Chapter 1052: 708: Doing Bad Deeds Can Be Addictive

The call ended. She looked up, her gaze meeting Bai Fengmao’s, her eyes filled with tears,

"The two brothers are kind-hearted, like their mother. My brother is no good, but these two children are wonderful..."

"I believe you."

"Mr. Bai... I, Shi Haiyan, swear to the heavens, I never intended to harm your two great-grandchildren, never."

"..."

Bai Fengmao just kept a calm face, neither affirming nor denying belief.

"I was just... panicked, just at a dead end... I can’t let this family be ruined like this! Mr. Bai, can you understand? If my husband doesn’t get out, this family is finished!"

"Is that so?"

Bai Fengmao’s compassionate eyes fell on Yin Junjie,

"I think this family will not be finished. With someone like Junjie, your family definitely won’t be finished."

"..."

Shi Haiyan was stunned, she looked at Yin Junjie... A bitter smile crept onto her aged face,

"Yes, Junjie is an outstanding child... But, he’s probably unwilling to recognize me as his grandmother anymore."

Yin Junjie wiped his tears, stood up, and wrapped his arms around Shi Haiyan’s neck,

"Grandma, no! I think Grandma has done very well. Junjie respects and loves you from the bottom of his heart. I’m only afraid you might not want to recognize me as your bad grandson... boohoo..."

Shi Haiyan sobbed uncontrollably.

She tightly embraced the small frame of her grandson.

"When Uncle Huang Huang and Aunt Shuangshuang come back, they will definitely also be very grateful to you, Grandma..."

Yin Junjie said earnestly.

"Silly boy, they will only hate Grandma... Grandma has been terrible to their family..."

That hug from Yin Junjie brought out Shi Haiyan’s guilt and regret from deep within.

Reflecting back on her life, following her husband, she indeed did too many shameful things.

Yin Junjie stood there, holding Shi Haiyan’s face, wiping away the tears from her face,

"Grandma, it’s okay... If we were wrong, we’ll change, and from now on, we won’t make mistakes anymore. Great-uncle’s family will definitely forgive us."

"... Hehe."

Shi Haiyan chuckled softly and patted Yin Junjie’s head.

No matter how mature and sensible he is, he is ultimately just a child, a ten-year-old child who can never understand the half-century-aged them...

No opportunity left to reform and start anew.

He also cannot comprehend the suffering she and her husband caused Yin Shixiu and his wife, an agony that can never be repaid in this lifetime.

It’s not that Yin Shixiu and his wife aren’t kind or magnanimous enough; it’s that they were too brutal, too absolute...

Time and again...

Shi Haiyan doesn’t claim ignorance; doing bad things can indeed become an addiction.

Especially when these misdeeds can protect their interests, can seize more benefits for themselves.

This addiction spanned decades.

"Junjie... Grandpa and Grandma are truly sorry to you..."

Yin Junjie shook his head and hugged Shi Haiyan even tighter, unable to speak, just letting his tears fall.

He knew that Grandpa and Grandma had made grave mistakes and that they would face legal punishment, and he also knew... His father might not escape this either...

His future seemed utterly confused and bewildering.

Little Junfan’s future was equally chaotic and bewildering...

But still...

"Grandma, I promise you, I will grow up with Junfan, no matter where we grow up, Junfan and I will become upright people and then take care of you in your old age."

Shi Haiyan’s expression was one of astonishment, her lips trembling, tears streaming down ceaselessly.

"Grandma, you have to promise me, let’s sincerely acknowledge our mistakes, okay? Don’t listen to Grandpa anymore... Grandpa is wrong..."

"Boohoo... Junjie..."

Yin Bowen stood by, looking at this child, a complete stranger.

Yet, this child was his son.

His mother was a nearly fifty-year-old woman; the whole family was already at a dead end, inevitably fragile.

And Yin Bowen?

Seeing his mother and son crying like this, to claim he was completely unmoved would be a lie.

However, the regret and apology in his heart were not so plentiful, more like... a resigned helplessness.

Yin Bowen had to somewhat admit, he wasn’t like his father, a man with ambition and drive, at best just a spoiled scion.

Despite broad shoulders, he never bore any responsibility, nor could he carry this family.

He used to be fearless with his father backing him.

As the family’s influence gradually diminished... Yin Bowen could only slightly restrain himself, restrain and then resign to fate.

In his father’s words, he was indeed the hopeless case.

Bai Fengmao looked at these three generations of a family...

Without Yin Shiqing as the backbone, the confidence of this family was gone, collapsing like a house of cards, that was about it.