Xiao Yiting curled his lips in a mocking smile, glancing out of the corner of his eye at Old Master Xiao, who had been sitting silently on the sofa since the incident, his eyes closed as if he were dozing, seemingly calm and collected, but in reality, he was in complete disarray...
After a long silence, the old man's hoarse, rough voice rang out, "Yiting, what do you think of this matter?"
The kindness in his voice was no different than always.
Xiao Yiting chuckled softly, "Grandpa, you've misunderstood. I resigned from the governorship voluntarily..."
It wasn't that I offended anyone I shouldn't have.
Old Master Xiao suddenly opened his eyes, looking at him with a gloomy gaze. He raised his cane sharply, his face filled with undisguised anger.
Xiao Yiting was not surprised by the ruthlessness in the old man's eyes. He lightly reached out and caught the cane. "Grandpa, this is a debt that the Xiao family owes!"
"You scoundrel!" The old man was so angry that his face turned red, and he wouldn't listen to a word he said.
Seeing his unrepentant expression, Xiao Yiting suddenly frowned, stood up, and looked down at him. "Grandpa, so you've forgotten all that?"
He pulled the cane from the old man's hand and approached him step by step. "So you've forgotten how the Xiao family has enjoyed so much wealth and glory for so many years, and how it rose to prominence step by step. You've also forgotten the agreement with the Gu family. You used the Gu family's enormous wealth to create the thriving Xiao family we have today, but you've tortured the Gu family's daughter to death. Grandpa, is Xiao Sheng really a helpless orphan you took in from an orphanage? Do you think I know nothing?"
Old Master Xiao's expression changed drastically. Looking at the determined light in Xiao Yiting's eyes, he subconsciously took a few steps back, but forgot that there was a sofa behind him. Caught off guard, he fell down on the sofa in a disheveled state, and all his justified anger suddenly lost its support.
"Grandpa, I've already prepared a place for you to recuperate. From now on, you can enjoy your retirement comfortably. You won't need to trouble yourself with the affairs of the Xiao family!"
"As for Dad, you've been busy for so many years, you should spend more time with Mom. She's a bit lonely living alone in that little house!"
Ignoring Xiao Wei's terrified expression after hearing his words, Xiao Yiting left the Xiao family and drove to Xiao Yisheng's apartment...
Over the years, both before and now, he has always wanted to tell her that she was not an abandoned child, and that she also had parents who gave her a name.
Her name is Gu Sheng.
But she didn't know how to say it, because along with the Lan family, the eldest branch of the Gu family, her parents, were also destroyed.
He didn't know whether this truth was a good thing or a tragedy for Xiao Sheng...
...
When Xiao Yisheng woke up, it was already bright outside, and the bedroom was familiarly quiet.
Looking around, she got out of bed somewhat helplessly and wandered around the apartment in a panic, trying to find the reassuring figure from last night. Finally, she stood there for a few seconds, then suddenly sat down on the floor and burst into tears like a child.
He left again, and she was alone once more...
I'm alone again...
Xiao Yisheng was so engrossed in crying that he accidentally hiccuped. His eyes were blurry with tears as he looked around the quiet room again. After a few seconds of stunned silence, he lowered his gaze in dejection and walked back to the bedroom, lying motionless on the bed.
When Gong Ning called, she heard Xiao Yisheng's weak voice, paused for a moment, and asked with a hint of uncertainty in her tone, "What's wrong? Are you really sad?"
"……Um!"
Xiao Yisheng was too lazy to hold the phone to his ear, so he simply turned on speakerphone.
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