Gu Tingshen's question rendered me silent; those topics I deliberately avoided thinking about now confronted me unavoidably.
Any woman who loves her husband would never allow her husband to have another woman on the side.
Of course, there's another scenario— a business marriage. In these cases, it's almost always about sacrificing for the family interests, and after the wedding, each can play their own game.
Even in such marriages, the woman would never tolerate my existence.
Because my relationship with Cheng Yu was almost an open secret in our circles.
My existence was like a resounding slap to Cheng Yu's future wife's face if left unaddressed, and I would land it fiercely.
I also knew Gu Tingshen was advising me for my own good, worried about the repercussions I might face later on.
A fresh wave of pain hit me in the chest, and I subconsciously reached to press it.