Yu Jingchen seemed touched by Duan Meiyuan's words, but only for a moment. He quickly composed himself and politely asked Ye Yingying and Yu Xin to leave for a moment. Only when Yu Jingchen and Duan Meiyuan were alone in the private room did he speak without any politeness: "It seems you will never care what Shi Shu and I really want. So what if I look at her like that? Am I with her? Am I marrying her into the Ye family? Am I finding you a daughter-in-law you can't control?"
Duan Meiyuan grabbed Yu Jingchen's hand and stared intently at him, asking, "Jingchen, what do you mean?"
“I never thought of blaming you, after all, you are my mother, but later I found that it seems that’s not the case. Compared to your son, Shi Shu and I are more like your possessions. We can’t have our own thoughts, we can’t live according to our own preferences. Everything is done by you under the guise of doing what’s best for us, demanding that we follow your preferences. You never even considered Shi Shu’s true thoughts.” Yu Jingchen looked at Duan Meiyuan and continued, “Do you know how rare it is that Shi Shu closed himself off for so long and was finally willing to show another side of himself when he was filming in the entertainment industry? Directing allows him to make up for his past trauma, oh, and even this trauma is because of you.”
Yu Jingchen looked at Duan Meiyuan and continued, "If you hadn't been so careless, how could we, as children, have been kidnapped? Do you know why Shi Shu became withdrawn? It's because he gave me the chance to survive. I escaped. Do you think those criminals would have tortured me when they saw that I was the only one left after I escaped? I was finally rescued, but my once lively younger brother is gone too. He became withdrawn and stopped liking to talk to others. He was even wary of me at the beginning. What did you do then?"
Yu Jingchen continued with a smile, "What you told those aunties outside was that your youngest son is completely useless and can only rely on your eldest son from now on. You think I am your pride? Oh, I am your pride? No, I am just your display piece to the outside world. If either Shi Shu or I doesn't meet your expectations, then I'm useless, right?"
He fiddled with his ring and continued, "Before, when I almost got into trouble because of Qin Manshu, you acted as if I had squandered the family fortune. Now that I've finally managed to rebuild things with the help of the entertainment company, you're still not satisfied with my entry into the entertainment industry."
Duan Meiyuan seemed surprised that Yu Jingchen had so much dissatisfaction with her. She looked at Yu Jingchen in shock, only to hear him continue, "Now you're so controlling that you even want to manipulate my marriage? I did think marriage was just about interests before, but I didn't expect you to be more clear-headed than me. Not only is marriage about interests, but it's also a tool for you to control me by manipulating my marriage. Yu Xin? I remember telling you that I didn't like her very much."
"No, son, listen to me, Mom is doing this for your own good, Mom—"
Duan Meiyuan tried to grab Yu Jingchen, but he shook her off. Standing there, Yu Jingchen coldly looked at his mother and said, "For our own good, you still don't know who Shi Shu likes, who finally fell in love. Even if you did know, you'd still force her to leave, wouldn't you? After all, if she's someone you can't control, she's not your daughter-in-law. No wonder Shi Shu said long ago that if she has a girl she likes, she will never bring her to you. Don't you know what led us to this point?"
"That's all I wanted to say," Yu Jingchen said calmly. "Don't take out your resentment about not being able to control your husband on us anymore, Mom."
He finished speaking and turned to leave.
Duan Meiyuan stood there stunned. She could clearly feel her son's resentment towards her, so obvious and real that she couldn't say a word. Duan Meiyuan, who had always been aloof, finally couldn't help but cover her face and cry.
Is she really pushing her son further and further away?
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