Nan Ye looked at her daughter whom she hadn't seen for two years. When her daughter saw her, she was so aloof. Nan Ye felt as if a knife had stabbed into her heart.
"April... Why do you have to talk to me in such a tone?"
If Nan Ye hadn't said this, it would have been okay. But as soon as she did, Ji Siyue immediately exploded. At the airport, she shouted at the top of her voice, "When you suddenly told me about that, did you ever think about how I feel now? Do you know that I would also feel sad? In your eyes, you thought I no longer needed you, so you could get divorced without my consent, right?"
After saying that, she turned around and ran away.
Qin Chengyao looked at her worriedly. Then he turned back to Nan Ye and said, "I have a car in the parking lot behind. The last three digits of the license plate number are 001. Here's the car key. Auntie, you can wait in the car first. I'm a bit worried about Siyue!"
Nan Ye had noticed this young man for a long time. Judging from his reaction, he should be Siyue's boyfriend.
Nan Ye took the key and said, "Okay, go and chase her back. There are too many people coming and going here. Don't let her get hurt."
"I will."
After saying that, Qin Chengyao chased in the direction where Ji Siyue had just run away.
After running out, Qin Chengyao searched around for a long time and finally found Ji Siyue in a corner. She was curled up and crying.
Seeing her crying, Qin Chengyao felt as if his heart was being tightly grabbed.
He took a step forward and carefully squatted beside her.
"You haven't seen your mom for such a long time. There's really no need to treat her like this from the very beginning. Maybe she has something to tell you in person. You should give her a chance."
Ji Siyue raised her tear - streaked face and sniffled, "My parents are bad people. Even if they really couldn't get along anymore, they should have told me in advance instead of telling me at the last minute in a commanding tone. I'm really sad."
"Maybe in their eyes, you've grown up and they're no longer your guardians in that way. But in terms of blood and family ties, they're still your parents. They just don't live together anymore. People should live for themselves in the end. They couldn't force themselves to stay together just for you when there were problems between them. You wouldn't be happy either. Instead, you'd feel more tired... I've said so much just to calm you down. If you think you're okay now, go and talk to your mom. She's waiting in the car."
Ji Siyue touched the tears on her face and finally wiped them all off carelessly with her sleeve.
"Okay, then I'll go and listen to what she really wants to say to me."
When they got to the parking lot, Ji Siyue and Qin Chengyao found that Nan Ye wasn't sitting in the car but standing beside the car with her luggage.
From afar, when she saw them, she waved her hand.
Ji Siyue adjusted her breathing, ran over, and finally stopped in front of Nan Ye.
"Do you have any difficulties in getting divorced from Dad?"
"We'll talk about this after getting in the car. Come on, get in."
Qin Chengyao walked between the two of them, opened the two doors respectively, and let them both sit in the back seat.
After a long silence, Ji Siyue asked again, "Mom, I'm your daughter. You've told me the result, but I also want to know the process and the reason. Can you tell me?"
"There's no special reason. It's just that your dad and I don't love each other anymore. April, we've been together for more than 20 years, from 18 to 41. We've experienced all the ups and downs in life. Life has worn away our love and turned it into family affection."
Ji Siyue finally couldn't help crying again.
"But isn't this the case for most marriages? Family affection is also a bond in marriage!"
Nan Ye reached out her hand, trying to comfort Ji Siyue, but was shaken off immediately.
She had no choice but to sit aside and say, "No, it's a symbol of the death of love. When we were together, we once agreed that if we didn't love each other anymore, we could break up peacefully and then pursue our own lives, but still be good friends. Now your dad and I are just like this. We don't love each other anymore, but we still love you."
Ji Siyue hugged her head and began to cry loudly.
Qin Chengyao was sitting in the driver's seat. He looked at Ji Siyue calmly through the rear - view mirror. Although his face was calm, his eyes were full of pity.
She still couldn't accept it after all. Maybe her view of love was different from her parents'. Qin Chengyao had thought of this possibility at the beginning, and unexpectedly, it really was the case.
After a long, long time, both the mother and daughter calmed down. Then Qin Chengyao started the car.
"Auntie, Siyue bought a house in the Second Ring Road. I'll take you there."
Nan Ye asked in surprise, "You finally decided to use the money your dad and I gave you?"
Ji Siyue just pouted and glared at her without saying a word.
She was still angry and didn't want to talk at all. All she could think about were the words her mother had just said.
If this happened to someone else, she could completely understand it. But if it happened to herself, Ji Siyue just couldn't accept it.
"A house here costs at least one or two million. If it's more expensive, it can cost several million. And yours is in the Second Ring Road. If you didn't use the money your dad and I gave you, where did you get the money?"
Could it be that this girl had gone astray?
Looking at the nice car this young man was driving... Could she have misunderstood? Maybe this person wasn't her boyfriend at all, but...
Nan Ye's look at the person driving in front became weirder and weirder.
"She earned that money by herself." Qin Chengyao explained from the front, "She bought the house with the money she earned through proper means. Auntie, you don't need to misunderstand."
"What means can earn so much money in one or two years?"
"Playing games, doing live - streaming, making the audience laugh and getting tips from them. That's how I earned my money. Are you satisfied with this answer?"
"What!?" Nan Ye was furious and suddenly raised her voice, "You had the money we gave you but didn't use it. Instead, you chose to do such a job of selling your smiles. Do you want to piss your dad and me off?"