Chapter 167 Like Drinking Water
Although Bai Youyou has been sleeping, her body's protection mechanism allows her to be sensitive to the external environment, and the system will also convey what happened around her after she fell asleep.
It was already the third day since she woke up. It was as if she had experienced a spiritual purification and felt much more relaxed...
When she went downstairs in her beige home clothes, she saw a room full of people sitting downstairs.
Everyone was chatting and drinking tea. Bai Youyou's mouth twitched. She seemed to be unconscious. Even if it was not a big deal, didn't this group of people seem a little too relaxed?
Zheng Duoduo, who was still facing her, looked up and saw her standing on the stairs. He jumped up in surprise and ran towards her.
Everyone followed her line of sight and turned to look at Bai Youyou, a pure and lovely girl with waist-length hair. Who would have thought that such a harmless-looking girl could be so powerful?
This was the first time Zheng Duoduo experienced Bai Youyou’s coma. Although everyone said that she needed to rest and was really fine, Zheng Duoduo couldn’t feel at ease until she woke up.
"You finally woke up!"
Zheng Duoduo, who was standing on the step below Bai Youyou, raised her head with red eyes. God knows she was so sad that she couldn't sleep every night.
I patted her shoulder and said, "I'm fine. I like to sleep when I'm tired!"
"Hmm, are you hungry? Thirsty?"
Looking at her clear eyes like a loyal dog, Bai Youyou smiled and nodded...
Zheng Duoduo rushed down the stairs like a gust of wind, shouting as he ran;
"Mrs. Liu, it's time to serve the food!"
Everyone had experience with Bai Youyou's coma, so they naturally had a plan for how to deal with it. They would keep the food hot every day, worried that she would be hungry if she woke up suddenly.
Bai Youyou was deeply moved and ate a hearty meal in full view of everyone.
She walked to the sofa and sat down relaxedly, facing Shi Yue who looked concerned and He Wenxuan who she had never met but was acquainted with...
He looked at Shi Yue's face and drank his tea with an understanding look;
“I was forced into marriage.”
Shi Yue leaned forward and rested his arms on his knees. "I really can't hide anything from you."
"I know you've been here every day for the past three days. You're really not afraid of dragging me down with you."
Shi Yue spread his hands and said, "Only you can help me with this."
"Yes, Master Bai, this is really a big deal."
He Wenxuan couldn't help but squeeze in a word, which made Zheng Duoduo unhappy, "Didn't you see that our Yoyo just woke up? Can't you let her rest for a while?"
He Wenxuan raised his eyebrows, "You've been sleeping for three days, and you're still taking a rest?"
"You yourself said that you were repairing. Repairing and resting are two different things. Do you understand?"
The two of them sandwiched Bai Youyou in the middle, fighting back and forth. Bai Youyou ignored them and stood up and waved at Shi Yue, "Let's talk upstairs!"
Shi Yue didn't understand why the two of them would fight as soon as they met, so he left He Wenxuan and followed Bai Youyou to her study;
The two of them sat facing each other. It was the first time that they saw the great actor Shi with a sad face. Even if he was under a spell, he had never been seen looking so helpless.
"What do you want to do?"
Bai Youyou went straight to the point.
"I have no plans to consider personal matters at the moment, but my grandfather is pushing me too hard. He is not in good health and I don't want to irritate him."
"So the woman has to be the bad guy? It takes two to tango. Your grandfather didn't arrange this wealthy marriage willingly."
Shi Yue sighed, leaned back in his chair, and crossed his legs elegantly, "So, I am very passive!"
"The other party's family background is good enough to match yours, and your wealthy families always emphasize marriage. If it's not her, it will be another daughter. At least you two are childhood sweethearts, isn't that better? I don't understand why you want to resist such an arrangement of equal status."
Seeing that Bai Youyou didn't seem to be teasing him, he took it seriously;
"Because my parents are a family marriage, but they don't love each other..."
It seemed that he was reluctant to talk about that dark past, but he had no way to hide in front of Bai Youyou, and there was nothing to hide;
His hands, which were originally placed naturally on his legs, suddenly rose up to hug his arms, obviously as a gesture of self-protection;
"In fact, you should know all my past, including my parents' accident."
Not a question, but an affirmation.
Bai Youyou nodded seriously;
Bai Youyou nodded to show her understanding. A marriage among wealthy families is like drinking water, only the person himself knows whether it is hot or cold.
The surface may be shiny and bright, but the inside may be full of holes.
Shi Yue took a deep breath, as if to absorb all the painful memories into his lungs, and then uttered cold words one by one: "They are like two hedgehogs trapped in a cage, hurting each other but unable to escape."
Shi Yue's parents, one is the helmsman of a business empire, and the other is a daughter of a scholarly family.
Their combination was an exchange of interests from the very beginning.
A marriage without love is like a stagnant pool of water, lifeless.
"My parents' marriage is a classic example of a business marriage. There was no love between them, only the bond of family interests. My father was a man of great manners and a business genius praised by everyone. My mother was born into a prominent family, noble and elegant, and the most dazzling pearl in the social scene. To outsiders, they were a match made in heaven, and their marriage was a classic example of a strong union."
Shi Yue paused, a trace of bitterness flashed in his eyes, "But no one knows what kind of life they lead behind the glamorous appearance. My father is busy with work all day and rarely comes home. Even when he comes home, he is silent and taciturn, like a cold sculpture; my mother puts all her energy into various social activities, using gorgeous clothes and false smiles to cover up the emptiness and loneliness in her heart."
It was this stagnant marriage life day after day that drove the two people crazy.
Shi Yue's thoughts drifted back to that stormy night.
It was a night of lightning and thunder, with howling winds and pouring rain. The big raindrops hit the car windows hard, making crackling sounds, as if they were going to swallow up the whole world.
The atmosphere in the carriage on the way back home from the old house was suffocating.
His father sat in the driver's seat, his brows furrowed, not saying a word, his hands tightly gripping the steering wheel, his knuckles turning white, as if he wanted to crush the steering wheel.
His mother was sitting in the passenger seat, her delicately made-up face was frosty and her eyes were cold, without a trace of warmth, as if she was looking at a stranger.
Young Shi Yue sat in the back seat, twisting his body restlessly, his little face full of fear and helplessness.
He witnessed too much in his childhood. The prelude to every fierce battle between his parents was such a suffocating atmosphere!
"Enough! Let's get a divorce!"