"Daddy, so you talked to me about this matter, but you didn't force me, did you? You just let me choose, right? Daddy, at that time, I made my decision. On the Chinese Valentine's Day when I was 18, I asked Brother Sheng to meet at Queqiao Mountain. I told him if he liked me, he should come to see me, but Brother Sheng didn't come."
As Mi Yao said this, a sad smile crossed her lips, "Daddy, Brother Sheng doesn't like me. I have been following him for a whole decade, and he has never paid attention to me. It has always been just my wishful thinking. You didn't break us apart."
Ever since she was little, Mi Yao never had a mommy; it was Daddy who raised her all by himself.
Daddy spoiled her a lot. Since she was eight, she liked to follow Gu Yunsheng around. Gu Yunsheng was a poor boy with no background, while she was the daughter of the mayor. Other daddies would have already sought a higher match for their daughters, but her daddy did not.
Daddy never opposed her relationship with Gu Yunsheng, always telling her, "As long as my Yaoyao likes it, that's all that matters."
However, when she was 18, Daddy encountered trouble. He was taken down from office and faced the danger of imprisonment.
It was at that time she asked Gu Yunsheng to go to Queqiao Mountain. She had decided that if Gu Yunsheng came and he liked her, then they would be together, and together they would find a way to help Daddy.
But at Queqiao Mountain, Gu Yunsheng didn't come.
She waited at Queqiao Mountain for an entire day, from dawn until nightfall. That day, she finally realized clearly that Gu Yunsheng truly didn't like her.
Her dream was shattered.
Given the circumstances, how could she lose Daddy, the person who loved her most?
She couldn't live so selfishly.
So she agreed to the marriage with Feng Zhengyu.
"Yaoyao, Gu Yunsheng may not like you, but Feng Zhengyu truly does. The Feng Family is also a powerful family in our country. Daddy gave a lot of thought before discussing this matter with you."
"Mm, I know," Mi Yao nodded, "I know Daddy loves me."
Mi Zhenglin sighed, "Back then, when you agreed to the marriage, I spoke with Feng Zhengyu. The Feng Family, with their strong influence, settled the matter for me in just one day. Originally, you were all set to marry into the Feng Family, but suddenly, they decided to postpone the wedding date that had already been set. And just like that, it was delayed for two years. To make matters worse, Zhengyu had a short life; he fell ill and died six months ago."
Mi Yao didn't have much impression of Feng Zhengyu. When she was 18 and the wedding was postponed, the idea was that the two families would just date first.
But her heart only had room for Gu Yunsheng, so she always gave Feng Zhengyu the cold shoulder.
Feng Zhengyu probably did like her quite a lot, and he was very tolerant towards her.
In her memory, Feng Zhengyu was a tall and handsome man, but he was frail, having been sickly since childhood.
"Daddy, do you know why my wedding date with Zhengyu was postponed back then?"
Logically speaking, the Feng Family had helped the Mi Family, and it was time to reap the rewards. Zhengyu, who liked her so much, surely couldn't wait to marry her.
Besides, Zhengyu could have collapsed at any moment, and the Feng Family surely wanted her to give birth to a child or two to carry on the lineage as soon as possible.
Mi Zhenglin shook his head, "I'm not quite sure myself. I seem to have heard that it was Mr. Feng's decision."
Mr. Feng?
Mi Yao knew nothing about this old man, had never even met him. Her long, fan-like eyelashes drooped as she suddenly remembered Gu Yunsheng's disappearance.
The day after Queqiao Mountain, she returned home exhausted in body and mind, agreed to the marriage with the Feng Family with Daddy's approval, and then she went to school.
On her way to school, she saw Gu Yunsheng.