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Cai Wenchuan suddenly said to Ye Wenyu, "Do you know why my father suddenly had a cerebral hemorrhage? It was because he was angry, because I made him angry!" His eyes were red, and his tone was full of regret, self-blame, anger, and resentment.
His voice trembled, like a spider's web in the wind.
Ye Wenyu remained silent. She knew that she had seen and heard everything that happened last night.
Now, scene after scene, like a montage from a movie, are playing out in her mind.
Cai Wenchuan looked at her with a bitter smile on his lips, his heart feeling as if it were filled with withered leaves. He asked her, "Xiaoyu, do you think I did the right thing?" His voice trembled, like a leaf in the wind, and he felt as if he were soaking in Chinese medicine, the bitterness indescribable.
Ye Wenyu nodded.
Cai Wenchuan, whose expression had been gloomy, suddenly brightened up. A thought struck him, and a smile finally appeared on his face. He looked at her with delight and said excitedly, "You also think I did the right thing?!" The bloody taste that had been lingering in his mouth suddenly faded considerably.
Ye Wenyu, who had been standing with her eyes half-closed, suddenly raised her head. Her large, clear eyes, like a pool of autumn water, looked directly at Cai Wenchuan, whose face was pale and full of sorrow, and asked him, "Wenchuan, do you still want to go to the movies with me?" Her voice was very soft, but he was sure he could hear her.
This was the second time she had invited him to go to the movies together. If he refused again, she would have to think of another way.
Cai Wenchuan's eyes shone with ecstasy, as if he had suddenly been injected with stimulants, his blood surging through his veins. He stared at her, his pale face suddenly flushing red, his expression a complex mix of tenderness and surprise. There was joy, guilt, and panic; he seemed unable to believe what he was hearing.
These past few days, his emotional journey has indeed taken many turns. After returning from his studies abroad and becoming a professor, he witnessed Lin Tingyue's unwavering devotion to Jiang Zhiming at the hospital. He knew he needed to wake up in time to find relief. Therefore, he repeatedly approached Ye Wenyu, treating her well and hoping they could reconcile and start over. Even when his parents were eager for them to be together, he smiled and didn't object. Until he understood Ye Wenyu's true feelings: she couldn't accept him as he was, a man who had another girl in his heart but wanted to use her to start over.
He later realized he was being selfish, so he respected her decision and planned to stay away from her. Especially when he saw Lin Tingyue bring Lin Tingfeng's wife to beat up Ye Wenyu, he realized that he still only had Lin Tingyue in his heart, even though she was ignorant, vicious, selfish, and domineering.
However, his emotions were still being swayed and controlled by her every word and action, and he knew that he was beyond saving. Therefore, when Ye Wenyu suggested that the two of them go to the movies together, he did not want to hurt this beautiful and kind-hearted girl, so he refused bluntly.
But last night, his father came to see him. He rarely comes to the school where he works, so his initiative must mean something important has happened.
Sure enough, his father told him not to get close to Ye Wenyu anymore, and the marriage he and his mother had discussed with Ye Wenyu was never mentioned again. Under his questioning, he learned that Lin Tingfeng had spoken to his father, telling the Cai family not to be delusional and smugly believe they could marry Ye Wenyu as their daughter-in-law.
Cai Wenchuan was furious. He looked at his servile father, who had spent his whole life as a lackey of others, gradually losing himself and forgetting to be himself. He obeyed Lin Tingfeng's every word.
As for Cai Wenchuan, he hated being called the son of a servant since he was a child. Therefore, he studied so hard, hoping to change his fate.
Now he's successful, he has a job and can support himself. He's escaped his family of origin and the Lin family. But he never expected that Lin Tingfeng would still try to control him by controlling his father's thoughts. So, in a fit of rage, he had a fierce argument with his father. The father and son were like different races from two different planets, unable to understand each other. In the end, he angered his father so much that he suffered a cerebral hemorrhage and was hospitalized, almost dying from anger.
Last night, he spent the whole night taking care of the elderly in the hospital, and he thought about it all night. This morning, he made a decision: if Ye Wenyu gave him another chance to watch a movie, he would definitely say yes!
At this moment, love was no longer important. In his heart, what replaced it was human dignity and freedom, as well as a strong desire for revenge. Lin Tingfeng loved Xiaoyu, so he would take away what she loved!
So, Cai Wenchuan excitedly reached out his hand, his handsome face still flushed, and said to Ye Wenyu excitedly, "Xiaoyu, this is great! Let's go to the movies together! Let's be together, okay, like before?" His heart was pounding wildly, like a drumbeat.
Ye Wenyu looked at him, feeling no excitement or joy, but rather as calm as still water in a deep well. Subconsciously, a voice seemed to be reminding her, as loud as a bell, "You are making a mistake, you are making a mistake."
But thinking of Lin Tingfeng, Lin Tingfeng's wife, and all the tragedies of her past life, she was utterly weary and terrified of everything related to the Lin family. Like a child burned by fire, she would avoid any flames she saw. Therefore, she let Cai Wenchuan hold her hand, nodded stiffly, and said, "Okay."
The sun is shining brightly, and the air is getting warmer and warmer, just like springtime.
When Cai Wenchuan heard Ye Wenyu agree, a warm feeling washed over him, and joy appeared on his face. However, for some inexplicable reason, he also felt a sense of guilt and sadness.
He raised his head and looked into the distance. The hospital corridor was dilapidated, bustling with people. Some patients, unable to find rooms, had even made up a bed and slept in the corridor. It was a depressing and gloomy environment, much like his mood at that moment.
He thought that the reason he wasn't overjoyed was probably because he still had feelings for her.
Little Lin Tingyue, dressed in a black sailor uniform with purple trim, with two long ponytails, her small, radiant face standing in front of him, tilted her head slightly and smiled at him.
In that instant, Cai Wenchuan felt as if his own heart was crying. But if he kept sinking into a love that was destined to be unattainable, he would only hurt himself!
Looking back now, both siblings in the Lin family deeply hurt him. One used power, like Lin Tingfeng, to humiliate him and his parents in every way possible; the other used love, like Lin Tingyue, to make him submit to her for over a decade, imprisoning himself in her own hands, willingly becoming her slave, and to this day he still cannot escape the cage of her love.
Perhaps the silence had lasted too long, because Ye Wenyu, who had been lost in thought with her head down, looked up and saw Cai Wenchuan staring in one direction, his face blank and lost in thought, as if his soul had left his body.
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