Rong Shaoze looked up, a bitter smile on his face, "This is a matter where you can’t have it both ways, if I let her go, I can’t forgive myself. If I forgive myself, I can’t let her go."
"You’ve really fallen for her? Shaoze, what kind of woman can’t you have? Even if it’s someone of Lin Xinlan’s type, Mom can find one for you immediately. Just stop obsessing over her."
Rong Shaoze didn’t speak. He couldn’t explain why it had to be Lin Xinlan.
Some people, once you meet them, you can never let go.
Even if those who come after are better, they can’t catch his eye.
Seeing he was not heeding her advice, Rong’s mother said angrily, "What’s so good about her? Not to mention she did things that corrupt public morals, she doesn’t have any feelings for you. What do you like about her? No, I know you don’t like her, you just can’t get over the fact that she looks down on you, right?"
The man didn’t speak, his eyes dark and indecipherable.
Rong’s mother continued, "If I show that photograph to your grandfather, he would never agree to you being with her even in death. The Rong Family has always been careful to avoid ridicule. If Lin Xinlan’s actions were to get out, it would be the Rong Family’s biggest joke."
Rong Shaoze’s eyes flickered slightly, and he suddenly asked, "Mom, do you still have the photo with you?"
"Of course, I’ve been carrying it with me. I don’t feel safe leaving it anywhere else. If someone else got it, the trouble would be huge. Forget it, let’s burn it today; better to eliminate future troubles."
Rong’s mother took out the photo, and had Old Gu bring over a lighter.
She lit the lighter, ready to burn the photo, but Rong Shaoze snatched it away in one move.
Looking at the two people in the photo, his blood boiled. Clutching the photo tightly, his eyes grew stormier.
"Mom, keep the photo, I need it."
"What are you going to do with it?" Rong’s mother asked, puzzled.
He sneered, "I know the man in it. Tell me, if I kill this guy, will Xinlan show up to save him?"
Rong’s mother’s eyelid twitched, her heart somewhat panicked, "Shaoze, don’t do anything foolish! It’s not worth breaking the law over Lin Xinlan!"
Rong Shaoze smiled faintly. He didn’t tell his mother that the number of lives he had taken was already beyond count...
"Mom, I’m just going to scare him, I won’t actually do anything to him. He’s the man Xinlan likes, the man for whom Xinlan is even pregnant with a child. I think she would definitely show up to save him," he said coldly, his voice as if squeezed through his teeth.
He felt as if he had gone mad with jealousy. Since when had Rong Shaoze come to be jealous of another man...
Rong’s mother naturally saw the pain in his heart.
Her son had always been strong-willed, how could he tolerate his wife carrying another man’s child.
She glanced at the photo along with him and said offhand to comfort him, "How do you know the child is his? I heard Xinlan say that the child is yours. Actually, I think she wouldn’t have the guts to bear another man’s child. Also, the timing of her pregnancy coincides with when I swapped her birth control pills. Maybe the child she was carrying is indeed yours."
Anyway, the child was gone now; she could say whatever she wanted at this point. Even if the child had been Shaoze’s, it wouldn’t have mattered anymore.
Rong Shaoze’s eyes suddenly flashed, and he turned pale.
"Mom... What did you just say? You said you switched Xinlan’s birth control pills?"