Forced Pampering: Haughty Husband, Please Restrain Yourself

Chapter 1198: Chapter 1212: I Went to Qingfeng Town

”No,” An Ran replied casually, noticing An Youcai’s obvious disbelief, she added, ”I came to see a friend.”

Hearing her say she came to see a friend, An Youcai noticeably breathed a sigh of relief, yet his eyes continued to examine her.

An Youcai discovered that after a year, this daughter of his had grown taller, more beautiful, and more like... her mother.

An Ran resembled her mother a lot, except for the eyes, the rest of her features were exactly like Shen Jie’s. Even the gentle aura she exuded was identical to Shen Jie’s.

But An Ran, raised as an adopted daughter in the family, always felt sensitively indebted to the family. Facing Sun Xuehui’s strong personality, she lived cautiously and humbly.

In such an environment, she lacked Shen Jie’s sunny and confident vitality.

He knew these were all things he owed her.

”Are you doing well?” An Youcai asked, feeling a bit awkward after asking. Now that she was a shareholder of the Wenshan Group, supported and cherished by such a man, seeing the confidence radiating from her face, how could she not be well?

An Ran nodded slightly, watching the bustling people in the distance, she said softly, ”This summer, I went to Qingfeng Town.”

As soon as she finished speaking, An Youcai suddenly lifted his head, his eyes filled with terrified despair and unease.

Seeing An Youcai like this, An Ran’s last bit of hope shattered.

She closed her eyes and heard An Youcai’s somewhat trembling voice, ”What did you do in Qingfeng Town?”

An Ran opened her eyes, her gaze fell on the flower bed beside her. She didn’t want to meet his eyes, afraid that seeing the guilt in his gaze would make her despise this man, who was blood-related to her, even more.

Originally, after the last incident, she thought she would never have any interaction with this man again. Unexpectedly, the man she didn’t want to interact with turned out to be her biological father.

”The school organized an activity to support the mountain area, serving the elderly and children there. I went along and stayed there for over half a month.”

An Ran spoke calmly, and once she finished, their conversation fell into silence again.

She watched the little bees gathering nectar in the flower bed, while An Youcai looked at her.

Finally, An Youcai broke the suffocating silence, asking the question that lingered on his lips, ”You know everything, don’t you?”

If she didn’t know everything, why would she bring up Qingfeng Town?

If she didn’t know, given how their family treated An Ran, how would she follow him to the parking lot?

The last banquet had already hurt her deeply.

An Ran didn’t expect An Youcai to admit it so readily. She thought he would deny it, after all, the Shen family was not something he could afford to cross.

If the Shen family knew that the man who abandoned Shen Jie and her daughter was still alive, and living quite comfortably, surely neither Old Mr. Shen nor her uncle would let him go easily.

Back then, An Youcai had targeted her mother because of her family background. Now, with the Shen family’s reputation in the Empire being legendary, and her uncle being a minister, how could An Youcai not recognize the Shen family’s power?

Yet he still admitted it.

An Ran finally lifted her head, a slight smile playing on her lips, ”Yes, I know everything. I just want to know how you took me from Grandma Li’s house. I heard I was only five months old at the time, but I remember the adoption agreement stated five years old. If I remember correctly, I was three then, but you insisted I say I was five.”