Chapter 144: Chen celebration banquet: The End
Chapter 144: Chen celebration banquet: The End
Present.
Every single person was silent. Nobody had imagined that the truth behind Jinhai and Huian’s supposedly happy marriage was so ugly. There was no happy ending at all.
Jianyu was dumbfounded.
My cousin was bottling all the injustice this whole time and I didn’t even realize?
Even though it had personally nothing to do with the guests, some still felt indignant.
“Look at how shameless she is! She planned such a big trap to forcefully marry him. I cannot believe that even Old Madam would go to such lengths.”
“Marrying Liu Jinhai deceitfully was not enough for her, that she even tried to sleep with him!”
“And she had the nerve to call Nana b*tch and sl*t.”
“Poor both of them. They suffered so much because of her evil plans, especially Nana. She just got engaged.”
“She should go to hell. I cannot believe that a person like Liu Jinhai had to put up with her for two years. He should have divorced her immediately.”
Every word was like a thorn stabbing Huian. She felt like she was slapped left and right.
Xiang Wei and Xiang Qingge got no words to say. They felt so ashamed of her. She was always the sunshine of their lives, but the same girl became the source of darkness for another man. They felt utterly terrible for Jinhai.
Now they understood why he insisted to never have a child. If there is no love for Huian in the first place, then how can he love their child?
Even they had fallen in love before they got married. So, they understand how sad it must feel to marry someone you don’t love. Yes, they would have felt bad seeing their daughter’s love not returned, but they knew that feelings couldn’t be forced.
Xiang Qingge raised her hand and slapped Huian hard.
“I cannot believe that I gave birth to such a selfish daughter like you! How can you stoop so low Huian!? Don’t other person’s feelings matter to you even a little bit?”
Huian was dumbfounded. This was the first time that their parents who doted on her so much, looked at her with hate and resentment in their eyes.
Xiang Wei also felt like he suddenly aged a lot.
“Do you think marriage is some kind of a joke!? Do you think that it’s only a matter of getting two damn signatures on a scrap of paper!?”, Xiang Qingge was enraged.
“No, it’s not! If you married Jinhai with such thoughts running in your mind, if you thought that forcing him to sign the papers will make him yours forever then you still haven’t understood what love is in the first place!”
“Mom…”, she said weakly, tears continuously streaming down.
“SHUT UP!!!”, she slapped her once again.
The stinging pain of the first slap was still fresh when another slap landed on her cheek. It now turned flaming red.
“Don’t call me Mom! I don’t know anyone like you who I have raised to be this awful!”
Huian felt utterly humiliated.
Jing shook his head.
Xiang Qingge turned to look at Grandma Liu. “And even you Old Madam Liu? I have always respected you a lot. But instead of guiding her the right way as an elder, how can you became an accomplice with her?”
Grandma Liu said frantically, “No, Qingge. I only thought it would be nice if they got together.”
She shook her head, “I am glad that you liked my daughter for your grandson, but you already knew that we were never in the favor to force anyone. Otherwise, we ourselves would have come with the proposal long back.”
Grandma Liu kept quiet.
Huian cried and ran towards Jinhai.
“I’m sorry Jinhai. Please-“
“How many times Huian?”, he said quietly, “I know what you will say. I’m asking how many times should I forgive you? For how many mistakes?”
“No, don’t say that Jinhai. I-I really love you. I chased after you for so many years. From childhood until now, I have only loved you. I confessed to you so many times, but you…never gave me the chance. What is my fault Jinhai? Don’t I have the right to fall in love and be happy!?”
Jing sneered, “So let me ask you this. If there was another guy who had been in love with you and would have tricked you into marrying him just like you did to bro, would you have been so kind to forgive him? Will you think that what he did was right? Won’t you feel that you were forced in that relationship?”
She couldn’t retort.
“Just imagine living your life with a man who only selfishly thought of his own love without even considering what you want. Tell me, in the exact same place as bro, what would you have done?”
She clutched her dress.
Liu Hai asked, “Did you get your answer Huian?” He also coldly stared at his mother.
Grandma Liu couldn’t bear to face her son’s accusing gaze.
Huian said nothing.
He shook his head. He said to Chen Liling, “Liling, let us all leave. Nothing is left now. Our children’s lives have become entertainment for everybody.”, he sadly smiled, “just like a drama.”
True. Nothing more was left to say or hear.
Chen Liling felt that she cannot face Nana anymore. She thought tonight would be the happiest event of their entire lives.
But her son’s one mistake ruined everything forever. The damage was just too much. It can never be undone.
Everybody got the cue and they started to leave.
But now they had only one question in their minds.
What will happen to Nana and Jianyu’s engagement?