Chapter 475: Chapter 476, Hysterically Depleted
Filled with resentment, she pulled Yun Jinnian behind her, "Yun Qi, enough is enough. What right do you have to speak of hatred? What reason do you have to speak of hate? You hate Jinnian, but what right do you have?"
Mrs. Han, feeling that her next words should not be heard by Yun Jinnian, turned her head and said, "Jinnian, you go back to Niannian Garden now, and come back for dinner tonight!"
"Mother..." Yun Jinnian whispered softly.
"Go back!" Mrs. Han said, gently stroking Yun Jinnian’s hair.
Yun Jinnian nodded, "Then I will go back first!"
After Yun Jinnian left, Mrs. Han watched her depart and walked out of Qiyue Academy before stepping forward and slapping Yun Qi across the face.
"This slap is for being unworthy of being a father!"
As Yun Qi was stunned, Mrs. Han slapped him again.
"This slap is for being unworthy of being a husband!"
Mrs. Han said, then backhanded herself with a slap, "This slap is for my blindness in marrying you!"
While Yun Qi was shocked, tears streamed down Mrs. Han’s face, "Yun Qi, if you have any conscience, let your mother and daughter go. A letter of divorce, for you, is but a simple task!"
"Mrs. Han Shuniang, do not even think about it!"
The thought of divorce was out of the question unless he was dead.
Yun Qi bellowed loudly.
In this lifetime, he would absolutely not divorce, preferring to share a grave with Mrs. Han in death.
"..."
Mrs. Han glared at Yun Qi with seething anger, "Just leave, leave right now. Do not ever step foot in Qiyue Academy again, and do not disturb my life!"
Yun Qi looked at Mrs. Han; over the years, he could never stand to see her cry.
Once, he could console her, but now he didn’t even have the right to utter a single word.
Gradually turning away, he began to walk outside. After a few steps, Yun Qi suddenly stopped, his back towards Mrs. Han, "Shuniang, it was my fault before, and I admit it. I have tried to change, but you never give me a chance. No matter what I do, you always remember only my past mistakes!"
"Your greatest mistake was to fail as a father, to leave Jinnian alone in this den of wolves. You hate her, but what right do you have to hate her? You should hate the true cause of all this, your very own mother, you coward, afraid to seek out the truth and only daring to hate the innocent Jinnian. What’s the use of saying so much now? You might deceive yourself, but you will never fool me. Leave, just leave..."
In the end, Mrs. Han was hysterical, her hand pointing to the door shaking.
She had completely lost all hope in Yun Qi, and was utterly disappointed.
Yun Qi walked away stiffly, step by step.
He shouldn’t have come today.
Had he not come, those filthy secrets would have remained hidden.
Were those suspicions actually true?
Yun Jinnian stood outside Qiyue Academy, listening to her parents’ quarrel, her beautiful face indifferent, silently gazing at the blue sky and white clouds, her eyes somewhat dry, yet unable to shed a single tear.
Yun Jinnian raised her hand to her eyes and wiped them, dry.
When had she become unable to cry?
These were her parents, who had abandoned her so resolutely. Now, one hated her while the other protected her.
She should be distressed or possibly overjoyed, but she felt no additional thoughts or emotions.
The joy of returning home seemed to fade instantaneously.
She wasn’t as carefree as she had been in Nanjiang, nor as spontaneous as she had been in Yangxi City.
When Yun Qi came out, seeing Yun Jinnian still standing outside of Qiyue Academy made him feel somewhat awkward.
He opened his mouth wanting to say something, but couldn’t utter a word.
"You hate me, that’s just great!"
Yun Jinnian spoke faintly, her voice husky.
It hurt her heart.