Chapter 151
As soon as Old Mrs. Shen heard Cheng Lydia say that she wanted to give up Shen Ron to Yang June, she was so shocked that she couldn’t speak for a long time.
It wasn’t until Cheng Lydia was about to walk out of her bedroom that she called back to her, “Wait a minute.”
Cheng Lydia backed up and stared at her with a straight face, “Grandma, I’m not kidding.”
“It’s because you’re not joking that I find it incredible!” The old woman scowled at her and said, “Are you crazy? How can you think that?”
“I’m not crazy, I’m decent.”
“So that’s what Ron forced you to do?”
“No.” Cheng Lydia shook her head in a panic and said, “Ron he didn’t force me, I was the one who didn’t want to make things difficult for him, it turned out I was a third party, I was the one who inserted my foot into his marriage with Yang June. Now that June has woken up, it’s time for me to quit.”
“But you’re pregnant with Ron’s baby now.” Of course old Mrs. Shen wanted Cheng Lydia to stay with Shen Ron.
“Don’t worry Grandma, I won’t take the baby with me, I’ll leave when it’s born. That was part of the agreement we drew up in the first place, I’m just keeping the contract.”
Old Mrs. Shen took her hand and shook her head, “Didn’t we stop talking about the agreement a long time ago? Lydia, don’t worry about staying, you’ll have Grandma to help you hold on to anything, no one can shake your current position.”
“I didn’t mention the agreement at first because June didn’t wake up, but now that June is awake, it’s time for me to back out.” Cheng Lydia gently stroked the back of her dry hand and smiled, “Grandma, I’m here to tell you I’m sorry, even though I’ve had a lot of bad blood with you before. June is a kind woman and the woman Ron loves, so you should love her well in the future, just like you usually love me.”
Old Mrs. Shen smiled bitterly, “As long as she is my grandson-in-law, I will love whoever it is, just … I really feel unworthy and sorry for you ah, Ron is not unloved by you, why do you have to be so condescending?”
“Losing June will pain Ron for the rest of his life, while I will regret losing Ron for a little while at most, and it will soon pass.” Cheng Lydia said this since her eyes were also misting up.
She knew it wasn’t going to be easy for her to get over Shen Ron.
She was able to get over Lim Toby so quickly because he hurt her first and fell in love with another woman, and forced her to divorce because of that other woman. But Shen Ron was different, and she had to turn away when she and Shen Ron were at their happiest.
“Grandma, it’s decided, you don’t have to go to Ron or talk to June because I don’t want them to live with the guilt they feel towards me. Now that you’ve decided to quit, let everyone live happily ever after, otherwise it’s a worthless exit.”
“I still don’t think it’s right to do that.” The old woman pulled at her reluctantly.
“Grandma-.” Cheng Lydia smiled at her, “Come on, one day you’ll realize it’s for the best, don’t you want Ron to be happy every day?”
“I sure hope so, but …”
“That won’t do, no buts.” She patted the old woman’s hand, “It’s a deal, I’m off to work.”
“Are you sure you’re okay?” The old woman followed him out.
Cheng Lydia shook her head, “I’m fine, don’t worry.”
Turning, she walked quickly out of the main house and looked up to meet the blazing sun, forcing back the dense glint in her eyes before unfolding her smile and smiling weakly.
She smiled like a tulip in the sunlight, brilliant with so much melancholy.
Shen Ron didn’t go to the hospital all day to be with Yang June.
He needed peace and quiet, to meditate and think about his life.
He hadn’t been drinking tonight, but his mind was still blank at times and so confused that his head hurt.
Ye Max stared up at him and spat out, quite indebtedly, “How about a lottery? Draw whoever you get.”
Shen Ron looked at him askance, his eyes sinking, “Do you think that’s funny?”
Ye Max shook his head and got a lot more serious, “It’s not funny, but I can’t really help you with this, I’m an outsider after all.”
“What would you choose if it were you?”
“Go with Yang June, you’ve loved her for so many years after all, but Cheng Lydia is pregnant, ugh, it’s a really bad choice.” Ye Max really couldn’t say anything constructive tonight except for talking nonsense.
Shen Ron gave him a grim look, there was really no need to ask his.
Ye Max suddenly looked up and asked, “What is Cheng Lydia’s attitude, and what is Yang June’s?”
“They all want to give me up to each other.”
“Huh. In this situation, shouldn’t they be shadying each other and then fighting to the death? That’s what they do on TV dramas.” Ye Max expressed his disbelief.
Shen Ron gave him a sidelong glance and snorted, “I am what makes me different from you, all the women I look at are kind and loving, unlike you …”
Shen Ron shrugged noncommittally as Ye Max lamented self-consciously and took up the conversation, “Yeah, unlike me, who had a hard time looking at a woman who turned out to have been involved with countless men and lied to me about being a virgin.”
“But it’s good, this way it doesn’t hurt to get rid of it when you get tired of playing with it.” Ye Max finished with self-congratulation and sized up Shen Ron: “On the contrary, it’s people like you who are overly happy, now it’s hard to feel torn up, right?”
“Have you said enough?” Shen Ron glared at him.
“Oh, enough talk, let’s get down to business.” Ye Max nodded and said in a serious manner, “Since Cheng Lydia originally intended to quit, let’s choose Yang June, after all, a lifetime is so long, it’s not a waste of time to grow old hand in hand with the person you love.”
“It seems you also think I should choose Yang June,” although he always said it in an unclear way, but every expression was biased towards Yang June.
Ye Max nodded, “Because I’m the only one who knows how deep your feelings for Yang June run.”
It was after 10:00 p. m. when Shen Ron walked out from inside the bar.
He sat in the car and hesitated for a moment before starting it and driving towards Yarn.Content rights belong to NôvelDrama.Org.
Yang June was asleep when he walked into her hospital room, and he was standing in front of her bed quietly gazing at her quiet sleeping face.
Her face was so thin after these four years in a coma that it hurt to look at it.
He sat down in the chair and gently took her small hand, his other hand gently caressing her face, his voice small and gentle, “June, you’ve had a hard time waking up, I shouldn’t have abandoned you should I? We should keep the vow we once made to be together in this life.”
His palm was warm, warming Yang June’s small hands.
She sulked ‘awake’.
In fact she hadn’t been asleep just then, she had just pretended to be asleep when she realized it was Shen Ron who had come in. Now when she heard him say those words, as it were, she woke up.
“You’re awake.” Shen Ron smiled weakly at her, not releasing her small hand.
Instead, Yang June uncomfortably pulled her palm back from his and smiled lightly at him, “Why aren’t you back so late?”
“I was just having dinner with a friend and couldn’t resist thinking about you, so I came over.” Shen Ron looked at her small hand that she drew back, “Didn’t think I’d wake you up.”
“It’s okay.” Yang June sat up from the bed and Shen Ron scrambled to reach for her and help her cushion the pillow.
Shen Ron stared at her with a straight face and said, “Did you hear what I just said?”
“Hmm.” Yang June nodded, but added immediately afterwards, “But I …”
Shen Ron lifted his index finger to her lips and shook his head, “Don’t have to say anything, and don’t say anything at all, we’ll be home in a few days.”
It was his decision and would not dwell on the right or wrong decision.
Cheng Lydia had just arrived at the hospital in the morning and said that Yang June was anxious to see her. As she did, she headed upstairs to Yang June’s hospital room.
When she saw Cheng Lydia enter, Yang June immediately greeted her and pulled her to sit on the sofa, “Sister, I’m really willing to return Ron to you, you have to believe me.”
“I believe you, but Ron and I have decided to get a divorce.” Cheng Lydia said with a straight face.
“What …” Yang June stared at her in shock.
Cheng Lydia smiles, “Shen Ron and I are peacefully divorced.”
“Sis, come on, why don’t we tell Ron the truth.”
“Don’t.” Cheng Lydia said busily, “Don’t tell him, have you forgotten what your mother told you?”
Yang June bit her lip, she hadn’t told Shen Ron why, not because she was afraid Mrs. Yang would be upset, but she had another reason, a secret that even Cheng Lydia didn’t know and couldn’t let her know.
“Sister …” Yang June looked at her apologetically, with tears in her eyes.
Cheng Lydia, however, touched her face with her hand and said with a smile, “Well, it is not hard at all for me to leave Ron, for I have long since ceased to love him and have long since forgotten all about him, and there are still many people after me, so I am still afraid of not finding a good man. As long as you can live happily ever after, sister will be happy.”
“Really?”
“Really.” Cheng Lydia stood up from the couch, “Well, I’m going to work, so stay by yourself.”
Cheng Lydia took two steps and twisted back around, “By the way, I’ve asked the attending doctor and I’ll be out of the hospital in a couple of days.”
Yang June, who had been anxious to get out of the hospital before, just nodded her head at this point and looked at Cheng Lydia without saying a word as she walked out of the ward.
Two days later, Cheng Lydia moved back in with Taian Residence, and it was Shen Ron who sent her there.
As they surveyed the house, which was filled with memories everywhere, both of them felt a little melancholy, it was really a blessing!
Shen Ron scanned the room and told her, “Let me know if you don’t feel comfortable living here and I’ll find you another place to stay, and by the way, I’ve asked Amy to come over and keep you company.”
“Actually, you don’t have to.”
“You’re pregnant now, you can’t do anything square but, and it’s not safe to live alone.”
“Okay.” Cheng Lydia nodded.
She didn’t care about having an extra Amy around for his and the old lady’s peace of mind.
Cheng Lydia told him, “I’ll hug your things and have Tom take them back to Shen Mansion for you.”
Shen Ron’s lips twitched slightly, then he nodded, “Good.”
“Well, hurry up and pick up June from the hospital while I tidy up my room myself.” Cheng Lydia began to urge him to leave.
Today is Yang June’s discharge day, Shen Ron should have gone to pick her up early.
After Shen Ron left, Cheng Lydia began to clean up the house, putting Shen Ron’s belongings into a box one by one. There weren’t many of his clothes in the closet, and each one had his scent on it. Cheng Lydia took the little branded shirt she had bought in Japan off the hanger and held it in her hands, gazing at it steadily before burying her face in it.
It was so enchanting and unsettling to smell the place of his breath that belonged to him, as if he was leaning into his arms.
From then on, she was alone here, no longer hearing Shen Ron’s voice, no longer seeing him nestled on the couch watching TV, no longer seeing his dopey face when he got into trouble with his chores.
Shen Ron drove Yang June back to Shen Mansion when it happened that the group was there.
Yang June was still afraid of being raw, and instinctively cowered when she saw the old lady and Mrs. Shen. It was only when Shen Ron asked her to call someone that she greeted the group with a light smile.
Mrs. Shen had always refrained from commenting on Shen Ron’s affairs, and just returned her smile politely. Shen Belle, on the other hand, boldly sized her up and smiled, “Wow, sister-in-law, you and Cheng Lydia really look alike.”
Yang June smiled and nodded, “Yes, I’ve met Ms Cheng.”
Mrs. Shen sized up Yang June’s thin, ribbed body and worried about whether she would be able to add to The Shen Family’s legacy.
Although Cheng Lydia is now pregnant with The Shen Family’s child, after all, how can he not be worried when the baby is not yet born and he doesn’t know if it’s a boy or a girl?
“Is your body okay?” Despite her concerns, the old woman was polite to her.
“It’s better already, thank you for your concern, Grandma.” Yang June said gratefully.
“Well, it’s good to be well, and finally Ron didn’t wait for you for so many years for nothing, so the two of you have a good time from now on.”
“Got it, Grandma.” Shen Ron took Yang June’s shoulder, “If there’s nothing else, we’ll go upstairs first.”
“Well, go ahead.”
Shen Ron led Yang June up to the second floor and through the air corridor to the bedroom where Yang June had previously stayed.
The bedrooms have been redecorated and furnished and the whole house is brand new.
Shen Ron gave her a small smile and said, “We’ll be staying in this one from now on, like the style?”
Yang June nodded, “Like it.”
What more could she ask for than a stand-in, a pawn for her mother to hold The Yang Family steady?
“As long as you like it.” Shen Ron gently cupped her small face and sized her up, “From now on we are husband and wife, just tell me or Zhang Jane anything you need, remember you are the young grandmother of The Shen Family, the young grandmother of Shen who no one can bully.”
“Well, I know.”
“Do you want to go to bed and rest a bit?”
“No need.” Yang June shook her head, “I’m fully recovered and as normal as can be, so really don’t worry about me.”
“That’s good.” Shen Ron gazed at her quietly, as if he couldn’t get enough of her, and then lowered his head and pressed his red lips to hers.
Yang June stared at his handsome face as he leaned closer and closer, her heart beginning to pound sharply.
Kissing Shen Ron was something she had once dreamed of, yet at this moment, she was so nervous it was as if she was going to faint. And just as his lips were about to cover hers, she suddenly tilted her little face to the side, avoiding his kiss.
Shen Ron froze for a moment, surveying the blushing woman in surprise, then smiled.
Since his June was so shy, a single kiss had scared her into such a state.
“I …” Yang June looked at him uncomfortably and shook her head, “Sorry, I’m not used to … it yet.”
He reached out and put his arm around her shoulders, smiling softly in her ear, “It’s okay, you’ll get used to it slowly.”
Yang June responded with her mind in turmoil, then turned in the direction of the king-size bed and said, “I’d better get some rest.”
Shen Ron could tell she was running away and deliberately snarked, “Who just said they didn’t want to rest?”
“Now you want to.” Yang June lifted the covers and buried herself under them.
Shen Ron followed her and carried her out from inside the covers, saying gently, “Change into something more comfortable before you go to sleep, be a good girl.”
“No more changing, I have to go down to dinner later.”
“Well then, get some rest, I happen to have some errands to run.” Shen Ron pulled the covers back over her and stood up from the bed to say goodbye to her.
“Come back early.” Yang June shook her hand at him.
“I’m sure I’ll be back when you wake up, go to sleep.” Shen Ron leaned over and kissed her gently on the forehead before turning and heading for the bedroom door.
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