"Of course, she wouldn’t put on airs in our ho, but she could certainly do it in front of Donglin, couldn’t she?"
"..."
Wan Dongi, who would have normally laughed upon hearing such words, couldn’t bring herself to do so today.
This wasn’t a joke.
Liu Daqing sighed heavily. "Haven’t you noticed? They’ve been together for over three years, and she doesn’t even know your brother’s birthday. Besides, you didn’t co back for New Year’s last year, so you didn’t see what happened then. Your precious brother even resorted to that ridiculous ’kidnapping’ stunt, yet she simply doesn’t love him. Not only does she not love him, but she also refuses to take a single cent from him. She even returned his card directly to ..."
Wan Dongi’s eyes widened.
"I just don’t get it. Why wouldn’t she love Donglin?"
"There’s no particular reason. Love isn’t sothing outsiders can asure. All I know is, if it hadn’t been for that brawl with the group around Huang’s mother, Yan Xixi wouldn’t be with Donglin at all. Donglin just got lucky and seized an opening, that’s all."
Seized an opening!
"My goodness! How did Donglin get to be so pathetic?" Wan Dongi exclaid.
"That’s how love is; one side always has the upper hand," Liu Daqing continued. "Yan Xixi loves Huang Xiaojue, so Huang’s mother and her lot could trample all over her, and she could only endure it silently. As for our son, he loves her, pursues her, and is utterly infatuated with her. There’s nothing we can do; the family just has to look the other way. Otherwise, our own son would be the one to suffer."
"But what can we do? Donglin just doesn’t live up to expectations. What can you say when he’s so hopelessly devoted to her? Have you ever seen him spend the night at anyone else’s place before? From childhood, he’s always been incredibly fussy. He used to complain that even a presidential suite wasn’t comfortable or convenient enough for him. And now? Is Yan Xixi’s place better than our ho? Is it better than a hotel? Yet he happily rushes over to her apartnt and enjoys himself so much he forgets to co back. If he can get so accustod to Yan Xixi’s tiny place, who can you bla for that?"
Wan Dongi broke out in a cold sweat. "It looks like Donglin is a lost cause."
"Not only is he a lost cause, but our family might even have to throw in Harvard University as part of the bride price. We’re accepting a daughter-in-law, and yet *we* have to help elevate her status by sending her to a top-tier global university just to polish her resu. There’s simply nothing we can do."
"Sigh," Wan Dongi said. "I’ve thought and thought about it. Yan Xixi really doesn’t have many rits. She won’t be of any real help to the family in the future. There are so many beautiful won from good families out there. Is Donglin really that stubborn and unpersuadable? Empress Dowager, are you truly going to let it be?"
"Then what do you suggest I do?" Liu Daqing retorted. "Even if I had ten thousand complaints, what power do I have to change anything?"
"..."
"Sigh, let’s try to look on the bright side," Liu Daqing said. "At least the girl is good-looking and intelligent. Their children would surely be beautiful and cute. Genetically speaking, boys have X and Y chromosos, while girls have two X chromosos. If they have a daughter, her intelligence genes are split, half from the father and half from the mother. But if they have a son, his intelligence genes are almost entirely inherited from the mother. If the mother is smart, the child will be one hundred percent smart. If the mother is foolish, then the child is a lost cause. I’ve looked into this girl. Her university grades were all outstanding, and she’s very hardworking and ambitious in her career. She’s not entirely without good points..."
Wan Dongi chuckled. "Lady Daqing, can you really console yourself this way?"
Liu Daqing shot her a glare. "So what do you propose? Forcibly separate them or make a huge scene, crying to high heaven?"
Wan Dongi smiled wryly. "Alright, if you’ve resigned yourself to it, what more can I say? I suppose I’ll just have to picture them having beautiful children."
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