Chen Yutong always felt that Zhan Yangyi had been strange lately.
He seemed to no longer mention the inheritance matters in front of her, as if the issue had already been resolved.
"Yangyi, about the inheritance..."
Before Chen Yutong could finish speaking, Zhan Yangyi interrupted her.
"By the way, Yumeng, I have some things to discuss with Mohan and the others later, so I'll be going out first."
After Zhan Yangyi finished speaking, he stood up and walked out of the house.
Only Chen Yutong was left stunned in place.
She felt that Zhan Yangyi was avoiding her, perhaps precisely because of the inheritance matter.
The more Zhan Yangyi avoided her, the more she was determined to get to the bottom of it.
Shortly after Zhan Yangyi arrived at the company, he ran into Zhan Yichen. Zhan Yichen noticed that Zhan Yangyi did not look well.
"Big brother, you still haven't told your sister-in-law about the matter today?"
Zhan Yangyi felt a sense of helplessness. He had indeed planned to tell Chen Yutong, but for some reason, he never found a suitable opportunity.
Instead, it was always Chen Yutong who brought up the matter first.
Zhan Yichen patted his shoulder with a helpless sigh. "How about this, big brother? I'll go back with you today and we'll make things clear. If sister-in-law gets angry, you can just blame it all on me."
Zhan Yangyi waved his hand. "Let's not. No matter what, this is our family matter. I shouldn't have involved others in the first place."
"But..." Zhan Yichen was still worried, as this was a significant issue.
However, Zhan Yichen also had to admit that perhaps they couldn't help with this matter, and could only see how Zhan Yangyi handled it.
He sighed in helplessness and could only shake his head and leave.
Because the project had previously been handed over to Zhan's Group, Zhan Yangyi had been very busy with work recently. This indeed gave him a reason to temporarily escape the issue.
But what about the future? Chen Yutong would eventually find out.
Just as he sat down at his desk, his phone rang.
"Hello? Yumeng, what's wrong?"
To his surprise, Chen Yutong's voice on the other end of the line sounded distressed. "Yangyi, my stomach hurts. I don't know what to do. Can you come back?"
Zhan Yangyi immediately panicked. He did not want Chen Yutong to have any health problems.
Although he had just arrived at the company, he now had no choice but to take leave and go back.
Zhan Mohan saw Zhan Yangyi take leave and did not ask for the reason, approving it immediately.
However, looking at Zhan Yangyi's demeanor, he had a feeling that something was about to happen in their family.
Zhan Yangyi rushed home, not bothering to think about anything else as he headed towards the room.
However, as soon as he entered, he was slightly taken aback by the situation inside.
He saw Chen Yutong perfectly fine, sitting on the bed reading a book, not at all like someone who had been feeling unwell just moments ago.
"Yumeng, are you alright?" Zhan Yangyi still asked.
Chen Yutong shook her head. "I'm fine. But if I didn't do this, how could you have rushed back to talk to me?"
Hearing this, Zhan Yangyi frowned. He had never thought that Chen Yutong would make such a joke.
"If you're fine, I'll be going back." His tone was slightly displeased. He did not like such jokes.
Chen Yutong looked at Zhan Yangyi's wronged expression. "Fine. If you're leaving, don't come back!"
Zhan Yangyi was truly at a loss as to what she was trying to achieve. This strange feeling made him somewhat irritable.
Chen Yutong continued, "These past few days, whenever I try to talk to you, you either change the subject or leave. If I don't do this, how can I talk to you more?"
As she spoke, she felt so wronged that she wanted to cry. She just wanted to discuss matters properly with Zhan Yangyi, but why did Zhan Yangyi always avoid her like this?
Clearly, she needed the most care right now, but Zhan Yangyi was always away due to work.
Seeing that Chen Yutong was on the verge of tears, Zhan Yangyi immediately deflated and felt a pang of heartache.
"I'm sorry. It has indeed been my neglect these past few days. I apologize," Zhan Yangyi said softly.
If he could, he wouldn't have wanted it to be this way.
He gently pulled Chen Yutong into his arms, constantly stroking her back to comfort her.
Chen Yutong finally managed to calm down and withdrew from Zhan Yangyi's embrace.
"Is there something you're hiding from me?"
Zhan Yangyi did not deny it. He was indeed hiding something from Chen Yutong. Perhaps now was the time to tell her everything.
"Yangyi, we are husband and wife. What can't you tell me? No matter what happens, we can face it together." Chen Yutong looked sincere.
Zhan Yangyi sighed. "Actually, I didn't intend to hide this from you forever. I just haven't found the opportunity to tell you."
"Then you can tell me now." Chen Yutong adopted a look of serious listening.
In fact, she had already guessed what it was about. Whenever she mentioned the inheritance recently, Zhan Yangyi would look the other way, which was very obvious.
But she had already prepared herself mentally. Even if the inheritance matter became very troublesome, she was willing to strive for it with Zhan Yangyi, time and time again.
"Actually, we already handled the inheritance issue a week ago."
"Handled?" Chen Yutong was somewhat surprised. She hadn't expected the matter to be resolved so easily.
"Isn't it a good thing that it's handled? Why hide it from me?" Chen Yutong was a little confused.
Zhan Yangyi sighed. "I retracted the inheritance conditions we previously proposed and handled the matter according to Grandpa's arrangements."
"What?" Chen Yutong could hardly believe it. "How... how could you do that?"
She had always thought that Zhan Yangyi would always be on her side. She thought Zhan Yangyi would understand her intentions, but why had it turned out this way?
"Listen to me. I've carefully considered your concerns, but I've always thought those concerns were completely unnecessary. Please listen to me this time, okay?" Zhan Yangyi said softly, as if afraid of accidentally hurting Chen Yutong.
But his words had already made Chen Yutong feel uncomfortable.
"How could you do this? I did all that for our family, for our child. How could you let all my efforts be in vain?"
Chen Yutong truly couldn't understand why Zhan Yangyi couldn't understand her on this matter.
He even hid it from her and handled everything.
Since when did they live in the same house but have completely different ideas?
Dreaming different dreams while sharing the same bed, it was indeed the sorrow of a couple.
"Yutong, believe me, even if we don't get that inheritance, I can still give you a better life. We don't necessarily need so much money to live a good life now."
Zhan Yangyi looked at Chen Yutong with sincerity, and he was even a little afraid that Chen Yutong would think of the worst.