Chapter 22 Stunning

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Time was getting late, Yan Qingruo thanked the store manager and then took a ride home.

She still felt a bit uneasy, that home, so cold, lacking much warmth.

Ever since her mother's death, her father's attitude had grown increasingly colder.

Today was her father's fiftieth birthday, and Yan Qingruo knew that her father, who cared about appearances, didn't truly wish to see her return. It was just that if she did not, he would lose face in front of others.

What he valued more was always his reputation, not his daughter.

Yan Qingruo had considered not getting involved in her father's affairs anymore.

But as her grandmother had said, her father was after all the man her mother had loved all her life. Now that her mother was gone, she couldn't cut ties with her father completely.

He was unkind, but she still felt obligated.

At worst, she would just minimize contact in the future.

When Yan Qingruo got home, there were already quite a few guests there.