Chapter 62: Duan Jinchi, heartbroken and devastated...

It was a rare occasion for the father and daughter to sit down and eat together.

Song Jingfu's eyes were red, and his face was red too.

After finishing her meal, Song Yinxi got up and went upstairs.

Give me your phone.

"Dad! Stop it! I still have my work phone. What would I do with your cell phone?" Song Yinxi refused. "No way!"

"Fine, I understand. You have business to attend to. Then delete Duan Jinchi from your contacts!" Song Jingfu said sternly. "You two are not allowed to contact each other again."

"Dad, how can we explain this without contacting him?" Song Yinxi said helplessly.

“Wife, our daughter…” Song Jingfu started crying again.

Song Yinxi: "..."

I'm scared, I'm scared.

"Okay, okay, delete it, delete it!"

Song Yinxi picked up her phone and deleted Duan Jinchi in front of him.

"There's also the phone," Song Jingfu reminded her.

"OK, OK."

"Can I go upstairs now?" Song Yinxi asked him after she finished deleting the message.

"cannot--"

What's wrong now?

Today is neither the anniversary of my mother's death nor her death anniversary.

"You only deleted two contact methods, but there were others, like TikTok and Alipay, you deleted them all..."

The old man thought of everything quite thoroughly.

After a series of actions by Song Yinxi, she said, "Deleted, deleted, can I leave now?"

"Okay, go and rest. Leave the rest to your dad!"

"Dad, don't go looking for them. Duan Jinchi and I were just having fun. I did it on purpose to make him obsessed with love and unable to focus on his work!"

It just failed.

Perhaps it's because she loves her work so much that Duan Jinchi isn't home when she's not.

That goal was not achieved.

“Hmm, I’m not going to see them. I don’t want to see that Duan family father and son at all.” Song Jingfu waved his hand. “Good boy, baby, go and rest.”

Never mind.

I'll take a nap first.

Sleepy……

Song Yinxi was half asleep when she was woken up by a phone call.

She lay lazily in her warm bed, reaching out and groping around until she finally found her phone. She swiped the screen and said, "Hello~"

Min Xin's voice came from the other end of the phone, "Xi Xi! Uncle Song is back, right?"

"Um, yes..." Song Yinxi replied sleepily, "What's wrong?"

"Uncle Song just came to the company and said he wants to release a news report that your marriage with Duan Jinchi is invalid."

Song Yinxi instantly snapped back to reality. That old man!

"He went to the company?"

"right!"

"Go find him, I'll talk to him."

"okok!"

At the company, Min Xin rushed into Song Jingfu's office with her phone in hand, "Chairman! Xixi is looking for you."

Song Jingfu glared at her, how could he forget that there was someone in the company who was on the same page as his daughter?

"baby!"

Song Jingfu took the phone, and his tone immediately softened.

"Dad, that news can't be published."

"Why can't I post it? You're fake anyway, so I'm going to post it anyway." Song Jingfu's face darkened.

“Dad, the main problem is that word has already gotten out. Once it gets out, it will affect Changqing as well. If you don’t like me contacting him, I won’t contact him. Let’s just let it cool down. Others will naturally find out what’s going on. There’s no need to release a news report.” Song Yinxi advised.

"Daughter, do you still want to have a chance to reconcile with him?" Song Jingfu frowned.

"No! I'm doing this all for Changqing's sake." Song Yinxi continued to persuade, "Just think of it as your daughter having a relationship and then breaking up. There's no need to waste public resources on such a small matter."

"You wouldn't want to put your daughter in such a precarious position, would you?"

"Dad, please? I don't want my private life to be discussed by everyone!"

When Song Yinxi's tone softened and she begged him, Song Jingfu's heart softened as well.

"Okay, okay! I won't send it."

"Dad, from now on, please discuss these matters with me before making a decision, okay?" Song Yinxi took the opportunity to remind him.

"Okay, okay, okay!"

Song Jingfu returned the phone to Min Xin.

"You, she did this, and you didn't even tell me!" Song Jingfu said coldly.

“I’m sorry, Chairman Song, Xixi asked me to keep this a secret. Although she and Duan Jinchi are pretending to be husband and wife, she hasn’t neglected her work. The Changqing project has been going quite smoothly lately,” Min Xin replied seriously.

“I care about her more than the company,” Song Jingfu sighed. “Sigh…it’s all my fault.”

Min Xin quietly left the office.

As night fell, Taoyuan No. 1 seemed to be shrouded in a thin layer of black mist, cold, silent, and lifeless.

In the past, when Song Yinxi was around, the house was always lively and bustling.

Duan Jinchi didn't even go downstairs for dinner tonight; he barely touched the food that was brought up.

I don't know what he's doing in the room.

Duan Jinchi sat on the sofa in the room, staring dejectedly at the message on the screen—she had enabled friend verification, and you were not yet her friend. Please send a friend request first; you can only chat after the other party accepts your request.

ah!!

It's been deleted!

Song Yinxi!

Song Yinxi —

Duan Jinchi used to be able to deceive himself, and when Song Yinxi was sober, she could say she loved him and call him husband.

This shows that she did have some feelings for him; otherwise, how could anyone tolerate living with someone they dislike?

And they did so many things that only married couples do.

And what was the result?

I've deleted all my friends.

┭┮﹏┭┮

Don't you want him anymore?

If Song Yinxi truly loves him, shouldn't she at least try to win him over?

Duan Jinchi leaned back listlessly, languidly resting on the sofa, staring blankly at the ceiling.

The room was empty.

She was just not home today, and she felt that the presence of Song Yinxi in the house had diminished considerably.

I can't imagine what will happen in a few days, and there won't be any trace of her scent left in the house.

What's this called?

What goes around comes around.

As the sky outside the window gradually brightened, a car stopped at the door, and the people inside got out and hurriedly went upstairs.

Duan Jinchi was lying in bed, having barely managed to fall asleep late last night and was having a sweet dream when a knocking sound woke him up.

He slowly opened his eyes and dragged his tired body to open the door.

"mom……"

Xie Shuya stood at the door, frowning slightly, and clicked her tongue in disdain, "Look at the state you've become!"

Duan Jinchi was wearing pajamas, his hair was messy, and he had dark circles under his eyes, looking like he had lost his soul.

"If Song Yinxi sees this, she'll definitely be disgusted with you!"

Duan Jinchi didn't react much. "She can't see... her father took her away."

Xie Shuya nodded slightly, "It seems the Song family has achieved their goal!"

"What is the purpose?"

"I'll make you fall in love with her, then dump you, make you lose interest in your work, turn you into a颓废 (颓废 is a difficult word to translate directly, but it implies a state of being listless, dispirited, and demoralized) person, and then let Changqing (长青) grow stronger and eventually acquire Herun (合润)." Xie Shuya said slowly and deliberately, "I like ambitious, goal-oriented women like Song Yinxi!"

"What a pity, you didn't hold onto such a good daughter-in-law."

Duan Jinchi's lips twitched: "..."