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Shufen could only comfort her by saying, "It's all in the past. Besides, everyone had a hard time back then, unlike now, where everyone can live a good life."
Zhang Susu said obsequiously, "How could that be? Now, the rich are rich and the poor are poor. It's just that your family is rich now, so you think everyone is rich."
Shufen could only smile modestly.
As Ye Wenyu listened, she glanced up and saw Lin Tingfeng, who was forced to listen to the two middle-aged women's conversation. Lin Tingfeng had a sneer in his eyes and a contemptuous smile on his face, probably because he saw Zhang Susu talking about Cai Jiafu.
Ye Wenyu's face flushed red again. Her mother was indeed unsophisticated. Compared to the Lin family, the Cai family was at best at a subsistence level, while their Ye family had always been struggling on the poverty line.
Zhang Susu was silent for a while, then said happily, "However, when I married Lao Wang, Xiaoyu also bought me a gold bracelet. Of course, the bracelet was very thin and couldn't compare to the one your family gave her, but that girl was only eighteen years old and gave me all her savings from the past few years as her dowry. She is truly a very filial child!" The implication was that you made the right choice in choosing my daughter as your daughter-in-law, that my daughter was worthy of your son, and that my daughter was well-educated.
Upon hearing this, Lin Tingfeng looked down at Ye Wenyu in his arms, feeling a surge of warmth in his heart, and hugged her even tighter.
She is truly the best girl in the world! She has a heart of gold. Her mother was so heartless and irresponsible towards her, yet she actually prepared a dowry for her mother.
Is it possible for a biological daughter to prepare a dowry for her mother who is remarrying?
Her elderly mother abandoned her to remarry, selling the house and leaving her without family and home overnight. From then on, she had to face life alone. In this situation, she still took out her meager savings to buy her mother a gold bracelet as a dowry.
Such a girl is truly rare, hard to find even with a lantern.
As Lin Tingfeng pondered, his eyes softened. He looked down at his daughter in his arms, longing to kiss her fragrant hair, but fearing she would be angry, he had to desperately restrain himself.
If he can be so generous to an irresponsible, stepmother-like mother, then if he wins her love, he will surely be the happiest man in the world.
Lin Tingfeng felt a sweet warmth in his heart, and he slowly smiled.
Shufen smiled happily and said, "Wow, Xiaoyu is so filial! I'm so lucky. Susu, don't worry, as the saying goes, 'It takes ten years to see the mother-in-law and ten years to see the daughter-in-law.' Once she graduates from university and marries into our family, I will definitely treat her like my own daughter."
Lin Tingfeng became insanely jealous again. The two old women were talking about how Xiaoyu was going to marry that poor boy from the Cai family, as if it were a done deal, which made him very unhappy.
His handsome face darkened.
Amid Zhang Susu's cheerful laughter, Shufen continued, "She's so kind-hearted, I'll reciprocate and treat her very well. Because I'm good to her, even when I'm old and can't work anymore, she'll still be good to me. Don't worry about those mother-in-law/daughter-in-law conflicts; they don't exist in our family."
"Great, that's wonderful."
The two women walked out of the women's restroom, talking and laughing.
The surroundings finally fell silent, like a quiet valley.
Ye Wenyu breathed a sigh of relief. At this moment, without even looking in a mirror, she knew her face was as red as an autumn persimmon. She lowered her head and said to Lin Tingfeng, "Thank you, I'm leaving now." She turned around in his arms, wanting to leave.
Lin Tingfeng was reluctant to let her go, so he kept his arm around her tightly and whispered to her, "There are men using the toilet outside."
His arms were very strong, like chains.
Although they were in the men's restroom, at this moment, Lin Tingfeng felt as if he were in paradise. His heart was filled with sweetness and warmth. Since he held her in his arms, he had noticed a sweet fragrance about her, like the camellia nectar he had secretly eaten in the garden during his childhood—faint, fragrant, and sweet.
She truly is the most beautiful being in the world.
Helpless, Ye Wenyu had no choice but to stand there for a while longer. When the men's restroom was empty, she tried to leave, but Lin Tingfeng still wouldn't let go. Ye Wenyu blushed and felt angry. She tightened her grip, and Lin Tingfeng, embarrassed, let go. Ye Wenyu then pushed Lin Tingfeng away and quickly walked out with her head down.
Lin Tingfeng wasn't about to let her off the hook. He immediately followed her out, determined to find out what she was thinking today!
This girl, who is so smart, became very confused about this matter.
Lin Tingfeng caught up with Ye Wenyu in the hotel corridor and blocked her way like a mountain. He said to her, "Stop right there, I have something to ask you!" His tone was commanding.
Ye Wenyu paused for a moment, but did not stop walking.
Lin Tingfeng stepped back a few paces, still blocking her way, and reminded her, "You want to go in now? Your eyes are still red."
Ye Wenyu paused again, slowed her pace, and turned to walk out of the hotel.
But before we knew it, a torrential downpour began outside. It was as if God had opened the floodgates to release a flood, and the streets were almost deserted, with hardly any pedestrians or vehicles.
Ye Wenyu stopped in her tracks.
Amid the patter of rain, Lin Tingfeng said to her again, "Leaving now wouldn't be appropriate; it would be too impolite."
Ye Wenyu stopped in her tracks. What he said was true, and she was powerless to refute it.
Life is so hard.
But she was in great pain. All she wanted was to find a quiet place to be alone for a while. Wasn't that enough? Why did Lin Tingfeng keep following her like a persistent ghost?
Therefore, Ye Wenyu raised her head, her eyes still red, like a cute little rabbit with tears welling up in her eyes. Her small face, no bigger than a palm, looked so fragile that it seemed as if it might break at any moment. She gritted her teeth and said, "What I do is none of your business, Lin Tingfeng. Who are you to me?!"
Lin Tingfeng was stunned.
Yes, he and she weren't even ordinary friends. Although he had been trying to bring them closer and make them extremely intimate since they met, she had been running away from him, even though the reason for her running away was always inexplicable.
Ye Wenyu put on a stern face and said with annoyance, "You are nothing, not even a regular friend, so don't meddle in other people's business, okay?" After saying this, she turned around, faced the hotel, and moved her feet, intending to leave in a hurry.
Lin Tingfeng spoke up from behind her: "Yes, I am nothing, not even an ordinary friend, but even if I can't have you or be with you, I still hope you will be happy for the rest of your life!"
Ye Wenyu was stunned, a warm feeling washing over him. "A happy and fulfilling life for the rest of your days?" He was probably the only person in the world who would say such a thing.
For so many years, no one cared whether she was happy.
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