Shan Lingtong felt that there probably wouldn’t be a more wretched woman in the world than herself…
After her father’s gambling addiction, her mother couldn’t bear the increasing debt and left one day.
Shan Lingtong had to go to work and repay the debts without receiving a better education. Some of the debts were from high-interest loans, and Shan Lingtong couldn’t repay them. Some were borrowed from relatives, and those had to be repaid.
However, she borrowed a lot but could only repay very little, and the day of clearing the debts seemed distant.
When Shan Lingtong turned 18, she heard that the entertainment industry could make money, so she decided to give it a try.
Only after entering did she realize that, like any other industry, only a few could make money in the entertainment industry, and opportunities were hard to come by.
What’s more, the entertainment industry had something Shan Lingtong detested the most—arrange relationships to get some advantage.
Not long after entering the entertainment industry, Shan Lingtong met Yan Ye.
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She treated Yan Ye as her job, diligently completing anything he asked of her.
Gradually, she learned to take care of him, cook for him, and become increasingly attentive to all aspects of his life. They adapted to each other more and more, considering each other’s needs.
What made them different from an ordinary couple?
They lived together; she went home after work, and he came home after work.
Yes, that was their home.
In this home, they cared for each other, admired each other, tolerated and understood each other.
With all that, why weren’t they lovers?
They just hadn’t openly acknowledged it yet, but she thought Yan Ye understood.
After all, he cared about her, worried if she was cold and didn’t dress warmly, fretted when she forgot her keys, felt concerned when she cut her hand while cooking, and was wary when other men were around her.
He took her shopping, watched movies with her, and went on trips with her.
He even introduced her to his parents.
Shan Lingtong believed that their relationship would only get better. After all, no pretend couple could reach the level they had.
Her occasional tantrums and whims wouldn’t be criticized, even when she heard that he had been to a nightclub, and guests had treated him to the company of two women.
She went straight to him with the flowers he had given her, the first bouquet he had ever given her, and planted them in a pot.
She was afraid the flowers would get crowded, so she didn’t dare to use a small pot.
However, all those flowers eventually withered away.
But that didn’t matter to her. Shan Lingtong was nurturing their love, not those flowers in the pot.
So, she carried the pot with her, carrying their love between them.
Yan Ye saw her arrive, and his expression indeed turned unpleasant, but it was evidently not because of her arrival but because… she had brought a flowerpot.
Naturally, Yan Ye couldn’t lower his status to argue with her, but he expressed strong disdain for the flowerpot Shan Lingtong had brought.
Amid their argument, the flowerpot was placed on the windowsill.
“Since you don’t like it, I’ll smash the flowerpot,” Shan Lingtong said, standing by the window.
For some reason, Yan Ye felt that the ugly and hideous flowerpot was quite important, so he retorted, “Why would you smash my flowerpot?”
And then they began another argument about whether or not to smash the flowerpot, and eventually, the flowerpot disappeared from the windowsill.
Yan Ye stared at the empty windowsill and cursed, “Damn, where’s my flowerpot?”
Of course, that’s a story for another time.
For Shan Lingtong, the change came when the boss of Leiming Engineering got a divorce.
The boss of Leiming Engineering was none other than Xiang Li, the current husband of Yan Ye’s first love.
Their divorce didn’t cause much of a stir on Weibo, but it had a significant impact on Shan Lingtong and Yan Ye’s lives.
Yan Ye visibly lost his composure, but he still resisted the urge to seek out Shang Qiwen.
Then, the child that shouldn’t have come at this time arrived.
Shan Lingtong wasn’t thrilled about its arrival. She was already lacking confidence in her current situation with Yan Ye, so how could she have confidence in taking care of their child?
However, the matter of the child still needed to be discussed. Unfortunately, at this time, the message Shan Lingtong sent to Yan Ye was seen by Yan Ye’s parents.
That afternoon, they summoned her to the Yan family’s residence, and accompanying her were Yan Ye’s brother, Yan Wei.
This was the first time Shan Lingtong had seen Yan Wei. Compared to Yan Ye, Yan Wei appeared to be more composed. He sat there without asking questions, his arms crossed, calmly awaiting the notification.
Yan Ye was at home today, and he had just learned that Shang Qiwen had come to see him, which had left him in a state of confusion.
The Yan family parents smiled as they delivered the news of Shan Lingtong’s pregnancy and simultaneously said, “Lingtong’s health isn’t good. I think it’s best to bring her home. Anyway, I have nothing to do at home and can help with her care. Let’s put the entertainment industry matters on hold for now!”
As soon as Mao Jinghua finished speaking, she heard Yan Ye stand up and shout, “No, I haven’t agreed to that.”
Mao Jinghua frowned and asked, “Agreed to what? What else do you need to agree to? Isn’t the child in her belly yours?”
“No, it’s not possible, in any case, it’s not possible. She can’t come here,” Yan Ye insisted.
Shan Lingtong thought, “I’m not shameless or anything. If the child’s father adamantly refuses to let her stay at the house, well, she won’t force her way in.”
Shan Lingtong had no interest in listening to their argument. She sat quietly on the side.
Yan Ye completely ignored Shan Lingtong’s presence and asked, “Did Qiwen come here yesterday?”
“What are you trying to do?” Mao Jinghua stood up and shouted, “Shang Qiwen, a divorced woman, what could she possibly want from our family? As a woman, I know what she’s thinking! Even if you stay single your whole life, you’re not allowed to turn back and go for that grass.”
Yan Ye coldly smiled and stood up, saying, “I’m not a child anymore. I know what I want. Qiwen came to see me, and she still likes me.”
Sitting there, Shan Lingtong felt a wave of coldness spreading from her stomach throughout her entire body.
Three years, she had been with him for three years.
In those three years, they had gone from being strangers to being in love. During that time, they had faced so much pressure and overcome numerous difficulties.
Day and night, they had been together, sharing the same bed, supporting each other.
Their blood was connected within her belly, and their hearts were riddled with a thousand wounds.
For Yan Ye, she was a substitute, and she had never changed that role.
Only a substitute could be discarded so casually, only a substitute would have no dignity at a time like this.
If she were his legitimate girlfriend, she would have slapped him and asked, “Yan Ye! Are you even speaking like a human being?”
But she was a substitute, she knew it, and he knew it too. Even though their life together was like that of a couple, the unbroken windowpane left her with no right to demand anything at this moment.
With a sharp “crack” sound, Shan Lingtong looked up and saw Yan Ye, who had been arguing with Mao Jinghua, slapped to the ground by his brother.
Yan Wei looked down at him from a higher vantage point, giving him a sidelong glance, and asked, “Are you still a man?”
Mao Jinghua: “…”
Shan Lingtong felt a surge of warmth in her heart. Yan Wei had said and done what she wanted to say and do. He stood so tall in front of her.
Yan Ye suddenly got up and charged at Yan Wei, shouting, “What gives you the right to hit me?”
Yan Wei furrowed his brow and kicked him away. His kick had some force behind it, and on the side, Mao Jinghua and Yan Yifei screamed, scolding, “Be more gentle! That’s your brother.”
“You’re such an embarrassment. Now that there’s a child involved, you talk about true love? If you really love her, why didn’t you protect her purity?” Yan Wei approached him, asking, “If you don’t love her that much, then take responsibility for your actions. Even if you truly love her, settle things with your current girlfriend first, negotiate everything, and then come to me about Shang Qiwen.”
Yan Ye clearly wasn’t listening. He got up and launched a counterattack, pushing Yan Wei to the ground.
Shan Lingtong saw that Yan Wei was about to kick him again, probably out of consideration for their parents or herself, he restrained his strength.
The two brothers resorted to brute force, exchanging blows. Yan Ye angrily said, “Of course, I love her, but she’s married. What can I do?”
“That’s not a reason for you to shirk your responsibilities.”
“That’s my business, what does it have to do with you?”
“You represent the Yan family’s reputation, what do you mean it has nothing to do with me?”
Mao Jinghua and Yan Yifei were frantic on the sidelines. Shan Lingtong watched them fight each other, feeling grateful for Yan Wei’s assistance but also understanding that she couldn’t change Yan Ye’s mind.
She approached to try and intervene, but she let go. She simply let go.
Shan Lingtong reached out to pull Yan Ye, knowing she didn’t hold much weight in his heart, maybe as light as a feather.
But even if it was just a feather, it still had some weight. For Yan Ye, three years wasn’t something he could easily forget, right?
That’s what Shan Lingtong thought, until Yan Ye pushed her away.
She just wanted to pull him, she just wanted to tell him that she would abort the child. He could go pursue true love, just as they had agreed upon initially.
But what she didn’t expected was that she was so insignificant to him.
She merely grabbed his hand and was violently shaken off.
“Don’t touch me! Get lost!!!” Yan Ye shouted angrily at her.
He forcefully yanked his hand away, forcefully pushed her aside.
In the moment she fell to the ground, Shan Lingtong felt like a snowman in the snow. She was frozen, but even that couldn’t stop the fear of her life slipping away.
However, nobody at the scene paid her any attention. After Yan Ye shook her off, he continued to engage with his brother and parents. It was Yan Wei who glanced over and saw her.
He just stood there, looking at her coldly, and suddenly she understood the words Yan Ye had said before.
Yan Wei had a way of looking at people that made them feel inferior unconsciously, causing them to lower their posture. It was like his gaze now, as if he saw through life and death and didn’t care about anyone.
However, he was far beyond what she had previously perceived.
Sansukini: Wow! Yan Ye,what a douche bag.
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Please support my new novel, coming soon. It will replace Married to the Male Lead’s Hidden Rich Brother, this novel, every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. It’s an ancient era genre called “Casting Nets to Catch a Husband.” It was about a beautiful girl who was sold by her family and became a prostitute.(More like a geisha because she just performs dances and sings for the men.) She died before they can sell her body to the highest bidder and woke up (rebirth) to the time before her family sold her. Here you go…
Casting Nets to Catch a Husband
Liu Yu, with her exquisite beauty, was sold into a brothel by her heartless parents in her previous life and died on the night she left the pavilion in the most luxurious brothel in Yangzhou City.
When she opened her eyes again, she had returned to the year she was fifteen, just one month before being sold to the matchmaker by her parents.
With her rebirth, there was one urgent matter at hand.
Within a month, she had to find a good husband for herself, escape from the Liu family, and avoid the fate of being sold in her previous life.
She took all the money she could spare, knocked on the door of the matchmaker’s house in Changfeng Town. And as soon as she left the matchmaker’s house, she met a young man. The matchmaker whispered to her, “Lu Chengxiao, the third son of the Lu family, the owner of the Lu Feng Cloth Shop.”
Liu Yu understood; he was her third target.
Recently, Lu Chengxiao had encountered a beautiful woman several times and admired her. He was thinking it was a match destined for marriage.
It wasn’t until one day when they met in the mountains, the beautiful woman twisted her foot and couldn’t move so he carried her all the way.
When he returned to deliver the medicine, he saw the beautiful woman walking lightly, with no sign of a twisted foot. The heat behind his ears receded, and his eyes grew colder. He turned and went back to Changfeng Town.
Several days later, the beautiful woman shyly handed him a purse, thanking him for his help.
Lu Chengxiao sneered, “Thanking me for helping? That day, I turned back and saw the lady walking normally. Why would I need to help?”
“I can’t accept this purse. If we privately exchange gifts, it might be hard to explain later. It’s better for the lady to keep her dignity.”
Alright, this one couldn’t work. Liu Yu took back the purse, curtsied, and walked away…
Lu Chengxiao thought it was a decisive rejection, until several days later, he saw Liu Yu drop an embroidered handkerchief in front of the bookshop where the young man, Chen Sheng, worked. The gentleman picked up the scented handkerchief, and the beautiful woman blushed and thanked him. What a beautiful encounter.
Lu Chengxiao: “…”
A wave of frustration welled up in his chest, and he clenched his teeth as he tossed and turned in his dreams.
Until later, when he saw Liu Yu about to stage a falling-into-the-water scene, Lu Chengxiao panicked. He jumped into the river before Chen Sheng, pulled her ashore, held her slender waist, and couldn’t help but feel both angry and pained. He didn’t even want to ask more questions. He just held her in his arms and almost begged, “Don’t you want a good marriage? I’ll marry you!”
【This is a story that begins with scheming, falls into love, with a heart full of sincerity, and ends up in a marriage. It is also a story of two major businesses rising, with elements of urban and farming life.]
Tag: Rebirth, Love at first sight, Sweet Romance, Ancient Era
Yan Ye had too good of an ending, he should have been made to suffer more 😔
The best revenge is if Shan Lingtong gets a good marriage.
I agree. I hope she marries someone and has a good life and may Yan Ye’s regret eat him from within.
This is why we love Yan Wei more!!! yan ye you trash.. even trash is better than you!!!
Why did he become the real ML in the first place? 🙄
It’s a novel that has undergone so many changes because of the transmigration and survival of Qiaoqiao. It’s originally His and Shan Lingtong’s CP.
God, I’m so glad Yan Wei was there for her. She really was in a bad situation and seeing her situation, I understand why she would do anything and be a substitute and sell herself to escape. I understand, and her choice wasn’t wrong. No one was fooling or tricking anyone at the beginning of this relationship, and she held to the spirit of the agreement, and despite her own emotions chose to hold to it even when it hurt. There was nothing wrong with that. Yan Ye on the other hand… I think I really truly understand Yan Wei’s disappointment with his brother now that I have been shown what happened to Shan Lingtong. Yan Ye did indeed grow up. He grew up to become a scumbag.