Chapter 584 Heart-piercing pain
pain.
It hurts so much.
"Enough!" he growled, his voice extremely hoarse.
Ji Wan refused to stop.
She knew that retreating and being gentle were useless at this time.
Only a sharper thorn can force him out of his dilemma.
"Not enough!" She refused to give in. "Chi Wenyan, you are an adult now, not the little brat who longed for fatherly love but couldn't get it!"
"You hide, you don't see, you pretend you don't care, but what's the result? You can't get over the hurdle in your heart!"
"Isn't today his birthday?"
Ji Wan's tone softened, but remained firm.
"Let's go and have a look."
Chi Wenyan suddenly looked up, his eyes full of resistance and mockery.
"What are you going to see? To see how he treats that illegitimate child with such filial affection?"
"Yes!" Ji Wan nodded, "Let's go and see this!"
She walked around the table, came to his side, squatted down, and looked up at him.
"Go and see what you really care about. Go and ask what you really want to know. Go and throw all the words you've been holding back for so many years in his face!"
"You have to go, not for him, but for yourself."
"To completely remove this thorn that has been rotting in my heart for over a decade!"
Her eyes were clear and persistent, carrying a power that brooked no room for questioning.
Chi Wenyan's heart was deeply shaken.
He turned his face away in embarrassment, his Adam's apple rolling violently.
Are you going?
To face the man who gave him life but also caused him the most harm?
He doesn't dare.
I also disdain it.
Ji Wan saw his hesitation and cowardice. She reached out her hand, covered his clenched fist, and used her warmth to melt his stiffness bit by bit.
"Don't be afraid."
Her voice was soft but full of power.
"I'll go with you."
"No matter what happens, I'll be with you."
"If the sky falls, I will hold it up for you."
Chi Wenyan's body shook violently.
He slowly, slowly turned his head and looked at the woman squatting at his feet.
In her eyes, there was heartache, encouragement, and the promise of never leaving.
The wall of his heart that he had built for many years collapsed at this moment.
for a long time.
He finally loosened his clenched fist and held her hand in his backhand.
The hand that was always cold now had a scorching temperature.
"good."
One word, hoarse, but worth a thousand gold.
The Chi family's old house was brightly lit and crowded with guests.
The place was filled with elegant clothes and people were drinking. Everyone had a proper and hypocritical smile on their face, sending their blessings to today's birthday boy - the patriarch of the Chi family, Chi Ronghai.
When the black Bentley stopped at the door, it did not attract much attention.
Until the car door opened, a pair of shiny custom leather shoes stepped on the red carpet.
The tall figure of a man walked out of the car, and the chill that enveloped him made the noisy air around him freeze a little.
As soon as he appeared, he became the focus of the whole audience.
Chi Wenyan!
Why is he here?
Everyone held their breath, the whispers stopped abruptly, and the air was filled with the dead silence before a storm.
Ji Wan got out of the car from the other side, walked to his side, and naturally took his arm.
Her appearance made everyone's jaw drop.
Who doesn't know that Chi Wenyan and Ji Wan are getting a divorce? Why are they both at the old man's birthday party? What kind of drama is this?
Chi Wenyan ignored the gazes around him. His deep eyes pierced through the crowd and accurately fell on the man surrounded by everyone in the center.
Chi Ronghai also saw him.
The old man's body froze, the smile on his face froze, and he almost dropped the wine glass in his hand.
He stared blankly at his son who was walking towards him, and his eyes instantly turned red.
He is here.
He really came!
On the day he looked forward to most every year, on the day he thought his son would never set foot in this house again, he came!
"Chi Wenyan..."
Chi Ronghai's voice was trembling. He pushed away the people around him and staggered towards Chi Wenyan. Tears welled up in his cloudy old eyes.
"You're here! You finally came to see Daddy!"
He was so excited that he was incoherent, and his old hand stretched out to Chi Wenyan with obvious expectation and joy.
"I'm telling you, you still have me in your heart! You still cherish our father-son relationship!"
He thought this was belated forgiveness.
He thought that his son had finally come to his senses and was willing to reconcile with him.
The guests around also looked like they were enjoying the show, and some even had their remarks prepared, ready to step forward and compliment the father-son relationship.
Feng Lou, who was standing behind Chi Ronghai, had a barely perceptible dark flash in his eyes behind his lenses.
Chi Wenyan stopped and looked down at the tearful old man in front of him.
There was no emotion on his face.
Those eyes were as cold as the Siberian cold wave, enough to freeze a person into an ice sculpture.
Ji Wan could feel that the muscles in the arms she was holding were as tense as stone. She squeezed them hard, using her body temperature to tell him that she was there.
Chi Wen-Yan opened his thin lips slightly, but the words that came out were like a poisoned knife, stabbing into Chi Ronghai's heart.
"Father-son relationship?"
He repeated these four words in a low voice, with a drawn-out ending, filled with extreme mockery and contempt.
"Are you worthy?"
These three short words instantly froze the ecstasy on Chi Ronghai's face.
The blood drained away from the old man's face, his lips trembled, and he couldn't utter a word.
Chi Wenyan didn't intend to let him go.
He just wanted to make him fall hard from the clouds of hope and into the muddiest ditch.
"I came here today to give you a birthday present."
His voice was not loud, but it was clearly heard throughout the banquet hall.
A faint glimmer of hope ignited in Chi Ronghai's eyes again, and he looked at his son expectantly.
Chi Wenyan pulled the corners of his mouth, but the smile did not reach his eyes, only a coldness.
"I wish you," he said, emphasizing each word with extreme cruelty, "a long life, and a lonely death."
"I wish you could dream of my mother every night and see her ask you if your heart is made of stone!"
boom--
Chi Ronghai was struck by lightning and staggered back a step, but was supported by Feng Lou in time.
He pointed at Chi Wenyan, his fingers shaking like fallen leaves in the autumn wind.
"You...you rebellious son!"
The wrinkled face turned liver-colored and distorted beyond recognition due to extreme anger and humiliation.
There is no trace of the birthday boy's joy at all.
All that was left was the embarrassment and awkwardness of having the fig leaf torn off in public.
Rebellious son! These two words, with overwhelming anger and resentment, hit Chi Wenyan fiercely.
There was deathly silence in the banquet hall.
The guests dared not even to breathe. They looked at their noses with their eyes and their hearts with their noses, wishing they could become invisible on the spot.
The melon was so big that they were afraid of getting splashed with blood.
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