Chapter 73.1. Secretly Getting Married? The Drives-You-Crazy Kind (13)
“Should I scream in heartbreak to wake them up, then run out like a madwoman? Or should I pounce on them, pin them down for a good thrashing, then storm off?”
Before Shen Wan could decide how to act, the embracing couple seemed to sense something. They groggily opened their eyes to see Shen Wan’s expressionless face, instantly sobering up. Lu Lingling instinctively let out a shriek, hurriedly covering herself with the blanket.
Fang Anshuo was also stunned for a moment. He rubbed his throbbing head, and as he came to his senses, his face and lips turned pale.
“Wan Wan, I…” Fang Anshuo tried to explain, but in the current situation, no explanation would suffice.
Lu Lingling lying beside him was clear evidence. They had done what they shouldn’t have done.
Even the most naive person, seeing this scene, wouldn’t believe any excuses.
Lu Lingling hadn’t expected Shen Wan to come at this time either. Her original plan was to do something with Fang Anshuo, but definitely not on her initiative. She wanted Fang Anshuo to lose control and make the first move, feeling remorseful afterwards and indebted to her.
She didn’t anticipate Shen Wan appearing just as they had taken the first step. Fang Anshuo’s expression showed he truly feared losing Shen Wan.
Lu Lingling was extremely frustrated. What was so good about that little green tea bitch Shen Wan that he liked her so much?
Yet she was also somewhat pleased. No matter what, Fang Anshuo couldn’t possibly continue with Shen Wan now.
But she couldn’t smile. She had to cry.
Lu Lingling’s sobs startled all three of them. She covered herself with the blanket, crying heartbrokenly and sorrowfully. She looked at Fang Anshuo with red, rabbit-like eyes and a pitiful expression.
Fang Anshuo’s head was throbbing. What was all this?
“Senior Anshuo, I’m sorry,” Lu Lingling said with a face full of regret. “You were drunk earlier, pulling me and calling her name. You were crying, saying you couldn’t give Wan Wan a good life, feeling awful, saying every day was so tiring. Seeing you so pitiful, I selfishly didn’t want to push you away. It’s all my fault for being too soft-hearted.”
“Wan Wan, I didn’t mean to. Senior Anshuo has been having a very hard time lately. I just couldn’t bear it and lost control for a moment. I’ll leave right away. I hope you can forgive Senior Anshuo.”
Shen Wan: “……” She hadn’t even started, and Lu Lingling had already stolen her lines?
Fang Anshuo: “……” Did he really hold Lu Lingling and call for Shen Wan? He must have been truly drunk. To be honest, he extremely disliked that spendthrift green tea white lotus Shen Wan now. How could he possibly think of her?
Zhong Jiaren: “……” No wonder they were from the same school. Though her acting skills weren’t as good as the little drama queen’s, they were still quite impressive.
Shen Wan: “188, I’ve figured out what to do. Frugality is a virtue.”
With that, Shen Wan dumped the food in her hands directly onto Fang Anshuo’s head, saying heartbrokenly, “Fang Anshuo, I regret it. It’s so late, I was afraid you were too tired and hadn’t eaten, so I specially brought you food from the private restaurant. I didn’t expect… is this how you treat me?”
“I gave up so much for you. You’ve been having a hard time, feeling upset, uncomfortable, saying you can’t give me a good life, so you go and seek comfort in another woman’s arms? Don’t explain to me that you mistook her for someone else. If you hadn’t touched, this wouldn’t have happened.”
Fang Anshuo, his face covered in food, was mentally collapsing. What on earth was going on?
But Shen Wan didn’t give him time to think. She grabbed a pillow from the side and forcefully smashed it against Fang Anshuo’s head. “Fang Anshuo, I misjudged you. I really shouldn’t have cut ties with my family for you. For you, I came out to live alone, ending up eating takeout every day. I really regret it so much. I wasn’t wrong in my earlier guess; you like gentle, considerate, and frugal women like Lu Lingling.”
“When you’re upset, you never confide in me, but Lu Lingling understands you better than I do. So, let’s break up.”
Shen Wan’s strength was not small. The pillow came down again and again, hitting Fang Anshuo’s nose at one point, making tears fall from his eyes.
Especially his head, which had initially been doused with food by Shen Wan.
Now being forcefully hit with the pillow, it was like the food was being smashed everywhere. He was only wearing underwear, his body covered in vegetables and rice. Shen Wan had also packed a bowl of soup, which had spilled on him. He currently smelled of vegetables and soup, looking like he’d been fished out of a hotpot.
Afraid of the salty soup splashing into his eyes, he could only close them, hugging his head as he sat there, enduring Shen Wan’s “beating” with the pillow.
Whether intentional or not, every time Shen Wan raised the pillow, a vegetable leaf or piece of meat would fly towards Lu Lingling. Unable to dodge in time, leaves and meat pieces landed on her head and face.
188: He could no longer look at the phrase “frugality is a virtue” the same way.
About ten minutes later, seeing Fang Anshuo continually beaten by Shen Wan, Lu Lingling finally couldn’t bear it. She wrapped herself in the blanket, pounced over to protect him, and pleaded with Shen Wan, “Shen Wan, please spare Anshuo. You gave up your status as a wealthy young lady for him, but Anshuo has also worked hard for you, enduring so much. He buys you whatever you want, never making you feel wronged. You always say how hard it is to eat takeout every day, but you’ve never realized that in this world, most people live much harder lives than you do.”
“You can’t understand Anshuo, but I do. If you want to blame someone for today’s situation, blame me. Blame me for always having Anshuo in my heart, for not being able to bear seeing him upset. Even knowing he doesn’t like me, I still foolishly appear by his side like a moth to a flame. If you want to vent, you can hit me. Once you’ve vented, please leave and don’t bother Anshuo anymore.”
Fang Anshuo couldn’t open his eyes and didn’t know what was happening. Shen Wan was pressing him down and hitting him with incredible strength; he couldn’t even break free. Despite her small stature, she must truly be angry.
After being hit for so long, he was also fuming inside. However, he was in the wrong, and if he raised a hand against Shen Wan, there would be no way to salvage their relationship. He hadn’t forgotten that Zhong Jiaren was standing behind Shen Wan.
He also hadn’t expected Lu Lingling to come and protect him at this moment, even letting Shen Wan hit her to vent.
To be honest, he did have some feelings for Lu Lingling. Otherwise, they wouldn’t have had dinner together at home, accidentally got drunk, and things happened that shouldn’t have. Initially, it was Fang Wen who invited Lu Lingling over, but after Fang Wen left, he found he didn’t mind Lu Lingling’s presence.
At first, he was still worried about Shen Wan finding out, but recently Shen Wan seemed very busy. His relationship with Lu Lingling grew closer; they sat together, ate together, talked, and got along very well.
Now, being protected by a woman, Fang Anshuo felt conflicted. He wiped the soup from his face and looked at the disheveled Lu Lingling. Seeing the concern in her eyes, at that moment, he really wanted to protect her.
Shen Wan noticed this and threw the pillow aside. “Fang Anshuo, you’re lucky to have someone like Lu Lingling who truly likes you and is willing to take a beating for you.”
Just now, Fang Anshuo had already decided not to continue entangling with Shen Wan.
Actually, he should have made this decision earlier. When he learned from Lu Lingling that there were rumors of Shen Zhenshan publicly announcing Shen Wan wasn’t his daughter. It had been over two months now; he couldn’t wait any longer.
Now there was a Lu Lingling who truly liked him, and she was also the only daughter of the Lu family. Why shouldn’t he be with such a perfect woman like Lu Lingling? Using the Lu family to deal with the Shen family and eventually swallow them up – wouldn’t that be even better?
Fang Anshuo took a deep breath, intending to tell Shen Wan they should break up and that she shouldn’t make unreasonable scenes.
Shen Wan spoke first, “Alright, Lu Lingling, for your sake, I won’t hit Fang Anshuo anymore.”
The words on the tip of Fang Anshuo’s tongue fell away.
“I’ve been thinking a lot lately,” Shen Wan walked over to a stool and sat down, resting her chin on her small hand. “If it weren’t for tonight’s incident, I really wouldn’t have had the resolve. Now, I don’t care for something someone else has used. It’s really not worth it for a dirty thing like Fang Anshuo.”
Fang Anshuo was furious inside. Shen Wan continued, “You can’t give me the privileged life I’ve had since childhood. I’m just used to the life of a wealthy young lady. I deeply regret why I gave up my status as the Shen family’s daughter to come out and live a hard life.”
“I’m different from Lu Lingling. She can give up everything for love. She can lower herself to cook and make soup for you; I can’t do that. She can go a whole month without buying a bag; I can’t. I need to buy at least one a month to feel at ease. She can save money by not buying expensive dresses, wearing ones for one or two hundred yuan, and still look like a goddess,” Shen Wan frowned, “I can’t do that. People rely on their clothes as horses rely on their saddles. If I don’t dress beautifully, I lack confidence and can’t hold my head high.”
“Lu Lingling doesn’t care about face and doesn’t like to compare herself with others,” Shen Wan sighed, “I can’t do that. I care about face the most. If people see that my bags this month are cheaper, my clothes are cheaper, I feel uncomfortable, feeling like I’ve lost face. Someone as perfect as Lu Lingling definitely wouldn’t care about these things. Even if she carried a ten-yuan canvas bag, it wouldn’t look any less classy on her than one worth tens of thousands.”
“So, I’m really not surprised that you would fall for such a woman.”
Fang Anshuo: He wanted to rage, to explode, to thoroughly berate her during the breakup, to make her look in a mirror and see what kind of person she really was, how could he possibly like her.
But Shen Wan’s self-description as someone who loved luxury, cared about face, and was vain left him with no words to curse her with. She really was a shameless green tea white lotus.
Lu Lingling was also bewildered. Wasn’t this supposed to be about catching a cheater? Shouldn’t she be dealing with the mistress?
Why was it different? Shen Wan only hit Fang Anshuo, not only avoiding trouble with her but even praising her. What kind of operation was this?
“Fang Anshuo, you really hit the jackpot, being loved by such a perfect woman.”
Fang Anshuo felt like there was a fire in his heart that he couldn’t release, feeling extremely uncomfortable. Had this woman forgotten that she had just dumped food on him and beaten him with a pillow?
“Lu Lingling.” Shen Wan stood up and walked in front of Lu Lingling, her face very serious. “As the Lu family’s daughter, you lowered yourself for Fang Anshuo, even taking a beating for him. Although you ruined my relationship with Fang Anshuo, I’ve been moved by your sincere feelings for him.”
Lu Lingling wasn’t happy at all and felt a chill run down her spine. If Shen Wan had pulled her hair or hit her a couple of times, she wouldn’t feel so uneasy.
“So, I’ll let you two be together.” Shen Wan’s lips curved into a slight smile. “Someone as perfect as you will surely be happy with him in the future, right? I’d like to see how you two will stay together for the long haul. But let me warn you, if you’re like me and want to buy a couple of bags, some pretty dresses, don’t want to cook, and eat takeout every day, you’d better not stay with him.”
“He’s really too poor,” Shen Wan said very seriously, with a hint of contempt. “After working so hard, he only earns 30,000 a month. He can’t even afford a bag.”
Fang Anshuo was furious!
To please Shen Wan, he had sold all the gifts she had given him before and even spent extra money out of his own pocket.
She actually complained that his salary was low, only 30,000 a month, saying he couldn’t even afford a bag. It was infuriating. How could there be such an annoying woman in the world? He must have had terrible luck in his past eight lifetimes to have gotten involved with Shen Wan.
“Shen Wan, I’m not you. I understand Anshuo. The fact that he can earn 30,000 a month now is already more outstanding than many people. As for buying bags and dresses, I don’t care about brand names. Even those ten-yuan canvas bags you mentioned earlier, as long as Anshuo gives them to me, I would like them all the same.
If Anshuo is willing to be with me, I won’t burden him like you did. I will understand everything about him. I will prepare delicious dinners and wait for him to come home and eat together. People are different. The Anshuo in your eyes might be useless, but in my eyes, Anshuo is the most perfect person.”
Shen Wan blinked her eyes and cupped her face, looking at Lu Lingling. “Your sincere attitude towards love really moves me. I’m so touched that I don’t even want to hit you anymore.”
Lu Lingling still felt chills all over. So Shen Wan had thought about hitting her?
She shrank towards Fang Anshuo, who also protectively held her in his arms. However, both of them were covered in a mix of food smells, looking romantically disheveled with a touch of slovenliness.
Fang Anshuo looked up and said, “Shen Wan, it’s over between us. Don’t frighten Lingling. Come to think of it, we really aren’t suitable. I can’t satisfy all your vanity.”
“However, let me advise you, love isn’t just measured by money. The way you are, you’ll never find someone who truly cares for you, and even if you do, they won’t choose you.”
Shen Wan pouted, disagreeing, “How do you know my future partner won’t like my vain yet adorable little self?”
Fang Anshuo: Ugh! This Shen Wan, he hadn’t known before how shameless she could be.
“Different strokes for different folks,” Shen Wan snorted coldly. “Maybe my future partner will like me being unreasonable, only eating, only buying, not doing anything, looking like a useless person.”
Fang Anshuo and Lu Lingling were both amused and angry. How could anyone have such poor taste, liking a useless person and wanting to support them for life?
Zhong Jiaren gently pursed her lips, her gaze full of smiles as she looked at Shen Wan. Some might say she had poor taste, but she just liked Shen Wan’s dramatic and seemingly useless demeanor.
Was Shen Wan really useless? Not necessarily.
Could a useless person manipulate others so skillfully?
Even if she were truly useless, if Zhong Jiaren liked her, couldn’t she support her? For her, these weren’t issues. The only question was whether this useless person would be willing to be supported by her for life.
“Then I won’t disturb you two anymore.”
Shen Wan glanced at the two, covered in food, feeling extremely good. “Fang Anshuo, there’s nothing between us anymore.”
“Don’t see me out,” Fang Anshuo said coldly. He never wanted to see this woman again in his life.
No, when he swallows up Shen Corporation, he wonders what expression she’ll have. Will she still think Fang Anshuo is incapable?