Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Fang Yusheng could not help but call Fang Pingjun. After knowing that Xu Pingfei had really joined their company and became a middle-aged actress, Fang Yushengâs expression was really interesting.
The next day, they heard gossip from Aunt Jin.
It was said that not long after the television drama ended last night, Fang Pingjue received a call from a friend.
The other party asked him if his life had been bad recently.
Fang Pingjue had indeed been living poorly recently because of Chi Baoguang. However, he was very curious about how his old friend knew, so he asked more questions.
In the end, the friend said, âBrother, if your life is really miserable, you can tell us. Is it worth it for Pingfei to go out and show her face at such an old age to film and earn money? The key is her appearance⦠Sigh, is it because the salary for acting ugly is higher now?â
Fang Pingjue asked further. Only then did he know that Xu Pingfei actually dared to film a show behind his back without even telling him!
That night, Xu Pingfei was busy until 11 pm when she returned. She was wearing a dark green cloak and black tight pants. She hummed a song as she entered the house. She looked like a beautiful woman who was 35 or 36 years old!
She did not look like a fifty-year-old woman!
Her disobedience and beauty made the current Fang Pingjue angry.
âWhere did you go!â
Fang Pingjueâs voice suddenly sounded in the dark hall, startling Xu Pingfei.
She covered her chest and stared in Fang Pingjueâs direction. She asked in a low voice, âPingjue?â
Fang Pingjue snorted.
Xu Pingfei then turned on the lights in the house.
Fang Pingjue was sitting there in his pajamas with a gloomy expression, as if he was about to get angry. She guessed that perhaps he had found out about what she had done. She smiled lightly and said to Fang Pingjue obsequiously, âPingjue, are you angry?â
âYou went out to film behind my back?â
âYes.â Xu Pingfei did not plan to keep it a secret, nor could she.
Fang Pingjue snorted. âWhatâs your status! Why are you degrading yourself by being an actress?ân/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
Upon hearing the word âdegradingâ, the smile on Xu Pingfeiâs face disappeared.
Her voice turned cold as well. âAre you saying that Iâm degrading myself by filming a show?â
âArenât you? If others want you to laugh, you laugh. If they want you to cry, you cry. If this isnât degrading yourself, what is it!â Thinking of the ugly pictures he had seen online of Xu Pingfei acting as Qiu Qianchi, he was so angry that he trembled.
âYouâre Fang Pingjueâs woman and the mistress of the Fang family. Youâre embarrassing me by pretending to be ugly like this! Youâre too disappointing!â
Xu Pingfei only glanced at him indifferently.
Her calm and composed look made Fang Pingjue feel stifled. âWhatâs with that look?â
Xu Pingfei sat down on the sofa beside Fang Pingjue. She crossed her legs and placed them on the coffee table. She said to Fang Pingjue, âIâve never been a woman who is unfaithful to her husband. Iâm not like Lisa. I donât have such a good temperament.â
âLook, Iâm just a normal person. When I was young, I smoked and cursed. Look at me, Iâm someone who will cross my legs when Iâm tired.â She was not perfect. She was not born with a good temperament. She was forced to be like this.
Fang Pingjue looked at her legs that were crossed on the coffee table and frowned.
It was as if he was meeting Xu Pingfei for the first time.
The person in front of him was extremely unfamiliar.
âAfter so many years, Iâve been tired of pretending to be gentle and maternal. Iâm also tired of being a stepmother.â Xu Pingfei simply stopped talking. She said, âI still have to continue acting. If you canât accept it, letâs have a divorce.â
The word divorce was like a storm, causing Fang Pingjueâs expression to change drastically.
âWhat did you say?â
âI said, if you think Iâve embarrassed you, then divorce me.â Xu Pingfei saw the exposed look in Fang Pingjueâs eyes and completely gave up. âLook, even if I said divorce, you only cared about your face and wonât think about our relationship.â
âYou donât love me.â Xu Pingfei completely recognized reality. âWhat you love is the goddess that youâve outlined in your heart. Itâs the young, beautiful, and elegant Lisa from more than thirty years ago.â Even the current Lisa, who had wrinkles and was no longer young, was not his favorite.
Xu Pingfei knew that Fang Pingjue was a selfish and arrogant person.
Until now, he had yet to see the situation clearly.
She said, âFang Pingjue, our marriage has lasted until now. Itâs not you whoâs giving me charity, but me whoâs pitying you.â
Fang Pingjue was stunned and wanted to refute her words.
However, when he opened his mouth, he realized that compared to Xu Pingfei, he was indeed the one being pitied. Xu Pingfei was still beautiful and young, while he was old and ashen. More importantly, his body was not even complete.
Fang Pingjueâs fierce aura instantly disappeared.
He sat there and looked down at his lost leg. He could not stop smiling bitterly. âSure, sure. Divorce!â
Xu Pingfeiâs gaze was complicated.
She could not bear to see him like this.
She was just saying it out of anger. Couldnât he soften his stance?
Fang Pingjue suddenly said, âAll these years, youâve never loved me. You married me only for the benefit of your family. Xu Pingfei, youâre the ruthless one!â
Xu Pingfei smiled.
Her smile was bleak. âFang Pingjue, you have to touch your conscience when you talk.â
Fang Pingjue sneered. He did not think that he had said anything wrong.
Xu Pingfei asked, âDonât you know if Iâve loved you or not?â
âI donât love you? When Qingqing slit her wrist and almost lost her life, I should have abandoned you! I donât love you? Then after you lost a leg, I could have left you alone! I donât love you? When you were imprisoned at home, and when you were treated like a slave by Chi Baoguang⦠I could have been a different person. I could have mocked you and ignored you!â
âBut I didnât! All these years, Iâve been by your side, giving birth to your children. For you, I raised that ingrate, Fang Mu, until he became an adult. For you, I didnât have the heart to take care of Fang Yusheng! For you, Iâm even raising Fang Muâs child now! For you, I even had to hide my acting from you!â
âIf you still think that I donât love you after doing this, then I have nothing to say. I canât give you the love that you, Fang Pingjue, want!â
Fang Pingjue listened in a daze, already shocked.
Xu Pingfei suddenly said, âI once entered your study room out of curiosity and saw Lisaâs photo hanging on the wall. Doesnât my heart ache? But for you and for this family, I can only pretend not to knowâ¦â Xu Pingfeiâs heart completely turned cold.
She stood up. Before going upstairs, she said to Fang Pingjue with her back facing himâ
âI once loved a man. You killed him yourself.â
Fang Pingjue was suddenly furious. He roared in a low voice and asked her, âWho is it!â
She said, âFang Pingjue.â
With that, Xu Pingfei ran upstairs.
Fang Pingjue was so shocked that he stood rooted to the ground.
At this moment, he thought of a few years ago, on a night before his leg broke. Xu Pingfei sat in front of the dressing mirror and asked him if he had loved her.
At that time, he did not answer and chose to remain silent.
Xu Pingfei said spitefully, âI donât love you either.â
However, the person who said that she did not love him had admitted her love for him tonight.