As soon as I arrived outside the Xu family villa, Song Qingrong tugged at my hand. I felt her worried gaze and smiled at her, saying, "It's nothing. Whether it's true or false, it doesn't really matter to me. Seven years ago, I was a beggar. Coming here and appearing here is a miracle in itself."
"Even if I were to return it now, I wouldn't be worse off than before."
"Isn't that so?"
Even so, I couldn't help but sigh inwardly.
Before I came, Song Qingrong had already told me about my parents whom I had called "Mom and Dad" for seven years, as well as the current attitude of my older sisters, in just one simple sentence.
[Compensation for Xu Yan]
Those who are not members of the Xu family should not remain in the Xu family.
The second half of the sentence naturally refers to me.
After Xu Yan and I were identified, I was already an outsider.
As soon as I stepped into the house, I heard my mother's voice, which was clearly agitated. "I told you before that the matter between Yan'er and Xu Ruo needs to be investigated thoroughly, but you wouldn't listen. For seven years, we've let Yan'er suffer for the sake of an outsider!"
“I will compensate Yan’er. Now we’re talking about… how to resolve… Xu Ruo’s matter.” My dad’s voice sounded a little tired.
I listened quietly, without rushing to go inside.
My mother quickly spoke up again, "What else can we do? Yan'er is our own son. Xu Ruo has been the young master of our Xu family for so many years. That's enough for a beggar like him."
"Let him leave the Xu family today, and take back all of our Xu family's assets from his hands and hand them over to Yan'er."
"Also... let him and Nianci get a divorce."
"The business is easy to handle, but the divorce is another matter..." My dad's voice was hesitant.
My mother quickly sneered and said, "Nianci has already told me that she and Xu Ruo have been married for so many years, but they have never slept together. She has always loved Yan'er, so even if they divorce, it won't have any impact. We don't care about second marriages or divorces."
Upon hearing this, my body involuntarily trembled.
It seems that Gu Nianci already knows about this.
No wonder she was so decisive.
It turns out that she already knew from the very beginning, and that she knew everything when she chose to dress up and go out to find Xu Yan.
I chuckled self-deprecatingly.
It turns out that when you don't love someone, you really can't wait to escape.
They can even talk about things like sharing a room.
Indeed, in the years since we got married, the most intimate thing Gu Nianci and I did was hold hands when we took our wedding photos.
That was a last resort, chosen only when the photographer insisted we kiss and Gu Nianci refused.
I clearly remember that on the day of the wedding photo shoot, Gu Nianci didn't smile at all. The photographer asked her, "Girl, why aren't you smiling when it's such a wonderful thing as taking wedding photos?"
Gu Nianci simply replied, "Is it good?"
A simple sentence made the photographer realize something was wrong. He chuckled a few times and didn't ask any more questions. Our wedding photos were taken without any smiles.
I tried to comfort myself by saying that I was just following a mission to redeem Gu Nianci, and it didn't matter whether Gu Nianci loved me or not, since I wasn't sure if I loved her or not.
My mission will be complete once the redemption is finished.
But as time went on, this comforting thought turned out to be a joke.
It has been said that in matters of love, the one who falls first is destined to be a loser. If one of two people who have no chance with each other invests their feelings, it's a recipe for disaster.
Then there's only one possible outcome.
Utter defeat!
Before I knew it, I suddenly felt a stinging sensation in the corner of my eye. I took a breath to bring myself back to my senses and stopped thinking about it, then stepped inside.
I spotted my parents on the sofa immediately. They had finished talking and seemed to be thinking about what to do next.
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