CHAPTER 317: IMPOSSIBLE SITUATION

Tang Shuwen nodded. "Then I’ll take Xiao Nian out for the day."

"Where are you going?"

"Just driving around," Tang Shuwen said with a smile. Chen Xueru thought for a moment. "I’ll go with you. I’ll postpone the play and reschedule with my friend in a few days. Where are you taking Xiao Nian?"

Xiao Nian rarely appeared in public. Besides the press conference for their wedding, he had never been in the public eye. After the shooting, the Tang family protected him even more, fearing that the media would hurt their precious son. Tang Shuwen was very good at keeping things private.

"Just for a drive." Tang Shuwen picked up Xiao Nian, kissed Chen Xueru, and left. Chen Xueru looked on with a worried expression, feeling a pang of sadness. Wen Lan smiled and said, "Shuwen knows what he’s doing. Don’t worry."

Chen Xueru looked at the backs of her husband and son with a worried heart.

If only Xiao Nian could get better.

She had finally given Xiao Nian a family, but now he was... Chen Xueru thought about the original reason for her marriage and then about her son, and her heart ached. Then she thought about Zhao Yuning and her child, and she was filled with sorrow.

Wen Lan’s eyes fell on Chen Xueru’s melancholy face, and she asked the question that had been in her mind for a while. "Xueru, have you and Shuwen been fighting?"

Before they went on their honeymoon, they were fine. Although they weren’t a doting couple, they seemed no different from any other married couple. Tang Shuwen and Wen Lan knew that Tang Shuwen and Chen Xueru’s relationship was a bit fragile, so they didn’t expect them to fall in love and live happily right away.

Given Chen Xueru’s intelligence, poise, and grace, it was easy to fall in love with a girl like her. Their son was not bad either, so Wen Lan was very confident in their relationship.

During their honeymoon, they called home every day. She could feel that their relationship was getting better.

However, Chen Xueru had been very unhappy recently, and the atmosphere between the two of them was a bit formal.

It was as if they were back in the period of adjustment after Tang Shuwen first found out that Xiao Nian was his son.

"No," Chen Xueru said with a faint smile, lowering her head. "We didn’t fight."

"Xueru, did Shuwen do something to hurt you?" Wen Lan asked directly. She had already noticed that her daughter-in-law was not herself. As a mother-in-law, it wasn’t her place to get involved in her son and daughter-in-law’s issues, but since Tang Shuwen wasn’t there, she couldn’t help but ask. Wen Lan was so fond of Chen Xueru, and she was afraid that Tang Shuwen would handle things poorly and ruin their happy family.

Chen Xueru’s eyes showed a hint of sadness. Besides her and Tang Shuwen, Wen Lan and the others didn’t know about Zhao Yuning. Tang Shuwen hadn’t said anything, and neither had she. If she said anything, would she be considered a tattletale?

Wen Lan looked at Tang Mandong. "Didn’t you have plans with Chunmiao?"

Tang Mandong raised an eyebrow and gave a cold smile. "Mom, if you want me to leave, just say so. Dad, I’m taking your convertible out, and I’ll get it detailed later. Bye."

Tang Mandong left.

Chen Xueru leaned back and smiled bitterly. "Zhao Yuning is pregnant."

"What?" Even Wen Lan, who was usually so calm, couldn’t help but raise her voice in shock. She couldn’t help but look at Tang Shuwen, who frowned, his eyes flashing with a cold, sharp light.

Pregnant?

Chen Xueru smiled bitterly. "She was pregnant before we got married. Shuwen asked Xiao Liu to find a way to get rid of the child. It seems Zhao Yuning found out about Shuwen’s decision and ran out of A City that night. We don’t know where she is now."

She really felt that this whole thing was a bit ironic. In the beginning, Tang Shuwen was willing to marry her because of the child, and he gave up the woman he had loved for years to marry her. But after they got married, Xiao Nian became unresponsive and mute, and Zhao Yuning became pregnant, and with a son at that.

What else could this be but irony?

Being a daughter-in-law in a wealthy family was not easy. Chen Xueru married Tang Shuwen because of her son, and everyone knew it. The media also said that she was lucky to have a son for the Tang family, so no matter her background, she could marry into the Tang family.

Her position was secured by her son.

But now, Xiao Nian was like this, and Zhao Yuning was pregnant with a son. It was a cycle of cause and effect.

Chen Xueru never wanted the Tang family’s money or anything from Tang Shuwen. She simply wanted to give Xiao Nian a family. But her involvement had ruined the chance for Zhao Yuning and Tang Shuwen to have a family, so this was the punishment for it.

The punishment didn’t come to her, but to her son.

This was a heavy burden on Chen Xueru’s heart.

She was a Buddhist and believed in the cycle of cause and effect.

"What did Shuwen say to you?" Tang Shuwen asked.

Chen Xueru said, "That day, I overheard him on the phone with Xiao Liu. He wanted Xiao Liu to get rid of the child, but not to hurt Zhao Yuning. I... I don’t want that. I don’t want to hurt Zhao Yuning’s child or her, and I don’t want Shuwen to have blood on his hands because of Xiao Nian and me. That’s his own flesh and blood. If we do that, I’ll never have peace of mind. I’m a mother, and I understand how she feels. Besides, Shuwen will always have a thorn in his heart, and I don’t want that. Shuwen said he won’t force Xiao Liu to get rid of the child, and he’ll let things happen naturally."

Wen Lan’s eyebrows were furrowed. This was a tricky situation. She also didn’t want Tang Shuwen to order someone to get rid of the child. If he did, her son would never be happy, and every time he saw Xiao Nian, he would be reminded of the child he had killed.

Wen Lan’s eyebrows remained furrowed. Shuwen was a real playboy, but he had always been very careful. She had always told him that he could only have children with his legitimate wife and not cause any deaths.

For all these years, Tang Shuwen had been very careful, so how did he suddenly have a child?

"Are you sure the child is Shuwen’s?" Wen Lan asked.

Chen Xueru didn’t quite understand what Wen Lan meant. She thought Wen Lan also liked children, since it was the Tang family’s bloodline. She thought for a moment and replied, "It should be Shuwen’s. From his tone, it sounded like it was his."

Wen Lan’s eyes narrowed, and a cold light flashed in them. Zhao Yuning was pregnant. Did she think that being pregnant would get her into the Tang family? This child came at a very bad time and would only destroy Shuwen and Xueru’s marriage.

It was not to be!

Tang Shuwen said flatly, "Since Shuwen promised you, just listen to him. He will handle this."

"But... I’m very conflicted..." Chen Xueru said. This was the nature of humanity, and it was unavoidable to be a little selfish. She didn’t want to hurt anyone, but when she thought about Zhao Yuning really giving birth to the child, what would she do? She couldn’t face it, and she couldn’t be calm about it. With Zhao Yuning’s personality, if she gave birth to the child, she would make it known to the world, and it would be difficult for Shuwen.

She didn’t want Tang Shuwen to do this, not only for her own reasons but also because she didn’t want him to have a psychological trauma.