298. Chapter 295 New 0269 Chapter Thousands of red lines are constantly in love
"But... is it right for him to be secretly with his stepsister in the fitting room next door?"
Wu Ansu still couldn't get around this hurdle. If Wu Xia hadn't repeatedly reminded her not to do impulsive things in the text messages he sent, she would have wanted to smash the partition of the fitting room with a punch.
Wu Xia shook her finger regretfully and said in disappointment: "Xiao Su, you are no longer a child. How can you always be so impulsive in doing things? Have you forgotten that I once taught you - look at the problem from your own standpoint, and the conclusion will be final.
It’s one-sided.”
"What he did was shameless, no matter from which angle he stood!" Wu Ansu's stubborn temper rose again.
Wu Xia chuckled lightly, shook her head and said: "It's true that love is as deep as hatred is... Okay, let me ask you, do you still remember the prerequisite for your relationship?"
"It's... a trial date."
After being reminded like this, Wu Ansu remembered that Li Mengnan had only reluctantly agreed to date her for a while at the request of his mother Wu Xia.
In other words, the two of them are not actually real boyfriend and girlfriend in essence. At most, they are at the stage of friendship but not lovers.
Wu Xia nodded, it seemed that the girl from home was not completely dazzled by love.
"Then let me ask you again, you have been dating Li Mengnan for so long, has he ever taken the initiative to say the words 'I love you'?"
Wu Ansu lowered her head in despair. She already understood what Wu Xia wanted to express.
Indeed, Li Mengnan had never expressly expressed his love to her. Apart from being closer, their previous dates were actually more like gatherings between ordinary friends, which meant that Li Mengnan did not have that kind of affection for her.
The feelings between men and women.
Without a clear confession, she and Li Mengnan could not be regarded as true lovers, so what happened today could only be regarded as an indiscretion in his private life and could not be regarded as a betrayal of her.
So, her current brooding over this matter is completely untenable. To be more serious, it can even be regarded as making trouble unreasonably.
"If he... doesn't like me and doesn't want to date me anymore, why didn't he tell me earlier?" Wu Ansu's fingers almost dug into his flesh as he grabbed his knees, and his beautiful eyes were filled with tears.
"Because he doesn't know how to tell you." As a third party who has been following the two of them and watching with cold eyes, Wu Xia saw Li Mengnan's mentality clearly, "If I guess correctly, he asked you out this time.
, in fact, he just wanted to break up with you, but the affection you showed prevented him from saying so, because he was afraid of hurting you..."
Wu Ansu then recalled that during the two's date, Li Mengnan did hesitate to speak many times, with a slight hint of helplessness always locked between his brows.
Although she already believed Wu Xia's words eight to nine times in her heart, she still said stubbornly out of habit: "He didn't say anything, how did he know that I wouldn't accept it?"
"Are you sure you can accept it?"
Under Wu Xia's sharp gaze that seemed to penetrate her heart, Wu Ansu was dejected and defeated.
"Mom, can you go home first? I want to be alone..."
"Would some silence make you feel better?"
"I have no idea……"
"Then what's the point of me leaving?"
Wu Ansu stood up angrily and looked face to face with Wu Xia for more than ten seconds. Suddenly, her nose felt sore for no reason, and she threw herself into Wu Xia's arms and burst into tears.
"Mom! I don't know what should I do? What should I do..."
"Actually, you know what to do, but you just don't want to choose." Wu Xia opened her arms like a hen protecting her chicks and hugged Wu Ansu, caressing her back, with a trace of distress in her eyes.
This is the reason why she allowed Wu Ansu to date Li Mengnan even though she knew it would be like this - an eagle always learns to fly through failure, and a child always learns and grows through falling.
"My heart hurts, right?" Wu Xia sighed.
"Well, it hurts so much, I can't breathe..." Wu Ansu clutched Wu Xia's back.
"This is how love is. Only when it hurts can you know that you have loved it. How much your heart hurts, how deep your love is..."
Looking at the noisy city in the distance through the glass window of the room, Wu Xia could not help but recall that night decades ago, when she was a young girl kneeling on the bed and crying heartbrokenly.
Now the same fate has happened again to her daughter. It is as if there is some irresistible force that is cruelly cursing the mother and daughter.
Just like this, Wu Ansu remained motionless and allowed Wu Ansu to release her inner pain as much as possible. Wu Xia then slowly straightened Wu Ansu's crumbling body, took out a tissue to help her wipe away the tears on her face, sighed slightly, and said solemnly
: "Actually, what you have to face now is just a simple choice - either, pretend you don't know anything and continue to add your share of weight to his emotional balance; or, just be calm like this
End this short-lived relationship and either continue to be friends with Li Mengnan, or stay away from each other forever."
"Is there no third way to choose?" Wu Ansu raised his head with tears in his eyes. Neither of the two endings mentioned by her mother was what she wanted.
Wu Xia shook her head regretfully, looking towards the infinite distance outside the window, as if talking to herself: "When we were all children, we all thought that we were the center of the world, but as we grew up,
You will gradually realize that the world will not change its original trajectory for anyone... Do you understand what I mean?"
Wu Ansu wiped away her tears and nodded. She actually knew very well that her willfulness would not bring any meaningful help to the problem, but she subconsciously did not want to face such two endings that were not expected by her.
"Mom...I understand."
Closing his eyes, Wu Ansu found that his mind had been filled with the beautiful memories of the two of them getting along. There might have been anger or quarrels, but when everything blurred, what was left was happiness that he had never experienced in his life.
and happiness.
She once thought that love was just a childish game to waste time. Now she finally understood that the reason why she felt extremely bored was simply because she had not met the right person in her life.
And when the sorrow subsided, Wu Ansu felt a strong unwillingness. Ever since she was a child, she had never lost to anyone else in any aspect. In love, she would never allow herself to give in like a coward.
.
Yes, the opponent won a game, but it didn't mean anything because it was just the beginning of the battle.
Whether she is competing for her love or anything else, she will never give up easily, let alone lose to anyone!
Seeing Wu Ansu's firm eyes light up again, Wu Xia knew what kind of choice she had made, and patted her hand happily.
"This is true of everything. If you give up at the beginning, you will never get what you want... As long as you recognize that it belongs to you, you will fight for it, and if it does not belong to you, you will grab it.
This is the style of our Yun family women."
"Mom, I understand... I will definitely let Li Mengnan say those three words to me personally." Wu Ansu's eyes were bright, and he clenched his fists secretly as if he was swearing.
"I believe you can do it, but as someone who has experienced it, I also want to remind you - in the process of fighting for love, you can obey, you can give in, you can even compromise, but you must never lose yourself."
"Mom, what do you mean?" Wu Ansu said she couldn't understand.
"Let him like you because you are Wu Ansu, not another woman who looks like Wu Ansu."
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"Kitten finally got enough crazy outside and started to miss spring."
Opening the beautiful printed iron cigarette box, Wu Xia took out a slender women's cigarette from it, casually borrowed a light from a young man passing by, holding her plump breasts and puffing lazily.
The man in front of him was so charming that he forgot to turn off the lighter for a moment. He gasped and threw it away until it was hot.
"Please wait a moment!" The man didn't care to pick up the lighter on the ground, and chased after him in three steps. "Girl, it's not easy to take a taxi here. Do you need me to drive you for a ride? Don't get me wrong, this is mine.
Business card, I am by no means a suspicious person..."
Wu Xia stopped, turned around and looked at this young man who looked like a white-collar elite with a playful look on his face, took the business card and smiled: "What you just said, I can regard it as your compliment to me... I admit one
People's lives are indeed lonely, but I am not mentally ready to start a relationship again, especially for a little boy like you who is as old as my daughter."
"Girl, you... are so humorous." The young man obviously couldn't believe it. This couldn't be blamed on his poor eyesight. Wu Xia's appearance was too deceptive.
"If you don't believe me, I can show you my ID card."
Wu Xia had long been accustomed to such scenes. She took out her ID card from her wallet with ease, waved it in front of the young man, and then left the young man laughing while leaving him in a petrified state.
She raised her hand to hail a taxi on the side of the road. Wu Xia pointed the way home to the driver, then took out her mobile phone and dialed a set of unfamiliar numbers that were not recorded in her address book.
"Is it you, Sister Xia? It seems we haven't contacted you for a long time."
There was a gentle female voice on the other side of the phone.
"The connection between you and me is based on the premise that we have a man in common. That man has already passed away. I really can't think of any need for regular contact between us... Although I am very lonely,
I don’t do Lily.”
"Sister Xia, you are still so rude..." A gentle voice chuckled.
"Do you know? I hated your calm and unhurried tone forty years ago, and I still hate it now..." Wu Xia snorted disdainfully.
"Sister Xia, why are you doing this? I have never offended you." There seemed to be a trace of helplessness in the tone of the woman on the other side of the phone.
"You haven't offended me, I'm just jealous of you... Ever since I was little, no matter how great I am, as long as you are around, I will always be a poor foil." Wu Xia said angrily.
"Sister Xia, it will be very difficult for me to think this way, and this comparison is meaningless to the two of us. At any time, I am your shadow, and we are the same person."
"This kind of sisterly tone is really in line with your usual style..."
Wu Xia took a deep breath. She didn't mean to say this when she made the call, but when she heard the calm voice, she couldn't help but want to vent a few words.
"Can we get down to business? If I guess correctly, it's Xiao Su's business, right?" the gentle woman asked.
"When did I call you because of my affairs? Although I have never been able to do as well as you since I was a child, I still don't have to rely on you to solve everything for me."
When it comes to her daughter, the smell of gunpowder in Wu Xia's words is much lighter.
"Xiao Su is in love? It's earlier than I expected..." The gentle woman was obviously very smart and had already guessed the purpose of Wu Xia's call from her few words.
"Xiao Su is 26 this year, it's too early to fall in love now!" Wu Xia rolled her eyes angrily, "Anyway, Xiao Su is serious this time. I've met that boy too, he's very nice, and he's very close to me.
We still have some connections, we are Li Hongming’s son back then..."
"Is it his child?" There was a slight fluctuation in the gentle woman's indifferent tone.
"Isn't it surprising? To be honest, when I first discovered the identity of this child, I was shocked. It felt like God was making up for the marriage we never had together with our child..."
"Maybe it's another bad fate..." The gentle woman sighed slightly.
"What a surprise. I thought I was the only one who regretted that person's departure." Wu Xia pretended to be surprised.
"I am your shadow. Of course I will also like the person you like...after all...that was also the first time I fell in love." The gentle woman said sadly.
Both sides of the phone were silent for nearly half a minute.
"I'm not here to reminisce with you." Wu Xia was the first to break the dull atmosphere and said seriously: "You know this child Xiao Su is simple and strong, but not good at expressing her feelings. If you rely entirely on her,
She can't keep that boy's heart at all..."
"She has a very difficult love rival, right?"
"How are you so sure?" Wu Xia hated the feeling of being completely controlled by the other party, even though it was like this every time.
"Xiao Su and sister are as beautiful as you when they were young, with straightforward and simple personalities, and no bad habits. If there is no girl of the same level as her to compete, I don't think any boy would be willing to let go..."
Although she has not seen it with her own eyes, the gentle woman's analysis is infinitely close to the truth.
"As beautiful as I was when I was young? It's ridiculous. I remember that in our generation, the most beautiful woman in the Yun clan was you... So, I hate your hypocrisy." Wu Xia sneered.
"Sister Xia, this was almost thirty years ago. Besides - don't you think there is something wrong with your focus?" For Wu Xia, the eldest sister of the house who is often crooked, the gentle woman has been there a few years ago.
I couldn’t complain about it ten years ago.
"Okay, let's put aside the grievances and grudges of our generation for the time being."
Wu Xia actually didn't bother to mention these old things about old sesame seeds and rotten millet. She just said this to show a posture of being inconsistent with the other party. Although she knew that she would never reach the heights of her studio sisters in her lifetime, she felt strongly
Her self-esteem does not allow her to admit defeat to anyone.
From this point of view alone, Wu Xia and Wu Ansu are absolutely the same mother and daughter, equally competitive and stubborn.
"Xiao Su made her own choice. I'm very pleased. She is more courageous and persistent than I was back then... Okay, it can be said to be impulsive and stubborn, but I still don't think emotional matters need to be
With so much reason, you and I can never agree on this.
Of course, the outcome of this argument is not important now. The path Xiao Su has chosen may be very difficult. I think she may need a little help from her family. Do you... understand what I mean? "
"I understand." The gentle woman's tone also became extremely serious, "Tomorrow I will go express a cute Chinese medicine with a strong aphrodisiac effect to Xiao Su..."
"That's not what I'm talking about!" Wu Xia said frantically.
"Just a joke."
"Nima..."
Wu Xia was so depressed that she almost vomited blood. After not seeing each other for so long, she almost forgot that behind the gentle and virtuous appearance of her studio sister, she actually had a rather sinister heart.
"I didn't expect that this reincarnation would start again so soon. It was you and me at first, and now it's our children's turn..."
The gentle woman sighed in a complicated tone.
"I know this is unfair to Xiaojia and Xiaolu, and I'm really sorry." As a mother, Wu Xia can understand each other's mood very well at this moment.
The gentle woman smiled disapprovingly: "Sister Xia, that's enough. As a photographer, I understand the meaning of our Yun family rules better than you do. The continuation and growth of the clan will always be accompanied by individual sacrifices.
Xiaojia and Xiaolu also understand this truth...and this may not be a bad thing for them. How do you know that they have not been looking forward to this day for a long time?"
"Wait a minute, you couldn't be..." Wu Xia suddenly remembered a certain record in her clan that had almost become a legend.
"Yes, it's just what you think." The gentle woman admitted frankly.
"There are so many martial arts in the clan, but you actually let Xiao Jia and Xiao Lu practice the "Qian Qian Red Thread Technique"? Are you crazy? Xiao Jia and Xiao Lu are indeed gifted, but you should also
It is very clear that "Thousands of Red Threads" is not a martial art for unmarried women..."
Although she had a grudge against the studio sisters, Wu Xia did treat the other's two children as her biological daughters like Wu Ansu. When she suddenly heard about this, she couldn't help being shocked and angry.
"Of course I know, 'Thousands of red threads, endless love'. People who practice "Thousands of Red Threads" can not be afraid of any internal or external injuries, but they can only be hurt by love. If love is broken, the heart will die, and people will vomit blood for seven days and die.
…”
"You know this and you still..."
"This is decided by the elders of the clan." The gentle woman's words made Wu Xia completely dumbfounded. "Besides, I don't think this will cause any trouble to Xiaojia and Xiaolu - I have confidence in them."