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Chapter 231: You guys are so naive

Chapter 231: Chapter 231: You guys are so naive

Yan Han felt like he was so angry that he couldn’t speak, even feeling an impulse to storm out and slam the door behind him.

As the esteemed Yan family’s eldest son, he had always been held in high esteem. At work and in his personal life, all he ever encountered were people submitting to him, making concessions or backing down.

Never had anyone dared to challenge him so arrogantly face to face.

But with Zhu Qianying, things always went her way, even including the unjustifiable words she used.

Yet, despite this, he couldn’t just snap his fingers and put some interest-related pressure on her to make her comply like he did with others before.

She was like a spring—the more pressure you put on her, the stronger the resistance she’d put up.

So, other than trying his best to persuade her, it seemed there was no other feasible approach.

Because, coercion never seemed to work on her. This was proven in the past and again two days ago.

"Zhu Qianying, I don’t deny your claim about acting within your capabilities. But if you can be a wealthy lady, why do you insist on dissociating from me? I’ve told you about the misunderstanding five years ago. Must we wreck our family over a minor misunderstanding? Beibei needs a complete family and parents who love him. You can’t deny that. Yet, all you have to do is nod your head, and he could have both—a complete family and loving parents. But you’re just being stubborn. Is this supposed to be fun?"

Yan Han felt justified, so he spoke not only with his usual domineering tone but with a touch of grievance as well.

However, what Yan Han saw as unjustifiable excuses, Zhu Qianying saw as her determination and persistence.

"Yan Han, I understand very well that relying on a powerful man like you would be easy. There’s no need to love you or to make any promises. I only need to be a thoughtless puppet without any independence, to place all my trust and dependence on you, and hand everything over to you. You’d be the ruler of my life and our son’s life. Isn’t that what you believe?"

Could the man get more self-centered?

In his eyes, the incident five years ago would be forgotten if he just said it was a misunderstanding. Was she supposed to believe him, forget the pain caused by this "misunderstanding," and start over with him?

Did he even realize that when a mirror is shattered, you can’t put it back together, let alone a heart?

What was more absurd was that in his eyes, if their son couldn’t grow up in a complete family, it was her fault, because she could have given it to their son, yet chose to leave him.

He completely overlooked the fact that she didn’t want to be his wealthy lady. It wasn’t so much because of the misunderstanding five years ago, but more because there was no foundation for them to live together, neither in love nor trust.

Without even a basic foundation, where did he get the confidence to manage a marriage?

Did he think that a marriage was simply two people owning a red booklet labeled with each other’s names as spouses?

Or that two people merely living together, regardless of understanding, respect, happiness, or satisfaction, would suffice as a marriage?

Zhu Qianying’s tone was light, just like when she was making casual chat, but her expression was resolutely determined.

Yan Han felt aggrieved, but Zhu Qianying’s counterattack left him unable to respond.

He thought deeply with a frown. He realized that he indeed hadn’t considered what she had said.

However, he understood that just because he hadn’t considered it, didn’t mean it didn’t exist.

His logic had always been, since I have the means to give it to you and I am willing to give it to you, then you should just gratefully accept it.

But was this not the case in reality?

At least with Zhu Qianying, this approach was unworkable.

Taking advantage of Yan Han being lost in thought and slowing down, Zhu Qianying quickened her pace towards the corridor. She saw her little boy from a distance, gripping his school bag tightly, nervously glancing towards them.

The little boy was very sensitive. They couldn’t argue in front of him. Even though they were separating, Zhu Qianying still hoped her son would believe that his parents were separating peacefully because of incompatible personalities, and for no other reason.

Growing up in a similar family environment, she probably understood better than anyone else how much parents could influence their children.

As expected, as soon as she moved towards him, the little boy rushed over in a hurry, hugging her waist, then anxiously looked her up and down.

"Mommy, did that old jerk bully you again? Did he scold you? Did he yell at you?"

Zhu Qianying lifted a hand to pat his head, "Silly baby, he is your daddy. He didn’t bully me, he didn’t scold me, and he didn’t yell at me. We were just discussing some trivial things. Then, we had a little argument over him liking pumpkin and me liking winter melon."

The little boy lifted his face and scrutinized her a few more times with an earnest gaze, before breaking into laughter.

"Mommy, you guys are so childish... arguing over a pumpkin and a winter melon... just like Beibei brother and Guoguo sister!"

Zhu Qianying breathed a sigh of relief, chuckling as she pinched his chubby face.

"Yes, sometimes mommy is a childish little princess. My prince Beibei must protect mommy properly, understand?"

Beibei immediately straightened his body and gave her a serious nod, "Princess, don’t worry. Prince Beibei will protect you."

Yan Han, who was still pondering over life, caught up. He felt that the little boy had been trying to suppress his laughter when looking at him a few times.

He was puzzled but couldn’t figure out why he was making the young master want to laugh.

Little did he know, the quarrel between him and Zhu Qianying just now was, in the young master’s eyes, a childish dispute over him liking pumpkin and her liking winter melon.

The "family of three" took the elevator upstairs. Zhu Qianying unlocked the door. As soon as Beibei entered, hearing the voices of his grandparents, he took off his shoes and ran barefooted into the living room.

"Hi Grandpa, hi Grandma!"

Yan Han wasn’t wrong, Beibei was friendly to everyone, except for him, his own father, who he perceived as an adversary.

Mrs. Yan only spent a day without seeing her beloved grandson, but she reacted as if she hadn’t seen him in a year. She pulled him into her embrace to kiss and caress him, leaving Yan Bo, who had hoped to give his grandson a hug, no chance to intervene.

Zhu Qianying first greeted Mr. and Mrs. Yan, then went to wash her face. After coming out, Beibei had just finished being cuddled by his grandma, leaving his hair slightly messy and his little face flushed red.

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