novelraw Chapter 230: If Anyone Bullies You Again, I’ll Beat Him Up (10)
Chapter 230: If Anyone Bullies You Again, I’ll Beat Him Up (10)
Tang Yanqi wasn’t very concerned about Mrs. Sheng’s attitude towards her, but no one likes being inexplicably disliked.
However, seeing Sheng Jianan’s calm demeanor, Tang Yanqi swallowed all her words, turned her head to look out the window, and thought, well, there are already many people in this world who dislike her, one more doesn’t matter.
"Tang Yanqi."
After the car had been driving smoothly for a while, Sheng Jianan suddenly spoke up, and Tang Yanqi turned back upon hearing him. His gaze was still fixed ahead, his handsome profile becoming even more striking in the morning light.
His deep dark eyes suddenly smiled as Sheng Jianan turned to her: "In the Sheng Family, you don’t need to please anyone."
Tang Yanqi was stunned, and the surrounding noise disappeared at this moment. She found herself sinking deeper into his starlike eyes.
What does it mean not having to please anyone?
Actually, does he know about Mrs. Sheng’s displeasure with her, and Mrs. Sheng’s attitude towards her?
So he isn’t just a clueless teammate; he is doing it on purpose, deliberately telling everyone that Sheng Jianan is on Tang Yanqi’s side, right?
Does it mean she can live comfortably and freely in the Sheng Family, without needing to watch anyone’s face or force a smile and flatter others?
Tang Yanqi looked at Sheng Jianan blankly, feeling warmth from this sentence, warming her to her core.
Putting aside her unusual mother-in-law and daughter-in-law relationship with Mrs. Sheng, even in ordinary families, such relationships are a major issue. How many men can protect their wives like this? Having done so, isn’t he afraid of being labeled "afraid of wife" or "unfilial"?
Or perhaps, Sheng Jianan simply doesn’t care?
Tang Yanqi felt a little emotional at the tip of her nose and quickly withdrew her gaze, forcing a smile: "Does this ’anyone’ include you?"
Young Master Sheng had been enjoying watching the emotion in Tang Yanqi’s eyes, waiting triumphantly for her praise, only to suddenly hear such a question that made Sheng Jianan’s face immediately turn sour as he spat out his response one word at a time: "Of, course, not!"
Tang Yanqi turned her head with a playful smile, holding up her jokes while her heart was already in turmoil.
She had never thought of trying to please anyone in the Sheng Family; she just wanted to get through the days peacefully, endure this year, and then go separate ways with Sheng Jianan, no longer interfering with each other, regardless of how the Sheng Family views her.
But that’s one thing, and when someone clearly tells you that you don’t need to please anyone, it becomes another thing entirely.
Tang Yanqi was used to it, used to handling everything on her own, used to ignoring others’ attitudes toward her. In reality, calling it a habit is flattering; in harsh terms, it’s called numbness.
She’s not a robot; she has emotions too. Of course, she used to hope someone could protect her, or at least share burdens with her, and of course, she hoped someone would sincerely care for her and truly cherish her.
But for a long time, there was no one, and gradually, she became numb.
Tang Yanqi tried her best to calm herself down. She didn’t understand why Sheng Jianan suddenly said such things, nor did she understand why Sheng Jianan wasn’t as cold towards her recently. Maybe it was because of Mr. Sheng; that was the only possible reason Tang Yanqi could think of.
But none of this mattered; however fleeting Sheng Jianan’s warmth might be, even if it was followed by the bone-chilling winds of the Antarctic ice field, she accepted it.