Yan Shudan clung to his arm, speaking as if she was the wronged party, "Who asked her to commit such a shameful act? Secrets don't stay hidden forever. Even if I hadn't said anything, others would soon know about her."
Yan Ningkang's expression softened. After all, she was still his daughter, and he loved her dearly. How could he bear putting all the blame on her? There was a misunderstanding, and he wanted to get to the bottom of it.
His gaze shifted to the bedside, where Yan Yiren sat, expressionless. Yan Ningkang's anger rose. "Yan Yiren, come here!" he barked.
Yan Yiren, upon being called out, slowly lifted her eyes. "If you want to go out, do it yourself. I'm not free."
"How dare you!" Fuming in anger, Yan Ningkang was ready to drag her out.
Before Yan Ningkang had reached her, Yan Yiren rose to her feet, glaring coldly at him. "You still have time to get angry after I've said my piece."
Yan Ningkang stopped dead in his tracks. "You should know very well what a shameful thing you've done. Don't try to explain yourself," he said with a look of thunderous fury.
"Hmph," she scoffed as silence filled the room. Yan Yiren's shifted her gaze to Ruan Yufeng and then to Yan Shudan. Furious eyes met hers in return. With her head held high and a sly smile, she continued, "Yes, I do have a boyfriend, but he isn't the president of my company, who's already has a wife and children. I'm not like you two. I would never do anything immoral."
As soon as Ruan Yufeng heard those words, her hands moved to cover her nose and mouth. Shaking her head, she said, "Ningkang, look at your youngest daughter... I know I indeed caused some pain back then, but I love you. Is it wrong for me to do so?"
Yan Ningkang felt a headache coming on and rushed to comfort his wife. "All right, I'll punish her later. Please don't cry. What's done is done," he said.
But Yan Shudan was relentless in her provocation. "Since you said that you have a boyfriend, then bring him over so we can meet him."
"As you wish." As Yan Yiren finished her words, she whipped her phone out and made a call. "Hanjiang. I'm at Ren Ai Hospital. Can you please come here?"
"Yiren, what's wrong? Are you okay? Wait for me. I'll be right there!"
"Relax. Nothing's wrong. I'm okay, but grandma collapsed. Come over and visit her. Don't worry. Take your time."
As she ended the call, Yan Yiren paid no attention to the trio. Instead, she sat down and gazed silently at the old lady.
Yan Shudan was the first to break out of her stupor. "Hanjiang? Ji Hanjiang?"
Yan Yiren pretended not to hear her.
Yan Shudan narrowed her eyes. "They just have the same name, don't they? It's impossible for Ji Hanjiang to take a liking to you."
Words, words, words. Yan Shudan was just blabbering. She had no clue if what she was saying would hold.
She knew that Yan Yiren's biggest strength was her stunning face, to say nothing of that enchanting, unrivaled figure of hers.
Even the wealthy have different classes. The Yan family was stuck on the bottom rung of the social ladder; the Ji family was several rungs higher.
After twenty minutes, Ji Hanjiang arrived.
He brought his bodyguards along, which was a rare sight. With their hands full of tonic products, they entered the room.
He made his way to Yan Yiren, looping his arm around her shoulder. "Yiren, don't worry, grandma will be fine."
At the very moment Ji Hanjiang walked in, the trio was shocked into silence.
In the end, it was Yan Ningkang, who had been around for a long time, who was able to recollect himself quickly. "Young Master Ji, so nice to meet you. I'm Yan Ningkang. I once bid for a project under Ji Group, do you recall?"
Ji Hanjiang gazed coldly at Yan Ningkang's outstretched hand before saying slowly, "Initially, I felt it was out of place for me to say this since you are Yiren's father. But, as her boyfriend, it's hard for me to hold back with your wife and your daughter ganging up to bully her."
Ruan Yufeng had initially wanted to find someone to introduce Ji Hanjiang and Yan Shudan to each other. Little did she know that Yan Yiren had already staked her claim!
How could she!
"Young Master Ji, what are you saying? Why on earth would we bully Yiren? There must be some misunderstanding."