"She never gave birth to a son for Lin Dawei, so she had no status in the Lin family. It was common for the Lin family to beat and kick her. Your appearance relieved her desperate desire for a son..." Fu Wenwen analyzed. "She had been longing to have a son for Lin Dawei, which had almost become an obsession. Your arrival relaxed her, and she soon became pregnant with Lin Yu."
"And after Lin Yu was born, your existence became rather awkward. You weren't Lin Dawei's child, and the Lin family wouldn't be willing to raise you. She had finally given birth to a son for Lin Dawei, and the Lin family had finally accepted her, but you became the target." Fu Wenwen's words made Lin Feng's lips curve into a smile.
"I didn't expect you to have thought of this too!" Lin Feng chuckled. "But you're right, it's exactly like that."
"At first, I also thought she didn't want to protect me but was powerless to do so," Lin Feng reached out and held Fu Wenwen's hand, whispering.
"Until one day... I overheard what she said to Lin Yu." Lin Feng paused. Fu Wenwen looked at him and squeezed his hand tightly.
"She told Lin Yu not to oppose me anymore. She knew I was a sentimental person and that if I achieved anything in the future, I wouldn't forget them..." As Lin Feng spoke, Fu Wenwen felt the chill of his past.
"She knew, she always knew," Fu Wenwen stated firmly, a surge of anger rising in her heart.
"It was also her words that made me completely give up on the Lin family, no longer hoping for their acceptance," Lin Feng stroked Fu Wenwen's hand. "Actually, to be honest, after cutting ties, I didn't feel sadness, but relief, like a heavy burden lifted."
"Having been treated as a cash machine for over twenty years, you deserve to be relieved!" Fu Wenwen said with a laugh. "The money earned with your life, you just gave it to Lin Dawei like that?"
"He saved my life, so I repaid it with my life. I don't owe him anymore," Lin Feng smiled. "Now, I belong to you."
"Thinking about it, I still feel resentful. Just letting the Lin family go like this?" Fu Wenwen felt a surge of anger. "There isn't a single decent person in the Lin family, not one!"
"Every time she just watched you being bullied by them, and then put on that helpless expression in front of you! Ah! The more I think about it, the angrier I get." Fu Wenwen gritted her teeth in anger.
"Hush, don't be angry," Lin Feng chuckled. "If it weren't for them, how would I have had the fortune to meet you? I might have died that year."
Fu Wenwen rolled her eyes at him. "Why did you help Lin Yu pay his debts? You broke his leg and gave him fifty yuan? You absolutely didn't have to!"
"To raise his appetite!" Lin Feng's lips curled up. He had done it on purpose.
Fu Wenwen was stunned, not expecting Lin Feng's answer.
"I'm actually a villain, are you scared?" Lin Feng laughed.
"No!" Fu Wenwen rolled her eyes at Lin Feng, not believing his nonsense at all.
"Alright! It's nothing more than expanding his appetite!" Lin Feng spoke the truth.
"I thought someone who served in the army wouldn't do such a thing?" Fu Wenwen was taken aback.
"If the village head hadn't sent me to the army, perhaps I would have gone down a different path!" Lin Feng said carelessly, engrossed in playing with Fu Wenwen's delicate hand.
Fu Wenwen was stunned. Looking at Lin Feng, she felt a hint of wickedness, a contrast to his righteous facade.
"Do you know why the village head called me a wolf cub?" Lin Feng grinned.
"Enough, let's sleep," Fu Wenwen suddenly interrupted, not wanting to hear any more.
Lin Feng, however, stood up and came to Fu Wenwen's side, looking at her intently. "Why won't you listen?"
"..." Fu Wenwen sighed and sat up. "Because I don't know how to comfort you, I can't say anything! It makes me feel bad!"
"..." Lin Feng was stunned. Fu Wenwen hugged him. "How many times did you want to resist, but you suppressed your anger for her? You swallowed all your bitterness and bore all your pain yourself..."
Fu Wenwen felt immense sadness. In Lin Feng, she saw her past self.
She couldn't trust anyone, dared not speak out when wronged, could only swallow her suffering alone, humbly just wanting to survive.
Such pain could not be healed by words, so she didn't want to hear it anymore. Because in the end, after peeling back all his wounds, she couldn't offer any comfort...
"What can I do to comfort you..." Fu Wenwen said, her heart aching, stroking his face. "You're exposing this dark side of yourself to me, aren't you afraid of scaring me away?"
"Or are you testing me, to see if I'll be scared away?" Fu Wenwen asked.
Lin Feng raised his head, the darkness in his eyes unfathomable, his lips curving slightly. "I'm not as... upright as you think."
"I don't need your uprightness," Fu Wenwen looked at Lin Feng, earnestly. "Who is upright towards their own wife? In front of me, I want you to be relaxed, natural, your true self. I don't need you to act..."
"You've stumped me! I can deal with everyone skillfully. Whatever attitude they want from me, I can provide it, but you... I've never done this before," Lin Feng looked at Fu Wenwen, seriously. "I can curse too!"
"I can curse too!" Fu Wenwen laughed indifferently. "When you're angry, do you still speak politely? Of course, you'd curse however it feels best!"
"Just be yourself! Don't hide yourself from me," Fu Wenwen's words left Lin Feng speechless for a long time.
He lowered his head in defeat and leaned on her shoulder...
"Don't do this, my heart can't take it," Lin Feng's voice was tinged with a hint of a sob.
Fu Wenwen gently patted his head. "Because I feel like I want to spend the rest of my life with you. The cost of changing husbands is too high. For now, you seem okay, there's hope."
"...You still want to change husbands?" Lin Feng gritted his teeth.
"Didn't you say it? We'll try first? Why can't I change husbands now?" Fu Wenwen laughed. "You wanted to let me go back then, didn't you say that if I met a man I liked, and told you, you would... bless me?"
"Impossible in this lifetime!" Lin Feng snorted coldly. "Whoever dares to seduce you, I'll break his leg!"
"Oh! ...So domineering?" Fu Wenwen chuckled.
"I'd be a fool to give you away!" Lin Feng said seriously.
"You're going back on your word, and I won't allow it," Fu Wenwen pinched Lin Feng's face. "Go to sleep quickly! We have to catch the bus early tomorrow!"
"No, you owe me a reassurance. I'm all over the place because of your talk about changing husbands! You have to compensate me!" Lin Feng gritted his teeth.