The two walked out of the sanatorium one after the other. Xu Yanshu originally intended to drive straight back to his residence, but Xie Huanyu stopped him at the last minute.
"I had Xiao Yang take my car to get it serviced. Could you take me back to the Xie residence first?"
Xu Yanshu frowned impatiently, but ultimately said nothing more and could only send Xie Huanyu back to the Xie family.
No one spoke a word the whole way, and Xie Huanyu got out of the car on her own after arriving.
Noticing that the man showed no intention of getting out of the car, Xie Huanyu couldn't help but ask him.
Aren't you coming in with me?
Just as Xu Yanshu was about to refuse, Butler Wang came out of the house.
"Oh, the son-in-law is back too! That's perfect, the master just told me to call you!"
Is it really a coincidence?
Xu Yanshu glanced at Xie Huanyu unconsciously, hesitated for a moment, then unbuckled his seatbelt, opened the car door, and got out.
"No one visits the temple without a reason," Xu Yanshu thought to himself, secretly on guard, knowing full well that Xie Junyang, that old fox, wouldn't come looking for him for no reason.
In order to prevent him from resigning, they forcibly gave him the title of vice president, which was seen by outsiders as a great honor.
If he were to leave under these circumstances, it would be ungrateful.
He was suffering in silence, like someone swallowing a bitter pill. Xie Huanyu was dragging her feet and refusing to divorce him. He didn't know when he would be able to completely sever ties with this family...
As he pondered, Xu Yanshu's expression grew increasingly gloomy.
Upon entering the inner hall, he was led by the butler to the study on the third floor.
"Master, Mr. Xu is back."
"Okay, then you can go and get busy!" Xie Junyang said in a deep voice, then slowly raised his head and looked at Xu Yanshu with a meaningful gaze, "Yanshu, I knew my judgment was right."
"You're doing a great job as vice president, aren't you? So young people should have confidence in themselves!"
Xu Yanshu chose the closest seat and sat down, his smile equally forced, "It's because you trust me!"
"The new energy project is progressing very smoothly. I plan to take a vacation after the project is completed."
Right now, this old fox is making it clear that he doesn't want to release the person. If he doesn't back down, this person will keep an eye on him, and his freedom of movement will be restricted.
Therefore, he had to make a temporary concession. Taking a vacation was a solution that Xie Junyang had previously suggested, so when he mentioned it now, Xie Junyang naturally assumed that he had given in.
Xie Junyang nodded readily, his serious expression gradually easing. "Alright, you've certainly worked hard for the company all these years."
"Thank you, Dad!" Xu Yanshu replied politely, suppressing his inner disgust.
The atmosphere eased somewhat, and Xie Junyang inquired about other matters concerning the company, to which Xu Yanshu answered fluently.
When they had finished chatting, Xie Huanyu brought a fruit platter into the study.
Xie Junyang seemed to suddenly remember something, "Right, work aside, you've been married for so long, shouldn't you consider having a child? I've wanted to be a grandfather for a long time."
Regardless of how the young couple's relationship develops in the future, if a child can act as a bond, Xu Yanshu will have to think twice before trying to sever ties with the Xie family.
This unexpected topic made Xu Yanshu feel inexplicably resistant, and he didn't intend to respond. He turned his gaze to the other side on his own.
Xie Huanyu originally intended to bring the fruit platter to discuss the situation, but she didn't expect her father to suddenly bring this up, which inevitably made her feel a little awkward.
Upon noticing the man's reaction, she became inexplicably angry and immediately blurted out...
"I haven't thought about having his child yet!"
He used to shamelessly beg me to have his child, so what does this ignoring attitude mean now?
Xie Huanyu unconsciously touched her lower abdomen, her eyelids drooped slightly, and her eyes dimmed unintentionally.
At the time, she was thinking about how to let Xu Yanshu know about the existence of the child when the doctor told her that the embryo had stopped developing. Not wanting to see Xu Yanshu's joy be dashed, she went to have a D&C procedure by herself.
So she secretly had an abortion without telling him?
Xu Yanshu looked up at Xie Huanyu without blinking, his thin lips slightly pursed, and his eyes inadvertently revealed a hint of sharpness.
Xie Junyang glared reproachfully at the speaker, then quickly smoothed things over, "Huan Yu probably means she's not mentally prepared yet."
"But you're not getting any younger, it's time to put this matter on the agenda!"
"We'll talk about it later," Xie Huanyu said coldly, then turned to leave. "You two talk, I'm going out!"
Xu Yanshu stood up and said, "I'll go out and take a look!"
He quickly caught up with the person in front of him and asked, "..."
Are you really not hiding anything from me?
Although he had made up his mind to get a divorce, he had truly loved Xie Huanyu before and had sincerely hoped to have a child with her.
Even though the abortion had already been done, he still hoped that Xie Huanyu could explain the matter to him in person, so that he wouldn't feel like he had been the one deluding himself.
Xie Huanyu was feeling upset at the moment, and she didn't expect Xu Yanshu to come up and question her so eagerly. She was immediately furious.
She retorted in an annoyed tone,
"Xu Yanshu, are you out of your mind? What could I possibly be hiding from you?"
"Don't think you know who someone is just because you heard a couple of flattering words. If you really can't figure it out, you can look in the mirror."
After saying that, Xie Huanyu turned and went downstairs to her room, slamming the door shut with a loud bang.
Xu Yanshu froze on the spot, his eyes gradually darkening and deepening until only self-mockery remained.
He really made a fool of himself.
If Xie Huanyu really wanted me to know, she wouldn't have kept it from me until now, especially since I had already asked her twice before.
If that's the case, why should they be bound together and torment each other?
Xu Yanshu couldn't help but smile bitterly.
Butler Wang came up from downstairs and saw Xu Yanshu standing in the corridor, somewhat surprised. "Young Master, what are you doing here..."
"I suddenly remembered I have some things to take care of at the company, so I'll be leaving now!"
Upon hearing this, Xie Huanyu immediately withdrew her hand from the door and sat back down on the sofa, her dejected expression visibly downcast.
It's all in the past, and the other person doesn't expect to have a child with her now, so there's no need for her to rush to reopen old wounds.
After giving his instructions, Xu Yanshu went downstairs alone, and before leaving, he inexplicably turned back and glanced in a certain direction—
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