Chapter 538: Resentment in the Heart

Ye Liyan looked into his eldest son’s eyes, as if he saw Shen Ninghui, and suddenly, his eyes turned red. He pulled his eldest son into his arms: "Daddy is sorry for your mom, and sorry for you all. Daddy will always stay with you, watching you grow up."

Ye Silai heard his father’s words, and his eyes turned red too. He wasn’t very familiar with his father, but when his father mentioned his mom, he missed her.

Regarding his mom’s death, he blamed him: "Dad, before, mom always hoped you would come home. At night, she would stare at your picture in a daze, sometimes even crying. I saw her several times when I got up at night."

Hearing his eldest son’s words, Ye Liyan couldn’t control himself anymore. Fearing he might scare his son, he quickly put down Ye Silai from his arms and hurriedly went upstairs.

Ye Silai watched his father’s back and thought: If dad hadn’t been away for work for so many years, mom wouldn’t have had to struggle so much. If dad had been home more, maybe mom wouldn’t have left us.

When mom was gone, and the Shen Family didn’t want to take care of us, later we went to East Province, yet we still weren’t welcomed. At that time, I thought, it didn’t matter if they treated us well or not, as long as they adopted us.

Fortunately, later, Uncle didn’t disdain us and treated us well, allowing my brother and me to settle down. But I still really missed mom and dad.

But now dad is back, yet mom is gone forever. Though still young, in a deep place of my heart, I can’t help but blame dad. If it weren’t for him, mom might not have left us so soon.

He Jinxuan walked over to Ye Silai: "Silai, are you missing mom?"

Hearing his uncle mention his mom, Ye Silai immediately reached out and wrapped his arms around He Jinxuan’s neck: "Uncle, no matter how much I miss her, my mom won’t come back."

He Jinxuan feared the child might get into a dead end: "Uncle knows you’re feeling bad, but you shouldn’t blame everything on your dad. He loved your mom dearly and loves you both as well, but what he had to do was for the country, to benefit people, which is very noble. You may not understand now, but when you’re older, you’ll know.

Listen to your uncle, and live with dad obediently, okay?

Don’t make uncle worry."

Ye Silai cried out loud: "Uncle, I can’t bear to be apart from you."

He Jinxuan, who had lived with the two little ones for so long, naturally couldn’t bear it either. But now that Ye Liyan was back and had relocated to the Capital for the children, he couldn’t blame his cousin’s death on him nor had the right to keep him from his children.

He helped wipe Silai’s tears: "Silai, uncle can’t bear to be apart from you too. I will visit you often, and you can also come back to stay for a while.

Your dad couldn’t be with you before due to his responsibilities and unwilling circumstances. Of course, uncle doesn’t think you’re wrong now, but what’s happened has happened. Uncle only hopes for you to be happy every day."

Ye Silai, being a smart and thoughtful child: "I understand, Uncle."

At this time, Siyan also approached He Jinxuan and whispered: "Uncle, will dad find us a stepmom?"

Thinking of something, he said pitifully: "I don’t want a stepmom."

Just then, Ye Liyan, who had adjusted his emotions, came downstairs and heard his younger son’s words.

He walked over in a few quick strides, took Siyan into his arms, and said while looking into his son’s eyes: "Don’t worry, having you two is enough. I won’t let anyone else take your mom’s place. My wife is only Shen Ninghui."

Ye Siyan blinked his big eyes: "We won’t have a stepmom, right?"

Ye Liyan nodded and said: "No, from now on, it’ll just be the three of us relying on each other."

Little Siyan jumped in his father’s arms: "Oh, we won’t be unable to eat or wear properly, and no stepmom means dad won’t turn into a stepdad."

Standing outside the door, Xinyan looked up at the sky, thinking: Who on earth told the kids these things?

He Jinxuan, holding Silai, and Ye Liyan, holding Siyan, exchanged a glance, having a hunch of who it might be. After exchanging glances, they didn’t say much in front of the children.