"Mom, please don't get worked up!" Xue Yiyang quickly walked over and pressed down on the agitated Xiao Jingqiu in the hospital bed, gently coaxing her, "The doctor said you can't be stimulated. Calm down!"
With an angry expression, Xiao Jingqiu glared fiercely at her husband, who hadn't shown his face for several days. Her finger trembled slightly as she pointed at him, shouting hoarsely, "Get out! I don't want to see you!"
"I don't want to see you either. I'm just here to remind you not to provoke Mu Tongzi and the others for no reason; otherwise, you won't even know how the Xue Family fell apart!"
"You're missing someone, aren't you? Is it because she's the daughter of the woman you love that you can't even say her name?" Xiao Jingqiu sneered mockingly.
"I've said it countless times; even without Qiqi's mother, I would never fall in love with you. Why do you keep imposing the grievances between our elders onto us? No matter how I explain it, you won't believe me, so the one who caused this family to fall apart is you, not me!" With a cold snort, Xue Lianhe angrily turned to leave.
Xue Yiyang suddenly came to his senses and looked at the still hysterical Xiao Jingqiu beside him. Almost instinctively, he chased after Xue Lianhe.
In the hallway, he urgently called out to the man walking ahead, "Dad!"
Over the years, he rarely called him Dad; after all, he had never fulfilled a father's responsibilities all these years. He simply didn't deserve to be a father.
Xue Lianhe abruptly stopped in his tracks, stiffly turning around to look at his son, who should have made him proud. "Yiyang, do you also think my infidelity was because of Qiqi's mother?"
Xue Yiyang nodded seriously at him. "Isn't that the case? Or can you tell me the answer?"
"If I say it's not true, would you believe me? I have loved a woman in my life, but it wasn't Qiqi's mother. To me, any woman is the same except for that one woman in my heart. My feelings for Qiqi's mother were merely admiration, not love. So even if I had never met Qiqi's mother, I would have left this family sooner or later. It's just a pity that your mother misunderstood and broke you and Qiqi apart." Xue Lianhe sighed helplessly, weariness and powerlessness evident on his mature face.
"I believe you and feel sorry for Mom, but I hate that you both separated me from Qiqi. She was my first love!"
He hated his father's ruthlessness and his mother's cruelty, but he had to accept the fact that he was separated from Qiqi.
"Son, Qiqi is already married, and you are about to become a son-in-law of the O Family. As the heir of the Xue Family, this business marriage is something you have no choice in, just like your mother and I. Some things must be kept in the heart for a lifetime."
"No, I won't accept it!" Xue Yiyang suddenly raised his head, looking at the father he once wanted to surpass, his brows twisted in bitterness.
"You have to endure even if you don't want to. Some things come without a choice. Don't blame Dad for not fulfilling his responsibilities as a father; your mother's dominance and selfishness have suffocated me. I left because I couldn't live in that house anymore. Now that you are grown up, it's time for you to take on the burden!"
"Dad..." His hoarse voice still carried a deep sense of unwillingness.
"Yiyang, Mu Tongzi is a truly formidable opponent you should respect. Be careful not to lose your footing because of Qiqi. I've assigned my secretary to assist you; you can ask him about anything you don't understand. From now on, you need to walk your own path; Dad can't help you anymore."
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