Song Wan lowered her eyelids and remained silent.
Lin Zhaojiang looked at her, and her appearance reminded him of the past. She was just as gentle and obedient. When he had troubles at work, she would stay quietly by his side and stay up with him no matter how late it was.
He felt a pang in his heart and gently took her hand in his.
"I understand," Song Wan said softly. "I'll be more careful in the future and won't associate with strangers..."
"Wanwan," Lin Zhaojiang sighed, "I'm sorry, I was a little anxious just now and my attitude wasn't good."
Song Wan shook her head in silence.
"I'm not saying you can't make friends..." Lin Zhaojiang paused, feeling a little guilty about what he was saying. The jealousy he felt when he saw her with He Nianhui earlier was still churning inside him.
However, he still braced himself and pretended to be doing it for her own good, saying softly, "I'm worried about you. You're too naive and don't understand the wickedness of people..."
After saying that, the atmosphere seemed to change again.
She was too naive, which is why she fell head over heels for him after meeting him. He didn't appreciate it back then, leading her down so many wrong paths.
Lin Zhaojiang licked his lips, deciding to end the topic.
"Wanwan, I..."
"No need to say anything, I understand." Song Wan looked up at him, and although she looked tired, there was still a starlight in her eyes when she looked at him.
"I know you're doing this for my own good. It was my fault; I was too eager to prove myself and too impatient. Don't worry, I'll be more careful in the future. Actually, thinking about it... relying on you isn't so bad."
"What?"
Lin Zhaojiang was taken aback, and he almost couldn't hold back his smile. It took him a lot of effort to suppress it.
Song Wan rested her head on his shoulder and gently closed her eyes.
"Give me a little more time, okay?" she said softly. "I really... really don't want to become a parasite in your life. I also want to become a capable and decisive person. So I want to hone my skills a bit more, please give me a little more time, okay?"
What else could Lin Zhaojiang say? Of course, he said yes, yes, yes!
Any amount of time is fine!
He affectionately ruffled her hair and said softly, "It's still early. Is there anywhere you'd like to go?"
"Don't you have to go to the company?"
“I’m not going,” he laughed. “The whole day is yours.”
Song Wan smiled and continued to lean on his shoulder, but her voice was somewhat listless: "There's nowhere I want to go... but there's something I really want to know."
"What's up?"
Why did my mother treat me that way?
Lin Zhaojiang was slightly taken aback, then put his arm around her shoulder with heartache.
He couldn't answer that question well either.
Like Song Wan, he hadn't received much maternal love growing up. His mother's family was powerful, and his father was practically a live-in son-in-law, having abandoned Lin Yuqing and her daughter to marry his mother.
The father always felt guilty towards his daughter Lin Yuqing, so he would occasionally meet with his ex-wife's daughter.
Lin Zhaojiang's mother, being proud by nature, couldn't tolerate such a fickle husband, leading to frequent arguments at home. Gradually, she became disillusioned with the marriage and placed all her hopes on Lin Zhaojiang.
He grew up under immense pressure. While other children had toy cars and Ultraman, his childhood consisted only of endless classes.
Under his mother's careful upbringing, he was indeed very outstanding, but his temperament was also hardened.
It wasn't until he met Song Wan that he realized there was still an extremely soft spot in his heart.
Lin Zhaojiang gently kissed her forehead and whispered, "We can't choose our family of origin, but we can choose what kind of life we want to live."
"I promise you, I will always be a part of your life." He looked into her eyes and chuckled. "Of course, that's if you're willing."
Song Wan smiled and nestled quietly in his arms. After a while, she casually remarked, "Sometimes I even wonder if I'm really my mother's biological child. The way she treats me and my brother differently is just too much!"
"Perhaps... not all parents love their children."
"No," Song Wan gently nudged him. "It should be—not all parents love their children equally!"
"Um."
“Actually, I can understand her.” Song Wan smiled bitterly. “My father died in an accident not long after I was born. My sister is a few years older than me, and she was already old enough to understand things. She said that my mother used to be a very loving mother, and she was very patient with her and my brother… Everything changed after I was born. Maybe she thinks… I brought bad luck to my father, so she holds a grudge against me?”
"Don't overthink it." Lin Zhaojiang patted her head. "What accident caused your father to die?"
“I don’t know. It’s all old news. My mother never mentions it. I only know a little from my sister,” Song Wan said calmly. “I only know that my father used to be a driver for a rich man. He earned quite a bit and was the pillar of the family.”
Lin Zhaojiang nodded.
He thought that if it weren't for that accident, Song Wan would have grown up under the protection of her parents and older siblings. The Song family wouldn't be in this situation now, and she would have been a happy girl.
But if that were the case, wouldn't he have no chance to meet her?
Lin Zhaojiang smiled slightly and hugged her even tighter.
"By the way," Song Wan asked softly, "I saw you greeting He Nianhui in the ward just now. Do you two know each other?"
The man pursed his lips. "I guess so."
"So you understand him?"
"He's the young master of the He family. I don't have any grudges against him, but his father is always causing me trouble, and then there's his troublesome older sister..."
Lin Zhaojiang looked at her calmly, "However, in business, everyone values harmony, so I won't argue with them too much."
Song Wan didn't hear the last sentence; her thoughts were still on what he had said earlier...
"He also has an older sister?" The young woman's voice rose at the end. "Why is he always causing so much trouble?"
"Well……"
"You've had dealings with her before?"
"The He family is Zhonglin Group's strongest competitor, and I'm bound to run into them all the time."
"So his sister is always bothering you?"
Lin Zhaojiang was taken aback, suddenly noticing a different expression on that gentle and pretty face...
He smiled. "What else do you want to ask?"
Song Wan broke free from his embrace, sat up straight, and tried not to make her presence too obvious.
"I won't ask anymore."
"I have two projects that I need to discuss with the He family recently. The person in charge is He Nianhui's sister. If you're interested in her, I'll take you with me to the next negotiation!"
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