In the end, I just found out that she was his grandniece. At the ti, I was surprised, not knowing what kind of relative Chen Haichang had to have such a big granddaughter calling him grandpa.
Moreover, he even urged his granddaughter to call grandma. It almost drove crazy back then, a woman as youthful as being addressed like that made instantly feel decades older.
But this little girl was actually quite likable, and she got along very well with Xiao Wu.
In the blink of an eye, the kids were off to college and studying abroad. Studying abroad wasn’t a problem, as I knew quite a few people over there and could help Little Star find a good school.
When the ti cos, I can also help take care of her a bit.
And, Xiao Wu is going to school there too. They can keep each other company.
"Lili, look, Little Star has grown up so fast. When I first t her, she was still in kindergarten. Now she’s about to graduate from college. We’ve known each other for quite so ti, and soon our son will find a girlfriend, start a family, and establish a career. Let’s not fight anymore. I brought you here this ti to see Han Yi and Lin Wan, my nephew and his wife. Look at them, they’ve been supporting each other for so many years and are so happy. I admire them the most. Can’t we be like that too?" Chen Haichang carefully asked his wife on the way ho.
"Ah Chang, if we hadn’t been apart for so many years and you didn’t know I had your child, would you have married another woman?"
As soon as Zhang Xinli asked, Chen Haichang imdiately rejected it, "No, you still don’t know after all these years? Except for you, I’ve never been involved with any woman. If you didn’t show up, maybe I would have spent my whole life alone."
Zhang Xinli burst into laughter at his words, "What, you want to be a monk then."
Chen Haichang shook his head, turned to look at their son sleeping in the back, then looked at the road ahead and said, "I swore when I was young that the person who hard my mother would not die well, and I also swore that I wouldn’t be a man who plays with won. I would either marry soone I chose or be single if I couldn’t find the right person. Back then, when I t you, you knew I wanted to marry you. Who knew you would suddenly run off abroad? I thought you had gone with that foreign guy and ended up heartbroken for a long ti." What Chen Haichang said was casual, but Zhang Xinli knew he must have been heartbroken for a long ti alone. Despite his usual unreliable and carefree appearance, he actually had depth in his heart.
"And wasn’t it because of you...that secretary by your side, huh, what a thing." Zhang Xinli had long forgiven him in her heart. It’s just that she had been busy with business and always traveling between two places over the past few years. He is so free, he completely could have co to see her and their son and stayed with them for a while. But every ti the subject of the past ca up, her anger couldn’t dissipate.
Chen Haichang also regretted it back then, whether finding assistants or employees, most of them were won because he thought they were pitiful. Out of goodwill, he wanted to help them and let them live a good life too.
But won, when there are many, there are also many issues. Won fall for you and will stop at nothing. Who knew that female assistant, after being with him for a long ti, developed feelings for him. When he was dating Zhang Xinli, many things were relayed through the assistant, who, out of jealousy, twisted the ssages.
During this whole relay, it turned into Zhang Xinli having quite a good companion outside or getting involved ambiguously afterward. He even saw it with his own eyes a couple of tis, while over on Zhang Xinli’s side, the assistant spread rumors that he was just playing with her and kept her around for convenience.
When he found out, he was so angry that he drove the person away imdiately. But by the ti he wanted to explain, it was already too late. From then on, he learned his lesson that not all won are vulnerable and kind. They can sotis be ruthless like vipers, even scarier than n.
This is how his happiness got delayed for so many years by a female assistant. Since then, he switched every one around him to n. No matter how ferocious n are, they can’t compare to won’s cunning.
"I know, I know, that’s all in the past, don’t think about those things. I’ve sworn so many tis that I really had nothing with her. In three years by my side, I never even touched a finger of hers. Haven’t you known well enough by now?"
"I’m not upset about those things. I’m just angry that you were so stupid, fooled by a woman. Do you know what it was like for all those years alone with our child outside? How hard I’ve worked with such a big industry now. Do you know how I fed the baby while working? Look...look at my face. It’s all from those years of exhausting child-rearing, otherwise I’d be so much prettier now, so much younger, without a single wrinkle, just like your niece-in-law."
"I know, I know, I was wrong, I was wrong. I know how hard it was for you those years. If I had any capability I would have flown straight to your side back then. Lili, don’t be upset anymore. In my heart, you’re just as beautiful as when we first t, still so lovely. Truly, you’ve got more grace than my niece-in-law, much better than her."
"Really?" Zhang Xinli unconsciously touched her face, feeling quite pleased with Chen Haichang’s words.
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