Chapter 16 Chapter 16 Stepmother
"Understand?" The expressionless man finally smiled for the first time since entering the room, but his smile was full of sarcasm. "What do you want me to understand?"
"Do you want me to understand your helplessness in cheating on your wife and nearly killing her? Or your helplessness in putting all the blame for the divorce on your three-year-old son?" Facing this so-called biological father, Si Yizhi really couldn't muster any feelings for him. "I thought that the father-son relationship between us had ended since the day you drove me out of the country."
"How dare you! I am your biological father!" Faced with his eldest son's continuous questioning, Si Rong finally couldn't help but scolded.
But facing Si Yizhi's straightforward gaze, he finally lowered his head and looked away.
"Blood is really the most violent relationship in the world." Si Yizhi's voice was low, but it made Si Rong feel heartbroken. "I have hoped countless times that I was not your biological son."
Shao Jiayan, who had been waiting at Mr. Si's door, had gradually evolved from feeling sorry for his boss at first, to worrying about his boss, and finally cursing his boss.
[Fuck, how can these servants of the Si family stand so long? Mr. Si has been in there for more than an hour, why hasn't he come out yet? ]
[Wow, wow, I can’t stand anymore~ The last time I stood for this long was during military training in college~]
[Why is there no sound in the room? Has anything happened to Mr. Si? ]
[That's not right. Didn't the original text say that the villain had a big fight with the protagonist the first time he came home in many years, and they almost got into a fight? I've been standing for more than an hour, my waist is sore, why is there still no movement inside? ]
The decoration of the Si family's old house is luxurious and the materials used are exquisite. For example, the room where Mr. Si recuperates at home has first-class sound insulation.
But even so, Shao Jiayan's mumbling voice, spreading like a virus, still disturbed Si Yizhizi's mind.
In fact, before returning home today, Si Yizhi had already prepared himself mentally to fall out with his father.
When facing Si Rong's shameless remarks, he wanted to get angry several times, but unfortunately, the straight-line distance between him and Shao Jiayan was no more than 20 meters. Every time he just wanted to have a big fight with Si Rong, he was interrupted by the assistant outside the door.
Especially the assistant outside the door kept urging in his heart: [Why don’t you quarrel?! It’s okay if you don’t quarrel, just do it if you are a man! ]
Si Yizhi pursed his lips, feeling so angry that he didn't know where to start.
Perhaps Si Rong himself knew that his demands were excessive.
Finally, he whispered to his eldest son with guilt, "I have saved some money from running the company over the years. As long as you are willing to give up your inheritance rights from the old man, all my private property will be left to you."
Finally, he added, "But don't tell your Aunt Bai."
Even though his father lowered his posture like this, Si Yizhi's decision would not change.
"Don't waste your energy. I will take whatever Grandpa gives me. I won't take more, but don't even think about taking what belongs to me."
Si Rong wanted to say something, but was stunned by his eldest son's cold and even hateful look. "I'm already 28, not 8! I'm past the age where I can be fooled by elders."
When they came out of the lounge next door, Bai Weiwei and Si Yiran, mother and son, were sitting on either side of Grandpa Si's bed.
Seeing him come out, Bai Weiwei stood up and greeted him with a smile. She enthusiastically asked about her stepson's taste and said she would ask the chef at home to cook some of his favorite dishes.
Seeing her acting like a hostess, Si Yizhi felt complicated.
In fact, as a stepmother, Bai Weiwei did a much better job than many wealthy stepmothers. As far as he could remember, Bai Weiwei was his father's legal spouse. Although Si Yizhi grew up under the lap of his grandmother in the old house, every time Si Rong and Bai Weiwei came to visit them in the old house, Bai Weiwei would bring many gifts to Si Yizhi. The red envelopes she gave him during festivals were never smaller than those given to Si Yiran.
The Bai family is an old and wealthy family that is as powerful as the Si family. Bai Weiwei, as the only daughter of the Bai family, is well-educated, gentle and intelligent.
Her upbringing prevents her from mistreating her stepson, but as a mother it is understandable that she wants to maximize the interests of her son.
Si Yizhi originally didn't want to have dinner with them.
But Assistant Niu Ma's inner voice was particularly noisy today, and Shao Jiayan's inner voice also revealed an important message: tonight was the night when the relationship between the top and the bottom experienced significant fluctuations in the original plot.
Although Si Yizhi was not sure whether this fluctuation would affect his ability to obtain the inheritance, since Shao Jiayan thought it was important, he would stay and watch.
"Then I'll trouble you, Aunt Bai." Si Yizhi thanked his stepmother politely.
Then Bai Weiwei asked the servant to take the eldest young master back to his room to rest, and then call him downstairs after dinner was ready.
The Si family usually has dinner at half past six.
Due to special circumstances today, it was postponed to 7:30.
When Si Yizhi came out of the old man's room, Shao Jiayan was already tired and hungry, with stars in his eyes.
But standing with the servants waiting outside the door, he was too stubborn to want to embarrass Mr. Si.
"Let's go." Looking at the relieved expression on the assistant's face when he saw him, Si Yizhi inexplicably found it a little funny.
"Go back to your room and clean up first, then you can eat later."
According to the rules, Shao Jiayan, as an assistant, could not have a seat at the Si family's table for dinner.
But he was Si Yizhi's assistant after all, and guests were welcome. As an accompanying staff member, he was treated quite well.
The meal consists of three dishes and one soup, and each dish is exquisite.
Originally, when Shao Jiayan followed Si Yizhi to eat medicinal food, he felt that he had eaten well. After eating the employee meal at Si's house, he realized what delicious food was.
The servant who came to collect the food was a little surprised to see that he had eaten everything, even the soup.
After eating and drinking to his heart's content, Shao Jiayan couldn't help but sigh, no wonder Si Yizhi said he would go home to fight for the family property. Putting aside other things, the old house and the cook of the Si family are indeed worth fighting for.
Si Yizhi, who was having dinner in the restaurant downstairs, was beyond the range of 20 meters, so he could not hear his assistant Niu Ma's personal interpretation of the dispute over the family property.
However, during dinner, the old lady of the Si family, Si Yizhi's grandmother, finally showed up.
As a child raised by the old lady, Si Yizhi didn't even stand up to greet her. He just lazily raised his eyelids to look at her, and then sat there motionless.
Seeing him being disrespectful to his elders, Si Yiran couldn't help but want to stand up and scold him several times, but was stopped by his mother every time.
What made Si Yiran even more confused was that no one in the room reprimanded Si Yizhi for his behavior. Even the old lady, who was usually the most well-behaved, just sat down and said, "Let's eat," and then said nothing more.
After this meal, Si Yiran began to doubt his life.
He secretly glanced at his mother who was always shrewd, and then looked at his elder brother who always had a Sima face, and he lost his appetite.
The meal was over and nothing happened.
After the meal, Bai Weiwei politely invited Si Yizhi to come over and sit down with her to talk about her development in the past few years.
Si Yizhi was originally not interested in this kind of ineffective social interaction, but after coming out of the restaurant, the straight-line distance between him and Shao Jiayan was just shortened to within twenty meters.
Si Yizhi, who originally wanted to refuse, heard [The villain returned to the Si family's old house for the first time in five years, and happened to meet the Wen family couple and the real young master Wen Yan who came to visit. The Wen family promised a large sum of money to form a marriage alliance with the Si family, but the marriage partner must be changed to Wen Yan. ]
[Although Si Yiran refused on the surface, he was impressed by the many patents and talents of Wen Yan, and later he used all means to cooperate with Wen Yan successfully. Hiss, if these two people join forces, it will be difficult for President Si to deal with it. ]
[Alas, it's a pity that I'm just a small assistant and can't save Mr. Si from the water and fire. Anyway, I have passed the driving test, and I will try my best to drive for Mr. Si every day in the future to ensure that he will not be injured. As for the rest, Amen, Mr. Si, you can only wish you the best. ]
After learning the important information, Si Yizhi decided to accompany Bai Weiwei and the others to □□ to drink tea and chat, and wait for the Wen family to arrive.
But he had already drunk three cups of tea, and Si Yiran and Si Rong had gone back and forth to the old man's room several times, but the gate of the Si family's old house was still quiet.
"It's snowing." Bai Weiwei saw him looking out the window from time to time. She followed his line of sight and realized that heavy snow had started falling outside the window without her noticing.
Si Yi nodded, then picked up the teacup and wanted to drink some more tea to calm his slightly anxious mood. When he picked up the teacup, he found that there was not much tea left in the cup.
Bai Weiwei smiled and said, "I didn't realize that young people nowadays still love drinking tea so much."
As she said this, she waved her hand and asked the maid to give him another cup of tea.
Si Yizhi chatted with his stepmother for almost an hour. If Bai Weiwei wasn't really good at small talk, Si Yizhi might not have been able to hold on until this time.
It was already past nine o'clock and Bai Weiwei was tired.
However, she seemed quite happy that Si Yizhi was willing to chat with her stepmother for such a long time.
"This Pre-Rain Longjing tea was given to me by my sister-in-law from my mother's family. Since you like it so much, I'll pack some for you to take back when you leave." Bai Weiwei said politely to him.
Si Yizhi originally wanted to decline politely, but he had drunk too much tea and was in a hurry to go to the bathroom. After a few polite words, Bai Weiwei wanted to continue with the politeness, so he simply agreed.
By the time he had solved his personal problems, his stepmother, who could not stay up all night, had gone back to her room to rest.
Looking at the heavy snow outside the window and the silent yard, Si Yizhi had reason to doubt the accuracy of Shao Jiayan's information!
Before going back to his room to rest, Si Yizhi went to Mr. Si's room again.
Looking at the current appearance of the only old man who had ever been truly kind to him, Si Yizhi closed his eyes in pain and stood in front of his grandfather's bed for a long, long time.
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