Chapter 1147 - 1144: Warm Embrace 4

She answered cheerfully, "Don’t worry, I’ll definitely visit often. Uncle’s cooking is so good, I’d love to come for meals."

Old Huang was delighted, "I have many specialties, Xixi, I’ll make them for you one by one when you come."

She smiled sweetly, "Then I will thank Uncle in advance."

Old Huang watched her car disappear completely before slowly turning around, and couldn’t help but murmur to himself, "Old woman, if you have a spirit in heaven, bless your son. If he can reconcile with Yan Xixi, it will be some comfort in his later years... Ah, it’s a pity... If only I’d been more resolute at the time and hadn’t listened to you... In the end, it’s all my fault... All my fault for not standing firm at the crucial moment..."

If I had shown a bit of courage back then, and not been passive to my wife, what would have been the outcome?

Just like many parents of spoiled children, no matter how badly their children behave, they turn a blind eye, unwilling to discipline them strictly. Little do they know, this indulgence and pampering is the greatest irresponsibility, the greatest selfishness—ultimately, it often leads the spoiled children astray, into legal trouble, ruining their lives.

From morning to noon, from noon to evening, time passed second by second, but the miracle never occurred.

The pile of empty beer bottles grew, finally, Wan Donglin slowly stood up.

The phone rang again, and he answered sluggishly.

"Donglin, I’ve sent a plane to pick you up, you must leave immediately..."

"Mom..."

"No more words, there’s an urgent situation at home, just come back. Donglin, I’ve never asked anything of you all these years, but you repeatedly disappoint me. This time, you must listen to me."

He remained silent.

"The dead can’t come back to life! Is there any point to this? Other than worrying us, what value does it hold?"

He replied indifferently, "I’ll be back right away."

Liu Daqing was taken aback by his straightforwardness.

He suddenly asked, "Mom... Do you think, if I hadn’t hung up on her that day, would she not have died? Would that count as me indirectly causing her death?"

"..."

"It must be! If I had answered the call, I would have known what had happened to her. Maybe she wouldn’t have boarded that flight; if I had gone to pick her up myself, she definitely wouldn’t have died..."

Liu Daqing sighed deeply, "Donglin, I understand how you feel... But what’s done is done, all regret is fruitless now... Besides... It’s unfair to say that. By your logic, if she hadn’t gone to Harvard, she wouldn’t have died, right? If she hadn’t wanted to surprise you, she wouldn’t have died, is that it? Donglin, you’re usually a very open-minded person. Why are you so stubborn about this matter?"

"..."

"Mom, if she were alive, I would give up everything..."

Liu Daqing thought to himself: Sadly, even if you gave up everything, you can’t turn back time, can you?

Moreover, people are always like this, they only regret when it’s too late.

Especially since she died in such a way, leaving him no chance, so in this lifetime, it turned into a sharp thorn piercing into his heart, leaving him restless every moment.

Finding happiness again, how difficult is that?

"Donglin, you’ve searched everywhere you needed to. I understood your feelings before, and I didn’t interfere with your actions. But from now on, you must pull yourself together."