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Ye Wenyu, her face cold, numbly tossed the money onto the ground one bill at a time. But she couldn't feel happy. Her father, who had once ignored and neglected her, was now willing to endure such humiliation for the sake of his precious son. He was so unfair.
As Ye Dawei's wife picked up the money, she looked up and smiled at the onlookers, explaining, "They're father and daughter, having a disagreement. This child is so ignorant, throwing money around like a toy. We're picking it up." The implication was clear: this is our money, and you can't take it.
The onlookers were all sensible people; they kept quiet and no one helped pick up the money.
After Ye Wenyu threw away the eight thousand yuan, Ye Dawei and his wife picked up all the money on the ground. He glanced at his daughter, did not thank her, lowered his head, and hurriedly left.
Once her father's figure disappeared, Ye Wenyu, who had been forcibly holding back her tears, could no longer control them. Tears gushed out like water from a turned-on faucet, instantly blurring her vision.
The revenge I just got was really satisfying, but after the satisfaction, there is still endless pain.
Her humiliation of him did not make up for the years of absence of her father.
She wept silently as the crowd gradually dispersed. She kept wiping away her tears, but she seemed to be made of water, and the more she wiped, the more tears she shed.
Time passed slowly, and a voice said softly, "Actually, it doesn't have to be so ugly."
It was Lin Tingfeng's voice.
Ye Wenyu looked up through her tear-filled eyes and saw him standing in front of her, dressed in black. He was tall and strong, and his eyes were as warm as a sunny winter day.
A warm feeling washed over her. She felt like a homeless orphan who had finally been taken home. She burst into tears, her shoulders trembling, completely unable to control her emotions.
Lin Tingfeng smiled at her and said gently, "Let's go home."
She nodded. He walked ahead, and she followed behind. His tall figure, like a mountain, made her feel safe. Tears welled up from time to time, and she reached out to wipe them away. She thought painfully, "He just said, 'Actually, it didn't have to be so ugly.' So, did he see everything, or only part of the scene when I threw money at my father to humiliate him? If he saw everything, why didn't he step in to stop it?"
Ye Wenyu was thinking about it when the two of them entered the elevator and arrived home. After opening the door, Lin Tingfeng let Ye Wenyu in and then closed the door.
The moment the door closed, he sighed softly, opened his arms, and Ye Wenyu threw herself into his embrace, sobbing. She cried loudly, sobbing like a three- or four-year-old child, releasing all her pent-up emotions without restraint.
He gently patted her back to comfort her, and she stretched out her hands and hugged his back tightly, as if she were very afraid of losing him.
Because she knew that he was the only person in the world who cared about her. If she lost even him, then she would truly have nothing left.
As things progressed, Lin Tingfeng noticed that she seemed to be made of water, with tears flowing endlessly. He simply hugged Ye Wenyu like a child, then went to the shoe cabinet to bend down and change his slippers. His strength was astonishing; he could actually hold her with one hand while changing his shoes with the other. After doing all this, he hugged her again and took off her shoes. The two of them walked into the living room and sat down on the soft sofa.
Ye Wenyu cried her heart out until she had no more tears left and was sobbing uncontrollably. Only then did she stop, wipe away her tears, and ask him, "You saw everything?"
Lin Tingfeng nodded and slowly said, "Well, after I finished my work at the company, I wanted to pick you up from school, but you didn't answer my calls, so I had to go home by myself. I didn't expect to see this scene at the entrance of the community. I know you hate him, but sometimes not letting others go is actually not letting yourself go."
Is not letting go of others a way of not letting go of yourself? Ye Wenyu thought about it carefully, but she couldn't understand it. She couldn't comprehend or accept this kind of logic.
Ye Wenyu shook her head and said to Lin Tingfeng, "I don't understand. He's not like a father at all, nor does he deserve to be one. So I feel very happy to humiliate him like this today."
Lin Tingfeng looked at her, reached out a hand, and gently stroked her young and beautiful face, which was streaked with tears and wet, like a white magnolia flower covered with morning dew, as if the skin would break at the slightest touch. He asked her slowly, "Then why are you crying? If you felt better, you should be laughing."
To prove she felt better, Ye Wenyu tried to laugh out loud, but as she laughed, tears streamed down her face like broken pearls. She finally confessed, "I'm crying because I've never received a father's love—not before, not now, and never again. He would pick up money from the ground for his youngest son, but he's never done anything for me—"
Lin Tingfeng was taken aback and remained silent for a long while, only tightening his grip on her.
Ye Wenyu pressed her small face against his burning chest and said to him, "If anyone is like a father, for me, in this world, only you are like one, because in my whole life, only you have cared for me, looked after me, and sheltered me from the storms of life."
Lin Tingfeng was deeply moved. He sighed happily, hugged Ye Wenyu tightly, and kissed her hair. He murmured, "It's good that you know. I hope you will always believe that this is how I treat you."
Ye Wenyu didn't quite understand what Lin Tingfeng meant. He seemed to be constantly worried and doubting her trust in him, even though she was currently in the stage where she loved him the most.
Ye Wenyu said apologetically, "Ye Dawei borrowed eight thousand yuan from me. Where did I get the money? All my money is your money. So, I'm sorry, I squandered your money today in my quest for revenge." After saying that, she leaned forward and kissed Lin Tingfeng on the cheek to show her apology and desire to make amends.
Lin Tingfeng laughed, helped her sit up straight in his arms, and said to her, "The money I gave you is yours. Besides, eight thousand yuan is nothing, okay?"
Ye Wenyu said, "Well, it's probably just a drop in the ocean for you."
Lin Tingfeng earnestly corrected him, "I'm not a water buffalo."
Ye Wenyu laughed and said to him, "Yes, you're not. You're like those big, long-haired cows from Inner Mongolia."
Lin Tingfeng laughed, stood up, went into the study, and after a while came out with a check. He said to her, "Here is 500,000. Go to the bank tomorrow and deposit it into your account."
Ye Wenyu was stunned for a moment, then realized that he had given her a large sum of money because her mother and father had both borrowed money from her. Ah, his money, hundreds of thousands of yuan, he could just casually take it out. Being with him always felt like playing Monopoly, because there was so much money, it always felt fake.
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