Didn't Ye Fan's so-called father also return many years later to look for him saying that he wanted to make it up to him?
Ye Fan and Li Xiao-Hong had similar life experiences, but they made different choices.
Li Xiao-Hong chose to forgive her father while Ye Fan went on a path of no return!
"Don't you hate him?" asked Ye Fan suddenly after a long silence.
Li Xiao-Hong hesitated momentarily. Then she suddenly shook her head and smiled as she said gently, "I used to hate him, but now I stopped feeling anything. After all, everyone has the right to choose how they want to live. Moreover, my father gave my mother all his assets in the countryside when he divorced her. Although it isn't much, I can tell my parents had feelings for each other. Perhaps there was a reason why he divorced my mother back then, and maybe he had no choice,” said Li Xiao-Hong calmly. She was a kind girl and always assumed the best of others.
After her father left for a few years, he suddenly sent someone to deliver the divorce papers to her mother. Then he disappeared completely.
Li Xiao-Hong felt her father was somewhat heartless back then, but her opinion changed with age and experience.
She knew that many things couldn't be helped in the world.
Also, many things didn't look as simple as they did on the surface.
Hence Li Xiao-Hong gradually became jaded about her father.
Li Xiao-Hong's mother agreed when her father asked her to further her studies and take a doctorate in Yanjing, so she was going to Yanjing to find her father like her mother wished.
"Congratulations then, Xiao-Hong. If we were in a novel, you are definitely the female lead. Maybe after you get to Yanjing, you'll get to inherit his billions and reach the pinnacle of your life. Then you'll become so successful that you'll be too good for me," teased Ye Fan humorously.
But no one detected the inexplicable emotion running through Ye Fan's eyes.
Was there any special reason for Ye Fan's father to treat him that way back then?
Ye Fan knew nothing about it!
Jianghai wasn't too far from Yanjing, so all it took was a one to two hour flight before they arrived.
After Ye Fan arrived in Yanjing, he wanted to bid Li Xiao-Hong farewell, but she unexpectedly invited him over to her home for dinner.
"My father owns a hotel, so you can stay at his hotel after that. Mr Chu, don't reject me. It's just a meal and won't take up too much of your time," said Li Xiao-Hong with anticipation.
Since Li Xiao-Hong was so kind to offer, Ye
Fan didn't turn her down and agreed to go back with her.
Then Li Xiao-Hong's father, Li Lu-Bin, called to say that he was stuck in traffic and was probably only arriving in 30 minutes and told her to wait at the airport.
So Ye Fan took the opportunity to buy a couple of things from nearby.
After all, it was Ye Fan's first time visiting, so he couldn't go empty-handed.
"Wow! I didn't expect to find such a treasure," said Ye Fan when a rusty copper tripod in an antique shop caught his attention.
Ye Fan appeared before Li Xiao-Hong a few minutes later with a bag of gifts.
"Xiao-Hong, I was late because of the traffic," said Li Xiao-Hong's father, who happened to arrive at the same time.
He was a middle-aged man dressed in a suit with an affectionate smile on his face. The moment he saw Li Xiao-Hong, he was so delighted that he gave her a big hug.
"Xiao-Hong, get into the car. Auntie Li-Ping has prepared a huge spread of food to welcome you,” said Li Lu-Bin as he smiled and hurried Li Xiao-Hong to get into the car.
"Dad, this is Mr Chu. He was a big help to me in the past, so I want to invite him over to eat too. Is that okay?" asked Li Xiao-Hong as she introduced Ye Fan to her father.
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