Chapter 679: Belated Confession
Xiao Beisheng's fingers trembled slightly. He glanced at Su Man, turned his palm and held her hand.
Firm, solid and more powerful.
He was not sad.
Even if there was, it has long been dried up by the long years and turned into powder, which will be blown away by the wind.
Tao Jinmei was beaten by Old Madam Xiao and cried out in pain. When Old Madam Xiao raised the dragon-headed cane again, Tao Jinmei used her hands and feet to quickly crawl to Xiao Beisheng's feet and grabbed the hem of his suit pants.
"Beisheng, Mom was wrong. Mom really knows she was wrong..."
Tao Jinmei's eyes were filled with tears. She looked up with a tear-stained face, her expression distorted by her grief and crying.
It was so heartbreaking, as if he was truly repenting for what he had done.
"I was wrong in the past. I shouldn't have treated you like that. At that time, you were so young, just a child, but I vented my unwillingness and resentment on you. I am not a human being..." Tao Jinmei said and slapped herself.
"I'm not a human..."
“I’m not a human…!”
She cried, repeated this sentence, and kept raising her hand to slap herself.
My cheeks quickly became red and swollen.
Finally unable to continue beating her, she sobbed and continued to confess:
"The Yu family is a den of ruthless people who devour people without leaving any bones behind!
"Everyone in there is a sophisticated egoist, selfish, greedy, and arrogant on the outside, but they're actually cowardly and incompetent at heart. Every day in there is an immense torment and pain. These past few years have been like living in a frying pan. I've done so much so that I can one day rise above the rest of the world and no longer have to look after that old man's face! There's not a single day that I don't regret making this choice..."
"Your father was a man of love and righteousness. He never treated me unfairly. It was me... I who failed him. Over the years, whenever I was treated coldly by the Yu family, I would always think of him. If he were still alive, he would never let me suffer such an injustice, but my greed made me miss him. And you, you are so outstanding. Even without me by your side to accompany you and teach you all these years, you still grew up very strong. But such a wonderful child no longer recognizes me... Every night, I can only hide and cry silently. I regret the decisions I made in the past all the time. I think the end of being abandoned by everyone is the punishment given to me by God."
"Pooh!"
Xiao Tian couldn't listen any longer. "My cousin is so outstanding. It's the Xiao family's training and cultivation of him. What does it have to do with you? He grew up alone and strong, and he also endured a lot of hardships and got through it all. Compared to Yu Hanming, he had you to help plan and pave the way, but my cousin can only rely on himself. What are you regretting here? Before, you wanted to help your younger son and embezzle your eldest son's assets. Why didn't you show any mercy at that time? The Yu family treated you badly, but that was your own choice. You were chasing a bright future in the first place. Why are you complaining here now? You don't think we can sympathize with you, do you?"
Xiao Beisheng's face was expressionless, not a trace of emotion, and he looked down at Tao Jinmei coldly: "You are right, everything that happened today is your own fault, it is your retribution."
"I know, and I have nothing to say. Beisheng, I'm sorry for you and your father."
The word "sorry" finally made Xiao Beisheng's jaw tighten slightly.
In the past, he waited for Tao Jinmei to turn back.
Waiting for the motherly love that belongs to him.
Wait until Tao Jinmei regrets it and comes back to apologize to them and their son.
But now that he finally heard these words, he suddenly felt that none of it mattered anymore.
It's too late.
She realized it too late, and many things were irreversible.
A belated apology is useless.
Perhaps, what he was waiting for was not this person's return, but an explanation to the weak and uneasy self in his childhood.
"It's too late. The person you should say sorry to is no longer with us. And I will never forgive you." Xiao Beisheng said, "If possible, I really hope that my father in the afterlife can see your regretful face. That way, he will rest in peace."
Even if Tao Jinmei was not being hypocritical in her last-ditch struggle to protect herself, she could no longer move him.
Tao Jinmei still refused to give up. She tugged at Xiao Beisheng's trouser leg tightly and said, "Beisheng, I'm your mother. If I die, you'll truly be an orphan without a father or a mother. Please help me, okay? You won't just watch me die, right?"
Xiao Tian looked at Xiao Beisheng with some worry.
After all, Tao Jinmei and he are related by blood.
She was very worried that Xiao Beisheng would be soft-hearted towards Tao Jinmei because of this.
Unexpectedly, Xiao Beisheng sneered: "So, this is why you came to me to confess today?"
"No... No... I really regret it, I really know I was wrong! But I believe that anyone, facing death, will seek a way out for themselves. I promise you, if you help me, I will stay by your side and serve you for the rest of my life, making up for what I owe you in the first half, okay? I can do many things... I can help you take care of the children, and I can also..."
Before she could finish, Old Madam Xiao angrily interrupted her, "You think you can bring up the bloodline of our Xiao family? Do you know how to raise a child? Do you want to raise him to be like Yu Hanming, ungrateful and two-faced, or like you, a drug addict?"
After saying that, she turned around and asked Xiao Beisheng: "Beisheng, grandma is going to deal with her today, do you have any objection?"
Xiao Beisheng narrowed his eyes and said, "I'll leave it to Grandma to decide."
"Okay. With your words, grandma feels relieved."
Madam Xiao turned around and said to the people she had brought with her: "Come here! Drag this woman who is trying to ruin the young master's wedding away. Today is the young master's big day, no one is allowed to make trouble."
"yes!"
Several people came up and controlled Tao Jinmei.
Xiao Beisheng held Su Man's hand and said softly, "Let's go."
Su Man nodded and left the banquet hall with Xiao Beisheng.
When I walked out of the banquet hall, Tao Jinmei's shrill cries were still ringing behind me, but after passing through the heavy door, the crying became lighter and fainter, and gradually could not be heard.
Xiao Beisheng pulled Su Man and walked through the long corridor of the hotel without hesitation, his steps firm, just like his determination not to look back.
Finally, Tao Jinmei's voice was left far behind, and the scars of the past were also left far behind.
When they were about to return to their hotel room, they passed by a music restaurant and bar. It was still open, but it was late at night and there were almost no customers.
The restaurant and bar are connected by a dark corridor, and there is a grand piano in the center of the bar.
Su Man saw the piano and paused slightly.
Xiao Beisheng noticed and asked, "Want to drink?"
"I suddenly want to hear you play the piano." Su Man said, "You have never played the piano for me since we met."
Xiao Beisheng thought for a moment and jokingly said, "That's right. I have to play it for you, so you can see the true master's level. This will prevent fakes like Fang Zhiming from coming out and deceiving people in the future. You don't know what's good for you."
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