Translator: Cheese
Goodbye
It was almost eleven, and both of the He family elders had gone to sleep.
Su Tian gingerly unlocked the door with the key and went inside. After turning on the light and keeping the door open, she headed to the bathroom to wash up.
While brushing her teeth, she recalled Ji Shaoheng’s words. When she imagined Yu Cai holding knitting needles to create a scarf stitch by stitch, she couldn’t hold back a laugh.
She quickly rinsed her mouth to avoid swallowing toothpaste.
Such a childish deon, she thought.
When she said those words, only He Qingwan and her grandparents had been there. It wasn’t He Qingwan who said it, so Yu Cai must have overheard when her grandparents complained.
So stupid, to think he actually believed it.
Finished washing up, she went back to her room and opened the dresser. Placed at the top was the red scarf that Yu Cai gave her.
She took it out to inspect the needlework and found that it was quite well-made. No wonder He Qingwan thought it was done by a woman.
After looking once, she placed the scarf back. As she kicked off her slippers and climbed into bed, she couldn’t help but laugh again.
He Qingwan just so happened to be coming up from downstairs when she heard Su Tian’s laugh. She opened the door and asked softly, “What are you laughing at?”
Su Tian: “Just remembering a silly fool I met today… Mom, what did Uncle Ji say to you?”
He Qingwan’s face flushed red.
She couldn’t care about asking Su Tian the question anymore. After hurriedly answering that it was nothing, she fled into the bathroom.
Su Tian: “…”
It looks like she went up too early, and all the fun happened in the second half.
He Qingwan turned on the faucet and washed her face vigorously with cold water until the heat on her face slowly subsided.
Just now, when she was about to go upstairs, Ji Shaoheng had pulled her back and murmured in her ear, “Since I don’t have a partner, why don’t we continue to get closer?”
Then, smiling, he waved to her and got into his car.
He lowered the window and said, “Go back and think about it carefully. Go on, I’ll wait until you go in.”
He Qingwan turned around and went upstairs in a daze. It was only when she reached the second floor that she reacted—what did Ji Shaoheng mean by those words?
He had no partner, so they should continue to get closer. Did she understand correctly?
He Qingwan froze for a moment before quickly shaking her head.
No, that wasn’t right. He already said that Xiao Hang likes Tiantian, so how could he have any thoughts about her?
Her mind was in a state of confusion. When she heard Su Tian’s laughter coming from her room, she temporarily forgot about the entanglement in her heart, but Su Tian’s question caused the memories to bubble back up.
When she finished washing her face and brushing her teeth, she had a strange feeling that she had overlooked something.
Pfff—! She spat out the mouthwash, nearing choking herself.
Ji Hang likes Tiantian!
Aaaahhh, that stinky brat actually dares to covet her precious daughter!
He Qingwan didn’t even care about rinsing her mouth and stomped out quickly, but just as she was about to open the door, her hand froze in mid-air.
No, she couldn’t ask Tiantian. If her daughter didn’t know, wouldn’t she be exposing the matter by asking?
Tiantian was only seventeen, still so young. She would definitely be snatched away by that evil boy.
He Qingwan gritted her teeth and stomped her foot. Blame her for being so kind to that boy; it turned out that that brat had always had bad intentions.
She thought again how, on the thirtieth of last month, that boy had come all the way from Didu, and she actually let him sleep on Tiantian’s bed.
She felt even more regretful.
That stinky boy didn’t do anything weird on her bed, right?
Don’t think she didn’t know. An eighteen-year-old boy, hehehe…
He Qingwan didn’t say anything, and Su Tian naturally wouldn’t bring it up.
Otherwise, she would have revealed it.
And so the mother and daughter spent the next two days, each with their own concerns.
On the 6th, the annual vacation period finally ended, and various ministries and companies officially resumed work.
He Qingwan discussed it with Su Tian. They would return to Luocheng when the Spring Festival travel period1 ended.
Of course, Su Tian agreed. She was still worried about her fish babies.
Liu Kaiyan had been taking pictures every day the past few days, sending periodic emails to update her on the hatching status of the fish eggs. If there were no accidents, the fish babies should be hatching in a few days.
Su Tian felt that she could not be one of those hands-off dads she would often see at the hospital. She had to personally take care of the mommy fish and the baby fish.
But before they could decide when to leave, something happened to the Su family.
Ever since that day when Zhou Lan threatened to jump off the building with Pengpeng after Su Yuhe said he would divorce her, the Su family had been watching her very closely. They especially did not let her get close to Pengpeng, fearing that she would go crazy again and threaten the whole family with the child.
Zhou Lan had indeed been very calm these days, neither crying nor making trouble. Even in front of Su Yuhe, she had returned to how she looked before their marriage: cute and lovable, kind and simple.
What a pity that there was an age limit for being cute and lovable.
Women of different ages had different kinds of beauty. Just like He Qingwan—she was not at all cute and lovable, but who could say that she was not beautiful?
Even if she were seventy or eighty years old, she would still be a gentle and beautiful old lady.
What women feared was not that they were not young enough, but that they were pretending to be young.
What Zhou Lan didn’t know was that when she called Su Yuhe ‘uncle’ at night, Su Yuhe was so disgusted that he wanted to throw up.
It wasn’t because of the faint lines at the corner of her eyes, but because what came to Su Yuhe’s mind was the way she stared at Su Tian’s bracelet that day and insisted that it was only fair to give it to her.
So greedy, so unsightly.
Su Yuhe was disgusted, but he didn’t show it.
He wanted to test her one last time.
To see the true appearance of this woman’s heart.
He didn’t leave and remained seated on the bed. Zhou Lan leaned over behind him and kissed him gently.
Su Yuhe casually mentioned, “That’s right, the New Year money that Dad gave Pengpeng, do you know what it is?”
How would Zhou Lan know? After being tackled by the butler that day, she never saw Pengpeng again.
Hearing this, she felt sparks ignite in her heart, and she said softly, “I don’t know, what is it?”
Su Yuhe smiled. “It’s a manhua.”
The soft body of the woman behind him stiffened for a brief moment. Zhou Lan forced a smile and replied, “A manhua is pretty good. It will let Pengpeng play less on his game console.”
Su Yuhe: “You think so?”
Zhou Lan gritted her teeth and nodded with a slight smile. “Yes.”
Su Yuhe tossed out the bait: “Originally, I thought that the New Year money that Dad gave Pengpeng was too little. I wanted to give him more to make up for it since Dad gave Tiantian unlimited credit approval…”
Before he finished speaking, Zhou Lan exploded.
“What? Unlimited credit approval?!”
Zhou Lan shoved Su Yuhe away, her beautiful face twisting.
She screamed in disbelief: “Based on what? She’s just a damn girl, what qualifications does she have to be given unlimited credit approval? Doesn’t it mean that if she wanted, she could empty out the entire bank?”
Su Yuhe stood up, the look in his eyes turning cold. “That’s right. What’s wrong? You don’t agree?”
Zhou Lan: “Of course I don’t agree! Pengpeng is the heir to the bank, and I’m Pengpeng’s mother. We don’t even have the right, so why should it be given to Su Tian?!”
Su Yuhe said calmly, “Soon, that won’t be the case.”
Zhou Lan: “…What?”
Su Yuhe: “It seems you didn’t take my previous words to heart—we will go through the divorce procedures tomorrow.”
He even took out a divorce form, which listed the alimony he would give her after the divorce.
Zhou Lan jumped up with wide eyes, wanting to speak, but when she met Su Yuhe’s cold eyes, her whole body suddenly trembled.
She suddenly became sober. She remembered that once, someone had told her not to place her hopes on men, because men were the most ruthless creatures in the world.
When he likes you, all your shortcomings are cute, but once he stops liking you, even your advantages become unbearable.
What’s more, men never look back to eat grass2.
When they say ‘break up,’ they really would break up.
That night, Zhou Lan quietly opened the window and jumped from the second floor.
Did she love this man?
How could she not love him?
Zhou Lan could still recall it. At that time, she was just an ordinary student at the University of Finance and Economics. Su Yuhe was invited to the school to give a lecture, and she was selected to welcome him.
Just one glance, and her heart was moved.
The thirty-year-old man was graceful and elegant, gentle and cultured. He possessed the steady refinement of a man with great achievements and seemed noble and extraordinary.
Everything was so beautiful that it was almost like a classic plot from a romance novel.
An innocent and beautiful female student, and a mature man with a successful career.
But unexpectedly, he was a married man.
She didn’t know what possessed her. She clearly knew that he was married, yet she still charged forward.
At first she only wanted love, but then she also wanted material wealth and the identity of Mrs. Su. Later, she was no longer that pure and innocent female student.
But he was still that refined and successful man.
Once she reached this step, she couldn’t look back, and her family didn’t allow her to look back.
She had to have the status of Mrs. Su.
Zhou Lan jumped from the second floor. She didn’t die, but she was seriously injured.
The Su family sent her to the hospital overnight, and she was not being rescued.
He Qingwan went downstairs to buy groceries to cook and bumped into Su Yuhe.
He stood outside his car, his hair disheveled and the front of his clothes stained with blood. His entire body was in a rare state of disarray.
Seeing He Qingwan, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he called out to her: “Qingwan…”
He Qingwan was frightened by his appearance. Putting behind their past grudges, she hurriedly came over and asked, “What happened to you?”
Su Yuhe looked at her with self-ridicule in his eyes.
He reassured her, “I’m fine, it’s not my blood.”
After a pause, he continued, “I may… not be able to divorce…”
His hoarse voice sounded exhausted and helpless.
He told her what happened and smiled bitterly. “I always thought that Zhou Lan was just scaring me when she said she would jump off the building. Who knew that she really…”
He Qingwan was speechless for a long time. Finally, she could only say, “In that case, you two should live well.”
Su Yuhe gave a bitter smile.
Live well? How could he live well after getting to this point?
It was just mutual torment.
One wrong step led to another wrong step. By the time he realized his mistakes and wanted to turn back, there was no way out anymore.
What was missed was ultimately lost forever.
He looked at the beautiful and gentle woman standing in front of him. The woman who had once been his wife, the woman who had given birth to his Tiantian…
In the end, he lost her.
“Qingwan…”
“En?”
“Can you give me a hug?”
He Qingwan was stunned. Thinking of the sweetness of the past, she ultimately couldn’t bear to decline.
“Okay.”
Choking up, Su Yuhe spread his arms and pulled her into a tight hug.
This time, it was really goodbye.
Unfortunately, this scene was witnessed by Ji Shaoheng, who stood not far away.
Ggggrrkkk—he could hear himself gnashing his teeth.
[1] 春运: that time when travel increases during Chinese New Year (because people are going home for the holidays or going back to work afterwards)
[2] 吃回头草: from the idiom 好马不吃回头草 (lit. a good horse does not look back to eat grass)
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