Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Shen Lingshuang could not believe what she was hearing. “What did you say? Little Chen and Shi Guang’s marriage is only a marriage of convenience?”
Marriage of convenience was something that was only done for formality. In name, they were husband and wife. But, there was no real substance to it. And in terms of physical or wealth status, neither party would get involved with the other—they would still be individuals.
Most people that would go through something like that were homosexuals.
But her son? He was a good, straight man! Why did he have to go through a marriage of convenience with Shi Guang?
Yang Sitong stole a peek at the disturbed expression on Shen Lingshuang’s face and felt her heart blossoming with petals of joy. However, she made sure that none of that showed on her face as she asked cautiously, “Auntie, judging from your strong reaction… could Yanchen have not told you about it?”
Who would tell their parents that they were undertaking a marriage of convenience?
Yang Sitong was clearly asking on purpose.
After going silent for a full ten seconds, Shen Lingshuang asked, “When you talked about the marriage of convenience, you mentioned something about hurting as well? That she had hurt him once in the past, and now again? What do you mean by that?”
Toward the affairs of her son’s lifelong happiness, this Mrs. Lu was really a silly and naïve woman at times. Therefore, it was only natural that her expression turned stoic and her voice particularly cold.
Astounded, Yang Sitong clutched at her mouth. “So, you didn’t know anything at all! I thought that… you would have known something! Or at least that Shi Guang and Yanchen knew one another in the past!”
“They knew one another in the past?”
“Yes! Shi Guang was that first love of Yanchen’s!”
What? Shi Guang was the girl that had dumped Little Chen back then? Shen Lingshuang’s expression was filled with even more disbelief.
“Back then, that girl had dumped Yanchen and had hurt him deeply. However, Yanchen still had a thing for her, all the way until now. Even if the girl was only getting married to him because of her grandma’s condition, Yanchen was still willing to accept her. But, a marriage like that will not be blissful! Even if he doesn’t fancy me or wish to marry me, I wish for him to be able to marry a girl that is sincere and true to him, not someone who would dump and make use of him!”
Everything that was being revealed had upended anything that Shen Lingshuang had known till this point.
She had always thought that her son had met his one true love and, it was all because of some accidental sparks that blossomed when Shi Guang was teaching him to swim. After all, it was a single man and a single woman. Coupled with the fact that the both of them would barely wear anything while swimming, it was only natural that some feelings would blossom as they came into bodily contact while swimming and fall in love with one another thereafter.
But, she would have never imagined that Shi Guang was her son’s first love.
No wonder he suddenly agreed to have Shi Guang teach him how to swim when he had adamantly rejected any other coaches she had tried in the past. She should have been able to spot something wrong, yet she saw nothing. She even placed this first love of his right beside him with her own hands, causing her son to fall into this trap.
Shen Lingshuang’s feelings were really complicated right now with all sorts of negativities. Afraid that she might have caused harm to her son in the future, she was no longer in the mood to entertain Yang Sitong anymore.
As for Yang Sitong, she merely found an excuse to leave now that she had already obtained her objective.
…
The two families had agreed to meet the next day to discuss their wedding, and as promised, Shi Guang was staying at her grandma’s house tonight.
She had gone over right after leaving the nursing home, and was surprised to find out that Lu Yanchen was there as well. He was there to visit grandma while explaining that his father had to head over to Kyoto for an important meeting because of his status, and hence the only person meeting them to discuss the next day would be his mother.
However, his father had instructed that once he was back, he would invite grandma over to his place for a meal.
To that, grandma replied understandingly that she was fine with it, and even invited Lu Yanchen to stay for a meal.
After Mo Jin returned, Shi Guang found herself stealing glimpses at her and Lu Yanchen from time to time—both of them seemed the same as usual.
But, probably because she had done it too obviously, Lu Yanchen asked her in a deep voice as they left, “Why did you keep looking at your cousin and me?