Duan Meiyuan was furious. She seemed incredulous that such words could come from her eldest son's mouth. She slammed her hand on the table and shouted, "I carried you for ten months and gave birth to you, raising you to adulthood with utmost care. Your father had no time for you at all; I was the one who took care of you. I've devoted my whole life to you and Shishu, and now that you're grown up, you start to despise your mother? You don't need my help with your affairs? Now that you're older, you think you don't need me anymore, that I'm just an eyesore—"
Her eyes turned red with anger.
The secretary-general tactfully left the room.
Yu Jingchen simply sat there quietly waiting for Duan Meiyuan to lose her temper.
Seeing that Yu Jingchen hadn't said a word, Duan Meiyuan gradually lost interest and started wiping away tears, saying that she was old and useless and deserved to be disliked by her children.
Yu Jingchen didn't say a word and just continued working, letting Duan Meiyuan make a scene.
Knowing she was being frivolous, Duan Meiyuan protested to Yu Jingchen for quite some time before finally returning home.
Yu Jingchen knew that Duan Meiyuan would not let it go so easily. Sure enough, after Duan Meiyuan returned, he received a call from the hospital: Madam Yu was so angry that she had suffered a heart attack and was now in the hospital.
Yu Jingchen knew without even thinking that this was a tactic Duan Meiyuan used to force him and Shi Shu to compromise.
Normally, Yu Jingchen would still play along with Duan Meiyuan's antics. Even if he knew Duan Meiyuan was doing it on purpose, he would still take Shi Shu to take care of Duan Meiyuan for a while. This time, Yu Jingchen did not completely ignore Duan Meiyuan. He not only did not tell Yu Shi Shu about this, but he also did not go to the hospital himself. In order to prevent Duan Meiyuan from causing trouble again, he directly asked several nurses to take care of Duan Meiyuan on the grounds that he was too busy to leave.
Duan Meiyuan only wanted to use her illness to attract Yu Jingchen and Yu Shishu's attention and then regain control of them, but she didn't expect that not only did Yu Jingchen and Yu Shishu not come, but even her husband didn't show up.
She stayed in a VIP ward with dedicated nursing staff. Even though she was just faking illness, the doctors who could tell could only play along with Duan Meiyuan's act. Even the director of the private hospital came to see Duan Meiyuan, but not a single person from the Yu family came.
Duan Meiyuan felt terribly disheartened. She lay in bed for a whole day, and until evening, apart from the ladies who wanted to curry favor with her, no one came to her ward.
The TV was on in the ward, and the nurses had been driven away. Duan Meiyuan couldn't even eat. She suddenly felt an unprecedented sadness and loneliness.
It wasn't until almost eleven o'clock that the door opened, and surprisingly, it was Yu Guochang who arrived.
Upon seeing Yu Guochang, her tears vanished, and she immediately adopted an arrogant demeanor, saying, "Yu Guochang, aren't you here with your lovers? What are you doing here!"
Yu Guochang sighed, sat down beside his wife, and looked at Duan Meiyuan, who was getting older and could no longer get attention from her children, so she resorted to this method. Finally, he rubbed his brow and said, "Meiyuan, just calm down."
Duan Meiyuan remained silent.
Yu Guochang continued, “I’ve also started to reflect on myself. Is it because I made you feel insecure that you always reach out to me? I admit I’ve made some mistakes too. But Meiyuan, have you ever thought about whether you should change your temper? Now, not only me, but even Jingchen is unhappy because of your interference. You’re always thinking about how great our Yu family is, but the Yu family has been on a downward spiral since I started. It was Jingchen who put the Yu family back on track. Although he took a detour, we should trust him and give him a chance.”
Yu Guochang patted Duan Meiyuan on the shoulder and continued, "You always think about controlling the two children, but they have grown up now. You know their personalities. Shi Shu is sensitive, doesn't like socializing, and has social difficulties. Jing Chen is too deep-thinking and doesn't like to trust others. Even now, his relationship status is problematic. Both of our children have emotional deficiencies. Do you know how difficult it is for them to like a girl?"
Yu Guochang looked at Duan Meiyuan and said, "Maybe if you let them develop on their own, they would have broken up because of various reasons and would have grown emotionally. But you were so controlling. Didn't you ever think that they liked each other so much but couldn't be together? You were in the way back then, and every time they think about it, it will be a thorn in their side."
Duan Meiyuan sat there, looking at the empty space around her, and then at Yu Guochang, wanting to refute him but unable to utter a single word.
It's not about going back; it's already out of my heart.
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