Chapter 780 - What Happened Back Then

Old Mr. Wen was sitting in the study and reading some proposal plans for the Ai Shang Group’s product launch. Ideas flowed through his mind and he constantly felt like he had to do something.

He still remembered how she smacked his face with a 500,000 yuan check and stared at him condescendingly. She said to him, “I was just having some fun. I don’t genuinely fancy you. You’re poor, powerless and you have no status. How could I possibly fall in love with someone like you? You have to toil and moil and slog away to earn money. I find it revolting to be with you.”

He had caused the destruction of two families and thus, he ended up with only one son who did not have an upright personality. His daughter-in-law lived a short life, his son was cold and heartless, and his granddaughter had been separated from the family since birth and left to fend for herself…

Now that he was old in his years, he wondered… if he could atone for the sins that he had committed in the past.

“Grandpa, what’s wrong with you? You look so upset,” said Wen Xinya, who had never seen such a complicated expression on Old Mr. Wen’s face before. It was as if he had sunk deep in his emotions and he did not snap out of his trance despite the various times that she called his name.

Old Mr. Wen asked calmly, “Xinya, is there something you’re here for?”

Wen Xinya smiled at the mention of Gu Junling and the rest. “They do treat me well.”

Feeling a little hesitant, Wen Xinya said, “Grandpa, I’m about to sit for my final year examinations. I’m just afraid…”