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Ye Wenyu immediately shook her head and said firmly to Lin Tingfeng, "No need. The reason I took this approach to deal with Ye Dawei today, besides revenge, is that by humiliating him like this, he will definitely not ask me for money in the future."
She referred to her biological father by his full name, as if he were a stranger, and her tone was cold and distant.
Lin Tingfeng smiled and shook his head, saying gently to her, "You're wrong about that. Although kneeling to take money is humiliating, livelihood is a sharp knife. So, Xiaoyu, don't make things too ugly in the future. After all, he is your father. Since you're destined to give this money, you might as well be generous and make it look better for everyone."
His voice was polite and well-mannered.
Ye Wenyu remained silent. He was as magnanimous as a prime minister and as forgiving as a general, but she couldn't be. After thinking for a while, she shook her head and said, "I don't understand."
Lin Tingfeng, like the most patient elementary school teacher, slowly said, "'Anger is like a fire in the heart, which can burn down a forest of merit.' Hating someone is what Buddhism calls anger. Resenting heavenly beings often destroys not others, but yourself. Do you understand?"
Ye Wenyu shook her head. She still didn't understand why she always felt like a fool when she was with him, while he seemed like a wise man who was detached from worldly affairs.
Lin Tingfeng looked at her, chuckled softly, and said slowly, "If you don't understand, then forget it. But you will definitely understand in the future. As for now, I just hope you understand one thing, because it's easier to be happy if you let go of things. My greatest wish is for you to be happy."
Ye Wenyu was stunned, a warm feeling washing over her. His greatest wish was for her to be happy? A popular lyric came to mind: "I'd gladly offer you my kingdom to win your favor." But could she believe it? It felt like a fairytale was unfolding before her eyes. Did she really have such good fortune?
With her large, watery eyes fixed on Lin Tingfeng, she asked softly, "Isn't your greatest wish to become a renowned entrepreneur?"
Lin Tingfeng shook his head and slowly replied, "Running a business gives me a great sense of accomplishment, but it's also very tiring. I often have an urge to take you and retire to the mountains. Whether the group goes bankrupt or collapses, it's none of my business." He even smiled playfully as he said this.
Ye Wenyu smiled, pondered for a while, and then mustered her courage to ask softly, "Isn't your greatest wish that your two children grow up healthy and happy?"
Lin Tingfeng glanced at her and slowly said, "Of course I hope they grow up healthy and happy, but that's not my biggest wish. Like I said, what I want most is for you to be happy by my side. If you're happy, I'm happy."
Ye Wenyu felt a sweet warmth in her heart, as if she had eaten honey. She was like a child who loved candy, reluctant to swallow a piece of candy right away when she had it in her mouth. She moved the candy from her left cheek to her right cheek and asked softly, "Your greatest wish is not for your sister to marry a good man, or for your brother to have a better career?"
Lin Tingfeng shook his head.
Ye Wenyu was shocked. She thought blankly, if what he said was true, then in his heart, she, Ye Wenyu, was the most important person!
She was deeply moved, her heart filled with warmth, as if she were bathed in the spring sunshine. Gazing at him from a few steps away, Lin Tingfeng smiled slightly at her, and Ye Wenyu couldn't help but lean straight towards him. Worried that she would fall, Lin Tingfeng immediately bent down and reached out to catch her, holding her tightly before letting out a sigh of relief. His arms remained clasped tightly as he advised her, "Don't be so naughty in the future. You scared me! If I hadn't caught you, you would have landed face-first and broken your skin."
Ye Wenyu laughed out loud, and after laughing, she asked Lin Tingfeng, "If you break your face, will you still want me?" When she asked this, she nuzzled his forehead with her own like a kitten, feeling particularly warm and happy inside.
The room was bathed in a warm, orange light, and the flowers and plants on the terrace were clustered together, as if they were secretly watching them fall in love with smiles on their faces. The flowers and plants were warm and comforting, and so was Lin Tingfeng.
Lin Tingfeng thought for a moment before saying, "Yes." He gazed at her, then smiled and said gently, "You seem to have some misunderstanding. Did you think that what attracted me at first was your appearance?"
Ye Wenyu asked playfully, "Isn't it an interesting soul?"
Lin Tingfeng thought about it carefully and slowly said, "No, it's just that when I met you, I felt a sense of purity. I was already tired of the complicated people and things around me and wanted to live a minimalist life, both materially and spiritually. And then you appeared." Lin Tingfeng could not forget the first time he saw her. She was sitting on the swing in his garden, wearing a white T-shirt and light blue ripped jeans, covering her face and crying softly. The moonlight was like water, the wisteria flowers exuded a rich fragrance, and the surrounding bushes were lush and verdant, like a lurking beast. He stood not far away, gazing at her, feeling his heart gently tug at.
Meeting her made him realize that he was capable of loving someone. From then on, all he sought was her love for him. Now, he understands her feelings and knows she loves him more and more. He is happy and content. His only worry is the fear of losing her; after all, it wasn't easy to win her over. However, it's understandable for people in love to feel anxious and insecure—it's a normal phenomenon.
So Lin Tingfeng pondered for a moment, then looked at Ye Wenyu under the orange-red light and suddenly smiled gently.
Ye Wenyu couldn't understand again. But she didn't care anymore; at this moment, happiness was all that mattered.
Looking at Ye Wenyu, Lin Tingfeng felt that she was still immature and a little girl who hadn't grown up. So he always patiently taught her his life experience, such as forgiving others is forgiving yourself, and leaving room for maneuver in life so as not to be too ugly. But this girl didn't accept it. Lin Tingfeng sighed helplessly in his heart, thinking that it was really difficult for this girl to forgive her father's neglect for more than ten years in a short time.
Therefore, he said nothing more and let Ye Wenyu decide how to treat her biological father. He simply gave her enough money to take care of the trivial matters on her parents' side.
In the days that followed, Ye Wenyu's father and stepmother came to borrow money several more times. Each time, Ye Wenyu acted fiercely, but compared to the first time, she partially accepted Lin Tingfeng's suggestion. Instead of publicly humiliating her father by throwing money at him, she invited him to her home and humiliated him when she took the money in the study. By the third time, when Ye Dawei came to borrow money, after venting her anger, she suddenly felt that taking revenge on her father was meaningless. She listlessly the amount her father wanted to borrow and then sent him away.
She gradually discovered that she was less miserable when she stopped seeking revenge on her father. It was only by blaming others and blaming fate that she destroyed herself.
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