Chapter 1169 - 1211: Impossible

Chapter 1169: Chapter 1211: Impossible

"...!" Huo Junmo pondered for a moment and hadn’t started speaking when Ling Shenglan continued, "The first time we met, you secretly bought the bill, and later, every time I went to your house, it was with good food and drink, but today, no matter what, I should pay! On one hand, it’s my small gesture, and on the other, it’s to thank you for taking care of Yueyue over this past year! Every time I think, if Yueyue hadn’t met you over a year ago, who knows what kind of deep misery she’d be living in now! She might never escape my brother and sister-in-law’s control! Thank you, truly thank you! So, please don’t be courteous today, let me pay the bill! Just let it ease my conscience a little, okay?"

Listening to Ling Shenglan’s long speech, Huo Junmo nodded, put away his wallet, and smiled, saying, "You really don’t have to think so much about it; the kind of life people will live and should live is all predestined! To be blunt, if you hadn’t left Yueyue alone in Jin City back then, making her mistakenly believe that her uncle and aunt were her real parents, I would not have married her, nor would I have been moved by her background, which transformed into love! All this is predestined, you don’t need to feel too guilty!"

"I know! Everything is arranged by fate! However, I have indeed been selfish, considering only myself from beginning to end, never thinking for Yueyue! So, I should make up for the debt to her!" As she spoke, Ling Shenglan’s eyes unknowingly reddened.

Huo Junmo replied helplessly, "Let’s allow you to pay the bill and host today! Don’t be too sad! Since things have happened, we should think about solving them; tears won’t solve any problems!"

Ling Shenglan wiped her eyes with her arm, forcing a smile, "Yes! I know! You’re busy with the company, so you should go back first! I’ll settle the bill and leave as well! I have things to do this afternoon too!"

"Then I’ll take my leave, let’s keep in touch by phone!" he said, waving goodbye to Ling Shenglan, and left first.

Watching Huo Junmo’s silhouette disappear at the restaurant door, Ling Shenglan settled the bill and left the restaurant, hailing a taxi on the roadside. She told the driver the address, then pulled out her phone from her pocket, looked up Ling’s father’s phone number, and dialed.

In no time, the phone connected, and Ling’s father’s flattering voice came through, "Shenglan! You’re calling me at this time, is there something?"

Ling Shenglan suppressed her anger and deliberately slowed her voice, trying to sound as calm as possible, "The list should be sorted out now, right? I’m about to leave; are you free this afternoon? Let’s settle the account, return the money owed to me, so I can give it back to Yueyue and leave here!"

Upon hearing that Ling Shenglan was leaving, Ling’s father’s voice couldn’t hide his joy, although he pretended to sound reluctant, "Oh dear, why are you leaving so soon? You just came back, and we haven’t had a chance for us siblings to have a good get-together! When you leave, who knows when you’ll come back again; I can’t bear it!"

"No worries, life is long, I will return eventually!" Ling Shenglan thought in disgust at Ling’s father’s hypocrisy while politely saying, "I’ll be at the hotel not going out this afternoon. I’ll wait for you there! Let’s settle the account, and the grievances and disputes between us as siblings can be thoroughly cleared up! Then we won’t need to have any unpleasantness over these issues anymore!"

Upon hearing her words, Ling’s father hurriedly nodded, "Alright, alright, you wait in the hotel, I’ll come over with your sister-in-law immediately!"

"Okay! I’ll wait for you, no excuses!" After saying this, Ling Shenglan hung up.

On the other side, Ling’s father also joyfully hung up the phone.

Seeing Ling’s father’s joyful expression, Ling’s mother couldn’t help but roll her eyes, disdainfully saying, "What is it? Ling Shenglan is so eager for us to spit out the money?"

Ling’s father sighed, helplessly said, "Well, these funds ultimately aren’t ours; returning the money to her also settles a worry! Hopefully, after we return the money to her, she’ll voluntarily withdraw her lawsuit and forgive me as her brother! After all, she is my only sister, and I don’t want to lose my only sister!"

Ling’s mother pouted, scornfully said, "Sister, indeed! She never saw you as a brother; if she considered you her brother, she wouldn’t ask for this money, and definitely wouldn’t sue you over it!"

Ling’s father impatiently said, "Alright, alright, things are already as they are, what else is there to say! The money wasn’t ours to begin with, we have no right to hold it! Although the money is gone, when Yueyue turned eighteen, you married her off to a cripple in the village and got ten thousand yuan, didn’t you? Shenglan doesn’t know about that, and won’t ask us for it! It translates into having ten thousand yuan, be content!"

"Turning over a million into ten thousand, I can’t balance it!" Ling’s mother leaned against the wall, thinking about the money in their pockets being completely returned to Ling Shenglan, her heart felt like it was bleeding.

So much money! She’ll never be able to earn that much in her life!

Her money, just like that, is slipping away for nothing! This is more painful than if it were her life!

"Ten thousand is still better than nothing! Alright, stop complaining, let’s go! Let’s get this matter resolved and feel at ease sooner!" Saying this, he reached out to pull the demoralized Ling’s mother off the wall.

Ling’s mother lazily stood up, followed Ling’s father out of the room, while walking outside, she pondered aloud, "Old man, don’t you find it strange? I clearly told the truth of this matter to Ling Yueyue and Xiao Feng, but how come there’s no reaction from Ling Shenglan? Could it be that Ling Yueyue and Xiao Feng have no reaction upon knowing the truth about this matter? Impossible! It’s completely different from what I imagined!"

Ling’s father couldn’t help but roll his eyes, "What exactly did you imagine?"

"I imagined that as soon as Ling Yueyue, that brat, suddenly learns the truth, she’d definitely go to Ling Shenglan to argue and cause a fuss! The two of them would certainly be embroiled in a fierce argument! As for Xiao Feng’s side, he would definitely urge Ling Shenglan to go back, right? Tell me, with Yueyue causing a stir and Xiao Feng making calls to hurry, by then, Ling Shenglan would be busy dealing with both of them, and wouldn’t have time to come asking us for money!" Ling’s mother expressed her confusion; she’d been pondering this all these days.

Previously, her plan was to reveal the truth to Ling Yueyue and Xiao Feng, on one hand, because she didn’t want Ling Shenglan to have it easy, and on the other, to make Ling Shenglan mentally collapse, busied with attending to them, thus having no time to ask them for the money.