Shen Wenxin went home.
She was sitting on the sofa staring at the ceiling, not saying a word.
She still couldn't accept that her arch-enemy liked her stepmother.
Naturally, she also couldn't accept making peace.
Lu Yunshu was strange, Lu Yunshu was abnormal.
But she found that the person involved, Jin Hanshuang, accepted it much more easily than she did.
The surprise lasted only a moment, and there was no disbelief, as calm as a lake.
She could even sit beside her, guide her, and comfort her.
Shen Wenxin chuckled softly: "You don't seem to care about this at all, which makes me look like the one overreacting."
Jin Hanshuang said, "I care, and I care about you too."
She gently rubbed her daughter's head, her voice soft, "I'm afraid you won't be happy."
"Not happy?"
Shen Wenxin thought for a moment and shook her head.
"Not really."
Since the day she found out about Lu Yunshu's feelings for Jin Hanshuang, her emotions had been swinging between surprise and disbelief.
Today, the disbelief was dispelled, leaving only surprise.
The fact that Lu Yunshu likes her stepmother has long overshadowed the fact that Lu Yun lesbian.
It's really dramatic. Her classmate actually likes her stepmother...
It was all just surprise, not a bit of unhappiness.
After all, her conflict with Lu Yunshu hadn't reached the extreme level of hatred.
Shen Wenxin rubbed her temples, "Let her give up on her own."
"If she gives up on her own, this matter can be put to rest."
Jin Hanshuang smiled at this and asked, "What if she never gives up?"
Shen Wenxin paused and looked up.
"Then you should be the one to ask."
"Ask?"
"She's pursuing you, the right to reject is in your hands, who else would I ask?"
Jin Hanshuang curved her lips, "Ah... you want me to be the bad guy."
"Is this being the bad guy?" Shen Wenxin asked.
Jin Hanshuang honestly said, "For me, a little."
Shen Wenxin: "?"
Jin Hanshuang propped her cheek, troubled, "You know, we have a good relationship, she's very well-behaved in front of me, and I watched her grow up. She's also pretty, and I like pretty women... Wow, how could I bear to do it?"
Shen Wenxin laughed, "What, you want to date her?"
Jin Hanshuang also laughed, "Well, President Shen doesn't mind, I might consider it?"
Shen Wenxin even imagined it for a moment.
Shen Wenxin even imagined it for a moment.
The scene of them dating...
"......"
So strange.
She still wasn't used to it.
"No, President Shen minds."
......
As Jin Hanshuang said, Lu Yunshu's pursuit indeed did not stop.
She was still persistent, very determined.
After so many days, Shen Wenxin finally got used to her constantly sending gifts to their home.
Her arch-enemy even tried to invite her stepmother out for dinner.
But she managed to stop all of it.
She disagreed.
President Shen wouldn't let her stepmother be taken away.
No gifts, no flowers, no invitations to go outâall were forbidden!
Since she forbade it, Jin Hanshuang had no choice but to stop seeing Lu Yunshu.
Although she missed Lu Yunshu very much, for the sake of their future and to let Shen Wenxin calm down, she had to do this.
Without seeing her girlfriend, there was one more sad person in City A.
Lu Yunshu was depressed.
She was originally happy to use the pursuit as an excuse to openly see Jin Hanshuang, but now, her plans were all shattered by Shen Wenxin.
No meetings, no meals together, almost to the point of having Jin Hanshuang delete her.
Shen Wenxin was really too much!
......
Shen Wenxin heard from her secretary that Lu Yunshu came to see her again.
It was the Minghai Jewelry reception room again.
The two of them were still in the same positions, each sitting on one side.
This time, there was no secretary accompanying them, and the large reception room had only the two of them.
Shen Wenxin: "What do you want?"
Lu Yunshu: "To have a meal with you."
Shen Wenxin: "You have nothing better to do than to come to me for a meal?"
Lu Yunshu: "Because you won't let Hanshuang have a meal with me, so I came to have a meal with you."
Shen Wenxin sneered, "I don't see the connection here."
Lu Yunshu slightly raised her eyes, "I also don't understand why you are so against me pursuing Hanshuang and won't let her see me. Shen Wenxin, don't you think you're being unreasonable?"
Shen Wenxin retorted, "How is it unreasonable? Can you accept your classmate pursuing your stepmom?"
Lu Yunshu paused and said, "My family's situation is different from yours."
But she still followed her words and thought for a moment, "But considering your situation, if their sexual orientations are the same, if this classmate is a good person who can make my mom happy, if they are mutually in love and willing..."
She looked at Shen Wenxin, "Why not?"
There was no love between Shen Minghai and Jin Hanshuang.
Their love was directed towards others.
If she were Shen Wenxin, she wouldn't care who they loved, as long as they were happy, as long as they always loved her as their child.
Shen Minghai and Jin Hanshuang do indeed love Shen Wenxin.
Besides their love, Shen Wenxin also has the love of her biological parents.
With so much love, why can't she let those who love her find love?
Shen Wenxin looked at her without speaking.
She seriously suspected that Lu Yunshu was taking the opportunity to praise herself as a good person.
Lu Yunshu said, "Hanshuang treats you very well, and you shouldn't obstruct her from having her own love, nor should you ignore her feelings and choices."
Shen Wenxin still didn't respond.
Lu Yunshu continued, "You rejected me, so you want Han Shuang to reject me too?"
Shen Wenxin: "Otherwise?"
Lu Yunshu: "How are you any different from them?"
"Who?"
"My dad and your dad."
Shen Wenxin was stunned for a moment.
It was a sharp remark, suddenly piercing Shen Wenxin's heart, making her frown uncomfortably.
"Rubbish," Shen Wenxin said in a deep voice, "Don't twist the facts, I'm nothing like them."
The reception silent.
Once the emotional carriers for their fathers, they looked at each other in silence.
In this regard, none of them, deeply affected, were willing to align with their fathers.
The air fell into a dead silence.
After a long time, Lu Yunshu spoke: "Sorry."
Her voice was gentle: "I shouldn't have said that."
Shen Wenxin was caught off guard by this apology.
"......"
She leaned back in her chair, not responding, but her expression softened considerably.
The next second, Lu Yunshu suddenly said, "So you disagree because you're afraid Han Shuang won't love you as her child anymore?"
Shen Wenxin was stunned for a moment.
Lu Yunshu frowned, "You don't really think that, do you?"
Shen Wenxin's eyes narrowed slightly, "Isn't it because you want to take my stepmother away from me?"
"Ridiculous."
Lu Yunshu cursed with a dark expression.
"If I really wanted to take her away from you without any regard, why would I care about your opinion as her daughter? Why would I come to talk to you and endure your cold stares?"
"Or do you think Han Shuang is the type to abandon her family for a girlfriend?"
"Nonsense," Shen Wenxin retorted, "She's not like that at all!"
Lu Yunshu's eyes burned with intensity, "Then what are you concerned about?"
Shen Wenxin was speechless.
Lu Yunshu continued, "Or do you think I'm not good enough for her?"
Lu Yunshu stared intently at her silent rival, "Shen Wenxin, I'm not that bad, am I? At least, not so bad that I don't even deserve to see her, right?"
She lowered her eyes, hiding the loneliness in her eyes behind her glasses.
She hadn't seen Jin Hanshuang for several days.
Even though they were girlfriends, they couldn't even have a meal together and could only see each other and hear each other's voices through video calls.
Jin Hanshuang would comfort her, saying to wait a little longer.
But she really missed her...
The more she thought about Jin Hanshuang, the more pitiful she felt at that moment.
All her elegance and grace were thrown out the window, leaving only a little puppy drenched in the rain.
Shen Wenxin: "......"
She stood up.
"Stop it, don't play the pity card with me!"
......
Lu Yunshu was driven out by Shen Wenxin.
She sat in the back seat of the car, quietly looking at the office building of Minghai Jewelry Group through the car window. She then withdrew her gaze and sent a message to her girlfriend.
[Lu Yunshu]: Does playing the pity card really work on Shen Wenxin? She just kicked me out.
There was some acting involved, but it was also genuine.
She really missed her girlfriend.
Her girlfriend replied:
[Trust me]
[No one knows a daughter better than her mother]
......
When Shen Wenxin got home from work, she found an oversized white dog plush in the living room.
It was placed by the floor-to-ceiling window, very large and very conspicuous, like a guardian.
Yes, this was also a gift from Lu Yunshu.
Shen Wenxin stood in front of the white dog plush, staring at it: "......"
For no reason, she remembered what Lu Yunshu had said to her in the reception room.
She remembered Lu Yunshu's pitiful appearance when she was forbidden from pursuing Jin Hanshuang.
Her demeanor seemed to question her from head to toe: "I just like Han Shuang, what did I do wrong?"
What did I do wrong... The mistake was falling in love with her stepmother.
Why couldn't Lu Yunshu like someone else?
Why did it have to be her stepmother?
But... "Why not?"
Lu Yunshu's voice suddenly appeared in her ear.
If Lu Yunshu is good enough, if Lu Yunshu can make Jin Hanshuang happy, if they are mutually in love... why not?
Shen Wenxin suddenly snapped back to reality, shocked.
That was close, she almost got swayed by Lu Yunshu!
No, this dog plush has to be returned too!
All the things Lu Yunshu sent to Jin Hanshuang before were returned.
Keeping them would give Lu Yunshu hope, and she didn't want to give Lu Yunshu any hope.
Shen Wenxin turned to look at Jin Hanshuang.
Jin Hanshuang was touching the plush dog's paw.
It was white, fluffy, very squeezable, and very comfortable to lean on.
Jin Hanshuang's eyes sparkled as she squeezed it.
Shen Wenxin: "......"
It was obvious that her stepmother really liked this plush dog.
Jin Hanshuang: "So cute~"
Shen Wenxin: "......"
She really liked it.
Suddenly, Lu Yunshu's words flashed through her mind: What if they are mutually in love?
What if Jin Hanshuang also likes Lu Yunshu?
What if Jin Hanshuang would be really happy with Lu Yunshu?
......
Shen Wenxin became even more silent.
These past few days, she had only cared about her own feelings and hadn't asked Jin Hanshuang's thoughts.
If Jin Hanshuang really liked Lu Yunshu too, what should she do?
Should she still obstruct them?
Was Lu Yunshu really that terrible and unworthy of her stepmother?
Not really...
Lu Yunshu did say something very true.
Their fathers were no longer around, and continuing to oppose each other was meaningless.
She understood this principle well.
The conflicts between the two families had always been about their fathers and had nothing to do with them. They were merely emotional puppets of their fathers' mutual dislikeâwhatever their fathers hated, the daughters had to hate too.
It was quite unreasonable.
She had been quite unreasonable these past few days as well.
Just like her father, whoever she disliked, Jin Hanshuang had to dislike too.
She couldn't accept Lu Yunshu liking her family member, so Jin Hanshuang had to reject Lu Yunshu as well.
Domineering, autocratic... She clearly hated being like this, yet she had become like this.
No, this won't do.
She calmed down and reassessed the current situation.
Setting aside the conflicts between their fathers, Lu Yunshu's qualities were indeed excellent.
Even exceptionally good.
Beautiful, elegant, wealthy, intelligent, capable, and daring. Over the years, there had been no rumors of any indiscretions in her private life. She was certainly not so bad that she didn't even deserve to meet Jin Hanshuang...
Shen Wenxin looked at Jin Hanshuang's back again.
Jin Hanshuang was indeed very good to her, treating her as her own.
Jin Hanshuang loved her, and she loved Jin Hanshuang, so she should ask Jin Hanshuang's opinionâask her if she liked Lu Yunshu and cared about her feelings.
"Mom."
"Yes?"
"Do you like Lu Yunshu?"
Jin Hanshuang, with her back to Shen Wenxin, was stunned.
Her heart skipped a beat.
Her mind started racing.
What does this child mean by asking this question, fishing for information?
Did she find out about me and Yunshu?
It shouldn't be possible, we haven't seen each other these past few days, how could she have found out?
Then what does she mean by this question?
Jin Hanshuang's mind was in a whirlwind for a few seconds, and she finally uttered in confusion, "Huh...?"