Chapter 42: Loneliness outside of family
Yu Jingyuan is the person that Xun Youdong favors for Xun Mo.
He has a promising future, a solid family background, and ample connections. Even if he doesn't join the political world like his parents, Yu Jingyuan's future is limitless. If he marries Xun Mo, he will definitely be a great help to the Xun family.
In addition, Yu Jingyuan and Xun Sheng are good brothers who grew up together. With Xun Sheng managing the Xun family company, neither of them will be too bad to Xun Mo in the future. This was the future he had predicted for them ten years ago. How could it change because of Xia Cheng's appearance?
His eyes suddenly became solemn. This wasn't just a matter of love, but also a chess move. He took Xun Mo's future very seriously.
"Are you really together with Yu Jingyuan?"
Xia Cheng swallowed her saliva, looked up with red eyes, and stared straight into Xun Youdong's cloudy eyes. Before she could finish her speech, she was cruelly interrupted.
"Break up immediately."
Hearing this, Xia Cheng's pupils shrank and she seemed to be in a trance. She had a mouth but couldn't speak.
Xun Mo was also stunned. She was indeed complaining, but she was not very happy to hear her father say that. She thought that they should at least argue again, so how could it be so soon...
Xun Mo looked at Xia Cheng, feeling a little at a loss.
It seems that Xia Cheng may not be with Yu Jingyuan anymore...
"Dad, it's not necessarily true..."
"I can't control that kid from the Yu family. But Xia Cheng, you have to break up with him."
Xia Cheng's heart was in turmoil, and she was stunned for a long time. Her expression froze, as if she was buried in the soil and couldn't breathe.
"Why?"
"Yu Jingyuan and Xun Mo are childhood sweethearts. They will be together sooner or later. What you did is equivalent to stealing Xun Mo's boyfriend."
He Qing couldn't bear to hear such ridiculous words. Xia Cheng hadn't said anything yet, and they weren't necessarily together, but Xun Youdong was so anxious to break them up. She couldn't understand why.
He Qing turned his face away and raised his voice to refute.
"What if you say something like that and it gets out? Even though Chengcheng has only been with me for a short time, she's a good kid. How can she be unworthy of Yu Jingyuan? It doesn't matter if they're together. Momo is so young, how can it be finalized?"
This sentence is undoubtedly useful.
When Xun Mo heard He Qing say this, the guilt in her heart disappeared. If Yu Jingyuan really married Xia Cheng, he would be her brother-in-law. There was no way Xun Mo would let him go to such an extent. She began to panic and shook her head desperately.
"I want Brother Jingyuan! When I was little, it was Brother Jingyuan who taught me homework and accompanied me to the park. I just like him, and I don't want anyone else!"
"Dad..." Xia Cheng raised her head, tears in her eyes. She was really sad.
She was her biological daughter, so how could she let her daughter break up with her boyfriend and give her to her adopted daughter without hesitation? Even if she and Yu Jingyuan were not together, she was still deeply puzzled. Xia Cheng was like swallowing hot and thick porridge, and she was speechless for a long time.
"Why......"
"There's no reason. This is my decision, Xia Cheng. You just came home. You don't know how deep the relationship between Momo and Jingyuan is. If you get caught up in it, there will be no good ending."
"If there really was a relationship between a man and a woman, they would have been together a long time ago! How could I have a chance! He just treats Xun Mo as a sister!"
"Without a blood relationship, it's impossible to treat her as a real sister. Jia Baoyu also called Lin Daiyu Lin Daiyu. You've read a lot of books, so you should know what I mean. In short, you and Yu Jingyuan are not suitable. If you must be together, you don't have to change your name back. Just call yourself Xia Cheng forever."
These words were like thunder from heaven, splitting Xia Cheng into charcoal, leaving no chance of resurgence. She couldn't understand why, since Xun Mo was so important and they already had a daughter, they still wanted to bring her back?
Is there something wrong with your brain? You make enough money, and you want to get a daughter this old for free?
No matter how Xia Cheng thinks about these questions, there are no answers. Blood ties are complicated. People will pay more attention to where they have feelings.
Just like Xia Cheng, what she misses most are actually her adoptive father and grandmother.
She suddenly stopped blaming Xun Youdong and only blamed herself for having placed her hopes on him, which was why she thought so much.
She blamed herself even more for not seeing her own position clearly.
She gave a wry smile.
"Dad, I'm not with Yu Jingyuan."
Xun Youdong nodded. "That's even better. Since they're not together, it must be Xun Mo's misunderstanding."
Xia Cheng thought about it and decided to try it one last time.
"Dad, do you remember when I fell down the stairs? Someone tampered with my crutch. The anti-slip pad at the bottom was cracked. It was cut with a knife! That day, only Xun Mo touched my crutch!"
He Qing covered her mouth. She could no longer maintain the lady's composure.
Xun Youdong was silent, like a statue, asking questions in a heavy voice.
"Xun Mo, is that you?"
Xun Mo would never admit it. She shook her head like a rattle.
"I didn't, you're talking nonsense! You hit my face like that because you hate me! Ever since you came back, you've always disliked me, and now you're slandering me!"
"Xun Mo! Stop talking." Xun Youdong stopped her. Xun Mo gradually lowered her head, knelt on the ground, and crawled to He Qing's side. She revealed her red and swollen cheeks.
He Qing touched it helplessly, and Xun Mo immediately screamed in pain.
Xia Cheng knew that she had miscalculated. If she had known, she would have pinched him a few more times instead of hitting him in the face. She felt relieved at the time, but now she just feels humiliated.
Xun Youdong's silence brought Xia Cheng's heart to the bottom.
No one believed her.
That's right, she was already one step late in everything, even in filing a complaint.
Xia Cheng lowered her eyes to hide the loss in her eyes.
"I guess I made a mistake..."
"Don't talk nonsense without evidence." Xun Sheng didn't know how long he had been standing at the gate, or how much he had heard. He looked at Xia Cheng, his eyes full of warning.
"No matter what you do or say, you need evidence. Do you have any evidence?"
Xia Cheng shook her head.
"No, the crutch was thrown away. I must have misunderstood. I was too anxious just now and said it directly."
Xun Sheng casually placed one hand in his trouser pocket as he approached calmly. His slippers, stained with mud, clung to the floor. As he approached Xia Cheng, his shoulders moved almost smoothly, then he crouched, like a Jaguar patrolling its territory, his jaws piercing.
"Without evidence, without anything, you have to be honest."
Xia Cheng felt the coldness of the floor become more intense, and her bones were trembling through her knees. She closed her mouth and clenched her teeth tightly.
Xun Sheng warned her in an absolute manner and shattered her temptation with the authority of a brother.
Xia Cheng took a few deep breaths, his chest heaving violently.
What the hell was Xun Sheng? Had she been acting so well that he really thought he was her brother and could control her? And Xun Youdong, who was born but not raised, was brought back now simply to make up for her guilt!
This group of sophisticated egoists, when have they ever considered her feelings? They only regard her as a member of the Xun family, a person who did not exist in the past and will be dispensable in the future.
Even without them, Xia Cheng could still live a good life. She might be able to earn money slowly after graduation. Although it would be hard, she would have a place to live.
She hated it, she had hated it a long time ago. She hated the Xun family for giving her the desire for home, but then keeping her away from their family.
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