Chapter 24 Marry to Hold Stock
The apology that should have come never arrived. What came instead was deeper suspicion.
The graceful madam saw her precious son and smiled so wide it bloomed.
But the smile did not stay even a moment before contempt replaced it—she had seen my slightly rounded belly.
"This bastard is really yours?" The questioning tone was full of an upper-class arrogance.
"Mom! Can you show some respect!" Feng Si snapped at his mother's harshness.
"That thing that crawls into beds—don't you let her fool you... Who knows if that Video was put out by her herself, just to marry into our family. I've seen plenty of shameless girls like this."
Her examining gaze ran up and down me.
My face went deathly pale. I could not stop shaking. Grievance filled my eyes with tears.
"That's enough. Say less."
Feng Si's father paced over, Buddhist beads turning in his hand. Every word he spoke was about profit.
"At a juncture like this, there's no other way. You two get married first to steady the stock price. Divorce after the storm passes."
Only after he finished did he seem to notice I was still standing there.
"Don't worry. We won't short you a single cent." The disgust on his face was plain.
"Dad, Mom! I truly want to marry Gu Qian. It's not for the company!"
"Tch..." Feng Si's mother could not help laughing.
"Son, you think I don't know you? How much is your 'true heart' even worth?"
"Back then you also kept saying you loved that Sheng Yiyi. And then? Didn't you still, just because you couldn't stand the sight of her, have her..."
The words she did not finish snapped me awake.
Maybe Feng Si's acting lately had been too good. I had actually forgotten what a cruel man he was.
The farce in front of me left me bewildered.
I was clearly the victim, yet I was being judged as the one who caused the trouble.
This was clearly my lifelong matter, yet not a single person had asked if I was willing...