Rebirth in 1986: Unforgettable Regrets

Chapter 824: Chapter 824: Infuriating Father Xiang

Xiang Yazhi, oh Xiang Yazhi, if you want to blame someone, blame yourself. Did you really think there was no one left in the Lian Family?

Lian Tong snorted coldly, having zero interest in what was about to happen next. She quietly put away the camera.

"Hubby, the plan you came up with is really good." Lian Tong happily climbed into the car, waving the camera in her hand cheerfully, "Look, I’ve taken quite a few photos with my camera. This time, Xiang Yazhi’s really in for it."

Usually, Lian Tong liked to call him ’Gu Chun’ in her day-to-day life. Sometimes, when she was happy or in an affectionate mood, she would call him ’Hubby’.

Lian Tong didn’t realize that every time she called him ’Hubby,’ Gu Chun’s eyes would deepen, flames dancing in them. He would gaze at her tenderly. Even though she was in her thirties, Lian Tong still carried a girlish charm, her cool and gorgeous look was just for outsiders to see.

"Don’t look, lest it taints your eyes." Gu Chun took the camera from Lian Tong’s hands, tossed it onto the back seat, and drove her home, not to the Lian Family villa, but to the house Gu Chun had previously bought in Sea City.

"Why are we here?" Lian Tong glanced at the house. It was quite clean.

But why did Gu Chun hold her and head straight to the bedroom?

"Hey, it’s broad daylight..."

Lian Tong glanced outside at the bright and sunny day, and her face flushed instantly.

If she didn’t understand what Gu Chun was up to just now, she certainly understood everything now.

The heavy curtains were drawn, and the room was filled with a tender, romantic glow.

*

As for the Shen Family, they were not in such a good mood. Xiang Yazhi was crying continuously, insisting that she had been set up and had not betrayed Shen Jing.

Shen Jing sat on the sofa, legs crossed, letting Xiang Yazhi cry her heart out. He remained unmoved, his expression indifferent and cold.

"Cousin, you have to believe me." Xiang Yazhi cried so much that her makeup was ruined. The fine lines at the corners of her eyes, the sagging skin, all of it made her cry appear rather unattractive. Yet, Xiang Yazhi had no self-awareness. Sobbing, she said, "Cousin, all these years, my heart has always been with you. Even though Qingqing doesn’t know you’re her father, Qingqing has always been close to you."

"But you sleeping with him is a fact."

Shen Jing said coldly, "Yazhi, all these years, I haven’t treated you poorly, whether in terms of money or anything else. I’ve never mistreated you. It’s because of me that Qingqing was able to study abroad in Country Y. Without me, Qingqing couldn’t have gotten into that school."

"Qingqing is indeed my daughter, but she carries the Lian surname." With one sentence, Shen Jing distanced Qingqing from the Lian Family.

Xiang Yazhi suddenly looked up, staring at Shen Jing in shock. His appearance was so familiar that she knew every mole on his body. However, now, with those familiar brows and eyes, there was something she couldn’t read. The coldness in his eyes made her heart panic.

"Cousin, what do you mean by this?" With tears streaming down her face, Xiang Yazhi was anything but beautiful. She rushed forward, trying to grab Shen Jing’s hand, but he moved away in disgust.

"Cousin." Xiang Yazhi stared at her empty hands in astonishment.

"Xiang Yazhi, from now on, we have nothing to do with each other." Shen Jing uttered coldly, "As for Lian Qingqing, you wouldn’t want outsiders saying she’s the child of her biological mother and her biological uncle, right? So just pretend you don’t know anything."

After his words, Shen Jing stood up. His tall figure, which once Xiang Yazhi relied on, now felt unreachable.

Shen Jing’s silhouette slowly disappeared from her sight. Xiang Yazhi didn’t know how long she stood there, frozen, until her legs were numb and the outside had grown dark. Only then did Xiang Yazhi return home, devastated.

"Yazhi, what’s wrong?" Mrs. Xiang looked at Xiang Yazhi, asking with concern. Her son and grandson weren’t reliable, she had to depend on her daughter.

"Mom."

Xiang Yazhi threw herself into her mother’s arms, crying like the sky was falling. Even when she divorced Lian He, she wasn’t as upset as she was now.

"What happened?" Mrs. Xiang gently patted Xiang Yazhi’s shoulder, only asking after she’d cried enough.

Stammering, Xiang Yazhi explained the situation with Shen Jing.

"Pa."

Mrs. Xiang suddenly stood up, slapping Xiang Yazhi hard in the face.

"Mom, why are you hitting me?" Xiang Yazhi’s eyes were swollen like walnuts.

"You deserve to be beaten."

Father Xiang entered with a livid face, trembling with anger. Pointing at Xiang Yazhi, he said, "You’re married to Lian He. Why are you still entangled with Shen Jing? And you even helped her keep it a secret, it infuriates me."

Father Xiang left in a fury, immediately calling Shen Jing.

Xiang Yazhi quickly followed, saying, "Dad, I just like Cousin. Back then, you forced me to marry Lian He, I had no choice. Cousin is tired of me now, he won’t come back."

"Shameless, how could I have such a daughter?" Father Xiang staggered and swept everything off the table onto the floor, grabbing a stick and striking Xiang Yazhi who stubbornly refused to back down.

Father Xiang was so angry, he fainted.

Mrs. Xiang quickly gave him some antihypertensive medication and called the doctor, only then did Father Xiang slowly regain consciousness.

"Dad, you..."

Xiang Yazhi began to speak, but Father Xiang turned away, saying, "Leave, I have no daughter like you."

"Old man, things have come to this, stop driving her away." Mrs. Xiang sighed. Back then she forced Xiang Yazhi to marry Lian He, even using drugs to ensure it. They finally got married, but it still couldn’t stop Xiang Yazhi and Shen Jing from being together.

Mrs. Xiang learned about it when the child was over a year old. At that time, she was so angry she wanted to beat her ungrateful daughter to death. But later, Xiang Yazhi promised not to see him anymore, and Mrs. Xiang slowly relaxed.

After the divorce, knowing about Shen Jing, she thought since her daughter was divorced, she’d turn a blind eye. Who would’ve thought such a situation would arise?

"Cousin, I knew you wouldn’t leave me." When Xiang Yazhi saw Shen Jing coming, her eyes lit up.

But Xiang Yazhi was destined to be disappointed.

Shen Jing didn’t come for Xiang Yazhi, nor for the Xiang Family, but for revenge.

"Xiang Zhengyi, back then you caused my father’s death, received the compensation money, and finally developed and grew. But now, all of a sudden, you’ve lost everything. You must feel very angry, right?" Shen Jing’s face held a triumphant smile as he said, "Your son is useless, practically a cripple now. As for your daughter..."

There was sarcasm in Shen Jing’s words, "Do you think Lian He would let the Xiang Family exist if he knew both children weren’t the Lian Family’s?"

Xiang Yazhi was stunned to see Shen Jing, as if she had never known this side of him. She didn’t know what he said until Father Xiang fell, and reality snapped back into focus.