Surrounded by the Billionaire's Deep Doting-Chapter 404 - 366: Blowing Things Out of Proportion!
Yin Bowen furrowed his brow, secretly gritting his teeth, and closed his eyes...
The conversation had reached this point...
"Old woman!"
Just as the atmosphere downstairs turned tense, Guo Jianping’s panicked shouts were heard from upstairs.
Everyone looked up towards the sound and saw Su Jifang falling backward, seemingly unable to bear the words Guo Tong had said.
Fortunately, Guo Jianping was there to steady his wife.
"Mom..."
Guo Tong looked bewildered, unable to react...
Guo Shuai quickly took a few steps to the second floor, helping Guo Jianping carry the aunt into the room.
Guo Tong also hurriedly held onto the stairs and went upstairs.
Yin Bowen quickly called for a servant, instructing them to phone the family doctor.
Su Jifang had a weak heart; at an advanced age, heart and vascular issues were somewhat common.
Su Xiaomeng was startled when she saw Su Jifang faint and didn’t expect her grandaunt to be so shocked...
Although, she hadn’t completely ruled out the possibility. Had she known her grandaunt was there, she might have spoken less harshly and directly...
But halfway through her conversation with Guo Tong, she had pulled the bowstring, and there was no way to take it back.
Su Xiaomeng wanted to get up to check on her grandaunt, but she had twisted her ankle, making standing up difficult.
Yin Shixiu pressed his lips together, maintaining a calm demeanor, showing an indifferent attitude as if it had nothing to do with him even at this moment.
Yin Bowen was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan, leaving his facial injury untreated.
"Uncle, Aunty, let’s leave it at this for today, as you can see... the elder lady’s heart really isn’t good, and if something truly happens..."
"If something truly happens, I will take responsibility for it."
Yin Shixiu looked at Yin Bowen, showing no intention of backing down.
Yin Bowen’s heart skipped a beat upon seeing Yin Shixiu sit beside Su Xiaomeng...
Unconsciously, he swallowed...
"Uncle... do you really want to escalate this matter?"
Yin Shixiu remained indifferent, "Isn’t that the case? Why else go through all this effort?"
Yin Shixiu had initially not intended to do anything against Guo Tong and Yin Bowen.
There were many reasons.
Publicly and privately, emotionally and rationally, exposing the issue between Yin Bowen and Guo Tong would do no good for Zhu Lan, Su Xiaomeng, or even the entire Yin Family.
But the moment he entered and saw Guo Tong dragging Su Xiaomeng down the stairs...
All considerations of pros and cons became unimportant.
Seeing Xiao Meng’s injured foot, he naturally blamed Guo Tong deeply, initially planning to settle accounts later, but unexpectedly...
His wife was so stubborn about the rights and wrongs of this issue.
If that’s the case, her sprained ankle couldn’t be for nothing.
Hearing Yin Shixiu’s words, Yin Bowen was disheartened, his face turning ugly, "Uncle, I never knew your relationship with Zhu Lan was so good... that you’d go this far for her."
All this time, Zhu Lan hadn’t uttered a word, her demeanor restrained, completely different from her previous aggressive and impatient nature.
Probably after being severely hit, a person’s temperament would somewhat retract and change.
Even with Yin Bowen’s words pushing the limits, she didn’t speak, just holding Yin Junjie’s hand while sitting quietly.
The two, mother and son who hadn’t seen each other for a while, whispered softly.
Yin Junjie, having witnessed the prior quarrels and disputes, did not find it frightening.
An eight or nine-year-old boy, having gone through parental divorce, seemed to have matured overnight.
"So what?"
Yin Shixiu looked at Yin Bowen indifferently.
"Uncle, it seems you won’t let me and Guo Tong off..."
"It’s not that we won’t let you and Guo Tong off, it’s that what you and Guo Tong did would be intolerable even to unrelated people."
"So Aunt intends to play the role of a justice messenger?"
"Alright then, take your so-called evidence to help Zhu Lan sue us. Uncle, let me tell you, with those pieces of evidence you have, they’re at most corroborative evidence. To convict me and Xiao Tong? Who’s making a mockery of the law here?"
Yin Bowen had a cold expression, spitting out something and tugged at the corner of his mouth, "Uncle and Aunt going against me like this... perhaps really not sparing any face for my father. Then we’ll see you in court, you both look quite idle anyway."
"As for Zhu Lan..."
Yin Bowen looked at the woman who hadn’t spoken, "You’re quite capable, seeking Uncle and Aunt to handle matters for you. Fine, rest assured, even if I don’t think of Jun Jie as my son, I won’t give him to you! Evidence... haha, if you have any, then—"
Yin Bowen hadn’t finished speaking yet when suddenly Guo Tong’s voice came through Su Xiaomeng’s phone—
"It’s Zhu Lan’s own fault!"
"Zhu Lan couldn’t keep a man, yet insists on occupying the position of the first wife! This shameless woman won’t sensibly withdraw voluntarily!"
"Having an affair with that man was her decision! What did we do? We simply told that man that Zhu Lan desperately needed a man, that’s all! How is that cheating and framing?"
"I gave money to that man willingly, can’t I thank him? Is gratitude the same as bribery?"
"Yin Bowen and I are truly in love, what’s wrong with us wanting to be together? I want to have children with him, to openly stand by his side! Is that wrong?"
Yin Bowen’s face turned pale, Su Xiaomeng turned off the recording, took a shallow breath, "I never intended to oppose you, my reason for coming here today isn’t necessarily to stand up for Zhu Lan."
Su Xiaomeng said this to Yin Bowen while also hoping Yin Shixiu would listen carefully...
"You abandoned your wife for another woman in the name of ’love’, but the world doesn’t operate by love alone. Ignoring morality and ethics, disregarding good and evil, ignoring others outside of yourselves..."
"Yin Bowen, you call me Little Aunt, but you feel dissatisfied, thinking I’m just a young girl in my twenties. But if even a young girl understands these principles, can discern right from wrong, how can you, an adult in your thirties, not understand?"
"Indeed, I am interfering in other people’s affairs; my relationship with Zhu Lan is average, and I have no reason to stir up trouble with your family for her."
"But when Zhu Lan came to me, having nowhere else to turn, and told me what you and Guo Tong had done, I was shocked."
"Shocked that Zhu Lan would seek me out, shocked by the things you and Guo Tong might have done..."
"I came here because I understand that you are the grandson of the Yin Family, Guo Tong is carrying your child. This concerns the reputation of the Yin Family, your career, Guo Tong’s future, and the fate of the child in her womb..."
"Family scandals shouldn’t be aired publicly. If things really escalate and Zhu Lan can’t provide evidence, everyone will side with you and Guo Tong, including Zhu Lan’s parents and relatives."
"Zhu Lan made mistakes and succumbed to temptation, but how many people can easily resist temptation in this world?"
"Yin Bowen... when you and Guo Tong were together, didn’t you fail to resist the allure of the new and abandon the old?"
"You want Zhu Lan to take full blame for the failure of your marriage, using such means to destroy a person who dedicated all her youth to you."
"Can you live with your conscience?"
Zhu Lan, listening from the side, quietly sheds tears, while Yin Bowen feels a torment as if being devoured by a thousand ants. 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎
"I know if I choose to ignore it, just like everyone else, due to various reasons, Zhu Lan would have to carry the stigma of ’slut’ for the rest of her life, how tragic is that?"
"Guo Tong can gracefully marry you, and you, Guo Tong, along with the unborn child, will live the life you desire..."
"Speaking of which..."
Su Xiaomeng lifts the corner of her lips, her gaze slowly falling on Yin Shixiu, she clasps his large hand.
In the dark eyes on his face is her earnest expectation, hoping that every word she says now will be understood and recognized by him...
"Yin Shixiu is the Fourth Young Master of the Yin Family, and I’m Yin Shixiu’s wife. Everything should be done with the bigger picture in mind, prioritizing the honor and reputation of the family... but somehow, I just feel troubled in my heart."
"Very troubled... The honor of the family is important, the bigger picture is important too, but what about justice? Isn’t justice important?"
"Just because it’s someone else’s matter, should we not get involved? Because our capabilities are limited, should we not even try, just stay a passive observer..."
"I don’t want it, one day, if my husband is not by my side and I encounter difficulties, nobody is willing to help me, not even try to help..."
"I don’t want my children to grow up and, seeing an old lady fall on the road, just indifferently walk past..."
"I don’t want this..."
Yin Shixiu’s heart was a cluster of noisy drumbeats, beneath the calm surface, his heart surged with passionate blood.
Su Xiaomeng hopes he can understand...
Even if they grew up under different education and environments...
Even if their views of the world and life are not completely aligned...
She still hopes he can understand...
The earnestness in her large eyes is clearly seen by Yin Shixiu...
Su Xiaomeng turns back to Yin Bowen, "You laugh at me for being a righteous messenger because you lack a sense of justice in your heart, and a person like you can’t teach children well."
Yin Bowen purses his lips...
"I don’t know how much weight this recording has in court, but I know the head of the municipal government’s finance department involved in such a scandal... it seems you might not hold this position firmly."
"If this reaches the elders, they won’t let a woman with such a wicked heart like Guo Tong into the family."
Su Xiaomeng’s words struck Yin Bowen’s heart.
Yin Bowen’s clenched fist slowly loosened...
The pain in his body was thanks to Yin Shixiu, but all his strength was drained by Su Xiaomeng’s words.
A person like him can’t teach children well...
He slumped onto the sofa beside him, looking despondent, as if he had given up struggling...
Zhu Lan watches this... her former husband, silently crying.
At this moment, Yin Junjie also fell silent, he held Zhu Lan’s hand.
