Since ancient times, marriage has emphasized matching social status, and the same applies to dating.
If two people are well-matched and share common interests, feelings will naturally develop over time. However, if they are only superficially compatible, their conversations will be disjointed and illogical, and conflicts will inevitably arise over time.
He Nianzhi and Feng Huan's first breakup was a huge scandal, because He Nianzhi didn't want to break up, while Feng Huan was determined to leave. Driven to desperation, the rabbit decided to threaten Feng Huan with suicide by jumping off a building. Under immense pressure, Feng Huan had no choice but to reluctantly continue living with He Nianzhi.
When He Fan received the absurd news about her daughter, she was furious and gave He Nianzhi a good scolding. Because her daughter had wronged another child, He Fan spoke to Feng Huan in a gentle and kind manner, and Feng Huan subsequently got whatever she wanted.
Before long, He Nianzhi and Feng Huan graduated from university and naturally entered into marriage. After their marriage, Feng Huan spent two years taking control of He Fan's company. He Fan realized something was wrong, but it was too late; the company had already changed its name and ownership.
Feng Huan, the designer from the company, kicked He Fan and his family out of their home, and then used the fabricated charge of He Nianzhi's infidelity to divorce her.
Feng Huan reaped all the good things and a good reputation, while his own family, who were kind to others, ended up being hated by everyone. The simple-minded He Nianzhi finally discovered Feng Huan's true colors.
He Nianzhi confronted Feng Huan, who mercilessly revealed the brutal truth. The breakup years ago was intentional, orchestrated to gain He Nianzhi's sympathy. He had gone to great lengths to pretend to be her boyfriend, all for the sake of He Nianzhi's company. Now that he had the company, was he really going to keep putting on this act for her?
Feng Huan's words were like knives, leaving He Nianzhi deeply wounded. She couldn't remember how she got back to the small house her father rented. Looking at her elderly father and young brother, He Nianzhi, who had let the wolf into her home, could only work hard to earn as much money as possible to repay her family. Because of her relentless work, He Nianzhi, only forty-five years old, aged prematurely and passed away before He Fan.
Before He Nianzhi died, the local television station broadcast the story of Feng Huan, an outstanding figure in City A, every day and every month.
The original owner spent the rest of her life in regret, hating herself for being blind to the truth, mistaking a fish eye for a pearl, letting a wolf into the house, and causing her father to lose everything. If she could live her life again, the original owner would want to stay away from Feng Huan, stop arguing with her family, and protect her father's company.
After Ji Xiaoxiao received the original owner's memories, a night passed.
After washing up, Ji Xiaoxiao came out of the washroom feeling refreshed. There were two people sitting in the hospital, a man and a woman. One of them, a pretty woman, had a child of about two years old sleeping in her arms.
"Dad." Ji Xiaoxiao looked at He Fan, then said to Ji Xiaobai, "Auntie."
A bucket of cold water was poured over him, drenching He Fan, who was burning with anger.
Ji Xiaobai's legs trembled, clearly showing that he was flattered and more surprised than happy.
No wonder they reacted so strongly, because the original owner had never spoken kindly to Ji Xiaobai.
Ji Xiaoxiao reached out and wiped the water droplets from her forehead. Her washed face was almost transparently pale in the sunlight, making her look really pitiful.
He Fan sighed, "Children are all a burden!"
"Dad, I was wrong." Ji Xiaoxiao expressed the original owner's true feelings.
It was a mistake, a real mistake.
He Fan still suspected that Ji Xiaoxiao was just making a fuss, but faced with the undeniable facts and his daughter's change, he could not ignore it.
"Xiao Nian, what's wrong?"
"It's a monster!" the daughter apologized. He Fan was afraid that Ji Xiaoxiao had lost all will to live and wanted to die.
Ji Xiaoxiao took a few steps and sat on the hospital bed. "Dad, I was wrong. I shouldn't have threatened to kill myself to force Feng Huan to stay. He clearly doesn't love me. Dad... I'm sorry for hurting you."
The original owner's act of jumping off a building to force Feng Huan to commit suicide was truly harmful in every way. She herself suffered no good outcome, and she also caused He Fan to live in constant fear, experiencing the terror of a parent outliving their child.
In this affair, the original owner was a complete fool and a tyrant, infamous and avoided by everyone. Feng Huan, on the other hand, was a respectable and pitiful hero, his good reputation spreading far and wide, known to everyone in City A. To clean up the mess left by the original owner, He Fan had no choice but to treat Feng Huan with utmost care and consideration, even more so than a son. These various reasons and developments led to the He family's later tragedy.
"I know I was wrong, please forgive me, okay?"
The company was taken over by Feng Huan, and He Fan's family was left homeless. Even though they were in their fifties, they still had to do hard labor. The original owner felt both heartbroken and regretful.
Because of lingering emotions, Ji Xiaoxiao cried her heart out. He Fan loved his daughter deeply, and even his greatest anger subsided into silence with her wailing and tears.
"Okay, stop crying. It's good that you know you were wrong. Don't scare Daddy again." He Fan stiffly hugged Ji Xiaoxiao and awkwardly sang a nursery rhyme in her ear.
When the original owner was a child, he would have nightmares and cry uncontrollably, and He Fan would always sing nursery rhymes to soothe him. More than ten years have passed in the blink of an eye, and He Fan remains a good father as always.
After venting the original owner's emotions, Ji Xiaoxiao nudged He Fan and said, "Dad, I've grown up."
One sentence made He Fan blush with embarrassment.
"I...I have something to do at the company, I have to go now." He Fan made a quick getaway.
Ji Xiaoxiao stared blankly at He Fan's retreating figure until it disappeared from sight.
"We are blessed but we don't know it," Ji Xiaoxiao sighed.
There's no village in front of them, no shop behind them. Without He Fan in the ward, the stepmother and stepdaughter share a room, and it's inevitable that they won't be able to talk to each other.
"Uh... Xiao Nian, do you want to hug Xiao Xiang?" Ji Xiaobai said, then wanted to slap himself. "Xiao Nian was just frightened, how can she hug Xiao Xiang? Besides, Xiao Nian doesn't like Xiao Xiang, how could Xiao Nian possibly..."
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