Rebirth: Splendid Marriage in the 80s Chapter 2584 - 2520: Bitter Memories

When Old Madam Nian and Nian Tang arrived that day, they brought up Nian Chengcheng's diary, aiming to trade it for this house.

Back then, he dismissed it as mere casual scribbles from Nian Chengcheng, remembering her old habit of keeping such notes.

Old Madam Nian and Nian Tang felt confident since they knew Meng Xinian treasured his mother's items, but he never anticipated the diary hiding such vital secrets.

Listening to Meng Xinian reveal these matters now, his heart pounded fiercely.

Did Nian Chengcheng truly document all those past events in it?

"That’s right, it’s my mother’s diary; she recorded everything."

"Where is the diary?" Meng Chaojun asked anxiously, "What else is written in the diary?"

He burned with urgency to uncover what lay within that diary.

Meng Xinian remarked with a mocking edge, "Why? Don’t you suspect that what she wrote was meant to cover up the truth?"

"No, she wouldn’t," Meng Chaojun replied instinctively, "If she had written it deliberately, she should have shown it to me back then. But she cherished that diary like it was precious. I thought, I thought it was filled with her feelings for other men, and I feared that reading it would make me nauseous, so I never considered looking at it..."

At that moment, his body swayed once more.

Suddenly, it hit him: if Nian Chengcheng had been jotting down such private matters, why did he so often catch her writing openly every day? She should have kept it hidden from him.

Yet in truth, he regularly saw her at the desk scribbling away, perched by the windowsill writing, or in the courtyard penning her thoughts.

She never shied away from him while maintaining her diary.

Does that mean she wasn't worried about him peeking at her diary at all?

This realization drained the color from Meng Chaojun’s face.

Straining to speak, he asked, "You say, that’s how Nian Che felt about her back then?"

"Otherwise, why do you think he came to cause trouble at the house back then? When he made a fuss, did you not sense anything?" Meng Xinian still found his past stupidity utterly baffling.

Without Meng Chaojun's earlier provocation, he might not have blurted out the truth right now.

Even so, he felt no remorse after voicing it.

Meng Chaojun needed to grasp Nian Che's real character and remain wary of him.

Lest he ends up in Ke Ku Li, leaving only Chiang Xiaoxiao here, and Nian Che causes trouble for her. Chiang Xiaoxiao already has enough troubles that he wishes he could hide her in his pocket, carrying her with him to shield her from all storms.

Over time, the disturbances he inflicted on her were scarce, while the Meng Family brought endless woes, and Meng Chaojun still depended on her even today.

Thus, Meng Xinian had always shown deep consideration for Chiang Xiao.

Meng Chaojun couldn't resist remembering the day Nian Che stormed their house.

Every single word, glance, and action—he replayed them all in vivid detail.

The more he reflected, the more his heart quaked with shock.

Looking back, every element screamed suspicion, especially Nian Che’s gaze that blazed with destructive fury. Could that truly have been just anger over his sister's secret marriage?

But that's exactly what he believed at the time.

Then, he inevitably recalled the night he thought he caught her in an affair, along with Nian Chengcheng’s expression upon returning.