"Shuning, what would you do if you were in my shoes?"
Chen Shuning looked expressionlessly at Shen Hongmei, who was crying her eyes out and looked aggrieved. A mocking sneer appeared on his lips: "Ha! Is someone stopping you from pursuing your own happiness? If you like someone, you like them. It's just dating. Why do you have to drag me into it?"
She paused, her tone growing increasingly cold, and said, "What does it have to do with me if you and your Weiguo are dating? If it's a normal relationship between you two, why are you feeling guilty?"
You have to go around telling everyone you feel indebted to me, and every time you see me you look pitiful and teary-eyed, as if I've bullied you!
As Chen Shuning grew angrier, her voice unconsciously rose eight octaves: "If you want to gain a good reputation, it's fine if you want to pretend to be gentle, kind, and virtuous, but why do you have to drag me down as a stepping stone?"
Do you think I don't care about my reputation? Now look what's happened! The whole school's teachers and students mistakenly believe that I relentlessly pursued Zhou Weiguo without success, and then they're taking their anger out on you, a weak and innocent person.
You've earned a reputation for being understanding, gentle, and generous, but what about me?
Chen Shuning stared intently at Shen Hongmei, his eyes filled with anger and disappointment, as if trying to see through her eyes to understand her true thoughts.
Finally, she coldly tossed out a sentence: "I don't need to say more about what you're planning, Shen Hongmei. So, no matter what your purpose is in coming here today, it won't work here. So please leave."
Shen Hongmei was perfectly clear about her true thoughts, just like a mirror.
At that time, she was absolutely unwilling to be seen by others as the bad woman who stole her lover from her best friend!
That's why she went to great lengths to put on a pitiful act, portraying herself as a wronged and miserable person, so that everyone would think that she and Zhou Weiguo were in love. All of this was because Chen Shuning was jealous and deliberately sowed discord, making things difficult for the two of them in various ways.
Isn't this just like the old saying, "You want to be a hypocrite but you don't want to be a virtuous woman"?
However, with Chen Shuning's limited intelligence, he probably would never be able to figure out the reason behind it, but now it seems that Chen Shuning sees it clearly.
Thinking of this, Shen Hongmei glanced suspiciously at Yang Wanqiu beside her.
You know, all three of them used to be in love with Zhou Weiguo, but in the end, Zhou Weiguo chose her.
Besides, it was I who exposed all the dirty deeds Yang Wanqiu had done behind her back to Chen Shuning and Zhou Weiguo.
Ultimately, this led to Chen Shuning and Yang Wanqiu becoming enemies. Zhou Weiguo initially chose to be with her because of her seemingly kind but actually ulterior motives in her words, which made him believe she was upright and kind.
So here's the question: Did all those schemes I secretly plotted also get passed on to Chen Shuning through Yang Wanqiu?
Yang Wanqiu understood perfectly what was being conveyed in Shen Hongmei's eyes, but she simply shook her head slightly to indicate that she hadn't said anything.
In fact, she had warned Shen Hongmei long ago that Chen Shuning was no longer the same person he used to be, and was no longer as foolish as he used to be, letting others manipulate him.
However, Shen Hongmei simply refused to believe it and insisted on delivering such fine fabric to his door. As you can imagine, she was met with a rebuff.
But then, Yang Wanqiu began to ponder the benefits that Shen Hongmei had mentioned.
She thought to herself, haven't Gu Xinyi and the others gotten a lot of benefits from Chen Shuning?
Of course, this is because she only saw Chen Shuning often bringing good things to Gu Xinyi's place to eat and drink, but she never thought that Gu Xinyi would also often bring out all kinds of good things to share with everyone.
The way these people interact now is how true friends should get along—it's about giving to each other, not just taking from each other like they did with Chen Shuning before.
Right now, Yang Wanqiu is still calculating what benefits she will gain if she can really win over Chen Shuning.
If she could fool Chen Shuning again and restore their relationship to its former intimacy, then Yang Wanqiu could also get all kinds of delicious food from Chen Shuning, just like before, and enjoy the benefits without having to ask for anything herself.
Especially seeing Chen Shuning living such a successful and enviable life, if Shen Hongmei really has the ability to win back Chen Shuning's heart, then she will definitely benefit from it as well.
Conversely, even if Shen Hongmei couldn't appease Chen Shuning, it wouldn't be a loss for her. After all, Shen Hongmei brought her own food, so she would have company when she came. Besides, Shen Hongmei was a pretty good cook, so she would also enjoy some good food when she came.
Thinking of these benefits, Yang Wanqiu also advised, "Shuning, please forgive us. We were young and ignorant back then, and we were blinded by that man Zhou Weiguo, which is why we did those wrong things."
You know how good our relationship was back then, it's not worth it for that man!
Besides, now that you've found such a good man as He Chaoyang, you shouldn't be angry with us anymore because of Zhou Weiguo, don't you think?"
Chen Shuning was so angry at Yang Wanqiu's words that she laughed. Did Yang Wanqiu mean that she should thank them for scheming against her back then?
No, that's not right. Their real target was the original owner of this body. You have to understand that with their limited scheming and methods, they were probably a bit short of the skill to scheme against her.
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