Chapter 395 - Chapter 395: It’s Too Late to Say Anything Now
Chapter 395: It’s Too Late to Say Anything Now
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
“Big brother, that statement of yours was really well said!”
Originally, this was an opportunity for reconciliation between the parents and Yanyan.
As long as the parents admitted their mistakes to Yanyan, given Yanyan’s kind nature, she would surely give them another chance. Their family could have been reunited and joyful, just like other families.
Unfortunately, because of that one statement, it was all over!
The sarcastic tone from An Xiran caused An Zhici’s face to darken. “The truth is the truth, even if you are biased towards Nan Yan, there should be a limit.” Was he wrong?
He had merely spoken the truth, revealing the facts of the situation to her!
“Is it my bias towards Yanyan, or your unfair treatment of her?”
An Xiran wanted to remind them of how they had treated Nan Yan in the past. But seeing their attitude, where they showed no remorse for their actions, he gave up on discussing these matters with them.
“Never mind, you can do as you please. But if you ever think of mistreating Yanyan, I absolutely won’t allow it.”
Leaving this statement behind, An Xiran felt that there was no need for him to stay any longer.
After all, there were still An Zhici and the other sons here. A bullet in the leg would not be fatal. He would come to see him after the surgery.
An Zhici watched An Xiran leave, his eyes filled with anger and confusion.
His younger brother had changed too much, to the point where he hardly recognized him anymore.
Since when had he become so unreasonable?
An Mulin looked at the others and sighed. “Big brother, you and Siting stay here with Mom. I’ll go check on Grandpa An and Grandpa Lu outside.”
Considering what had happened today, the two elderly gentlemen were probably having a hard time accepting it. Their hearts must be heavy right now.
Lu Lehua snapped out of her anger from being hit by Grandpa Lu and saw An Mulin and An Xiran leaving her behind. Her emotions had been building up to the brink of explosion.
She angrily said, “Fine, just go, since you’re all taking her side, go be with her! Don’t follow me anymore!”
Dad had hit her for that little slut, and now both her sons were throwing tantrums because of her.
Clearly, she was the one who was injured and wronged, but they didn’t care
about her. Instead, they all pointed fingers at her!
She truly had brought calamity upon herself to have given birth to that daughter!
An Mulin clenched his fists tightly, watching her stubborn and unreasonable demeanor. Finally, he bit his lip, said nothing, and turned away in silence.
Lu Lehua was left with a throbbing headache as she saw An Mulin walking away without looking back, even after she had spoken in such a way. Her face was still pale, and a bright red handprint stood out on her pallid cheek.
An Zhici and An Siting, noticing that something was amiss with her emotions, stayed by her side to comfort her.
As a family, a deep chasm had formed in their hearts because of Nan Yan. And due to Lu Lehua’s stubborn personality, this chasm grew larger and larger until it became irreparable…
Old Master Lu had slapped Lu Lehua. But his own state of mind wasn’t much better than Lu Lehua’s.
He was filled with anger, frustration, and sorrow.
He felt like a failure, having raised a daughter who was so unreasonable and ignorant of the world.
Old Master Lu didn’t even know how many times he had sighed today.
Old Master An knew that he was feeling uneasy, so he accompanied him and offered his consolation.
But he suspected that he would be the one needing consolation later, once his troublemaker son woke up and learned that they had been kidnapped because of Yanyan.
The two old men couldn’t help but sigh together.
An Xiran caught up to them and, seeing that the two old men weren’t as devastated as he had imagined and that their physical condition was holding up, he felt somewhat relieved.
He didn’t disturb them and followed quietly behind the two old men.
In less than two minutes, An Mulin also caught up.
He glanced at An Xiran and said casually, “Why did you come out too?”
“It’s fine with big brother and the third brother over there. I was worried they might not be able to handle the stress.”
As An Mulin spoke, he glanced at Old Master An and Old Master Lu with his eyes.
But that was just one reason.
The other reason was that he couldn’t stay there any longer.
Lu Lehua’s stubbornness was suffocating him.
An Xiran nodded without saying more. The two of them followed behind the two old men like obedient followers and returned to the old family mansion.
An Yaoqing’s surgery was very successful.
Originally, his injury wasn’t very serious; the bullet had passed through his lower leg without hitting the bone. After removing the bullet, cleaning the wound, and stitching it up, he just needed to rest in the hospital for a few days.
After he woke up, Lu Lehua poured out her grievances about Nan Yan in his ear, painting Nan Yan in the darkest colors possible.
Upon hearing this, An Yaoqing’s hatred and disgust for her reached its peak.
This couple no longer considered Nan Yan their daughter; instead, they viewed her as a bloodthirsty enemy.
An Zhici and An Siting hadn’t anticipated that things would turn out this way.
While An Zhici didn’t like Nan Yan and had his reservations about her, he didn’t harbor the same level of hatred as his parents.
“Big brother, to be honest, you shouldn’t have said that,” An Siting told An Zhici, saying such words for the first time.
Throughout his life, An Siting had regarded An Zhici as his idol, and he had always followed and accepted his decisions without question.
However, witnessing the current situation, he thought that An Zhici had gone too far.
Even if the kidnappers had targeted their parents because of Nan Yan, she had risked her life to save them, refused any outside help, and managed to rescue them on her own, all while putting herself in danger.
If they could use this opportunity to break down the barriers within the family and reconcile, it would have been possible.
No matter what, Nan Yan was still their biological sister.
But now…
The family was at odds, even the two grandfathers were heartbroken, and there might not be a chance for reconciliation in the future.
An Zhici’s face changed, and he asked in a stern tone, “Little brother, what do you mean by this? Are you blaming me too?”
An Siting shook his head. “I’m not blaming you, and I have no right to blame you. I just feel a bit helpless seeing our once happy family turn into this.”
“If she hadn’t come back and if none of this had happened, our family would still be the same, and Yaoyao wouldn’t have been sent away.”
An Zhici’s voice grew even colder. “Look at how heartless she has become now. She stopped considering us as family a long time ago. Should we still rush to please her?”
“Just like Mom said, she’s a harbinger of misfortune, turning our once harmonious home into chaos, ruining everything!”
“Big brother, honestly ask yourself, is all the blame really because of Nan Yan?
If, from the beginning, when she came back, we had been a little kinder to her —even if not as attentive as we were to Yaoyao, just a little bit kinder—would she have become so indifferent now?”
An Siting finished with a bitter smile of self-blame. “Of course, it’s not just you;
all of us have been the same. We only had Yaoyao in our hearts and never
showed her a trace of warmth.”
“It’s too late to say anything now; things have already turned out like this, and
I’m afraid Nan Yan will never return to the An family..”