After Zhao Haitang's reminder, Wang Mudan decided to investigate Si Mingda's social circle and financial situation. They had been together for many years, and she had never checked his mobile phone before, both out of trust and because she wanted to leave him some private space.
She knew his character very well. A rebellious man like him was like holding sand in your hand. The tighter you held it, the faster it would scatter. The more you controlled him, the more his aversion would deepen, and his heart would drift further and further away.
In order to protect the interests of herself and her children, Wang Mudan had to take back her so-called magnanimity. She wanted to protect the marital property, which was the result of their hard work together. Now Luo Yingtao came towards her with a covetous look in her eyes, and she couldn't help but feel a little panicked. She really shouldn't have let the wolf into the house. She really underestimated the ugliness of human nature.
She was originally a magnanimous and kind-hearted woman who only wanted to be a good wife and mother who didn't care about worldly affairs. However, reality forced her to follow the clichés. She thought that if she loved you with all her heart, she could get your world. Little did she know that what she got in return for her sincerity was betrayal. I love you deeply, but you only leave your true love for another woman?
The next night, Si Mingda came back at around eleven o'clock as usual. Wang Mudan pretended to be calm and helped him tidy up his clothes. While he was taking a shower, she quietly opened his mobile phone and found the chat history between him and Luo Yingtao. Those chat messages were like bright lights, which hurt her eyes and made her feel upset.
She covered her chest with her hands, trying to suppress the panic that was gradually spreading in her heart, and couldn't wait to read one by one. With each read, she felt a stabbing pain in her heart as if being pricked by a needle. The pain was like sand that piled up deeper and deeper, pressing her so hard that she couldn't breathe.
Si Mingda: "Have you been well these years? Do you know how much I miss you? Although I live with Wang Mudan, I have never forgotten you in my heart. I only blame myself for being too poor back then and not having the money to let you enjoy a better life. I feel very guilty. I had no choice but to separate from you back then. This is the biggest regret of my life."
Luo Yingtao: "I only blame myself for not being sensible enough back then. I shouldn't have valued material things so much that I let go of your hand. If I could go back in time, I would definitely hold your hand tightly. We would go hiking together, go to the sea together, watch the sunrise and moonset together, and spend the four seasons together. That feeling would be so wonderful!"
Si Mingda: "Thank you to fate for reuniting us. It gives me the opportunity to love you again. We must cherish this hard-earned reunion. I will make up for the regrets of the past ten years. You must believe in my true love for you."
Luo Yingtao: "Have you been doing well these years? Mudan should be a good wife, right?"
Si Mingda: "She is indeed a good wife and a good mother, but she is not the one I love. I am with her mainly because she is so good to me. I can't bear to leave her. From the beginning to the end, I only love you."
Luo Yingtao: "You've been together for so many years, you've done her justice. Don't be wronged. If you don't love her, just say it bravely."
Upon hearing this, Wang Mudan was so angry that her heart was about to burst out. She had magnanimously and politely invited Luo Yingtao to the banquet, but she didn't know that she was actually stabbing her in the back?
Si Mingda: "Oh, how I wish time could be frozen at fifteen years ago, on your little bed in dormitory 508, we were snuggling tightly together. That feeling was just too wonderful. Every time I'm with you, I feel like I'm back in my K University days."
Wang Mudan was so disgusted by this conversation that she almost vomited. Although she had witnessed Luo Yingtao and Simingda's passionate love and their breakup, she couldn't understand why Simingda was so obsessed with that ignorant past. Didn't he care about being abandoned by Luo Yingtao?
Luo Yingtao: "I can only blame fate for being unfair. We missed each other, leaving behind too many regrets in this life. For middle-aged people, five or ten years may be the same, but for young people, a turn of events may be a lifetime, and we can never go back."
Si Mingda: "How is your relationship with Jiang Nanmu? Arguments are one thing, but divorce is a serious matter. Don't talk about it lightly. Once there is a rift in the relationship, it will leave a shadow in your heart for the rest of your life."
Luo Yingtao: "We have been strangers living under the same roof for a long time. We usually live our own lives. If it weren't for our son, we would have broken up long ago."
Si Mingda: "It's the same with Wang Mudan. After giving birth to our eldest daughter, I wanted to divorce her, but she promised me that the second child would be a son. However, after giving birth, it was still a daughter. At that time, I really wanted to give up on her. After a painful weighing, considering that our company's business cannot do without her assistance, and I can't find a more suitable wife than her, I had no choice but to continue to endure. She was very afraid that I would file for divorce, and negotiated with me several times to allow her to have a third child. At that time, we had an agreement that if the third child was also a daughter, she would take the initiative to leave. Unexpectedly, fate favored us and we finally had a son. So I am very conflicted now. Although I have no feelings for her, we have family ties. For the sake of the child, I cannot leave her."
Luo Yingtao: "I understand how you feel. Little do you know how painful it is for us. Living with someone we don't love all day long is a life worse than death. Why does marriage have to be a makeshift one?"
Si Mingda: "Don't think too much. Fortunately, we are in touch. Don't worry, I will go to Nanyou City to see you as long as I have time. I want to make up for the lack of care for you over the years. Let's enjoy the reunion we missed."
Luo Yingtao: "Well, take care of yourself too."
Such deep affection and such infatuated love were like thousands of sharp knives stabbing into Wang Mudan's heart. She felt dizzy and sat down on the edge of the bed with her hands supporting her head. At this moment, her heart felt as heavy as a huge stone weighing a thousand pounds, making her feel suffocated and unable to breathe.
She thought she knew Si Mingda well, but when she saw the messages he sent to Luo Yingtao, she realized for the first time how unfamiliar this man, with whom she had spent fifteen years, was. Could the love she had poured her heart and soul into be so ironic? Could the marriage she had always been so proud of actually have such an ugly secret?
At this moment, her heart felt like being poured with a bucket of cold water in the dead of winter, and she instantly felt cold from head to toe. The icy pain almost suffocated her. Why did fate play such a cruel joke on her?
She had loved him wholeheartedly since her sophomore year. In addition to accompanying him in his career over the years of marriage, she had given birth to three children. Although they could not be said to be in love with each other, at least they lived a peaceful and stable life. She never imagined that the reason he did not leave her was that she was too good to him and he was reluctant to leave?
Now that he has reunited with Luo Yingtao, has he become distracted and can't wait to fall in love with someone else?
Is Luo Yingtao's seductive eyes more important than more than ten years of marriage and three children?
Did he forget the scandal of how he committed suicide by slitting his wrists out of shame after being abandoned by her? Why did he have such a lack of self-respect?
Wang Mudan leaned against the bedside with a dull look in her eyes. Her heart ached as tears rolled down her face unconsciously. She was not sad about his infidelity, but the fact that he had never loved her in the past ten years. How ironic was this result for her? All her efforts for more than ten years ended up in such a slap in the face?
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
