Attention Sir, I Have Your Heart Handcuffed!-Chapter 715: [Yan Jian Extra] 17. The Fourth Meeting_2

In fact, the divorce agreement had long been signed, but there was this "five-year" condition attached.

However, this was nothing but a part of Annie’s machinations. Five years of separation, Yifan’s refusal to come home during those five years, and when the five-year condition finally ended, everyone thought Annie could only give up.

Annie indeed showed such an appearance: she looked haggard and thin and then, just before it dragged into the sixth year, she finally called her husband, inviting him back to share The Last Supper with her and their son George in the role of a husband and father.

Yifan couldn’t refuse and returned for the dinner, telling the driver to wait outside.

As a result, that night, Annie tampered with the food...

Two hours later, Yifan awoke with astonishing willpower and left. But it was already too late.

Just like that, Annie had Jamie.

And due to the arrival of this newborn, Annie enjoyed legal protection, from pregnancy to nursing, spanning a period of three years during which divorce was impossible.

The arrival of Jamie, though it extended his parents’ marriage by another three years, meant he would never be accepted by his father from the moment he entered this world. Thus, in his childhood, he couldn’t even recall any father-son interaction his father had ever engaged in with him.

This Jamie grew up in waiting and despair, but at the age of thirteen... he was sold by his only closest mother and brother.

Sold to the Old Buddha in his family, a relative he should have called "grandfather."

Since then, home and kinship became the sources of his deepest wounds.

So to some extent, he felt that he wasn’t closest to George; instead, he was closer to Huangfu Huazhang—the experiences and environment of growing up, and the feeling of enduring alone.

Thus, he always felt that someday he would become the second Huangfu Huazhang, walking the path of Huangfu Huazhang.

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These matters, these feelings, Jamie had only ever told him.

He knew Jamie would never tell these things to Tang Yanjian.

Who is she? The little princess of the Tang Family, a spoiled lady unaware of worldly sorrows.

She would never understand, and instead might even look down on Jamie because he was "given" to the Old Buddha.

The prouder Jamie’s heart, the less likely he was to tell Tang Yanjian all this.

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Ben Shaming’s heart ached familiarly, and he stepped in front of Jamie, standing still: "I know you’re upset. Then don’t hold it in, say what you want to say."

Since only I know your deepest pain, I can bear your every burden.

We will bear it together, just like over these past ten years, I won’t let you bear it alone.

Jamie’s deep blue eyes gazed at Ben Shaming for a while, before he could only sigh softly and turn his head away.

"Little Ben, the affairs of George and Huangfu Huazhang are over, next I should focus on dealing with Lin Qi."

"In addition to the matter of Luo Xiansheng I handed over to you before, keep assisting me in monitoring Lin Qi."

He wished to assign Little Ben more tasks, important tasks, so Little Ben would be too busy to go bothering Tang Yanjian.

Ben Shaming just frowned upon hearing this.

He actually wished more for Jamie to lash out at him. Amidst such emotional outbursts, he could instead hear Jamie’s heartfelt voice.

Not like this, skirting around the issues.

The more Jamie behaved this way, the more it proved he wanted to protect that woman.

Jamie was now almost yielding to every circumstance; just to protect that woman!

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Ben Shaming also felt a stiffening in his heart.

"You give me tasks, which I welcome; but do you really want me to complete them? Jamie, Luo Xiansheng was the first task you gave me, but until now you still haven’t allowed me to act. So what should I do with the following tasks?"

Jamie was pricked to the sore spot, frowning consistently, yet could only say: "That matter... is my fault towards you. However, regarding Lin Qi’s issue, I won’t interfere again."

Ben Shaming chuckled: "Actually, the issue the two of us need to discuss today, has nothing to do with either Luo Xiansheng, or even Lin Qi. Jamie, may I ask you something? I also hope you can answer me honestly."

Jamie frowned. Even before he could answer, Ben Shaming went ahead and directly asked.

"Tang Yanjian."

"Jamie, tell me, in your heart, what position does Tang Yanjian hold?"

No avoiding it...

Jamie took a deep breath: "You’ve asked unnecessarily. You know what her status is."