Chapter 589: Chapter 402: Confusion
The first watch had arrived.
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"You misunderstood, I don’t know them, Xiaoxiang. You know all the hardships my parents went through; I can’t let them face such things again, I’m sorry." Yang Ping’s brow was tightly furrowed, his expression pained as he deeply bowed to Jiang Meixiang and stood up, pushing her away and pulling open the door to rush out.
"Yang Ping!" Jiang Meixiang called out urgently, about to chase after him, "Xiaoxiang, if you walk out this door, you are no longer my daughter." Jiang Yuesheng’s somber voice echoed.
Jiang Meixiang stopped in her tracks, looking pitifully at Jiang Yuesheng, "It was so hard to get him to accept me; I can’t lose him, Dad, you have to support me."
"Do you think chasing after him like this will make him sincerely be with you?" Jiang Yuesheng sighed heavily and pointed to the stool beside the bed, "Come sit down, Dad has something to say to you."
"Dad..." Jiang Meixiang’s eyes were full of hesitation. From childhood, she had always listened to her father and admired him. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have stopped just now. But to give up on Yang Ping, she was reluctant and couldn’t bear to do so.
Yang Ping was a neighbor of her good friend Li Mian’s great aunt and buddies with Li Mian’s older cousin. After being brought to Li Mian’s house by her cousin, she had met him and his image was deeply imprinted in her heart.
Setting aside her girlish modesty, she asked Li Mian to help her make a connection. However, he refused, saying he liked a simple life and wanted to find a girl of equal social standing to lead a stable life.
She didn’t give up because of his refusal. Instead, she waited for him every day after school at the gate of the school where he taught, following him at a distance back to his home, day after day...
Finally, when he saw her, he no longer pretended not to know her with a gloomy face. He was willing to walk with her, willing to speak a few words to her...
On a rainy day, as he stepped out of the school draped in an oilcloth, seeing her in a raincoat with her hair soaked through waiting for him at the gate, they finally confirmed their relationship as boyfriend and girlfriend.
Usually, it’s the boy who pacifies the girl, but in their case, it was the opposite; it was always she who pacified him. In everything, she complied with him. None of her friends supported her, including her matchmaker friend Li Mian.
Fortunately, she still had the support of her parents.
Her parents had also been mismatched in terms of social standing when they got together. After learning about Yang Ping’s circumstances, her mother not only did not object, but also encouraged her to be with him. Her father didn’t say anything, but his silence implied agreement.
She thought that marrying him was a done deal, but why did it suddenly change? It was so hard for them to get together. How could they just break up like this?
In fact, she knew even if her father didn’t say. Given Yang Ping’s stubborn nature, if he had really made up his mind, her chasing after him would probably be useless, and it might even worsen their relationship...
"Xiaoxiang, if you trust Dad, come sit down, and let Dad think of a solution with you." Jiang Yuesheng beckoned his daughter, "Dad has only you as a daughter, and I definitely want the best for you."
Biting her lip, Jiang Meixiang obediently sat back down at the edge of the bed, twisting her clothes, tears "dripping" onto the back of her hand: "Dad, I can’t be without him."
"Why?" Jiang Yuesheng asked.
"It was so hard to finally be with him, I just like him, whether it’s his appearance, his conversation, or anything else, I like it all. Just seeing him brings me such joy, Dad, I want to be with him!"
"My child..." Jiang Yuesheng sighed helplessly, "Do you know why your mother and I didn’t object to you being with him?"
Jiang Meixiang nodded: "Because the situation of Mom and Dad is a bit like me and him, if Mom and Dad can be very happy together, so can we."
"You are wrong." Jiang Yuesheng’s gaze turned towards the window, his eyes becoming distant, "Do you really think that your mother’s and my marriage is very happy? If it were really happy, your mother wouldn’t have made so many troubles. Initially, I indeed married your mother for power, pretending I felt no guilt toward Zhao Yulan, but how could that be possible? After all, she helped me during my toughest times, willing to be with me without despising me, but I betrayed her."
So, this became a thorn in my heart, an untouchable thorn. Do you think my heart disease is really due to overwork? In fact, it’s because those emotions that were not vented are all bottled up inside, and over time, it affected my health."