Chapter 718: Pointing at Xia Xinghe

Editor: Millman97

Elder Shen and everyone else were astonished. What is she doing?

Xinghe and Mubai, who stood beside Elder Shen, didn鈥檛 display any change in their emotions. They watched this with a cold eye.

"What are you doing?" Elder Shen asked Tong Yan hurriedly.

Tong Yan looked at her with misty eyes like a poor child. "Grandfather, Mother and I can鈥檛 choose how we are born, but we can choose our family. Can you please forgive us? We know our mistakes and will respect you as our most beloved elder from now on, so don鈥檛 abandon us; we really cannot separate ourselves from you, because you are our closest family!"

Elder Shen thought they were only going to appreciate his care towards them in this party, turned out they still harbored the wish to return to the Shen family...

Elder Shen was not a cold-blooded person. He was indeed moved by what she said, however he had promised Xinghe to temporarily cut ties with them. For the sake of his lost daughter, he couldn鈥檛 accept them back into the Shen family.

Elder Shen stretched out his hands to help Tong Yan stand up and sighed. "Please stand up, stop kneeling."

"No!" Tong Yan rejected him stubbornly. "Grandfather, if you don鈥檛 say you鈥檝e forgiven us then I will not stand up!"

"Father, please forgive us!" Shen Ru also rushed over to beg him. Touched by the mother and daughter鈥檚 performance, many people there couldn鈥檛 help but pity and empathize with them. Some even helped them to convince Elder Shen.

"Elder Shen, why don鈥檛 you forgive them? They didn鈥檛 exactly do anything wrong, this is all the Lin family鈥檚 fault and they didn鈥檛 know anything about it, so you really shouldn鈥檛 blame them."

"That鈥檚 right, after all, you did raise them, even if they are not your biological kin, the decades of relationship still count for something, right?"

"Grandfather, can you please forgive us?" Tong Yan grabbed his arm tightly and begged through her tears.

Elder Shen said after a short silence, "Actually, I鈥檝e never blamed either one of you, so please stand up, I really didn鈥檛 fault you two."

"Really?" Tong Yan was surprised. "Grandpa, this means you鈥檙e ready to accept us back?"

"Father, you鈥檙e willing to take us back into the family? You鈥檙e willing to take me back as your daughter?" Shen Ru asked with anticipation.

Elder Shen shook his head. "We can discuss that later. Today is Little Yan鈥檚 birthday; let鈥檚 not ruin the occasion with such heavy details, please stand up."

To his surprise, Tong Yan suddenly started crying again. "Grandfather! You already decided to reaccept us that day, but in just a matter of minutes, you reneged on your words. Why is that? Is it really because of her?"

Tong Yan pointed directly at Xinghe. Suddenly, Xinghe was put on the spotlight.

Elder Shen frowned with displeasure. "What does this have to do with Xinghe? Don鈥檛 simply accuse people."

"I鈥檓 not! It is because of her that you decided to abandon us. That day, you鈥檇 already promised that you would reaccept us, but after a secret meeting with her in the study, you suddenly went back on your words. Even Xia Xinghe herself has admitted that she is the one pulling the strings. But I do not understand, she is nothing but your new step granddaughter, so why are you listening to her every word. I do not understand why that is. In your heart, is she more important than us? Could it be that she can offer you something our family cannot offer?"