Chapter 1089: Chapter 307: I’ll Accompany Her for You
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Yu Xiaodi was speechless. Is it really like this?
She thought to herself that ever since she found out Zhang Yurong was Li Yan’s wife, she has been under a great moral pressure! Because she is legally a wife, a public condemnation from her would leave Yu Xiaodi defenseless. Love cannot represent society, morality, or law. Not to mention the gossip from outsiders, even her own parents would be furious.
It was precisely for this reason that Zhang Yurong’s one-year agreement seemed like a great deal to her, an act of leniency, a competition of emotions rather than identity. So, she broke the agreement on her birthday without regret but felt very guilty and is now willingly continuing to abide by that agreement.
All of this stems from the pressure of morality!
Though she is someone who dares to love and hate, who defies everything for love, she is still affected.
Listening to Li Yan recount Huang Ying’s feelings, she is undoubtedly shaken.
"You should tell Zhang Yurong about her."
"Um... I’m afraid she won’t be able to handle it. Just this situation brings her immense pressure. If Yurong knows, you don’t know how much people at the company admire her but also fear her. Even though Huang Ying no longer works at Paradise, the pressure on her would be even greater..."
Xiaodi interrupted him: "Pay attention, I said you should tell Zhang Yurong about your situation with her, not about your situation with Yurong. Hmph, now it’s just me bearing the pressure. Since she’s using my existence to share psychological pressure, shouldn’t her existence be made public to share the pressure from Zhang Yurong on me?"
Li Yan sweated a bit, "For now, since she’s helping to alleviate your psychological pressure, it should be fine. But if you tell Yurong about her, it might not reduce the pressure on you, it might even increase it. Because to her, I’m already a betrayal with you, and with Huang Ying, it would be a double betrayal. She might get angry and lose control, and then we all would be doomed together..."
Yu Xiaodi realizes it’s true. Zhang Yurong and either her or Huang Ying hold different positions, being able to tolerate one person and strive with emotions is already rare. If Li Yan reveals the relationship with another person, it’s beyond what emotions can tolerate and undoubtedly will lead to an accounting, even if not publicly, in the private scope, it would be a situation where everyone loses.
"Wait... to Zhang Yurong, your actions are a betrayal, and to me, it’s naturally justified? Ridiculous!"
"That’s not what I meant..." Feeling Xiaodi’s anger, Li Yan felt a bit relieved. As a girl like her has nothing to worry about if she speaks up. If she pretends to smile and remains cold like before, that’s a sign of moving towards a dead end.
"Hmph! Explain!"
"Explain what?"
"Explain what? Explain what’s going on with this little affair! You’re not only betraying Zhang Yurong, but also betraying me. Don’t I have the right to know?"
Yu Xiaodi was trying hard to pursue Li Yan, and now a third party appears out of nowhere. Unless she knows what’s really happening, she’ll feel defeated. Does he like reserved types?
Having said all this, Li Yan understood that she accepted Huang Ying’s existence factually, maybe like Huang Ying, some pressure lessens.
Li Yan hesitated a bit because it’s not just his personal affair but involves Huang Ying’s family matters as well. However, the two sides are already known to each other. They’ll definitely encounter each other in the future. If he doesn’t clarify the situation, Xiaodi’s words might hurt him, as different situations affect people’s endurance differently.
"Alright, it’s good for you both to know each other better. Huang Ying and I were colleagues from the same department. You know I worked at Paradise Group because Yurong’s father wanted to nurture me, but I wasn’t very interested. So my performance was poor, and nobody knew my identity, naturally, nobody treated me well, and she was the only one who maintained respect for me. Later..."
Li Yan briefly narrated the situation surrounding Huang Ying’s family upheaval, how he initially agreed to ’support’ her due to wanting her to not worry about money, fearing she would casually marry someone else, and the events that followed.
After finishing, there was no sound over the phone. He sighed slightly: "Xiaodi, Huang Ying lives in a completely different environment than you guys. She rents an apartment, saves for tuition, and struggles with major illnesses. With the lack of a father, her situation is even worse than average.
In such circumstances, for her mother to receive charity funding is an incredible miracle. She cannot expect more societal miracles. No matter how hard she works, given her recent graduation and limited professional skills, her salary would never be sufficient. Her best path to ensure her mother receives subsequent treatment and care and her brother continues his studies is to find a partner to share the burden.
Maybe you’ve never, and possibly never will experience such a situation, and can’t understand that helplessness. But I hope you respect, don’t discriminate, or make sardonic remarks."
"Hmph!" Xiaodi sneered, "I don’t discriminate, I quite understand. But some people talk good but act differently. It’s like coercing someone into selling themselves—what’s the difference?"
