He Si couldn't eat spicy food? Mingyue was stunned. Didn't he argue so fiercely with Ren Youbei about eating spicy food that day?
Looking at Ji Shiyou's wronged expression, Mingyue quickly flipped through the original owner's memories again.
In the original owner's impression, He Si had never eaten spicy food, which made Mingyue very strange.
She couldn't help but recall the details of the day He Si clamored to eat spicy crab.
That day was the original owner's eighteenth birthday. Since He Si went bankrupt, the original owner hadn't celebrated her birthday, so even she herself had forgotten.
It wasn't until she received a promotional text message while working to earn tuition fees that she realized it was her birthday.
When she returned home, dragging her tired body, Ren Youbei impatiently handed her a plate of spicy crab.
She said there was no food at home, and He Si had a fit, clamoring to eat spicy crab.
After making it, he said it didn't taste good and told Mingyue to eat it for dinner so as not to waste it.
Ren Youbei and He Shi both disliked spicy food and looked at the spicy crab as if it were garbage.
But she didn't know that Mingyue loved it very much, and spicy crab was her favorite.
When her mother was alive, she would make a large plate for her every birthday.
On her eighteenth birthday, by chance, she ate spicy crab, which made Mingyue very satisfied and feel very lucky.
Now, thinking back, Mingyue felt something was wrong. The spicy crab on her eighteenth birthday should not have been a coincidence.
"Dad, on my eighteenth birthday, you clamored to eat spicy crab.
Ren Youbei made it for you, but you didn't eat it. Was it intentional? To save it for me."
Mingyue walked up to He Si and asked, wanting to clarify the truth for the original owner.
The original owner had always thought that her father, He Si, didn't love her and held a grudge about it until her death.
"It was intentional, Mingyue, Dad is sorry for you!
Dad was too stupid and didn't expect Ren Youbei to treat you like that. By the time Dad knew the truth, Dad had gone bankrupt.
I had no say at home, so I had to use such means to let you eat what you liked when you turned eighteen."
Looking at his daughter standing in front of him, He Si was full of guilt. He lowered his head and ran his fingers through his hair.
"Since you've already discovered that Ren Youbei treated me badly, why didn't you divorce her?
Even if you went bankrupt, we father and daughter have hands and feet, and we can work to earn money. We wouldn't starve to death."
This was something the original owner couldn't understand, and Mingyue also found it strange. Even after He Si went bankrupt,
He didn't stay at home but worked odd jobs constantly. If it weren't for Ren Youbei and her daughter, their lives would have been better.
Why didn't He Si divorce them? Even if he worked day and night,
He still had to support those two parasites and not let those two mother and daughter work?
"Mingyue, you don't know? It's Dad who owes them, mother and daughter. I can't abandon them."
He Si didn't dare to look up at Mingyue, his head lowered further, and said with annoyance.
"Uncle He, is that He Shi your illegitimate daughter with Ren Youbei?
After Mingyue's mother died, you brought them mother and daughter into your home, gave them a status, and legitimized them.
Because of past events, you felt guilty towards them, and you loved both sides of your hands equally.
So you let them bully Mingyue and didn't stop them, just ignored it."
As a former movie star, Jin Xi had acted in many dramas and movies with similar plots.
Seeing He Si's appearance, he had already imagined a dramatic ethical saga.
"No, Mingyue, don't misunderstand. Dad only has you as a daughter.
In this life, he only loved your mother. I have no relationship with Ren Youbei at all.
Although we are legally married, we are innocent. I have never betrayed your mother."
Jin Xi's guess made He Si emotional. He was afraid Mingyue would believe it and explained loudly.
This made everyone in the Mingyue team interested. They had registered their marriage but had no relationship.
They smelled gossip. Delicious food is precious, but gossip is even more so.
So they all stopped peeling shrimp and cracking crab and looked at He Si.
"I'll tell you, anyway, Ren Youbei already said today that we are even.
There's no relationship between us anymore, so I'll tell you to avoid your wild guesses."
Seeing Mingyue's eyes, filled with gossip like everyone else's, He Si sighed and explained the reason.
He Shi's father and He Si were childhood friends, named Tang Yong. He Shi's original name was Tang Shi.
Tang Yong and He Si grew up together in the countryside and came to Lin Hai City to start their businesses, each getting married.
Tang Yong had saved He Si's life when he was young, and He Si had always kept this in mind, wanting to repay Tang Yong.
He Si's business was doing well back then, and his company grew bigger and bigger. He hired the down-and-out Tang Yong at a high salary as his assistant.
After Mingyue's mother passed away, He Si was in a daze every day. During an inspection of a construction site, he accidentally fell from the scaffolding.
At the critical moment, it was Tang Yong who pulled him up, and He Si was saved.
Tang Yong, exhausted from saving him, fell off the scaffolding and lost his life.
On Tang Yong's deathbed, he asked He Si to take good care of his wife, Ren Youbei, and daughter, Tang Shi. He Si vowed to do so.
After Tang Yong's funeral, He Si told Ren Youbei that he would be responsible for their mother and daughter's lives from then on.
As a result, Ren Youbei made a request: she wanted to marry him and have Tang Shi change her surname to He.
She said this was to ensure Tang Shi didn't lack paternal love, and she could also take care of Mingyue as a mother.
Thinking that it was just for the two children to have a complete family and grow up healthily, and that nothing would happen between him and Ren Youbei, He Si agreed.
In fact, Ren Youbei was after He Si's fortune, and having her daughter change her surname was also to gain inheritance rights.
Who knew that fate was unpredictable? He Si went bankrupt, shattering her dream.
So she became cold and sarcastic towards He Si, and also abused Mingyue in every way.
And He Si, to repay the favor and fulfill his promise, worked day and night to earn money to support He Shi and her mother.
At first, he didn't notice his daughter's situation. When he did.
He, who loved his daughter, wanted to kick Ren Youbei out of the house immediately.
But thinking of Tang Yong, who had saved his life twice, he hesitated. If it weren't for Tang Yong, Mingyue would be an orphan, and the current situation would be even worse.
So he confronted Ren Youbei. He could give all the money he earned to them, mother and daughter.
He could also tacitly allow Mingyue to be financially mistreated, as they owed them father and daughter.
However, he would not allow them to lay a hand on Mingyue. If he found out that Mingyue was harmed, he would immediately drive them mother and daughter out of the house.
Also, they couldn't stop Mingyue from going to school. Ren Youbei, a middle-aged woman with a child,
And no skills, was unwilling to leave, so she agreed. He defeated his request and promised not to tell Mingyue the truth.
She was afraid that if Mingyue knew the truth, she would break free from his control, or even resist him. He Si agreed.
So after that, Ren Youbei only treated Mingyue as a servant, not giving her a penny. However, she never dared to hit Mingyue.
"Daughter, I'm sorry. Dad's debts have implicated you in repaying them. You've suffered all these years!"
He Si was not tall. Years of hard work had made his back slightly hunched. The hardships of the apocalypse had left his face full of vicissitudes.
Looking at his daughter in front of him, his heart ached, and tears couldn't help but flow.
"Dad, I forgive you, because I know that all these years, you were afraid Ren Youbei would make a fuss and were secretly caring about me, right?"
Knowing the truth, Mingyue recalled that in the original owner's memory, she often received anonymous donations from kind people.
It should have been He Si, who, to avoid Ren Youbei making trouble, sent Mingyue money and goods under the guise of donations.
Otherwise, with Mingyue's meager earnings from odd jobs, it would have been impossible for her to persist from junior high school to university graduation.
He Si's fatherly love was hidden. He had never abandoned his daughter.
Original owner, your father has always loved you.
He just expressed his protection and love for his daughter in places you didn't know.
Can you rest in peace now? Mingyue said silently in her heart.
"Damn it, where did this sparrow come from? It ate all the spicy crab?"
Gong Que, who was engrossed in the story, glanced at the table inadvertently and immediately shouted.