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Shen Qinghan paused, her eyes flickering: "Last month... the day you came to the US, I... my company had an urgent meeting and I had to work overtime. Didn't I tell you?"

"Overtime?" Jiang Ye sneered, his laughter filled with mockery and desolation.

"That day was my thirtieth birthday." Jiang Ye looked at Shen Qinghan and said, word by word, "I got my visa half a month in advance, took a plane for more than ten hours, and changed trains three times, just to go to the United States to cook your favorite meal for you and your daughter."

"I stood downstairs at your apartment building with a thermal lunchbox, waiting for you. You texted me saying there was a big problem with the project and you had to work overtime, telling me to eat first."

Jiang Ye took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and felt as if he had returned to that cold, foreign street.

"I was worried you'd be hungry, so I took a taxi to your company building. And what did I see in that upscale shopping mall across the street?"

"I saw you, with Shen Xinyu and Gu Ziming! The three of you were having a meal at the mall! I saw Shen Xinyu riding on Gu Ziming's shoulders through the glass, and I heard her shouting at Gu Ziming—'Ziming Daddy!'"

These words were like a bombshell exploding in the Shen family's living room.

Everyone was stunned.

Shen Zhennan was trembling with anger, his finger pointing at Shen Qinghan shaking. Ou Yuqin was struck dumb, staring at her daughter in disbelief as if she were a stranger. Shen Yinyin was also stunned, not even noticing her phone had fallen onto the sofa.

Shen Qinghan's face turned deathly pale, devoid of any color. She stared at Jiang Ye in disbelief, her body trembling uncontrollably.

She never imagined that Jiang Ye had witnessed everything that happened in the shopping mall in the US that day!

"You...you saw it that day?" Shen Qinghan's voice trembled uncontrollably, and tears instantly streamed down her face. "Jiang Ye, let me explain. That day, Zi Mo happened to be on a business trip to the US. Xin Yu was clamoring for toys, so he went with us...Xin Yu is still young, she doesn't understand and just made a fuss..."

"That's enough!"

Jiang Ye interrupted her sharply:

"Shen Qinghan, you don't need to lie to me anymore, and you don't need to lie to yourself anymore. The moment I saw you three, all so happy together, my heart died completely. At that moment, I felt no anger, only relief. Because I finally understood that no matter how hard I tried, no matter how much I gave, in your eyes, I would always be just an outsider, a useless driver who could be replaced at any time!"

"Snapped!"

A crisp slap suddenly rang out.

It wasn't Zhao Yulan, but Ou Yuqin! This mother, who usually doted on her daughter the most, was now trembling with anger and slapped Shen Qinghan hard across the face.

"You beast! You shameless beast!" Ou Yuqin cried and cursed.

"Ono came all this way to celebrate your birthday, and you actually brought another man and his child, dressed in matching outfits?! What the hell is going on in your head?! You've completely disgraced the Shen family! You've broken Ono's heart!"

Enraged, Shen Zhennan kicked over the coffee table and roared, "How could I, Shen Zhennan, have given birth to such a shameless daughter! You kneel down and kowtow to Xiao Ye right now to admit your mistake!"

Shen Qinghan covered her face, collapsed to the ground, and sobbed uncontrollably, unable to utter a single word. Only now did she understand why Jiang Ye had become such a different person after returning from the United States, and why he had so resolutely proposed a divorce.

Zhao Yulan turned her head, tears streaming down her face, and looked at Jiang Ye with pleading in her voice: "Xiao Ye, it's Qinghan who wronged you, it's the Shen family who wronged you. Grandma apologizes on her behalf, you can hit her or scold her, it's all fine. But... but you two have been together for seven years after all. A forced relationship won't be sweet, but your relationship is already ripe. Can you... can you give her another chance?"

"Grandma, please don't try to persuade me anymore." Jiang Ye shook his head. "Being with her back then was a mistake from the start. For the past seven years, I've persevered, I've tried my best, I've given her everything I could. Now, my heart is truly cold, and I can't warm it up anymore."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Yulan knew that Jiang Ye was determined.

Her eyes were red, and her voice trembled as she asked, "What about Xinyu? You're divorced, what will happen to Xinyu? She's your own flesh and blood! Don't you even want your daughter anymore?"

When Shen Xinyu was mentioned, Jiang Ye's eyes dimmed slightly, but quickly returned to their icy expression.

He raised his hand and pointed to the left side of his forehead, where a faint scar could still be vaguely seen, even though it was covered by his hair.

"Grandma, do you remember the injury I got on my forehead last month? I told you I tripped and fell down the stairs."

Jiang Ye looked at Zhao Yulan, a bitter smile playing on his lips: "Actually, no. That day when I came home, I saw that Gu Zimo had moved in, and I had a conflict with him. Gu Zimo pushed me, and before I could even fight back, your dear great-granddaughter, my own daughter whom I've doted on for seven years, picked up the marble ashtray on the coffee table and smashed it hard on my head in order to protect her 'Zimo Daddy'."

"boom!"

This news is even more shocking than the "Zimo's father" story we just heard.

Gu Ziming moved into Shen Qinghan's villa, and then Shen Xinyu hit Jiang Ye on the head?

Zhao Yulan felt a sudden dizziness and almost fainted.

Shen Zhennan quickly helped the old lady up, tears streaming down his face, his face full of shame and heartache.

Ou Yuqin's heart ached so much that tears streamed down her face. Her hands trembled as she tried to touch the scar on Jiang Ye's forehead: "Xiao Ye... my good child, you've suffered so much! That ungrateful wretch, how could she do that!"

"She's only six years old..." Jiang Ye gently avoided Ou Yuqin's hand, his voice filled with a deep sense of helplessness. "When she hit me with the ashtray, her eyes were full of disgust for me. She yelled at me, telling me to get out of this house, saying that Gu Ziming was her father."

Jiang Ye took a deep breath, suppressing the stinging in his eyes.

"Since she's so biased towards her father, Zi Mo, let her be. Although I, Jiang Ye, feel sorry for this daughter, I also have my principles. I won't try to please a daughter who hates me. As her father, I will be responsible for all her medical expenses, education expenses, and living expenses until she turns eighteen. But that's all I can do."

Upon hearing this, the old lady finally understood.

It turns out that Jiang Ye's head injury wasn't from a fall, but from being hit by his own daughter!

There is no greater sorrow than a broken heart. Betrayed by his wife and then smashed on the head with an ashtray by his own daughter, no man in his shoes would ever turn back.

Shen Zhennan squatted on the ground in anguish, clutching his hair and sighing repeatedly, "Karma...this is all karma! Our Shen family is unlucky to have kept such a good son-in-law like you..."

Zhao Yulan glanced at Shen Qinghan, who was slumped on the ground weeping, and cried out in anguish, "What a tragedy! What a tragedy! A perfectly good family, a perfectly good child, and you've ruined them all! What a fine daughter you raised!"