HCB Chapter 224 Sharp Eyes
Chapter 224 Sharp Eyes
Chen Yuan's heart skipped a beat.
Seeing that he remained silent, the old lady continued, "Your grandma has been through this herself. It's normal for couples to quarrel and bicker, but you didn't even show up for my 80th birthday celebration, not even made a phone call. Is that what you call being busy with work? Do you think your grandma is stupid?"
Chen Yuan's Adam's apple bobbed, and he was about to say something to smooth things over when the old lady stared at him and suddenly lowered her voice even further.
"Let me tell you, your grandma isn't deaf or blind. I could tell from the girl named Qingxue during the day that when you two were talking and your eyes met, something just wasn't right."
"You two were exchanging glances, handing each other cups and serving each other food. I didn't call you out in front of so many people to save face for you two and for the girl. But now it's just the two of us in the room, so you have to tell Grandma the truth."
The old lady paused, staring intently at him.
"Tell Grandma the truth, are you having an affair?"
Chen Yuan's breath hitched, his Adam's apple bobbed, and he tried to force a smile.
"Grandma, what do you mean? It's just that the shop has been too busy lately, so we haven't been able to take care of these things. We'll wait until later..."
"What do you mean by 'in a while'?" the old lady interrupted him sharply, annoyed.
"You child, do you think your grandma is stupid? I've seen more of the world than you've ever walked the roads. If you two had nothing to hide, would you have skipped my 80th birthday celebration?"
"Do you think you're too old for Grandma to control now? That's why you don't listen to Grandma anymore?"
Chen Yuan is now truly experiencing what it means to suffer in silence, unable to express his bitterness.
When the old lady saw that he didn't speak, her heart sank, and her voice unconsciously rose, revealing the unique authority and unquestionable tone of the older generation.
"Xiao Yuan, you can't do something so heartless! You can't cheat on your wife like this! What am I supposed to say about you?!"
The old woman's eyes held a deep sorrow and profound disappointment.
Seeing this, Chen Yuan realized that his grandmother had taken the matter seriously. If he didn't clarify, she might actually hit him with her cane.
Chen Yuan sighed and said, "Grandma, since you've put it that way, I won't hide it from you. She and I are indeed... divorced. The procedures were completed a long time ago."
"What?" The old lady gasped as if she had been branded with a hot iron, leaning back and almost falling off the chair.
If Chen Yuan hadn't been quick-witted and nimble-fingered, who knows what serious trouble might have ensued.
The old lady gasped for breath a few times, her lips trembling for a long time before she finally managed to squeeze out a sentence with a distorted tone.
"Divorced? A perfectly good family, a perfectly good life, just like that, gone?"
"Sigh, if you can't make it work, just get a divorce."
"You...you! Tell Grandma the truth, wasn't it you who wronged her first? Did you have someone else on the side before you divorced her?"
An octogenarian still holds onto the same old ideas.
The word "divorce" was almost like a cardinal sin to him, so his first reaction was that Chen Yuan had changed his mind and ruined the family's reputation.
Chen Yuan immediately looked up: "No! Grandma, it's really not what you think. I just can't live like this anymore. How can I explain this to you?"
"To tell you the truth!"
Under pressure from the old lady, Chen Yuan had no choice but to recount the whole story.
To prove that his words were true, he even took out his phone, opened his photo album, and showed photos of himself covered in bruises from when he was injured.
"See, I wasn't lying. The explanatory video I posted back then is still online. I would never lie to you."
Upon seeing the photo, the old woman was immediately filled with heartache and lingering fear: "Oh dear, what a wicked thing! What an inhuman creature! That little beast, how could he be so cruel!"
"Let Grandma see if your injury has healed? Did you go to the hospital? What did the doctor say?"
Chen Yuan took off his shirt: "See, it's all fine now."
After putting down the clothes, Chen Yuan held his grandmother's cold hand again.
"Sigh, I haven't told you about this because I was afraid you'd get upset and upset. Anyway, we're divorced now, and everything's cleared up, so let's just leave it at that. Youyou will stay with me, and I won't let the child suffer."
The old lady remained silent for a long time, then let out a long sigh: "What a mess this has made. Alright, you know what's going on. Grandma's old, I can't manage so much anymore..."
Chen Yuan wiped away his sweat. He thought he had kept it a secret, but he didn't expect that the old lady had already seen through it. But it was good that he told her sooner rather than later, so as to avoid the trouble of hiding and lying later.
After finishing dinner, Chen Yuan and his family drove home.
After washing up, Chen Yuan got into bed and received a call from Su Qingxue as soon as he lay down.
Su Qingxue's voice sounded very uneasy: "Today... was everything alright with Grandma? I sat next to her all day, not knowing what to do with my hands, afraid of not being polite enough and upsetting the old lady. I was worried the whole way back."
Chen Yuan leaned against the pillow, listening to the rare awkwardness in the other person's voice, and the corners of his mouth curved upwards.
"Don't overthink it. Grandma was very happy today. After you left, she told me that if there's a chance in the future, she can invite you to our house for meals often. She likes you very much."
Chen Yuan paused, then repeated the story of the confrontation, and there was a few seconds of silence on the other end.
"You just told her directly, Grandma wasn't angry with you, was she? You know, it's definitely not easy for elderly people to accept something like divorce. Did you try to talk to her properly?"
"We've talked it out, it's all over now."
A long, relaxed exhale came from the other end of the receiver.
The two chatted for a few more minutes before hanging up.
Chen Yuan spent the whole day at home with his elderly parents and didn't pay much attention to the messages in the list.
He scrolled through the messages and suddenly found a WeChat message that Sister Sweetie had sent him that afternoon.
I'm currently reviewing my platform data. Please let me know when it's convenient.
Chen Yuan replied: "It's getting late, I don't know if you're still online. If it's convenient, I can contact you tomorrow afternoon."
The message has just been sent.
A phone call came in immediately.
"Wow, Boss Chen replied so quickly! Were you unable to sleep last night, waiting for my good news? Or did you miss me?"
Chen Yuan leaned back on the pillow, giving a helpless twitch of his lips.
"Sweetie, you're quick on the phone! What new ideas do you have this time? Tell me?"
The girl across from me, Sweetie, chuckled twice before speaking seriously.
"Yes, it's news that you're collaborating with me."