Wen Chou almost spent time with Wen Liangyu every day, and Xiao Ziyan accompanied him even more, but Wen Liangyu was still very depressed.
Wen Chou picked up the nutritional porridge sent from the kitchen and fed it to Wen Liangyu spoonful by spoonful; he pretended to eat a few bites but then waved his hand in refusal.
Wen Chou and Xiao Ziyan exchanged looks, both very worried.
"Dad, this is your own body, if you break down..."
"I don’t know what I’ve done wrong."
Wen Liangyu suddenly said,
"For all these years, everything I did wasn’t for Xiaonian? Sending him to Ruicheng was indeed a bit cruel, but if not for that, how could he have become so resilient and independent?"
"Dad, nobody is saying you’re wrong."
Xiao Ziyan hurriedly said, "Sending Xiaonian away from Anlin was a decision made by our whole family. If anyone feels reluctant, I, as his mother, feel it the most, but I also know it was for Wen Nian’s good."
"Then why can’t he understand?"
"Generations of the Wen Family have struggled for the honor and disgrace of the family. How come it got to him and suddenly the family is no longer important, a woman... she actually made him lose his direction."
Xiao Ziyan and Wen Chou were silent; they were helpless about Wen Nian at the moment.
"To educate him, to nurture him, I struggled immensely and spent years preparing everything for him. Otherwise, does he think he had the capability to become President at twenty-six..."
"All these, he doesn’t remember... the power he now holds, his position, even his intelligence and capabilities, which of those aren’t the foundation I laid for him, which weren’t nurtured by me?"
"Controlling him, what’s wrong with that? Having expectations for him, what’s wrong with that? Wanting him to grow into the man I envisaged, what’s wrong with that? Cough cough..."
"Dad, don’t get agitated, don’t get agitated..."
Wen Chou hurriedly patted Wen Liangyu’s back.
"All the things I’ve done for him, he accepted all of it. Now that I’m old, is wanting some return too much to ask... this heartless boy, how much hatred does he hold for me, is it that even if I die, he won’t care..."
Wen Chou and Xiao Ziyan watched the old man reclining on the hospital bed, his eyes murky yet brimming with tears.
Both felt unbearable pity.
Although they were Wen Nian’s parents, both Wen Chou and Xiao Ziyan were clearly aware that Wen Liangyu, the grandfather, had done far more for Wen Nian.
Xiao Ziyan pursed her lips, she quickly took a deep breath and then consoled,
"Dad, Wen Nian is the President, you know better than anyone how busy a President’s daily work is. He might just be busy, so he hasn’t had time to come see you."
"Do you think I would believe that?"
Wen Liangyu murmured,
"He’s always been a very meticulous person, if the person lying here were Song Lili instead of me, do you think he’d care about those busy affairs?"
"He could run off to M Country for Song Lili, scheme against me for Song Lili, disregard his dignity and public opinion to hold some greenhouse wedding for Song Lili, but he is stingy towards me."
As Wen Liangyu said this, his murky tears continuously flowed effortlessly.
This was the first time Xiao Ziyan and Wen Chou saw Wen Liangyu this heartbroken.
This man, whose heart was higher than the sky and deeper than the sea, this strong and dominant elder, had suddenly become vulnerable, making Xiao Ziyan feel even more heartbroken for the old man and her prejudice against Song Lili even deeper.
However, what they didn’t know was that at this moment, the person they were discussing as "unfilial" and "ungrateful" was just outside the door.
His amber eyes were calm, as if filled with thoughts, yet also empty.
Ultimately, he did not enter and turned around to head downstairs.
Pan Qin saw Wen Nian go upstairs and then shortly come down again, she hurriedly said,
"Young Master Nian, you just got back and you’re leaving again?"
Wen Nian didn’t say anything, didn’t even glance at Pan Qin, and just walked out.
Pan Qin stood in place, watching Wen Nian leave, her gaze fixed...
"Ah Qin, who are you talking to?"
It seemed Xiao Ziyan heard Pan Qin speaking and casually asked.
"Madam, Young Master Nian came back."
Pan Qin simply stated.
Xiao Ziyan was startled and hurried downstairs, "Where is he?"
"He went upstairs and then came back down shortly after, just now... he left."
After Pan Qin finished speaking, Xiao Ziyan quickly chased after him, exited the porch, and saw Wen Nian’s Lincoln driving away.
She shouted toward the car, but this did not change the fact that the car disappeared from her sight.