"No one is forcing you to get married. You can be your own support system. Placing your sense of security in someone else is inherently flawed. You can be happy without a partner as long as you have a little confidence. Once you’re strong enough, even if the relationship isn’t good, you can hold your head high and break up, leave."
"I heard about what happened with your father. If you really don’t want to worry your mother, then deal with this issue properly and eliminate the problem once and for all."
After listening to Jing Yizhou’s words, Sun Ling didn’t stop crying, but once she had let it all out, she wiped her eyes and said, "I feel much better now."
"Sis, do I get compensation in the form of a late-night snack? I’ve stayed up all night with you!"
After Sun Ling’s mood improved, the seemingly naughty Jing Yizhou returned to his usual self in an instant.
"I’ll treat you to breakfast," Sun Ling said, drying her nose.
"The man who was taken away by the police, what do you plan to do about him?"
"You’ll find out eventually," Sun Ling replied without going into detail because she herself wasn’t sure if she could actually follow through.
"Then I want to join in on the fun with you," Jing Yizhou said with infuriating cheekiness.
The two of them stayed in the hospital for over two hours until Sun Ling felt better, and then they left the ward.
As Sun Ling had promised to invite Jing Yizhou for breakfast, she took him to a nearby breakfast joint.
Unexpectedly, upon arriving, Jing Yizhou turned his nose up at the place: "This shabby?"
"If you don’t want to eat, then forget it," Sun Ling said irritably. After a while, she explained, "When I was little and going to school, I always passed by this shop. I saw fathers sitting here with their daughters for breakfast, and I was envious. I used to make excuses for my dad, telling myself he was too busy as a businessman dealing with a thousand things every day and couldn’t possibly have that much time to spend with me. I lied to myself for many years."
After listening, Jing Yizhou took a bite of his food and then threw it away.
"I’ve sat here and eaten with you, so you can call me ’Dad’ if you want, but honestly, this stuff tastes awful."
Sun Ling felt like hitting someone again.
"If I were you, instead of wishing for your dad’s company, why not grab a handsome guy off the street to be your dad? Wouldn’t that be better?"
"Is blood relationship really that important? In my opinion, it’s worthless."
At this, Sun Ling suddenly remembered that Jing Yizhou didn’t have a father either. Of course, she didn’t inquire further, since it was someone else’s privacy.
"Hurry up and eat..."
Hearing Jing Yizhou say that, Sun Ling lost her appetite too. She casually bit into the food a few times before leaving the stall, which had been a thorn in her heart for so long, with Jing Yizhou.
These issues had been piling up in her heart for many years, but for Father Sun, they had never mattered, which made her feel all the more ridiculous. ɴᴇᴡ ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀʀᴇ ᴘᴜʙʟɪsʜᴇᴅ ᴏɴ 𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭•𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦•𝘯𝘦𝘵
Early in the morning, the two went to the police station, and then, Sun Ling bailed someone out.
After a whole night of sobriety, Father Sun was well aware of what he had done the previous night.
So when he saw Sun Ling, his mind was quickly calculating again.
However, Sun Ling didn’t want to give him any more chances. Before they even left the police station, she said, "Let’s clear things up right here today."
"Xiaoling... do we not need to go to the hospital anymore? You’re taking Dad home, aren’t you?"
Hearing this, Sun Ling scoffed and asked, "Ask yourself, do you even deserve that?"
"You got drunk and made a scene outside my company, banging on the doors, while I could only tremble inside. Are you still a human being?"