288: Chapter 288 Deliberate Concealment

Seeing Liu Hui looking anxious and flustered, Liu Huis Parents were utterly delighted.

"Oh my, someone who has a boyfriend is truly different. They have to stick together every second."

Liu Hui had absolutely no such thoughts.

The reason she followed Shen Yan downstairs was purely to explain what happened at the dinner table today.

Of course, she would never tell her parents what she was thinking.

Only after she and Shen Yan entered the elevator together did Liu Hui say to him, "Listen to my explanation."

Shen Yan turned to look at Liu Hui and said, "Alright, I'm listening to your explanation."

After speaking, Shen Yan stared directly into Liu Hui's eyes, waiting for her to give him an explanation.

Originally, Liu Hui had prepared countless reasons to explain herself to Shen Yan.

But for some unknown reason, looking into Shen Yan's eyes, all the reasons she had prepared suddenly felt awkward and difficult to articulate.

Seeing Liu Hui repeatedly opening and closing her mouth, Shen Yan sighed and shifted his gaze away from her eyes.

"You don't want your parents to know that I was married and have a child, do you?"

Hearing the question, Liu Hui quickly shook her head and denied it, "No, no, that's not what I was thinking. I was just afraid they wouldn't be able to accept it right away, so I temporarily didn't tell them about it."

Shen Yan looked expressionlessly at the slowly descending elevator and said, "So, your parents actually can't accept you finding a divorced man with a child, is that right?"

Liu Hui was instantly rendered speechless.

Although her parents were quite open-minded, they weren't open-minded enough to agree to her marrying a divorced man with a child.

She had originally planned to work slowly and patiently, like grinding an iron rod into a needle.

First, let her parents know she had a boyfriend, and then slowly tell them that the boyfriend she found had a child.

Unexpectedly, before she could achieve her goal through persistence, her parents suddenly showed up saying they wanted to meet her boyfriend.

If it were just that, it would have been fine. The key was that her parents accidentally popped her bubble of lies at the dinner table today.

After a long silence,

Liu Hui lowered her head and whispered, "I'm sorry. I shouldn't have lied to them, but I was genuinely afraid they wouldn't be able to accept it immediately."

"My original plan was to bring you to meet them first. After they met you and had a good impression of you, then I would tell them you have a child."

As her words fell,

The elevator chimed with a "ding" sound and opened.

Shen Yan strode out with his long legs, walking straight out of the residential complex in just a few steps.

Seeing him walk so urgently and quickly, Liu Hui became anxious. She hurried to catch up with him and said, "AYan, please don't be angry, okay? I really know I was wrong."

"How about this: you come upstairs with me now, and I'll tell my parents about this."

"If you don't believe me, I'll take out my phone right now and call them to tell them!"

Just as Liu Hui was about to get serious,

Shen Yan stopped walking.

"A Hui, you still haven't understood what I'm actually angry about."

Hearing this, Liu Hui was somewhat confused. She didn't understand what Shen Yan meant.

"You... aren't you angry that I didn't tell your parents your true situation?"

Shen Yan nodded, then shook his head.

"I am indeed upset about that, but that's not the reason I'm still angry right now."

Concealing the truth wasn't the reason Shen Yan was angry? What was it then?

Thinking about it, Liu Hui asked the question on her mind.

Shen Yan let out a deep sigh and replied to Liu Hui, "The reason I'm angry is because you didn't think to tell me and figure out a strategy together."

"A Hui, I am your boyfriend, not some stranger. I won't feel inferior just because I'm divorced and have a child. You could have told me, and we could have figured things out together."

As his words ended,

Liu Hui sobbed once and threw herself directly into Shen Yan's arms.

Crying, she said to Shen Yan, "I'm sorry! I'm sorry, I was truly wrong. I really didn't expect things to turn out like this."

"I'm sorry, I really won't do it again..."

Just as Shen Yan was about to comfort Liu Hui, his shoulder was suddenly yanked backward.

"Let go of her!"

A furious roar sounded from behind him.

Shen Yan looked behind him in confusion.

He saw that the person who arrived was thin, tall, and wearing a mask.

"You..."

Before he could finish speaking,

The other person suddenly lunged forward, raising a fist towards his face.

"You scoundrel, you have no sense of propriety! Matters of the martial world are settled in the martial world. How could you involve my family!"

Because he didn't know who the other person was or what their motive was, Shen Yan didn't block the attack. He just looked bewildered and kept retreating.

Just as the other person's emotions became increasingly agitated, Liu Hui recognized the masked person.

"Liu Tiao?"

As soon as she spoke, the thin, tall man immediately stopped his movement.

"...Sis."

Hearing this, Liu Hui confirmed that the masked person was her cousin.

She frowned and asked Liu Tiao, "What are you doing? Why are you hitting people!"

Liu Tiao frowned even deeper than she did.

"He bullied you, why shouldn't I hit him!"

Liu Hui looked completely bewildered.

"Who bullied me?"

Liu Tiao pointed his finger at Shen Yan: "Him!"

Shen Yan: "..."

Liu Hui: "..."

Half a minute later,

Liu Hui rubbed her temples and said, "You misunderstood. Although I was crying, it has nothing to do with him."

Liu Tiao frowned and said to Liu Hui, "Sis, you don't need to hide it from me. I know he must have told you about my situation. I'm telling you, I can solve this matter myself!"

Saying that, he glared fiercely at Shen Yan: "You are so unreasonable. The rules of the martial world dictate that matters of the martial world are settled within it. You cannot involve family members. Doing this will earn you scorn!"

Shen Yan: "..."

What a melodramatic teenager.

Thinking this, he said to the other person, "I didn't bully your sister. We were just chatting."

Obviously, Liu Tiao didn't believe him.

"Impossible! I saw with my own eyes that while you were chatting, my sister was bullied into crying by you!"

Liu Hui felt an even worse headache than Shen Yan. She took a deep breath and explained directly, "He is my boyfriend, understand?"

As her words landed,

Liu Tiao's eyes widened in shock.

He shakily raised his hand, first pointing at Shen Yan, and then pointing at Liu Hui, saying, "You... you two are boyfriend and girlfriend?!"

For some reason,

Shen Yan felt that voice was incredibly familiar.

It felt like he had just heard it not long ago.

Just as he was trying to recall it carefully, Liu Tiao's voice sounded again.

"No! Absolutely not! You two must break up!"

Liu Hui: "..."

Tsk!

It was time to properly discipline her own troublesome kid!