C283 An Indelible Boundary

Qiao Zhicheng and Yan Jiaxing were punctual people. They had been good friends for many years, so there was no need to be so polite. Yan Jiaxing walked out of the room and opened the door.

He had initially thought that Qiao Zhicheng would be the only one in the room since he had invited him to dinner, but upon closer inspection, he saw that there were about ten people, young and old, sitting around the large round table in the room. There was even an empty chair beside Qiao Zhicheng.

And many of these faces were familiar to him, and he had come into contact with them years before.

Especially the young woman who was holding a child in her arms.

Six or seven years ago, his youngest son, Yan Ming, had fallen in love with a girl about his age not long after he graduated from university. He had even wanted to marry that girl, but before that, his son had already been engaged, so their relationship and marriage had been opposed by the Yan family. Whether it was Yan Jiaxing or Yan Ming's grandfather, neither of them agreed to let the two of them be together, and for this reason, they had fought with their family for a long time. They even told the media that they would marry that girl for the rest of their lives and leave the Yan family.

When his son would not listen, he and his stern mother went to the girl many times to leave her, but their attitudes were very much the same, neither of them willing to leave the other, and finally deciding why they had changed their rest and were willing to leave the girl, he did not know, but he had hardly spoken of her since he had left her and come home, and had never spoken of her since his marriage.

Then he became aware of the change in his son, who had been so open and full of things, and he had always seen a smile like sunshine on his face, but since then it had been hard to see a smile on his son's face at home.

The girl's name seemed to be Qin Shi, and her son had more than once praised her in front of them in order to make them accept her.

A few years ago, Qin Shi's face was full of confidence and determination when she faced him and his strict mother. But now, when she saw that he was avoiding her gaze, she seemed a little afraid.

Their decision back then seemed to have changed more than just Yan Ming.

However, he did not know why Qin Shi would appear here today, and why she was with Qiao Zhicheng.

As for the child in her arms, he felt that he had seen him before. That look seemed to remind him of his childhood.

"Old Qiao, what is wrong with you? Didn't you ask me out for dinner? Who are these people?" Yan Jiaxing recognized Qin Shi and the actor, Qin Lang. He was sure that these people were from the Qin Family.

But he couldn't understand why the Qin family would seek him out and even ask Qiao Zhicheng for help when it had been so many years since the incident with Qin Shi.

"It's the New Year, so it's boring for us to eat alone. It's more lively with more people. Don't say you don't know these people." Qiao Zhicheng stood up from his seat to greet him.

The others also stood up at the same time. Qin Shi placed Yu on the ground and hesitated for a moment, as if encouraging herself. After taking a deep breath, she walked towards Yan Jiaxing and said, "Mr. Yan, long time no see. I wonder if you still remember me."

Back then, the Yan family was the one who opposed the marriage between Qin Shi and Yan Ming. Now that the Qin family has come looking for him again, Yan Jiaxing always felt that it wouldn't be a good thing, so he didn't treat Qin Shi very well either." So what if I don't? It's been so many years, and I've got my own family, and I have two children. Why are you looking for me? "

Qin Shi smiled bitterly. Ever since her relationship with Yan Ming had been known by the Yan family a few years ago, in their eyes, she had become a woman who coveted the Yan family's money, so she had never been accepted. In the end, even Yan Ming had left her.

"Mr. Yan, I didn't come looking for you because I wanted to take advantage of your Yan family, and I didn't want to get involved with Yan Ming again. If I want to get involved in these past few years, I'm afraid everyone's life won't be peaceful. I've already let go of the past, and there's nothing left for me to miss. I just hope that the Yan family will let me go and let my child go." Qin Shi turned around and pulled Yu to her side.

Yan Jiaxing did not quite understand Qin Shi's words, "What Qin family won't let you and your child go? After separating from you a few years ago, I no longer have anything to do with you. I don't understand you..."

Yan Jiaxing's gaze fell on Yu again. The more he looked at the child, the more familiar he found him. "Could this child be..."

"That's right, he is a strict child." In fact, Qin Shi was a little reluctant to mention the relationship between Yu and Yan Ming. After all, this person had hurt her and had never asked about Yu. Now that she remembered the person who had such a son for the sake of his property, she could only hate him. She didn't even want to mention his name again.

"I was already pregnant when I separated from him that year, and he knew about it. He didn't ask about the child, and I didn't want him to be responsible for me and the child. In fact, it would have been better if we had just stayed together. In my eyes, the child had nothing to do with him, but now, in order to inherit the Yan family's property, he wanted to take back the child and even take away the child's custody. The man who said he loved me suddenly left me, without telling me why, and married some other woman, and I was wounded all over, and it was this child who gave me hope, and now why do you take it away from me? Do you want to kill me before you stop? "

Yan Jiaxing was shocked by Qin Shi's words. In fact, not only did Qin Shi not know why she left him back then, but even he did not know. He was against the two of them being together, but he also knew his son's insistence on this woman, and why his son gave up in the end and chose the marriage partner they arranged. Even now, he still did not know. At first, he thought that the two of them had broken up, or that his son understood the burden of the family and gave up love.

"If this child is a strict son, then it wouldn't be a problem to acknowledge him as a member of the Yan family." Yan Jiaxing knew why his son wanted the child back. It might be for the family fortune, but if the child was strict, then as a grandfather, he would definitely not agree to let his grandson wander.

The answer that Yan Jiaxing gave Qin Shi was what she was most worried about. She shielded Yu behind her in fear, "Mr. Yan, don't you think your words are a little ridiculous? He has always known of the child's existence, but he has never asked me about it, and he has threatened me not to take advantage of it. He gave it up, and now he wants it for himself."

With a smile in his eyes, Yan Jiaxing walked past Qin Shi and sat down at the dining table, "Miss Qin, this is not funny at all. Back then, if you wanted to break off all ties with my son, the wisest way would have been to get rid of this child. You dare say you have no selfish motives? No matter how reasonable your words are, this child also has the blood of the Yan family flowing in him. It doesn't change the fact that he is a strict son."