Chapter 118
Fang Lan, who always cared about her face, was completely humiliated at this moment. She simply stopped hiding anything in front of Wang Lan and stood on the street and scolded Pei Yin harshly, attracting the attention of passers-by.
"Fang Lan! If you have anything to say, go back and talk behind closed doors. You should calm down in public!" Wang Lan saw that the passers-by around him looked like they were watching a show, so he whispered to Fang Lan to stop her from getting angry.
"Pei Yin! Mom just wants to ask you one question, do you really want to choose her? Do you regret it?" Fang Lan pointed at Gu Cunxi with shaking hands and asked in a trembling voice
Wang Lan quickly winked at Pei Yin, signaling her not to speak directly to provoke Fang Lan at this moment. Pei Yin naturally understood what Wang Lan meant, but having come this far, she did not intend to compromise, and she did not want Fang Lan to take advantage of her soft heart and force her to give in!
"Mom! I've chosen her! I'll never regret it in my life!" Pei Yin softened her tone. After she finished speaking, she saw Fang Lan's eyes instantly turn gray and lifeless, and she felt a mixture of emotions...
"Good! Very good!" Fang Lan took a deep breath, looked at Gu Cunxi and said, "Seeing my daughter defy her family like this for you, regardless of anything, can Miss Gu really feel at peace?"
"!" Gu Cunxi stood there in shock, a trace of indescribable shame flashed across his eyes, and he opened his mouth but could not utter a word.
"Mom! I don't want to resist you!" Pei Yin sighed, her eyes red as she choked with sobs, "I just want to be true to myself! I've done too many things I regret, and I don't want to live against my will anymore. I don't want to regret it! I don't want to follow your arrangements to go on blind dates and marry whoever you want!"
"I want to do what I want to do and love who I want to love!! You force me to leave her, but I really can't live without her!" Pei Yin felt his body start to tremble involuntarily, and the anxiety in his heart also increased. His emotions were on the verge of collapse, and he became more and more excited.
"Pei Yin! In this world, no one can live without anyone else! Have you ever considered your mother's feelings when you say this?" Wang Lan frowned and retorted calmly.
Gu Cunxi was the first to notice that Pei Yin was in a bad mood. Because she had read a lot of information about depression before, she had enough knowledge about it. Seeing Pei Yin's physical symptoms, Gu Cunxi felt a pain in her heart. She walked over and held Pei Yin's left hand, rubbing her fingertips, trying to ease her bad mood.
"Wait for me in the car!" Gu Cunxi pulled Pei Yin, looked at Fang Lan, bent down slightly to apologize, and said, "Auntie, Pei Yin is not feeling well. Let her rest for a while!"
After saying that, without waiting for Fang Lan to respond, Gu Cunxi pulled her into the car, started the car, turned on the heater and selected a soothing and relaxing music: "Let me go tell your mother, you wait for me in the car and listen to some songs."
There was a teahouse across the street. Gu Cunxi looked at it, got out of the car, stood in front of the two people, and said politely, "Auntie, I'm sorry that my presence has ruined your mood. I have something to tell you about Pei Yin! Could you please go to the teahouse across the street and sit for a while?"
Wang Lan saw Fang Lan remained silent, and then looked at the eyes of the people around him. He thought that solving the problem here was not a solution, so he spoke up for Fang Lan.
The three of them walked into the teahouse, and Gu Cunxi asked the waiter to arrange a private room. What she was about to say was not suitable to be said in the crowded hall. The private room was more private and suitable for conversation.
"Old Fang, I won't go in. You guys chat, I'll wait for you in the lobby!" Wang Lan took the initiative to avoid the situation. Just as he was about to leave, Fang Lan stopped him and said, "Okay, you know about this! There's nothing to avoid. Come in together!"
"..." Wang Lan hesitated for a while, but still followed him in.
After the three of them sat down, Gu Cunxi looked at the tea menu and ordered a pot of bamboo leaf tea.
"Auntie, you can drink more of this tea. It's good for your heart!" Gu Cunxi waved to the waiter who was about to pour tea, signaling her to leave.
The waiter nodded slightly and left. Gu Cunxi knew a little about tea ceremony. After a series of steps, after the tea was ready, Gu Cunxi handed it to Fang Lan first, and then poured another cup for Wang Lan.
Wang Lan nodded and smiled, took the teacup, and carefully looked at the elegant and beautiful woman in front of him. Every move she made was calm and composed.
"I know it's hard for you to accept Pei Pei being with a woman! This is the key reason you oppose me." Gu Cunxi took a sip of the tea in front of him, paused, and said, "Auntie, if we just talk about my conditions, you should admit that, except for the fact that I'm not a man, I'm better than those people you're interested in!"
When Wang Lan heard this, she curled her lips unconsciously. She really appreciated this kind of confident and non-offensive outspokenness.
"I admit that Miss Gu is excellent, but that doesn't mean I can agree with you!" Fang Lan's eyes were sharp, but her tone was softened.
"I'm already very satisfied that you can recognize my excellence! At least in your eyes, I'm not a bad person!" Gu Cunxi smiled, poured another 70% of tea for Fang Lan and said, "Auntie, I've said a lot about what happened between Pei Yin and me, so I don't want to talk about it again today!"
"Then what do you want to say? You pulled me here, didn't you just hope that I would approve of your relationship?"
"Yes!" Gu Cunxi nodded and said, "I do hope you can agree with me, but I hope even more that you can agree with the sacrifices Pei Yin has made for you and your family!"
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"What do you mean by that?" Fang Lan frowned and asked in confusion.
"I know that you and your uncle suffered a huge blow due to an accident eleven years ago."
"!!" Fang Lan was stunned and stood there, her body shaking.
"Life is full of unexpected events that bring heartache and sorrow. Although I can't empathize with you, I know you must have been in so much pain that you couldn't even bear it! As a mother, you should know Pei Yin's filial piety and understanding best!"
"She didn't love Chen Feng at all, yet she chose to marry him. In that marriage, she sacrificed herself and followed your wishes. You were the ones who got what you wanted, but Pei Pei had to bear all the bitter consequences!"
"Auntie, I don't mean to offend you. I'm just stating the facts. You think Chen Feng is a qualified husband and son-in-law because he has given you so many benefits! But in fact, he is too sinister and narrow-minded! He doesn't respect Pei Yin enough in their marriage, and he would even beat her up just because of a little suspicion in his heart!"
"You...what did you say?" Fang Lan suddenly raised her head, shaking the teacup in her hand, and the tea soaked the mahogany table.
Gu Cunxi sighed, his face sad. He took a few tissues from the side and handed them over. After a moment of silence, he said, "I guess with Pei Yin's personality, she would rather endure it herself than complain to you. I'm afraid that what she has said to you is not as much as what an outsider like me has said!"
"Chen Feng is a very strong man. Pei Yin has been enduring a life of silence for seven years. Chen Feng's parents look down on her, and Chen Feng doesn't respect her enough. The side he showed to you two elders was just a facade!"
"Auntie, have you ever thought about why Pei Yin endured all this? Is it because she likes Chen Feng's money?" Gu Cunxi's fingertips flicked the teacup, his eyes dim, and his thoughts were pulled back to four years ago.
Fang Lan remained silent, thinking carefully about Gu Cunxi's words, with a turbulent undercurrent in her heart.
"Because you need money!" Gu Cunxi said bluntly, his tone calm, his eyebrows deeply furrowed, with an expression of unrelieved sorrow.
"She's wanted a divorce many times, but you always stood on Chen Feng's side and opposed her. She wanted to speak but couldn't. She didn't want you to be sad because of her. She would rather you be blinded by money than see the cruelty behind the truth!"
"She has never been happy in her seven years of marriage! Her husband's disrespect, her parents' lack of understanding, her parents-in-law's contempt, and her young daughter's ignorance, can you understand how much pain she has to endure that she can't express?" Gu Cunxi choked up and couldn't help crying, feeling a pang of heartache in her heart.
Wang Lan sat aside, feeling a mixture of emotions and a bitter taste in her mouth. She glanced at Fang Lan beside her, who remained silent with her head lowered. The wrinkles on her face twitched slightly, and the corners of her eyes shone with tiny sparkles of mist, swirling around in her eye sockets...
"She...she didn't say...that! Did Chen Feng...beat Pei Yin? She never told me that!!" Fang Lan's voice trembled, she couldn't utter a complete sentence due to sobs, and she pounded her chest lightly in self-blame.
"Auntie! I'm not saying this to blame or complain about you. I just want to tell you that Pei Yin loves you and cares about you very much. She hopes that you and your uncle can get over the pain of losing your son. She wants you to live a happier life, so she would rather sacrifice herself to create a rich life for you!"
"I've finished what I want to say!" Gu Cunxi raised her hand to check the time. The teapot in front of her gradually became cold. Thinking that Pei Yin was still waiting for her in the car, she wanted to rush over eagerly.
Gu Cunxi called the waiter and paid the bill. He looked at Fang Lan, who had a heavy expression on her face, and after thinking for a moment, he said, "Regarding the matter between Pei Yin and me, I have always hoped to gain your approval! I hope you can try to accept me. I promised to provide her with guarantees, and I will do so for her one by one. Before coming to Nan'an, I bought two properties in Jianghuai. One is for Pei Yin, and the other is for you two elders. If one day you don't want to live in Nan'an, you can always follow Pei Yin to Jianghuai!"
"Please... don't deny my true love for Pei Yin just because I'm a woman! Whatever Chen Feng can give you, I can do the same, only more and less! She is the one I cherish in my heart! I love her and respect her! Except for not being a man, Chen Feng can't compare to me in any way! He doesn't deserve it!!"
"!" Wang Lan looked at Gu Cunxi, and for a moment her heart was moved! She actually liked this woman's confidence and the domineering sharpness on her body more and more!
"I think... you might want to talk to Aunt Wang privately. I'll wait for you downstairs first. Pei Yin and I will take you home later!"
After that, Gu Cunxi picked up his bag, nodded slightly to the two of them, stood up and left.
The box instantly returned to silence.
Wang Lan nudged Fang Lan beside him and said, "Old Fang! I think this girl is good! She's pretty, speaks politely and modestly, and you can tell she's up to something big. What does she do? I'll give her two houses as a gift!"
Fang Lan's mind was completely focused on Gu Cunxi's words. She couldn't care about anything else at the moment. When she thought about what Gu Cunxi had just said about Chen Feng beating up their daughter, and then combined with Pei Yin's threat of death four years ago, insisting on a divorce, her heart ached like a needle piercing her. All those years, because of Chen Feng's conditions, she had been insisting on her daughter's persistence. It seemed that she was really wrong...
"I think you should just follow Pei Yin. Your daughter is already so old, let her live the life she wants, instead of forcing her to live the life you want her to live! In this life, people still have to follow their hearts to be happy!" Wang Lan said in a cheerful tone, trying to ease Fang Lan's dullness. Seeing that she didn't respond, Wang Lan curled his lips and said, "This girl is quite thoughtful. Knowing that you have a bad heart, she specially ordered a pot of bamboo leaf tea!"
Fang Lan looked at the teacup in front of her, sighed, and a corner of her heart began to soften!
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