Chapter 448 - Don’t Blame Me for Taking It Out on Your Darling Child (1/2)
Chapter 448: Don’t Blame Me for Taking It Out on Your Darling Child
Now, because of what Su Qingsang’s said, Su Chenghui was prompted to think carefully about the answers he would need to come to terms with the results of his impulsive move.
In truth, he already knew the answer in his heart, but he did not dare to face it. He didn’t have the courage to face his mistake.
Did he really hate Li Qianxue? Indeed, he hated her a long time ago. However, he hated himself even more.
He hated himself for not being determined enough and for not thinking of a solution in the first place.
He hated that he had gotten involved with Xiang Caiping before clearing the mess he had started with Li Qianxue. This had only served to cause more confusion later.
It was like trying to make up for one mistake by hastening to commit another.
The end result was that the mistake just snowballed and got entirely out of control. It was too late by the time he tried to salvage the situation.
Su Chenghui stared blankly at the building in front of him. He found himself unconsciously driving home without even knowing it.
Yes. This was his home. He had lived there for more than twenty years.
After his parents passed away, he had come to regard Old Master Li as his own father.
And apart from Old Master Li? Su Peizhen was really his daughter, and Su Yuxin was his son. As for Li Qianxue…
Su Chenghui thought of Li Qianxue’s face. He thought of how they were always at loggerheads with each other. They could never come to an agreement about anything.
She was so beautiful, that fact he could not deny. She was also very capable and ambitious. In business, the two of them were perfectly matched.
After their first one-night stand, she became pregnant and had forced him to marry her.
Later, after she gave birth to their child, she had returned to work, fully committed.
With their previous experience of working together, even if Su Chenghui did truly hate his wife for forcing him to marry her, he had to admit that she had superb business skills.
She was especially daring as well, and they complemented each other very well.
In recent years, Li Enterprise had acquired the potential for so much growth, but it would not have been possible without the combined hard work both of them had done.
Aside from business, though? Su Chenghui thought of the first few years of their marriage.
Li Qianxue knew that he didn’t like her, so she tried her best to treat him well and gain his affection. She tried her hardest to please him and took care of almost every single detail.
At that time, he had not been in business long. Coming from a humble upbringing, he didn’t care so much about his image.
However, after getting married, his image was getting better and better with each year. His clothes, every season throughout the year, were handpicked and matched by Li Qianxue.
Thanks to her background and upbringing, she had great taste. Every night she would pick out and co-ordinate the clothes he was going to wear the next day.
This did not only apply to the things he wore, but also to everything else related to him. She made sure to add her personal touch and energy. From the beginning, she really had made up her mind to be a good wife.
She even tried to learn to cook and prepare meals once upon a time. However, she soon realized she had no talent in that and stopped.
However, every good she did for him was deliberately ignored and dismissed. He hated her. He was determined not to feel any affection for her whatsoever.
He blamed her for Xiang Caiping leaving him, and he became even more embittered when he was forced to marry her because of her pregnancy.
He was not good to her at all, and he didn’t even share a room with her for a long time after their marriage.
Had it not been for another time when he had gotten drunk yet again, they would not even have Su Yuxin. However, it had to happen that one time.
As he searched his inner hidden thoughts, he found that he had a secret longing for Li Qianxue.
How could that be? Even so, he had not cared about her feelings whatsoever. He had, in fact, taken advantage of her using his drunkenness as an excuse.
He had severely humiliated her. Told her not to waste her time and feelings. He said that he would not fall in love with her, that he would never accept her. Ever.
Starting from that day, Li Qianxue’s attitude toward him had finally begun to change.
It was a slow process, at the end of which she had given up on him. And while she didn’t want him anymore, it had only taken that one time for her to get pregnant again.
After Su Yuxin was born, Li Qianxue began to focus all her energy on their son.
As the years went by, Su Peizhen was growing up. When she was young, she was very adorable.
She was a spoiled, cheeky child and loved to laugh. With Su Peizhen around, the atmosphere at home slowly started getting better.
Su Yuxin was also very cute when he was young. He was not like a typical boy, but a quiet, introverted type, and was, in fact, closer to Li Qianxue than to Su Peizhen.
Thanks to their two children, Su Chenghui and Li Qianxue could maintain a respectful and civil exterior as a husband and wife.
On the surface, Li Qianxue treated him the same as before, dutifully and respectfully. However, he knew it was different.
However, Li Qianxue had finally given up on having any real marriage relationship with him. If it were not for Old Master Li and their two children, perhaps they would have divorced.
When he discovered that Li Qianxue’s attitude toward him had changed, he didn’t probe too deeply into his feelings then.
He could only convince himself that yes, that was for the best. This way was better.
He didn’t love Li Qianxue after all, and she, in fact, had forced him to marry her.
However, he knew very well that things were not good, not good at all. He didn’t like the way that Li Qianxue would regard him so coldly. He hated the fact that he was slowly becoming totally insubstantial in her eyes.