Madam Song looked at Yue Qing's serious expression and asked, "Ranran, did something happen?"
"Mom, I don't want to get engaged to Shen Yian anymore," Yue Qing said in a low voice.
Seeing Yue Qing's sad expression, Madam Song didn't ask any more questions. She just called Father Song and asked him to come to the lounge.
Yue Qing and Madam Song sat on the sofa and waited for a while. Father Song pushed the door open and walked in. He saw tears in Yue Qing's eyes and Madam Song comforting her softly.
Father Song walked over and asked, "Ranran, your mother said you don't want to get engaged to Shen Yian. Why?"
Hearing Father Song's question, Yue Qing gathered her emotions and said, her voice choked with sobs, "Dad, Mom, you both know that Yi An Ge and I grew up together. I always liked him, and I was very happy to be engaged to him. But if I hadn't accidentally seen him kissing his secretary, Chen Yu, today and overheard that Chen Yu is his girlfriend, I would still be in the dark. He still wants to get engaged to me. He is deceiving me."
After hearing Yue Qing's words, Father Song and Madam Song's faces instantly turned extremely ugly and angry.
Shen Yian was a prominent figure among the younger generation of prominent families in Yan City. He was handsome, humble, and possessed good methods and capabilities.
It was also because their daughter liked Shen Yian, and the Shen family also intended to form a marriage alliance. The Song and Shen families had known each other for a long time, and they thought that if the two of them got together, their marriage would be happy and fulfilling in the future.
But they never expected Shen Yian to be such a person. He clearly had a girlfriend, yet he deceived the Song family and Song Jiarán.
Father Song then recalled that when the Shen family discussed the marriage alliance, they mentioned that their company was facing a cash shortage and hoped that the Song family could lend a helping hand since they would become in-laws.
At that time, Father Song thought that Song Jiarán and Shen Yian had feelings for each other, and for his daughter's sake, he was willing to help the Shen family. However, the condition was that the funds would only be provided after the engagement.
But now, he thought that the Shen family might have had a premeditated plan. If his daughter married into the Shen family in the future, wouldn't she be entering a pit of fire? Therefore, this marriage could not happen.
Father Song suppressed his anger, afraid that he would lose control and beat up that kid Shen Yian.
The Song couple understood how well Song Jiarán had treated Shen Yian in private over the years, which was why they were so furious.
Seeing Yue Qing crying sadly, Father Song gently comforted her, "Ranran, it's not worth being sad over someone like this. Dad will go and sort this out with the Shen family. You are so outstanding, Dad will find you someone even better in the future."
"Mm, Dad, I've thought it through. I won't like Shen Yian anymore," Yue Qing replied, looking at Father Song and Madam Song.
Madam Song gently patted Yue Qing's back. Her heart ached as if it were being squeezed, seeing her beloved daughter being treated so cruelly by someone else.
Madam Song quickly said to Father Song, "Hurry up and go find the Shen family. After this is resolved, we'll go home."
"Okay, I'll go right away."
After Father Song finished speaking, he went to find the Shen family. Father Song directly told the Shen family that he wanted to call off the engagement and explained the reason for doing so. Father Song angrily cursed the Shen family and Shen Yian. The Shen family was verbally attacked and could not defend themselves. After Father Song finished his scolding, he took Madam Song and Song Jiarán home.
An engagement ceremony thus ended without a hitch.
Shen Zhexiong, Shen Yian's father, was so angry that he was gasping for breath after the Song family left. Shen Yian's mother, Gao Meiying, stood beside Shen Zhexiong and quickly said, "Don't be angry. Yian didn't do it on purpose. We'll find another way to solve the funding issue."
Gao Meiying doted on her son unconditionally. No matter what Shen Yian did, he was never wrong. So what if he had a woman outside? He could just break up with her later. She didn't know why Song Jiarán was being so fussy and insisted on breaking off the engagement.
Shen Zhexiong was even more angry when he heard this. "That unfilial son of mine is going to drive me mad! I told him before to put the bigger picture first and never let the Song family know about this. Now, the Song family knows, and they've broken off the engagement. And you, you don't know how to talk to him. He was being secretive with that woman at the hotel on the day of the engagement. It's no wonder someone found out."
Gao Meiying didn't know how to respond to Shen Zhexiong's scolding. Both she and Shen Zhexiong knew that their son had a girlfriend, but neither of them liked that woman.
Because her family background was ordinary, she wouldn't be of any help to the Shen family after marrying Shen Yian. Therefore, neither of them took that woman seriously.
This time, when the Shen family's company ran into trouble, Shen Zhexiong tried many methods but couldn't raise enough funds. Among the prominent families, only the Song family could provide a large amount of capital and had a relatively good relationship with them, so he thought of Song Jiarán, the daughter of the Song family.
Shen Zhexiong agreed with Shen Yian to form a marriage alliance with the Song family. After marrying Song Jiarán, he would keep her at home and secretly keep a woman outside. After all, wealthy families also had such situations. Shen Zhexiong himself also kept a woman outside, but Gao Meiying and Shen Yian didn't know about it.
However, Shen Yian had now ruined his plan. Shen Zhexiong even wanted to slap Shen Yian.
The Shen family was only considered a second-rate prominent family in Yan City. Although they had some strength and reputation, they were still a certain distance from first-rate prominent families.
Shen Zhexiong's abilities were limited, and he had already reached his limit in managing the Shen family to this extent. Therefore, he wanted to train his son Shen Yian as his successor. Fortunately, his son was extremely capable, which made Shen Zhexiong very pleased, thinking that Shen Yian would be able to elevate the Shen family to the level of a first-rate prominent family in the future.
But unexpectedly, a project the company had collaborated on with others had problems, requiring a large amount of capital for turnover. Shen Zhexiong saw Song Jiarán, who came to see Shen Yian, and thinking that she had liked Shen Yian since childhood, he set his sights on her.
The Song family was one of the five great prominent families in Yan City. Song Jiarán was the only daughter of this generation, and the Song family doted on her extremely.
Shen Zhexiong thought that by forming a marriage alliance with the Song family, not only could the Song family help solve the funding problem, but the two families could also cooperate in other areas.
When Father Song and Madam Song got older and handed over the company to Song Jiarán, and Song Jiarán was the daughter-in-law of the Shen family, wouldn't all the Song family's industries eventually belong to the Shen family? In this way, the Shen family could also develop further and join the ranks of first-rate prominent families.
Shen Zhexiong had everything arranged perfectly, but unfortunately, Song Jiarán saw Shen Yian and Chen Yu's affair today, right before the engagement.
Earlier, Shen Zhexiong had strictly warned Shen Yian to be careful and that nothing should happen from today until the wedding. But this unfilial son actually didn't listen, which made Shen Zhexiong furious.
When Shen Yian and Chen Yu arrived at Shen Zhexiong's room, neither of them knew what had happened. It was only that Gao Meiying had called them to come over quickly.
As soon as Shen Yian entered the room, he saw Shen Zhexiong with a stern face and Gao Meiying sitting silently beside him. He quickly asked, "Dad, is there something you wanted to see us for?"
Shen Zhexiong looked at Shen Yian, his anger burning, "The engagement with the Song family is canceled, and the marriage alliance is also canceled."
"Why? Wasn't everything fine just now? How did it get canceled?" Shen Yian asked, confused.
"You unfilial son, Song Jiarán saw you and Chen Yu being intimate in the hotel and felt emotionally deceived, so she canceled the engagement and broke off relations with the Shen family." Looking at this disobedient son, Shen Zhexiong was extremely angry.