Time Travel: The Heroine Has Arrived!-Chapter 1585: Fallen Young Lady vs. Ambitious Mistress (Part 10)

Her words couldn’t have been clearer.

Yet Zhong Sheng could still find excuses to absolve himself.

Zhong Sheng certainly wasn’t willing to let her go.

Everyone knew that the head of the Zhong Family, Chong Minggang, was already over fifty, and his only child was Chong Yuji. 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮

It was almost certain that everything in the Chong family would belong to Chong Yuji.

If an ordinary person married her, they could save themselves decades of struggle.

As for Zhong Sheng, on the surface, he was the only heir of the Zhong Family, but his father had at least four illegitimate children outside.

Each of them was quite formidable.

If he couldn’t find a powerful family through marriage, his position as the heir of the Zhong Family might not be secure.

So even if he had to lose a bit of face now, he had to try to coax Gu Shengyin back.

But he underestimated Gu Shengyin, or rather, he underestimated women.

Not every woman can face a cheating boyfriend and choose to forgive for so-called love.

This isn’t love; it’s foolishness.

Chong Minggang also felt a bit uneasy looking at Zhong Sheng.

After all, being contradicted by his daughter just now and having an outsider witness it was indeed embarrassing.

Zhong Sheng also felt he had lost face in front of his future father-in-law and was feeling awkward.

"Then, Uncle Chong, I’ll come again another day."

Chong Minggang regained his gentle and kind elder demeanor, nodding at him, "Yuji, that child of mine has been spoiled by me and sometimes has a bad temper. Please bear with her."

Zhong Sheng quickly said it was fine.

After exchanging a few more polite words, Zhong Sheng finally left the Chong family.

As soon as Zhong Sheng left, Chong Minggang’s expression darkened.

He glared at An Yan, who was standing by the stairs, and sneered, "Seducing her own sister’s boyfriend—this is the good daughter you’ve raised!"

Though Chong Minggang was in contact with An Yan and her daughter, he knew well enough.

He knew the identity of the An family mother and daughter, and while he could show them kindness after bringing them back, even if he were to be with An Yan in the future and recognize An Wen as his daughter,

An Wen could only ever be a "recognized daughter" and never actually be Chong Minggang’s daughter.

Otherwise, there was no way to explain why An Wen was only a month younger than Yuji.

A mistress’s daughter being just a month younger than the legal wife’s daughter—anyone could guess the story behind that.

If the Liu family found out that he’d been involved with someone else before marriage...

Thinking of the way that family usually behaved, Chong Minggang’s expression became even more sour.

Not to mention that the shares of the Chong Family, about thirty percent of which were held by the now-deceased Liu Qinghe,

and all those shares were completely left to her only daughter when she passed away.

Now, Chong Yuji was the largest shareholder of the Chong Family Group.

His own shares amounted to only twenty-five percent, and if things soured with Yuji...

He himself, aside from his role as a father, wouldn’t have any advantage!

The more he thought about it, the more frustrated he became. Unable to do anything about Chong Yuji, he could only vent his dissatisfaction on An Yan.

An Yan, now in her forties but well-maintained, had never been shortchanged financially by Chong Minggang over the years. She looked no older than thirty.

Listening to Chong Minggang’s questions, she felt a pang in her heart.

She wasn’t without grievances.

She had followed Chong Minggang in her blooming youth.

At that time, this man had promised her that he needed the power of the Liu Family, so he must marry Liu Qinghe, but he truly loved her.

When everything settled, he would divorce Liu Qinghe and marry her.

Because of these words, she waited for him for more than twenty years.