Chapter 797: Chapter 797: Is it Really as Good as You Say?
Lin Zhiya pointed to the seat beside her. “Sit.”
Shen Siyuan’s heart tightened, and she awkwardly walked over, pulled out a chair and sat down, uneasily calling out to her. “Mrs. Lin, I…”
She also realized why Lin Zhiya had suddenly stopped to rest, and despite her reluctance, she gritted her teeth and said, “I didn’t mean anything else, I just blurted it out when I heard you talking there. I’m sorry, Mrs. Lin.”
“If you said it was just a spontaneous reaction, what is there to apologize for?” Lin Zhiya lifted her coffee and took a sip, then glanced at her flustered expression, sighed, and set down the cup. “Siyuan, I’ve watched you grow up. I don’t want you to get fixated on the impossible. You said you miss the old days, but really, there’s no need. That time has passed, and the past will never return. Even though I miss the past too, I understand this truth. I hope you can, like me, accept the present with open arms.”
“Mrs. Lin, I truly feel terrible. It’s not that I don’t want to accept it, everything just changed too fast, too fast for me to be ready. It was just…” Shen Siyuan’s eyes were brimming with tears, a watery glint shimmering.
Lin Zhiya cut her off. “I know what you want to say. But Siyuan, think about it carefully, were you really that close with Shengxiao and the others before? I’m not certain about Jiangjing’s side, but as Shengxiao is my son, I know him very well. He has only ever seen you as a friend’s sister, nothing more.”
She knew her son well. If Shengxiao had any affection for Siyuan, she would have paired them together back when she was eager for grandchildren, instead of looking for other girls for her son.
She did so precisely because she saw that Shengxiao had no feelings for Siyuan.
Listening to her honest advice, Shen Siyuan felt her heart sinking heavily. She didn’t want Mrs. Lin to think less of her and quickly tried to explain. “Mrs. Lin, I know that liking Shengxiao is one-sided, and I’ve never blamed him.”
Lin Zhiya stirred her coffee with a spoon, casually bringing up, “But you don’t like Yan, do you?”
Shen Siyuan bit her lip. Silence.
She couldn’t deny it immediately.
She just didn’t like that woman!
What made that woman worthy of the man she revered like a god in her heart!
Rong Yan didn’t deserve to lick Shengxiao’s boots!
Seeing the resentment and dislike evident on her face, Lin Zhiya sighed deeply, and when she looked at her again, it was as if she was much more distant. “Siyuan, I truly like Yan. She is the woman Shengxiao loves, and Duidui’s mother. I really like her and have accepted her as my daughter-in-law. You don’t have to like her, and I won’t force you to. But you can’t do things behind my back that are detrimental to her just because you don’t like her, because she is part of the Li Family, and I must protect her. Understand?”
Part of the Li Family! Shen Siyuan abruptly looked up, her facial expression completely changing as she blurted out, “Mrs. Lin!”
She couldn’t understand, just couldn’t fathom what was so great about Rong Yan that made the always graceful Mrs. Lin speak words of firm approval. Just a small-time celebrity, why on earth would Mrs. Lin think she could be the wife of the CEO of Li Group, like it was some kind of joke!
Lin Zhiya, as if oblivious to her agitation, calmly picked up her coffee again and took a sip. “Have you been secretly helping Rong Weiwei snatch a few endorsements from Rong Yan recently?”