Chapter 697 Bringing Up the Old Matter
Upon hearing this, Sang Ruo was so shocked that her fingers, which were holding chopsticks, trembled slightly. She lowered her eyes and could not calm down for a long time.
She wasn't unaware of the engagement between Ayan and Wen Qingyi, but hadn't Ayan said that their engagement had been dissolved? Why would her uncle bring it up again?
Does my uncle have some connection with the Wen family?
Otherwise, why would he look so angry?
"Shut up!"
Bo Jinyan was almost at his wit's end and nearly overturned the table in front of the old man: "Uncle, this matter is clearly in the past, why are you bringing it up again? Besides, I'm already married to Xiaoruo, what do you mean by bringing this up now?!"
Was he trying to tell Wen Qingyi about his grievances?
But Wen Qingyi brought this upon herself. If anyone should be held accountable, Xu Yi should be the one to hold Wen Qingyi accountable. What does it have to do with him? What right does he have to come to the Bo family and cause trouble?
Upon hearing this, Xu Yi couldn't help but smile: "Ayan, I said I was just stating the facts, why are you so agitated? There are some things you've been hiding, shouldn't you let your wife, Miss Sang, know about them?"
"Besides, do you know how much money our Xu family had to pay the Wen family because of your unilateral decision to break off the engagement? You had the guts to do it, are you afraid of what people will say?"
He merely lifted the veil of pretense between the two of them.
But judging from Ayan's agitated reaction, how afraid he is of Sang Ruo finding out about these things?
It seems he made the right bet this time.
Ah Yan really cares about this woman the most.
"Where did this marriage come from? Wasn't it all obtained by your Xu family on their own wishful thinking?"
Bo Jinyan gave a cold laugh, his eyes filled with icy coldness: "You're the one who presumptuously wants to tie me to Wen Qingyi in order to achieve your ulterior motives! Do you really think I don't know?"
Hidden motives?
Sang Ruo was puzzled and subconsciously looked at Xu Yi, then at Old Master Bo. She found that both Old Master Bo and Bo Jinyan seemed to be in a tacit understanding.
Did they all know these things deep down? It's just that no one dared to bring it up.
The atmosphere at the dinner table, which had been fairly pleasant, suddenly plummeted to freezing point, falling into a deathly silence so profound that even the sound of a pin dropping could be clearly heard.
After what seemed like an eternity, Old Master Bo finally composed himself and uttered some polite words: "Alright, stop arguing. We're all family. Can't we just finish this meal peacefully?"
When Old Master Bo spoke, no one objected. Only the sound of cutlery touching plates filled the dining table, and there was no other sound.
Xu Yi and his son seemed to give Bo Xilai face and did not continue arguing.
The meal finally ended in silence.
Afterwards, Old Master Bo personally escorted Xu Yi and his son, who had come from afar, to the door. Only after watching them leave did his usually gentle expression turn completely somber.
He first glanced at Bo Jinyan, then turned his gaze to Sang Ruo: "Xiao Ruo, go upstairs and get me a blanket, I'm a little cold."
"good."
Sang Ruo knew that her grandfather had something to say to A Yan, so he used this excuse to send her away. Otherwise, it would have been better to leave such a small matter to the housekeeper, and there would have been no need for her to take it.
However, in order to give the father and son some space, Sang Ruo wisely left.
When only the father and son remained in the living room of the old house, Old Master Bo finally spoke: "Ayan, do you know that what you said today was too much? Do you know what kind of consequences this will have?"
The Xu family already had some reservations about Xu Xuyu's death, and their relationship was already a bit strained. After what Ayan said, how could the relationship between the two families possibly improve?
Especially what he said at the dinner table just now, he was completely ruthless, and he didn't care about the Xu family at all.
“Dad, it was Uncle who spoke ill of Xiao Ru first. He was the one who hurt Xiao Ru first. I was just talking back.” Bo Jinyan recalled Xu Yi’s words, and he was still very angry: “Besides, haven’t you already suspected some things?”
He simply broke through the thin veil separating the Xu and Bo families.
He had felt that Xu Yi had ill intentions when he came to the Bo family for dinner.
I never expected him to go to such lengths!
Old Master Bo said somewhat irritably, "It's one thing for me to have suspicions, but it's another thing for you to expose this! Over the years, our family has been walking on thin ice with your mother's side. It's not easy for your uncle to come all this way, yet you spout such nonsense!"
“Ayan, sometimes we have to be patient. If everyone were like you, all human relationships would disappear!”
Ah Yan was too young and impetuous. He would vent his anger on the spot without any restraint.
If I were to face off against Xiao Chen in the future, it would be hard to say who would win or lose.
"Dad, besides my mother's relationship with them, what else do we have to tolerate about them?" Bo Jinyan was very young when his mother passed away, so his memories of her are pitifully few: "Why do you have to be so accommodating to them?"
"Besides, your humility will only embolden them to bully us. They'll act recklessly towards us! They won't show us any mercy, so why should we care about their feelings?"
Besides, he was telling the truth. His uncle's visit this time was entirely motivated by ulterior motives and ill intentions.
Knowing full well that he had ulterior motives, why would he pretend to be stupid?
Old Master Bo frowned, his grip on his cane tightening for a moment: "Because your mother passed away, we will forever owe the Xu family a debt."
His wife's death was a huge blow to him back then.
There were times when the Bo family was on the verge of collapse due to Xu Xuyu's death. If it weren't for Old Master Xu's help, it's uncertain whether the Bo family would even exist in the entire capital.
A drop of water in need deserves a spring in return.
This favor, Mr. Bo has never forgotten, nor can he forget.
Without the help from the Xu family back then, the Bo family would not have achieved its current prosperity.
He knows how to be grateful.
"Dad, Mom's passing was beyond your control, so why are you so tolerant of the Xu family?" Bo Jinyan's voice was tinged with confusion: "Does Uncle want to take over our Bo family's business, and you're going to stand aside like this too?"
He simply couldn't believe that his father wouldn't see through his uncle Xu Yi's ambitious plans.
Xu Yi has been working in the financial industry in New York for years, but he has been gradually building up his business in China to take a share of the An Ding Group's industrial chain. Isn't that the biggest proof of his ambition?
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