Ice and Fire novel Chapter 176

Jackson drove his car to the JS Group at full speed, with his mind a total mess.

He thought, 'Cherry, what the hell is happening here?

Do we really have a son together? Why didn't you tell me about him?

Cherry, how could you dare to hide him from me!'

At that same time, Cherry was in a huge warehouse looking at an old man who was standing not that far away from her. He was trying to move a box with great efforts.

Cherry's eyes filled with tears when she saw him. She stood there for a while just staring at him, but because the man was so busy with his work, he didn't even notice her for a second.

"Dad!" suddenly shouted Cherry.

Harrison vaguely heard someone's voice, and thought, 'I'm always working here alone. Who could possibly also be here at this hour?'

He stopped his work and then gazed towards the entrance.

When he recognized the familiar figure, he started to shiver uncontrollably. He moved his lips and wanted to say something, but his throat was too dry to even utter a single word.

Cherry then slowly walked closer to him and saw the wrinkles on his face and the dirty clothes he wore. She could hardly believe that the man in front of her was really her father Harrison Shen. He had used to be a decent and respectable man, but who would have ever imagined that he would become like that?

"Why, why, why are you here?" astoundedly asked Harrison.

"Dad, I came here to see you, " replied Cherry, with tears streaming down her cheeks.

Harrison felt very sad when he saw his daughter crying. He dropped his gaze to avoid eye contact with her, and said, "Let's get out of this messy place."

Cherry didn't say anything, and instead turned around and walked towards the exit.

Then they sat on some chairs outside and had their first talk after years of separation.

Harrison curiously asked, "When did you come back to the city? I heard that you vanished completely, and that even Jackson wasn't able to find you." He still had his head lowered, and still felt awkward to look at Cherry when he talked with her, because he hadn't forgotten about anything that had happened in the past.

"I've been back for some time already, but before that I lived with my mom abroad, " replied Cherry.

Harrison felt even worse in his soul when he heard Cherry mention about her mother. He asked, "How's your mother now?"

"She's fine, and Uncle Jacob has treated us well, " said Cherry.

"Right, she couldn't be less than fine, because Jacob is a good man, " said Harrison, whose heart had suddenly flooded with sadness, "Silly me."

Cherry felt sorry for him when she saw how depressed he was. She asked, "Dad, why are you working here? Where's Aunt Jade? Even if the Shen Group is bankrupt, you shouldn't be reduced to live like this."

The only thing that was beyond Cherry's understanding was how her father had managed to fall so low. Considering the great influence that the Shen Group had in the past, Harrison should have led a simple life, but he instead toiled like a slave.

He bowed his head, and thought, 'She's my daughter, my own flesh and blood. There's no need for me to conceal anything from her, ' He decided to tell her everything.

"Jade divorced me and took away all my savings with her, without even leaving a penny for me. I asked my friends for help, but they had all benefited from Jade and obeyed her words, so none of them were willing to help me, " said Harrison in a weary and low voice.

Cherry listened to his words and could only imagine how he had been mistreated by Jade.

Harrison continued, "Since your sister had gotten into trouble, Jade started to become restless at home and said that she would avenge your sister. She had planned to hire someone to murder you, but because everyone knew that you were married into the Chu Clan, nobody agreed to help her. That's why she couldn't hurt you."