"Tingxu, why are you treating granny like this? She was already worried enough about Jingjing's disappearance.”It seemed that the relationship between the husband and his mother-in-law was not ordinary.
Lou Tingxu sneered,"Of course she cares about Jingjing because Jingjing is the daughter of her lover."”She cared more about Jingjing than her son.
Fu Nannan was stunned. "What did you say?" Did he mean that her mother-in-law and Jingjing's father used to be lovers?
"Before my mother married into the Lou family, she was once a couple with Jingjing's father. Later, because my grandfather married her into the Lou family, she had no choice but to break up with Jingjing's father. Her lover married her cousin. When Jingjing was fifteen, my mother brought Jingjing to my house to keep her company.”
"It's not strange for a woman to have one or two boyfriends before she gets married.”Before marriage, everyone had the right to choose.
"Of course I know that." He was not blaming his mother for this.
"Then why are you angry with your mother-in-law?”Fu Nannan's intuition told her that this was also the reason why Lou Tingxu wore a fake face to meet people.
Lou Tingxu looked at Fu Nannan, not knowing if he should tell her, but in the end, he said,""Although I was a smart child since I was young, I was also a child who troubled my father. I was bold and liked to play pranks. I caused a lot of trouble for my father, but I was the only heir of the Lou family, so my father had to discipline me in a stricter way.
During the summer vacation when I was 15, my father decided to let me work in the rubber plantation, hoping to use this to temper my temper, but I refused, so I secretly ran to Xinjiapo to look for my mother. Every July, my mother would go on vacation at her villa in Xinjiapo, but she never took me there once. Of course, I had never thought of going there before, except that one time.”
"What happened in New York?”What had happened to make Lou Tingxu change so drastically?
"If I had another chance, I definitely wouldn't have gone to New York to look for my mother.”Lou Tingxu looked at Fu Nannan and said," That day, I didn't tell anyone and went to Xinjiapo to look for my mother. I wanted to give her a surprise, but she gave me a huge shock."”
"Don't say anymore." She didn't want to listen to it anymore.
However, Lou Tingxu didn't seem to hear Fu Nannan's words and continued,""I still remember that it was a very, very hot afternoon. The sun was so hot that it almost made people faint. I went to the villa without informing anyone, but there was no one in the villa. I thought that my mother had brought the servant who had served her for more than ten years out to shop, so she was wandering around the villa. When I walked to the back garden, I heard my mother and a man's voice coming from the greenhouse. I walked over curiously and saw my mother hugging an unfamiliar man from outside the greenhouse.”
"Enough!" Fu Nannan hugged Lou Tingxu." Don't say it anymore. It's all in the past."”Although Lou Tingxu's tone was calm, she could feel his pain. Was that why he was wearing a fake mask?
Lou Tingxu wanted to tell Fu Nannan about this because it had affected his life.
"Will you listen to me?" Lou Tingxu looked at Fu Nannan.
"Are you sure?" Fu Nannan asked worriedly.”
Lou Tingxu nodded and continued,""At that time, I was shocked, so I turned around and ran away. Then, I saw my father in the living room of the villa. When my father saw me in a panic, he only said,'You saw your mother and your uncle.' When I heard my father say that, I was stunned. Then, my father took me to the hotel room.
He told me that my mother and my uncle were lovers before she married him, but they had to break up because she married my father. A few years later, my mother's ex-lover actually married my mother's cousin, so they had a chance to meet again and rekindled their old love. My father already knew about this a year ago. He didn't deal with it until then because he didn't want to hurt me. Later, since I already knew, there was no need for him to hide it anymore, so he decided to divorce my mother.”
Lou Tingxu revealed a bitter smile and said," When I heard my father say that he wanted to divorce my mother, I woke up. I knew that my grandfather was a person who valued the family's reputation very much. If my father divorced my mother on the grounds that she had an affair, my grandfather would never forgive my mother. My mother would also have no way out. So I expressed my objection to my father, and my father made a condition to me. As long as I did as he asked, he would not divorce my mother, and I agreed to my father's request.”
From that day on, he tried his best to follow his father's instructions and make himself a completely different person, a son that his father was 100% satisfied with. Fifteen years passed. After his father passed away, he wanted to return to his old self, but he had worn the mask for so long that he had forgotten how to take it off.
Fu Nannan could imagine how sad Lou Tingxu was at that time, and she didn't know how to comfort him. All she could do was hug him tightly.
At this moment, Mrs. Lou suddenly pushed open the door and walked in. She looked at her son with an ugly expression. She had only wanted to tell her son that Jingjing had called her. She did not expect to hear a conversation that she could not believe.
"Do you really believe that I was disloyal to your father?”Mrs. Lou finally understood why her son had been so cold to her for more than ten years.
Lou Tingxu didn't expect his mother to suddenly appear. "Uncle is your ex-lover. That's why you love Jingjing so much, isn't it?”
"That's right, I really love Jingjing.”Mrs. Lou nodded and said,"But the reason why I love Jingjing so much is not because her father is my old lover."”
Fu Nannan tugged at Lou Tingxu's hand. "You should have a good talk with granny. I believe there must be some misunderstanding.”
She glanced at her husband and mother-in-law before turning around and leaving the room. She knew that what the mother and son needed most now was a good talk.
Mrs. Lou didn't notice Fu Nannan's departure at all. She only looked at Lou Tingxu sadly and said slowly,""Indeed, I married your father under my father's orders, but after I married into the Lou family, I never let your father down.”
"I clearly saw it in the summer when I was fifteen.”He saw his mother hugging Jing Jing's father.
"That summer, I was supposed to be on vacation in Singapore, but I received news that your grandmother was sick the second week after I arrived, so I immediately rushed back to Malay to take care of your grandmother.”She did not expect her late husband to set her up like this, making her son suspect that she was unfaithful.
Lou Tingxu still couldn't believe his mother's words. "It's all in the past. There's no need to say anything more. No matter what you do, you're still my mother.”
Mrs. Lou knew that her son still didn't believe her. "You should know your father's temper better than anyone else. If I really had an affair, would your father let me off so easily? If I really had something going on with Jingjing's father, wouldn't he have used this matter to threaten me and force me to agree to him when I objected to him adopting Ye Zi back then?”
"That's because I agreed to Father's conditions.”That was why his father let his mother off.
Mrs. Lou sneered." Is your father that easy to talk to? If he didn't know his son well, would your grandfather have made such a will? He didn't leave the inheritance to Fu Nannan directly because he was afraid that your father would harm Fu Nannan, so he made that will.”
Of course, he knew what kind of person his father was, but he had never thought about it. Perhaps it was because he had been avoiding it and not letting himself think about it!
Now that he heard his mother say this, he thought about it carefully and remembered many flaws.
When he went to Singapore, his father wasn't there, so how could he meet his father there? At that time, his father was obsessed with Ye Zi's mother, so he spent most of his time in Japan. Moreover, even if his father was going to the New Jiaho for work, his father would never go to see his mother because their relationship had deteriorated a few years ago. Then, everything he saw was all planned by his father to change him?
Lou Tingxu looked at his mother and asked,"Why do you love Jingjing so much?" Isn't it because Jingjing is your ex-lover's daughter?”
"Do you know how lonely I am?”Mrs. Lou smiled bitterly and said,"Although I married a husband of equal social status, my husband's heart will always have other women." Although I still have a son, after he turns fifteen, I can only spend less than a month with him in a year. Although I enjoy the wealth that everyone envies, there's no one around me who can talk to me. If it weren't for Jingjing accompanying me these past few years, I wouldn't know how to live my life. Therefore, I couldn't help but dote on Jingjing a little more and instill some thoughts into her. Maybe I did something wrong, but the reason why I did that was because I hoped that Jingjing would always be by my side and accompany me. After marrying Jingjing, you would often come back to visit me, your mother.”
That's right! She was a rich lady that everyone envied, but who knew the loneliness in her heart? Although there were many servants in the house, there was no one around her who could talk to her.
Of course, he knew that because of Jingjing's company, his mother had been much happier these past few years.
Lou Tingxu had to let go.
"Mom, I'm sorry. I misunderstood you.”He really did not expect his father to do such a thing.
"You're my son. No matter what you do, I'll forgive you.”Mrs. Lou looked at her son and said,"And you?" Can you forgive Jingjing for her mistakes?”
"Mom, didn't you want to bring Jingjing back to Malay?”Of course, he knew how important Jingjing was to his mother, so as long as Jingjing didn't do it again, he wouldn't hold it against her.
"Jingjing was wrong, but she was only wrong because she was too naive. She thought that the reason you married Nannan was not because you loved Nannan, but because your grandfather's will forced you to marry Nannan. That's why she did those things.”After Jingjing jumped off the building, she thought about it a lot and realized that she had done something wrong in the past. She had given Jingjing too much hope and expectation.
"Mom, I thought you didn't like Nannan?”Didn't her mother always think that Fu Nannan wasn't worthy of being the Lou family's daughter-in-law?
"What about you?" Mrs. Lou asked her son. Why did you marry Nannan? Was it because your grandfather's will forced you to marry Nannan, or did you marry her because you loved Nannan? I may have done something wrong, but I am still a mother who wants my son to be happy. How do you want me to accept Nannan when I don't know why my son married?”
Lou Tingxu looked at his mother for a while and felt the sincerity in her words. "Mom, I really love Nannan.”
Mrs. Lou nodded in satisfaction. "Then should you tell Nannan? I believe she must be waiting for your answer.”
Although she was old, she was not so old that she did not know what was going on at home. She was naturally aware of the dispute between her son and Fu Nannan. She knew that Fu Nannan had been waiting for an answer from her son.
"Mom, thank you." Lou Tingxu left the study to look for Fu Nannan.
Looking at her son's back, Mrs. Lou thought that she could only wait until she found Jingjing. After she brought Jingjing back to Malai, the next time they met, they would have a new beginning.
But where did Jingjing go?
Did Jingjing not know that her actions would make her, her aunt, worry?
Now, she only hoped that Jingjing could come back as soon as possible.
Fu Nannan, who was in the greenhouse, was picking flowers and wondering how her mother-in-law and husband were doing. Also, today was the third day of the deadline she had given Lou Tingxu. Should she continue to wait? Or should he call Yang Siyu?
However, she thought about what had happened in the study room. Although she did not know what misunderstanding there was between her mother-in-law and her husband, it would probably take a few hours for them to explain it clearly. Then, would he still have time to explain it to her?
Just as Fu Nannan was considering whether to stay for another day, a series of light footsteps caught her attention.
She turned around and saw Jingjing with an OK bandage on her forehead.
"Jingjing, you're back. Granny has been very worried about you!”But when did Jing Jing come back? Why didn't she hear the servant mention it?
Hearing Fu Nannan mention Mrs. Lou, Jingjing's eyes dimmed. "Is my aunt alright?"
"Granny is very worried about you. If she knows that you're back, she'll definitely be very happy.”Fu Nannan walked to Jingjing's side." Come with me to see Grandma."”
Jingjing took a few steps back. "I can't see my aunt yet.”
"Why?" Fu Nannan asked, looking at Jingjing.”
"Because I want to kill you!" Jingjing took out a knife from behind her.
Fu Nannan was stunned at first, then took a few steps back. "Jingjing, don't be rash."
Jingjing looked at Fu Nannan. "You know what? My life is ruined."
"Why?" What happened to Jingjing? Why did she say that her life was ruined?
"Since I was fifteen, I have always believed that I would be Cousin's wife in the future. So for Cousin, I worked hard to learn what a wife should do. But Cousin actually didn't want me. How can I face the Lou family's relatives in the future?”She had long become the laughing stock of the Lou family.
Jingjing's crazy appearance scared Fu Nannan. " Jingjing, calm down."
Looking at Fu Nannan, Jingjing became more and more jealous. She thought that although Fu Nannan's face was beautiful, she wasn't bad looking either. Why didn't Lou Tingxu choose her?
Looking at Fu Nannan's face, Jingjing really wanted to pick up a knife and cut Fu Nannan's face a few times. As long as Fu Nannan's face was destroyed, she didn't believe that Lou Tingxu would still want Fu Nannan.
Jingjing closed her eyes and took a few deep breaths to calm herself down. When she opened her eyes again and looked at Fu Nannan, she couldn't help but mutter to herself,""Why did you come back to Shanghai? If you didn't come back, cousin definitely wouldn't reject my feelings. If you didn't come back, cousin would have married me. If you didn't come back, I wouldn't have become a laughing stock.”
The more she spoke, the more agitated Jing Jing became, and her voice became sharper.
" Jingjing, calm down." Fu Nannan didn't know how to appease the agitated Jingjing. The current Jingjing was so agitated that it was as if she had been possessed by the Third Prince. She had completely changed into a different person.
"How do you want me to calm down? Do you know that I've become the laughing stock of everyone?”This made her even sadder than killing her.
"Love can't be forced.”Jingjing was sick, and it was not light.
Jingjing's eyes were filled with ferocity as she said," It would be good if you weren't here. If you weren't here, Cousin wouldn't have rejected my love."”
If Fu Nannan hadn't stood between her and Lou Tingxu, she wouldn't have become like this today. If it weren't for Fu Nannan, Lou Tingxu would definitely fall in love with her. Then, she and Lou Tingxu would definitely be living a life that everyone envied.
"Do you know how much I hate you?" Jingjing's tone softened again. "I hate you so much that I can't wait to cut your flesh off one by one, making you beg for death. I hate you so much that I can't wait to tear you into pieces. I hate you so much that I want to kill you at all costs.”
Fu Nannan's palms kept sweating. "Jingjing, don't do anything stupid. Even if you kill me, Tingxu won't choose you.”
"Of course I know that." Jingjing smiled bitterly. "Of course I know that even without you, cousin would not choose me.”
"Since you know, let's have a good talk, okay?”She was really afraid that Jingjing would do something crazy.
Jingjing shook her head." I don't want to talk to you."”She raised the knife in her hand and said,"I want to kill you. As long as I kill you, I can wash away my shame."”
"Jingjing, aren't you afraid that granny will be sad for you?”Fu Nannan only hoped that someone would find them soon.
"I know that I will be very sorry to my aunt, but I have no choice.”Jingjing picked up the knife and approached Fu Nannan step by step.
She really regretted it. She should have followed Lu Si Niang to learn judo. If she had followed her, she wouldn't be so scared now.
"After you die, I will be able to think calmly.”As long as Fu Nannan died, everything would end!
Just as Fu Nannan was about to scream, Lou Tingxu walked into the greenhouse. When he saw Jingjing holding a knife and Fu Nannan panicking, he immediately understood what had happened. He rushed forward to snatch the knife from Jingjing's hand and slapped her hard.
"What are you doing? Don't you know how worried my mother is about you?”Fortunately, he arrived in time. Otherwise, he didn't dare to imagine what would have happened.
The moment she saw Lou Tingxu, Jingjing burst into tears. "I hate her. I want to kill her."
Lou Tingxu let go of Jingjing and said angrily,""Nannan did not offend you."
Jingjing sat on the ground and cried,"If there was no Nannan, you would love me."”If it weren't for Fu Nannan, she wouldn't have been a failure today.
"Even without Nannan, I wouldn't have fallen in love with you.”Lou Tingxu looked at Fu Nannan and said," Because love cannot be forced. Whether you will fall in love with someone today is not controlled by your brain, but by your heart."”
Lou Tingxu's words made Fu Nannan stare at him.
"I've loved you since I was young. Why don't you love me?”"I love you so, so much," Jing Jing asked sadly.”
"To me, you're the same as Ye Zi. I've watched you grow up, so I only have the feelings of a brother and sister for you. It's impossible for me to have any romantic love for you.”Love could not be forced. He believed that as long as Jingjing was willing to calm down and think about it, she would understand.
" But you don't love her," Jing Jing retorted." If it weren't for Grandpa Lou's will, you wouldn't have married her."”
Lou Tingxu looked at Fu Nannan and said affectionately,""Even if my grandfather gave all the assets of the Lou family to Nannan, as long as I don't love Nannan, I still won't marry her. I don't care about Grandpa's will. The reason why I married Nannan is very simple.”
Yes, he had long fallen in love with Fu Nannan, but he had never admitted it.
Jingjing shook her head in disbelief." How is that possible? Didn't you never see her before you married her? How could you fall in love with her?"
"I've known Nannan since the day she was born, even though I could only look at her in photos. When Nannan was five years old, her mother passed away. Grandpa brought me to Taiwan. That was the first time I saw Nannan in person. I will never forget a little girl wearing a black dress standing quietly in the garden and crying.”
Her figure had always been unforgettable to him. From that moment on, she was no longer just a character in a photo, but a living person who had taken root in his heart.
Hearing Lou Tingxu's words, Jingjing couldn't help but cry.
At this moment, Mrs. Lou appeared. She looked at Jingjing, who was sitting on the ground crying, and Lou Tingxu and Fu Nannan, who were looking at each other lovingly.
She walked over and helped Jing Jing up. "Let's go. Your aunt will accompany you back to your room to have a good sleep. When you wake up, you will realize that you are only obsessed with a dream that your aunt gave you.”
Jingjing leaned into Mrs. Lou's arms and cried as she walked. When she reached the door of the greenhouse, she stopped and took one last look at Lou Tingxu. However, she realized that he wasn't looking at her at all. He was looking at Fu Nannan affectionately.
At this point, Jingjing had really given up. Lou Tingxu never had her in his heart. Even if she really killed Fu Nannan, she could not deny the fact that Lou Tingxu had never loved her.
Fu Nannan looked at Lou Tingxu." Is what you said true?”
"You asked me a few days ago, but I didn't answer you. It's not that I didn't want to answer, but I didn't know how to answer your question. For me, love is an expression of behavior, not a verbal expression.”Ever since he became an adult, he had never explained his reasons for doing things to others, nor did he let anyone enter his inner world.
Fu Nannan walked up to Lou Tingxu. "Can I ask you something?"
"What is it?"
He decided that no matter what Fu Nannan asked him, he would answer her.
"Do you love me?" This was the most important thing to Fu Nannan.
Lou Tingxu looked at Fu Nannan." Nothing in this world is more important to me than you.”
Fu Nannan raised her eyebrows slightly. "If you could only choose between the Lou family's assets and mine, which one would you choose?”
"You." Lou Tingxu answered without hesitation.
With Lou Tingxu's words, Fu Nannan was already very satisfied. As a woman, she only wanted this little guarantee.
Lou Tingxu hugged Fu Nannan, stroked her long hair, and kissed her forehead.
To him, Fu Nannan was his most important treasure in this world. He could not lose her at all.
Lou Tingxu caressed Fu Nannan's cheek. "Do you still remember that I said that I practically watched you grow up? When you were born, I was already ten years old. One day, my grandfather was so excited that he showed me a photo. I still remember the first time I saw your photo, I only thought that you were a meatball wrapped in clothes. Then, I slowly grew up, and you grew up with me. I watched you through the pain of losing your mother, and you accompanied me through the days after my grandfather passed away, as well as the pain of losing my father. To me, you are like an angel who has always been by my side. You have accompanied me through many ups and downs. You have always been special to me, and I have always had a special feeling for you. It was just that at that time, I did not know that it was love.”
"Is that why you're willing to marry me?”Not because her child could inherit one-third of the Lou family's assets, but because he loved her?
Lou Tingxu nodded." I thought I would watch you silently for the rest of my life, but I didn't expect the Fu family's career crisis to give me a choice. I can either sponsor the Fu family to marry you, or pretend I didn't know about this. After some consideration, I chose the former because this opportunity would allow me to no longer look at you through photos, but allow you to walk into my life.”
Fu Nannan was completely relieved. He no longer cared why Lou Tingxu married her.
On the contrary, she started to feel grateful to his grandfather. If it wasn't for him, she might never have met Lou Tingxu and married him.
"If you're not satisfied with my explanation and want to go back to Taiwan, I won't stop you.”However, he would bring her back to Taiwan soon.
Fu Nannan looked at Lou Tingxu." I'll go back to Taiwan, but I'll have to wait for you to come back with me.”
When Lou Tingxu heard Fu Nannan say that she was going back to Taiwan, he was so nervous that his heart was about to jump out. Later, when he heard Fu Nannan say that she wanted him to go back with her, he couldn't help but hug her tightly.
"Yes, I will go back with you.”Lou Tingxu hugged Fu Nannan tightly." I'll go back to Taiwan with you tomorrow after I've settled everything at the company."”
Fu Nannan kissed Lou Tingxu's lips." You can't sell it this time."”
Lou Tingxu smiled. "I won't sell it."
Then, he lowered his head and kissed Fu Nannan gently.
He would accompany Fu Nannan back to Taiwan and thank his father-in-law and mother-in-law for marrying Fu Nannan to him. However, he could think about that later. Right now, he just wanted to kiss Fu Nannan properly to relieve the pain of lovesickness he had suffered these past few days.
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