Xia Rushan begged Yu Suqiao, pleading desperately, "Mom, please let me go to school! Mom, I beg you. I'll be good to my brother. I'll agree to anything except marry him. Mom, if I finish my studies, I'll have choices in the future. I'll work hard, and I'll take care of you and my brother. I'll support my brother for the rest of my life. Mom, please, can you let me go to school?"

Yu Suqiao pressured Xia Rushan: "You can study if you want, but if you sleep with Dajiang tonight, I'll believe you truly want to spend your life with us. As long as you sleep together, I'll support you to continue high school."

Xia Rushan trembled all over: "Mom, no! My brother doesn't understand anything! Mom, I'm only sixteen! Mom, I beg you, as long as I don't marry my brother, I will support him for the rest of my life, please, please!"

Yu Suqiao is extremely cold-hearted.

She raised Xia Rushan for her son's sake.

Her son can only be like an idiot, so why should Xia Rushan have a bright future?

She talks a good game now, but when she's all grown up and independent, she'll just fly away and never come back!

Only by breaking her wings will she obediently listen to you.

Yu Suqiao asked her brother to help her lock Xia Rushan in Xia Dajiang's room.

In order to force Xia Rushan to submit, Yu Suqiao even went so far as to give Xia Rushan and Xia Dajiang that kind of drug.

Although Xia Dajiang's intelligence was impaired, his body still grew into that of a man in his twenties.

When the medicine went down, he didn't understand anything, he just knew he felt terrible. When he saw Xia Rushan, he rushed towards her.

Xia Rushan was in no better shape, her face streaked with tears.

She refused to accept her fate. She had a boy she liked, and they made a promise that they would go to the same university in the future and go to the southern city where flowers bloom all year round.

That boy was Jiang Xinkai.

Jiang Xinkai also knew that she had a mentally challenged brother. He said, "Rushan, let's work hard together. Our burdens will be heavy in the future, so the harder we work now, the easier it will be in the future. At least we need to be able to support your mother and your brother. I will try my best."

Neither of them ever said they liked each other, but they both knew it.

They never crossed any lines, except for one time when they accidentally touched hands and held hands briefly. That was the only time.

Xia Rushan thought of Jiang Xinkai and those future possibilities, and she felt unwilling to accept it.

They lived on the third floor. Xia Rushan opened the window and slid down the drainpipe.

Because she had been drugged and was too weak, she eventually fell from the second floor, startling passersby.

Passersby took her to the hospital, and Jiang Xinkai appeared and called the police.

Yu Suqiao's story was exposed in the county town, and Xia Rushan received help from kind-hearted people, which enabled her to finish high school.

Xia Rushan and Jiang Xinkai were admitted to Nanjing University as they wished and came to Nancheng.

Yu Suqiao, however, took Xia Dajiang with her and drowned in the river. She left a suicide note condemning Xia Rushan, calling her cold-blooded, and saying that she deliberately wanted to make Xia Rushan suffer.

Yu Suqiao didn't believe Xia Rushan could keep her word.

Her health had been poor over the years, and she worried that Xia Dajiang would suffer after her death, so she couldn't bear to leave him alone in the world.

It took Xia Rushan a long time to recover.

After graduating, she and Jiang Xinkai stayed in Nancheng and started their business from scratch.

"So, Mom, you're an orphan? Have you ever thought about finding your real biological parents? Were you abducted?"

Hearing Jiang Wanning ask this, Xia Rushan shook her head: "No, I was sold to the Xia family by my father. At that time, Aunt Yu said to me to hurt me, 'Who do you think you are? Even your own father doesn't want you. If I hadn't given you a bite to eat, would you have grown up safely? If you had been sold to another place, do you think you would still be able to go to school and sleep peacefully like you do today?'"

"Mom, do you blame her?"

Xia Rushan patted Jiang Wanning's head: "I used to resent her, but I don't anymore. In the end, Aunt Yu was just a pitiful mother."

Jiang Wanning opened Xia Rushan and Jiang Xinkai's photo album and couldn't help but exclaim, "Mom, you and Dad are both amazing!"

They started from scratch and rose to the ranks of the wealthy. Although they went bankrupt later, they managed to pay off all their debts in just over two years.

Jiang Wanning believed that they would definitely make a comeback.

After dinner, Jiang Wanning accompanied Xia Rushan for a walk, and Xia Rushan went to bed early.

When Jiang Wanning returned to her room, she saw several missed calls from Fu Chenyuan.

She was just out for a walk and forgot her phone.

Jiang Wanning called back, and Fu Chenyuan answered quickly.

"Wanwan, where did you go before?"

"I went for a walk with my mom and forgot my phone. What are you doing?"

"I miss you." His two straightforward words made Jiang Wanning's heart tremble.

"A-Yuan, I miss you too."

"See you tomorrow," Fu Chenyuan said.

"See you tomorrow." Jiang Wanning's lips involuntarily curved into a smile.

After talking to Fu Chenyuan, she hung up the phone, feeling as if the ear that was pressed against the phone was burning hot.

Jiang Wanning took a shower and sat on the bed, wanting to sleep but unable to.

Tomorrow is her wedding with Fu Chenyuan.

She's already tried on the wedding dress, sent out the invitations, and checked out the venue. She doesn't need to worry about anything else.

Unable to sleep, Jiang Wanning simply sat up and checked Weibo.

The account she followed last time was called: Wangyue.

She initially thought it was a girl's account, but later, when she saw Wangyue's latest Weibo post, which read: "My bright moon has become my wife," she realized it belonged to a man.

Isn't this a rare story of unrequited love turning into a real-life relationship and a happy ending?

Thinking of this, Jiang Wanning clicked on Wangyue's Weibo.

Upon seeing the latest Weibo post, Jiang Wanning's eyes widened suddenly.

It clearly stated: Tomorrow, the wedding. Updated 20 minutes ago.

Jiang Wanning's heart pounded, and an absurd idea rose in her mind, but she couldn't control it.

With a desire to verify, Jiang Wanning went through all of Wangyue's Weibo posts.

Wangyue's Weibo posts are few and far between, just a few words each.

The latest one is from ten years ago.

I met the bright moon, but the bright moon didn't recognize me.

Ten years ago, Fu Chenyuan was sixteen years old. He said he had reunited with her, but she did not recognize him.

Jiang Wanning scrolled through those posts, and they all matched Fu Chenyuan's.

I secretly admire the bright moon, gazing up at her. When I'm ready, may I walk up to her?

As Jiang Wanning watched, her eyes suddenly reddened.

Unbeknownst to her, Fu Chenyuan was truly in love with her, watching her from afar, too afraid to approach, because unrequited love makes one humble, cowardly, and cautious.