Rebirth: CEO's Sweetheart Reaches the Life Pinnacle!-Chapter 685 - 602: Don’t Take It Too Seriously

In the room, Mrs. Leng wiped her tears sorrowfully, while Mr. Leng held Buding beside her, feeling deeply distressed. He gently advised, "Xiao Yan! Stop crying! Now that it’s already happened and it’s behind us, let’s pretend we don’t know anything. If the kids come back and see you like this, what will they think?"

Mrs. Leng glared at him with her reddened eyes and shouted, "Let them think whatever they want! What kind of kids are these? Tell me! Something so serious happened, and we didn’t hear a word of it! If it weren’t for Su Meng’s mother accidentally letting it slip, would we still be kept in the dark?

We came so close to losing my precious grandson! Do you even understand how scared and distressed I was when I heard about it?"

"I said from the start that Xiao Ding wasn’t trustworthy, but did anyone listen to me? One after another, you all ignored what I said. Thank heavens Buding was lucky—otherwise, if he had truly been lost, where would we go to cry?"

"Something as big as this happened, and the two of them acted as if nothing had happened, running off to North City to attend a wedding! How bold can their hearts be?"

At this thought, her dissatisfaction with Li Si only grew stronger.

Mr. Leng’s head throbbed from her loud complaints. Helplessly, he said, "Alright! Just vent to me, but don’t say anything in front of Mochen and Li Si. You know what kind of temper our son has!"

It would’ve been better if he hadn’t mentioned this—once he did, Mrs. Leng’s anger surged even higher. She furiously stood up, hands on her hips, and said, "Speaking of which, that Mochen gets more temperamental as he ages! He doesn’t even let people say a word to him! And as for Li Si, she’s from such a small, insignificant family. No matter how capable she is in other areas, it’s useless.

She simply doesn’t have the awareness! Look at how she usually treats people like Xiao Ding—she acts like they’re friends or family! And now look what happened? Ingrates who can’t be trusted—now they’ve tasted the bitter consequences, haven’t they..."

Buding curiously sucked on his fingers, his shiny black eyes flickering between the chattering Mrs. Leng and the silent Mr. Leng.

Mr. Leng, always patient, let her vent until she ran out of steam. Once she had calmed down a bit, he gently continued to persuade her, "Xiao Yan, let’s focus on the matter itself and not make it personal. To be fair, Li Si is also a victim in all of this. She’s not at fault.

The household staff—how many of them appear one way on the surface while being different behind people’s backs? Buding is their own son; as his mother, she’s surely more worried and heartbroken than we could ever be as his grandparents!

And on the day everything happened, it just so happened to be Xiao Ning’s engagement. If they didn’t tell us, it’s understandable—they probably didn’t want us to worry ourselves sick knowing about it! Can’t you understand their well-intentioned motives?"

Hearing this, Mrs. Leng’s expression softened slightly, but she still spoke with sadness, "Even if their intentions were good, I still feel so trapped in my heart! My precious grandson was almost kidnapped—how can I just let that go?" As she spoke, she couldn’t help but cry again. She truly never imagined that her smart and adorable Buding would have to go through something like this.

Mr. Leng placed Buding into her arms. "Don’t cry! If you feel bad, imagine how much worse it is for them as his parents! Since you love the child so much, hold him for a while longer. I won’t argue with you over it. But Xiao Yan, when they come back later, let’s pretend we don’t know anything, alright? What’s done is done—why bring it up again? The two of them are already feeling awful as it is."

When he first found out, the pain in his heart was almost unbearable, but thinking it through, he realized that Li Si and Mochen, as Buding’s parents, must be feeling even worse than he was.

Mrs. Leng gently stroked Buding’s soft little head, sighing deeply. "I know they’re feeling terrible. But can’t I even ask a few questions? And about Xiao Ding and the accomplices—what’s being done about them? Can they be sentenced? For how long? Aren’t we even allowed to ask?"

Mr. Leng stood up and poured her a cup of tea. "Have some tea to soothe your throat. Asking Mochen about it won’t help—you have to wait for the court’s final sentencing."

"Those evil people must be severely punished! Instead of living decent lives, they choose to engage in crooked schemes! I hope they get the death penalty at best, life imprisonment at worst!"

Mrs. Leng could only hate herself for not realizing Xiao Ding’s sinister intentions sooner, putting her grandson in such a dangerous situation!

"Don’t worry about that. When it comes to sentencing, do you think your son would let them off easy?" Her son was certainly no pushover.

Mrs. Leng’s face was filled with righteous indignation. "They must face a harsh punishment! And to think we treated her so well! Such an ungrateful wretch! So many lost children are never found—when I think about it now, I can still feel the lingering fear!"

Mr. Leng, seeing her getting worked up again, tried once more to calm her down. "What’s happened has happened—there’s no need to assign blame. Who would ever wish for such a thing? At a time like this, just don’t say anything. Otherwise, it’ll affect our relationships with each other! Remember how bad things became before because of John and the monkey issue? You haven’t forgotten, have you?

Now, our relationship has finally improved somewhat. Xiao Yan, don’t be so stubborn! Do you really want it to get to the point where it’s hard to even see your grandson?"

Mr. Leng could see things very clearly now—if parents want a good relationship with their children, they have to learn to turn a blind eye to certain things.

If there’s something you can’t accept, then don’t look at it. Words, once spoken, are like spilled water—if things get tense, it’ll be incredibly difficult to repair the relationship.

Mrs. Leng sheepishly kissed Buding’s soft little cheeks. "Fine, for the sake of my precious grandson, I won’t quibble with them for now. But when the time is right, I still need to have a word or two with Li Si and give her a few pointers! You can’t be so careless when it comes to watching the kids!" 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

"Alright, alright! But you can’t say anything in the near term. Wait for this whole incident to blow over and be forgotten before you bring it up!"

"Hmph! You have everything to say, don’t you?"

Mr. Leng let out a sigh of relief. He had genuinely feared that Ouyang Yan would stubbornly grill Li Si and Mochen about the matter.

If that happened, he could only imagine how their relationships might deteriorate afterward.

On the way back, Long Wu stayed behind with his friends to keep drinking, while only Su Meng returned with them.

With bodyguard vehicles in front and behind for protection, the group was split between two cars. Leng Mochen was in the first car, while Li Si and the others were in the one behind.

In the car, Su Meng looked worried, and Li Si took the chance to tell Leng Ning about how Buding had almost been kidnapped.

Leng Ning looked at them in shock. "Sister-in-law! How could you not have told me?"

Just the day before yesterday? That was the day of her engagement!

She had no idea at all! They had kept the secret so tightly! If Su Meng’s mother hadn’t accidentally revealed it, would they still not have told her now?

"We weren’t trying to hide it from you—we just wanted to wait for the right time to say it." She didn’t want to relive that day at all. Unfortunately, the facts were right there in front of her, being dragged out again, whether she wanted to or not.

Leng Ning’s eyes turned slightly red, and she gripped Li Si’s hand tightly. "Sister-in-law, it’s all in the past now! Don’t think about it anymore!" She didn’t even know how to comfort her.

Thinking about her mother’s personality, she knew that once Mrs. Leng found out about this, there’d surely be an uproar. She couldn’t help but anxiously scratch her head.

Li Si noticed her worry and smiled faintly. "Don’t worry! I’ll be fine! Meng Meng, later you should also help me persuade Auntie not to take it to heart!"

When they got back home, they saw Mrs. Leng sitting in the living room holding Buding, with Mr. Leng beside her. Su Mama and Peanut were nowhere to be seen.

Despite feeling uncomfortable, Su Meng managed to greet them before quickly heading upstairs.

Other than her slightly swollen eyes, Mrs. Leng didn’t show much emotion anymore.

Leng Ning quickly walked over to Mrs. Leng. Worried that her mother might say something in her impulsiveness, Leng Ning pretended not to know anything and jokingly asked, "Mom, what happened to your eyes? Did Dad make you mad?"

"Nothing happened! We’ve been married so long—what’s there to be mad about? Not like you young people!" Mrs. Leng replied lightly, her gaze sweeping toward Leng Mochen and Li Si.