Lin Wen seemed to have hit a run of bad luck. Not only was she fired from her stable, well-paid job, but her girlfriend of four years also disappeared overnight, taking all the furniture in their home and leaving behind a note with six glaring words:
You're really quite average.
Lin Wen clenched the note and looked at the bare apartment, laughing in disbelief.
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She was determined to get an explanation from Fu Yishuang.
Fu Yishuang had told her that her family was poor and that she drifted from shop to shop, working odd jobs. Lin Wen visited every shop Fu Yishuang had mentioned, and the answer was always the same:
"Fu Yishuang?"
"We don't have anyone by that name working here."
Lin Wen felt as if she had been struck by lightning. Aside from Fu Yishuang's age and name, she knew nothing about her.
Or were even her age and name real?
She felt like she'd been scammed.
It wasn't until her friend could no longer stand watching her mope and forcibly dragged her to a networking banquet that things changed.
The banquet hall was filled with guests trading toasts. Everyone surrounded the great hall, clamoring to offer drinks to the woman standing at its center.
Lin Wen knew the woman's face better than she knew her own, but she couldn't reconcile it with the person she remembered spending every day and night with, whispering sweet nothings.
The woman's cool, noble, untouchable air reminded Lin Wen of the note.
In an instant, all the sacrifices she'd made seemed to become a joke.
She had bought a big bed so Fu Yishuang could sleep well. When Fu Yishuang said she was allergic to certain fabrics, Lin Wen saved up to buy her clothes made of better material. She even spent her entire salary on the jewelry Fu Yishuang liked.
In the end, they were nothing but trinkets the other woman wouldn't even look at.
Lin Wen gripped her wineglass tightly, unable to watch any longer, and stormed out.
As soon as she left the banquet, a group of black-clad bodyguards suddenly attacked her from behind, knocked her out, blindfolded her, and put her in a waiting Rolls-Royce.
When she opened her eyes again, the crystal chandelier was dazzling and blurred her vision.
The woman sitting upright on the bed lifted Lin Wen's chin, smiled down at her, and kissed her lips. "A-Wen, marry me tomorrow."
In a daze, Lin Wen went through a wedding with Fu Yishuang on a luxurious private island.
The banquet was full of guests, but none of them were particularly warm toward Lin Wen.
Except for Fu Yishuang. Her face shone with satisfaction, and Lin Wen's reflection filled those beautiful eyes.
That night, Fu Yishuang slipped out of her wedding dress and climbed onto Lin Wen's lap, though Lin Wen's hands were still bound. She kissed her from forehead to waist, looking entranced.
"Have me. Make me yours."
Lin Wen clenched her teeth, feeling that Fu Yishuang had played her for a fool from beginning to end.
What did she mean, her whole family was dead and she was dirt poor? She had so much money she could practically bury Lin Wen in it!
"Didn't Miss Fu say I was quite average? What are you doing now?"
Theme: Humanistic care
