Fall in love with your enemy

Continuing from the last time, I dealt with William in public. I thought that being tortured was inevitable. Although my family has always regarded William as an obstacle over the years, after all, William helped me with things later and they didn't make things difficult for me. My second uncle and my younger uncle decided to take a long-term view and put it aside for now. Now that I have launched a sudden attack, although the danger has been reduced to the lowest level and there won't be too many rumors, I can't avoid suspicion.

But I never expected that except for my brother and Brother Qingyun who came to see me and talked to me for a few words, the South Courtyard became completely quiet.

When I was about to fall asleep, Feng Shizhi came over with Fu Xu, saying that it was about the outside public opinion. Cheng Cheng was sleeping on the bed outside the barrier. I tiptoed out, closed the door and took them to the rooftop. Fu Xu still brought Li Yuanze with him. Little Li looked like he wanted to cry but had no tears.

"Aren't you going to take some more photos?" I asked.

Student Li pretended to wipe away tears and said, "I'm selling my body." Seeing Fu Xu glaring at him, Li Yuanze stood up straight and coughed, "Sister Xu said to use me as a shield and let those reporters take a few photos. When they are posted tomorrow, they will definitely be on the hot search list, and no one will care about the gossip about catching bad guys. I gave them all my beautiful photos, and the money I earned is better than saying something that shouldn't be said."

As Li Yuanze was speaking, Fu Xu handed me the entry that he was going to promote tomorrow.

"Li Yuanze's stunning beauty", "Fu Xishi and Lin Modu, the highest level of teacher-student love", "Why doesn't someone like Feng Shizhi appear in a painting", "Lin Modu, it's really hard not to be called a vixen with some people", "Fu Xishi must be tired of being the eldest lady, let me be the young lady", "Fu Xu, some people are so beautiful not only because they are rich", "The Fu family's birthday gifts started from Dajin Mountain and the islands".

Excellent, really excellent. It is rare to see such a licking entry nowadays. If outsiders want to find some angle to laugh at my family, they can only say that my family collectively sells out our bodies. And Fu Xu has really learned bad things from Li Yuanze and has started to smuggle in other people's stuff.

I looked up at Fu Xu who was trying hard not to laugh, but from the looks of it, she wasn't lying, she was actually pretty.

"You're not at a disadvantage. You're not the only one selling sex. Oh my, big star, how come you have more silent reading entries than you?"

I smiled and saw that Li Yuanze's face was extremely dark, his cheeks puffed up as if they would burst if poked, and he put his hands on his hips with a sarcastic look on his face.

"That's right. People say it's a shame that he didn't enter the entertainment industry. My fans all told you to be more generous and not keep your beauty hidden. If you have good things, share them with your sisters. Let me persuade you."

"If there is a commercial prospect, I can consider it. I will go back and ask Mo Du."

"Then how can I be the top boss of the company?"

"The top spot in the company is acquired through robbing. It's not like I can give it to anyone I want. How many years have you debuted? As a senior, are you afraid of losing to Mo Du?"

"Sister, that's what you said, but who doesn't like something better looking? Otherwise, would he keep it for himself?"

If so, it seems to make sense. After thinking about it, I decided to go back to those entries. Anything else was just discussing my love life and entertainment, which was much less important than what happened tonight. I handed the file back to Fu Xu.

"What about your team? Won't the director be angry?" I asked Li Yuanze again.

Li Yuanze shrugged, and inexplicably began to get a little excited: "I was quite angry at first. I'm the king of perfect attendance, and I just broke my rules this time. But Sister Xu invested an extra 20 million, and the director changed it and said he would treat me to dinner tomorrow. They won't shoot tonight and will go celebrate."

I smiled bitterly after hearing this: "You are quite sensible, Fu Xu. Go back and meet with him to discuss buying another script with a male lead, and let Li Yuanze and Lou Ling play the roles. You can choose any other roles you want. I will invest 500 million, and if there is more, I will treat all the staff to tea."

"Yes." Fu Xu nodded and smiled helplessly.

"Sister, you are so generous--" Li Yuanze came over and said cunningly.

"When has your sister ever been stingy?" I shook his hand off, thought for a moment, and turned my attention to Li Yuanze again: "Fu Xu, tell that director to hurry up with the script, put up the publicity early, and change those entries. Try to focus all the attention on Li Yuanze. We don't care if other artists want to be on the show. Let's just put two less of ours. After all, we are businessmen. We don't have artists to attract attention. I don't want the outside world to focus too much on me, otherwise it will be difficult to deal with things in the future."

"Okay." Fu Xu nodded, turned around and looked at Ke Yi's biggest fortune tree with "disdain", and poked him: "Don't worry, Miss, there is no attention that he can't attract."

After saying goodbye to Fu Xu, I also felt sleepy. Unfortunately, I just took a step forward and was stopped by Feng Shizhi. No wonder he remained silent and said nothing. It turned out that even worse news was following.

William used his last bit of power and Liang Sen's help to write a letter specifically to disgust me. Feng Shizhi was full of worry and had to help me sit down on the sofa before he showed it to me. Before opening the letter, I thought he would hate me. The more heartbroken and grief-stricken he was, the more comfort he would give me. But he didn't. He wrote down his feelings neatly on a whole piece of letter paper, and there was not a single word of hatred for me.

The general meaning is: he just found his son and didn't want to die, but he remembered that his life and death was a bet we had made long ago. He told me to take revenge, and he was relieved that I did not retreat because of his gentleness and was still determined to take revenge. Now I have the ability to protect myself, and Liang Sen is also steady. He let it go if he thought about it more, and he would be at peace with death. He should bear all the consequences and go to his eldest brother to atone for his sins. I don't know if my eldest brother can forgive him if he apologizes properly.

A bet? Atonement? Apology?

What does he think of my life? What does he think of the lives of my family? Is it just a game for him to kill time?

I tore the letter into pieces in a few seconds. I had no place to vent my anger and even crying felt useless. The pieces flew away with the wind. I looked up and suddenly thought that Liang Sen must have hated me completely from the moment the letter was delivered. I don't believe that he hasn't read this thing. He was willing to take the trouble to send such a thing to me on behalf of his father just to disgust me.

The people I don't hate hate me, and the people I hate treat me as a plaything. Why is it that even if I take their lives, I am still the loser in the end?

Spiritual victory is ridiculous, but it is very sad for me.

Feng Shizhi couldn't bear it anymore, so he came to the sofa next to me and hugged me. I leaned on his shoulder and cried quietly for a while, but God didn't let me go. Whoever William lost, he would suffer the same retribution on my side.

Li Xi came up to me again and told me that Wen Ke was here and they wanted to arrest Aunt Lin, but Aunt Lin had left the yard I bought for her. Now they had arrived at the Lin residence and there were a few candles lit in the house. They had wanted to go in directly, but when they checked the surveillance footage to look for her, they found that Aunt Lin had vomited blood on the road and was afraid that she would not live long. They asked me if I still wanted to see her and when they would arrest her.

Thinking about it, I still have to meet her. When a person is about to die, I don't hate her so much. After all, I really regarded her as my mother, and she was good to me. Now her children are dead and don't recognize her. Except me, there is no one to see her off to the end.

So I changed my clothes and went to the Lin residence. There were already a bunch of government officials blocking the door. Aunt Lin couldn't be unaware of this. She didn't hide or avoid it. I guess she just accepted her fate. As for why she didn't turn on the lights and had to light a candle, I remember that when she was a child, when she was thinking about something or waiting for someone, she would sit alone by the candle, the candlelight flickering, and she would play with her own shadow against the wall.

It seemed like she was waiting for me, because she knew I wouldn't go so far as to not see her even for the last time.

I said hello to Wen Ke and went in alone. As expected, when I opened the door, there was a familiar wooden table, familiar people, a white candle of much better quality than before, and the wall opposite had become white and complete. Some things had changed, but I was not trapped by memories. The hatred did not disappear, and the love did not completely fade away. What was reflected in me was an unprecedented indifference.

I walked to the wall that reflected the shadow and sat down, blocking her shadow, and only then did her hands stop.

Those were a pair of hands from a theater actor, which should have been fair and delicate, making people feel as if they were bathed in the spring breeze. Unfortunately, time is fleeting and she has grown old. Every inch of her skin is old, and her heart is old too. I heard that people become softer in heart as they age. I wonder if, while she is waiting here for me to think of my youth and of my brother Xie, she will regret taking his life with her own hands?

I left yesterday and had someone tie her up in the room and play the surveillance video of the day Xie Ge died for her over and over again. I let her see how her son was in pain and despair, and finally died in grief and anger. I let her see how she single-handedly destroyed all of Xie Ge's hopes.

The effect is very good, otherwise she wouldn't have so many white hairs today. They all grew out overnight.

"You're here." Aunt Lin tried hard to stand up, but it was a pity that that night had exhausted all her energy. She couldn't stand up even after taking a few deep breaths. She fell down exhausted and haggard, half lying on the table, unable to even look up at me.

I think my revenge was too harsh, but I also hated her for harming Xie Ge. Even though I had no right to hate her for Xie Ge, I hated her for myself. Why did she not care about the mother-daughter relationship at all? Whatever William said was the truth. Why didn't she believe that I could save her and use my life to exchange for her other children?

I felt wronged and helpless, but until I saw her spitting blood in front of me, I softened my heart again.

"When...when are they going to take me away? I'm scared, scared that I won't be able to hold on any longer, and if they take me back I'll just be a corpse..." Aunt Lin said with a wry smile.

I swallowed and handed her a tissue. Aunt Lin didn't take it. I sighed and said, "Don't worry, I don't feel sorry for you. I just want you to die beautifully. Don't let them take you out. If people see you, they will say I abused you."

"If I were to die and they hadn't come yet, I would cover myself with a mask and not embarrass you. This is the last thing I can do for you as your adoptive mother..."

"If you really wanted them to take you away, you would have left long ago. Or, you would never have left the villa. You came to this place just to hope that I would consider our past friendship and let me come to see you. What do you want to tell me? Confession? Ask for help? Do you want me to not leave your body exposed in the wilderness and find a place to rest in peace? Or something else? Anyway, you are going to die soon. We are mother and daughter, so I will try my best to satisfy you."

"Please help me take good care of Mo Nian. Please, for the sake of me raising you, protect her well..."

I was stunned. It turned out that at this time, she only had her biological daughter in her heart. She didn't even pretend to be like that. She wanted me to protect her and think about her in return. It was such a pity, but I had to fulfill her wish.

"Whether she is your daughter or not, Nian Nian is my sister. As long as I am here, I will protect her. Besides, she has already married into the Hou family. Xiangyang is doing well. You have nothing to worry about."

When I looked at her secretly, I was also hopeful, but her relief told me that I could only hope for it. She had no other requests. She stopped trying to be strong. She was extremely weak. She put her arms on the table and lay on her side with her forearm as a pillow: "Yes, I should thank you. At least I saved a daughter..."

"It seems that you really have never treated me as your daughter." I said dejectedly. My eyes felt sore and I shed two tears. But we are even now. She didn't treat me as her daughter. No matter what feelings I had for her, I still hurt her. It was a heart-breaking act.

Aunt Lin smiled and said, "I have many people who love me and I don't need her at all."

I have needed love from others before, too. I didn't want it much at first, but after Xie Ge left and she didn't want me anymore, I had to settle for the second best. Now think about it, that was 21 years ago.

Forget it.

"I need you. It's okay if you don't want me." I whispered, no longer holding back my tears. I cried whenever I wanted. I looked up at her. She finally took me seriously for once. It was good that she listened to me. I continued, "I came here today because I still think of you as my mother. I am fulfilling my responsibility as a daughter to send you off for the last time. I also want to ask you why? I could have helped you, so why didn't you tell me the truth back then..."

Aunt Lin's expression was finally not so sarcastic. She was the same to me and herself. She was just sad. When she was crying, I seemed to see the loving mother again. Everything had changed, but it seemed that nothing had changed.

"I can't believe you," she said.

I was crying, and I didn't know what to say. But my obsession still pushed me to ask, "Why?"

"Back then, I was eager to save my own child, so I put you and Xiaoxie together. For thirteen years, you have been suffering in pain. No matter how good I am to you, how much I love you, and how much I compensate you with my life, I don't believe you don't hate me. I have done too many evil things, and in the end even my own children hate me for having no bottom line. But what have I done wrong? I was deceived and led astray. I don't want anything anymore. I just want my three children to live well, even if they have no dignity or happiness. Living is better than anything else, so I used you."

"I was abandoned before, so I dare not entrust my true heart to anyone again. Besides, you were only a thirteen-year-old child at that time. Mom always believed that time and money can change everything. If you return to the Fu family, you will forget me one day. Only interests can really bind a person. William found me at this time. Even if the price is to lose you, I would rather die than regret it."

She said this with gritted teeth, and I listened with gritted teeth too. Unfortunately, for someone who has truly given love, it is still too cruel.

"Have you ever truly treated me as your own daughter, or have you ever regretted it?" I asked.

"In this life, you will always be my daughter, and I will always be immersed in despair."

Aunt Lin finally spoke, she spoke each word clearly, and she looked at me with such sincerity. I desperately wanted to remember the hatred and change my mind to think that her words were a better way to restrain me and make me protect myself silently, but I couldn't do it. I could always hear some sincerity in her words. I wanted to record her words, and analyze them word by word later, and struggle until I hated her again.

But I gave up. What's the point of hating her? She's going to die.

Aunt Lin was crying. She was the only one among all the people I wanted to cry. "In fact, I wanted to drive you away at first. If you left, I wouldn't have to force myself to do these things. Once you stay away from me, William won't be able to do anything to you. We will just wait to die as a family."

"I know you are a proud child. Even if you have lived in such a family since childhood, your original intention will not change. You will never have dirty blood like mine. When you came to see me, I drugged you and Jiang Yinan. I wanted you to hate me and leave. You took the initiative to escape so that I would never be able to catch you. But that day, you came back. Why did you come back..."

"I forgive you." I finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Aunt Lin paused. It was her turn to have hope for me. She looked at me with her last bit of energy: "What did you say?"

"I said, I forgive you, and you will always be my mother. I know you don't have much time left. When you go down to the underground, go and beg your brother and Mo Du, and they will forgive you..."

I got up and left. When I looked out the door at the horizon, the dark clouds had dispersed and the moonlight was shining on the earth again.