After Divorce, Hidden Marriage Husband Became Addicted to Me
Chapter 112 - 108: Letting Go

Chapter 112: Chapter 108: Letting Go

Tang Xi began packing her things.

Ever since she received the hospital-approved opportunity to go abroad, she had been looking forward to a peaceful life ahead.

Her luggage was simple: clothes, books, some daily necessities.

The woman raised her hand and gently caressed her abdomen, "Baby, we’ll be leaving this place soon, Mommy will take you to live well."

She took a rare half-day off today, not even going to her part-time job, and cleaned the rental on her own. Although it was shabby, it was her shelter in North City.

Later in the day, Tang Xi received a phone call from Su Kangrong.

The gist was that she had been away from home for so long, and he and Xia Minjun missed her, hoping she would come back for a meal.

Tang Xi refused.

But she couldn’t resist Su Kangrong’s insistence. She thought, since she was already leaving, she should go back to the Su Family and make a complete break.

That evening, she returned to the Su Family home.

Maid Zhang was happy to see her. Tang Xi had brought some pastries and fruit for Maid Zhang, who was the only one in the Su Family who treated her well.

And the aunt who had watched her grow up.

To her surprise, Su Mengshu was not at home.

Maid Zhang whispered to her, "Miss has gone to preserve her pregnancy; it seems that Miss’s fetus is unstable, and Mr. Fu has arranged for the hospital to take care of her pregnancy."

Tang Xi nodded, so that’s what happened.

He seemed to be, a good father.

After a perfunctory greeting to Xia Minjun, who responded with snide remarks criticizing Su Kangrong for having Tang Xi come back, Xia Minjun changed clothes to meet with her girlfriends to play cards, leaving Su Kangrong with a darkened face, arguing with Xia Minjun.

Watching Xia Minjun leave, Su Kangrong sighed, "Xiao Xi, I invited you back for a meal, your mom is just like that, don’t mind her, tonight I had the kitchen prepare a lot of dishes, we, father and daughter, will eat together."

Tang Xi sat in the dining room of the Su Family home.

She had lived here for fifteen years.

Looking at the middle-aged man in front of her, if it hadn’t been for the jewelry exhibition incident, perhaps she would still have retained a bit of a fatherly image of him in her heart.

From her childhood, Su Kangrong had treated her fairly well, but he was a selfish, hypocritical man who neglected his family. He was busy with work achievements, but the establishment of Su Family jewelry also depended on a considerable amount of money from Xia Minjun’s maiden family. Therefore, Su Kangrong kept making concessions to Xia Minjun and did not truly do anything for Tang Xi.

What he provided Tang Xi was just some financial compensation and a few words of care.

Perhaps it was because in this environment, Xia Minjun and Su Mengshu’s oppression and harsh treatment of her, made it that Su Kangrong, in the role of ’father,’ giving her a few words of care, admonishing Su Mengshu for her sake, felt extremely warm to Tang Xi.

Once any scandal emerged, the first to be sacrificed was Tang Xi.

During the jewelry exhibition, when the diamond ring was stolen, Su Kangrong, to maintain the business relationship, didn’t dare acknowledge her.

Moreover, he kept silent, demanding she not reveal she was the adopted daughter of the Su Family and to admit her mistakes.

If not for Fu Tingzhou, she feared she would still be in prison now.

This was the greatest irony.

The word ’Dad’ tumbled in her throat, but she just couldn’t voice it out, "I... applied for the overseas study program at the hospital, and it has been approved. I’m leaving in a few days."

Upon hearing this, Su Kangrong looked at her, "That’s good... Living in a foreign country for a few years, broadening your horizons, and picking up some new skills will benefit you. Before you go, let me know, and I will see you off."

"No need, you must be very busy, I don’t want to bother you."

Su Kangrong looked at the girl in front of him, whom he had raised for fifteen years. When he took her from the orphanage that year, to say he felt nothing for her would be a lie, but she could never compare to his own biological daughter. No matter how excellent she was, she was just a tool he chose back then in order to treat his daughter’s illness. At this moment, Su Kangrong couldn’t help but feel a bit sentimental.

"Little Xi, you’ve suffered during these fifteen years with the Su Family."

"It’s all in the past, isn’t it?" Tang Xi tightly gripped her chopsticks as her slender fingers turned pale with tension, "Fifteen years, it’s already been five years ah...."

Tang Xi put down her chopsticks and looked Su Kangrong in the eyes. She rolled up her sleeves to reveal her fair, jade-like arms, now riddled with dense needle marks, "Dad, I’ll call you dad one last time. These fifteen years have left me nothing but these and endless pain. I am human, but did you ever treat me as one? You speak caring words, but really... it’s all just selfishness and hypocrisy..."

Su Kangrong frowned, his gaze falling on the woman’s arm, "Little Xi...."

"Dad knows, all these years, you’ve been wronged..."

Tang Xi fought back the urge to break down, "Let’s not talk about this anymore, let’s eat. After dinner, I’ll leave."

Today, all the dishes prepared were Tang Xi’s favorites, yet she could barely eat a few bites.

After the meal, as she was about to leave, Su Kangrong stopped her and gave her a card, "There’s a hundred thousand in there, take it. And this, this is a new jewelry piece from Su Group this year. I made two identical ones, one for you and one for Mengshu."

"I don’t want it."

"This is what you deserve. You have spent fifteen years in the Su Family, and Dad knows you have been wronged. Indeed, adopting you was initially for Mengshu’s illness... Take it. In the future, whether you recognize me as your dad or not, if you need anything, I will help you with all my might."

After leaving the Su Family, the late June sunlight was intense.

But Tang Xi felt cold fingertips, she hailed a taxi and went to the orphanage, where she couldn’t help but burst into tears in Tang Jingyun’s arms.

Tang Jingyun held her worriedly, "What’s the matter, Little Xi?"

Choking up, Tang Xi recounted what happened at the Su Family, and Tang Jingyun looked at the card and jewel box, "Little Xi, take it. Consider it the final settlement between you and him as father and daughter, and from now on, our Little Xi will have a new life."

"Mom Tang, I can’t bear to leave you."

"What’s there to not bear? Mom is happy and feels much better just thinking about you going abroad to study. Don’t worry about me. Can’t we talk every day through video calls now?" Tang Jingyun took a tissue and wiped the tears from her eyes, "Little Xi, Mom Tang hopes you will soar to greater heights. Our Little Xi, you will find happiness."

Tang Xi spent the night at the orphanage.

The orphanage was the same as when she was young, and her old room was now occupied by several children.

It rained that night, and the sound of rain accompanied her sleep with Tang Jingyun, bringing an extra sense of peace.

The next morning, Tang Xi went to the hospital. Around ten o’clock, the nurse’s station called her saying someone was looking for her.

Tang Xi hurried over and from a distance, she saw Xiao Chi’s figure.

She frowned, "Mr. Xiao, what are you doing here?"

She had already made things very clear to Xiao Chi.

Xiao Chi looked at her, his face desperate as he came over, "Tang Xi, I’m begging you..."