"What do you want to tell me?" Meng Yajing was a bit puzzled. She had specifically waited until there was no one around for this conversation.
Song Ge lowered her head slightly, then raised her eyes. "Auntie, you know the relationship between Zhai Cheng and Uncle. Zhai Cheng has been really troubled by this. So, I hope Auntie could..."
Before Song Ge could finish her sentence, Meng Yajing interrupted. "You want me to talk to him?" She raised an eyebrow.
Seeing Meng Yajing's expression, Song Ge thought she was unhappy and quickly continued, "Auntie, I just..."
Meng Yajing patted her hand and sighed. "I understand what you mean." After a pause, she said, "They've been on bad terms for so many years. I've said all the good and bad things I could think of, but it didn't work."
Song Ge also felt troubled. This whole thing had to be resolved somehow.
"Don't worry. I'll talk to him."
"Thank you, Auntie."
It was getting late in the evening. Mother An proposed to leave. "I'll go home first."
"Why don't you stay for the night? I'm always so bored at home by myself." Meng Yajing pleaded.
Mother An really wanted to agree, but she thought it wouldn't be appropriate, so she declined. "I still have things to do at home."
"Since that's the case, I won't force you."
Knowing that Mother An was leaving, Zhai Cheng offered to drive her home. Naturally, Song Ge went with them.
On the way, Mother An kept smiling. She thought Meng Yajing was a nice person. If Song Ge married into their family in the future, she probably wouldn't be bullied. This made Mother An feel at ease.
The car stopped steadily outside the community. Mother An got out of the car, and Song Ge followed suit.
Zhai Cheng glanced at Song Ge, giving her a meaningful look.
Song Ge awkwardly scratched her neck, pretending not to see it.
"Thank you for driving us home. Drive safely on the way."
Zhai Cheng just smiled and kept looking at Song Ge, signaling her to say something.
Song Ge took Mother An's arm. "Yeah, drive safely on the way."
Zhai Cheng was a bit sad. That wasn't what he wanted to hear. He wanted to take Song Ge back with him, but he didn't know how to say it.
Suddenly, Mother An seemed to remember something. "You go and see Zhai Cheng off, then come back home." She thought it was better to avoid any gossip.
"Okay." Just as Song Ge agreed, someone called out to them.
"Isn't this Song Ge?" A group of women came from behind. They were all Song Ge's neighbors, but they didn't interact much.
One of the women immediately noticed Zhai Cheng, and her gossipy side came out. "Who's this?"
Mother An said proudly, "My daughter's boyfriend."
When the aunt heard this, she sized Zhai Cheng up. Then she nodded. "He really is a handsome young man. What does he do?"
"He's the boss of a big company."
Song Ge pouted. She hated it when these aunts discussed such things. She quietly stepped aside.
"Wow, Song Ge is really capable."
Song Ge just stood there. They talked for about ten minutes before finally dispersing.
"I'll go upstairs first." It was obvious that Mother An was very happy. She thought Zhai Cheng had made her look good.
Song Ge nodded and pulled Zhai Cheng for a walk outside the community.
"Are you really not coming back with me?" Zhai Cheng looked so pitiful and cute.
Song Ge couldn't help but pinch his face. "You heard what my mom said. She told me to see you off and then go home."
"Okay." Zhai Cheng wasn't in a hurry. They had plenty of time in the future.
The two walked to a pavilion and sat down.
Song Ge leaned on Zhai Cheng's shoulder, looking a bit worried. "About your father's matter..." She hesitated.
"Don't worry about it. I'll handle everything." Zhai Cheng lowered his head slightly, looking at the woman on his shoulder. He smiled. "Don't you plan to compensate me?"
Hearing the word "compensate", Song Ge sat up straight immediately. "What kind of compensation do you want?"
Zhai Cheng pointed at his cheek.
Song Ge instantly understood what he meant. She looked around shyly. Seeing that there was no one around, she wanted to quickly kiss Zhai Cheng on the cheek. But Zhai Cheng quickly turned his head, and their lips met.
Song Ge struggled a bit at first, but finally gave up.
Suddenly, a strong light shone on them, accompanied by an old man's voice. "What are you two doing?"
Song Ge was so scared that she pushed Zhai Cheng away immediately. It was probably the old man patrolling the community. If he saw them, the whole community would probably know about it tomorrow. She wouldn't be able to show her face, so she instinctively hid behind Zhai Cheng.
Zhai Cheng also protected Song Ge and slowly backed away.
The old man shone his flashlight on Zhai Cheng's face. "Who are you? I don't think I've seen you around here before."
Zhai Cheng remained calm. "Just passing by." Then he pulled Song Ge and ran away.
The old man couldn't catch up, so he just assumed they were passers - by.
After seeing Zhai Cheng off, Song Ge went home.
In the study of the old villa, the atmosphere was extremely heavy.
"Can't you just let go of what happened back then? You've seen how sad Zhai Cheng is because of you, but you always hurt him!"
Hearing this, Zhai Qintian angrily threw the cup in his hand on the ground. "Let go? How can I let go!" Zhai Cheng was not his biological son after all!
The maid passing by outside heard the argument inside, didn't dare to say a word, and left.
The next day, Meng Yajing called Zhai Cheng on her own initiative and asked him to come to the old house. After receiving the call, Zhai Cheng immediately rushed to the villa.
Meng Yajing was sitting in the hall with red - rimmed eyes. It seemed that she had just been crying.
Zhai Cheng went to the study and pushed the door open forcefully. "What did Mom do wrong? Why are you treating her like this?"
Zhai Qintian put down his pen, got up, and walked to Zhai Cheng. "Don't interfere in the matter between your mom and me."
Zhai Cheng secretly clenched his fists.
"Do you want to see Zhang Yao?"
The clenched fists slowly loosened. Zhai Cheng's eyes flickered for a moment, and he shook his head. "No."
Zhai Qintian sneered. "Do you still want to lie to me?"
Actually, Zhai Cheng was afraid that if Zhai Qintian knew about this, he would do something bad to Zhang Yao. After all, it was his embarrassing secret.
"Then can I see him?"
Before Zhai Qintian could answer, he suddenly coughed violently. It took him a while to stop. "If you want to see him, go ahead."
He was old now and couldn't control so much.
Zhai Cheng calmly nodded, bowed to Zhai Qintian, and turned to leave. He opened the door and stopped. "No matter what, you'll always be my father. That will never change."
After saying that, he slammed the door shut.
Zhai Qintian sighed. He had finally lost to this young man, Zhai Cheng.
Zhai Cheng went downstairs. Seeing Meng Yajing still in the living room, he didn't say much and left.
Song Ge had already finished dinner. She thought about calling Zhai Cheng and did so.
Zhai Cheng was driving. He answered the call via Bluetooth. "Hello."