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Ye Wenyu looked at Aunt Cai with some sympathy, thinking to herself, "Aunt, it's not that I don't want to help you. I understand your wish as a mother, but your son doesn't care about me, so it's no use if I agree. It's obviously impossible. Why should I give you hope while giving hope to myself, only to have both of you face utter disappointment in the future?"
Wise people know when to cut their losses, whether in finances or relationships; they must control their spending at the right time. If a person doesn't love themselves, how can they expect to attract the love of someone truly exceptional?
She has great self-respect and self-love, so she would never do something as foolish as giving so much and expecting the other person to be grateful and reciprocate her love.
As she was thinking and wandering around, a small photograph on the corner of the desk caught her eye. It was a very small photograph that should have been tucked inside a book that was lying upright, but for some reason it had fallen out of the book and appeared in front of her.
A mountain breeze suddenly rushed in through the window, as if driven by some kind of magic. The wind blew the yellowed old photos, which floated and floated until they finally landed in front of Ye Wenyu.
It was as if it were destined that she would see this photo.
Ye Wenyu curiously picked up the frameless photo and looked at it. At first, Aunt Cai didn't pay much attention to it and let Ye Wenyu look at it.
It wasn't until Ye Wenyu looked at the photo for a few minutes, handed it to Aunt Cai, and gently asked her, "Who is this?" that she became even more determined to refuse Aunt Cai.
Because she found irrefutable evidence against Cai Wenchuan's inner demons.
Aunt Cai took the photo and looked at it for less than half a minute. Her hand holding the photo began to tremble. Her face was as pale as paper, and her mouth trembled slightly as if she had hot oil in it. She said in a hoarse voice, "Unrelated person, unrelated person." Then she frantically tried to take out a book, wanting to hide the photo inside.
Ye Wenyu took in everything. She silently watched Aunt Cai's deathly pale face, her trembling hands, and the cold sweat seeping from her forehead. It was the Lantern Festival, and it was winter, yet her forehead was suddenly sweating. She knew something was wrong. As the saying goes, "When things are abnormal, there is something fishy." She already knew most likely who the person in the photo was.
It was just a guess before, but seeing Aunt Cai's expression, I can be sure of it.
When she looked at the photo, the girl in it was a seven or eight-year-old girl, wearing a black sailor uniform with a purple collar, black leather shoes and purple socks. Her long hair was tied into two ponytails, and she wore a purple bow on her chest. She looked very pretty and cute, but at the same time, she was full of evil.
Throughout her life, she has almost never worn purple clothes. Last year, when lavender-colored pinkish-purple was in vogue, she didn't dare to try it because she felt she couldn't handle that terrible purple. Moreover, the little girl in the photo was wearing a very bright and highly concentrated purple.
Which mother would dress her child in purple when the child is very young?
She initially thought the photo was of herself when she was a child, but the little girl in the photo didn't look like her. Moreover, her family was poor when she was a child, and she never bought or wore a sailor uniform. In addition, the black leather shoes on the girl's feet in the photo looked to be of very high quality and style. They were from a top luxury brand and not ordinary shoes.
Then it definitely wasn't me.
Who could it be? She already had someone in mind, but when she tentatively handed the photo to Aunt Cai and saw her unusual expression, she could almost be certain in her heart.
Aunt Cai was busy wiping away sweat with a handkerchief.
Looking at her aunt, Ye Wenyu mustered her courage and asked, "Is this Lin Tingyue?"
As if struck by lightning, Aunt Cai suddenly raised her head and asked her with trembling lips, "You, you, you know Miss?" There was extreme fear in her eyes, as if she had done something wrong and had been caught red-handed.
Looking at her aunt like this, Ye Wenyu felt a sense of confusion.
Even if she knew of Lin Tingyue's existence, her aunt shouldn't be this shocked and frightened. How strange.
The eldest daughter? She admitted it after all. A bitter smile of desolation rose in Ye Wenyu's heart. She already knew most of what was going on. Perhaps, not only her, but even Uncle Cai and Aunt Cai had noticed their son's unusual feelings for Lin Tingyue, the eldest daughter of the Lin family. They felt that this was very inappropriate, that their son was playing with fire and courting disaster, so they invited her to dinner, hoping that through her, they could save their son from his misery.
In other words, in Uncle Cai and Aunt Cai's eyes, Ye Wenyu was merely a tool to rescue their son from his misery. They were attracted to her not because she was outstanding, but because she was obedient and wouldn't refuse—was that the reason?
Thinking of this, Ye Wenyu felt as if a wasp had stung her heart, and she was in great pain.
It turns out that in the eyes of the rich, the poor will not refuse their unreasonable demands. It turns out that in the eyes of Cai's parents, she was just their son's lifeline.
Poor her, she still thought that Cai's parents genuinely liked her. Haha, how naive and childish!
She said in a hoarse voice, "Lin Tingyue's boyfriend is a student at our Q University named Jiang Zhiming. I know him." This was her explanation; she was so heartbroken that she didn't want to stay there any longer, nor did she want to speak.
Aunt Cai's face grew even more distressed, her mouth agape as if it held scalding hot oil. She said painfully, "I knew it! Miss has a boyfriend. I've heard she has many boyfriends, starting when she was twelve or thirteen, changing boyfriends one after another—"
Ye Wenyu suddenly didn't want to get involved in this mess anymore! At this moment, she felt incredibly grateful to Lin Tingfeng. It was as if his advice, as a successful person and a wise man, had helped her make a more informed and sensible decision.
She looked at Aunt Cai, tucked Lin Tingyue's pretty little photo back into the book, and said calmly to Cai Wenchuan's mother, "Auntie, thank you for liking me, but forced love is never sweet, and feelings can't be forced. I think Brother Wen has another girl in his heart. I have to go back now, goodbye!" Then she hurried downstairs like a gust of wind, leaving the Cai family alone without waiting for her mother to decide whether to go or not. It wasn't until she reached the winding mountain road outside and was waiting for a car that her mother caught up with her, panting.
Zhang Susu chased after him, breathless and drenched in sweat. She stood there with her hands on her hips, cursing, "How could you leave without even saying goodbye? That's so rude! It's shameful!"
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