Chapter 416 - Why Don’t You Divorce Her? (1/2)

Why were her words nonsense to him? Su Qingsang was a little speechless to hear what Su Chenghui said.

“That’s a fact.” She believed she said nothing wrong. “My mother really doesn’t want to see you, so please leave.”

Su Chenghui was busy on New Year’s day too. He needed to go back to the Su Family soon, but still, he made some time to come and visit Xiang Caiping.

Little did he think that Su Qingsang wouldn’t even let him see her.

“Qingsang, you have no right to make decisions for your mother.”

“Don’t I? I’m pretty sure that my mother doesn’t want to see you.”

“You know that you’re not…”

“No, I’m not,” Su Qingsang interrupted him and said, “Whose daughter am I then? Are you sure that you want to argue with me about that on the first day of the year right in front of my mother’s door? Are you sure?”

Su Chenghui fell into silence, looking at the door.

“Dad,” Su Qingsang looked at Su Chenghui and said, “I have a question. Can you answer it for me?”

Su Chenghui silently looked at her.

“Since you dislike Aunt Li so much, why don’t you divorce her?” Su Qingsang raised her eyebrows. Her face, which looked a little similar to his, wore a confused look.

He really didn’t like Li Qianxue, and he never forgot about Xiang Caiping, so, why didn’t he get a divorce?

“What nonsense are you talking about?” Su Chenghui changed his expression.

“You may think it’s nonsense. However, if you were living such a miserable life, if you suffered so much, you could have divorced her. You could have left her. You are a capable man. I believe that you’d be able to build a successful career without the help of the Li Family.”

“If you were single now, I would never try to stop you from seeing my mother. However, Dad, you are a married man. You have a wife, a family, yet still, you come here to see my mother. Don’t you feel that this is very inappropriate?”

Su Qingsang was going to use the word ‘shameless’, but couldn’t. The man who was standing in front of her was her father after all.

“You… What do you know? You know nothing.”

Su Chenghui, of course, believed in his own capabilities as well. He believed that he would be successful, even if the Li Family hadn’t been helping him.

“You are right. I know nothing. Perhaps I’m still too young,” Su Qingsang sighed silently and said, “But if Huo Jinyao was thinking about another woman while he was married to me, I’d never accept it. That’s all I know.”

“It’s not like that.” Su Qingsang wouldn’t believe what Su Chenghui was going to say, but he said it anyway. “I, I only want to know that she’s doing well, I just…”

Ever since the accident that Su Peizhen caused, he had been feeling guilt and regret. He had those feelings restrained, though.

“She’s good. You don’t need to come here,” Su Qingsang let out a long breath, then continued with, “Dad, I know that it’s hard for you to believe me, but I still want to tell you that even though I’m not my mother’s biological daughter, I will take good care of her. Don’t worry.”

After saying that, she turned and went back into the room to see Xiang Caiping.

Su Chenghui watched her leave in steady and firm steps. Su Qingsang, his daughter, had grown up. Suddenly, a strong feeling of guilt attacked him. That was even worse than the guilt he had for Xiang Caiping.

He turned around, glanced outside, then started walking slowly. It was the first day of the New Year, and the weather was great. Basking in the sun, he was supposed to feel warm.

He didn’t feel warm, though. Wearing a confused look, he walked out of the hospital and then saw someone familiar.

It was Li Qianxue. He didn’t know when she arrived. She was standing at the gate of the hospital, staring at him coldly.

Su Chenghui stopped moving.

He froze at the exit of the building while she stayed at the gate of the hospital. Across the lawn, they looked into each other’s eyes.

He saw Li Qianxue curve her lips in a sarcastic smile. Her cold stare was laced with disappointment.

He thought Li Qianxue would rush at him, question him, scold him. None of that happened. She only spent a short while looking at him, then got into her car and left.

Su Chenghui raised a foot but didn’t manage to take a step forward. The sunlight of the New Year somehow became dazzling.

…

The next day, Su Qingsang visited a few hospital managers together with some other doctors and then paid a visit to Shi Mengwan’s place.

She planned to visit the Su Family on the third day of the New Year. Huo Jinyao would be back that day. She didn’t know when exactly he would arrive, though. If he couldn’t be back until the afternoon, she would go alone.

Su Qingsang was really surprised to see Huo Jinyao in the hospital room.

“Why are you back?”

“Em,” Huo Jinyao offered her a smile. “What? Aren’t you happy to see me?”

Su Qingsang shook her head, then abruptly stepped forward to embrace Huo Jinyao. “I thought you wouldn’t be here until tomorrow.”

“I missed you, so I came back early.”

He was so bored dealing with all those guests. This year, Huo Yangyuan was at home, so the Huo Family was expecting many more guests than usual.

He had no patience for that. Therefore, he flew to his great-aunt’s place to wish her Happy New Year early in the morning, then booked a ticket back to Lin City after lunch.

He held her tightly. They had been apart for over ten days. He really did miss her.

Su Qingsang missed him too. Sensing his familiar scent, she suddenly wanted to cry.

Her eyes turned red as she choked on her words. Before, she was always fine being alone at the New Year, but this year, she missed Huo Jinyao so much and wanted so much for him to be with her.

“I missed you too,” Su Qingsang blinked, pulled herself together, and buried her face in his chest.

Huo Jinyao put both arms around her and kissed the top of her head. She wasn’t going to let him go until she heard the laughter in the room.

Only after that did she realize that she was in the hospital room. Apart from Xiang Caiping, Xiao Yu was there too.

She instantly blushed scarlet. She quickly freed herself from Huo Jinyao’s arms, but her cheeks were still pink.

She gave Huo Jinyao a fierce glare. He hardly minded, though. He directly pulled her back into his arms.

“Mom,” he brought Su Qingsang to the bedside, and said, “Happy New Year.”

“Happy New Year,” Xiang Caiping was happy to see her son-in-law. “I’m glad to have you back.”

“Mom,” Huo Jinyao turned and picked up the gifts. Earlier, he put those gifts on the floor when he saw Su Qingsang.

“I brought you some gifts. You’re going to need these.”

Looking at the pile of gift boxes, Su Qingsang felt touched by how caring Huo Jinyao was. He clearly knew that Xiang Caiping wasn’t Su Qingsang’s real mother, yet still, he was so nice to her.

“You don’t need to bring me gifts. I’m just happy to see you home.”

Xiang Caiping meant it. She had savings, and she didn’t want her daughter and son-in-law to spend too much money on her.

“Mom, just take them. These are all good stuff, very hard to buy.”

Huo Jinyao added, “I’ve talked to the doctor. These can help you with the recovery.”

Xiang Caiping knew how capable her son-in-law was, and also understood that those gifts were nothing for him. Still, she was touched by his thoughtfulness.