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Chapter 388 Unexplained Disgust

Fang Li was slightly taken aback, looking at the extra box in her hand with some confusion.

Shen Ruyan smiled and said, "Open it and take a look."

Fang Li paused for a moment, then raised her hand and opened it.

Inside the box was a pair of uniquely designed jade earrings with excellent translucency, gleaming with a lustrous sheen under the light.

Fang Li quickly declined, saying, "Mom, this is too precious, I can't accept it."

"Keep it."

Shen Ruyan forcefully pressed the box into her hand, but her tone softened, "That old senile Han Ming has abandoned his own son all these years for that ingrate Han Shiyu. I can't be bothered with him anymore."

She paused, then her eyes suddenly welled up with tears: "But Mom can't let you suffer."

Fang Li felt a lump in her throat and grasped her mother-in-law's hand: "Mom, I'm not wronged."

"Silly boy."

Shen Ruyan stroked her hair. "Xiu Jin has been cold-hearted since he was a child. He has suffered a lot of grievances because of Han Shiyu. Although he doesn't care, he is very protective of his own. Now that he has made up his mind about you, he will never change his mind in this lifetime."

"Han Shiyu really went too far this time. Not to mention Mom, Xiu Jin alone won't let her off easily. That child has a wicked heart and deserves to be punished properly!"

As the two were talking, the door was pushed open.

Han Xi walked in, dressed in a dark suit. He paused when he saw Shen Ruyan: "Mom, you're here too?"

Shen Ruyan stood up, regaining her usual elegant and composed demeanor: "Xiu Jin is back. Since you're back, I'll be leaving now."

Han Xi frowned: "Why are you in such a hurry? Stay and have dinner with us."

"No, I came here specifically to see Lili. Now that we've finished talking, I have other things to do. I have an appointment to play cards with Mrs. Zhou, and I can't break my promise."

Shen Ruyan picked up her bag and turned back as she walked to the door. "By the way, the housekeeper said your dad packed his bags and seems to have gone abroad. He probably won't be back anytime soon."

Han Xi replied expressionlessly, "Yes, I know."

Shen Ruyan sneered: "That's good. It's good that you're gone. It'll be peaceful."

Han Xi stood thoughtfully at the door until Shen Ruyan's car left.

Fang Li went over, put her hand in his palm, tilted her head and gently leaned on his shoulder, saying, "Mom is acting strange today."

"Why do you say that?"

Han Xi turned his head, took her hand, and walked towards the restaurant.

Aunt Rong had already arranged dinner with her people. When the two of them came in, everyone else tactfully withdrew.

Only Fang Li and Han Xi remained in the restaurant.

Han Xi pulled out a chair and pressed Fang Li into it.

He then sat down beside her and quietly wiped his hands with a towel.

Fang Li looked at him and said, "Do you know why Mom came back to see me today?"

"Because of Han Shiyu's matter."

"you know?"

Han Xi smiled slightly and picked up his chopsticks to put a piece of pork rib on her plate: "My father went to the company today."

"Because of Han Shiyu? Is he very angry?"

Han Xi didn't answer, but put some more vegetables in her bowl and urged, "Eat your food first."

Fang Li glanced at the plate that had unknowingly piled up into a small mountain, picked up her chopsticks, took some food, and stuffed it into her mouth.

"Mom doesn't seem to like Han Shiyu either."

Han Xi: "I think my father is the only one in the Han family who truly likes Han Shiyu."

"...But isn't Third Uncle the one..."

"Han Shiyu is adopted," Han Xi suddenly said.

Fang Li was slightly taken aback: "I know that."

Han Xi looked up at her, his eyes calm, and said, "Han Shiyu was only six years old when she came to the Han family, but at that time my father and mother were already going through divorce proceedings."

Fang Li ate her food in small bites, listening quietly to Han Xi's story.

“Han Shiyu was more thoughtful than other children her age from a young age. At that time, I was still having a cold war with my family because of my parents’ divorce, but she already knew to take the opportunity to lower her stance and warmly please everyone in the family.”

“…”

"She was very good at charming people. Back then, no one in the family disliked her, including my grandparents and others."

Fang Li asked curiously, "And what about you?"

Han Xi paused, then curled his lips into a smile: "Me? Maybe it's because she's too likable, making me seem too indifferent. I have a strange aversion to her."

disgust?

Although Fang Li had only met Han Shiyu once or twice, she could tell from those two brief meetings that Han Shiyu liked Han Xi quite a bit.

The kind of affection she felt didn't quite resemble a younger sister's affection for her older brother. To be more precise, it was more like a woman's infatuation with a man.

Thinking of this, Fang Li suddenly felt a strange feeling in her heart.

She couldn't help but turn her gaze to Han Xi, her red lips moving slightly as if she wanted to say something but hesitated.

Han Xi seemed lost in his memories and didn't notice the unusual look in her eyes.

He said, "At first I thought it was my own problem, and I even reflected on it... Later, I realized that it was not my imagination, but a premonition."

"Premonition?"

Han Xi, holding his chopsticks, suddenly smiled.

This was the first time Fang Li had seen Han Xi display such a helpless yet melancholic smile.

It was as if some unfathomable vortex was swirling in his eyes, dark and deep, and even the curve of his lips carried a hint of suppressed sorrow.

Unwilling to see the man like this, Fang Li took the initiative to ask, "Since Han Shiyu is Uncle's adopted daughter, why... is Father so good to her?"

One sentence made the man's face turn completely dark.

Han Xi remained silent, his grip on the chopsticks tightening subtly.

Seeing him like this, Fang Li suddenly had a startling guess.

"She won't..."

Han Xi lowered his eyes. "Back then, the reason why Third Uncle adopted Han Shiyu was actually because of Father's suggestion."

"........"

The two sat around the large dining table, and for a moment the entire space was extremely quiet.

After what seemed like an eternity, Fang Li felt a lump in her throat and cleared it before speaking in a light tone, "Weren't we talking about Mom? Why are we getting so far off topic?"

Seeing that the man opposite her remained unmoved, Fang Li's eyes flickered slightly.

Suddenly, she grabbed the chair with both hands and moved closer to him.

Once their shoulders were touching, she stopped, satisfied. Holding her chopsticks, she turned her head and looked at him with sparkling eyes, saying, "Mom gave me a pair of really pretty earrings today. I think they have names engraved on them. Does that mean something special?"

"Jade earrings?"

“Yes!” Fang Li nodded.

Han Xi's eyes finally regained some of their color, and he looked at him with a slight smile, saying, "That's Mom's precious treasure."

"baby?"

Fang Li was puzzled. Although the earrings were of good quality and had a unique design, they shouldn't be considered a treasure to the founder of Han's Jewelry and the second wife of Han's family, right?

Then Han Xi asked, "Are the letters Y and D engraved inside?"

Fang Li paused for a moment, then suddenly got up and ran to the living room.

A moment later, she ran back with the box, excitedly exclaiming, "It really is! The Y on top must be for my mother's cigarettes, and what does the other D mean?"