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Cai Wenchuan said to Lin Tingfeng in anguish, “Before we got married, she promised me she would quit drugs so we could have two healthy babies. But after we got married, she didn’t keep her promise at all. She has no integrity whatsoever. I’ve found out about it several times already. I’m heartbroken. Last night, I found out again.” Cai Wenchuan looked haggard, his voice hoarse. He had been deceived for most of his life. He thought he had married a fairy, but it turned out he had married a poisonous woman.
Lin Tingfeng gave a wry smile and comforted him, saying, "Wenchuan, it's Lin Tingyue who doesn't deserve you. You're a good man, and she's a female liar."
Men and women in love are truly fools; they can't distinguish between a good and a bad person, yet they love each other infatuatedly. Cai Wenchuan is just such a fool.
Lin Tingfeng felt sorry for Cai Wenchuan. He was originally an optimistic, energetic, and academically passionate university professor, but those two women tormented him to the point of being neither human nor ghost.
Cai Wenchuan closed his eyes in agony, breathing heavily like a horse. After the excruciating pain subsided, he opened his eyes and said to Lin Tingfeng, "I want to divorce her." His voice trembled, like a figure shivering in the wind.
Cai Wenchuan said, “Before we got married, she promised me she would treat my parents well. But after we got married, she never went to my house, and she wouldn’t let me go back. Sometimes when my parents missed me so much that they came to visit, she would still treat them like servants. The worst thing is that whenever my parents urged us to have a child, she would start throwing things—” As Cai Wenchuan said this, his handsome face contorted in pain. He reached out and covered his face with his large hand, as if he didn’t want Lin Tingfeng to see how much pain he was in.
Lin Tingfeng remained silent.
Because he didn't know what to say.
Cai Wenchuan said in a hoarse voice, "She cried and begged me to stay last night, so the decision to divorce was temporarily put on hold. I'm giving her another chance, and she promised me she would definitely quit drugs."
Lin Tingfeng remained silent, thinking that this man was truly infatuated, still unwilling to give up even now. He knew that although Cai Wenchuan had been disappointed time and time again and had been trapped in the abyss of pain for a long time, he still had not made up his mind to be Lin Tingyue's enemy.
He fell silent, unable to utter any kind words. In all his life, he had never seen anyone successfully quit drugs. Let alone drugs, even successfully quitting smoking was extremely rare. They were as rare as pearls in the desert.
Cai Wenchuan suddenly looked up at Lin Tingfeng and said seriously, "I'm planning to sell you my shares. Do you want them?"
After Lin Tingfeng's visit, Cai Wenchuan took the initiative to approach him, actually wanting to sell his shares in the Lin Group.
But how can he afford it now?
Cai Wenchuan looked remorseful, but continued to speak along his own train of thought: "I ruined myself because of my ignorance. I can't ruin you too. I would be too sorry for Old Master Lin! I'll sell you one-third of the shares of the Lin Group for just one yuan."
Just one yuan? This trust touched Lin Tingfeng, and the corners of his mouth turned up slightly.
Cai Wenchuan continued in a hoarse voice, "Tingfeng, with mine plus yours, you now hold two-thirds of the Lin Group's shares. So, you can take back the Lin Group." As he spoke, Cai Wenchuan took out the share transfer agreement from his backpack, and a rare smile finally appeared on his face, like the sunshine that is hard to find in winter.
Lin Tingfeng looked at him but didn't take the share transfer document. A hint of self-mockery appeared on his face as he slowly said to Cai Wenchuan, "Don't you know that I've already sold my shares?" This share transfer document came too late. Cai Wenchuan needed a long time to make a decision, but he didn't have time to wait.
So he missed a great opportunity, but he didn't regret it.
Cai Wenchuan was utterly shocked by the news, as if struck by lightning. His hand holding the share transfer agreement trembled slightly, and his eyes widened like teacups. He questioned Lin Tingfeng in astonishment, "Why did you sell your shares? Didn't I tell you a long time ago? Why didn't you wait for me? I needed time to make a decision, okay? I was in a lot of pain too, okay?" He stood up and sat down anxiously, pacing back and forth like an ant on a hot pan.
Lin Tingfeng watched silently.
Cai Wenchuan seemed to be in great pain; he was breathing rapidly.
God knows, he was living in hellish torment, thinking that he couldn't just live numbly like this, that he had to do something meaningful to make up for his past mistakes, which is why he struggled to walk up to Lin Tingfeng again and again.
But Lin Tingyue was, after all, the girl he had loved his whole life. He had cherished her like a precious jewel, a fairy from heaven, or the full moon in the courtyard. Even when he was most disheartened, he still held onto a sliver of hope for her. As long as she knelt before him, tears streaming down her face, and made a firm decision that she would change, he would believe her again.
That's why it took him so long to come looking for Lin Tingfeng.
How can you forget someone you've loved for most of your life? How can you let go of someone you've carried the burden of your life?
He has been suffering in hell, but at least hell is a fixed-term prison sentence, and now he knows he will be released soon.
Last night, Cai Wenchuan accidentally caught Lin Tingyue using drugs at home. He was utterly disappointed. Although he hadn't made up his mind to divorce her immediately, he had decided to hand over the Lin Group to Lin Tingfeng. Only then would his conscience be at peace.
That's why he came to see Lin Tingfeng today.
Unexpectedly, in just a few months, he actually sold off his shares. His plan fell through, and Cai Wenchuan said with regret, "You built the Lin Group from scratch. It's your life. How could you sell it so easily?"
Lin Tingfeng's face was as pale as a statue. He slowly explained to Cai Wenchuan, "I can't wait for you."
The air was hot and stuffy, and the ward was unusually oppressive. Both of them were in pain and agitated.
"Why?" Cai Wenchuan clenched his fists, his eyes wide open like teacups; he wanted to know the truth.
The sun outside baked the earth so hot it seemed to be smoking, making the room unbearably hot as well.
Both of their backs were soaked with sweat.
Left with no other choice, Lin Tingfeng spoke up, his voice heavy: "At that time, Xiaoyu was kidnapped. The kidnappers demanded a ransom of 80 million, or they would kill her. I had no choice but to sell the stocks to someone else."
What? As if struck by an earthquake, Cai Wenchuan was stunned. Xiaoyu had been kidnapped? Ye Wenyu? Xiaoyu, the girl he grew up with?
While he was trapped in the abyss of pain that Lin Tingyue had given him, oblivious to the world around him, were so many terrible things happening outside?
Lin Tingfeng gave a wry smile and said to Cai Wenchuan, "I believe you understand that Xiaoyu is a recent college graduate. She doesn't have any enemies. The kidnappers are after me, so I have no choice but to save her."
Cai Wenchuan nodded. Now he understood why Ye Wenyu had appeared in Lin Tingfeng's hospital room and taken such good care of him.
While he lay dying in the mire of his painful marriage, many things had already happened between Ye Wenyu and Lin Tingfeng. They shared joys and sorrows, and went through life and death together; their relationship was no longer that of ordinary friends.
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