Chapter 574: Chapter 574: What If Your Dad Really Forgives Her?
"Now that you know you were wrong, what took you so long!" Lai Wenyan threw the cellphone on the bedside table, scoffing coldly, "When you were defying and disrespecting the elders in the family, why didn’t I see any remorse in you!"
Ouyang Qian didn’t see the content of the message, but she gleaned from Lai Wenyan’s words that Tang Li had come to apologize and submit to her father!
Seeing Lai Wenyan’s attitude, he clearly hadn’t intended to completely sever the father-daughter relationship with Tang Li.
Ouyang Qian still felt pain in her body.
A few days ago, Lai Wenyan had hit her quite hard.
However, she promptly admitted her mistake, saying that she acted that way because she cared too much for him. Lai Wenyan was in a foul mood for two days, but the couple eventually reconciled. No one dared mention Tang Yin and the Tang Family’s issues at home anymore, Ouyang Qian thought that matter had passed, but unexpectedly, Tang Li came to apologize to Lai Wenyan in the middle of the night.
That illegitimate daughter got hold of Tang Yin’s necklace, and was suspected of harming Tang Yin along with Xiaxia, and suddenly wanted to recognize Lai Wenyan as her father – it was unclear what she was plotting.
Thinking so, Ouyang Qian couldn’t help but clench the thin quilt she was holding.
Ouyang Qian lay on her side in bed, struggling to fall asleep again. After making sure Lai Wenyan was asleep, she got out of bed, leaving the master bedroom to find her elder daughter.
Upon learning that Tang Li had texted Lai Wenyan, Lai Sheng Xia pondered for a moment, and asked her mother, "What was dad’s reaction?"
"He cursed her as an asshole, but didn’t reply to the message."
Something came to Ouyang Qian’s mind, a hint of disgust surging within her, "In the last six months, that illegitimate daughter’s relation with your father worsened progressively, eventually even moving her household registration out. I thought it was good she left, so at least she wouldn’t be an eyesore anymore. But now, she’s grovelingly trying to please your dad again."
Lai Sheng Xia spoke quietly, "Ah Li is no longer the pushover she used to be. If she had even a little bit of brains, she would have realized that having a father who is a Councilman is more beneficial than not. Her maternal grandfather’s identity is a hidden risk. Clinging to dad, if something blows up later, dad will have to clean up after her. There are some things that no amount of money can solve."
As a Councilman, Lai Wenyan had his own network of connections.
In cases like Tang Shen’s, money couldn’t solve everything, but power could.
"She’s thriving in the entertainment industry, having just managed to trample Yuanyuan down, she wouldn’t allow herself to fall easily," Lai Sheng Xia said lightly, laughing, "Now she’s come around, weighing the pros and cons, how could she not seek to mend relations with dad."
Ouyang Qian worried, "She’s up to no good now, knowing you took Tang Yin’s necklace, I’m afraid she might..."
"What’s there to be afraid of," Lai Sheng Xia leaned against the bedpost, her lips still curled in a smile, but her eyes were indifferent, "That necklace only proves that we’ve met Tang Yin. As for the rest, without solid proof, she surely can’t just make things up."
Hearing this, Ouyang Qian was somewhat reassured, but then added, "What if your dad really forgives her?"
Ouyang Qian knew very well that she and her daughter could never reconcile with Tang Li.
Even if Tang Li couldn’t find any evidence of their involvement in harming Tang Yin.
Lai Sheng Xia said, "As long as dad remembers that his position today was achieved by deceiving Tang Yin, then he can never truly open his heart to Tang Li."
Tang Yin was a thorn in Lai Wenyan’s side.
—Unremovable, untouchable.
Tang Li’s existence undeniably served as a constant reminder of Lai Wenyan’s past misdeeds.
"Dad, being such a suspicious person, if he’s easing his relationship with Tang Li, it can only be because he wants to gain something from her."