Chapter 742 From the Vast Sky and the Vast Sea, a Parting Ways
Qi Yue looked at Shen Anning, his eyes were dark and unfathomable, and his handsome face was cold.
Gong Xinyue stared at Shen Anning, feeling both nervous and somewhat disappointed in her.
"Shen Anning, I've already made myself perfectly clear at the hospital that day." Qi Yue looked at Shen Anning, his voice clearly reaching her ears through the cold wind.
He said, "Let's just pretend we weren't meant to be. The sky is high and the sea is wide, let's part ways peacefully."
Shen Anning's eyelashes trembled slightly as she gazed at Qi Yue's face. Except for a momentary pause in breathing, her expression remained calm, as if she was not surprised to receive such an answer from Qi Yue.
Actually, she had prepared herself mentally before coming.
I chased after them simply because I was unwilling to give up and felt there was still room for improvement. It was my last act of giving myself and my two children an explanation.
Hearing Qi Yue's answer now, she smiled with relief.
"Qi Yue, as your partner, I have done enough at this moment. As a mother, I have done everything I could. From now on, we are truly even. If my children blame me for not keeping their father, I can tell them with a clear conscience that their mother tried to keep him, but their father refused to stay."
Qi Yue stared at her, his Adam's apple bobbing with difficulty.
His breathing became labored, but his expression remained unmoved.
Shen Anning turned her gaze and landed on Gong Xinyue's face.
Their eyes met, and Gong Xinyue's breath hitched slightly.
"I won't hate you, because hatred is a very draining emotion, and I won't waste myself on it."
Gong Xinyue frowned, her gaze towards Shen Anning was complex.
Shen Anning didn't care about her thoughts, and just said coldly, "Meeting you was my bad luck, but it wasn't entirely without benefits. At least you taught me what it means to respect other people's fate and let go of the desire to help others. You also made me understand a principle: those who are in hell are not necessarily pitiful. Perhaps, she was born a ghost."
Gong Xinyue's pupils contracted sharply.
She looked at Shen Anning and opened her mouth, subconsciously wanting to explain, but Shen Anning had already looked away and turned to walk towards Fu Nian'an.
This time, she didn't look back; she walked steadily and resolutely, step by step.
Qi Yue and Gong Xinyue watched as she walked up to Fu Nian'an. Fu Nian'an's face was gloomy. She wanted to step forward, but Qi Yue reached out and grabbed her arm.
No one knows what she said, but Fu Nian'an's face turned gloomy and terrifying.
Shen Anning pulled Fu Nian'an toward the car.
Fu Nian'an ultimately didn't press the matter further. He opened the passenger door, helped Shen Anning into the car, and closed the door.
He glanced back at Qi Yue, his eyes filled with undisguised disgust.
He then walked around the front of the car, opened the door, and got in.
The black Maybach turned around and drove out of the airport.
Inside the car, Shen Anning looked at Qi Yue through the rearview mirror.
He was still standing there, his eyes following their car.
She remained calm, and not a single tear fell.
The figure in the rearview mirror gradually shrank until it disappeared from sight...
Shen Anning withdrew her gaze and closed her eyes.
Qi Yue, from now on, the sky is high and the sea is wide, we part ways and go our separate ways.
...
On the way home, Shen Anning kept her eyes closed and didn't say a word.
Fu Nian'an glanced at her several times, her expression worried.
At an intersection a few kilometers from Linjia, the red light came on, and Fu Nian'an slowly stopped the car.
He turned to look at Shen Anning, his brow furrowing slightly: "If you're feeling down, just cry it out. Holding it in is bad for your health."
Upon hearing this, Shen Anning slowly opened her eyes.
She turned to look at Fu Nian'an, a faint smile curving her lips, her face pale: "Actually, I wasn't that sad. I chased after her because I was still unwilling to give up, but to be honest, I didn't really have any hope."
"Since you know the chances are slim, why chase after her and humiliate yourself?" Fu Nian'an scolded her, "Shen Anning, you can be really stubborn sometimes. If you had shown the same determination you have in your career, you wouldn't have been bullied like this by Qi Yue."
"Didn't Dad say that I inherited Mom's traits? I'm soft-hearted and easily hurt emotionally."
"Come on, you think you can compare to Mom?" Fu Nian'an scoffed, mercilessly retorting, "Mom's taste in men is way better than yours!"
Shen Anning: "...Hey, I'm divorced now, can't you comfort me?"
"Pamper? Has your whole family pampered you enough since you were a child?"
As the light turned green, Fu Nian'an released the brake and lightly pressed the accelerator, looking ahead with no restraint in her disdainful tone: "I've managed to coax you into a love-struck fool, Shen Anning. You're not suited for dating. Why don't you become a nun?"
Shen Anning: "..."
“Brother, I didn’t want to cry…” Shen Anning’s voice lowered, and she said in a muffled voice, “But if you keep cursing, I’m going to cry.”
Fu Nian'an: "..."
Shen Anning turned to look out the window. "You've never been in a relationship. You don't understand the feeling of knowing rationally that you shouldn't do something, but still doing it for no reason."
Fu Nian'an paused, pursed her lips, and said, "You women are naturally emotional, while we men are rational, so I may never be able to empathize with your feelings as a lover."
“No.” Shen Anning turned to look at Fu Nian’an: “It’s just that you haven’t met the person you love to the point of losing your mind.”
Upon hearing this, Fu Nian'an raised an eyebrow slightly, unconvinced. "Perhaps, there isn't such a person at all?"
"If not, that's actually quite good too." Shen Anning sighed, and said with emotion, "There are very few couples like our parents who have gone through so many trials and tribulations and still love and stay together.
Fu Nian'an paused, glancing at her sideways. "How do you know about Mom and Dad?"
"My godmother told me." Shen Anning drew a heart on the glass with her finger, then drew a horizontal line in the middle of the heart: "I'm the number one fan of our parents' CP!"
"The case is solved." Fu Nian'an suddenly chuckled. "Your love-struck brain is all thanks to your godmother."
Shen Anning: "..."
...
The Maybach drove into the Lijiang Villa and stopped in the courtyard.
Shen Anning pushed open the door and got out of the car.
The sound of two children crying came from inside the house.
Her heart skipped a beat, and she hurriedly went inside.
In the living room, Fu Siyan held Zhizhi and Shen Qingshu held Chenchen. The couple each tried to comfort one of the children, but the children kept crying and asking for their fathers.
"Dad, Mom," Shen Anning said, rushing over after changing her shoes. "What happened?"
“Xiao Ning.” Shen Qingshu glanced behind Shen Anning.
Fu Nian'an changed her shoes and walked over.
Without seeing Qi Yue, she understood everything.
She pursed her lips and sighed softly, patting Chenchen's back gently. "I don't know what's wrong, Chenchen suddenly started crying for his father. Zhizhi is usually well-behaved and sensible, but I don't know why she started crying today too."
Upon hearing this, Shen Anning felt a sharp pain in her heart.
She went over and picked up Chenchen, sat down on the sofa, and waved her other hand at Zhizhi, "Can Mommy hug me?"
Upon seeing their mother, the two children immediately stopped crying.
Zhizhi reached out her hand to Shen Anning, her voice trembling with tears, and called out pitifully, "Mommy~"
Fu Siyan placed Zhizhi in Chen Anning's arms.
The two children nestled in Shen Anning's arms.
Shen Anning held one child in each arm and gently comforted them, "Dad has been busy with work abroad recently. Didn't Mom say that Dad is a big boss and he's very busy? He can't be with you all the time."
“Zhizhi knows that Dad is busy, but Dad used to call and video chat with us no matter how busy he was. This time, Dad hasn’t called us for many days.”
Children may be young, but they understand everything.
However, Shen Anning could only try her best to maintain Qi Yue's image in the eyes of the two children.
"Dad is quite busy this time, and since you've started kindergarten, even if Dad has free time during the day, he won't be able to call you."
Chenchen sniffed, "When Chenchen was sleeping, he saw his father. His father grew wings and flew away."
Shen Anning was taken aback.
Shen Qingshu sat down next to her daughter and reached out to pat her grandson's head: "Chenchen, be good. Daddy didn't grow wings and fly away. He took a plane to work abroad."
Chenchen shook his head, "Daddy just flew away and never came back. I keep calling him, but he won't come back... Waaaaah..."
Perhaps recalling the scenes from her dream, Chenchen lost control and burst into tears again.
Shen Anning felt a lump in her throat, and she held the child tightly, pressing her lips together, but she couldn't utter a single word to comfort the child.
In the end, all she could do was hold her two children, and the three of them cried together.
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