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Lin Tingfeng continued slowly, "When my dad was young, he was a poor boy from a remote mountain village, but he was a top student and very smart. He met my mother when he started working after graduating from university. My maternal grandparents were very wealthy, a family that had been rich for generations. They fell in love, but my maternal grandparents objected because they were not a good match; my mother was their only daughter. However, my mother insisted, and they eventually got married. After the marriage, with my grandfather's help, my dad started a company and a group. My mom had me, and for the first few years, the family was very happy—"
As Lin Tingfeng's deep, resonant voice rang out, Ye Wenyu gradually learned about Lin Tingfeng's background. It turned out that Lin Tingfeng's father was a poor boy with no connections, and that the Lin Group was initially established with the help of Lin Tingfeng's mother's resources and platform.
It turns out that Lin Tingfeng's father and mother, like her and Lin Tingfeng, were originally two people from different worlds, but their paths crossed because of love—
Lin Tingfeng's parents got married and had a child, Lin Tingfeng. As for her and Lin Tingfeng, they were like fish in different waters, from two different worlds, able to understand each other's joys and sorrows, yet unable to embrace. Would they have a bright future together?
Looking at Lin Tingfeng's pale face and pained expression, it seems that his parents did not have a good ending later.
Ye Wenyu listened quietly, her heart feeling heavy, as if filled with lead.
The light in the room grew dimmer, the air gradually solidified, and the weather remained cold, causing Ye Wenyu's hands and feet to grow increasingly icy.
Lin Tingfeng continued slowly, “My mother thought this kind of life would last forever, and she would always be happy. But when I was three years old, my father had an affair. My mother found out and argued with him. They argued fiercely, and I don’t know what happened in between. I was too young to remember clearly. In short, the end result was that my father accused my mother of having an affair and suspected that I was not his biological son. Then they divorced. My mother left with nothing, and my father kicked my mother and me out. Later, my mother and I suffered a lot and endured a lot of hardship. My father married a new woman and had Lin Tingxuan and Lin Tingyue.”
I see.
Ye Wenyu stared wide-eyed at Lin Tingfeng's imposing figure, a pang of heartache welling up inside her. The Lin family's story was so dramatic and turbulent; it turned out that Lin Tingfeng, his younger brother Lin Tingxuan, and his younger sister Lin Tingyue were half-siblings, which explained his coldness and lack of generosity towards them.
She experienced family tragedy at the age of three. Lin Tingfeng's childhood was very similar to hers; her parents also divorced when she was very young.
Lin Tingfeng was lost in memories of the past. The past was not easily forgotten; the memories caused him immense pain. In a hoarse voice, he continued slowly, "When my parents divorced, my maternal grandparents were already bankrupt and penniless. My maternal grandparents turned against my father, accusing him of being ungrateful, of swindling them out of all their money, and of framing his daughter. In short, after my mother and I were kicked out, she had to support me and my maternal grandparents, bearing immense pressure. We rented a place in the slums of S City and lived a very miserable life—"
Ye Wenyu recalled what Lin Tingfeng's mother had said: when Lin Tingfeng was in elementary and junior high school, he only had two sets of clothes to change into because he didn't have money to buy more.
Her eyes were red as she looked at Lin Tingfeng with heartache.
After her parents divorced when she was young, although they were poor, her mother loved her very much. Sometimes she would rather stand outside all day handing out flyers to earn a few hundred yuan to buy her a princess dress from a shopping mall.
In comparison, Lin Tingfeng's childhood was even more tragic than hers.
Lin Tingfeng continued in a hoarse voice, "My mother came from a wealthy family and was used to being waited on since she was a child. Although she had a degree from a prestigious university, she had never worked and was deceived and hurt by my father, so it was difficult for her to earn money. She did many jobs, such as supermarket cashier, street vendor, office clerk, company receptionist, and even dancer and prostitute, and she changed jobs frequently because she had to support me and my grandparents. I guess the pressure was too great, and when I was six years old, she became somewhat abnormal—" Lin Tingfeng's voice trembled as he said the last few words, as if possessed by a demon.
Ye Wenyu was stunned. Hearing this, it was as if she had been struck by lightning. What did Lin's mother mean by becoming abnormal under the immense pressure of life and emotional stress?
Lin Tingfeng's voice was filled with pain because of the terrible past. His voice trembled continuously as he slowly said, "She started to have violent tendencies. Sometimes she would hit herself, and sometimes when she had an episode, she would take a knife and try to cut me—"
What? Ye Wenyu stood up as if burned. She couldn't imagine that a six-year-old boy could live under the shadow of his own mother chasing him with a kitchen knife every day! In such a harsh living environment, how could he grow up safely and become so outstanding?
Lin Tingfeng is not human, he's practically a god!
She stared wide-eyed at his retreating figure. Thinking about how he had come this far, how many terrible hardships he had endured in his life, compared to his birth and upbringing, she felt like she had fallen into a paradise. After all, her mother had a job, after all, she hadn't gone mad, after all, she only needed to support herself and her two children, and she also had the care of her grandparents, uncles, neighbors, and colleagues.
Lin Tingfeng turned around and smiled slightly at Ye Wenyu, but the smile was full of bitterness. He said self-deprecatingly, "After being with me, have you noticed that I often have nightmares? In my dreams, I scream, beg, and tremble all over?"
Ye Wenyu nodded blankly.
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