Chapter 11 Misery Loves Company

  After watching TV with parents and returning to the room, it's the happy time for the two sisters. The two removed their makeup, took a bath, and comfortably lay on the bed applying face masks.

  Finally got the chance to "interrogate" Cheng Zhiyi, Mo Wei curiously asked who that man was just now? Cheng Zhiyi then told Mo Wei in detail about being forcibly kissed by Xu Shaoyuan at "Xi Ge" KTV, coincidentally running into Xu Shaoyuan at work, and Xu Shaoyuan sending her flowers, etc.

  "So that's what you mean, Xǔ Shǎoyàn is interested in pursuing you?" Mò Wēi guessed inwardly after hearing Chéng Zhǐyī's words. It's worth noting that she and Chéng Zhǐyī, this pair of sisters, have always had no shortage of suitors, and they've long been familiar with the eighteen kinds of tricks men use to pursue women, so how could she not see through that man's intentions?

  "No!" Cheng Zhiyi seemed to have already understood everything, and her heart was clear. "He's not trying to pursue me, but wants to 'play' with me!"

  He is a master of love in the midst of a hundred flowers, a rich young man who indulges in life and death without thinking about progress, a handsome and charming nobleman pursued by thousands of women. How could he possibly think of "pursuing" her? —— He was simply infatuated with her beauty!

  And she, Cheng Zhiyi, although not a noble lady or a virtuous woman, is a upright and honest prosecutor with at least some moral baseline, who knows how to defend her own freedom and dignity. Therefore, she would never allow herself to become a captive of a master of the emotional arena, nor would she become a plaything for a rich young man!

  "Maybe he's sincere to you? Why not consider it? If it can really achieve a beautiful marriage, then it's not a bad thing!" Since breaking up with Lin Zhihao, Cheng Yiyi has become disheartened and every time she mentions marriage and love, she unknowingly becomes resistant, which makes Mo Wei worried, so she couldn't help but persuade Cheng Yiyi.

  "Vivian, how old are you now? Are you still believing in Cinderella's fairy tale? I no longer believe in love!" Cheng Zhiyi said coldly. "Besides, that kind of promiscuous rich kid, how could he possibly treat me sincerely?"

  "Fate is like the morning fog in autumn, unpredictable and changing. Who can know what the world will be like after the fog disperses? Maybe he really is your destined one?"

  "Fated person?" Cheng Zhiyi couldn't help but sneer in her heart, "In the past, I also thought that Lin Zhixiao was my fated person, would love me for a lifetime, who knew..."

  The conversation had just begun when Mo Wei's phone suddenly rang, interrupting Cheng Ziyi's sorrowful thoughts.

  Mo Wei picked up the phone and took a look, then handed it to Cheng Ziyi without saying a word. Cheng Ziyi had no choice but to take the phone and answer the call: "Hello? Is this Professor Mo? Hi, I'm Ziyi... Weiwei is staying at my place tonight... She's already asleep... Okay, goodbye!"

  She hung up the phone and sat up abruptly, tearing off the facial mask on her face. She looked at Mo Wei and asked in a low voice: "Do you plan to be so cold to your parents for the rest of your life? No matter what, they are your parents, the people who love you most in this world!"

  Mo Wei closed her eyes tightly and lay quietly, speechless.

  Seeing her indifferent expression, Cheng Zhiyi couldn't help but feel annoyed, and she ripped off the face mask on her face, forcing her to face herself: "You should know that the most important emotion in this world is not love or friendship, but kinship! Only parents truly love you without expecting anything in return. What can't be said to them properly, why must you be so stubborn?"

  "Say it properly... how can I say it properly? From young to old, have they ever listened to me carefully?" Crystal tears fell from Mo Wei's eyes, wetting her temples, and her voice also choked up. "They always said it was for my own good, but how did they know what kind of happiness I wanted? ... It has always been like this, unilaterally imposing that suffocating love on me... Under the guise of love, they committed evil and destroyed my happiness with their own hands..."

  Mo Wei's intermittent sobs gradually turned into low wails, and finally, she couldn't help but burst out crying: "Zhi Yi, I'm so tired... But what can I do? Just like you said, they're my parents, the people who love me most in this world... I don't want to lose love, nor do I want to neglect family ties... It's such a simple thing, why do they have to make it so complicated? Waaahhh..."

  Watching Mo Wei cover her face and sob, Cheng Zhiyi's heart also ached, gently holding onto her thin shoulders, not knowing how to comfort her, only sighing silently - it doesn't matter, just let her have a good cry!

  She knew that Mo Wei was a girl who saved face, even if the two were close friends, she had never seen Mo Wei cry so sadly. All along, Mo Wei has not been willing to easily express the bitterness in her heart, always forcing herself to smile, with an air of ease and calmness. If it wasn't for being truly heartbroken, why would she burst into tears in front of her today?

  After Shi Yi Xin left quietly, Mo Wei's spirit sank, and she was no longer as lively and passionate as before. The former Mo Wei was a light and full balloon, filled with sweet happiness, swaying in the wind, dancing with the sun. Now, she has become a deflated balloon, getting thinner and thinner every day, gradually extinguishing her thoughts, finally weak and wilted on the ground, unable to fly again - without the hydrogen of love, Mo Wei suddenly became nothing!

  Perhaps because of her resentment towards her parents, Mo Wei often stayed out all night, either running to the Cheng's house to sleep with Cheng Zhiyi or going to those rowdy places to hang out with colleagues. In this past year or so, Mo Wei had also learned how to drink and would often get herself drunk before letting Cheng Zhiyi and Mrs. Cheng clean up after her.

  Perhaps this kind of residual love can still help her, but how should Mo Wei deal with the remaining love? She can't always be so lukewarm, neither cold nor hot, neither sad nor happy.

  Youth can't afford to be wasted, fate can't afford to be willful, kinship can't afford to be cold-shouldered, love can't afford to be suffocated. Now, Mo Wei should either thoroughly forget that man who left without a word or bravely break through the constraints of kinship and chase after love to the ends of the earth!

  Actually, Mo Wei's suffering is not because of Shi Yi Xin's escape, nor because of her parents' tyranny, but because she deeply hates her own weakness! For more than 20 years, she has been accustomed to being a good daughter, loved by her parents and praised by others, gentle and obedient, never disobeying her parents' intentions.

  However, it was also because of her parents' excessive intervention that Mo Wei lost love! She was heartbroken, desperate and angry, but even in anger, she only dared to be angry but not speak out. How much pain did she silently endure in her heart?

  Cheng Zhiyi knew that Mo Wei was using indifference to challenge her parents' authority, and decadence to resist the constraints of kinship...