“Son,” Fu Xiuyu sat down beside him, “how…how did you know?”
Huo Zhixing was speechless. "Mom, do you think I have a low IQ?"
"..."
"These things become clear once you analyze them!" Huo Zhixing frowned.
He analyzed the situation too late and became alert too late.
In fact, all of this was foreshadowed long before the three of them were stranded on the deserted island.
Now he finally understood why Yin Ruohong kept staring at Jiang Can, and why Yin Ruohong cared about Jiang Can as if she were his own daughter.
So that was their biological daughter!
"Mom, what's going on? Yin Ruohong is already here, why won't he acknowledge Can Can as his daughter?"
Fu Xiuyu looked at him and sighed softly.
She temporarily set aside the documents to be processed and told the secretary on duty that no one was allowed to enter the office.
Then she brewed a pot of roselle tea and told Huo Zhixing everything that had happened in the past.
"That's why Yin Ruohong doesn't dare to see Wenxi or acknowledge Cancan."
Fu Xiuyu gritted her teeth, "This scumbag ruined Wenxi's life. How can he face her now?"
Huo Zhixing's expression darkened slightly, and he leaned back on the sofa without saying a word.
He recalled Yin Ruohong's recent behavior.
He thought that since Yin Ruohong had already come to the central city and taken over the United Hospital project, it meant that he did not plan to return to Nanyang anytime soon.
The fact that he didn't return to Southeast Asia means he wants to reunite with Jiang Can here.
It's just lacking a suitable opportunity.
“Mom,” Huo Zhixing analyzed calmly, “this can’t be kept from Can Can forever.”
"Yes, that's what I'm worried about too." Fu Xiuyu's expression was grave. "Wenxi's health isn't good to begin with. If she sees him, it might bring back those painful memories from the past, and who knows what might happen!"
"And then there's Can Can... If this child knew that's her father, she definitely wouldn't be able to process it right away!"
“It was Yin Ruohong who wronged them,” Huo Zhixing said in a deep voice. “I can understand his feelings at the time, but I cannot agree with his actions.”
If you truly love someone, you will protect her no matter what.
Just like with Jiang Can, he would rather stab himself than let her be harmed.
"Yes, it's unforgivable!" Fu Xiuyu said indignantly. "Although your Aunt Yin said that the Yin family wronged Yin Ruohong first back then, Yin Ruohong is ruthless! Now he's retaliating, but Can Can and Xiao Cheng have been innocently implicated and become victims of their previous generation's struggle... How can anyone forgive this?"
"Therefore, Yin Ruohong must never be forgiven!"
“Mom, I didn’t say I couldn’t forgive him.” Huo Zhixing looked at her, pondered for a moment, “Actually, I think it’s not a bad idea to let him recognize Can Can.”
"What did you say?"
“Blood ties are an unchangeable fact.” Huo Zhixing frowned slightly. “It’s clear that Yin Ruohong regrets taking revenge on the Yin family. He feels guilty towards Cancan, so he wants to do more for her.”
"you……"
Fu Xiuyu was speechless.
As expected of her son, he is a businessman who never acts on emotion and always analyzes things calmly, maximizing benefits and minimizing harm.
But this time it involves Jiang Can.
“Son, you have to consider Cancan’s feelings,” Fu Xiuyu said softly. “Put yourself in her shoes. A father who has been absent for more than twenty years has caused them so much suffering. How could she forgive him so easily?”
“But Yin Ruohong is, after all, her father.” Huo Zhixing met her gaze. “Mom, Cancan is a member of the Yin family of Nanyang. With this identity, Grandpa will no longer object to our marriage!”
Fu Xiuyu chuckled dryly, "It's not like the old man could stop you just because you don't have that status!"
“Yes, he can’t stop me,” Huo Zhixing smiled, “but the nature of the situation is different.”
Although Huo Wenyuan seems to have accepted Jiang Can on the surface, Huo Zhixing knows him too well; this is just a delaying tactic.
If the opportunity arises, Huo Wenyuan will still choose a fiancée for him from a powerful and influential family that is easy to control.
However, with the support of the Yin family, Huo Wenyuan would be wary.
Huo Zhixing stood up and strode towards the door.
He already knew what to do, but his mother was right about one thing: the most important thing was Jiang Can's feelings.
...
When Jiang Can returned home later that evening, she was already in bed.
Huo Zhixing quietly took a shower, changed his clothes, and crawled into bed to hug her.
Jiang Can felt the warmth of his palm and instinctively snuggled into his arms. Huo Zhixing stretched out his arm, encircling her completely, and leaned in to kiss her forehead.
Jiang Can opened her eyes groggily and smiled as soon as she saw him.
"You're back..."
"Hmm." His voice was low. "I'm so sorry for waking you up."
"No." Jiang Can snuggled against him a couple of times. "I was originally planning to wait for you to sleep together."
"Can Can." Huo Zhixing paused, then said indirectly, "I went to Lao Bai's house today."
"oh."
“A little girl in his family was turning one year old, and I went to give her a gift.”
Jiang Can was clearly not interested; she listened to him with her eyes closed and a faint smile on her face.
"Can Can, do you know that everyone in Lao Bai's family starts talking early, but this little one started talking relatively late. He's only one year old and just started calling me 'Dad'."
"Hmm...it's not too late," Jiang Can said with a smile. "Great minds often speak slowly; perhaps this little kid will amount to something great in the future!"
"Yes, her father was all smiles too."
“Can Can,” he licked his lips and whispered, “a girl being held in her father’s arms looks really happy.”
Jiang Can moved her eyelids, looked up at him, and smiled gently.
"Can Can, have you ever thought about... how your dad used to hold you in his arms when you were little?"
"Ha, how could that be?" Jiang Can smiled bitterly. "Jiang Mingyuan would never hug me."
“I’m talking about your biological father.”
Jiang Can was taken aback.
Then he met Huo Zhixing's complex and deep eyes.
"Have you ever thought about..." he continued, "what you would do if you met your biological father right now?"
Jiang Can suddenly had a strange feeling.
Huo Zhixing was acting strangely tonight; he wouldn't usually say things like that on purpose.
“Zhixing,” she said, wide awake, looking at him quietly, “do you… have something you want to tell me?”
Huo Zhixing remained silent for a moment, then shook his head with a light laugh.
"Then why ask these questions?"
"We were just chatting casually," he said.
Jiang Can was skeptical, but she still thought about it seriously.
"To be honest... I can't think of that." She pouted. "But I do want to ask him a question."
"Why did he abandon my mother, and abandon me and Xiaocheng in the first place?"
Huo Zhixing's eyes darkened. "If he tells you the reason, will you forgive him?"
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