C284 Shaken
Qin Shi had originally promised Qin Lang and the others to come see Yan Jiaxing because she thought his thoughts were different from Yan Ming's. Furthermore, he had opposed her being with Yan Ming before. Since he was against her, she thought that Yan Jiaxing would not accept this child either. But they seemed to be wrong.
Qin Shi picked Yu up and was about to walk out of the room. "It seems like you're right. Your thoughts are exactly the same as Yan Ming's. It seems like our decision to come to you was wrong. But if it is guilt that makes me want to care for this child, to take him back, I will not give him custody, but I will not prevent him from seeing the child, as you say, Mr. Yan. The fact that he is my son's father in any case cannot be changed. But that wasn't what he was after right now. He only remembered that he had a son like Yu because he had listened to you, Mr. Yan, and that he and his brother would inherit most of the Yan family's wealth if one of them had a son first. Mr. Yan, it's the same for you. Knowing that you have such a grandson, you didn't even think about it and just said that he should return to the Yan family. Yu is a five-year-old child, and he has feelings for the people around him. He can slowly get used to a strange environment, but have you ever thought about whether the Yan family will accept him? Will they accept my children? If you truly love this child, have you considered his situation, his feelings when he left his mother and his family at such a young age? "
"Wait." Seeing that Qin Shi was about to open the door of the private room and leave, Yan Jiaxing quickly stopped her.
When Qin Shi looked at him just now, her eyes were filled with fear, as if she had lost all her courage. But now it seemed that he was wrong. When this woman resisted him, she was still the same as before, not backing down at all. But it seemed to him that he was a little less confident, that he had loved her so much, and that they were afraid of nothing when they rebelled against him, because they had each other's support and encouragement.
Now she was fighting alone. She didn't just want to fight against him. She also wanted to fight against the man who used to love her.
"Is there anything else, Mr. Yan?" Qin Shi faced the door of the private room with her back to Yan Jiaxing, "If Mr. Yan still wants Yu to return to the Yan family like Yan Ming did, I will never agree to it. Even if I have to go to court, I will not back down. Even if I have to go bankrupt, I will not give up my child."
"We can talk about the child support later. Did he really tell you that I said that between him and his elder brother, whoever has a son first will inherit the family property?" Yan Jiaxing looked doubtful.
Qin Shi was taken aback by his question. In fact, he had only heard about this matter from Qin Lang, but he did not refute her when she mentioned it in front of Yan Ming.
"He did not say it clearly." Qin Lang walked over from the table and said, "We had contact with Yan Ming before, and he was the one who told us about it. However, since we mentioned it in front of Yan Ming, he did not object."
"I did say that, but it was something I said when I was drunk on my birthday. I didn't expect the two brothers to take it seriously and cause so much trouble. The Yan family has been able to become what it is today because of generations of hard work. How can it be so easy to decide who will inherit the family property? Even if my son is worried about their livelihood, I can let them inherit some of the property, but if I don't have the ability, I won't give it to them. It has nothing to do with whether they have a son or not." When Yan Jiaxing said those words back then, he only wanted to have a male grandson, so he just lied. Without a male grandson, the Yan family would not have any successors. He did not expect them to misunderstand that whoever had a son first would inherit the family business. No wonder these two brothers had been acting so strange recently.
Seeing that things had taken a turn for the better, Qiao Zhicheng stepped forward to help, "Old Yan, since that's the case, you should go home and persuade Yan Qing. Back then, you guys felt that he shouldn't have been with Miss Qin, so the two of you split up. Your Yan family didn't think much of it, but as a man who left without a word and a lover who had been waiting for him, marrying someone else without any explanation was really not something a responsible man should do. He had already hurt Miss Qin back then, and now he was going to take away her only child. This was her spiritual pillar. Don't be too ruthless. Hurting a woman again and again like this, wasn't he going too far? If you really want this son, you can go straight to court, and Miss Qin said that you really like this child and want it back, she won't stop you from seeing her. So what if he can't get custody? If he really does his duty as a father, I think the child will like him, but now that he's hurting the mother, even if he gets custody and takes the child away, will the child accept him as a father? "
Yan Jiaxing looked at Qiao Zhicheng with a strange expression. He had already found it strange that he had helped the Qin family to arrange an appointment with him today. These words made him even more surprised.
As Qiao Zhicheng's friend, he knew that Qiao Zhicheng was not a good father at all. Back then, he had a son who had a mistress behind his wife's back. After the son was brought back to the Qiao family, he did not ask much about it, causing the child to go against him when he grew up. He even ran away from home and refused to return to the Qiao family.
So how could he not be surprised that this man was now talking to him about his father's responsibilities?
Yan Jiaxing seemed to have understood something again and glanced at the young men at the table. He had never seen Qiao Zhicheng's son before, so he did not recognize Qiao Lin, but he was sure that he was among them.
He looked at Qin Shi again and suddenly laughed. "Old Qiao, when did you meet this family? Their relationship is so good that they asked me out and spoke up for them. I remember that you have a son, right? He should be 25 or 26 years old this year, not much younger than Miss Qin. Could they be... "
Yan Jiaxing guessed that Qiao Zhicheng's son was in a relationship with Qin Shi, but he did not expect that the son of the Qiao family had taken a fancy to Qin Shi's younger brother.
"It's a little different from what you think, but it's not that far off. Now that it's got something to do with both of us, what do you want?" Qiao Zhicheng deliberately dragged him into this to pressure Yan Jiaxing.
Yan Jiaxing looked at Yu and thought about what happened between Qiao Zhicheng and Qiao Lin. If the Yan family forcefully took back this child, they would probably end up like Qiao Zhicheng and his son.
"The child is strict. He's the one who wants the custody rights back. I can't just listen to the Qin family's side of the story and think it's all my son's fault." Yan Jiaxing finally wavered.