Chapter 734

Just when Xiao Churan was dumbfounded and didn't know how to respond for a while.

Xiao Changkun in the passenger seat was full of grievances to the point of tears, choked up and said, "Back then, your Mom and I could be said to have no emotional foundation at all. To tell the truth, before that night when I was drunk, I hadn't even spoken a few words to her. You should be able to see for yourself that your Auntie Han's conditions are much better than your Mom's in every aspect. For any normal man, it's impossible to voluntarily give up your Auntie Han and then choose her. I was completely forced and helpless back then!"

As he spoke, Xiao Changkun looked out the window with a sorrowful face, and said with some pain, "Back then, I had already planned my life with your Auntie Han after graduation. We were prepared to go to the United States for further studies together after graduation. You should know that it was very popular to go abroad back then, and everyone was sharpening their heads to drill out. We were thinking back then, if it was more suitable to develop in the United States, then we would get married and settle down in the United States, and then apply for high-end talent immigration. Our future life plans were already very clear, and it could be said to be bright..."

"But, what about the result? The result was just because I drank too much at the party, your Mom took advantage of the situation, forced your Auntie Han away, ruined my life's happiness, and also ruined all my plans for life!"

"Why have I been unmotivated and muddled for so many years? Being timid at home all day long, not looking like a graduate of a prestigious university at all? Isn't it just because your Mom ruined my life trajectory back then, making me lose the direction and motivation to work hard all at once!"

After saying all this, Xiao Changkun's emotions could no longer be contained, and he wailed, "Life is only once. If it's ruined, it can never be made up for. And you? What you see is just that your Mom seems to have been wronged, but have you thought about how I've lived these twenty-plus years? What was my mood?"

Xiao Churan was also speechless.

She really didn't expect that her father had suffered such a great grievance all these years.

Even the life trajectory that was originally set had undergone earth-shaking changes because of her mother's intervention as a third party.

Originally, Dad might have gone to the United States for further studies with Auntie Han, gotten married, and become a pillar of society.

But later, after Dad married Mom, he became the trash in Grandma's eyes, the piece of trash that couldn't be helped up.

Later, Dad simply gave up resistance and lived a life of idleness every day. Of course, he had his own reasons for not being motivated, but overall it was still caused by Mom's intervention as a third party.

To be fair, Mom ruined Dad's whole life.

Turned him from a spirited college student into a greasy and decadent middle-aged man.

For these twenty-plus years, Dad must have lived very aggrieved. It's just that he had never mentioned these things to her before.

Moreover, Mom's personality is so shrewish, and she is the initiator of the whole thing. Dad definitely couldn't confide in her, so in this family, Dad had no one to complain to. Then these grievances, he should have been holding them in his stomach for twenty-plus years!

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but feel aggrieved for her father in her heart.

So, she comforted him choked up, "Dad, don't cry, it's my fault. I didn't figure out what was going on and just blamed you indiscriminately. I'm sorry..."

Xiao Changkun rubbed his eyes and sighed deeply, "Sigh... Dad doesn't want you to apologize to me, Dad just hopes to get your understanding."

Xiao Churan nodded gently and sighed, "In the future, I won't ask too much about your affairs. I just hope you can handle these relationships well."

For the current Xiao Churan, she knew the origin of the story and couldn't stop Dad from contacting Han Meiqing anymore. However, she was Ma Lan's biological daughter after all, and out of respect for her mother and this family of three, she couldn't explicitly support Dad in pursuing Han Meiqing.

So, she felt that the only thing she could do now was not to ask about the affairs between Mom and Dad anymore.

Whether it was the grievances between them back then or the entanglement now, she would not ask anymore.

Xiao Changkun didn't expect his daughter to support him clearly. Not interfering was already the best result he could think of. So he said excitedly, "Oh Churan, you can do this, Dad is truly so grateful to you!"

Xiao Churan sighed, "Dad, this watch Auntie Han gave you, you'd better not wear it when you're at home, lest Mom sees it and asks for the reason."

"Understood, understood!" Xiao Changkun nodded excitedly and said repeatedly, "In the future at home, I will absolutely not wear this watch!"

Ye Chen on the side had been silent, but hearing this, he also breathed a sigh of relief for his father-in-law.

This father-in-law of his is indeed not easy. In fact, the reason he endured Ma Lan for so many years was mainly for Xiao Churan.

If it weren't for his daughter, he couldn't have endured it all along. So from here, it can also be seen that this father-in-law of his is not useless. At least his fatherly love for Xiao Churan is still very great.

Moreover, even when questioned by Xiao Churan, he didn't say that the grievances of these twenty-plus years were suffered for Xiao Churan, which is worthy of the four words "fatherly love is like a mountain."

Returning to Tang Chen Yi Pin, Ye Chen was about to drive into the community when he suddenly saw Ito Nanako standing at the entrance of the community wearing a mask.

Although the mask covered her face, Ye Chen could still determine from her body shape, hairstyle, and feeling that this woman was Ito Nanako.

Seeing himself driving closer, Ito Nanako first walked a few steps toward him subconsciously, but maybe she saw Xiao Changkun and Xiao Churan in the car, so she stopped her steps again.

Ye Chen knew his wife and father-in-law were both in the car, so he couldn't stop to greet her or ask her what she was looking for him for. So he could only drive in first, thinking about finding an excuse to come out and see later.

The car returned to the Tang Chen Yi Pin villa. Before Ye Chen could park the car steadily, Xiao Changkun had already put away the watch Han Meiqing gave him.

After the car stopped steadily, he hurriedly pushed the door and got out, and went to hide the watch in his own BMW car.

Seeing this, Xiao Churan sighed and whispered to Ye Chen, "Suddenly I feel Dad is so pitiful... He must have been very aggrieved all these years, right?"

Ye Chen nodded, "Dad has been suppressing it for twenty-six or seven years. If it were someone else, they would have collapsed long ago."

Xiao Churan asked him, "Did you know about these things long ago? Why do I see you don't seem surprised at all?"

Ye Chen said, "Last time I accompanied Dad to his alma mater for a class reunion, I heard people mention this matter."

Xiao Churan suddenly realized and nodded, asking him, "Then why didn't you tell me..."

Ye Chen said helplessly, "This matter was followed by Mom having an accident and going missing. At that time, you seemed to have lost your soul, and only thought about finding Mom in your heart. How could I add to your trouble?"

Xiao Churan nodded slightly, and it was another sigh.

Ye Chen thought of Ito Nanako at the door and said, "You and Dad go in first, I'm going out."

Xiao Churan asked curiously, "Why are you going out so late?"

Ye Chen said, "I'm going to buy some liver protection tablets for Dad, he drank alcohol!"

Xiao Churan said, "I'll go instead."

Ye Chen waved his hand, "You accompany Dad in, if Mom nags him again, you just help mediate!"