Chapter 45: Well, look at that—has the kid finally gotten a clue?
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In those days, Old Master Shang had only one child, Shang Xu, and he had not wanted his wife to have another. Lady Shang had suffered a difficult labor when giving birth to Shang Xu, and the old man had been deeply shaken by it.
Later, Shang Yang came along, conceived entirely by accident.
Otherwise, Shang Yang would not have been only seven or eight years older than his own nephew.
And yet that bastard Yang Haoyu had actually treated their cherished and pampered Shang Feifei as nothing more than a tool for bearing children?!
And he wanted her to give birth several times?!
Shang Feifei’s face turned pale as well.
At that moment, Old Master Shang and Shang Yang had already made up their minds:
No matter what Shang Feifei ultimately decided—even if they had to tear the lovers apart, even if Shang Feifei ended up hating them…
They absolutely would not allow their Feifei to be with that Yang Haoyu!
How could anyone bully a daughter of the Shang family like that?
A murderous glint had already begun to rise in Old Master Shang’s eyes.
It was only because Lin Xianxian was wholly absorbed in her thoughts and the delicious food that she failed to notice.
Lin Xianxian felt rather sorry for Shang Feifei.
【Feifei has always treated me so well. I absolutely won’t let her end up like she did in the story, reduced to a tool for that scumbag Yang to have children and a pawn for his psychological manipulation!】
The three members of the Shang family warmed at once.
【Shang Feifei’s fate was truly tragic in the end. Materially speaking, with Shang Beiming, the male lead and her older brother, she had never lacked anything.】
【But in spirit, after ten years of marriage spent constantly giving birth, she became not only a childbearing tool but also someone who continually suppressed her true nature, striving to be a virtuous wife, honoring Yang Haoyu’s parents and caring for the children. Her life contained nothing but her husband and children. Nothing else.】
Was she… really going to become that sort of person?
As Shang Feifei recalled what her life had been like after falling for Yang Haoyu, she suddenly realized in horror:
Her life truly had become exactly as Lin Xianxian had described.
Apart from Yang Haoyu, there was nothing else.
Back in her freshman year, before she had fallen for him, she had gone on short trips with her friends every week, played the tennis she loved, flown to Harbin to ski, and traveled to seaside cities to eat seafood…
She had watched the stars with her grandfather and listened to him tell stories about the past…
Even with her mother, she had gone to international fashion weeks and bought beautiful clothes, shoes, and handbags she adored…
When she was with Lin Xianxian, they had enjoyed delicious food together and gone shopping. Whenever one of Lin Xianxian’s foreign friends came to the country, Lin Xianxian would bring her along, allowing her to meet people from all over the world…
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High school had been even more exciting. She had taken part in foreign-language competitions and attended summer and winter camps abroad…
Her life, it turned out, had once been so rich and colorful.
When she had not thought too deeply about it, everything had seemed fine. But now, prompted by Lin Xianxian, Shang Feifei suddenly realized:
After falling for Yang Haoyu, she seemed to have lost her own life.
For more than three years, her entire existence had revolved around one person: Yang Haoyu.
Because she wanted to see him every day, she stopped going out when her friends invited her. Even when she did go, she stayed only briefly; the moment she heard anything about Yang Haoyu, she would leave at once.
Over time, her friends stopped looking for her as often.
Knowing that Yang Haoyu disliked her extravagant lifestyle, she had abandoned her former flamboyance and worn only the same few outfits and pairs of shoes in rotation. Even when Lin Xianxian and her mother bought her beautiful new clothes and shoes, she did not dare wear them to school…
She was afraid Yang Haoyu would think they came from different worlds.
She had rarely gone abroad anymore. She had given up the hobbies that obviously cost a great deal of money. She no longer even played the violin she loved very much—all because, once, when Yang Haoyu saw another girl playing the violin and Shang Feifei excitedly began to say that she could play too, he had looked away and remarked:
“That instrument must be really expensive to learn, right? It feels like she and I come from different worlds.”
Shang Feifei had been startled at once and never dared mention again that she played the violin.
She did not want the boy she loved to think she was too far beyond his reach, that they belonged to different worlds.
She wanted to enter Yang Haoyu’s world.
So even though she disliked the food in the school cafeteria, she went there with Yang Haoyu every day.
Later, when she learned that Yang Haoyu believed food made by hand showed the greatest sincerity and should not be refused when it represented someone’s affection, she spent an entire summer learning to cook from famous chefs.
After that, whenever she had free time, she cooked for Yang Haoyu.
Looking carefully back over the past three years, Shang Feifei suddenly realized that apart from attending classes, her life consisted of making lunch boxes for Yang Haoyu and bringing them to him, gazing at him with infatuation…
Discussing with Lin Xianxian the meaning behind every word and gesture of Yang Haoyu’s, wondering whether he liked her…
Then creating opportunities for Lin Xianxian to spend time with her own older brother…
And that was all.
Shang Feifei suddenly felt lost.
Was this… the life she wanted?
Including the ten years of married life Lin Xianxian had described.
If she could be with the man she loved, but the price was losing her own life, suppressing her true nature, and spending every day revolving around her husband, their children, and his parents…
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Would she really be happy?
Was that truly the life she wanted?
Shang Feifei’s heart felt heavy. She could not immediately answer yes.
The three members of the Shang family had intended to keep listening, but Lin Xianxian had already finished all the food. Then, after focusing on nothing but eating, she suddenly blurted out:
【Oh no, I ate too much… Tomorrow is the wedding! What if I can’t fit into my wedding dress and formal gown?!】
The three of them, whose spirits had been heavy only moments earlier, nearly choked. Then, all at once, they relaxed considerably.
Old Master Shang and Shang Yang did not rush to make Lin Xianxian continue thinking about Shang Feifei’s situation. The information they had heard so far was already enough for them to decide what they needed to do next.
As for Shang Feifei, she was still somewhat bewildered. After dinner, she went to find Lin Xianxian.
“Xianxian, if… after finally getting together with Yang Haoyu, I discovered that my life consisted of nothing but him, that I was no longer myself at all, would you say I should still be with him?”
Lin Xianxian was rather surprised.
After all, before today, Shang Feifei’s feelings toward that opportunistic country boy, Yang Haoyu, had always been filled with unease.
That man had kept her dangling all along. He refused to define their relationship, yet continued accepting her kindness, acting behind closed doors as though they were lovers and behaving ambiguously toward her…
So Shang Feifei had always believed that if she tried just a little harder, she would eventually win Yang Haoyu over.
She had no idea that Yang Haoyu was deliberately keeping her at arm’s length.
Perhaps Yang Haoyu understood that a young lady from a family like Shang Feifei’s had possessed everything she could possibly want from childhood onward.
Precisely because he made her love him without ever attaining him, Shang Feifei became even more unable to let go.
After graduation, when she could no longer seek him out every day as she had at school, Yang Haoyu gave her that opportunity once more and agreed to become her boyfriend.
Of course, he then claimed that they had to keep the relationship secret so that no one would think he had entered the Shang Corporation through her connections…
Shang Feifei had been strung along by Yang Haoyu from beginning to end. Without obtaining him, she could never bring herself to give up.
But now, before she had even officially gotten together with Yang Haoyu, she had already begun to doubt him?
The corners of Lin Xianxian’s lips curled upward.
【Well, well. Has this girl finally seen the light?】
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