Eternal Love: The Billionaire's Relentless Pursuit-Chapter 488 - 481: Turmoil

Since then, Xia Lian hadn’t said anything excessive to Bai Yiran, but she hadn’t seen her either. Cheng Gang also hadn’t brought up anything about Cheng Shishi to Bai Yiran, maintaining the same level of affection as before. Grandma would call Bai Yiran every few days, inquiring about her health, and continued the habit of coming over weekly to make her a pot of soup.

Despite Sister Liu’s cooking skills being on par with Michelin star standards, Bai Yiran still preferred Grandma’s home-cooked meals. Whenever Grandma visited, Bai Yiran would be particularly happy.

It seemed everyone was avoiding the topic of Cheng Shishi. Even when Bai Yiran occasionally asked about Shishi’s recent situation, Uncle and Grandma would just say she was doing well and wouldn’t mention anything else.

Until one day, Grandma stormed into Bai Yiran’s house, saying she wanted to stay long-term. After asking the reason, Bai Yiran learned that Uncle had found out from Aunt that Shishi had come to see Bai Yiran, and there had been complaints about Yiran being ungrateful. Uncle became furious after hearing this and started arguing with Aunt. In her maternal instinct to protect her daughter and feeling aggrieved, Aunt slapped Uncle.

Uncle was extremely angry, but after so many years of marriage, he couldn’t bring himself to hit Aunt. He packed his things and left home. Aunt thought Uncle was just putting on a show and would return after two or three days. She didn’t take it seriously and even released Cheng Shishi, who had been grounded for more than half a month.

As a result, Uncle didn’t come back for half a month, ignoring calls from Aunt. Even if he occasionally answered Grandma’s calls, he’d hang up immediately when asked to return home.

Aunt went to his office to cause a scene but didn’t see Uncle at all, only his flirtatious secretary received her. Seeing that young and enchanting secretary added fuel to Aunt’s fire, and she started suspecting an undisclosed affair between her and Uncle, which would explain why he didn’t want to return home.

Fueled by rage, Aunt threw a boiling cup of coffee on the secretary. The secretary called the police, causing the situation to escalate. Uncle had no choice but to intervene, compensating and apologizing to the secretary.

Aunt felt Uncle was too gentle with the secretary, coupled with his long absence. They argued again at the police station, and even though the police and Grandma tried to mediate, it was no use.

In the end, Uncle was so angry he wanted a divorce, but Aunt refused, threatening to commit suicide if he didn’t come home. She was serious, even purchasing rat poison.

Uncle had no choice but to return home, yet he slept in the study every day.

Cheng Shishi knew it was all triggered by her actions, so she started behaving, going to school and then home every day, no longer tutoring Wu Jingjing.

Grandma, feeling sorry for her son sleeping on the study’s sofa every day, and unable to bear the tense household atmosphere, decided to stay at Bai Yiran’s place. This way, it freed up a room for her son and allowed her to take care of the pregnant Bai Yiran nearby.

Initially, Grandma didn’t want to tell Bai Yiran about all this, fearing it would upset her during her pregnancy. Uncle felt the same way. So, every time Bai Yiran called, they would say everything was fine.

If it weren’t for Aunt’s intense outburst at the police station or her suicide threats forcing Uncle to sleep in the study, Grandma wouldn’t have told Bai Yiran any of this.

The family had been doing well before, but now it’s like this.

Bai Yiran sighed deeply inside.

Who to blame? Cheng Shishi? While she was certainly the catalyst, the person Bai Yiran truly blamed was Wu Chengzu. 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

That man who disrupted Cheng Shishi’s heart, yet seemed oblivious!