Chapter 38 part 1
In the end, under Yan Shiting's grim gaze, Grandmother Yan was forced to admit, "After the poisoning, I accidentally discovered it after your mother's death."
"Shiting, I couldn't help it. I have three children, my eldest daughter is unwilling to come back from abroad, my second son has already passed away, and I only have your uncle left."
"I couldn't possibly just watch him die, Shiting, please, give your uncle a chance to live."
Her explanation was pretentious.
Yan Shiting did not speak, just quietly looked at her.
He knew all too well about her favoritism.
The first child was a daughter, and in the background of the old times, she grew up undervaluing daughters. She did not want to give her daughter much love.
After the second child was born, she had the third child a year later, and compared to the silent and gloomy second child, she naturally liked the lively and clingy third child more.
To the extent that even if the third child had killed the second child, she dared to argue righteously for the third child.
How could a person's heart become so biased?
Yan Shiting closed his eyes.
He remembered his mother, Lu Yuening, weakly instructing him on her deathbed to take care of his brother and grandmother.
His father and mother's affection for the grandmother did not get the response they deserved.
Yan Shiting opened his eyes and looked at the pleading Grandmother Yan, slowly saying, "Killing to repay a life is only just."
Thereafter, no matter how much Grandmother Yan begged, Yan Shiting still had the lawyer prosecute his uncle Yan Yufeng for the malicious poisoning and murder.
The first trial sentenced him to death, and the second trial upheld the original verdict.
At both verdicts, Yan Shiting had the butler forcibly take Grandmother Yan to the court, so that she could hear with her own ears her most beloved son being sentenced to death.
Before Yan Yufeng was executed, Yan Shiting even let Grandmother Yan see him one last time.
Let her see her son die with her own eyes, yet be powerless to do anything.
Two years later, Yan Yufeng's only son, Yan Hui, suspected his girlfriend of cheating, and broke into the "rival's" home and killed the "rival" himself and his elderly parents.
The so-called "rival" was actually someone Yan Hui's girlfriend didn't even know, Yan Hui had gone to the wrong place and killed innocent people.
Afterwards, that family was left with only the younger sister who was still in college.
The sister wanted to avenge her parents and brother, but was nearly cheated by unscrupulous lawyers, until Yan Shiting sent a lawyer over to help her with the lawsuit.
In the end, Yan Hui's criminal conduct was too heinous, and he was also sentenced to death.
Because Yan Shiting had sent a lawyer for the sister, Grandmother Yan put this account on his head.
She always thought that Yan Shiting wanted to avenge his parents, so he was even unwilling to leave a successor for Yan Yufeng.
From then on, she began to resent Yan Shiting.
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When he heard about the poisoning, Yu Li's grip on Yan Shiting's hand gradually tightened.
After Yan Shiting finished, he softly asked, "Does Yan Sui know the reason for your parents' passing?"
Yan Shiting was silent for a long time.
He finally shook his head and said, "He doesn't know."
Although Grandmother Yan resented him, she was genuinely good to Yan Sui.
At first, Yan Shiting also thought that Grandmother Yan wanted to use Yan Sui, or wanted to cultivate Yan Sui into a playboy.
But after carefully observing for a while, he found that Grandmother Yan was indeed concerned about Yan Sui, so Yan Shiting let her be.
Perhaps she also understood that if she wanted to enjoy her old age, the only way was to treat Yan Sui well.
Whether it was genuine or feigned, as long as she treated Yan Sui well, for Yan Sui's sake, Yan Shiting could forgive her.
Yu Li pressed his lips together.
He released Yan Shiting's hand, and the next moment gently embraced him.
Boundless sympathy spread in his heart.
To avoid hurting his younger brother, Yan Shiting had been keeping the true reason for his parents' passing to himself.
He was the only one bearing that pain.
Even if others cursed him as cold-blooded and heartless, and accused him of being merciless.
He had kept these things in his heart for too long, gradually becoming more unwilling to express them to others.
When he left Grandmother Yan's grave and went to his parents' grave at noon, what was Yan Shiting thinking about?
Was he thinking about the past, grieving over not being the favored child of his parents?
Thinking about Yan Shiting's figure in the wind and rain, Yu Li couldn't help it, grabbing his clothes, his eyes brimming with tears.
He really felt sorry for Yan Shiting.
Because...
"Brother, tell Yan Sui," Yu Li bit his lip and said tremblingly.
"Yan Sui is no longer a child, you should tell him, he also has the right to know."
"Now that Grandmother Yan has also passed away, even if you tell Yan Sui, he won't be conflicted anymore."
At most, Yan Sui will be in pain and regretful for a period of time.
But he is also an adult now, Yan Shiting can't keep these things hidden from him forever, protecting him from experiencing this process.
Yan Shiting raised his hand and hugged Yu Li back.
In a place where Yu Li couldn't see, his gaze was indistinct, and he only looked down at the hand hugging Yu Li.
Until he sensed the dampness on his neck.
Yan Shiting paused, released Yu Li, and frowned as he looked at his face.
That beautiful face was covered in tears, the eyes a little swollen.
"Yu Li..."
Yu Li hastily raised his hand to wipe the traces off his face.
After becoming pregnant, his emotions were more sensitive, and his empathy was also stronger.
Combined with his concern for Yan Shiting, the tears became a little out of control.
After wiping the traces off his face, Yu Li looked at Yan Shiting with reddened eyes, "Brother, Yan Sui is your family, your closest brother, he also needs to know the truth."
If Yan Sui has always believed that Grandmother Yan was a good person, in the future when Yan Shiting faces him, what will he think in his heart?
"Tell him, have a good talk with him."
"Last time, Yan Sui also knows he said the wrong words. He just hopes to get understanding and comfort from his family, not that he dislikes your guidance."
Yan Shiting looked at him in silence.
He could understand how important family was in Yu Li's heart.
Yu Li didn't want him to be estranged from his family.
Yan Shiting's fingertips moved slightly.
He raised his hand and wiped away the little dampness at the corner of Yu Li's eye.
"Okay, I promise you."
Yu Li originally had a lot more persuasive words to get Yan Shiting to express himself.
But Yan Shiting directly agreed.
He was momentarily stunned, his peach blossom eyes moistened by tears looking at Yan Shiting, a little dazed.
In the warm lighting, he saw that Yan Shiting's phoenix eyes seemed to have some warmth, reflecting his own image.
The eyes that originally seemed like a deep pool, making people feel a sense of danger, now... had some tenderness.
Yu Li stared blankly.
Yan Shiting was silent, the hand that had wiped his tears not retreating, gently caressing his face.
"Yu Li," Yan Shiting composed himself and said, "Thank you."
Yu Li didn't know at the moment why Yan Shiting wanted to thank him.
But the fact that Yan Shiting had agreed was good enough.
He smiled and said, "You don't need to thank me."
Yan Shiting's eyes flickered.
He took Yu Li's hand and fell silent.
The rain outside had stopped, the gloomy sky gradually turning black, and the night quietly arrived.
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