Chapter 1317: The Grand Finale: If You and Pu Yang Get Married, Then There’s No Place for Me

“What kind of good news is this!”

Xiao Xiaoang shouted at Xiao Yan, his eyes already red, tears swirling in his eyes.

“Ah—uh!”

As Xiao Ang stood up, Little Tiger screamed, as Xiao Ang’s foot unintentionally stepped on him.

This scream made Xiao Ang feel guilty, but he didn’t have the extra thought to comfort Little Tiger. He only felt that he was much more pitiful than Little Tiger!

Xiao Ang sniffled, his tears streaming down, leaving Xiao Yan momentarily bewildered, unable to find his bearings. He never imagined Xiao Xiaoang’s emotions would surge so fiercely, nor did he expect Xiao Xiaoang to react so strongly.

“Xiao Ang… Dad already told you a long time ago that Pu Yang would become your mother, the marriage with Pu Yang was also mentioned to you earlier. Isn’t that right?”

“But I never agreed!”

Xiao Xiaoang shouted forcefully!

“Xiao Ang… but… Dad does need to marry a woman as a wife, and Dad wants to find a mother for you. Pu Yang understands you well and she will definitely take good care of you!”

“She won’t! She doesn’t like me at all!”

Xiao Xiaoang said, his face already drenched with tears. Previously, whenever Xiao Yan talked to him about this, he would inquire about his opinion. But this time, Xiao Yan had directly made a decision; they even had a wedding date set…

Xiao Yan heard Xiao Ang’s words, feeling helpless for a moment. Every time it was the same thing…

For a child to call someone who isn’t their biological mother ‘mom’ is indeed not an easy task. A young child harboring many worries in their heart.

Xiao Yan had even consulted a specialized child psychologist about these issues.

The main reason a child refuses to accept another woman as their mother is primarily the fear that she wouldn’t be good to them, fear that she wouldn’t like them…

Xiao Yan knew all this, and all this time he had been trying to figure out a relatively gentle way to help Xiao Xiaoang accept Pu Yang.

He had considered gritting his teeth and yielding to Xiao Ang’s wishes…

However, letting Xiao Xiaoang grow up without a mother versus letting him endure a difficult process of accepting a mother, the latter is better for his future life. It is the responsible approach to his life, even though marrying Pu Yang wasn’t wholly his personal desire.

No matter the other reasons for marrying Pu Yang, he had done his utmost to secure complete protection for Xiao Ang.

At least Pu Yang promised him that they wouldn’t have any more children, and Pu Yang also promised to truly treat Xiao Ang as her own son.

As long as Pu Yang could follow through on her promises, Xiao Yan felt marrying her was really no harm.

“Xiao Yan, Pu Yang is really a liar. She told me to my face that she doesn’t like me, and she also said… said no matter how much I fuss, you will marry her, so… boo-hoo… Xiao Yan, I don’t want this stepmother, she’s a vicious stepmother…”

“She severed ties with her own parents for you, Pu Yang has become an orphan without parents for you. Xiao Ang, do you really not appreciate that?”

Xiao Yan asked Xiao Xiaoang with a tone that carried a hint of disappointment.

Xiao Xiaoang clenched his fists and asked Xiao Yan, “Are you really certain that you must marry her, Xiao Yan? Are you 100% sure about making her my mom?”

“Yes, this was a decision made long ago.”

“But you don’t like her!”

Xiao Xiaoang looked at Xiao Yan with confliction, his tiny face filled with tears and confusion. He couldn’t understand the world of adults; he really didn’t understand…

“I like her.” Xiao Yan took a deep breath. “Xiao Ang, you can’t decide Dad’s likes and dislikes based solely on your own feelings. It’s unfair to Dad if you talk like that.”

Xiao Xiaoang didn’t understand, he retreated little by little, moving farther and farther away from the dining table, feeling that this moment his father had become so unfamiliar…

“I don’t like her… Xiao Yan, if you really want to marry, marry Su Xiaomeng! I really like Su Xiaomeng… boo-hoo…”

Xiao Yan clearly felt when Xiao Xiaoang cried out saying he liked Su Xiaomeng, his heart tightened for a moment, and then the well-hidden guilt was drawn out.

This little guy is stubborn; he only talks about what he doesn’t like, but rarely, if ever, says what he does like. Xiao Ang, hesitant and worried, seemed to always stubbornly believe… if he easily says he likes something, then what he likes will be taken away.

But after meeting Shuangshuang and Su Xiaomeng, he became honest…

Because Shuangshuang told him, if you like something, just say you like it. Boys should speak straightforwardly, not stammer and hide.

Because Su Xiaomeng always tells him, I really like Xiao Ang, I really like to eat, I really like to see scenery…

What they talked about were likes, they never talked about dislikes.

People’s influence on each other is truly a mysterious thing.

“Xiao Yan, if you marry Su Xiaomeng, Xiao Ang will have a mom, and it will be a mom Xiao Ang really likes a lot! Isn’t that good?”

“…”

“Also… Xiao Ang will have a sister, like a little angel, like a little fairy sister, Dad…”

The look of pleading on Xiao Xiaoang’s face made Xiao Yan feel despicable, yet he truly didn’t understand what mistake he made that caused Xiao Ang to show such an expression… that caused this person who usually only calls him by name rather than calling him Dad, at this moment, called him Dad…

He prided himself on having invested a considerable amount in Xiao Ang over the years, even one could say wholeheartedly…

In the end, it was this five-year-old child begging him in this way.

“Xiao Ang, you can’t do everything your way, you can’t be so stubborn…”

“Sob sob… you like Su Xiaomeng too… I know it…”

“Su Xiaomeng has her own family; she has a husband, two children, how could Dad destroy someone else’s family?”

“Sob sob… then what should I do…”

“Stop it, Dad stayed up late working overtime yesterday, he’s really tired now, please don’t make him worry anymore, okay?”

“I didn’t mean to worry you!”

“…”

“Xiao Yan, if you marry Pu Yang, then you won’t have me!”

Xiao Yan’s eyebrows suddenly tightened, he looked at Xiao Xiaoang sternly and scolded, “What do you mean by that!”

“You say it’s for me, but actually it’s for yourself! I don’t like her, yet you insist on making her my mom! Then I’ll run away from home!”

Xiao Ang said angrily.

“Then from today onwards, I won’t go anywhere, I’ll stay home and watch you, I want to see where you as a little brat will run away to!”

“I, I…” Xiao Xiaoang was a bit flustered, at this moment his body was trembling with anger…

“I’ll starve myself! I don’t want you as my dad! You’re a bad person too!”

“Xiao Xiaoang!!”

Xiao Yan sternly called his name, this twenty-five-year-old young man also had tears in his eyes, but Xiao Xiaoang turned around in anger and rushed into his own bedroom, slamming the door shut with a “bang!”

The sound of the door slamming seemed to resonate near Xiao Yan’s ears, leaving him unable to recover for a long time…

Housekeeper Sister Liu had already prepared breakfast but stood aside not daring to speak, Sister Liu herself also had children, was a mother who raised her child alone, she had a special fondness for Xiao Xiaoang who had grown up without a mother, and really liked this child who appeared mischievous in others’ eyes, but was very warm to his family.

But even though Sister Liu had children, even though she understood Xiao Xiaoang’s temperament, at this moment she was also frightened by the words of this five-year-old child.

He and Xiao Yan argued so fiercely, the words he said… in Sister Liu’s view, they indeed hurt Xiao Yan’s heart somewhat.

Though Xiao Xiaoang was young, he seemed to understand a lot…

Stubborn and unwilling to lose, most parents simply couldn’t handle him.

Only when Xiao Xiaoang slammed the door and went into his room did Sister Liu timidly bring the porridge to the dining table in the living room, “Young master… the porridge is ready.”

“Just leave it there.”

Xiao Yan, with a gentle disposition, didn’t have the habit of venting his anger on others.

Xiao Yan supported himself on the table, just feeling all the strength in his body drained away by Xiao Ang’s words “I don’t want you as my dad”…

…

Xiao Meng listened as Xiao Yan roughly explained the argument between the two yesterday; of course, there were some things Xiao Yan didn’t say entirely, like how Xiao Xiaoang wanted him to marry Xiao Meng, how Xiao Xiaoang wished Xiao Meng could be his mom.

“He’s saying he doesn’t want you as a dad… yet you’re still determined to marry Pu Yang?”

Xiao Meng blinked, her expression as she looked at Xiao Yan also filled with confusion.

“Do you really think I should be alone forever just because he refuses to accept it?” Xiao Yan looked at Xiao Meng and asked.

Xiao Meng hurriedly shook her head and said, “No, that’s not what I mean… I’m just a bit surprised… because in my impression, you love Xiao Ang very much, so… I naturally thought you wouldn’t insist on doing something if Xiao Ang didn’t want it.”

“He grew up in a single-parent family, that’s indeed my fault, but even so, I can’t constantly spoil him and make him feel the world revolves around him. Catering to his every whim, agreeing to his every demand, that’s just impossible.”

Xiao Yan said calmly.

Su Xiaomeng nodded quickly, “Yes, raising children really shouldn’t be done that way, catering to every wish.”

“His attitude is indeed resolute to the point where it frightens me; he absolutely refuses to accept Pu Yang, but actually, Pu Yang is quite nice to him, you should be able to see that too.”

“…Yes.”

Xiao Meng responded softly, pondering for a moment, she blinked again, looking at Xiao Yan,

“Then can I… ask you another question?”

“Yes, go ahead.”

“Xiao Yan, do you… really like Pu Yang?”