Zhai Cheng wanted to keep listening to their conversation. But when he looked up, he saw Meng Yajing coming down the stairs. A flicker of panic flashed across his eyes, and then he composed his expression and walked to the stairway expressionlessly.
"Why did you come down?"
"I saw you hadn't come up for a long time, so I came to check what was going on." Meng Yajing remembered seeing Zhai Cheng standing in front of the study just now and asked, "Is something wrong?"
Zhai Cheng shook his head and pursed his lips. "Let's go upstairs."
Meng Yajing felt that there was something strange about Zhai Cheng today, but she couldn't put her finger on it.
Suddenly remembering something, she glanced around the hall. "Where's Song Ge?"
"She went to the garden outside." With that, Zhai Cheng wheeled Meng Yajing upstairs.
But since Zhai Cheng came back after going out just now, he had been absent - minded.
Meng Yajing saw that he wasn't really listening to her. "Is something wrong?"
Zhai Cheng came back to his senses and shook his head. At this moment, his mind was full of what Zhai Qintian had said just now.
"Did you quarrel with Song Ge?" Since they entered today, Meng Yajing had noticed that something was off between them. After a pause, she said earnestly, "When two people are together, disputes are inevitable. As a man, you should..."
"Mom, are you hiding something from me?" Intuition told Zhai Cheng that maybe all this was related to Meng Yajing.
Meng Yajing was interrupted. A flicker of panic flashed in her eyes. Did he know everything? No, it was impossible.
She smiled, looking completely innocent. "What could I possibly be hiding from you?"
Zhai Cheng squinted slightly, sizing up Meng Yajing.
Meng Yajing felt a tingling sensation on her scalp under Zhai Cheng's gaze and was extremely uncomfortable. "Let's continue discussing your relationship with Song Ge."
Seeing Meng Yajing's reaction, Zhai Cheng knew she wouldn't tell him anything and gave up. "I'll go out for a while."
As soon as he finished speaking, without waiting for Meng Yajing to say anything, he opened the door and went out.
In the large room, Meng Yajing was left alone. She stared blankly at the photo in front of her and sighed.
For so many years, she had been trying to hide this secret, afraid that Zhai Cheng would be heart - broken if he knew.
She was conflicted. She thought Zhai Cheng should know all this, but at the same time, she was selfish.
Thinking that Zhai Cheng should be coming back soon, Meng Yajing composed her emotions and waited quietly.
But after waiting for Zhai Cheng in the room for a long time and not seeing him come back, she finally couldn't help going downstairs to check what was going on.
Zhai Cheng, who had come down from upstairs, stood outside the study again.
Completely immersed in his own world, Zhai Cheng didn't notice that Meng Yajing had come out of the room. When she saw him there and was about to speak, she swallowed her words when she saw his expression and walked over silently.
"Over the years, what I've been through, how could you, an outsider, know?" A tinge of sadness flashed in Zhai Qintian's eyes.
Over the years, he had carried all these pressures alone. Everyone looked down on him! Everyone looked at him with prejudice!
"What kind of humiliation I've endured, how could you know? Hmph, little girl." Zhai Qintian's eyes were cold, just like someone else's. It seemed as if he was about to pour out all the humiliation he had suffered over the years.
Song Ge thought it was ridiculous. A mocking smile curled up on her lips and she shook her head. "You're just making excuses for your actions."
"Excuses?" Zhai Qintian snorted and took a step closer to Song Ge.
As the dangerous aura approached, Song Ge instinctively took a step back. She was scared inside but remained expressionless.
"Song Ge, you know too much." Zhai Qintian squinted slightly, a glint of killing intent in his eyes.
Song Ge looked straight into the man's eyes in front of her without any trace of fear. "I came with Zhai Cheng, and others know about it too. If anything happens to me, they'll surely suspect you soon. You'll be in big trouble then."
Zhai Qintian squinted at the girl in her early twenties in front of him and suddenly burst out laughing. He had really underestimated her!
His palms were sweaty, and big drops of sweat rolled down his forehead.
Before Song Ge could react, a strong hand suddenly grabbed her neck.
She had difficulty breathing, and her face turned red.
She tried to pry Zhai Qintian's hand away, but it was useless.
Outside the door, Zhai Cheng didn't know what was going on inside. He thought they had just stopped talking, and so did Meng Yajing.
Just when Song Ge thought she was going to die like this, the hand on her neck suddenly let go. Gasping for fresh air, Song Ge coughed violently and breathed in deeply.
"Overestimating yourself." Zhai Qintian grabbed a wet wipe from the table to wipe his hands, as if he had touched something very dirty just now.
When she could breathe more smoothly, Song Ge glared at Zhai Qintian. "One day, Zhai Cheng will know what you've done. He's your own son. Aren't you conscience - stricken for doing this?"
Hearing the words "own son", a flicker of disdain flashed in Zhai Qintian's eyes. He snorted. "Own son? That's not necessarily true."
The secret that had been hidden for so many years was finally going to be revealed.
Hearing this, Song Ge was stunned and didn't know what to say for a moment. Could it be...
Outside the door, Zhai Cheng was also stunned. Not necessarily? Was he not his own son?
Meng Yajing's face turned pale. Instinctively, she didn't want Zhai Cheng to know this. She gently patted his shoulder.
Zhai Cheng was startled. He turned his head and looked at Meng Yajing, who had appeared behind him at some point, his eyes full of questions.
"This is not something you should bear. Stop listening, okay?" Her tone was filled with a hint of pleading.
Zhai Cheng was stunned for two seconds and then shook his head. He had to know all this.
Seeing Zhai Cheng's determination, Meng Yajing knew he wouldn't leave. She rushed into the room all of a sudden, not wanting Zhai Qintian to say it all. This was also a stain on her life.
Song Ge looked at Meng Yajing, who suddenly appeared in the room, in surprise, as well as the tears in the corners of her eyes.
Seeing Meng Yajing come in, Zhai Qintian remained expressionless. He sat back in his seat and sized up the people in front of him. "Did you make an appointment to expose me today?"
Meng Yajing was a bit confused. She didn't know what "expose" Zhai Qintian was talking about. She closed her eyes, and tears silently slid down from the corners of her eyes, blooming into a white flower on the ground.
"After all these years, are you still blaming me?"
Over the years, Meng Yajing had seen Zhai Qintian's strictness and lack of affection towards Zhai Cheng, but she was really helpless.
Song Ge was surprised. Could this be related to Zhai Cheng's birth? She couldn't understand why Zhai Qintian had targeted Zhai Cheng like this before. But now, it seemed that everything made sense.
Outside the door, Zhai Cheng's feet seemed to be filled with a thousand - jin weight. He couldn't move at all.