As for what Leng Mu said, Leng Zhiyuan:…
Okay then. Father was bold and stern!
“Zhiyuan, let’s go.” Leng Mu stepped forward and held Leng Zhiyuan’s hand as he brought her out the door.
“Dad, Zhiyuan!” Zhou Yao quickly stretched his hand out to hold Leng Zhiyuan’s other hand. He begged as he looked towards Leng Mu and said, “Dad, don’t be like this. If there is anything you want to say, you can say it properly. I admit that I was wrong. It was all my mistake, but don’t bring Zhiyuan away.”
“Dad.” Leng Zhiyuan broke away from Leng Mu’s large hand as she said, “What are you doing?”
Leng Mu had a glance at Zhou Yao and said, “At the start, I was really firm on marrying Zhiyuan over to you, and that was not because I looked up to the background that the Zhou family had. It was because I felt that you were clean and straightforward, but now that Han Xuan has popped up, you have an additional burden and responsibility that you are unable to get rid of. As a father, could you want me to watch on as you push my daughter out one time after another to block bullets for Han Xuan?”
“Dad…” Zhou Yao was extremeley regretful.
“Zhiyuan, let’s go!” Leng Mu used force as he tugged Leng Zhiyuan, and he brought her out the door.
Leng Zhiyuan turned her head back quickly and said, “Zhou Yao…”
Zhou Yao was all pitiful as he looked at her. He nodded his head gently. Go then. It should only be a temporary farewell for a few days. I’ll come back quickly to bring you back!
Leng Mu brought Leng Zhiyuan away, and the entire Zhou family sunk into silence.
Old Master Zhou and Master Zhou sat down on the sofa. They were all glum. Madam Zhou let out a sigh and slowly said, “Zhou Yao, from a father’s perspective, Zhiyuan’s father was absolutely right. That is your gratitude. Zhiyuan has no obligation. There is no father who would look on as his precious daughter is in such a position.”
Old Master Zhou’s beard moved, and he wanted to speak, but at last, he stood up and headed to his room. The old man who was normally energetic and bright seemed so frail and old at this moment.
Master Zhou also stood up. He walked over to face Zhou Yao and stretched his hand out to pat his shoulder as he said, “Zhou Yao, you are grown up now. You have to manage your relationships. Zhiyuan is a good daughter-in-law; get her back quickly.”
His father also left.
Zhou Yao and his mother were left inside the living room. His mother had a look at Zhou Yao and was about to speak…
“Mum.” Zhou Yao spoke first and said, “I know what to do. Dad is only in a fit of anger right now. I will use my sincerity to win him over. Zhiyuan will come back very soon.”
“That’s good then.” Madam Zhou nodded her head and said, “Have you eaten dinner already?”
“I have.” Zhou Yao had a look at his watch and said, “Mum, I have to go back to the base now. I have to go out on a mission in two days. I will be very busy in the next two days, and I will not be coming back home.”
Zhou Yao turned around and left.
His mother trailed after him quickly, and she watched her son go down the stairs and walked towards the jeep. She felt extremely bad, Han Xuan’s matter was a large rock inside his heart, and every night, it would press down on him and make him unable to catch his breath.
And now, Zhiyuan was in the picture. Zhiyuan was brought away by her father. Although he did not express any emotions, his tightly scrunched up eyebrows exposed everything.
How could she not understand her own son? How confident would he be if he were to go and convince his father-in-law? He was full of hard bones and was totally unable to pull himself down to coax others, and furthermore, he was going to go out on another mission in two days.
Actually, at the beginning, she did not agree with Old Master Zhou’s decision to throw him into the army. A mother’s heart was soft and selfish. Every time he went out on a mission, it was so dangerous for him, the number of days he was out on a mission, she would always have insomnia, and she was always worried about him.
“Son, you have to take care of your health. When you are out on a mission, you definitely have to remember that safety is most important!” Madam Zhou said worriedly.
The jeep drove away, and the windows in the back of the car were not open. She also did not know if he heard her at all, so she let out a sigh and shook her head.
Leng Mu did not bring Leng Zhiyuan back to Hong Kong, and they merely returned to Leng Hao’s villa in T City.
Inside the living room, Leng Zhiyuan used her strength as she shook Leng Mu’s hand off. She had a frown on her face as she said, “Dad, what are you trying to do exactly? You behaving like this is only making both our families feel awkward.”
“Hmph, awkward? They should be the ones feeling embarrassed. If I did not go over to make a fuss, they’d think that the daughter of the Leng family would be so easy to bully.” Leng Mu snorted out coldly.
“Dad, don’t speak nonsense. The people in the Zhou family treat me very well. They treat me just as you do, and Zhou Yao also treats me very well.”
“Well? He treated you so well when the base was attacked that he exchanged you for Han Xuan?”
“Dad, you are being too biased, he did exchange me for Han Xuan. At that time, we had contact with our eyes, and I was willing to swop Han Xuan out on my own. It was what we both felt was reasonable. Furthermore, Dad, after I fell off the cliff, Zhou Yao also followed behind and leaped down. How else do you want a man to treat your daughter then?”
“He treated you like that and similarly he could do the same for Han Xuan…”
“Han Xuan, Han Xuan! Dad, he thought that he had sent Han Xuan away already!”
“Sent her away? Sent her off to where? He is only lying to himself and others. In the future, if Han Xuan is in any danger, he would also rush over there just like that. Zhiyuan, Zhou Yao is not complete, and between the both of you, there will forever be a ticking time bomb!”
Leng Zhiyuan became calm, and she looked at Leng Mu and questioned him instead, “Dad, then what do you hope for me to do in the future? Separate from Zhou Yao?”
“This…” Leng Mu was also dumbfounded in an instant, he looked at Leng Zhiyuan’s stubborn gaze, he snorted out before he shook his hands off.
“Dad, what is exactly wrong with you today? In the past, when I was unwilling to marry Zhou Yao, you forced me to marry him? Didn’t you really like Zhou Yao? You also liked the Zhou family very much, and you also said that you were brothers with Old Master Zhou. Why in the short span of two months, you seem to have changed into an entirely different person, and your attitude towards the Zhou family is so different now.” Leng Zhiyuan was troubled as she stopped on Leng Mu’s face.
Leng Mu had a few seconds of stiffness, and very quickly, he snorted out again and said, “In the past, I didn’t know that he had Han Xuan behind him! No matter what, during this time, you’d better stay right here and not go anywhere else.”
“Dad, I can’t. I want to go back to the Zhou home.”
“Okay then. If you go back to the Zhou home, then in the future, you don’t have to come back to the Leng home anymore. I, Leng Mu, will treat it just as if I did not have a daughter!” Leng Mu shook his sleeve and went upstairs.
Leng Zhiyuan looked at her father’s back profile. She was furious as she stomped her feet. She was still unable to adjust to her father’s attitude changing so quickly. Her father was always a diplomatic person, and he left some space for negotiations. Even if he knew about Han Xuan, it was also not enough for him to make so much noise to go over to the Zhou home and bring her back.
Then how was she going to act in the future?
Leng Zhiyuan shook her head. She thought that her father was probably in his andropausal years now. His temper was getting worse, and the older he got, the more and more stubborn he became.
Although this was the case, she did not dare to fight with her father. Her father only had one daughter, and she did not have a mother since she was young. It was her father who raised her up, and she did not want to hurt her father’s heart.
She would just stay here for a few days then.
And she would see when her father was not angry anymore.
Leng Zhiyuan went back to her room and lay down on the large bed. She took her phone out, and there was already a text message waiting for her to read.
It was a message from Zhou Yao — Wifey, be good and wait for me to take you back home.
Leng Zhiyuan wrapped her phone with her hands as she rolled on the bed a few times. She read the message again and again, and returned a text — Okay, I will wait for you.