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Chapter 41: Accompanying You One More Stage

Wan Yanyan walked in wearing a waiter's uniform, her expression dazed and her eyes red and swollen, a sight that naturally evoked pity. Biting her lip tightly, two clear streams of tears fell uncontrollably as she asked, "Mother, is it really that sordid?"

Duan Mingyu and Xie Xiande remained silent; their silence spoke volumes.

A person must always go through certain trials to mature. Duan Mingyu thought of himself, recalling all the twists and turns of his past and present lives, and his mood inevitably grew heavy.

Seeing that neither of them spoke, Wan Yanyan suddenly threw herself onto Duan Mingyu and burst into heartbroken sobs. "Why, why did Father leave me since I was a child? Why did Mother wrong Father? Why!"

Duan Mingyu gently stroked Wan Yanyan's back. "The heavens do not always grant us a clear and beautiful destiny; there are some paths in this human world that one must face alone. How many helpless arrangements there are in this world, and how many heartbreaking endings! Cry, crying will make you feel a little better!"

Xie Xiande cast a peculiar glance at the two of them and quietly withdrew, thinking to himself, *Yanyan can already be considered half a member of the Xie family. If she unites with Mingyu... tut-tut, this old man is truly too clever.*

As Duan Mingyu gently caressed Wan Yanyan, her body suddenly stiffened, but it quickly relaxed. Her jade-like face was desolate, tear-streaked like a pear blossom drenched in spring rain. Her shoulders trembled, as if she had pierced straight into the softest part of Duan Mingyu's heart. Looking at her face, one from which even the most fastidious critic could find no flaws, Duan Mingyu could not help but kiss her.

Wan Yanyan closed her eyes tightly, a flush instantly blooming across her cheeks, making her all the more alluring and moving. Inhaling the masculine scent radiating