Fu Wenwen looked at Fu Wenxuan with sympathy, a true warrior.
If Lu Chengsen hadn't been there, Fu Wenxuan wouldn't have gotten his mother's support.
"I'll go buy groceries," Fu's mother glared at Fu Wenxuan and then turned to leave.
Lu Chengsen and Fu Wenwen looked at Fu Wenxuan, who had collapsed on the floor, with pity.
"Why did you deliberately provoke Mom?" Fu Wenwen gestured for Lu Chengsen to help Fu Wenxuan back to his room. Looking at Fu Wenxuan lying on the bed, Fu Wenwen asked.
"What else can I do? She wants me to find Chu Yao every day..." Fu Wenxuan said helplessly.
He had already said goodbye to Chu Yao; they had no more chances.
"Fu Wenxuan!!"
Fu's mother called out loudly.
The sound came from outside the door. Fu Wenxuan and Fu Wenwen immediately rushed out of the house, only to see Chu's mother and Chu's father kneeling before Fu's mother.
The two exchanged glances.
What was going on?
"Please, it was all my fault before. I was shallow. Everything was my fault. Please, save Yao Yao!" Chu's mother saw Fu Wenxuan and seemed to have found a savior. She grabbed Fu Wenxuan's hand and pleaded.
She had abandoned all her pride; all she wanted now was to save her precious daughter.
"Auntie, please get up first. What happened?" Fu Wenxuan was startled and quickly stepped forward to help Chu's mother up.
"Yes! Whatever it is, let's talk about it properly when we get home." Fu's mother was also startled. These two had knelt down to her as soon as they saw her.
Fu Wenxuan helped Chu's mother into the house, with Chu's father following behind them. The two sat in the Fu family's home with solemn expressions.
"What exactly happened?" Fu Wenxuan asked.
"It's Yao Yao, something happened to Yao Yao..." Chu's mother choked up.
"What happened to Yao Yao?" Fu Wenxuan stood up nervously and asked impatiently.
"The day your sister got married, didn't you break up?" Chu's mother looked at Fu Wenxuan and asked.
"Yes," Fu Wenxuan nodded.
"When she came home that day, I found something was wrong with Yao Yao. Whatever I said to her, she would only nod. Her eyes were vacant, as if her soul was gone," Chu's mother said, wiping away tears.
"What's wrong with her?" Fu Wenxuan paused.
"We learned from Sisi that you two ended things that day. Yao Yao asked her to tell us, 'As we wished, she is finished with you, and she will never struggle again.'" Chu's father looked at Chu's mother and sighed.
"I only just realized that I had been too hard on Yao Yao before, using the excuse of it being for her own good, and restricting her in many ways. It turns out she was never happy..." Chu's mother looked up at Fu Wenxuan, tears streaming down her face.
"You're right. My control over her has restricted her. She's not happy, not at all happy. Everything she did was just to make me happy."
Chu's mother said with remorse.
Fu Wenxuan was stunned. If Chu's mother had realized her mistake, then Chu Yao should be happy, right?
"You're thinking, since I've realized my mistake, she should be happy, right?" Chu's mother had the same thought as Fu Wenxuan. She thought that after she changed, Yao Yao would be happy even without Fu Wenxuan.
However, things did not unfold as she had expected.
Chu Yao was like a lifeless puppet, devoid of any vitality, just sitting there blankly.
If asked to eat, she would eat slowly.
If asked to bathe, she would obediently go and bathe.
She could follow all instructions, but she had lost her soul.
"No, she's like a puppet now. Without you, her soul is gone too..." Chu's mother knelt before Fu Wenxuan again.
"Please, come back with me and save Yao Yao, won't you?"
"Auntie, even if you don't ask, I will go! Don't be like this! We all want Yao Yao to be well." Fu Wenxuan quickly pulled Chu's mother up.
"Yes! No matter what, my Wenxuan won't stand by and do nothing! This child is also heartbroken..." Fu's mother looked at Chu's mother seriously.
"Have you thought about it? If Yao Yao is saved, what can you give her?"
"I will satisfy her with everything she wants," Chu's mother said to Fu's mother with determination.
"I only have this one daughter. I was wrong before. My love restricted her. I promise you, from now on, I will never stop you from being together again."
"I will bless her and will no longer force her," Chu's mother said, choked with emotion.
"Wenxuan, you go and see her!" Fu's mother saw the bitterness in Chu's mother's heart, stepped forward, and patted her hand.
"You stay here with me! Let them go," Fu's mother held Chu's mother back, letting Chu's father take Fu Wenxuan and the others.
"Okay," Chu's mother nodded and stayed at the Fu family's home.
Chu's father led Fu Wenwen and the others to the Chu family's home.
Fu Wenxuan looked at Chu Yao, who was sitting in the living room with a blank expression and vacant eyes, and immediately rushed over.
"Yao Yao, Yao Yao, what's wrong? Look at me, I'm Wenxuan."
Upon hearing Fu Wenxuan's name, Chu Yao trembled slightly for a moment, then returned to her blank expression, utterly unmoved.
"Yao Yao... Yao Yao, look who's here to see you! It's Fu Wenxuan. Your mother and I have already agreed to you being together. Wake up?" Chu's father came to Chu Yao and said to her.
However, Chu Yao, who was waiting for a response, remained expressionless.
Even as Fu Wenxuan kept talking about things Chu Yao liked, she remained indifferent.
Fu Wenwen walked over, took a closer look at Chu Yao, and pulled Fu Wenxuan aside.
"Brother, she has locked herself up, shutting out everything from the outside world." Fu Wenwen looked at Chu Yao, who was in a state of catatonia.
"What can we do? Is there any way to wake her up?" Fu Wenxuan asked worriedly, looking at Chu Yao. In just a few days, Chu Yao had lost a lot of weight.
Her frail and delicate appearance pained Fu Wenxuan deeply.
If he had known she would become like this, he would never have broken up with her.
Fu Wenwen sighed softly.
She then turned to Chu's father.
"Can you truly agree to my brother and Chu Yao being together? Or will you pull the same stunt about not being a good match after my brother wakes Chu Yao up?"
"Yes! In fact, that night, Yao Yao's mother had already regretted it. When Yao Yao came back that day, she wanted to agree to them being together! It's just that... Yao Yao wasn't listening to anything at that point."
Chu's father looked at Chu Yao and said with heartache.
"It's my fault. I used to think that her mother had suffered a lot with me. Even though I knew she was wrong, I still chose my wife over Yao Yao."
Chu's father blamed himself.
"If I had chosen Yao Yao, perhaps she wouldn't be like this..."
"It's too late to regret it now. Why didn't you think of this earlier!" Fu Wenwen rolled her eyes at Chu's father, who had indulged her even when he knew it was wrong.
He was a troublemaker, wasn't he?
"Brother, there's only one last option." Fu Wenwen sighed, pulled Fu Wenxuan aside, and asked seriously.
"Do you truly love Chu Yao?"