flstandardbreds Chapter 151 Two Contradictions
Chapter 151 Two Contradictions
This winter is particularly cold.
Jiangjin, which had not snowed in previous years, also had fine snowflakes falling one morning.
It melts as soon as it hits the ground.
On a morning like this, it is the best time to stay in bed in the warm embrace of your lover.
But reality does not allow Lin Mingmo and Sheng Yuan to live such a leisurely life.
They were sleeping soundly in each other's arms when their cell phones rang almost at the same time.
Double the ringtone, double the wake-up power.
Lin Mingmo picked up the phone, glanced at the screen, answered the call, and called out, "Brother."
Sheng Yuan also picked up the phone and said in a deep voice, "Brother, what's the matter?"
Then, both sides fell silent.
After hanging up the phone, the two looked at each other and spoke almost at the same time.
"The old lady is seriously ill and asked me to go back to the Sheng family." Sheng Yuan frowned deeply.
"My brother said... he is getting married." Lin Mingmo's tone was nervous.
The last sound dissipated lightly in the air, and there was another long silence.
After a long time, Lin Mingmo came back to her senses and said to Sheng Yuan, "You should go back."
No matter what, he is still a member of the Sheng family. If he doesn't come forward even in this situation, it will give him an excuse to criticize him.
And she also has to go to the testing center to get the paternity test report.
Sheng Yuan's lips were pressed straight, his eyes dark, and it was unclear what he was thinking. However, the gloomy look on his face was particularly obvious.
"Don't be afraid of anything." Lin Mingmo said softly, raising her hand to smooth his frown.
The gloom between Sheng Yuan's brows melted away, he grabbed Lin Mingmo's hand, pulled it to his lips and kissed it gently.
"Okay." He looked into her eyes.
Lin Mingmo was about to get up, but Sheng Yuan pulled her into his arms and hugged her tightly.
His hot and moist breath hit her neck, causing her to throb.
"What's wrong?" Lin Mingmo asked.
"It's okay, I just want to hold you for a while."
"So clingy..."
But Lin Mingmo likes it.
After staying in bed for a few minutes, they both got up.
When she walked outside, every breath was accompanied by mist. Looking at the scenery in front of her that seemed to be covered by a cold-toned filter, Lin Mingmo couldn't help feeling heavy.
The experts are right, the weather does have a great impact on people's mood.
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Sheng family mansion.
Against the backdrop of the drizzling snow, the quaint mansion seemed even more desolate and cold. Even the carefully cared-for evergreens within the house showed signs of dying in the cold weather.
Sheng Yuan walked in quickly, passed through the garden and corridor, and came to Old Lady Sheng's yard.
There were many people standing in the yard. When they saw him coming, they glanced at him indifferently without any extra emotion.
The atmosphere was depressing.
Sheng Yuan narrowed his eyes and his heart sank.
It seems that the old lady is really sick, and it’s not a lie she made up to get him to come back...
However, it is also possible that they deliberately made such a big noise in order to appear more realistic.
He walked through the crowd and headed towards the old lady's room.
Before I even reached the door, I heard Sheng Yang's voice.
"Grandma, I've broken up with her..." Sheng Yang said with tears in his eyes, "I will listen to you from now on. I won't be as naive as before."
"I will learn from my father how to manage the group... I won't let Shengshi decline in my generation..."
Sheng Yuan stood at the door, listening quietly to Sheng Yang's crying, with a disdainful smile on his face.
Sheng Yang was so eager to express his determination in front of the old lady, not out of filial piety, but because the bomb he had planted in Sheng Shi was finally about to explode.
If nothing unexpected happens, Sheng Yang's experience and ability will not be enough to deal with such a big crisis.
Even if Sheng Changhong took action, it would be hard to say.
That's probably why Sheng Yang was so eager to show off in front of the old lady.
Sheng Yuan understood that perhaps Sheng Yang did not really love He Manman that much, she was just a symbol of Sheng Yang's resistance to the Sheng family.
It's tiring to pretend to be well-behaved and sensible all the time.
In the face of the huge interests of the Sheng family, everything can be abandoned.
"Ayang..." Old Madam Sheng's voice became increasingly weak and old, "You have to be well, Grandma, ahem... Grandma is very relieved about you..."
Old Mrs. Sheng's breathing was light and rapid.
He paused for a long time before he had the energy to say the next sentence.
"What worries me most right now is...Ah Yuan," Old Madam Sheng said weakly, "Is it only if I die...that he won't be with that scheming woman..."
When Sheng Yuan heard this, his eyes flashed slightly.
"No." Sheng Yuan walked into the room, his tone still cold and almost inhuman, "If you die, there will be no one to object to me being with her."
"You--" Old Mrs. Sheng was choked by Sheng Yuan's words and started coughing violently.
Sheng Changhong, who was sitting beside the bed, had a sullen face and angrily scolded, "A Yuan! How can you talk like that! Even if you have different opinions, can't you just go along with her since she's seriously ill?"
"Besides, is a woman really more important than family?" Sheng Changhong stood up and approached Sheng Yuan, shouting indignantly, "Sheng Yuan, you're not the only one who sacrificed for the Sheng family! Back then, I also..."
Sheng Changhong's voice suddenly stopped, and tears flashed faintly in his red eyes.
Sheng Yuan half-closed his eyes, looked deep into his pupils, and asked in a deep voice, "You back then? What happened to you back then? Did you give up a woman under pressure back then?"
Sheng Changhong clenched his teeth, his cheeks puffed slightly, and his face had a complicated expression.
After a long silence, he snorted, looked away, and said, "You know shit!"
When Sheng Yuan heard this, he couldn't help but sneer.
Sheng Changhong has always attached great importance to self-cultivation and strived to maintain the image of a Confucian businessman and family patriarch. He rarely swears in such an inappropriate way.
This proves...that he guessed right.
“Ouch, ouch…” Seeing that the situation was not right, Old Lady Sheng covered her chest and made an uncomfortable sound, “I think you really want to piss me off to death…”
Sheng Yuan retracted his gaze, looked at Old Madam Sheng, and said calmly, "I dare not."
"But..." He sat down and said softly, "If you are sick, you should go to the hospital to recuperate instead of being angry with me here."
"If you want to live a good life, doctors are more effective than me."
"Anyway, I just don't agree with you being with that woman Lin Mingmo!" Old Lady Sheng revealed her true intentions and laid her cards on the table.
Sheng Yuan stared at her dimly for a few seconds before calmly asking, "Why? If it's because of her family background, she's now the daughter of the Mo family, the one you mentioned as the perfect match for the Sheng family..."
"Didn't she grow up in the Mo family?" Old Madam Sheng immediately retorted, "No matter how good the Mo family's upbringing is, it has nothing to do with her. Don't you know how scheming she is? She's a vicious and cunning woman!"
"I'm suspecting now that she seduced you because she knew Ayang didn't like her! That must be the case!"
"A Yuan, it's true that a prodigal son returning to his right path is precious, but you can't let such a woman blind you to the point of disowning your relatives!"
Old Mrs. Sheng spoke a lot in one breath, she stopped coughing and her voice was no longer weak.
Sheng Yuan's eyes grew darker and he chuckled.