Chapter 258 Pink Jade Dragon Plate
Shen Zishan punched the wall: "I'm useless, I'm useless as a father. I failed to protect him. I trusted the wrong person."
When Shen Zishan lost control of his anger.
Su Yan walked over.
She seemed much calmer.
Although the tears on her face had not yet dried, her voice was still as gentle and calm as usual: "Zishan, don't be like this. This has nothing to do with the Crown Prince. If it weren't for the Crown Prince, we would have died in Bo Wanhua's basement at the age of twelve."
Hearing Su Yan's gentle voice, Shen Zishan calmed down a lot.
In fact, he knew very well that this matter had nothing to do with Bo Jinxiu.
It was his daughter who was too obsessed.
Shen Zishan couldn't control his emotions, and strode out of the ward with his fists clenched.
Gao Cen also left tactfully and helped close the door.
Only Su Yan and Bo Jinxiu were left in the living room outside the ward.
Su Yan said, "Prince, please go in and take a look."
Bo Jinxiu walked into Shen Qingqing's ward.
At this moment Shen Qingqing was lying on the bed.
She seemed to be asleep, but her sleep did not seem to be restful.
I kept mumbling in my dream and seemed to be crying softly.
There were traces of tears in the corners of her eyes, and she looked pitiful.
Bo Jinxiu felt as if a needle had pricked his heart.
After all, Shen Qingqing is the girl he has protected for so many years.
Deep down, he treated her as his own sister.
Over the years, she has been protected too simply by herself.
She also became love-brained and had long forgotten her own situation, with all her attention focused on him.
Bo Jinxiu was just about to let go and let her grow up on her own.
But now…
Seeing Shen Qingqing's pitiful appearance, Bo Jinxiu felt extremely uncomfortable.
Su Yan stood beside Bo Jinxiu and said, "Prince, you saved Qingqing's life back then and carried her out of Bo Wanhua's basement when she was dying. Our whole family is very grateful to you."
"You know my situation. I'm just an actor without any family background. If I hadn't met Zishan, I would have been just a third-rate celebrity struggling to make ends meet. But it was because of Zishan that our daughter was born with the fate of being hated and retaliated by Bo Wanhua."
"Zishan has no real power in the Shen family. He has an older brother above him. The old man doesn't like me either. He thinks I ruined Zishan and Bo Wanhua's marriage. Actually... their marriage has nothing to do with me. Bo Wanhua has never loved Zishan. Zishan only learned the truth after Shen Yibai was born and couldn't accept it. Later, he met me..."
Su Yan stopped talking mid-sentence: "Of course, this is all past grudges. Bo Wanhua doesn't love Zishan, but that doesn't stop her from using us as targets to vent her anger, because she won't tolerate anyone betraying her. For so many years, no matter what we did or where we hid, she was like a nightmare. We are not as strong as her, nor as crazy as her. We can't defeat her. Who knows, one day, she might kill us."
Su Yan's emotions fluctuated slightly. "My husband and I have let things go. We have lived for most of our lives and enjoyed everything we should have. Death is death, but Qingqing is different. She is still young and has a bright future. She is our common hope..."
When she said this, Su Yan choked up and seemed unable to continue.
She took a tissue from the bedside, wiped her tears, and regained her composure.
"So, I will entrust Qingqing to you, because you are the only one who shares the same goal with us, and you have the ability to protect Qingqing."
Su Yan's voice seemed a little more serious. "I'm not asking for anything from you, Prince. I'm exchanging the most important thing in our Shen family with you. Zishan and I don't hold high status in the Shen family, but fortunately, Old Lady Shen favored Zishan and gave him the Shen family heirloom before her death. We made a promise with you based on this, but since you've accepted our sincerity, you shouldn't break your promise."
When she finished speaking, Su Yan's voice was no longer as soft as usual, but rather had a sharp tone.
At the beginning, Su Yan had an ace in her hand, and she used it in exchange with Bo Jinxiu.
Bo Jinxiu finally spoke: "I did reach an agreement with you, but our agreement is that I will protect her until she reaches adulthood, not that I, Bo Jinxiu, must marry her."
Su Yan's expression changed.
Bo Jinxiu's face was sullen, and his words were filled with a familiar indifference and composure: "Qingqing is already twenty years old this year, and has long been an adult. The agreement between you and me has been completed."
Su Yan's face looked very ugly.
But he still maintained his dignity: "Prince, but Qingqing is in this state now, don't you have any responsibility at all? Since you have no intention of marrying her, why didn't you clarify when outsiders were gossiping? For so many years, everyone in the Beijing circle knew that our Qingqing would marry into your Bo family in the future, but now suddenly out of nowhere, some Miss Jiang, you got married in just one month. How do you expect Qingqing to accept it? How do you expect everyone in the Beijing circle to view her?"
"Aunt Su, that's not what we said when we made the gentleman's agreement."
Su Yan was stunned: "What?"
"You only asked me to save your daughter's life, no matter what method you used. Now you tell me this, isn't it too much to ask?"
Su Yan's expression froze for a moment.
She always knew that Bo Jinxiu was a cold and indifferent person, but his care for Shen Qingqing over the years made her mistakenly believe that Shen Qingqing was special.
At that time, Shen Qingqing was locked up in the basement by Bo Wanhua for four days and almost died.
She was extremely worried and frightened, and at that time she only wanted to find a supporter for Shen Qingqing as soon as possible.
How dare I make any demands?
What's more, Shen Qingqing was so young at the time.
But over the years, Bo Jinxiu has been really good to Shen Qingqing. He is such a cold-hearted person, but he treats Shen Qingqing differently.
This made Su Yan have other thoughts in her mind.
But now it seems that everything is just a mirage.
Bo Jinxiu just treated it as a transaction, and when the time came, the payment and goods would be settled.
Su Yan felt helpless and at the same time, she felt a sense of fear.
Bo Jinxiu really has no feelings for Qingqing. Will he really ignore her from now on?
Su Yan's voice softened a lot. She wiped her tears and cried, "Our Qingqing is so pitiful. She has become disabled at such a young age. It's our parents' fault for being useless."
Su Yan retreated to advance: "My Lord, since you have already decided to abandon Qingqing, please go back. From now on, our Shen family will draw a clear line with you and will never trouble you again."
Bo Jinxiu didn't say anything.
He took out a brocade box directly from his arms.
Then he put it in Su Yan's hand and said, "I'm also very sad that Qingqing had such an accident, but since it has happened, we can only look forward to it. As for my sister, you don't have to worry. I won't let her do anything to hurt Qingqing, but there's nothing else I can do. I can't be responsible for her life. It's her own life. Everyone has their own life difficulties to deal with. You are her parents, so please enlighten her. I hope she can be strong and live a good life."
After saying that, Bo Jinxiu planned to leave.
Su Yan opened the brocade box.
It was the Shen family's heirloom, a pink jade dragon plaque.
Su Yan was stunned for a moment and called out to Bo Jinxiu: "Bo Jinxiu, you don't even want this anymore? Don't you know the meaning behind this pink jade?"
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