222 UNCOMFORTABLE (1/2)

There was another long moment of silence in the living room. Chu Ling and Zhong Tian did not know how to begin the conversation. As people who had remained on top of the social hierarchy in Supreme City and the country, they had never had to admit their wrongdoing.

Therefore, they felt uncomfortable about the situation.

Since the last time they had seen Hu Lei, they had talked about the union between their son and Hu Lei. They had realised that they had been a little haste in their judgement. However, they had not had the intention of apologising for their poor behaviour.

They had hoped to slowly mend the relationship with Hu Lei slowly. They believed that if they showed a difference in attitude, she would see their intention for reconciliation. After a while, they would be able to move past the unpleasantness.

However, they had not anticipated that the elder would find out about the matter that occurred years ago. They had never explained the actual process of how Feng'er had gotten well when he had been at the brink of death. They had only told him that they had found a godly doctor to treat him.

It could be assumed that Zhong Feng had told his grandfather the entire story. And the elder was not happy with his son and his daughter-in-law.

The two of them could remember that elderly face looking down at them.

”Is this how I raised you, Zhong Tian? Has our family become a den for ingrates?” The old man had shaken an angry fist at his father.

”And you,” he had turned to Chu Ling. ”How can you sleep at night as a mother after treating the child who saved your son so poorly? You even tried to oust her?”

”And do not speak of the compensation you gave the doctor. Can the gift of life that the girl gave be bought? Is my grandson so cheap?”

The old man had ranted and chided them.

At the beginning, the two people had been unwilling. Chu Ling had even brought up the matter of Hu Lei leaving Zhong Feng for years and returning like nothing happened.

Elder Zhong had looked at her like she was crazy. As an old fox, he had some knowledge about people. And he had wondered why there was a sense of haunting in Hu Lei's eyes. Hearing about her absence, he felt that the matter was not simple.

”Why do you want to involve yourselves in every details of the children's life? If Zhong Feng can be with her after that time, who are you to speak to the contrary? Do you believe that he is stupid and cannot make his own decisions?” He had responded.

After a while, he had sighed, looking at their faces. ”Do you genuinely believe that Hu Lei is a bad child?”

As Zhong Tian and Chu Li looked at Hu Lei seated across from them, they felt the guilt in their hearts weigh them down. They had never thought that Hu Lei was not a good woman. In fact, she seemed perfect for Zhong Feng. She made him happy.