âYuan Yuan, if your mother makes things difficult for you again, just tell her plainly that youâve set your sights on the Mo familyâs power and my talents. In the entire capital, she wonât be able to find another man who has as high a status as I do and who is so good to you.
âTell her plainly that you want to marry into the Mo family as its young madam and enjoy everyoneâs envy and respect. You like the luxury that the Mo family can provide. You want to be like my aunt, with a doting husband and an intelligent child, enjoying an exultant position among the rich matrons in the capital.
âYou wonât fancy a man who is not capable. Unless she can find someone whose family background and capability are superior to mine, you wonât even look at him.â
Zhong Bingyuan: ââ¦â
Could⦠could she do that?
âBut⦠But Iâve never thought like that! Youâre so outstanding. In order not to burden you, Iâ¦â
She had studied so hard all these years in order to be worthy of him and of how good he was to her. Now for her to say such thingsâ¦
She had really never thought like that.
Mo Chengxi laughed. âI didnât say that you are really like that. I know youâve always worked very hard so that you can work with me and youâre afraid that you will cause trouble for me. But Yuan Yuan, to some people, what I said is the truth.
âThis is the real world. People pursue fame, wealth and status. Those who look down on fame and wealth and say theyâre indifferent to such things are actually the ones who secretly long for them the most. Only people who have had these things in the past have the right to say that they donât care. For those who have never had anything, what right do they have to say they donât care about fame and wealth?
âYour mother is from a scholarly family, and she appears to be incredibly lofty and looks down on businessmen like me. But Yuan Yuan, even if she despises me, I doubt sheâs stupid. In her heart, she knows that the men she introduces you to are inferior to me. Why does she object so violently to us being together?ân/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
Zhong Bingyuan did not understand. She really did not understand.
Every mother hoped that her daughter would find a very capable husband. That would reflect well on her parents.
But her mother was so strange. She could never figure out why.
Mo Chengxi smiled and flipped over. He took off his shoes and climbed on the bed. He burrowed into her blankets, leaned against the headboard, then stuffed Zhong Bingyuan into the blankets and held her in his arms.
âSilly girl, your motherâs desire to control you is actually a desire for power, status and authority.â
Zhong Bingyuan was bewildered. âWhat do you mean?â
âNo one in your entire family listens to her. No matter what she does or says, sheâs always wrong. Of course, Iâm not saying that your entire family is picking on her, but she really has made mistakes and doesnât have the ability to do anything right. But she doesnât want to admit it and is unwilling to admit it. The entire family agrees to you marrying me and believes that Iâm the best choice. It will be good for you and the family. But have you forgotten? Your mother has disliked my Mo family right from the start.
âWhen you were first found and before you regained your memory, she picked on my aunt for no reason. She has always had a bad impression of my family and wants to suppress us. But she doesnât have the ability to do so. Now that I like her daughter, she feels that she finally has a hold over me and has gained an upper hand over my family. Thatâs why she objects so adamantly.â
Zhong Bingyuan was completely floored!
She could barely believe it. âThis⦠this is impossible. Sheâs my mother, my own mother!â
Would a mother cast aside her daughterâs lifelong happiness just to vent her spleen?