Chapter 1866: Chapter 1867: I’ve Been a Failure as a Person

Rong Yan and the others had just reached the hotel entrance.

"Mr. Chu! Wait a moment."

A voice called out from behind.

Rong Yan unconsciously stopped, turning back to see Old Madam Shen hurriedly pushing Sir Shen towards them; it was Sir Shen who had called.

Chu Aotian frowned slightly and was about to tell Jiang Chenyue and the others to go ahead, when he heard Jiang Chenyue’s indifferent voice, "Let’s see what they have to say."

Since she had spoken, Chu Aotian could only nod and said in a deep voice, "Don’t worry, with me here, I won’t let them bully Yan and you."

Jiang Chenyue responded with a faint sound from her throat but didn’t have the courage to look at Rong Yan. Instead, she subtly moved her body in front of Rong Yan, her skinny back resolute and unwavering.

Old Madam Shen, after all, was getting up in age, and walking a bit fast left her breathless. She finally caught up, her gray hair disheveled, lacking the arrogance she had just moments ago.

"Mr. Chu, Mrs. Chu," she greeted awkwardly. Her gaze shifted, landing on Rong Yan, her expression even more awkward, "Rong."

Chu Aotian didn’t beat around the bush, hands in his pockets, "Is there something you need?"

"Um..." Old Madam Shen didn’t know how to respond.

It was Sir Shen who figured it out on the way, meeting Chu Aotian’s gaze with a red face, "I came out to apologize to you."

In his many years of life, he had never been so humiliated. But for the sake of his descendants, he had to swallow his pride and ask for help, which was extremely embarrassing for Sir Shen. Turning to Jiang Chenyue, he added, "Madame Chu, and to you as well, I want to apologize."

Jiang Chenyue furrowed her brow slightly, without responding. Her silence was an unspoken refusal.

Old Madam Shen somewhat felt slapped in the face.

However, Jiang Chenyue’s earlier show of strength made it difficult for her to rely on her age to assert authority; she could only endure it.

Listening to her husband’s dry voice as he got to the main point, "Actually, the main reason I came out was not to apologize to you two; the person I really want to apologize to is Rong!"

Rong Yan felt everyone’s gaze fall upon her.

Sir Shen spoke hoarsely and with difficulty, "It was wrong of me, Grandpa Shen didn’t discipline Shen Siyuan and Shen Yu well, they brought you a lot of trouble and even caused you to be kidnapped. Our Shen Family has wronged you, we should have been sincerely apologetic to you, but ever since returning to the country, they never sought you out to apologize, and even tried to leverage connections to get them out of trouble, which was our mistake. Including tonight’s banquet, I was the one who had Old Madame Shen ask your grandmother to invite you over, yet didn’t manage Shen Yu well, embarrassing you, which was also wrong on our part. Rong, you are a good child, and I’m here to apologize to you, I’m sorry."

Rong Yan could hear the sincerity in his words, but she couldn’t tell if this sincerity arose from guilt or from fearing Jiang Chenyue and the others.

Old Madam Shen, seeing that the head of the family had spoken, was dissatisfied inside, but forced a wry smile on her face, continuing, "Rong, Grandma was in the wrong too. Grandma said you and Shen Yu looked the same in my eyes, but like Grandpa didn’t manage Shen Yu well, and made you sad, Grandma should also apologize to you. Can you forgive us?"

Sir Shen, supporting his useless left leg, spoke with a sense of age and world-weariness, "Even if you don’t forgive us, that’s okay. I just want to apologize to you. Otherwise, as an elder, what I did today was too much of a failure! What you said to Shen Yu was right, it not only reprimanded him but also awakened me."

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