When Tang Wanwan was twenty-two years old, she married Chen Yanzhou.
The marriage contract was made by the grandfathers of the two families. She was unwilling, but he was doing business. He slept on the sofa on their wedding night, and she breathed a sigh of relief - it was just a marriage between wealthy families, and everyone could live their own lives.
She was careful in front of his transparent wife, not daring to say anything or move around, and she even asked him while watching TV.
But he always knew something she hadn't said.
I know her palms get sweaty easily, I know she doesn't eat shrimp, I know she has a bad stomach and can't go hungry. He would pick her up on rainy days, bring her hot ginger tea, and wait in the living room when she worked overtime until late at night.
Tang Wanwan thought: Why would he know?
Until she saw a photo of herself when she was sixteen in his study.
On the back of the photo is written - "Waiting for her to grow up".
She thought it was a makeshift, but she didn't know that he had been waiting for her for eight years.
Purpose: What this story wants to say is that those who dare not speak out are actually saying they care in another way. It is also those who think that they are not loved, but in fact they have been carefully held in the palm of their hands.