The two had just walked out of the institute's gate.
Outside the door.
Nan Tianyi was waiting for them: "Are you out?"
When Xie's mother saw his face full of blue stubble, she extinguished the cigarette in her hand, threw the butt on the ground and crushed it with the tip of her shoe. She was surrounded by indifference and looked at them not as if they were a family but as if they were strangers.
Xie's mother's heart skipped a beat, and she felt a strong sense of uneasiness...
She pulled Xie Xinyao and walked over slowly, forcing a smile to greet the visitor: "Tianyi, why are you here?"
Nan Tianyi ignored her, his sharp eyes passed over her and fell on Xie Xinyao who was hiding behind her. His eyes were like a knife, frightening Xie Xinyao so much that she lowered her head and whispered, "Uncle-in-law."
Nan Tianyi didn't respond.
Mother Xie panicked a little, and immediately stood in front of her daughter, pretending to be relaxed and saying, "Tianyi, why didn't you tell me you were coming? I could have come out to pick you up."
"Yeah." Nan Tianyi finally gave her a straight look, but his eyes were no longer as gentle as before, only endless coldness remained: "If I come earlier, how can you forgive the Ji family for me and Tingyun in front of Dean Feng?"
Xie's mother's face suddenly turned red, her eyes flickered, and she said awkwardly: "I, I didn't mean that."
"Didn't you forgive Ji Zinyin for me in there?" This was the first time that Nan Tianyi didn't give her face and spoke extremely harshly.
After a moment of embarrassment, Xie's mother had to explain: "Someone from the Ji family found me and discussed with me to let me perform a play in the office. We also want to make a big deal out of a small matter and don't want to make a big deal out of it. After all, Xinyao is still young, and for her future, I have to do this..."
When Ji Hongyuan found her privately and asked her to jointly "act" a reconciliation scene in front of Feng Yu, she hesitated.
She knew that what she did was inappropriate, but considering Xie Xinyao's future, Xie's mother gritted her teeth and cooperated with Ji Hongyuan to put on a show.
After all, there is only one victim in this matter—Xie Tingyun.
Xie Tingyun is also a member of the Xie family.
The Xie family themselves said they would not pursue the matter, and the research institute was not in a position to impose heavy penalties.
Even though everyone knew that she hadn't cleaned up her own mess and had no right to forgive Ji Ziyin on behalf of Xie Tingyun, everyone present was smart, and all they wanted was to save face for each other... They risked their reputation to stage a scene, and even though Feng Yu knew that they had no right to stage a "reconciliation" scene, it was not easy to expose them in public.
If Qiao Nian hadn't come today, maybe their method would have worked!
Unfortunately, Qiao Nian came.
All efforts turned into cannon fodder.
"So in your eyes, her future is more important than my wife's life." Nan Tianyi looked very calm when he said this, as if he was just asking calmly.
Mother Xie's heartbeat quickened, and she keenly sensed the ruthlessness in Nan Tianyi's tone, and hurriedly said, "That's not what I meant."
"Isn't Tingyun okay?"
"I agreed to the method proposed by the Ji family because I thought that Tingyun was able to turn danger into safety this time."
Seeing that Nan Tianyi was unmoved, Mother Xie gritted her teeth and continued, "I have already taught Xinyao a lesson in private. When Tingyun gets better, I will let her kneel in front of her aunt's bed to admit her mistake..."
"Mom." Xie Xinyao couldn't accept the result of kneeling down to admit her mistake. She pulled Xie's mother's arm and called out to her mother in dissatisfaction.
(End of this chapter)