Qian Xuan sighed deeply, shook his head, and remained silent for a long while, playing with a delicate antique-style teacup, turning it around without saying a word.
Liu Zhizhong, seeing this, didn't say anything either. He didn't know what to say.
The atmosphere in the tea room was a bit dull.
Liu Zhizhong could only smoke quietly, digesting what Qian Xuan had said.
After a long while, Qian Xuan finally smiled bitterly and said, "When I ca back from the army, my legs were gone, and I knew I was no longer a match for Feng Xiaoyue. But damn, what a ss it made; Feng Xiaoyue had to marry that scumbag Zheng Sanjing. I've always felt unsettled about it. Do you think Feng Xiaoyue doesn't feel aggrieved and upset inside?"
Liu Zhizhong smiled bitterly and said, "That's natural. It's truly a shaful and stifling situation, and there's no way to avoid it. She can only endure it."
"So now it seems Zheng Sanjing is dead, and Feng Xiaoyue is free. In reality, a widow's door is always surrounded by trouble. No one knows what opinions and views the Zheng family has regarding Feng Xiaoyue's future. But based on what I know about the Zheng family, if soone proposed a marriage alliance, the Zheng family would probably use Feng Xiaoyue as a bargaining chip."
"Uh... this... that's really unscrupulous, isn't it? Isn't Director Feng's life too tragic?"
Liu Zhizhong was very surprised, feeling so injustice. The style of these powerful families is sotis really hard to look at straight!
"What's impossible about it? You're still too kind-hearted, little brother! You haven't dealt with Third Uncle Zheng. On the surface, he looks quite amiable, right?"
Liu Zhizhong recalled the scene at the funeral hall and the ti the Zheng couple ca to visit him at the hospital, and couldn't help but nod and smile, "Yes, he does seem amiable, always smiling. But in reality?"
"In reality, he's a smiling tiger, very gentle when he's gentle, and very ruthless when he's furious."
Liu Zhizhong nodded, "Hmm, I understand, I get it now..."
"Anyway, tonight you're having dinner at the Zheng's, you'll feel it more as the night goes on. Just go with the flow, don't go against it."
"Understood..."
"..."
The two of them drank three more cups of tea in the study, chatting a lot. Qian Xuan finally ntioned accompanying his god sister back to Yunxi, and Liu Zhizhong indicated that anyti after tonight, he was ready to leave.
After that, Liu Zhizhong bid farewell to Qian Xuan and drove back to his own ho first.
Feng Xiaoyue had said that soone from the Zheng family would co to the villa to pick him up at five o'clock in the afternoon. Since it was arranged, it wouldn't be right not to wait at ho.
Returning ho, Liu Zhizhong took a good shower, washing away the Qian family's scent, hehe...
He changed his clothes and sat in the tearoom on the second floor. It was where he used to often sit with Feng Xiaoyue, chatting over tea or brewing coffee together. The lighting was great, and the view was excellent.
He hand-ground a cup of Blue Mountain coffee, which was Feng Xiaoyue's favorite kind.
Liu Zhizhong's coffee-brewing skills were learned from Feng Xiaoyue, becoming even better than the teacher.
At this mont, sipping the bitter coffee and thinking about the woman who was his ntor, friend, and beloved confidante, he finally understood the whole story of her marriage into the Zheng family. He suddenly had another layer of understanding, or maybe even resonance, with her love for bitter coffee.
Beautiful won have often had tragic fates since ancient tis, who summarized this? It's quite accurate!
It's just a pity that Feng Xiaoyue loves bitter coffee, but her fate isn't like bitter coffee. At least with bitter coffee, you taste the bitterness fully and there's a hint of sweetness at the end. But what about her? The husband she unwillingly married is dead, and she will still be used by the Zheng family as a bargaining chip, right? Sigh...
Whether she's a bargaining chip, tonight will tell...
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