Chapter 416
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Tan Siwei stumbled out of the brothel and walked to a corner to vomit out all the alcohol in his stomach. Ning Shu stood to the side and handed him a handkerchief worriedly.
"How are you? Are you okay? I'll ask the shop owner for a bowl of hangover soup for you. "
"No need. I'll be fine after vomiting." Tan Siwei waved his hand to call her back. After vomiting, he leaned against the wall and slowly straightened up. With reddened eyes, he looked at the noisy and laughing crowd and the blurry shadows of the lanterns not far away. From this angle, he was much thinner than before. The round face that used to be his trademark quickly faded, and his chin appeared at a sharp angle.
He wiped the corner of his mouth with a handkerchief and said self-deprecatingly, "In the past, when my family was prominent, countless people rushed to flatter me and compete to be friends with me. Even if my talent was mediocre, they could still turn black into white with their eyes wide open. They praised me as a rare young talent in the capital and a future famous minister. Now, in just a few short days, I fully understand the hypocrisy of the world. As long as it's someone, even if they don't know me, they will compete to trample me into the mud. It can be said that I've learned something new. "
Ning Shu's voice was as clear as cold spring water. "When my master was alive, he often said that living in the world is for cultivation. Walking is cultivation, sitting is also cultivation, joy is cultivation, sorrow is also cultivation. Gathering and parting are all the same. They are all things that have to be experienced sooner or later. Perhaps it's not a bad thing to see it clearly now."
Tan Siwei lowered his head and laughed softly. "Yes, my father used to teach me that. It's easy to add flowers to brocade, but difficult to provide charcoal in snowy weather. Human nature has always been like this. What's there to be surprised about? What I'm hurt isn't the fame, but … it's too much like a dream. "
"In the past, I always thought that my father was too strict. When I was young, whether I was injured, sick, or bullied, he would never bend his knees to coax me. I only thought that he was eager for me and expected better from me. I didn't expect that I wasn't the child he expected to have … But I could feel that even so, he still cared about me. Back then, he was so determined to not let me travel because he was sincerely worried about my safety. He treated me like a child who would never grow up. Later, when I made a few mistakes in my career, it was he who helped me clean up the mess. As for Big Brother, he's only two years older than me, but he's always been more mature than me. Every time I did something whimsical and father wanted to teach me a lesson with the whip, he would always stand in front of me and take the punishment for me. Then Joffrey came, and he took care of both of us, and was more like half a tender father to me than a brother.
As for Bella, she loved to cry in the beginning. There weren't any girls of the same age in the residence. I thought that all the girls in the world were like that. Every time she cried, she would secretly hide and cry by herself, not letting anyone know. She didn't like me, I knew it the first time we met. Even if she tried to hide it, her eyes couldn't deceive me. But her eyes were filled with disgust and sadness at the same time. She was afraid of the people in the residence and the new environment. So after thinking about it, I still walked over and held her hand. It took me a long time for her to slowly accept me. On my ninth birthday, Bella personally made a pouch for me. On it was embroidered a rabbit with one ear and three legs. One of its eyes was big and the other was small. It looked very funny, but I was really happy because I finally had a younger sister. That night, everyone was laughing. Even my father patted my head and lifted me up into the sky. That night, I really thought that we were the most harmonious family in the capital. "
Tan Siwei sank into his memories. He smiled and leaned against the tree beside him. Closing his eyes, his smile faded. "I didn't expect that it was all a facade that they deliberately created. In the end, they all knew the inside story. I was the only one who happily stayed in the peaceful place that they all pretended to be, like a naive fool. Now that they've finished their act and left one after the other, there's only this mess left. There's also me who was fooled into a fool by them. Tell me, how can I continue to live like this? "
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