Chapter 1352 - 901: Ten Thousand Reluctances

Xiao Anhe’s gaze froze, seemingly in disbelief as he looked at Yin Shixiu. The air followed in silence for several seconds, then Xiao Anhe chuckled lightly and said,

"Fourth Young Master Yin, you must be joking... I saved your life, my son saved your son... and now you want to sue Xiao Yan for child abduction...?"

"Dean An He, let’s keep things separate. Whether Xiao Yan actually saved my son or took him away will be verified by the police, and the court will consider that during the trial, but my intent to sue him will not change."

Yin Shixiu spoke firmly.

"Keeping things separate..." Xiao Anhe’s facade of friendliness vanished. In an instant, he stood up like an enraged lion, pointing at Yin Shixiu’s nose and proclaiming,

"Four years ago, you hadn’t fully recovered from severe injuries, living constantly on the verge of life and death. Your wife had to support the entire Yin Group by herself. Back then, you were besieged, with many businessmen eyeing you covetously! I was the one who pulled you back from the brink of death time and time again, and I kept your secrets for you!"

"And now you tell me to keep things separate! That is my son, Xiao Anhe’s son!"

"Dean An He, others may not know, but Xiaomeng and I know, you are a great philanthropist, and even a great philanthropist never leaves a name."

"But when you treated me, administered to me, rescued me... it wasn’t out of charity, right? I paid for it, a considerable sum."

"..."

After Yin Shixiu said this, the atmosphere seemed to cool down a few degrees.

Xiao Anhe looked at Yin Shixiu as if he had never truly known this person. He only now realized that the ruthless decisiveness and cold-bloodedness of the Fourth Young Master of the Yin Family were not just rumors.

"Dean An He..."

Su Xiaomeng, who had been sitting next to Yin Shixiu but hadn’t spoken, finally spoke calmly. She looked at Xiao Anhe, her eyes steady and unperturbed, and though the couple sat together, it was indeed difficult to ignore the term "couple resemblance."

"Perhaps you don’t know the predicament I was in during my difficult labor... but I remember your wife was also harmed by someone, passing away young... Her sense of despair and helplessness in the hospital at the time, surely you haven’t forgotten for even a moment over the years."

"..."

Xiao Anhe took a deep breath as Su Xiaomeng opened up his wound.

"Back then, my life was hanging by a thread, with a terrifying possibility of a double fatality. Though I survived, that... the child in my womb we had been eagerly anticipating, loving, and hoping for, was gone."

"During that time, my husband and I couldn’t sleep well for a single day; the thought of that child haunted us both day and night... Can you understand that feeling?"

Tears welled up in Su Xiaomeng’s eyes,

"Maybe in your heart now, my husband and I are ungrateful ingrates, black-hearted wolves... You might think the feeling of losing a child could be fleeting, but you are wrong. Throughout these years, whenever I see children around that age, I think of Little Treasure. Whenever I see Shuangshuang and Huang Huang carefree, happily like angels, I wonder if that prematurely deceased child would feel jealous in heaven, would feel hurt, would feel... it’s unfair..."

"Dean An He, even though Xiao Yan saved Little Treasure back then, he did not return him to us. Saving him and then claiming him—how is that rescue and relief, how is that benevolence?"

"He enjoys the father-son bond, the joys of family, while my husband and I... may never emerge from this shadow for the rest of our lives!"

"Little Yan was fresh out of medical school at the time, he was young, only twenty years old, perhaps he had his reasons, or perhaps he made a wrong decision on the spur of the moment, he—"

"Dean An He, I was just in my early twenties when I lost Little Treasure... Should his youthful mistakes be transformed into pain for a woman around his age to endure... Do you still think I can easily forgive him?"

"..."

""Age is never an excuse for mistakes, and it’s the same for children stealing things—they are still thieves, and teens beating classmates or abusing animals are still wicked."

Su Xiaomeng looked steadily at Xiao Anhe. Xiao Anhe had always maintained himself well; for someone in his fifties, he didn’t look it at all, but today... at least Xiaomeng saw the aged look in Xiao Anhe’s expression.

"Do you even think about Xiao Ang’s feelings if you plan to acknowledge him?"

"I will pick Xiao Ang up from kindergarten tomorrow, it’s something I promised him before, and whether or not Xiao Ang is willing to accept us is up to us to handle."

After saying this, Yin Shixiu stood up, straightened his clothes, and left with Xiaomeng from the Xiao Family.

After getting into the car, Xiaomeng clenched her fists tightly,

"Just wait a little longer, wait for Xiao Ang to come back... I want... I want to see him."

Su Xiaomeng murmured to herself, yet she knew... it wasn’t appropriate.

Yin Shixiu put his arm around her shoulder, "Tomorrow, I’ll bring him home, just wait one more day."

Su Xiaomeng nestled into Yin Shixiu’s arms,

"Do you think... that child, with such a stubborn temperament, might... refuse to come home with us no matter what? Would he—"

"No, he will definitely love his real home. Did you forget? He loves you so much... And he already knows you’re his real mother. He will definitely be happy to come home with us."

Yin Shixiu comforted Su Xiaomeng.

Despite hearing this, Su Xiaomeng’s anxiety did not diminish in the slightest.

Both she and Yin Shixiu understood well in their hearts...

Even if Xiao Xiaoang wasn’t a stubborn child, any child around his age would inevitably be hurt in the process of changing families and parents.

This is almost unavoidable.

They can’t possibly give their own biological child to someone else, while the adoptive father who raised him from childhood has formed a deep emotional bond with him.

Getting Xiao Ang to leave the Xiao Family and return to the Yin Family is definitely not a simple matter.

The only thing he and Su Xiaomeng can do is to minimize the harm to the child as much as possible.

The driver drove away from the Xiao Family, and at the same time, the car carrying Xiao Xiaoang returned to the Xiao Family, coming and going...

Xiao Ang got off the car with a big backpack and rushed into the house,

"Xiao Yan, Xiao Yan!"

Xiao Xiaoang dashed in shouting loudly, and then saw Xiao Anhe and Xiao Kaicheng sitting in the living room...

"Grandpa... Daddy’s Grandpa..."

Xiao Xiaoang blinked; although he had only met Xiao Kaicheng twice, his impression of Xiao Kaicheng was still quite deep.

"Xiao Ang, hello there."

Xiao Kaicheng hurriedly smiled and greeted Xiao Ang.

Xiao Anhe also turned his head towards Xiao Ang, "Come, put down your backpack. Is there something new and exciting today, to make you so thrilled as soon as you come back?"

"Grandpa, look quickly!"

Xiao Xiaoang sat beside Xiao Anhe, buried his head in his backpack, and pulled out two test papers,

"Here!"

He handed them to Xiao Anhe, then flopped on the sofa, hugged a pillow, and smiled foolishly. His big eyes were gleaming mischievously, as if closely observing Xiao Anhe’s expression...

Then Xiao Anhe looked at the test papers in his hand and realized... they were kindergarten exams, the little guy had done them in pencil, and both papers were decorated with five stars...

"Wow, Xiao Ang got a total of ten stars?"

Xiao Xiaoang buried his face in the pillow and shook his legs, seeming proud to the point of embarrassment.

Xiao Anhe held the two test papers, which contained particularly simple phonetics and words, arithmetic within twenty...

The old man’s tears suddenly burst from his eyes; he tightly covered them—

Xiao Xiaoang lifted his head from the pillow, saw Grandpa crying suddenly, and was stunned too, "Grandpa, you don’t need to be this—excited, right?"

"..."

Xiao Xiaoang spoke with a troubled face, "You’re making me lose face... It seems like I’ve never gotten ten stars before..."

Xiao Anhe cried and then suddenly smiled; he wiped his tears, looked at the little guy, and said while crying,

"Indeed, you little guy have never gotten ten stars!"

"Then, then... then Grandpa, don’t say it out loud! When you cry, I’ve already lost face, great-grandpa is here, and you still say it out loud... hey!"

The little guy mumbled, then sighed heavily, tidying up his backpack and asking,

"When is Xiao Yan coming back?"

"Ah... Oh, Xiao Yan has to work the night shift tonight, so he won’t be back today; he called to ask me to take good care of you."

Xiao Xiaoang looked up at Xiao Anhe and then snuggled into Grandpa’s arms, "Grandpa... I’ll have a break after tomorrow’s class!"

"Yes, right, you’re about to have a break. What should we do... You already make this much noise before the holiday, once the holiday comes, won’t Grandpa be annoyed by you every day?"

"Grandpa... why are you crying non-stop... Are your eyes broken?"

Xiao Xiaoang saw Xiao Anhe talking to him while old tears slipped down his cheeks.

"Ah... Grandpa doesn’t know why, suddenly feels... just feels..."

"Hey... I can’t handle you adults, you just love stars so much! If necessary, I’ll get more stars back for you next time!"

Xiao Xiaoang said, patting his chest, and declared with pride.

Little guy has no idea what Xiao Anhe’s mood is now...

Want to laugh, but more within the laughter is discomfort, is sadness...

Don’t mention Xiao Yan; for him as a Grandpa... to think about returning Xiao Xiaoang to the Yin Family at this time, his heart aches terribly.

Unwilling, a thousand times unwilling.

After losing his wife, Xiao Anhe raised Xiao Yan alone, so no one is more able than him to understand Xiao Yan’s feelings now...

It’s like breaking a bone that is still connected by muscle.

"Grandpa, stop crying, if you cry again, I’ll call Xiao Yan to tell on you, Xiao Yan will surely laugh at you!"