Old Lawyer Kang said, "We really want to pay our respects. We think it’d be disrespectful not to pay the dead our respects since we're already here. Why don't you bend the rules this time?"Ling Yiran only found what her mentor said a little far-fetched. After all, they did not need to pay their respects, but since her mentor and his wife wanted to do it so much, she said, "Okay, I'll talk to Jin. I'll take you there if Jin agrees.""Alright," said Old Lawyer Kang.Ling Yiran told Yi Jinli about the matter in the evening. "My mentor and his wife would like to go to the Yi family's cemetery to pay their respects to my father-in-law. Can they?""Pay their respects?" Yi Jinli raised his eyebrows slightly. "Whose suggestion was this?"Ling Yiran said, "Mrs. Kang suggested it, and my mentor also wants to do it. I know outsiders aren't allowed to enter, but they mean well."Yi Jinli pursed his thin lips. His eyes showed that he seemed to be thinking about something. Moments later, he s
It was the woman... he had hated for so many years!"Hahaha... Hahaha..." Cold laughter suddenly rang out in the office. Yi Jinli had begun to laugh. His laughter became louder and louder while his eyes gradually turned red.The person he had been looking for all this while had appeared in front of him in such a way. He was even grateful to her in the beginning; grateful that she had taken care of Yiran and their daughter!His father loved her so much that he chose death after losing her, but she found another man and was living a happy, peaceful life!'How dare she show up in front of me? Who is she to let the children call her Grandma?'How would my father feel if he learns that the woman he loved has married another man under a different name and is leading a peaceful life?'Dad... This is the woman you love... A woman like this killed you... Haha... Haha... Dad, don't worry. I'm definitely... I'm definitely not going to let her off the hook. I'm going to make her pay for what
His unusual behavior made her freeze. "Jin, what happened?""Tell me if what I just said is right." There was a hint of urgency in his voice."Yes, you're right. You're the one I love the most, and I’ll always be by your side." Ling Yiran raised her hands and hugged Yi Jinli back. "Tell me, what’s going on?"He did not say anything but continued to hug her tightly as his chin rested on her shoulder. Each breath seemed a little heavy."Jin, we're husband and wife. Whatever happens, I’ll face it with you," said Ling Yiran.He was silent for a moment before saying slowly, "I... just feel bad for my father. He loved the woman so much that he even betrayed his family and left the Yi family just to be with that woman. But that woman abandoned my father and me without hesitation because he couldn't give her any more money."Ling Yiran knew that the woman he was talking about was his mother. "It was her loss to have lost your father. She’ll find out that no man in the world will ever lov
Fortunately, the weather was getting colder now, so it was not unusual that Ling Yiran was wearing a turtleneck sweater.However... for some reason, Ling Yiran still felt uneasy when she thought of Jin’s unusual reaction yesterday.Yesterday was not a day for mourning, but Jin went to the mourning hall and mentioned his mother. He was obviously not in the right mood.However, she did not manage to find out what had happened that made him suddenly go to the mourning hall."Yiran, Yiran!" Old Lawyer Kang's voice rang out in Ling Yiran's ears.Ling Yiran snapped back to her senses. "Ah, Mentor. What's the matter?""Is Jinli... not coming today?" asked Old Lawyer Kang."Jinli has a meeting this morning, so he might be late. Let's enter the cemetery first," said Ling Yiran. The car had stopped in front of the Yi family's cemetery."Alright," said Old Lawyer Kang as he helped Mrs. Kang out of the car.Mrs. Kang had not said a word since she left the hospital today. Mrs. Kang stopped
Mrs. Kang could not stop sobbing.Old Lawyer Kang said to Ling Yiran, "Let Mrs. Kang cry all she wants. She has suppressed some emotions in her heart for too long."However, because Mrs. Kang was crying so sadly, Ling Yiran could not help but think that there was something strange about Mrs. Kang’s behavior.After a long time, Mrs. Kang slowly stopped crying and said to Ling Yiran, "Yiran, I... I want to offer incense to your father-in-law, and I... I made some food. I want to put them out here for your father-in-law. I hope he’ll like them."Mrs. Kang took out several food containers from the bag she was carrying and opened them as she spoke. They were filled with home-cooked dishes that were local to Shen City.Ling Yiran could not help frowning. These dishes were common in Shen City. She had never seen Mrs. Kang cook these dishes before when she was in L City.Did Mrs. Kang learn to cook Shen City's local food to pay respects to her father-in-law?Mrs. Kang had now placed the
Ling Yiran was also surprised. "Mrs. Kang, what are you doing? Get up and we'll talk it out!"Ling Yiran tried to walk toward Mrs. Kang as she spoke, but Yi Jinli held her hand without letting go, thus preventing her from going over."Jin?" She looked quizzically at the person next to her."Let her kneel as she ought to," Yi Jinli said coldly.Ling Yiran froze. She thought he was being as cold and ruthless as the Jin she remembered from long ago. There was even a surliness about him that no one could ignore."Jinli, I... I owe it to you... I owe your father so much. I haven't lived a good day in all these years. I've been thinking about how I could be heartless enough to leave you and let things come to this irreversible state!" Mrs. Kang burst out into tears.Ling Yiran was shocked, staring in disbelief at Mrs. Kang, who was on her knees. 'Could Mrs. Kang... be Jin's long-lost mother?'How is that possible? How could such a thing happen?'Then, she heard Yi Jinli's icy voice i
Old Lawyer Kang wanted to stop them, but there were bodyguards around him and he could not get close to Mrs. Kang.Ling Yiran also wanted to step forward, but Yi Jinli still held her hand tightly. She could not walk over."Jin!" she said quickly."Yiran, don't plead for her!" Yi Jinli whispered in a voice that sounded like a warning but also a plea.Ling Yiran froze. Looking at Yi Jinli's misty eyes, she felt as though some of her words were stuck in her throat.She was not ignorant of the trauma his mother had caused him and even how his hatred for his mother after his father’s death had fueled him to go on with life. Even the scar on his chest was caused by his mother.She once hated his mother too. She hated his mother for abandoning a man who loved her so deeply and leaving a child who so desperately begged her to stay.If his mother had not left so ruthlessly, Jin's childhood would not have been so painful! Jin's father would not have chosen death either!However, when i
However, her mentor's voice kept on ringing, begging her to plead for Mrs. Kang.Without her mentor, her life in L City would have been much harder, and Lil Jin would have suffered even more with her.Mrs. Kang had also helped her so many times. When she was busy with her work, Mrs. Kang often took care of Lil Jin."Jin! Let Mrs. Kang stop!" Ling Yiran finally looked up and said to Yi Jinli, "Mrs. Kang just got out of the hospital, and her body won’t be able to take it. I know you hate her, but there are other ways if you want her to atone for her sins!"Yi Jinli slowly turned his head and looked Ling Yiran in the eye. "So you still wish to plead for her?"She gritted her teeth and uttered the word yes."You know full well what she did to my father and me!” he continued saying. He looked at her with eyes filled with melancholic disappointment.Ling Yiran thought his gaze was pressing on her chest like an invisible mountain, and she could hardly breathe from the pressure."I do.