[T/N: Warning, mention of suicide.]
“Then, what else did my dad say?” Shan Qihuan stuffed a strawberry into Shen Yuhan’s mouth.
At this time, Shen Yuhan had left the cemetery and returned home, he had just had dinner and was leaning on Shan Qihuan’s arms to watch a variety show together, the permanent guests of the show were two comedians, Shen Yuhan couldn’t stop laughing, no matter ancient or modern, it is clear that human beings like comedies when it comes to the boring and sensational parts, Shen Yuhan doesn’t want to watch them anymore, it’s so boring.
Shen Yuhan swallowed the strawberry before saying: “Husband, don’t get me a big one, I want a small one.”
Shan Qihuan picked a small one for him: “Okay, then you first tell me what’s going on with my dad and my mom, and that Yang Jiao.”
Shen Yuhan raised his feet again: “Husband, I climbed down the mountain today, and my feet hurt.”
Shan Qihuan looked at the hand that had just taken the strawberry: “Do you want to eat strawberries with foot flavor?” Dare to play with his eagerness to listen to the story?
Shen Yuhan chuckled: “Okay, I’ll tell you, your dad and your mom are really interesting.”
“Are you going to tell me or not, if not, I’ll go back to the room and sleep.” Shan Qihuan is threatening to leave the sofa.
“Ah, Husband, don’t leave.” Shen Yuhan hurriedly hugged his arm, he had nothing to lean on if his husband left, “I’ll say it okay, I won’t make trouble.”
Shan Qihuan lowered his head and bit out a tooth mark on his face: “If you don’t say it again, I’ll gnaw your face off and turn you into an ugly monster.”
“Don’t.” Shen Yuhan covered his face, Shen Ge’er has always loved beauty since he was a child, and he was protecting his beautiful face, “It’s like this, your father’s parents, probably your late grandfather and grandmother, accepted the cancellation of the marriage with Yang Jiao’s family, but the two people who were about to get married suddenly didn’t go through with it, your father realized that he fell in love with Yang Jiao at this time, and decided to fight for it, not wanting to continue living as an ignorant1渾渾噩噩 (hún hún è è): (ideophonic, literary) solemn and dignified; unaffected and decent; (ideophonic) ignorant and muddleheaded; muddling along; living in a state of naïveté and ignorance; ignorant; simple-minded; the original meaning is vigorous and solemn, now it describes some people who live in confusion, live a simple and plain life, and are ignorant; From Fa Yan (Exemplary Sayings) [9 CE]: 虞夏之書渾渾爾，商書灝灝爾，周書噩噩爾。下周者，其書譙乎。, The chapters on Shun and Xia are deep and potent, while those on Shang are vast in scope. Those pertaining to Zhou do not flatter, while those on the latter part of Zhou are cutting. young master. However, the Shan family was facing bankruptcy, they didn’t have enough manpower and resources2勢單力薄 (shì dān lì báo): (of a force or a group) to be small in size and of weak strength; small in number and meagre in strength; not have enough manpower and resources., and he was powerless to turn things around. Miss Yang also rebelled against her family in private, but when they were still pinning for each other, the Yang family quickly found a suitable match for Miss Yang, the other party is the son of a high-ranking official.”
Shan Qihuan weighed their relationship: “Isn’t this a good thing? the families are well-matched in terms of social status, and in those days, it wasn’t a bad idea to get married.”
“But the problem is that she also has a deep affection for your father, she has set her heart on him and wants to marry him.” Shen Yuhan stared at Shan Qihuan’s face and touched it with his hands, “My husband is so handsome, it is estimated that your dad was also half as handsome as you back then.”
Shan Qihuan was so coaxed by his wife that he burst with joy, he pecked him lightly on the lips, pretended to be modest, and said: “My appearance is just average, thank you, Madam, for taking a fancy to me.”
Shen Yuhan laughed: “In short, they don’t want to be separated. Therefore, at this time, Miss Yang’s best friend, that is, your mother appeared, Miss Yang asked her for help and asked her to give herself ideas.”
“It can’t be that my mother fell in love with my father at this time.” Shan Qihuan began to guess the plot.
“Not yet, your father rarely appears in front of Miss Yang’s best friends.” Shen Yuhan continued to narrate to him, “But one day, they finally met, at a ball, Miss Yang introduced your mom to your father, and your mother fell in love with your father at first sight, but at this time, none of the three of them knew what the future would be like.”
“With her character, I guess if she likes it, she must get it.” Shan Qihuan speculated from his own point of view.
Shen Yuhan said: “That’s right, she first suggested that Miss Yang separate from your father, and she also said that she could persuade your grandparents to inject capital into the Shan family so that their family could make a comeback3東山再起 (Dōng shān zài qǐ): lit. to rise again from Dongshan; to return to office after living as a hermit on Mount Dongshan (idiom); fig. to make a comeback; to come back from a previous failure; to rise again; resume one’s position; Based on Xie An (謝安) of the Jin (晉) dynasty, who quit his office and lived in seclusion in Dongshan (a mountain in Zhejiang, China), but later returned to office., and then your father would be eligible to marry her again, Miss Yang was devoted to your father, and she really agreed to break off the engagement with your father without thinking. However, she never expected that the money your mother mentioned never arrived, moreover, Miss Yang’s parents were going to marry her to the son of a high-ranking official, she was tied up at home by her family and not allowed to go out to see your father.”
Shan Qihuan handed Shen Yuhan a glass of water to moisten his throat: “And then?”
Shen Yuhan continued: “Of course, your father was anxious at this time, but your mother used various reasons to say that her parents hadn’t agreed yet, and she is still fighting for it, but in fact, she didn’t mention this to her family, she fell in love with your father and just wants to persuade Miss Yang to leave him and then be with him.”
“Then my dad is not slow-witted either, he is a fool?” Things are getting more and more interesting.
Shen Yuhan: “Of course, he guessed that your mother might be playing tricks on him, and seeing that Miss Yang’s wedding was just around the corner, he was so anxious that there were blisters on his mouth, he ran to the Yang family, but the Yang family refused to let them meet again because they had broken off their engagement.”
Shan Qihuan: “Is this the last time they see each other?”
Shen Yuhan: “No, the highlight is next, your father deeply felt that he was incompetent, and he failed to keep the person he liked, so he often drank and got drunk, then, he made a mistake this time, and went into a physical relationship while drunk.”
“My dad even told you this?” His wife is really something.
Shen Yuhan: “I was just listening, he said that he had kept this matter secret, and didn’t want to hide it anymore, he would be able to see Miss Yang soon, and he can apologize to her or something.”
Shan Qihuan: “What happens after drinking and having sex? Couldn’t it be with my mom?”
Shen Yuhan: “That’s her, and she did something even more incredible, she deliberately went to the Gu family to lure Miss Yang out, and let her see the scene of them sleeping together in the room.”
Shan Qihuan: “My dad was still young at that time, he would lose his composure, and get very flustered when something happened, he would think that he had ruined two women at once, one was the person he had let down, and the other one was an unmarried maiden, at this time, he definitely did not know that it was my mom who intentionally set him up.”
Shen Yuhuan: “Yes, of course, your mother’s explanation was that she came to tell him that she was willing to give the money, and then it turned into what Miss Yang saw. Miss Yang is afraid that she will go crazy, one is the man she has always wanted to marry, and the other is her best friend, at this point, it’s like the two of them betrayed her, and she also feels guilty to your mother, plus the pressure from her parents, in the end, she did not marry the son of a high-ranking official, but committed suicide by jumping into a lake a week before her wedding.”
Shan Qihuan: “No snowflake is innocent in an avalanche4雪崩之時沒有一片雪花是無辜的 (xuě bēng zhī shí méi yǒu yī piàn xuě huā shì wú gū de): T/N: A quote by Polish poet, Stanisław Jerzy Lec, often mentioned among the greatest writers of post-war Poland. The original phrase can be translated as, ‘No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible’ or ‘Each snowflake in an avalanche pleads not guilty’. According to netizen analysis, this poem related to Stanisław experience in the concentration camp by the Nazis, in short, this sentence means: No one who contributed to the Nazis felt that they were responsible for this catastrophe. But the Chinese direct translation becomes: No snowflake is innocent in an avalanche. In short, it means: Each contributing factor is responsible for the catastrophe. I’m unsure which meaning the author is meant to convey, but I’m guessing it’s the second meaning, that Shan Tianfeng, Gu Biqing, Miss Yang’s parents, and so on are responsible for her death..”
“This sentence makes sense.” Shen Yuhan felt that it was quite philosophical, “You should be able to guess what happened later, your mother had your eldest brother, and your father had to marry her due to the double pressure from the family and your mother. In the third month after Miss Yang left, they held the wedding.”
Shan Qihuan sighed: “This Miss Yang really has paid two people wrong, no one is worthy of her.”
Shen Yuhan leaned into his arms: “Husband, I don’t know if it’s your father’s one-sided words5片面之詞 (piàn miàn zhī cí): one-sided opinion or account; an account given by one party only; one party’s version of an event; an unbalanced opinion; one side’s story; one person’s word against another’s., just listen to it, after all, it’s a grudge from the previous generation, I just want to live our own little life with you, you have to be safe and sound every day.”
“Me too.” Shan Qihuan felt that his wife was always good at talking and often spoke his mind.
Shen Yuhan suddenly remembered something, he forgot to tell his husband: “Oh, by the way, I heard your father say, after a while, the Shan family will be divided into pieces, he wants to retire.”
Shan Qihuan nodded: “I understand.” The old fox has controlled the Shan Group for his whole life, is he really willing to divide the family? Or does he have other plans, put a □□ to confuse them?
Dividing the family is dividing the family, it is not yet known which successor the Shan family will fall to.
Shan Tianfeng not only revealed the information to Shen Yuhan and Shan Qihuan, but also the entire Shan family knew about it, and now the other three houses are even more uneasy, but Gu Biqing suddenly fell silent and did not run up to him to shower curses and abuse6罵罵咧咧 (mà mà liē liē): foul-mouthed; showering curses and abuse; continuously swearing; to swear while talking; intersperse one’s talk with curses; be grumbling and swearing., as if she had suffered a loss and become mute.
Shen Yuhan thought that she was really interesting, she had already become a nun, why did she continue to meddle in worldly affairs?
The next part will be up soon.
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