Lost in emotion, I accidentally pushed her into the swimming pool. All of this is my fault, and I will bear the responsibility alone."
"Nonsense!" Rong’s father glared angrily.
"I think you’re just trying to protect her reputation. It was obviously because she was unfaithful that you got physical! What do you mean you ’accidentally’ pushed her because you were in a bad mood? I see that woman has completely bewitched you. She’s unfaithful, and you still won’t divorce her. Now you’re even considering her feelings. Tell me honestly, have you fallen for her?"
"Dad, I don’t want to explain anything. This is my own matter—let me handle it."
Rong Shaoze said flatly, as he began to walk away, his mother quickly grabbed him.
"Shaoze, it’s getting late. Stay here tonight. Tomorrow, mom will face this with you. We can still think of a solution tonight. There must be a way."
"No need, Mom, I can go alone tomorrow. I still have things to do, I won’t stay here tonight."
No matter how much Rong’s mother tried to retain him, Rong Shaoze still left.
Rong’s father was furious, he even smashed a cup, and kept cursing Shaoze as a rebellious son, and Lin Xinlan as a seductress.
Rong’s mother closed the door, giving a wry smile, "Alright, don’t be angry. Actually, I knew he would react . No one knows my son better than I do—I’m aware of his temper."
"If you knew he would oppose, why did you still bring it up?"
"I was just testing his reaction. Who would have thought he actually intended to take responsibility alone? Thankfully, I was prepared."
Seeing her smile so mysteriously, Rong’s father’s eyes brightened, "Tell me, what have you prepared?"
She walked over and told him about her dealings with Lin Xinlan. Only then did a smile spread across Rong’s father’s face...
What they didn’t know was that their conversation had been overheard by someone outside.
Rong Shaoze returned to the villa, and it was completely dark.
The butler asked him with concern, "Young Master, have you had dinner?"
Busy all day, he really hadn’t eaten.
"Has the Young Madam eaten?"
Rong Shaoze’s gaze flickered slightly, "Why hasn’t she eaten?"
"The Young Madam said she’s not hungry, she has no appetite."
A wave of disappointment passed through his heart; he had thought that she was waiting for him to have dinner together...
"Serve the food, call the Young Madam down, and have her eat with me."
Lin Xinlan didn’t want to go down to eat, but the butler insisted she should.
She laughed softly, trying to persuade her, "Young Madam, please come down and eat something. The Young Master has been busy all day and hasn’t eaten; it will be good for the two of you to eat together. If you ruin your health by starving, the Young Master will be distressed."
Lin Xinlan sneered, "Butler Gu, stop saying these things in front of me in the future. They sound very insincere to me."
"But... but this is the truth... "
"Let’s go, I’ll go down and eat a little."
The truth? She didn’t think so. If Rong Shaoze cared about her even a little, he wouldn’t hurt her over and over again.
At the dining table, they sat facing each other, neither uttering a word.
Lin Xinlan lowered her head and silently ate her meal, treating Rong Shaoze as if he were air.
A piece of deboned fish was placed in her bowl, and Rong Shaoze’s voice followed, "Eat more of the dishes, don’t just focus on the rice."
She picked up the fish with her chopsticks and dropped it on the table, not giving him a glance.