hands behind his back before he could suppress his anger. But his knuckles were still white from clenching his fists. They really treated him like a cat!

“Dad, calm down. I didn’t let them succeed.” Yan Songyu helped Yan Binghua sit down behind the table. “Zhou Yue deliberately gave birth prematurely and also gave birth to a girl on the same day. Jiang Chengli switched the two children. When I found out, I switched the children back. Feifei is my daughter, but they don’t know it yet.”

Yan Binghua stroked Yan Songyu's hand and wiped away her tears. "I'm sorry, Dad didn't protect Nannan well, nor did he protect Feifei."

Yan Songyu shook her head fiercely. "It's not Dad's fault, it's my fault. I will make them pay the price! I want to see how they wish they were dead after the truth is revealed."

“Daughter, have you ever thought that it’s not worth wasting so much time getting entangled with these two scumbags?” Yan Binghua said earnestly, feeling sorry for his daughter. “Daddy can deal with them directly. Daughter has a bright future ahead of her and shouldn’t let them hold her back.”

“Dad, dealing with them is easy, but they have nothing to lose anyway. Wouldn’t taking their lives be a relief?” Yan Songyu revealed a sharp edge that surprised Yan Binghua. “Strike the snake at its vital point. Make them lose what they care about and want most to make them truly suffer.”

Yan Binghua didn't know whether he should feel gratified or sad. He had always thought he was a good father, a solid safe haven for his daughter, protecting her from any harm. But now she had grown up to the point where she could face the storms on her own, and that growth was achieved through unforgettable pain.

Ultimately, it was because he had been high and mighty for too long that he thought he could protect his daughter and that no one would dare to provoke him. That's why he underestimated Jiang Chengli, which led to his daughter suffering such great harm. If he had known earlier, even if his daughter hated him, he would not have agreed to their marriage.

Yan Binghua looked lost and disappointed, but his gaze fell on Feng Yu, who had been sitting in the background the whole time. "Xiao Yu."

Feng Yu inexplicably felt that Yan Binghua's gaze held a deeper meaning, but still respectfully replied, "Uncle Yan."

Feng Yu was an orphan. After his grandfather passed away, he struggled to even have enough to eat. He had given up on his dream of going to university, but Yan Binghua gave him hope and a future. At the time, he only knew that a big boss had invested in a charity fund in his daughter's name, so he could go to school. From that day on, he remembered the name Yan Songyu.

After graduation, he joined Ruixin Group. Yan Binghua was grateful for his kindness and helped him a lot. Yan Binghua was always the person he respected the most.

Later, he met Yan Songyu. The face of his benefactor, whom he had imagined countless times, finally came into view. She was such a gentle, bright, and kind girl that he couldn't suppress his feelings for her, nor did he want to. So he worked hard to climb the social ladder, but he knew his own shortcomings; he was not good enough for her...

"Alright, thank you!"

Yan Binghua only said this one sentence in the end.

"Uncle Yan, I'm willing."

Yan Binghua waved his hand. "Go out. Let me have some peace and quiet."

After leaving the study, Yan Songyu suddenly felt much lighter, as if she had been freed from the shackles that bound her. How fortunate she was to be born into the Yan family! This time, she would protect her family well!

"Feng Yu".