He Fangqing gripped Xu Yingying’s hand tightly and said, "To like is to like, but liking someone doesn’t necessarily mean that you have to be together. Love is not just about taking, it’s not just about possessing. Love also requires giving, it requires a kind of letting go. Seeing Yifei happy with you, seeing my good friend happy, that’s my happiness too."
Xu Yingying was completely shaken by He Fangqing’s words. This was a concept she had never considered before, and He Fangqing’s perspective deeply touched the real feelings she had been suppressing in her heart.
"Sister Fangqing..." Xu Yingying held He Fangqing’s hand, her eyes reddening. In truth, Xu Yingying herself felt aggrieved. With her status and beauty, countless men coveted her, among whom were numerous outstanding men. Yet, being with Li Yifei, she had to share him with other women.
He Fangqing smiled slightly and said, "Yingying, I really didn’t expect you to have such a generous heart to accommodate Su Yiyi and Chu Xiaoyao. But as your close sister, I can no longer share your man with you. I hope you can get more of Yifei’s love. Yifei is a good man, but he’s too attractive to women. You may be too indulgent with him for fear of him leaving. As a wife, you need to set some boundaries for him, so he can truly realize the importance of you as his wife."
"This..." Xu Yingying gave a wry smile and said, "I really don’t know how to do that."
He Fangqing glanced at the door and said, "Go close the door, and let’s have a proper chat."
Xu Yingying nodded repeatedly and immediately went to the door. However, Li Yifei was also at the door, wrapped only in a bath towel.
"You go back to the room and rest a while, or go downstairs and watch TV with Shanshan. Sister Fangqing and I have some things to talk about."
Li Yifei looked at Xu Yingying, puzzled, and said, "You guys talk about your work. I won’t butt in. I’ve already finished showering. If I go downstairs, I have to get dressed again."
"I don’t care, just go downstairs, and don’t disturb us here." Xu Yingying didn’t agree this time to let Li Yifei stay upstairs and insisted he go downstairs. The guy had very sharp ears, and if he tried to eavesdrop, she wouldn’t even notice. It was better to send him away.
Li Yifei shook his head and said, "Alright, alright, I really don’t know what you two have to talk about."
Once Xu Yingying saw that Li Yifei had changed and gone downstairs, she turned back, closed the door tightly, came to He Fangqing’s bedside, and whispered like a thief, "Fangqing, we can talk now."
He Fangqing chuckled and said, "Yingying, that attitude of yours is not right to begin with. You have to remember, you are Yifei’s wife. Even if you’re going to say something, there’s no need to act like a thief."
Xu Yingying straightened her chest and asked, "Is this better?"
He Fangqing nodded and said, "If this change comes from the heart, you need to have a strong desire to possess him. ’My husband is mine, and no one else can take him away. If anyone dares to try, then I absolutely cannot allow it. If my husband has thoughts about other women, then I must put him in his place strictly, including not letting him into bed at night.’"
"Also, you can’t give a man too much freedom. He needs to report to you where he goes every day; you have to keep track of his whereabouts at all times."
Xu Yingying listened, startled, and said, "Isn’t that a bit too much? Doesn’t that make it seem like I don’t trust him?"
"He is a man who doesn’t inspire trust. Men are like kites; no matter how high or far they fly, you have to be able to control them from below."
"Oh, but I can’t be calling him all the time every day to ask where he is, can I?"
"You don’t have to do that. He usually just goes to work, and naturally, he’s at the same company as you, so he can’t do much. But if he needs to go out, he must ask for your permission, and he has to tell you where he’s going. If he wants to go out at night, he needs to be clear with you about it."
After thinking it over, Xu Yingying said, "I can do that, but what if he says he’s going to see someone else? Like, for example, Ye Yunzhu or Ning Xin’er? Can I stop him from seeing them?"
He Fangqing replied, "That’s the challenge, indeed. Ning Xin’er is Little Yifei’s mother, and she can come up with plenty of reasons to get Yifei out of the house. Ye Yunzhu is now pregnant with Yifei’s child."
Xu Yingying spoke with distress, "Exactly, that’s what’s giving me such a headache. I want to keep Yifei’s heart close to me, but he’s tangled up in so much mess. If I firmly refuse to let him see them, that also seems unreasonable."
He Fangqing pondered and said, "Yifei currently doesn’t have feelings for Ning Xin’er. Even though they have a child, that’s easier to handle. But as for Ye Yunzhu, with the current situation, it’s truly hard to control."
"Yes!" Xu Yingying spoke with utter helplessness, "Unless I don’t stay with Yifei, I’ll always have to face them. I can’t avoid them. Once Yunzhu has the child, I can’t stop Yifei, the father, from seeing his child. If we take the child home, I can’t prevent Yunzhu, the mother, from coming to see the child."
He Fangqing gave a bitter smile and said, "That’s the reality. But as someone with experience, even so, you have to keep an eye on him. I think you might as well..." He Fangqing suddenly thought of a plan, her spirits lifting again.