When he first found out he had a granddaughter, he had braced himself for the worst. Thankfully, his wife’s protection had kept his precious granddaughter safe and sound. Otherwise, he would have been too ashamed to meet his wife after closing his eyes.
"Despite the fact that the Qin Family lived off Qin Youmin’s support, they still treated him so cruelly in the end." Su Huai’an was indignant, the more he learned about his cousin’s ordeal, the more he wanted to treat his cousin better.
Moreover, he had always been fond of his cousin, and ever since he learned about Sheng Ning’s identity, Su Huai’an had promptly included her in his protective scope.
"Now that Xiao Hai has already dealt out appropriate punishment, you all should stop harping on it." Mr. Su was more magnanimous, and Su Jiang was more like him in that regard.
Su Hai’s personality, on the other hand, resembled Grandma Su’s, the old Shanghai tycoon’s daughter who managed to make her mark in high society in Scotland at a young age—not without a considerable amount of skill.
Su Hai stroked his chin, "The most detestable in the Qin Family is Second Aunt Qin, but as for Qin Youde, for the sake of Qin Youmin, I’ve let him go."
However, his future in the village wouldn’t be easy! What Su Hai didn’t say was that he hadn’t released Qin Youde for Qin Youmin’s sake at all, but merely to comfort the old man. His main reason was that Qin Youde hadn’t gone as mad as Second Aunt Qin, and hadn’t tried to snatch their Su family heirloom when they lost Ningning.
This showed that Qin Youde still had a conscience; after all, he had sneakily placed the bracelet on the child.
"Good! You did the right thing," the old man nodded in approval. "I’ve told you many times to leave some leeway in your actions but you never listen. I didn’t expect you to actually show me through your actions."
Su Huai’an laughed to himself, he didn’t believe his uncle would make any real gestures, nor did he believe that his uncle had let Qin Youde go for anyone’s sake.
Not even for the sake of the heavens above.
"Dad, how can you say that? How could I dare not listen to your words?" Su Hai shamelessly admitted.
"Have you properly thanked the Sheng family?" Mr. Su was full of gratitude towards the Sheng family.
"Thanks can’t simply express it! And the Sheng family has a big opinion of us, especially about my sister." Su Hai now got a headache every time he mentioned Su Yun; the moment they got off the train, Su Yun had fallen ill.
It was true she was unwell, but it wasn’t to the extent of collapsing. He also knew that she was psychologically distressed. But for once he hadn’t planned to comfort her or coax her, as she had been spoiled for too many years.
One has to bear the consequences of their own actions; no one can shoulder the blame for others forever.
"Tell me the specifics!"
Su Hai then recounted in detail his visit to the Sheng family, including his promise to Sheng Laosan not to reveal the matter concerning Qin Youmin to Sheng Ning.
After he finished speaking, the old man gave him a beating.
"Look at you, you can’t even handle a small matter; what use are you to me? Couldn’t you beg Daddy Sheng for forgiveness? Are you brainless? I think you are brainless indeed." Mr. Su’s mood had been fluctuating greatly recently, and his health had declined a lot from before.
He was supposed to be resting in bed, but when he heard that Su Hai had returned, he felt like flying up from his bed.
And the disobedient son had brought such sad news, truly useless.
"Grandpa, it’s okay to scold Uncle, but please, don’t get angry," Su Huai’an quickly tried to console.
Su Hai glared at him; the kid had gone bad in just a few days, daring to undermine him to his face.