Leaving the police station, Tang Si asked his assistant, Su Jun, to leave first. He then drove to the hospital.
The car drove slowly on the road. Tang Si played a soothing piece of music, feeling quite pleased.
It was a sense of relaxed freedom after being relieved of a burden, like seeing the moon clearly after the clouds had parted.
The matters concerning Huo Xiaohua and the Zhao family had been resolved smoothly, more easily and quickly than expected. This was likely due to fate.
Now, he only needed to handle his relationship with Shi Ran and persuade his family to accept her.
Ring, ring, ring—
Suddenly, the car's central control screen flashed with a call reminder. Tang Si glanced at the contact name; it was his father, Tang Boren.
His brow furrowed, his face filled with resistance, but after a few moments of hesitation, he answered the call.
After the call connected, Tang Si remained silent, waiting for the person on the other end to speak.
"Is all this that you've done just for revenge against the Zhao family? Huh?!"
Tang Boren raised his voice, questioning him. His anger could be felt through the phone, like a volcano ready to erupt.
"Of course," Tang Si replied decisively.
He had never considered rekindling his past relationship with Zhao Wuyan and remarrying her. If it weren't for taking revenge on the Zhao family, he would never have stooped to marrying Zhao Wuyan.
His original plan was to bring down the Zhao family by himself. However, Shi Ran became pregnant, leading to unforeseen changes. With the child growing day by day, time was of the essence, so he had to seek support from Lu Yanming and others to conclude this 'revenge plan' as quickly as possible.
Regrettably, although his 'great revenge' was achieved, it was through the hands of others, leaving Tang Si with a sense of guilt and self-reproach.
"What about your mother and me? And the Tang family? Our family's century-old foundation is declining year by year. Cooperating with the Zhao family is the only way for our Tang family to regain its former glory. You are personally destroying our Tang family!"
In the last sentence, "You are personally destroying our Tang family!", one could hear Tang Boren's utter despair.
He grieved for the Tang family's foundation and worried that the family would be destroyed, eventually declining and disappearing from the business world, leaving the Tang family with no foothold.
His mournful voice was like a desolate cry, but in the end, what pained Tang Boren the most was the Tang family's foundation, not the injustice done to Tang Si.
"What about you? Have you ever considered me?" Tang Si calmly retorted.
Silence.
A long silence fell between the two ends of the phone.
The red light turned green, and the honking of the car behind him prompted him to start his car and move forward.
Finally, Tang Boren spoke, his tone extremely cold, "It's just a woman. Shi Ran is disfigured; she's an ugly monster. Why should she marry into the Tang family? I'm telling you, let alone her carrying triplets, even if she could give you a basketball team, I, Tang Boren, will never let her step foot into the Tang family!"
His resolute voice and unwavering attitude showed Tang Boren's strong rejection and repulsion of Shi Ran.
If Tang Si had held any hope for them before, his heart now plummeted to the bottom of a valley, instantly covered by a chilling cold, so cold that his heart became numb and could no longer feel pain.
He stared straight ahead, a bitter smile curling his lips.
Bang—!
Unintentionally, his car collided with the white Audi A6 in front.
The car stopped.
Tang Si sat in the car, his gaze fixed on the central control screen, looking at Tang Boren's phone number. The temperature in his eyes grew colder inch by inch.
Tang Boren was still saying something on the phone, but Tang Si couldn't hear him. He numbly uttered, "Fine. After this, you, Tang Boren, will no longer have me as your son."