The Billionaire's Hidden Affection-Chapter 539 - 536 Rhythm 9_1

Furthermore, these items were all quite presentable, especially the clothes. Although they weren’t designer luxury items, they were all high-quality and well-tailored. There were three or four Burberry trench coats. Even the hair clips, from brands like Alexander, cost upwards of two to three thousand yuan apiece, and there were three or four of them. No wonder every time they saw Yan Xixi, they thought this ’poor’ girl looked more like one of those ’fair, rich, and beautiful’ types with each passing day.

So, it was all our son’s doing.

And our son’s salary card, his passbook... She was deeply shocked. She hadn’t known before that her son had given all these to Yan Xixi.

However, Yan Xixi had returned every single item.

How full of expectation and deep affection he must have been when he gave those things to her! And what must our son have felt when he received them back?

The elderly couple sat facing each other, their faces etched with worry and distress. 𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦

Mrs. Huang sobbed uncontrollably, "Old man, what should we do if our son continues like this?"

Old Huang said lightly, "Don’t worry, he won’t continue like this for long."

"How do you know?"

"Because he has already submitted a transfer application. He’s going to either Hong Kong or the United States. He won’t be staying here long-term anymore."

Mrs. Huang’s face turned ashen, and she nearly leaped up in shock.

"My God, who said that? Old man, who told you?"

"Xiaojue just told me yesterday. He said he’ll be leaving after a while and told us to take good care of ourselves."

Mrs. Huang felt as if she had been plunged into an icy abyss.

My only son was leaving.

He was leaving for work, yes, but more so to escape his heartbreak—and Old Huang and I definitely couldn’t go with him.

As people age, we naturally hope our children will stay close by, making it easier to care for them. Even if we don’t need our children to look after them, their presence is an emotional comfort. My strong opposition to Yan Xixi had stemmed from the belief that our son deserved better. I had been hoping for a more suitable and obedient daughter-in-law, to be able to hold grandchildren soon, and for our whole family to be reunited in harmony, enjoying the bliss of family life.

But I had never, ever imagined that the final result would be to push our son to flee so far away.

The world isn’t so vast, yet it isn’t so small either. If our son went to South City, or even to the southern United States, when would we ever see him again? Would he still be able to come home for meals and tea, to spend time with his aging parents, like he could when he was in the same city?

She burst into tears, "Old man, why didn’t you tell me sooner?"

"What difference would it have made if I’d told you sooner? Once our son has made up his mind to leave, who can stop him?"

"No, our son has to stay! If he leaves, what will become of us?"

"Stay? How do you expect him to stay? Sigh, old woman, it’s not that I’m blaming you, but can’t you ever just let things be? If you hadn’t interfered so much and broken our son’s heart, things wouldn’t have gotten to this point."

Mrs. Huang was completely distraught, capable only of wiping her tears.

After a long moment, she suddenly asked, "Old man, do you think... if Yan Xixi were willing to reconcile with our son, would he decide not to leave then?"

"Give it a rest! Do you really think Yan Xixi would reconcile with our son? This isn’t children playing house! After everything that’s happened, after such a huge fight, do you think she’d be willing to make up?"

Mrs. Huang didn’t dare say another word.

After that big fight, Yan Xixi had fallen out with all of the Huang family’s relatives. Her reputation in their circle was ruined; there was no going back. Even she herself felt uneasy thinking about it: How could our relatives and friends face a daughter-in-law who had actually raised a hand against her mother-in-law?

I couldn’t bear such a loss of face!

It was no longer possible to accept Yan Xixi as my daughter-in-law.

Absolutely impossible.

A parent’s face is always more important than their child’s happiness.