Chapter 703: Chapter 700: Date (6)
Wen Qunxiao and Xia Youbiao had a shotgun wedding. At that time, Wen Qunxiao was still caught in the maelstrom of her ex-boyfriend slinging mud at her. Although she had won two Best Actress awards, the public sentiment back then was too conservative; a scandal could bury someone’s career in the entertainment industry, and now, it has even become a tool for hype.
A woman, a famous woman, as long as someone pins the label of “a messy private life” on you, countless “righteous bystanders” will emerge to verbally and writingly attack you. Even all the hard work you put into your career is attributed to sleeping your way to the top. You’re only thirty years old, you’ve only left dance for acting a few years, you don’t have any background, so how could you achieve so much? It must have been gained through your body!
Her relationship with Xia Youbiao was kept a secret, and the Xia Family, being quite a conservative and prominent household, didn’t want their descendants to get involved with actors from the entertainment circle. Wen Qunxiao had two Best Actress awards, and her reputation was good at the time, so there weren’t many concerns when the two of them were together. She had just gotten pregnant, and they were preparing to tell their parents when slander hit.
The Xia Family, naturally, wouldn’t accept a daughter-in-law with such a poor reputation. The usually compliant Xia Youbiao did the most daring thing in his life, standing up against his family’s pressure to register their marriage with Wen Qunxiao, both of them looking forward to the birth of Xia Siyu with great expectation.
But what Xia Youbiao didn’t foresee was that, even though they were now husband and wife, even though they had a child, they still could not gain the acceptance of the Xia Family. Xia Youbiao wasn’t afraid of being disowned, knowing that lost wealth could be regained, and he could earn money for his wife and daughter by himself. However, he did not want to sever ties with his parents and family, especially fearful that Xia Ju’an and Xia Sicai, the two children, would not acknowledge him.
Wen Qunxiao understood his dilemma, and she had her pride too, preferring to take their child across the ocean rather than wage war with her husband and his family.
So what good is love, thought Xia Siyu, who grew up fearing men who all love without responsibility and commitment. When she grew up, she somewhat understood her father, after all, one can’t live solely on love in life. But understanding did not mean forgiving.
She always thought her mother was such a wonderful person, that without her being tied down by the Xia Family, even if she had to flee far away, she could have had a better life. She could have had her own career, and now, with the social environment improved, she wouldn’t have to carry the burden of her past reputation.
She actually didn’t believe in love. Even though she liked Bo Yan, it was just a fondness, a quick thrill, and she would leave even faster, never allowing love to entangle her heart.
But Bo Yan was too good to her, and although she still couldn’t fully accept him due to the unresolved issue in her heart, she was beginning to open up to him little by little.
That night, Xia Siyu lay flat, while Bo Yan lay on his side, not doing anything particularly intimate, but for the first time, they opened up to each other, starting to communicate genuinely.
Thus, although Xia Siyu didn’t say it outright, Bo Yan vaguely guessed that their breakup seven years ago was because of the Xia Family, because of her mother.
But he was also happy; this was the first time Xia Siyu calmly spoke about her unspeakable secrets and her parents’ past in front of him.
No wonder she wasn’t afraid of cyberbullying; her mother was the first victim of verbal violence. Rumors destroyed her mother, destroyed her family; she learned her lessons and considered the haters as nothing.
“So, I don’t like the Xia Family at all, I hate my dad, I hate Mrs. Tong, I hate Xia Sicai, I hate everyone who wronged my mother.”