Chapter 73 Dead Leaf Butterfly
Fan Shengmei's pupils shrank slightly, "You... know? About my family?"
This sentence completely ignited Meng Yanchen's anger.
He laughed angrily, "Even now, your first reaction is still that you're afraid I'll know?"
"The rent was like this, the Fanggan project was like this, and it's still like this now—"
His voice grew deeper, "How many times have I told you? I never thought your problem was a problem!"
"But what about you? Andy, Qu Xiaoxiao, Qiu Yingying, Yao Bin, and even that junior who has a crush on you..."
With each name he mentioned, his tone grew more serious. "You've searched everyone around you, but not me?"
"Do you really consider me as someone you want to spend your life with?"
Fan Shengmei hurriedly explained, "I'm not..."
"You're not what?"
Meng Yanchen interrupted her, "You always admit your mistakes quickly, and then continue to do as you please!"
He took a step closer. "I need to know my girlfriend's affairs from someone else. I'm just an outsider in your heart, right? Not worthy of your trust, not worthy of your reliance. You're holding back from me, isn't it just to give yourself a way out, so you can leave at any time, right?"
Fan Shengmei's eyes instantly turned red.
"Meng Yanchen! You don't understand at all!"
"Yes, I'm leaving myself a way out! Shouldn't I?"
Her voice trembled. "In this relationship, you've always been the dominant one. Didn't the beginning and the end just depend on your words?"
“I’ve tried so hard…”
Her tears finally fell. "I've tried so hard to deal with all the messes, and to become worthy of you... Can't you see all this?"
Fan Shengmei took a step back and said, "You're right. I am indeed prepared to retreat at any time."
She choked, "Because I'm afraid..."
"I'm afraid that after you see the mess behind me, you'll think I'm not worthy."
She suddenly raised her head, her red eyes gleaming with determination.
"I'm afraid you'll be disgusted by the shit I'm doing behind you! I'm afraid you'll wake up one day and suddenly find—"
Her voice suddenly became sharp, "So Fan Shengmei is so unbearable!"
Meng Yanchen's pupils suddenly shrank. Before he could speak, Fan Shengmei poured out like a flood.
"Do you think I don't want to rely on you? But do I dare? Every time you get close, I'm afraid, afraid that this is a dream, afraid that you don't want me! Meng Yanchen, tell me, what should I do then?"
She was trembling all over, but she raised her chin stubbornly.
"That's how I've survived all these years. I always leave a way out for myself and am always prepared to be abandoned!"
Meng Yanchen turned around abruptly, opened the car door, and slammed it shut, not even wanting to press the start button to leave.
In the closed car, he grabbed the steering wheel and slammed it several times.
The cold light of the dashboard reflected his ashen face.
Fu Wenying's twenty years of elite education were all wasted, and all her emotional management collapsed in front of Fan Shengmei.
His mind is now full of Fan Shengmei's words "Be ready to leave at any time".
How could she...why was she still thinking about leaving...she actually wanted to leave at any time...
The figure outside the car window was as thin as a piece of paper, with a pale face.
How scared she must have been when Fan Shengying went to the company to cause trouble and had to face it alone. She must have been so wronged and sad because she had been exploited by the vampire family for so many years.
How did she get through the past thirty years? But now that he was there, why couldn't she try to rely on him and trust him? She kept talking about leaving.
This woman is really hateful.
Meng Yanchen looked at her outside the window. She was wearing a light brown coat, and the morning breeze lifted her clothes, making her look like a dead leaf butterfly that had lived in the arid desert for a long time.
He suddenly realized his own cruelty.
Their wings had long since become shriveled and brittle, their color so dull that they almost blended in with the dead branches.
It’s not that I don’t want to fly, but my body has long been accustomed to poverty - lack of water, lack of light, lack of nutrients, and I have even forgotten that I should be gorgeous.
At this moment, if we bring them into the greenhouse and water them with the sweetest nectar and the clearest dew.
The digestive system that has been hungry for a long time cannot withstand such sweetness, the fragile wings cannot support such weight, and the eyes that are accustomed to darkness will even be stung by the sunlight and cry.
This is not being pretentious, but instinct.
A life that is accustomed to being "not loved" will instead become exhausted due to "overnutrition" if it is suddenly loved.
It's not that they reject the sunlight, but that their fragile bodies need time to rebuild their trust in the light.
He was too impatient. He should have given her time to recover, repaired the cracks in her wings, and waited for her own strength to awaken.
Love is not a generous charity, but a patient healing.
Since she had taken such poor care of herself before, Meng Yanchen had plenty of time and patience to nourish her from the inside out.
He remembered that there was a term in the skit, "cultivation system".
Yes, you have to support your own wife.
Meng Yanchen took a deep breath, opened the car door, and hugged her tightly in his arms.
"sorry."
He buried his face in the crook of her neck and said in a hoarse voice, "I was too impatient."
He felt the person in his arms stiffen instantly, so he tightened his arms.
"But please, don't easily say you want to leave. I have plenty of time and patience to let you slowly rely on me and trust me. From now on, your only way out is me. So, please try to trust me, okay? I really love you more than you can imagine."
Fan Shengmei hugged Meng Yanchen tightly back, tears finally bursting out.
"It's my fault... I was too scared..."
Meng Yanchen tightened his arms and gently rubbed his chin against the top of her head.
"Stop talking."
His embrace dispelled the chill of the early morning. "I will let you slowly feel how much I love you, and wait until you are willing to slowly and completely give yourself to me."
He suddenly chuckled and teased her deliberately, "Ms. Fan, you have to cherish me. Not every man is so generous and can tolerate his girlfriend asking for help from her secret admirer without getting angry."
Fan Shengmei burst into laughter and looked up at him.
"You were obviously angry just now."
"I don't,"
Meng Yanchen immediately denied it, "That's not what I'm angry about."
Fan Shengmei raised her eyebrows and looked at him. He finally gave in.
"Okay...I'm jealous."
He held her face in his hands and gently wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes with his thumb.
"So what should I do now? Has Fan Shengying's matter been dealt with? Does Yunji Pharmaceutical's project require my involvement?"
Fan Shengmei shook her head. "No need. Just accompany me to the company and watch me dominate everyone."
Meng Yanchen's eyes lit up instantly, and he carefully confirmed with some disbelief.
"Going to the company? Together?"
Fan Shengmei nodded and said, "I'll take you to see how I, your girlfriend, can defeat all enemies and get my project back."
Fireworks exploded in Meng Yanchen's mind.
She actually wants to bring me into the company, without having to be sneaky, but to openly announce our relationship?
God knows how long he has been waiting for this day. Meng Yanchen's mouth corners raised uncontrollably, and even the corners of his eyes were stained with a smile...
Is this a blessing in disguise?
On a distant treetop, a dead leaf trembled gently in the night breeze, and no one noticed that a hint of new green was sprouting from its edge.
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