Chapter 86: Ambiguity

“You you you——”

Sang Sui pursed his lips and smiled: "It's not me."

"Yeah?"

“Aren’t there two words ‘peace’ on the back of the pendant?” Sang Sui smiled innocently, “His treasure might be ‘peace’.”

“…”

"Meow--"

A cat meowed.

Sang Sui paused slightly, lowered her eyes and looked, Ping An was curled up obediently at her feet.

After not seeing her for four years, the little guy has grown a lot fatter, his fur is shiny, and his round sapphire eyes keep rubbing against her ankles.

Her heart softened and she squatted down and picked it up.

Sang Sui thought that the little guy had long since failed to recognize her, but she didn't expect that as soon as she held him, he would lie obediently on her chest, with his little head resting on her arm, looking so leisurely.

Sang Sui carried it out of the room.

Butler Liu followed him out and smiled, "Although Ping An looks very obedient and clingy, he seems to only cling to the young master. When the young master is not at home, he either lies outside on the balcony to bask in the sun or lies in his nest to sleep. No one comes close to him. He is very aloof."

"Now that you're back, it's rare that it still remembers you. You don't even need to tease it with delicious food, it just lets you hold it obediently."

Four years have passed. Although some aunts have resigned and left, and some new aunts have joined the Sheng family, Butler Liu and Aunt Zhang have not left, so they naturally know who adopted Ping An.

Sang Sui felt mixed emotions as he held Ping An, who was being well taken care of.

She left in a hurry to study abroad, so she didn't take it with her.

She was worried about other people taking care of it, and even Sheng Yize once regretted why he didn't take it away. But now it seems that Sheng Yize treats it very well and has fulfilled his promise to give him half of the custody of Ping An.

That night, Butler Liu and Aunt Zhang told her a lot of things about Sheng Yize.

Judging from the time, it should be the time when she just went abroad to study.

In their words, Sheng Yize was acting very strangely during that period. Not only did he, who had always been a germaphobe, rummage through the trash can all night, but he also smoked and drank day and night and even drank until he was unconscious.

Everyone knows that during that period of time, Sheng Yize stayed in his room, pulled the thick curtains, drank like crazy, and kept muttering a person's name.

Finally, Butler Liu concluded: "We all think that the young master might have been... heartbroken."

Broken heart?

Sang Sui felt something strange in his heart, then he shook his head and sneered.

In the past, her heart and eyes were filled with him. She wrote down every appearance of him in a notebook and hoped countless times... that he would look back at her.

But he had been in many relationships and said many hurtful things to her.

The love she had for him was also fading away bit by bit, until he said in front of so many people -

"It's just a joke, you took it seriously."

Only at that moment did she wake up completely.

It turns out that the moment she became too ambiguous was not love, but hypocrisy, a sharp knife stabbing into her heart.

Even if he regrets it now, even if he says sorry to her again and again, hoping that she can forgive him, can she do it?

Regardless of whether she can do it or not, the word "forgiveness" is no longer that important to her now.

Time can eliminate all pain, including the slowly fading love for him.

Since it doesn’t matter, why talk about forgiving or not?

Obviously it doesn't make sense anymore.

What's more, she already has a boyfriend.

She should move on.

-

Sang Sui originally wanted to send Sheng Yize home and then leave.

But Butler Liu said that Sheng Guohua had not seen her for a long time, so he called Sheng Guohua. When Sheng Guohua learned that she had come, she was very happy. She not only asked Butler Liu to keep her, but also ordered the chef at home to prepare a large table of delicious dishes, saying that she would put down her work and go home immediately.

Sang Sui couldn't help but laugh: "Okay, don't worry, I can't run away, please be careful on the road."

After hanging up the phone, Sang Sui returned the phone to Butler Liu.

Housekeeper Liu looked at her and couldn't help but sigh: "Miss Sui Sui, it would be great if you were the master's biological daughter. The master would definitely dote on you."

Sang Sui couldn't help laughing.

Indeed, Sheng Guohua had always wanted a daughter, but he only had Sheng Yize as a son. Later, when Aunt Lin passed away, Sheng Guohua probably took Sheng Yize's feelings into consideration and never remarried.

Now the Sheng family has only Sheng Yize as the only child, and he is not very obedient. Sheng Guohua doesn't know when he can feel at ease.

"But it doesn't matter if I can't be a daughter. I can still be a daughter-in-law, right? If..."

After Aunt Feng finished speaking, everyone present fell silent.

Everyone noticed that the relationship between Sheng Yize and Sang Sui was a bit subtle now.

Although we don't know what happened between the two, their relationship may not reach the point of marriage.

Housekeeper Liu coughed heavily a few times and made a face to signal her to apologize quickly: "Aiya, Aunt Feng! This is all about the future, it hasn't happened yet, how can you say that!!"

Aunt Feng then realized that she had said the wrong thing: "Yes, yes, I'm sorry, Miss Sui Sui, I said the wrong thing."

"It's okay." Sang Sui pursed his lips and looked at them, "But I already have a boyfriend."

Everyone: “Ah?”

"But not Sheng Yize."

Sheng Guohua, who just came back from outside: "…………"

My heart is half broken.

-

"Sui Sui has a boyfriend now?" Sheng Guohua walked in, and his aunt took his coat and hung it up.

Sang Sui turned around, smiled and nodded.

Sheng Guohua's face froze slightly.

Very good, the dream of daughter-in-law... is shattered.

Sheng Guohua sighed and forced himself to smile: "Bring it home to show it to your uncle when you have the chance, and I will check it for you."

"good."

"Are you hungry? Eat first."

All the dishes have been served, Sheng Guohua invited her to take a seat, and they sat down face to face.

Just as he was about to start eating, the aunt next to him asked quietly, "Sir, the young master is in the bedroom. Do you need to wake him up and ask him to come down to eat?"

"Wake him up? Is he asleep?"

"Well, the young master is drunk and is sleeping in the bedroom now."

"Then let him continue to sleep. He won't starve to death anyway."

“…”

Sheng Guohua looked at Sang Sui, picked up the serving chopsticks and picked up a big piece of abalone for Sang Sui: "Come on, you like abalone the most, eat it quickly."

"Thank you, Uncle Sheng."

"You're welcome." Sheng Guohua remembered something. "I just talked to your mother on the phone some time ago and learned that you returned to China. Xiaoze also ran to Jiangcheng, right?"

Sang Sui paused and nodded.

"This boy..." Sheng Guohua asked carefully, "Does he know that you have a boyfriend?"

Sang Sui nodded.

“This kid…”

Knowing what kind of person he is, Sheng Guohua was very disappointed and asked, "He...didn't affect your relationship, did he?"

It would be a lie to say that it didn't affect her. She saw him as soon as she returned to China, and her heart was completely in a mess.

As for Cen and...

He didn't seem to have much to say to Sheng Yize, on the contrary...they seemed to be getting along quite happily?

Sheng Yize was just upset about Cen Yu calling him brother-in-law. Every time he heard Cen Yu calling him that, he looked like something was wrong with him and his face was full of resentment.

Sang Sui shook his head: "No."

Sheng Guohua breathed a sigh of relief: "He also misunderstood what happened back then."

"Misunderstanding?" Sang Sui was stunned.

"Well, he's always misunderstood that your mother and I were...cheating."

Sang Sui opened his eyes slightly.

Seeing her surprised face, Sheng Guohua wondered: "Didn't your mother tell you about this?"

Sang Sui shook his head.

"I guess he didn't want you to be affected by this incident. After all, at that time... you and Xiaoze had already fallen out."

Since it has already passed, Sang Sui feels that he shouldn't ask more questions.

But she vaguely felt that she was missing something.

"What on earth is going on?"

"After your Aunt Lin passed away, Xiaoze misunderstood that I had an affair with your mother and thought that your mother killed his mother. So after his mother passed away, his attitude towards you was very cold, and he even stayed away from home after going to college."

"I didn't know about his misunderstanding at first. It was that night that I received a call from your mother. Your mother said that this kid might have said something hurtful to you, which made you very sad and even wanted to leave here..."

Sang Sui lowered his eyes.

"Although I don't know what he said to you, I have roughly guessed it. When he came back that night, I asked him what was going on. From his words, I vaguely guessed that he might have misunderstood the relationship between me and your mother."

At this point, Sheng Guohua sighed, "This matter is also my fault. In order to prevent his mother's good image from being shattered in his world, I have been hiding the fact that his mother cheated on him. I didn't expect that this concealment would lead to misunderstandings."

Sheng Guohua looked at Sang Sui, "It was because of these misunderstandings that he treated you like that. Sui Sui, your uncle is sorry for you."

Sang Sui looked at him and shook his head.

No wonder Sheng Yize's temperament changed drastically since Aunt Lin passed away. He was so nice to her before, but later he suddenly became extremely cold to her and even said such hurtful words to her again and again.

In his eyes, she was the daughter of the "culprit" and "enemy".

How could he possibly greet his enemy's daughter with a smile?

Sheng Guohua put down his chopsticks and sighed.

"In this matter, Xiaoze is also innocent. He treated you like that without knowing it."

"Uncle knows the damage has been done, and nothing I say now can heal the hurt he caused you before, but as a father, I really hope that he can live a happy life."

"Sui Sui, uncle knows that you already have a boyfriend, so there's probably no chance for you two to be together. But uncle really hopes that you can forgive Xiaoze for all the torture he's endured over the years."

"As long as you forgive him, even if you two don't end up together, the rest of his life... probably won't be that difficult."

"I……"

Seeing her in a dilemma, Sheng Guohua finally smiled and said, "I'm sorry, it's your uncle who is forcing you. It doesn't matter if you feel embarrassed and don't want to forgive him. Anyway, what he is facing now is what he deserves."

Sang Sui looked at him in silence.

Sheng Guohua picked up the chopsticks and looked at her: "I'm sorry, I told you so many things from the past before the meal. Today is the day we get together, uncle, I won't say more, come on, eat."

Sang Sui came back to his senses, hummed, and lowered his head to eat.

Later, Sheng Guohua also talked to her about many things, but mostly asked about her things abroad, and did not mention anything related to Sheng Yize.

-

After dinner, Sang Sui thought of the Qiuyue pears in Sheng Yize's car and wanted to take out his own box to give to Sheng Guohua.

After all, Sheng Guohua was really good to her before.

The Sheng family was rich and had everything they needed, including Qiuyue pears, but these things were her gifts. Sheng Guohua was very happy to receive them and even gave her a big red envelope, saying it was a gift to wish her a safe return home.

After Sang Sui expressed his gratitude, Sheng Guohua saw that he could not finish the whole box of Qiuyue pears, so he took one symbolically and let the servants share the rest.

Sang Sui remembered something, reached out and took one and held it in his hand.

Before leaving, Sheng Guohua asked her about her work. Sang Sui didn't dare to say that she was looking at the recruitment of Sheng Group, so she vaguely said that she was looking for a job.

Sheng Guohua nodded and said nothing more.

While everyone was not paying attention, Sang Sui took the Qiuyue Pear upstairs and came to Sheng Yize's room.

The door of the room was ajar. She knocked on the door, but found no one responded, so she pushed the door open and walked in quietly.

Sheng Yize is still sleeping.

In the dim room, only the lamp on the bedside table was lighting up a corner. Sang Sui glanced at his knees.

My aunt had applied ice and medicine to him, and he drank some sobering soup. He didn't feel so bad anymore and slept well.

Sang Sui stood beside the bed and looked at him quietly, thinking of what Sheng Guohua had said to her.

She was feeling mixed emotions now, and couldn't tell what she was feeling.

I only know that everything that happened in the past seems to have passed.

I have less resentment towards him, but as for whether I forgive him or not...

To her, it seemed to have no meaning anymore.

Sang Sui looked at him deeply for a while, raised his hand, and gently placed the Qiuyue Pear in his hand on his bedside table.

Finally he turned around and left the room.