GBP Chapter 285: Pairs form, a powerful marriage!
Chapter 285: Pairs form, a powerful marriage!
"Aunt Shi, Mom, I miss you so much."
What responded to her was a desolate room.
Ning Yuechen got up again and went to the bedroom. He opened the bottom drawer of the bedside table, and a mahogany box lay quietly inside.
She took out the box and opened it. It was filled with letters Aunt Shi had written to her before she died. The light blue envelope on top contained Aunt Shi's last suicide note to her.
She had never read this suicide note because in her heart, Aunt Shi was always there, and she had never truly accepted the fact that Aunt Shi had passed away.
She always felt that Aunt Shi was still somewhere in this world, but she just couldn't find her.
Ning Yuechen stared at the envelope for a long time, then looked at the desolate scenery outside the window, and finally plucked up the courage to pull out the letter paper filled with words.
So much time has passed, she should learn to face reality and not allow herself to remain depressed and decadent like this. Aunt Shi in heaven would also be sad if she saw this.
The folded letter was opened, revealing the elegant handwriting. After seeing the first word, Ning Yuechen's tears started to fall.
She hadn't shed a single tear since Aunt Shi passed away. If she hadn't missed her too much, she wouldn't have dared to read the last suicide note.
Written to me by Yochen:
Yue Chen, when you open this letter, I may have been away from you for a long time. You are the child I raised, I know you too well, I know you must not be able to accept the fact of my death, but please forgive me for leaving without saying goodbye.
Although I have many regrets in my life, I am also a lucky person. Although I often complain about the unfairness of fate, I am also very grateful to God because it allowed me to meet your mother and later accompany her children through more than a dozen years.
I once thought that I had enough power to protect you, accompany you, and bless you for life. So in the years of raising you, I selfishly wove a beautiful and clean world for you, and then taught you to be a kind, pure, gentle and friendly person in this glass cover that would break at the touch. It was just because I mistakenly believed that an angel-like child should stay away from worldly disturbances and human feelings, and just focus on being a healthy, happy, and always positive and sunny person.
It was not until I was forced to come to Country M and could no longer accompany you in your growth that I realized how much hardship and suffering my warm education would bring you in your future life. So later I always taught you to be brave, to know how to love yourself, and to work hard to pursue the life you want.
But unfortunately it is too late. Your good qualities have been engraved in your bones, and they always constrain you to be a good person. However, this will only make your future life more precarious and difficult to move forward.
So please promise Aunt Shi that from the moment you see this letter, without violating your most basic principles as a human being and social ethics, you will abandon the weak kindness and useless cultivation you have developed over the past twenty years, lower your sense of morality, and become a person with edges and temper.
You can be a little indifferent and selfish, or you can act recklessly. As long as you can truly live a carefree, happy and free life, you don't have to stick to those good qualities that will only hurt you.
Because of your kindness, your mother ended up being depressed; because of my weakness, I ended up being tortured by Bai Jingyuan for decades.
Many times I have thought that if I had learned a little bit of Bai Jingyuan's ruthlessness back then, your mother and I might not have ended up like this.
But it was because of my constant concessions, my indecision, and my so-called consideration of the overall situation that I ended up wanting everything but couldn't protect anyone.
This is the last rule of survival in society that Aunt Shi can teach you. You have always listened to Aunt Shi. This is the last time. You must work hard to learn what I teach you.
Only in this way will I feel at peace in heaven.
I know you must want to ask me why I left you so cruelly. In fact, I also made a great decision.
I am so tired. I can't sleep every day and night. I don't want to see my life being ruined like this again and have to live like a puppet, because I am a living person with thoughts and consciousness.
My life shouldn't be like this, but it has become like this, neither human nor ghost, so I really can't allow myself to live like this anymore.
Another important reason is that I miss your mother.
I have often dreamed of her in the past two years. She told me that she was lonely and missed me very much, and hoped that I could accompany her. I was afraid that she really existed in a certain time and space, waiting for me, so I could only selfishly leave you behind and go looking for her.
Please forgive Aunt Shi for her selfishness and dishonesty. You must carry sharp weapons and walk on the road ahead. Your mother and I will always protect you.
Finally, Aunt Shi will tell you a secret. I know that the person your mother entrusted you to was not me.
My Chinen resented me so much and hated the Bai family so much, how could she trust me with her beloved child? But in the end, I still chose to make the best of a mistake, so when I wrote this letter to you, I was filled with guilt and wanted to slap myself hard.
Actually, you also know it, right? When I went to the orphanage to pick you up, I got the answer from your eyes, but I chose not to understand... Now thinking about it, why was I so selfish and stupid at the time? I knew clearly where the Bai family was, but I still took you there...
Aunt Shi will not leave you so early. At least I have to wait until my daughter Yuechen graduates from college and finds someone to accompany her for the rest of her life. Only then can I really feel at ease to leave you so selfishly...
Ning Yuechen put down the letter in his hand, and as he slowly raised his head, the tears that had been dripping from his eyes suddenly stopped. Under the reflection of the bright light, his amber eyes filled with sadness gradually condensed into captivating frost, like icy rain in the deep cold season.
It was not until the traces of tears on her face turned into a chill that spread throughout her body, making her feel as cold as if she were in an ice cellar, that Ning Yuechen slowly stood up, dragged her half-numbed and half-stiffened legs to the floor-to-ceiling window, and looked towards the east with a pair of deep and cold eyes.
A week later, Ning Yuechen stood in front of a luxuriously decorated office building, looking at the four large words "Shiying Media" glowing brightly on it. His gaze slowly moved downwards, and he saw the artists constantly coming in and out, dressed in fancy clothes.
This was the business that Aunt Shi had worked hard to build. Although the company had changed hands, it still did not affect the normal operation of the company. In fact, due to the various decisions made by the new boss behind the scenes, this entertainment media company, which was already well-known in the industry, made even more money.
When she was a child, she often came here with Aunt Shi. Later, when she grew up, she rarely came here. Now standing here, she can still feel the breath left by Aunt Shi.
Ning Yuechen had been to many places in the past few days, and Aunt Shi's shadow had been left in every place. This media company was the last stop.
She walked slowly back along the road. It was already night and the cold winter wind made her face hurt, but she still stubbornly chose to move forward in the falling snow.
A few minutes later, she stopped in front of the scenic window of a Western restaurant and looked through the glass at the warm and romantic dining environment inside.
This used to be a Western restaurant that Aunt Shi loved to visit.
When Ning Yuechen withdrew her gaze from the expensive piano inside, she caught a glimpse of a familiar figure. She couldn't help but look in the direction of the girl's walking figure. When the other person sat down, her originally distracted eyes suddenly turned cold.
Bai Jingyuan, the man who was given a critical illness notice by the doctor half a year ago, is now sitting there in high spirits, with a smile on his face.
Sitting next to him was Bai Yi, who was chatting with Qian Yinyin with a smile.
Ning Yuechen clenched his fists tightly, his cold gaze swept across Bai Songan's face which was filled with a gentle and happy smile, and turned to look at the elegant woman opposite him.
If I was not mistaken, that woman was Qian Shishi, the eldest daughter of the Qian family, the current head of the family.
Her gaze finally fell on the middle-aged man who was chatting with Bai Jingyuan. With just one look, she knew why the patriarch of the Qian family, who was so powerful in City B, was sitting here and gathering with the Bai family, who came from a merchant family.
What a perfect match, a powerful marriage!
Bai Yi put down the cutlery in her hand. Recently, as the year is coming to an end, there are a lot of projects that need to be completed in companies at home and abroad waiting for her to deal with. She leaves home early and comes back late every day, and even her meal time is extremely compressed.
The reason why we can take time out to have a leisurely meal here today is entirely because we want to discuss the specific details of my eldest brother and sister-in-law's wedding after the New Year.
When her father had almost finished talking with the in-laws, she checked the time on her watch and was about to pay the bill when she noticed a figure flash past the restaurant window out of the corner of her eye.
I turned around and looked, but there was nothing.
Bai Yi stared at the night sky with snowflakes flying everywhere. His indifferent eyes were dazed for a moment, then he stood up and left the table.