Rebirth: Splendid Marriage in the 80s Chapter 2583: 2519: Unquenchable Fire

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Previously on Rebirth: Splendid Marriage in the 80s...
Meng Xinian warns the family of a suspicious person lingering near Meng Sheng's hospital room, likely tied to Nian Che, and instructs them to stay home. Chiang Xiao notes Nian Che's motives extend beyond revenge. Tensions flare as Meng Xinian reveals Nian Che's obsessive love for his mother, which turned to hatred amid orchestrated misunderstandings between her and Meng Chaojun, but the discussion halts to avoid agitating the ill father.

“No, Dad, Little, let him talk. I need to hear what he truly intends.” Meng Chaojun rose to his feet and stared at Meng Xinian.

He really desired to hear it and figure out its meaning.

“Regarding the past, Xinian, to be honest, I never planned to reveal it to you, since I didn’t wish to ruin your view of your mother. You’ve always seen her as wonderful and flawless, so why not continue that way!”

“What, you believe you’re helping me out? Do you think she was with another man then and betrayed you somehow?”

Meng Xinian let out a sneer.

Meng Chaojun’s expression shifted drastically.

“You knew?” He questioned, stunned.

“That’s precisely why I called you foolish. Back then, my mother never betrayed you at all; Nian Che orchestrated the whole thing, and you alone remained in the dark!”

“No way!” Meng Chaojun’s face flushed red, fists tightly balled, “No way, I witnessed it myself that day!”

Nian Chengcheng.

She was the sole woman he had ever truly loved in his life.

Thanks to her, he learned just how ridiculous it was for an adult man to get so caught up in romance and feelings!

Later, with Duan Qingqing, he merely enjoyed her appearance and figure. Duan Qingqing kept satisfying him, flattering him, and bringing him joy, all without demanding he care about her emotions or desires.

Meng Chaojun believed men-women relations worked better like this, far less complicated no matter what, compared to his love for Nian Chengcheng in those days.

Nian Chengcheng had wounded him far too severely.

He had never dreamed a respectable man like him could suffer such profound pain from love.

Still, he refused to badmouth Nian Chengcheng before Meng Xinian.

In his view, allowing his son to cherish only the positive memories of his mother was ideal for him.

He felt he had already done plenty.

Yet now, Meng Xinian claimed Nian Chengcheng had loved him back then without any betrayal?

And Nian Che was behind it all?

Believing that seemed impossible.

“What exactly did you see? Come on, spill it, what happened right there.” Meng Xinian sneered.

“I saw…”

Meng Chaojun stopped speaking suddenly.

Regardless, he couldn’t force himself to explain to Meng Xinian the messy hotel bed with his mother’s earring lying there.

Such details would devastate Meng Xinian.

Yet Meng Xinian finished it for him.

“The hotel, my mom’s earring, wasn’t it? But did you know, Mom claimed she had no idea when it went missing, meaning someone intentionally used her earring to stage that phony setup, and you swallowed it whole without checking!”

Meng Chaojun trembled faintly.

“How, how did you learn about this?”

His thoughts went completely empty.

Everything he had buried deep, never sharing with a soul, Meng Xinian already knew?

But that couldn’t be possible?

Old Meng suddenly recalled.

“Back then, Nian Tang and the rest mentioned your mom kept a diary; was it recorded there?” Old Meng inquired, shocked.

Hearing those words, Meng Chaojun instantly remembered.

His body quivered once more.

Indeed, indeed.