Chapter 173 She loves me, doesn't she?

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Qin Yancheng spat out the drink he had just taken a sip of!

"Cough cough—"

Fu Siyan frowned as he looked at him.

Qin Yancheng pulled out a tissue to wipe his mouth. "Cough cough, I almost choked to death! If you're jealous that my life is so wonderful right now, just say so!"

“I’m serious.” Fu Siyan said solemnly, “Although Shen Qingshu has returned, she is clearly still sulking and is deliberately avoiding me.”

After catching his breath, Qin Yancheng looked at Fu Siyan and sighed.

"Wait, I don't quite understand what you mean. Didn't you tell me last time that you didn't love Shen Qingshu? Since you just want a qualified Mrs. Fu, why do you care whether she avoids you or not? She's back, your children have a mother, the family is complete, what else could you be dissatisfied with?"

“Although I don’t love her, I will be a good husband. During the five years of our secret marriage, the three of us lived in harmony. Now that we have Xiao Anning, I feel even more determined not to divorce.”

Fu Siyan poured himself another glass of wine, drank most of it, and then continued, "But I feel that she doesn't want to go back to the way things were before."

"What was it like before?" Qin Yancheng asked sharply, "During the day, I took care of your child, and at night, I warmed your bed?"

"Fu Siyan, if you really think that way, then you really are a scumbag!"

Fu Siyan tightened his grip on the wine glass. "Isn't this how normal marriages are?"

"No! You're completely wrong!"

“My parents…” Fu Siyan’s dark eyes dimmed, “They are just like that.”

“You…” Qin Yancheng looked at Fu Siyan with a serious expression, “How can you use your parents’ marriage as a standard!”

Fu Siyan pursed his lips and remained silent.

Qin Yancheng thought for a moment and said, "I understand, you must have been influenced by your parents!"

Fu Siyan looked up at Qin Yancheng, "What do you mean?"

"A normal marriage is based on the premise that two people love each other."

"But we were married by agreement from the beginning."

"A marriage of convenience..." Qin Yancheng pursed his lips, frowned, and thought for a moment. "What you're saying seems to make sense, but if you follow this logic, then it's not wrong for the other person to not want to continue this marriage of convenience with you now, is it?"

After a moment's thought, Fu Siyan said, "If it weren't for the child, I would have no reason not to let go."

Qin Yancheng: "..."

"Fu Siyan, are you a bot?!"

Fu Siyan was taken aback and looked at Qin Yancheng with a puzzled expression.

"Didn't you ever think about why Shen Qingshu could tolerate being secretly married for five years without making it public?"

Fu Siyan thought for a moment and said, "We have a marriage of convenience, and we agreed not to make it public."

"..." Qin Yancheng choked for a moment, scratched his head, "You really...you have no heart!"

"If a woman really only married you for the sake of mutual benefit, why would she be so devoted to you and Fu Siyu? Think back to the five years you were secretly married. How did Shen Qingshu treat you and Fu Siyu? Do you really think that everything she did was just because of the agreement?"

Fu Siyan was stunned.

"Siyan, Shen Qingshu is not Aunt Fu." Qin Yancheng looked at him and reminded him seriously, "Her marriage to you was definitely not just for the sake of exchanging benefits!"

Fu Siyan raised his hand and rubbed his aching temples. Perhaps it was the effect of the alcohol, but the man, who was usually quick-witted and had excellent reflexes, looked completely bewildered.

Seeing him like this, Qin Yancheng was filled with mixed feelings.

The family of origin has a significant impact on a person.

Especially someone like Fu Siyan, who was precocious at a young age and was forced to take a high position at an early age to control the fate of the entire family and group.

He was used to calculating gains and losses, used to using every means to control the situation, and always used reason and data to view the people and things around him. Over time, he closed off his inner emotional needs.

He neglected his own emotional needs, and naturally, he also failed to see his partner's emotional needs.

In addition to the medications he was taking...

Qin Yancheng's feelings were mixed for a moment.

"Fu Siyan, perhaps you should re-examine your marriage with Shen Qingshu. You should ask yourself, is your unwillingness to let go really just because of the child? Is it really just because you think Shen Qingshu is suitable?"

"I don't know." Fu Siyan lowered his eyes. "All I know is that I don't want a divorce."

“I always thought you loved Shen Qingshu without realizing it, but now it seems you never really cared about her at all.”

Fu Siyan tightened his grip on the wine glass. "So, she loves me, which is why she's willing to endure this?"

"Otherwise what?" Qin Yancheng shook his head and sighed. "Fu Siyan, perhaps it's a bit like kicking someone when they're down, but you really deserve it! Before, Shen Qingshu loved you, so she kept enduring and humiliating herself, but think about it, what have you given her?"

Even now, you still say you don't love her, and you're still calculating how to keep this marriage going! But you don't love her, so why are you binding her to this marriage that has caused her so much humiliation and hurt?

Fu Siyan lowered his eyes, his jawline taut, and he didn't say a word.

"You're asking me how to make my wife happy?"

Qin Yancheng looked at him and said, "I can't teach you because she's your wife. If you care about her and are concerned about her, you'll know what she likes and dislikes. To make a woman happy, you have to cater to her preferences. You don't even understand her, so how can you please her?"

"Think carefully about what I said."

Qin Yancheng stood up.

"Chen Qingshu was willing to agree to a marriage of convenience with you. Perhaps she was forced to do so at first because of her interests, but later she developed feelings for you over time. Or perhaps she had feelings for you from the beginning. In any case, what I see in your marriage is a woman being humble and forbearing for love, and how you favored Zhou Yuchu and Fu Siyu."

"As a husband, you say you're qualified? But have you forgotten? You kept it a secret from everyone, including me, and had Shen Qingshu, your first wife, cooperate with you to issue a statement on your behalf and Zhou Yuchu's behalf. Just based on this alone, you can't say you're a qualified husband!"

"Furthermore, we have all seen through Zhou Yuchu's skill in disguise and acting, but the fact that your son died because of her is undeniable. In this matter, you, as a father, have also failed."

Qin Yancheng's voice echoed in the private room.

Fu Siyan listened quietly, his fingertips turning white as he held the wine glass.

"You can't see Shen Qingshu's feelings for you, so you keep measuring her contributions from a self-interest perspective, and you keep calculating the benefits and conveniences this marriage brings you."

"Fu Siyan, put yourself in her shoes. How suffocating and chilling you are in Shen Qingshu's eyes!"

Fu Siyan closed his eyes.

He felt so suffocated in his chest that he could hardly breathe.

Qin Yancheng sighed and offered a final word of advice.

"What you need to consider now is not how to make Shen Qingshu happy, but whether you can respond to Shen Qingshu's emotional needs? If you are still only measuring this marriage with interests and material things, then let me tell you, Shen Qingshu will never turn back."