Chapter 427: Regret
Chapter 427 Regret
Mengyu was shaken, also filled with regret.
Yes, on that day he was indeed at home, but his wife forbade him to go outside, telling him that Zhou Wangmei came to their home, clutching her bastard child, trying to extort three thousand yuan from them. If he went out, it would affect his reputation.
As long as he stayed in, leaving it to her to handle the matter, his official reputation would not be harmed, his future would not be affected.
Therefore, he never went out. He left his wife to deal with the situation, and later, he even left through the back door and did not return until evening.
But he never would have imagined that Zhou Wangmei was not there to swindle him, but she came to beg for his help to save their son!
He should have thought of it; Zhou Wangmei, alone with her child, had not sought him out in five years. Why would she try to extort money from him after all this time?
How could he ignore his own child, allowing him to die from an illness because there was no money for treatment?
Xie Xinyuan was full of regret!
If he had met with Zhou Wangmei that day, would his son not have died? Would Zhou Wangmei not have died?
He did not only abandon Zhou Wangmei from start to finish, letting her deal alone with the spittle of onlookers and the predicaments of giving birth to their child. During the child’s illness, he ignored it until its death, indirectly causing the deaths of both his son and Zhou Wangmei!
At that time, he also did something wrong, too afraid to see her, especially after how his family described her, fearing she would entangle him. He never took the initiative to find out about her.
And his family also deliberately concealed information about her.
Had it not been for overhearing others mentioning her death by chance, he wouldn’t have felt guilty and gone to pay homage, and then be haunted by her ghost, right?
No wonder Zhou Wangmei hated him so much, trying to beat him day and night, wanting his life. This is the punishment he deserved!
Xie Hongjun saw the look on his father’s face, worried that he would agree to divorce Mom, and quickly said: "But, my Mom and Dad have been married for twenty-five years without a misstep. To ask my Mom to divorce my Dad, aren’t you all too cruel?"
Mengyu looked at Xie Hongjun: "You are mistaken, it’s not me asking for your parents to divorce. I don’t even know you. How could I possibly ask for your parents’ divorce? You need to understand, it’s your father’s former woman who is asking for this.
You can choose not to listen, it’s not my business. I’m simply passing on a message."
"What message? You’re clearly pretending to be a God and playing ghost tricks. You can’t stand to see my parents in love, so you want to tear them apart! Did someone put you up to this? You woman, you have such a venomous heart!"
Mengyu could not help but laugh instead of getting angry: "Did I ask for you to come here? Can I force your parents to divorce? If you hadn’t come to my door today, would I even know who you are?
As for whether your mom has ever made a misstep, you’d better ask your mom, there’s no need to blame me."
Mengyu looked at the somewhat dazed Xie Hongjun and said, "Whether your mom has done anything to weigh on her conscience, whether her heart is pure or tainted, she knows, and as for your claim about your mom never having made a misstep, you don’t need to tell me.
I’ve said it before, we in Medicine Sect have three instances we do not treat. Your dad’s illness is a retribution illness; therefore, I do not treat it. I only got involved because I felt bad about seeing your dad in so much pain, and I was just passing a message for that mother and son.
I have no interest in you, and I didn’t know any of you before. Whether you choose to let your dad die in pain or to let your parents divorce, any decision you make has nothing to do with me.
But now, you’ve successfully angered me. Now, please leave my house immediately and smoothly!"