Mrs . Xie led her shaken looking husband towards the sofa in the living room and helped him sit down . He suddenly looked so forlorn that she got worried and started dialling their family doctor's number .
"Am I actually that bad? In my son's eyes, I have been a failure all these years . Now, Mei Zhen, whom I have treated like a daughter seems to hate me as well," he covered his face with his hands .
Mrs . Xie disconnected the call and came to sit beside her husband .
"Tang was always an introvert as a child . He was also easy going for most of the times . But the minute he became attached to something, he internalised it . It was like it belonged to him forever . I should have realised it being the same in Jia Li's case, much more so since she was the only girl that he was ever involved with . But at that time, you were so rigid and he had never verbally brought up the topic about the two of them . Then, he didn't react at all to your behaviour with Jia Li's parents that I thought maybe he wasn't so serious about her . I should have known that it was his way of showing his anger against us, by completely ignoring the issue and us, in the process . I remember that he had nearly stopped communicating with you and me . He had even refused to come home for the longest time post that . Unfortunately, Jia Li went ahead and got married in a rush, probably because of her father's wish . By then, it was too late anyways for me to come speak with you about it," she said in a sorrowful tone .
"I am not blaming you . I am questioning my own actions which I have always taken in my children's best interest . But then why can't my family be happy? I know you have been hinting at things not been well between Mei Zhen and Tang during the past months but I chose to ignore it . This time, I had taken Tang's consent in selecting his life partner . Nothing was done against his well . Then why can't things work out fine between them?" he said, frustration evident in his voice .
Wang residence
"I don't know where has he gone, madam," the maid trembled, fearing the verbal lash from Mrs . Wang .
After dismissing her, Mrs . Wang called up her secretary asking him to find Wei's whereabouts .
"Since when have you started taking so much interest in our son's comings and goings," her husband said, in the middle of turning the newspaper's page .
"Considering you seem to be indifferent to it, how do you care about the when and why?" she snapped back at him .
"That's because I don't need a detective to tell me where my child is . I can hazard an accurate guess," he replied, unperturbed by his wife's rude tone .
She snatched the newspaper from his hands and said, "really? Then pray tell me where is he?"
Mr . Wang got up slowly from the chair that he was lounging in . Taking a sip from the juice kept in the breakfast tray next to him, he took his sweet time answering .
"If I am not mistaken, our otherwise lazy son would have woken up in the wee hours of the morning and gone chasing after his woman . I think it's normal behaviour for someone who finds himself at the deep end of the love sea for the first time, without possessing a single clue as to how to sail through it," he smiled .
"I can't understand what's gone wrong with the men in this house . Shanghai's most eligible bachelor has gone and fallen for a tramp . His father, instead of reprimanding him, seems to be cheering him on . Am I the only sane one left here?" she nearly shouted .
"Anyone listening to you speak right now might have questions about YOUR background and values . As for Wei's choice, since I haven't met her yet, I haven't made up my mind . Having said that, I believe the decision to choose whom he dates, loves and marries solely belongs to him . If the situation arises where he seeks my opinion, I shall surely offer one . Otherwise I am happy to let him make his decisions and live with the consequences, as we all do," he said in all seriousness .
Mrs . Wang was upset with her husband's attitude . She would have never imagined him to be so nonchalant regarding his only child's future .
Chapter end
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