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Chapter 22: Part 1 - Whether you want to be Mrs. Jiang or Mrs. Shen, I will support you.

Shen Peiran looked over his address book to see if could find Su Yan through someone else. He wanted to sit down and have a proper discussion with her about his mistake. Due to her nature, Su Yan was not very popular; she has only two or three close friends. Amongst them the two he could talk to were studying abroad, naturally, they couldnt help him. Finally, his finger stopped at one name Wan Yi.

Wan Yi was Su Yans best friend, but she wasnt too fond of him.

If it was like in the past, Shen Peiran wouldnt have contacted her, but he now had no other way. Su Yan didnt answer when he called her and he couldnt impulsively go to look for her at the Jiang Household. He was like a headless fly[1]. After a long period of hesitation, Shen Peiran gritted his teeth and finally called Wan Yis number.

1. Headless Fly- It is a metaphor used to refer to someone who is rushing about frantically.

It was a long time before the call was picked up. An aloof voice answered, Whats the matter?

No greetings but, right now, Shen Peiran couldnt care enough to be angry. He very carefully asked: Wan Yi, its me. I wanted to ask: Have you contacted Xiao Yan recently?

Wan Yi was busy with work; hearing those words, she felt annoyed and her voice turned cold, No.

Shen Peiran was silent for a while before continuing: Can you please help me?

Im busy.

Shen Peiran, however, immediately blocked her with his words: I had some misunderstanding with Xiao Yan some time ago. I want to find an opportunity to explain things to her. Can you help me talk to her?

Wan Yi turned over a document, looking downwards at it. After checking it she put it back in the drawer. Her tone remained the same, Mister Shen, I dont think that my relationship with you has reached to the extent of passing along a message for you or playing peacemaker for you.

Now that she had said that, Shen Peiran felt embarrassed to go on even if he was thick-skinned. All he could do was hang up the phone and sit on the sofa alone, fidgeting. Never did he think that he would have difficulty seeing Su Yan one day. He hadnt had a single good nights sleep these days. It was unbelievable that his gentle, soft, and considerate Su Yan would one day not acknowledge him. He was beginning to panic because he had a gut feeling that he was losing her.

At this time, Mother Shen opened his door with the key. She became angry looking at her sons dejected appearance. Putting down the food on the table, she turned around to berate him: Why do you look like this? Not going to the company, idling away all day at home. You will go to work for me tomorrow!

Father Shen had intended to hand over a small company to Shen Peiran to gain experience. In the beginning Shen Peiran was eager but with Su Yans matter recently, he couldnt work which made Father Shen extremely displeased.

Only Mother Shens words shielded Shen Peiran.

In fact, Mother Shen knew regarding her son and Su Yans matter. Looking at his distressed demeanour, Mother Shen sat down and softly explained to him: Ran Ran[2], no matter how good Su Yan is, she is already married. You have been in charge of the company for a while. Dont you know what kind of people the Jiang Family are? They cant be provoked at all. Even if Su Yan wasnt married, you and she arent suitable.  Only mom can tell you the truth: You cant stay with her.

2. The last word of his name, Peiran, is being repeated. It is usually done when the speaker is very close to that person, a close way of calling someone dear to you.

Shen Peiran didnt utter a word. He was very stubborn.

Now that she is married, you should have a change of heart. Not speaking of others, isnt Jiayu[3] very good? She was brought up with us since childhood; she is fine in every way. What do you think? Mother Shen was hoping for a woman to come and grab Shen Peirans heart as long as it wasnt Su Yan.

3. It seems to be a typo here where Jiayu was mentioned as Jiaqi.

Su Yan was beautiful. A beauty liked by her son as well as others. Where can Shen Family compare with Jiang Family? If Jiang Jingchuan got angry one day, the move of one finger would be enough to deal4 just go drinking with Shen Family.

Hearing Mother Shen mention Sun Jiayu, Shen Peiran stood up in anger. He shouted, Mom, please dont talk about Sun Jiayu anymore. Its impossible for me and her to be together. If it wasnt for her, I and Xiao Yan wouldnt be like this!

Shen Peirans rationality was stretched thin. He blamed himself; he blamed everything that made Su Yan and himself like this. He even thought that if it wasnt for Sun Jiayu, he and Su Yan wouldnt have quarreled and he wouldnt be angry now.

What does it have to do with Jiayu? Mother Shen objected, I heard from Jiayu. She had come that day to cook for you. She didnt know that Su Yan was there. Oh and dont blame her, I gave Jiayu the key.

It would have been better if that matter wasnt brought up but now that it had been raised, Shen Peiran exploded in minutes, How can it be so coincidental? Didnt come in the morning, didnt come at night but only came at that particular time. Mom, even though I havent looked into this matter it doesnt mean that I dont know.

It wasnt that he didnt know about Jiayus thoughts, he just didnt feel like bluntly pointing them out. In addition, he also thought to use her to anger Su Yan. Now that Su Yan was angered and went away, how could he still pretend to be dumb? Someone once said, if a woman decided to hide from a man, it would be very easy to do so. But it wasnt necessarily like that, these words only rang true in conjunction with a mans love for a woman. If they werent blinded5 by romantic love, men could easily see through a womans lies.

Mother Shen was very fond of Sun Jiayu and was partial to her in her heart, so when she heard her son speak such words she couldnt bear it and refuted: What do you mean? Even if you dont like Jiayu, you grew up together like siblings; how can you say that about her? Just for Su Yan? Why cant you understand: Su Yan is married!

According to Mother Shen, the already married Su Yan was no match for Jiayu.

Shen Peiran didnt want to argue anymore. Even if he was angry, he didnt want to quarrel with his mother. Finally, he could only say: In this life, even if Xiao Yan and I werent together, I wouldnt have gotten together with Jiayu. Mom, please dont mention this matter anymore. Anyways, Jiayu is like my younger sister.

If he could have been with Jiayu, they would have already gotten together.

Mother Shen wanted to say much more but, after seeing her sons unsightly expression, she endured it. Before leaving she again urged him: Tomorrow you must go to work. Your father is already discontented. Dont you know that you arent the only one for the position of the Shen Familys successor? You cannot idle the whole day in romance like a child. You should undertake the family responsibilities.New novel chapt𝒆rs are published on novel(b)in(.)com

Father Shen had married twice. He had a wife before Mother Shen. After Father Shen gained fame and fortune because his ex-wife was a rural woman, he didnt look upon his ex-wife very highly, and as a result, he heartlessly divorced her. However, he still had a child with his ex-wife. Although Father Shen mostly preferred Shen Peiran, the son of the ex-wife still had some shares of the family property.

Shen Peiran was clear about the complex family ties. He nodded at once, indicating that he would certainly go to work tomorrow.

Men were like this. Even if his heart was vexed regarding his relationship with Su Yan, the most important thing for him was his career.

Seeing her son like that, Mother Shen felt her mind was now free of worries. She decided inwardly to have a little chat with Su Yan afterwards. From a womans point of view, she felt that Su Yan wouldnt divorce Jiang Jingchuan. In that case, it was better to not hold up her son for nothing. As long as Su Yan stayed firm then her son would naturally set his thoughts around work. The most pressing matter now was to fight for the right of succession. Everything else was secondary.

Barb Notes:

In Sun Jiayu- The yu means Jade.

In Sun Jiaqi- The qi also means Jade.

I have no idea why the Sun Jiayu changed to Sun Jiaqi. But they both refer to the same person who was mentioned in Chapter 13. Her name is Sun Jiayu.