Chapter 286 - The Long-Awaited Explanation IV (1/2)

Jiang Ruolan's smooth and beautiful face turned pale under the dim sky. Her clear eyes stared at him blankly.

”When Xiaoyi first called me 'daddy', I was as shocked as you were. I don't have the habit of acknowledging someone as my daughter, and I don't have the kind of love you claim me to have on Zhou Shufen. Everyone has their own principles, maybe I have more principles than anyone else, and I don't want her used this reason to bring our relationship to a stalemate.”

”At that time, after Senior Zhou's welcoming banquet, Little Fishie, who was alone in the hotel, suddenly had an illness. Since she was Senior Zhou's great-granddaughter, the hotel manager contacted me. Senior Zhou and the others rushed over and sent her to the hospital. Ever since Zhou Shufen divorced, she was unable to contact Xiaoyi's father, and Xiaoyi had been longing to find her father ever since she fell ill.”

As Xian Zihao said that, his thin lips slightly pursed and a look of regret appearing in his eyes. ”I know that anyone would mind this kind of thing. Besides, I had a past relationship with Zhou Shufen and I hid it from you twice when I sent Xiaoyi to the hospital. When Xiaoyi calls me daddy again, although I am very resistant to it, Ruolan, the principle is too much. Facing a five-year-old child who is suffering every day from illness and can still smile so happily, but in reality, she is already at the end of her life. Towards this term of address, I don't admit it, nor do I deny it. But no matter what kind of reason it is, it is unavoidable from hurting you. This is my negligence and mistake. You can blame me for it, but don't deny yourself like that again.”

He lifted his hand and stroked her hair, which was slightly messy from the struggle just now, behind her ears. Even on this stormy night, he was still the elegant Xian Zihao. However, his eyes were filled with deep regret.

Jiang Ruolan could still think of that glimpse, of that amiable and humble man who can make any woman fall in love with him. She thought, no matter how hard it was for her to forget Zhou Shufen's existence, if Little Fishie stood at her feet and called her 'mother' with tears in her eyes, she wouldn't refuse it too.

So that's how it is.

Did she need to continue to bear it and endure the pain? Moreover, Little Fishie was suffering from an illness and had a dream to get to know her father.

So, that's why that day in front of Little Fishie, Xian Zihao could not deny it in front of her. He had to explain to her afterward, but she had already run away.

However …

What could she do?

Everything that had once been in H City that day was thrown aside like a time tunnel, and the gentleness slowly retreated in the midst of time.

Maybe they were all wrong.

No matter what, they still did not completely trust each other, just like how she did not want to talk about the past in front of him, just like how he did not want her to misunderstand and hide the matter regarding Little Fishie.

Xian Zihao was a perfect man who could control everything, and he knew what was the best way. Actually, he could have told her earlier. Why did he have to go this far like this?

Jiang Ruolan pursed her lips and looked at him calmly: ”Thank you for untying the knot in my heart. The answer to the question that I've been waiting for has finally been answered. Can I go now?”

It was as if Xian Zihao had long anticipated that Jiang Ruolan wouldn't forgive him for this explanation, but in the end, he didn't retreat from her gradually calming indifference.

At this moment, Jiang Ruolan suddenly felt that she was really mean. She coldly looked at him. Xian Zihao patiently and firmly looked at her.

Jiang Ruolan knew there must have been something that had held him back that day. Maybe Little Fishie or maybe something else.

She also knew that Xian Zihao wouldn't intentionally hurt her. He had long planned that wedding. It was the wedding he had promised her. Perhaps all of this happened due to the cross wheels of fate.

People from these two worlds have been squeezed into the same world. As a result, the whole world became small, including her heart. So it turned out that she was just a vulgar woman. After giving her heart, she only wanted to have peace and stability and wanted to have a complete heart that belonged solely to her.

Greed? Maybe, but which woman wasn't greedy?

Who said that life couldn't be dramatic? How ridiculous this life is.

Jiang Ruolan had to admit that everything Zhou Shufen had done to her was a success. That day, she finally broke out completely. Regardless of whether Zhou Shufen was trying to win by using her child or just thinking about it, wasn't she finally successful?

Jiang Ruolan tore off the jacket on her body and returned it to Xian Zihao. ”I'll return the jacket o you. Lend me the umbrella, thanks.”

Then she suddenly bent down to pick up the umbrella that had been tossed in the wind and held it over her head. Knowing that Xian Zihao was still looking at her, Jiang Ruolan left without looking back.

Although she was not calm at all, her reason was still there. She looked at the sky and the curtain of rain and gave the umbrella to the worker beside her. ”President Xian is over at the garden. I'll borrow his umbrella, go and fetch him.”