Chapter 2848 - 2841: A Birthday Gift

"Ayan, it’s all in the past. Didn’t I also not know you and Yanran were in a relationship back then?" Chi Shouye raised his hand to wipe the rain off his face, "Do we really have to be so irreconcilable as father and son because of a woman?"

"A woman? You actually call her a woman... What about my mom? In your eyes, is my mom only a woman too?" Chi Yan roared furiously, feeling that the two most important women in his life were worthless in his father’s eyes.

He Yue stood by the floor-to-ceiling window the whole time, watching the scene of betrayal between father and son in the rain, utterly astonished.

Watching the furious young man desperately punching his father in the rain, her heart was filled with an overwhelming sadness, realizing just how unfortunate his youth had been.

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The birthday party, in the end, ended on an unhappy note.

When He Yue was about to leave with her backpack and went to say goodbye to Chi Yan, he was sitting on the sofa with his head down, looking utterly despondent.

"Chi Yan, I’m leaving!" she said softly.

Chi Yan lifted his head, looking at her with reddened eyes, then stood up, "I’ll see you off!"

"No, no need. I’ll just take a cab back. You should rest more..." Seeing how upset he was, He Yue wanted to comfort him but didn’t know what to say.

Chi Yan seemed not to hear, stood up, and walked out first.

"Go ahead. Right now, perhaps only you can lift Ayan’s spirits a bit. If you don’t pay attention to him, his world might truly be engulfed in darkness." Luo Tong looked at her with pleading eyes.

He Yue slowly nodded, forcing herself to step out.

Chi Yan was driving, and the road was filled with puddles after the rain. He drove very slowly, deliberately stepping on the brakes when passing pedestrians to slow down and avoid splashing rainwater everywhere.

He Yue noticed all of this; this young man didn’t seem that bad after all.

On the way, Chi Yan didn’t say much to her, just asking for directions and whether she was cold in the car.

When the car arrived in front of the military compound, Chi Yan was taken aback: "Do you have family living in the military compound?"

"Yes, my benefactor!" He Yue answered simply, "I’ll tell you more when we have time in the future."

"Alright then." Chi Yan got out of the car, jogged a few steps to the front passenger seat, and opened the door for He Yue, "I heard the compound is strictly managed and doesn’t easily let outsiders in, so I won’t go in, you head back yourself."

"Okay, sure!" He Yue nodded, "You should head back, be careful on the road."

Chi Yan’s lips curved slightly, silently agreeing.

He Yue had only walked a few steps away when suddenly she heard Chi Yan call out to her from behind: "He Yue..."

"What is it?" She turned around, seeing him leaning against the car, gazing at her with eyes that seemed to want to speak but hesitated, "Go ahead and say it, do you need my help with something?"

"Can I ask you for a birthday present?" Chi Yan asked.

"What present?" He Yue tilted her head, looking at him, "Sorry, I didn’t prepare a gift for you today. If you want a gift, I’ll buy it for you tomorrow, okay?"

Her attitude towards him softened considerably, as understanding his loss of the person who loved him most gave her a sense of shared empathy.