The Male Protagonist's Daughter - Chapter 38.2

She was obviously the wife of a wealthy man, and Shen Yan was also the heir of a wealthy family, but the mother and son still had to worry about making a living.

Did they have to?

Honestly, as a bystander, he could never understand what it took to make Shen Qingruo fake her own death to remove herself from that family.

Was life really that difficult back then? So difficult to a point where she was willing to give up all the things she had in her first twenty years? Leaving her identity and family behind?

She had even survived all kinds of difficulties in the past few years. Was there really something that she can’t live through?

Shen Qingruo slowly shook her head. She was trembling all over, she never thought that Lu Xingsen wouldn’t let her go. For Lu Xingsen to have her in his heart? Utter rubbish. How dare she believe it, how can she believe it!

When Luo Tianyuan mentioned “child”, she suddenly came back to her senses like a frightened animal. She begged him in a panicked manner, “Tianyuan, I beg you, I beg you, help me, he can’t find me. If he finds out that I’m still alive, he won’t let me go. If he knows about Little Yan’s existence, he will take him away from me!”

Luo Tianyuan sighed. “How can you be sure that he won’t be happy when he knows you’re still alive?”

Shen Qingruo didn’t even give it a thought before replying with reddened eyes, “You don’t get it. He hates me. He hates me for taking the position of the person he loved, he always wanted me to disappear from this world. I don’t dare to think about the consequences if he finds out that I’m still alive.”

Luo Tianyuan really wanted to tell her that if a man didn’t love a woman, if Mr. Lu really was like what she said, then why would he care about her?

Plus, Mr. Lu had spent so much manpower and resources to look for her for so many years.

So, what was his point of doing this? If he wanted her to disappear, he would have spread the news of her death even before he found her belongings at the beach. Why was he being quiet about this, by deceiving himself and others?

“Those involved in the matter are easily blinded to the truth, and those not involved can see things clearly.” If Shen Qingruo was unwilling to believe in Mr. Lu, it will be useless no matter what Luo Tianyuan said.

Plus, he was not the person involved after all, and he didn’t know or understand what she’d gone through in the past. As a friend, it wasn’t his place to dictate her decision.

“How do you want me to help you?” Luo Tianyuan asked in a deep voice.

Shen Qingruo knew that Luo Tianyuan was the reason she could live comfortably these past few years. She wept, and said after a while, “Just tell that person that no one has seen me, I don’t want to lose the kind of peace I have right now. Little Yan and I are living a very good life now, and I’m not willing to change that.”

Luo Tianyuan fell into deep thought.

He didn’t want to involve himself in this, let alone to involve himself with the Shengyuan Group.

After weighing the pros and cons, he decided that he shouldn’t involve himself any further.

Just as Shen Qingruo only wanted to live a peaceful life, he was also unwilling to bring any changes to himself or his daughter.

It’s just that he and Shen Qingruo have known each other for more than two years. During these two years, she was the one who took good care of Shuyan, so Luo Tianyuan was hesitant.

Shen Qingruo also knew that she shouldn’t make things difficult for him, but she couldn’t help it. No one could help her now other than Luo Tianyuan.

After a long time, Luo Tianyuan nodded. “Okay.”

——

It was almost eleven o’clock when Luo Tianyuan got home. He knew that his daughter was asleep, so he picked up the landline and called Song Qianjin.

Song Qianjin hadn’t slept all this time, and he was also waiting for this call.

Luo Tianyuan held the phone and said in a calm tone, “Qianjing, keep this matter a secret.”

Song Qianjin thought he had heard it wrong, “What? What did you say?”

“Help keep it a secret.” Luo Tianyuan sat on the sofa with his legs crossed, and his expression was very serious. “Let’s help her keep it a secret.”

“You’re crazy, do you know who the woman is? She belongs to the Shengyuan Group! If Shen Qingruo is Mrs. Lu, who has been missing for many years, you have heard from Liu Zhongtong that Mr. Lu has been looking for her all these years. What if one day he finds her? What if she found out that we helped her hide?” Song Qianjin was thinking about business matters.

For a man to go crazy over a woman — According to Liu Zhongtong’s narration, Mr. Lu had a deep-rooted affection for Shen Qingruo. Plus, Shen Qingruo had a child, and based on the timing of her departure, the child was surely Mr. Lus.

A missing wife and a child were enough to make an originally rational man irrational.

It wasn’t like Luo Tianyuan didn’t know this truth.

However, when Shen Qingruo wailed and begged him, he thought of many other things. The scenes of her taking care of Shuyan came to his mind.

As an outsider, she loved and cared for Shuyan the most, and it was because of her, Shuyan’s life has been enriched a lot.

He also remembered that his daughter had told him that she liked Aunty Shen the most, and that Aunty Shen treated her the best.

He didn’t know what happened between Shen Qingruo and Mr. Lu, but the fear and pain in her eyes were not fake. So, it didn’t matter what kind of feelings that President Lu had towards her, at least now, he was a nightmare in her eyes.

Luo Tianyuan lowered his eyes. “I know, but I have already promised Qingruo, so I must do it.”

It didn’t matter why he agreed to Shen Qingruo, but since he agreed, he will stick to his word. There was no reason to regret it.

He had to stick by his word.

Song Qianjin was silent. After a while, he said helplessly, “Okay, fine. After all, you’re my boss.”

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