After contracting to have a child, the icy female CEO became addicted.

The first thing Jiang Ran did upon returning to Beijing was to hire a car to go home.

I had already called my parents in advance.

When I opened the front door, my mother, Lin Sufang, came to greet me.

Seeing that Jiang Ran looked a little haggard, his father, Jiang Jianping, didn't say anything, but just gently patted Jiang Ran's shoulder, "Come inside quickly, your mother specially bought shrimp and made your favorite three-delicacy dumplings."

"..."

The courtyard of her home was exactly the same as when she left, just like the scene from her childhood. Memories flooded back, and Jiang Ran felt a lump in her throat.

He gave a muffled "hmm" and went inside with his suitcase.

Lin Sufang put Jiang Ran's suitcase into his bedroom.

When she came out again, she poured Jiang Ran a glass of water.

On the coffee table were roast chicken and various cold dishes, just like when Jiang Ran was a child; all the things he used to love to eat were there.

Jiang Jianping had just taken a bottle of good wine out of the cabinet when Lin Sufang patted him on the shoulder, "Dad, don't drink tonight, it's too late."

It took Jiang Ran 5 hours to get home from the South Island.

It's already midnight.

Fortunately, it's Saturday, so my parents won't have to get up too early tomorrow.

Jiang Jianping, holding the wine, clicked his tongue and said, "My son finally came home. He didn't even visit during the New Year. He's finally back today, so he'll just have a couple of sips, just a couple!"

"You old man, it's already midnight, in the middle of the night..."

"Dad, I don't want to drink anymore."

Before Lin Sufang could finish speaking, Jiang Ran's voice rang out from the sofa, light and emotionless.

But the elderly couple could sense that Jiang Ran was acting very strangely today.

After exchanging a glance with Lin Sufang, Jiang Jianping finally put the wine away.

As soon as she sat down on the sofa, Lin Sufang watched as Jiang Ran picked up his chopsticks, took a dumpling, and put it in his mouth, a far cry from his previous ravenous eating. Lin Sufang's eyes flickered.

"Ranran, is it... that you're having some trouble at work?"

"Mom saw the video you made, and I even got a lot of your aunts to follow you..."

"How about we take a break for now? Filming videos every day is tiring..."

Lin Sufang spoke slowly and deliberately, her eyes filled with concern.

At the dinner table, Jiang Jianping nodded frequently, "Yes, everyone at my factory has been following you, and I ask them to like your posts every day. You have no idea how much they envy me, my son, who has a million followers."

"If you're tired, take a break. There's no rush to make videos. With so many fans, they won't leave even if you take a few days off!"

"Dad, Mom."

Jiang Ran's voice suddenly rang out.

He lowered his head, listening to his parents' uninformed and wild guesses, knowing that they cared about him, as they had always done since he was a child.

No matter what he does, his parents will always be his support.

Finally, under his parents' tender persuasion, Jiang Ran couldn't hold back anymore. He lowered his head and said in a muffled voice, "I want a divorce."

"Divorce...divorce?!"

Jiang Jianping was taken aback, and the words of comfort he was about to say stuck in his throat. He didn't say a word for a long time.

"Why the sudden divorce? Which of you brought it up?"

Lin Sufang's eyes flickered as she caught the key point.

"Well......"

Jiang Ran responded, not daring to look at her parents' expressions, and simply said, "Actually, Mom and Dad, I lied to you. My marriage with Miss Wen Ling was a contractual arrangement for having a child from the very beginning."

"A contract...what?!"

As if they had heard big news, Lin Sufang and Jiang Jianping's eyes widened instantly.

"That's how it is..."

Jiang Ran took a deep breath and finally mustered the courage to tell the whole story.

The steam from the food was still rising from the coffee table.

As Jiang Ran continued his narration, the elderly couple fell into a long silence.

Lin Sufang had previously wondered if Jiang Ran had been scammed, but with the updates to the video account and Jiang Ran's constant phone calls, her anxiety lessened considerably.

But what she never expected was that Jiang Ran and Wen Ling's marriage was actually like this.

Jiang Jianping was the same.

"You guys are really being ridiculous!"

Jiang Jianping slammed his hand on the table, his face full of anger.

"How can having a child be a game? What's the point of having one if there's no love?! Do you really think pregnancy is a joke?! What did Dad tell you before? All those years of political education classes you've taken were for nothing?! How could you agree to something so morally reprehensible?!"

Seeing Jiang Jianping cursing, Lin Sufang quickly nudged him with her elbow: "Dad, shut up! The child didn't want this either... Didn't you hear him say that Miss Wen insisted on doing this? It's not our child's fault!"

Jiang Jianping calmed down.

Whose fault is this?

If anyone's to blame, it's the two of them; they raised Jiang Ran with too much affection.

There's no other reason.

If Jiang Ran hadn't grown up surrounded by love and hadn't had their support, how could she not have been brutally beaten down by society?

To put it bluntly, Jiang Ran simply lacks experience.

Especially in matters of interpersonal relationships.

Seeing Jiang Ran's low spirits, Jiang Jianping sighed and said earnestly, "Actually, Ranran, you were right not to go see that child."

"?"

Jiang Ran, who was prepared to be criticized by her parents, suddenly looked up and stared blankly at her usually carefree father.

"To start a family and build a career, you must first find yourself and be able to shoulder the responsibility of being the head of the family. Just like your mother and me, we decided to have you because I love your mother. I accept everything about your mother and I am willing to take responsibility for her. Of course, your mother loves me very much too."

This rare confession came out of nowhere.

Lin Sufang felt a lump in her throat, turned to the side and took Jiang Jianping's arm, her eyes suddenly filled with tears.

Jiang Jianping cleared his throat and continued, "According to what you just said, since Miss Wen didn't mean for you to take responsibility, and you tried your best, then this matter is not your fault."

"Actually, son, you didn't do anything wrong. If you want a divorce, then go ahead. As for that child, he has nothing to do with you anymore."

As a person, you should be able to take things on and let them go.

Jiang Ran isn't love-obsessed.

Perhaps it was Wen Ling's sudden accusation that came out of nowhere, coupled with the emotional low caused by the extreme weather, that led Jiang Ran astray for a time.

But his parents' words brought him back to his senses.

Yes, where is his arrogance?

After getting his marriage certificate with Wen Ling, didn't he put all his emotions and efforts to use?

The outcome was that they were not a good match. Even though Wen Ling belatedly realized her mistake and repeatedly confessed her feelings to him, and even with his accusations at that time, it was all because Wen Ling was living in her own world and throwing a tantrum at him.

He almost got caught up in it!

They should be intersecting lines that are perpendicular to each other, intersecting only at one point on the coordinate axis. From then on, one is horizontal and the other is vertical.

We will never cross paths again.