Chu Xiaoge’s eyes instantly grew misty. Listening to her father’s words, it felt like in that moment, her heart finally received redemption.

She stood up and threw herself into her father’s arms, choking up, "Dad... thank you."

Chu Lianghua’s voice was a little hoarse too. He patted his daughter lightly on the shoulder and sighed, "In the past, it was Dad who was wrong. Dad didn’t choose to believe you... This time, whatever you want to do, Dad will support you!"

"Dad..." In the end, Chu Xiaoge still couldn’t hold back the tears in her eyes. She closed her eyes slightly and hugged her father tightly.

Chuchu had just finished a carton of milk. Seeing her mom crying, her eyes turned red too. She grabbed the hem of her mom’s clothes, her mouth puckering in grievance.

Chu Xiaoge turned around, gently stroked Chuchu’s cheek, and smiled. "Chuchu, stay with Grandpa and Grandma, and wait for Mommy for a bit, okay?"

"Is Mommy going to pick Daddy up? We’ve been gone so long and Daddy still hasn’t come. Daddy must have gotten lost... Mommy, go pick Daddy up and bring him back, okay?"

Chuchu felt miserable inside and missed her dad.

But she forced herself not to cry.

Crystalline tears swirled in her eyes. That stubborn yet yearning look made Chu Xiaoge’s heart ache, wave after wave.

She could only nod, pull Chuchu into her arms, and soothe her. "Okay, Mommy will go pick Daddy up."

Li Li, watching from the side, also wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes. She took Chuchu’s hand, letting Chu Xiaoge leave.

"Go on, it’s just one stop, the train is about to leave. We’ll go get the house settled first and wait for you to come back."

"Thank you, Mom..." Chu Xiaoge wiped the corners of her eyes, then looked one by one at the family members she cherished before finally leaving.

The train had just pulled into the station. Through the glass window, Li Li watched her daughter’s departing back, then turned to look at her equally worried husband beside her. She couldn’t help asking, "I thought you wouldn’t let her go..."

After all, the old Chu Lianghua used to be hot-tempered, irritable, stubborn, and headstrong... 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶

But now he seemed to have changed a lot.

Chu Lianghua just let out a sigh. "I’m already someone who’s died once. What’s left that I can’t let go of? We only have this one daughter. I’m afraid I don’t have much time left either, so what’s the point of making a fuss? As long as she’s happy, whatever she does is fine."

When she heard this, Li Li suddenly felt an emptiness in her heart.

Yes.

Xiao Ge had grown up, and they, as her parents, were getting older and older.

The time they could stay by their child’s side was really not that much.

——

In just two hours, Shang Group’s stock had dropped by three percent!

All because of just a few photos in entertainment tabloids, plus the participation of online paid posters, which pushed the president of Shang Group right to the center of the storm.

Countless curses came pouring in from all directions.

In an instant, Shang Dongyuan became synonymous with "two-timer," "playboy," "irresponsible scumbag," "bastard," "emotionally manipulative," and "unworthy of being human."

Everything related to Shang Group was being boycotted by the enraged public.

It wasn’t like there hadn’t been scandals before about some male celebrity having an affair, or late-night trysts with his mistress or whatever. Most melon-eating onlookers would just curse a bit and move on.

It had never been like this time—an all-out public revolt!

Netizens were almost unanimously on one side, all condemning Shang Dongyuan!

Some people even surrounded the headquarters building of Shang Group.

Quite a few people had even made banners, with huge, shocking words written on them!

[Two-timer Shang Dongyuan, get out of A City! Disgusting enterprise Shang Group, get out of A City!]