Chapter 993 - Changing His Fate (1/2)

Chapter 993: Changing His Fate

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Ling Sheng also felt that since her voice was quite soft, it was fine if he had not heard her clearly. Upon hearing his question, she nodded, then shook her head. “Not really. Second Uncle, you don’t have to say anything if it’s inconvenient.”

Actually, things weren’t that complicated. It was just that the two families had set up an arranged marriage. When they were to meet though, Dongfang Chu had asked Wen Ruoshui to replace her. In the end, Wen Ruoshui and Yan Yuanfei had fallen in love at first sight. Their feelings also grew out of control.

While the two of them had been dating, Dongfang Chu had never expressed her stand either in the beginning or when the two families had stepped forward to stop them.

Later, she had fallen ill and died from a serious illness. Everyone had thought that it was because of Yan Yuanfei and Wen Ruoshui that she had fallen sick from grief. A beautiful woman often suffers an unfortunate life. She was only 28 years old when she became seriously ill and bedridden. Then, she died.

“I’ve never felt guilty about my conduct or the way I did anything in my life. But I’ve always felt that I owe her,” Yan Yuanfei sighed deeply. “If it weren’t for us, she wouldn’t have passed away so early in life.”

The biggest knot in his heart with Ruoshui was Dongfang Chu. The duo did not say anything, but they knew that deep down, especially Ruoshui, Dongfang Chu treated her very well and doted on her like a biological younger sister. The two of them had even grown up together.

Ruoshui was the saddest about the way she ended up. She had withdrawn from the secular world and turned to Buddhism not only because of him but also because of Dongfang Chu.

She had always said that she had committed too many sins and had let Dongfang Chu down. Everything she had was given to her by Dongfang Chu. In the end, she had gotten her happiness, but Dongfang Chu had died.

“Second Uncle, have you thought about it? Since she didn’t stop or blame the two of you, perhaps the person she liked wasn’t you at all?” Ling Sheng thought about the Dongfang Chu she had seen. She was a very gentle girl.

Second Uncle was right. It was because she had not blamed them, uttered a word of complaint, distanced herself or hated Auntie Ruoshui that they felt even guiltier, as though they owed her. She had fulfilled their love.

Besides, everyone in the capital thought that the person Dongfang Chu loved was Second Uncle. In the end, she had succumbed to grief because she had been trapped by love and could not walk out of it. That was why the whole situation ended up like this.

“Sheng Sheng, what do you want to say?” Yan Yuanfei’s voice was slightly hoarse, but after hearing her words, his mind cleared up instantly.

Everyone in the capital had said that Dongfang Chu had ended up miserably because of her deep affection for him. He had always thought so too.

“Second Uncle, let me ask you something.” Ling Sheng looked at him seriously. “What kind of look does Ms. Dongfang watch you with? Does it feel the same as when Auntie Ruoshui looks at you?”

Second Uncle was a meticulous man so he would definitely notice these.

“I haven’t met her many times.” Yan Yuanfei frowned slightly and realized that there was only a blurry figure in his mind. He could not even remember her specific appearance anymore.

“Second Uncle, how can you guys be sure that she had strong affection for you when she didn’t even meet you that many times? It couldn’t be that the people in the capital know more about your relationship than you guys?” Ling Sheng felt really helpless.

This was not the ancient times either, where one’s heart would belong to another after a single look. They could not meet, and their parents prevented them from being together. Bound by etiquette and manners, one would fall sick from longing and depart from this world in the end.

This was the modern era. And Ms. Dongfang did not look like the kind of person who had a feudalistic outlook. How could she love someone so much and not fight for it? Even a saint had to have a limit. A fair competition was good too. How could she just hand over the person she loved at her own expense?