Chapter 47: At the Beginning
Xie Guangan was holding a woven bag in his hand, and he looked the same as before, experienced and steady with a bit of numbness.
Seeing the two of them, he nodded slightly but didn't say anything.
When they reached the entrance of the alley, the three of them walked together.
As usual, there were many people sitting at the entrance of the alley, chatting there, as if they never had anything to do. When they saw the three of them walking together, everyone looked at them in surprise, really not understanding why the people who were the focus of recent conversations were walking together.
"Why did they come all the way back?" After they had gone far away, someone finally asked.
"Who knows? Aren't they brother and sister?"
"Tsk, that's true. What can a few children do about the sins committed by the previous generation?"
Yuan Lingling and the others didn't hear any of this, but based on the looks in their eyes, she guessed what they would say, and she thought it wouldn't be anything nice.
But she didn't care. She was the one who spread the news, and she expected these looks.
Soon they passed by the door of Xie's house, and Xie Guangan turned in. Yuan Lingling and her husband had only taken two steps outside when they heard Jiang Liping's angry shout from inside, "You still remember to come back? I thought you no longer knew what you believed in."
Yuan Lingling and Shen Caisheng looked at each other, both of them speechless. The Xie couple probably really didn't want their children to support them in their old age. They were so ordinary, but they always had a kind of self-confidence that looked down on the world and thought the whole world should revolve around them.
"Tell me, why did Xie Guangan come back?" Yuan Lingling was a little curious.
In her opinion, Xie Guangan was a very cold-hearted person and should have stayed away from him when encountering such troubles. However, she did not expect that he not only came back, but also seemed to be so emotionally stable.
Shen Caisheng did not answer her question, but said: "If it were me, I should come back too."
"Why?" Yuan Lingling asked again.
"Because running away is never the best way to solve problems. Some things always need to be solved." Another possibility is to find the truth that you don't know.
The fact was just as he expected. Xie Guangan came back this time to confirm the truth, the truth that he had guessed long ago but had never dared to confirm.
"Didn't you want me to come back? Now that I'm back, just tell me what you want to say."
"What's your attitude?" Seeing him like this, Jiang Liping was furious, but she didn't know how to control her son. She was afraid of him in the past, but after so much time, she had already gotten used to it and now she didn't have the confidence to speak.
But facing her angry attitude, Xie Guangan didn't care at all, "If you don't have anything important to do, I'll go to bed first."
"Stop!" Xie Bin, who had not spoken a word, called out to him, "Xie Guangan, you little brat, you already knew that you are not my biological son."
Xie Guangan remained noncommittal. No matter who his biological father was, they had not fulfilled that responsibility.
Seeing that he was still calm, Xie Bin was so angry that half of his face was numb. He took a deep breath and said, "You little bastard, you already knew it. Why didn't you say it? You don't want to recognize your father, right?"
Then let him be the scapegoat!
Xie Bin simply wanted to kill this shameless mother and son with a knife.
But Xie Guangan said indifferently at this time: "I don't know who my biological father is."
"Stop pretending. If you didn't know, how could you have been so nice to Yuan Lingling?"
After hearing this, Jiang Liping's face turned pale.
She still remembered that Xie Guangan had said that he wanted Yuan Lingling to be his eldest daughter-in-law. At that time, Jiang Liping herself had not thought that Xie Guangan was Yuan Qiang's child. Now, it seemed that she had heard too many rumors and she was a little uncertain, because she did have sex with Yuan Qiang once, but later...
At least she didn't think that Xie Guangan's biological father was Yuan Qiang, but what if it was true?
But at this moment, Xie Guangan glanced at her and said sarcastically, "Can't you see that it's because I like Yuan Lingling and want to marry her."
"Are you crazy?" Jiang Liping couldn't bear it any longer and slapped her son in the face.
Xie Guangan tilted his head and just looked at Jiang Liping without moving.
He didn't know what Jiang Liping was thinking, but he always felt that Jiang Liping was hiding something. But since she didn't say anything, Xie Guangan didn't want to ask any more questions at this time.
He said, "So what do you want me to do by coming back? To witness your divorce?"
These words made the Xie couple speechless. What do they want to do?
Xie Bin just wanted to see Xie Guangan's angry reaction when he found out that his father was Yuan Qiang. He didn't think Yuan Qiang was better than himself.
Thinking of the fact that he had feelings for Yuan Lingling, Xie Bin became even more excited. But now, seeing Xie Guangan's calm expression, he became furious. This shouldn't be the case. How could he react like this?
Jiang Liping certainly hoped that her eldest son, whom she was most proud of, would come forward to support her, but on the other hand, she did not really want Xie Guangan to come back. She could guess how much impact those rumors had on him.
But now looking at Xie Guangan's attitude, she was also very angry. Is he blaming her as his mother?
"You... do you want to rebel? I raised you to this age, but it was all in vain." Jiang Liping still couldn't help but scold Xie Guangan in front of Xie Bin. She didn't want Xie Bin to think that he had to rely on his eldest son in everything.
Xie Guangan looked at the two of them and sat down at the table with a tired look on his face. "You did raise me and let me grow up, but in the past few years, you made a lot of money because of me. Don't you know that?"
"Whether you spent the money, or Xie Guanglian took it away, or hid it, it has nothing to do with me. I came back today to make it clear to you that from now on I am not your son. Don't look for me if you have any problems. This is Xie Guanglian's address."
He was ruthless in selling out Xie Guanglian, as if he had no idea what kind of people his parents were.
Jiang Liping just found his words funny. She had always been nice to her son, but she didn't expect him to be so heartless. "I gave birth to you, but you don't even recognize your own mother. Aren't you afraid that others will poke you in the back?"
"I'm not even afraid of not taking responsibility after sleeping with someone, so why am I afraid of this?" Xie Guanglian hinted at something.
Jiang Liping choked, "You are still blaming me for this. If you hadn't been so determined to be with Yuan Lingling, would I have done that?"
"I don't want to talk about this anymore. It's true that you harmed Yuan Lingling, and it's also true what happened between you and Yuan Qiang. I don't want to go out and prove these to others. Don't force me. You also played a big role in Feng Ling's death."
"What nonsense are you talking about? She didn't take good care of herself after giving birth. What does it have to do with me?"
"Is it really none of your business?" Xie Guangan smiled, but the smile did not reach his eyes.
On the contrary, Xie Bin on the side laughed happily, "I didn't expect that Feng Ling's death was also related to you, you are such a vicious woman!"
"Shut up! Don't slander me here if you don't have any evidence. Don't think I don't know that you also had those thoughts about Feng Ling in the past. You couldn't even walk when you saw her."
If he hadn't been like that, how could she have thought of sleeping with Yuan Qiang, and how could she have had that experience with that man again.
"So what? Feng Ling is good-looking and has a good personality. How can you compare to her?" Xie Bin's words hit Jiang Liping directly in the throat.
Xie Guangan rubbed his brows, "How good can you be? Do you still remember that you had a friend named Hu Zi eighteen years ago? Do you remember what you did to him?"
Xie Bin's expression changed immediately, "You...you!"
"You guys keep arguing, I'm going to go back to my room to rest. There are some things I don't want everyone to know about, so don't bother me."
As he said this, he went into the house and ignored the two men.
Yuan Lingling and Shen Caisheng didn't know what Xie Guangan came back for, and they didn't have the energy to care about it because Yuan Zili came to find them as soon as they got home.
"Sister, grandma is sick, so I want you to go back."
Yuan Lingling glanced at Shen Caisheng, and Shen Caisheng said, "I'll go back with you."
Yuan Zili moved his lips but didn't dare to say that his grandmother had told him not to let Shen Caisheng go with them.
This is not something he can control. It is better to mind his own business.
Yuan Lingling and the other person didn't say much. They put down the things in their hands and went out again with empty hands.
Seeing the two of them like this, Yuan Zili couldn't help but persuade them, "If you don't take the things, grandpa and grandma will definitely be angry."
Shen Caisheng didn't say anything, and Yuan Lingling nodded to show that she understood.
Yuan Zili: “…” He didn’t dare to speak.
But after a while, he couldn't help asking, "Sister, have you heard all the rumors outside? Is it... is it true?"
Yuan Lingling glanced at him and said, "Whether it is true or not, can't you check and ask and judge for yourself?"
Yuan Zili lowered his head after being told that, and his sister became more and more aggressive towards him.
In fact, he already had doubts in his heart, otherwise why would he ask.
Although his grandmother was very good to him and obeyed him in everything, he had always seen how she treated others, especially his own sister, badly. He didn't know about those things that happened in the past, but he could imagine from the tone of her voice when she mentioned the past that she disliked her own mother.
Yuan Zili didn't know what to do. He didn't know how he could continue to stay in the Yuan family if it was really because of Old Lady Yuan that he had no mother. His sister must really not care about him anymore.
Anticipating that Yuan Lingling might not be happy returning to the Yuan family, he stopped and said, "Sister, why don't you two not go back? Grandma must want to vent her anger on you."
Yuan Lingling glanced at him without stopping. After a while, she said, "What a coincidence. I want to vent my anger on her, too."
"You... you can't win an argument with her. Just forget it. Don't you still have a child? Health is the most important thing."
"With your brother-in-law here, what can she do to me?"
Yuan Zili was speechless, and Shen Caisheng beside him didn't say much either. He just gently squeezed Yuan Lingling's hand to signal her to rest assured.
Yuan Lingling responded with a smile, her heart calm.
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