Chapter 500
The incident involving the Si family caused a massive uproar in the military compound.
Si's Father was already nearing retirement, and with such a scandal breaking out, he naturally ended up in a miserable state.
In truth, he could no longer stay there anyway. Not only was it a total humiliation, but he also had to endure people pointing fingers at him behind his back every single day.
Si's Father sat in his house, which was a complete mess.
No one was there to clean it up.
After his matchmaking affair blew up, the other party completely cut ties with him.
It also offended Liu Chunni. Coupled with the gossip from the people in the military compound, the heartless woman feared she would be dragged down with him. So, while he was overwhelmed with trouble, she secretly ran away with the child.
In the end, Si's Father was left completely alone. Overnight, his hair turned white, making him look as if he had aged more than a decade.
He couldn't figure it out. How did an originally happy family end up like this?
Perhaps everything started when they swapped Si Nian away.
Maybe it was the sins they committed for their biological daughter, scheming against the child they had raised for over a decade, that brought upon them continuous retribution ever since.
He schemed against her while also feeling indignant, thinking that since he had painstakingly raised her for over a dozen years, why would she disregard him just because of this little matter?
His initial guilt had turned into resentment.
But after losing everything, Si's Father was utterly bewildered.
It seemed he finally realized that everything was his own fault.
He complained that Si Nian didn't respect him after she left, but thinking back, she was quite polite to their family at the beginning. She respectfully called him dad and occasionally made his heart ache for her.
But what did he do later? He increasingly disregarded his own dignity, making more and more excessive demands, constantly oppressing her for Sisi's sake.
In the end, the look in Si Nian's eyes when she looked at him grew colder and colder, right up until the time he hired someone to hurt her parents.
He hadn't even realized his mistake then, shamelessly going to her door to demand that Si Nian and Zhou Yueshen arrange a job for him.
Ultimately, it led to this miserable end.
He thought Si Nian was too ruthless, but looking back at himself, was he any better?
Overjoyed upon hearing about the existence of a son and thinking he finally had an heir, he could no longer tolerate his wife and daughter, growing endlessly tired of them.
He even personally sent them to prison.
When it came to cruelty, who could compare to him?
At this moment, Si's Father finally remembered Zhang Cuimei's goodness.
Back when the family was plagued by frequent troubles, even when his scandalous affair with Liu Chunni was exposed, Zhang Cuimei never left him.
Yet he made mistakes without realizing them, erring again and again.
When things finally fell apart, his wife was still trying to protect him and their daughter.
But he became the final straw that broke the camel's back.
That night, Si's Father thought about many, many things.
He didn't go looking for Liu Chunni again. He knew very well what she valued in him, but now he had absolutely nothing.
Si's Father left the family compound, and no one ever saw him again.
When Si Nian heard the news, she couldn't quite describe how she felt.
Thinking back, at the very beginning, Si's Father did feel indebted to her. Although he was selfish, without Lin Sisi's manipulation, he wouldn't have gone to such extremes.
The beginning of it all was because of those two, Lin Sisi and Liu Dongdong.
Since leaving their company, Liu Dongdong had disappeared.
Si Nian didn't know where she went either, and there was no news of her returning home.
She was probably afraid of the humiliation if she went back.
However, with a degree, she should be able to find a good job in the future.
That is, if she could just behave herself.
Si Nian no longer wanted to think about the affairs of these outsiders.
As long as they didn't offend her, she didn't care what they did.
Fu Qianqian and Yu Dong's relationship was developing rapidly. She claimed it was because her brother was leaving, and she at least wanted to let him know that he was the only single dog left.
She heard that Fu Yang was going to settle in the Northwest, which meant he would rarely come back in the future.
But no matter what, he was still her brother. Fu Qianqian was very reluctant to see him go and didn't want him to be alone for the rest of his life.
So she advised him, Brother, I won't be picky anymore. Whether it's Lin Sisi or Liu Dongdong, if you really like them, you can marry whoever you want. I just hope you won't always be alone in the future; it's quite pitiful.
Her way of comforting people was always so ambiguous that it made people want to beat her up.
If Fu Qianqian were a younger brother, she probably would have been beaten by Fu Yang from childhood to adulthood.
But she just had to be a girl. Even as Fu Yang's face darkened, seeing her red-rimmed eyes made him soft-hearted.
What Liu Dongdong, Lin Sisi? They have nothing to do with me. Stop talking nonsense.
Tch, you're still pretending. I heard that you and Liu Dongdong had a little indescribable encounter before, and it was because of this incident that Lin Sisi drove Liu Dongdong away back then.
The love triangle between Lin Sisi, Liu Dongdong, and her brother had become a must-discuss gossip topic after meals in their compound.
Some people said that the current situation of Si's Father's family was all Liu Dongdong's revenge.
Fu Yang's face darkened. He didn't know what behavior of his had caused such a misunderstanding. He hadn't even seen Liu Dongdong a few times; how could he possibly like her.
If he fell for someone that easily, back then he wouldn't have...
Fu Yang clenched his fists.
You're overthinking it. I have absolutely nothing to do with her. To be honest, he couldn't even remember what Liu Dongdong looked like anymore. He only vaguely recalled that her hairstyle and clothing were somewhat similar to Si Nian's, but he couldn't remember her face at all.
That's good. I was terrified that, just like the Si family, some woman would suddenly bring a child back and claim it's yours.
Fu Yang's mouth twitched again, and he growled a warning, Fu Qianqian, what kind of person do you take me for?
Fu Qianqian didn't dare say more.
She knew that her brother probably wasn't that kind of person.
To be honest, with Liu Dongdong's deep schemes, she was even worse than Lin Sisi.
Sure enough, one shouldn't be too picky, or the choices just get worse.
She shivered. Anyway, as long as it had nothing to do with her brother, she felt relieved.
Fu Yang left.
What does his leaving have to do with me?
Si Nian looked at Fu Qianqian in confusion.
Fu Qianqian was just feeling sentimental, but upon hearing this, she suddenly felt bored. Makes sense.
Even though so much time had passed, she always felt that Si Nian should still have a tiny spot in her heart for her brother, or at least feel a bit sentimental.
What a pity, she underestimated Si Nian.
In fact, if there was even the slightest bit of lingering affection, she felt her brother wouldn't be so miserable.
But thinking about it, Si Nian was living a comfortable life now; why would she dwell on the past?
Wasn't bringing him up just needlessly causing her displeasure?
What a sin, what a sin.
She then asked Si Nian what date would be best if she and Yu Dong were to get married.
Si Nian was utterly exasperated and said, Shouldn't you ask your family elders about this? If I suggest something, I'm afraid they might take issue with it.
Not to mention, she didn't even know how to pick an auspicious date.
Fu Qianqian held her face and giggled foolishly, That's true.
Looking at her sweet expression, Si Nian thought to herself that love really could make a person foolish.
She used to be such a rational person, entirely focused on her career, but look at her now—she couldn't go ten sentences without mentioning Yu Dong.
When she married Zhou Yueshen back then, she didn't seem to have such an exaggerated reaction.