Chapter 737 Neither Hate Nor Love
"If there's nothing else, go back. This place isn't suitable for you to come here." Seeing that he had said enough, Old Master Qin concluded, "If you really want to visit, send a message in the group chat and let's get together at the old house."
Qin Muchuan looked at him with eyes full of emotion, and after a long while, he said, "I understand."
Grandpa Qin: "Hmm."
Qin Muchuan opened his mouth, but ultimately said nothing and left with Yu Peiyun.
Watching them leave, Jiang Ruan asked with concern, "Are you alright?"
Guessing is one thing.
It's another matter that we didn't hear Qin Muchuan deny it.
She was really worried that her grandfather's heart was not feeling well.
"With such a lovely girl like you around, it's hard for Grandpa not to be happy," Grandpa Qin teased her.
"Then I'll be even cuter." Jiang Ruan poured a cup of tea to cool you down and handed it to you. "That way you can stay healthy and happy."
Old Master Qin smiled.
If it were in the past, he would definitely feel depressed, upset, and disappointed if Qin Muchuan didn't deny it.
It's even possible that being cooped up in the room could lead to illness.
He had a very happy time living here, and his mindset had also adjusted along with Ruan Ruan and An An, so much so that when he mentioned these things to Qin Muchuan today, he only had a slight emotional reaction.
This slight emotional outburst gradually disappeared when the soft-spoken girl joked with him.
"Oh, right," Old Master Qin changed the subject.
Jiang Ruan looked over: "Hmm?"
Old Master Qin asked seriously, "Why did you go to see Huo Zhizhou a few days ago?"
“This…” Jiang Ruan hesitated.
Old Master Qin: "Is it inconvenient to say?"
Jiang Ruan: "I'll take Sui Sui to visit him during the summer vacation."
Old Master Qin: "I don't believe it."
Jiang Ruan: "Really."
Grandpa Qin: "If that's really the case, would you stay at the hospital all night to watch over him?"
Jiang Ruan: "..."
Jiang Ruan: "Did Uncle Li tell you that?"
Grandpa Qin: "Hmm."
Grandpa Qin: "Your mother's network of connections with Li Zhishen is everywhere. Even if you go abroad, it will be easy for their friends to find out."
It's no surprise that Jiang Ruan is soft.
After all, Huo Zhizhou has a wide network of connections.
"You really don't plan to acknowledge him?" Old Master Qin's conversation veered off course. "He's been quite good to you, and to me and your mother too."
"We'll see." Jiang Ruan knew the old man only asked occasionally. "I still have some work to take care of, so I'll go now. If you need anything, just send me a message."
"You silly girl," Old Master Qin said affectionately.
Jiang Ruan smiled and left.
As she walked along the path in the garden, Mo Mo kept glancing around.
Jiang Ruan could tell he had something to say: "Say what you want to say."
Mo Mo: "Chairman Li is quite good to you."
Jiang Ruan: "Mm."
She did not deny it.
From talking the talk but not walking the walk to now considering everything carefully, her biological father has indeed made progress.
Mo Mo opened his mouth, but swallowed back the question he wanted to ask.
Jiang Ruan saw through it: "You want to ask me why I didn't admit it?"
Mo Mo: "You have your reasons."
The boss is very nice; she wouldn't deny it unless there was a special reason.
"Yes, it's a very important reason," Jiang Ruan replied, then changed the subject, "Did Qin Muchuan and the others go out?"
Mo Mo: "They've gone out."
Jiang Ruan: "That's good."
Mo Mo: "Will you let them in again in the future?"
Jiang Ruan thought about the atmosphere and conversation just now: "There probably won't be a future."
The conversation just now clearly had an impact on Qin Muchuan.
If he had even a shred of humanity and emotion left, he probably wouldn't have come back.
Qin Muchuan fell into extreme silence. He had been absent-minded and out of sorts since leaving the gate and getting into the car, and he hadn't uttered a sound even after driving for some time.
Yu Peiyun, who was with him, was very worried: "What's wrong with you?"
Yu Peiyun: "What did you mean by what you said to the old man?"
Yu Peiyun: "What serious illness?"
"It's nothing." Qin Muchuan's voice was low and hoarse as he suppressed his emotions and said the rest of the sentence, "I'm going to sleep for a while. Wake me up when we get there."
Yu Peiyun wanted to say something more, but looking at his closed eyes and heavy body, she swallowed all her words.
Finally, the message was sent to Qin Mo and Qin Luofeng, asking them to come back.
Qin Luofeng was busy and didn't reply to the message in time.
Qin Mo replied after more than ten minutes: 【What happened?】
Yu Peiyun recounted what had happened at Jiang Ruan's house: "After we chatted for a while, your father and the old man talked about something like his serious illness and the position of family head. After that, your father was like a different person; he didn't say a word."
Upon seeing this, Qin Momo's dark eyes slightly lifted.
A moment later, he replied: "I'll be right back."
Half an hour later.
Qin Mo arrived home.
Seeing that Yu Peiyun was alone at the dining table, he asked, "Where's Dad?"
“Upstairs in the study.” Yu Peiyun looked worried and concerned. “He’s been sitting there since he came back and hasn’t moved. He won’t eat dinner even when we call him.”
"You eat first, I'll talk to him," Qin Mo said.
Yu Peiyun stopped him: "Do you know how to talk to him? He's in a bad mood, don't upset him too much."
Qin Mo: "I know."
Yu Peiyun wanted to give some other instructions, but Qin Mo had already gone upstairs.
He knocked on the door first, and only opened it himself when he received no response.
Qin Muchuan sat in a chair, facing the floor-to-ceiling windows reflecting the twilight. His back view appeared lonely and desolate, devoid of any spirit.
"Didn't I say you should eat first?" Qin Muchuan had his back to Qin Mo, assuming the person was Yu Peiyun. "I don't have much of an appetite right now, I don't want to eat."
"Because of the conversation with Grandpa?" Qin Mo asked.
Qin Muchuan's body stiffened.
After recognizing who it was, he fell silent again.
Only when Qin Mo walked step by step to stand in front of him did he look at the afterglow outside the window and speak: "When did you find out?"
The old man said it was no coincidence that Qin Mo was watching over him while he received an IV drip.
That proves that Qin Mo already knew.
Qin Mo: "What do you mean?"
Qin Muchuan: "What happened back then."
"I heard there were speculations after this incident." Qin Mo didn't hide anything, his voice low and slow.
Qin Muchuan's Adam's apple bobbed: "What did you find out?"
"We haven't found anything." Qin Mo looked out the window with him. "We were just starting to get somewhere when Grandpa stopped us and told me to pretend I didn't know anything and not to continue investigating."
"So the reason why our relationship has been so strained all these years is because of this?" Qin Muchuan asked.
“The reason your relationship is bad is simply because there is no basic emotional bond between father and son,” Qin Mo said. “When you were young, you only cared about power, and when you grew up, all you cared about was Luo Feng.”
Qin Muchuan: "You hate me?"
Qin Mo: "I don't hate."
Qin Muchuan was taken aback.
Qin Mo added, "But I don't love it either."
"Do you think I'm despicable and shameless, that I could even harm my own father?" Qin Muchuan chuckled self-deprecatingly. "Afterwards, instead of repenting, I became even more ruthless."
Qin Mo: "Yes."
Qin Muchuan: "Even after all this, you're still not willing to lie to me?"
"No one can be fooled by lies," Qin Mo said. "You're not feeling guilty because you hurt Grandpa, but because Grandpa knew but didn't expose you. You felt that he cared about you, and that's why you feel uneasy."
Qin Muchuan wanted to deny it.
You can fool others, but you can't fool yourself.
He was indeed only troubled by his conscience because of everything that followed. He did not regret the scheme to make him seriously ill, and he would still do the same thing if he had to do it all over again.
He knew it was despicable.
But at that time, Qin An had just been driven away, and no one knew if she would make a surprise return, or if the old man would suddenly realize that he had made a mistake.
He only feels secure when he has power and status in his own hands.
but--
If he knew the old man knew, he would definitely treat him well for the rest of his life.
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