NOVPUBChapter 559: 559, it’s not that I don’t understand, it’s just that I don’t want to.
Chapter 559: 559, it’s not that I don’t understand, it’s just that I don’t want to.
Shi Yuhuan: “…”
Song Qinghuan: “Shi Yuhuan, you feel uncomfortable? Well, I will tell you, I feel even worse. Zhan Jie, you tell me, what is the thing between you two? If you like her, if you are worried about her, then be with her. I will leave, I will divorce you, because you disgust me with your neurotic behavior.”
The last sentence was delivered with a sobbing tone and her voice became agonizingly shrill.
In this moment, Song Qinghuan resembled an agitated little animal, with her body trembling uncontrollably.
Shi Yuhuan did not speak for a long time. Just when Song Qinghuan thought he hadn’t heard her accusations or cared about them, Shi Yuhuan lifted his hand, gently traced her lips with the pad of his thumb, and quietly called her name, “Song Qinghuan….”
He didn’t finish what he was about to say. Suddenly, the doorbell rang, startling them both.
It was New Year’s Eve and quite late. Who could be the one visiting at this hour?
Shi Yuhuan let go of Song Qinghuan, went downstairs to open the door. The visitor was Shi Xiuren, the patriarch of the Shi family.
Coming with him was the butler. Song Qinghuan, as the lady of the house, poured tea for the old man.
The old man raised his hand and indicated that she should go and rest.
Song Qinghuan went upstairs, but didn’t enter her room. Instead, she quietly stood hidden around a corner.
She heard the old man Shi Xiuren ask Shi Yuhuan, “Just a woman, is it necessary for you to make such a fuss with your uncle?”
Shi Yuhuan remained silent, simply sitting across from Shi Xiuren.
Shi Xiuren became angry, slammed his cane on the ground, and scolded him angrily, “What are you trying to do? Is that woman so important? You’re a married man! What kind of a scene are you trying to make? Don’t forget, you are the eldest grandchild of the Shi family. If not for anything else, for the sake of the Shi family alone, you should know propriety. The way you behave towards your uncle, how would the rest of the family perceive you?”
Shi Yuhuan’s face turned cold as frost: “My uncle, has he ever considered the Shi family? Has he ever truly treated me as his nephew? Has he treated Annuo and me with a shred of familial affection? If he had, he would not threaten me with a woman. If he had, I would not want him dead.”
“Yuhuan…” Shi Xiuren’s eyes filled with an angry, uncontrollable, blood-like red, “Dead? Are you ignoring my warnings? Do you have to go this far?”
“So what if I go this far? What would grandfather do?” Shi Yuhuan smirked, his gaze mysterious and prodding, “If it were a threat against my father from my second uncle today, what would grandfather do if he knew?”
Shi Xiuren was silent for a moment, sighing, “Yuhuan, I understand your point, but your father’s situation has nothing to do with your second uncle.”
Shi Yuhuan let out a cold, mocking laugh, ice dripping from his every word: “How he was murdered, I believe with your influence, grandfather, you should have figured it out long ago. But why is it that after so many years, my father’s murder remains unsolved? It doesn’t make any sense. And I couldn’t understand, why couldn’t you, the ruler of the Shi kingdom, figure it out. The only possibility is you already know, but you’re hesitant to take action.”
“What nonsense are you talking about!” A shred of tearing in his voice, Shi Xiuren pointed at Shi Yuhuan while he shivered. “Your uncle could never do anything like that.”
