Read Novel Full Chapter 1272: Came and Went
Chapter 1272: Chapter 1272: Came and Went
“Dad!” Lin Teng’s forehead veins bulged with anger.
Lin Wei’s face was taut, his presence commanding and authoritative even without anger, “No means no, I don’t want her here, and I’d like to see who dares let her!”
Lin Teng’s face turned ashen, he was utterly powerless against his own father. He could be dominant and unreasonable with others, do whatever he pleased, but Lin Wei was his biological father. Just because of the word “dad”, no matter how capable he was on the outside, at home, he was left with nothing but to stare in frustration!
Father and son glared at each other, the atmosphere heavy, neither willing to give in.
The others in the VIP room remained silent, mouths shut tight as if facing a bitter cold, unsure of how to alleviate the tension at hand.
Just as everyone held their breath, a guard in charge of welcoming guests walked in.
Seeing the strange tension in the room, he dared not speak much, bowed his head, and reported in a low voice, “General, Mr. Li just left the gifts at the door and drove away.”
“Shengxiao left?” Su Yi was surprised, “He came all this way, and just left like that?”
Her words had barely dropped when she realized why.
She immediately shut her mouth, not knowing what to say.
The weight on Lin Teng’s chest grew heavier and more painful, his face growing pale as he looked at the elder with an equally poor complexion, forcing out, “Is this what you wanted? Zhiya is gone, Shengxiao won’t come now, a perfectly good family quarrel, we can’t even have a reunion dinner together, is it worth it?”
Lin Wei’s expression was as dark as still waters.
Suppressing his anger and bitterness, Lin Teng did not want to argue any further, “If you think it’s worth it, then it is, but I certainly don’t think so!”
“I am going down first. There are still guests below, it won’t do to leave them unattended!”
He stormed out of the room.
Su Yi looked at the people inside, then anxiously at his retreating figure, gritted her teeth and said to the old couple, “Mom, Dad, I’ll go check on him.”
With Lin Teng and Su Yi gone, others found their chances to leave, finding excuses to escape the awkward atmosphere.
When everyone had left, Old Madam Lin watched the man she had seen strong his entire life stagger to a chair by the side. His face showed unprecedented fatigue, as though he had aged all at once.
Her bellyful of complaints turned into a sigh. She let out a sigh, looked at the man sitting there with closed eyes, and asked softly, “Is that girl really that bad? Actually, like Lin Teng, I don’t care whether Shengxiao is well-matched with her or not, as long as the two kids like each other, that’s good. Everyone has been young before, life is only a few decades, if he likes that girl, we should just bless them! It’s us who wronged Zhiya, and also wronged him.”
“How have I wronged them?” Lin Wei opened his eyes, stubbornly stiffening his neck, refusing to admit he ever did wrong, “They are the blood of the Lin Family and should naturally take on their responsibilities. Zhiya has been spoiled by you all from a young age to the point where she became willful and insisted on being together with that man from the Li Family. Now him too! He finds a girl whose status and background are completely mismatched with his, and says they want to be together, so they are! Is the Chu Family the kind that can casually call off engagements twice? It’s not that I don’t want to help him; it’s that the other family has already come to us. We have already wronged them once, what face do we have to say we no longer wish to proceed?”
Old Madam Lin was silent for a long time, unable to come up with a good solution, “…”