Chapter 54: Original Wife, Mistress?

  "Yes", the woman smiled, her slender fingers gently stroking the edge of the white ceramic cup, with a warmth that seemed to seep out from her eyes, "Anyway, it can't be changed, so Shao Qi, remember what's good for yourself is the best choice".

  Not bad, this woman is indeed Yang Lei.

  It was clear that Shao Hua had found him for his own reasons, although it was unexpected. Looking at the incestuous relationship between the two brothers, the woman who had a good impression of Shao Qi from her first memory couldn't help but feel sorry for him. She knew she couldn't change the situation, but she also couldn't bear to see Shao Qi get stuck in the past and walk into a dead end.

  Then there was this scene of drinking tea in the garden.

  "I understand, but sis, it seems like you're quite clear about it." Shao Qi smiled, with a hint of unspoken meaning in her eyes.

  The girl gently tucked the scattered hair at her ear, and with a faint sigh, looked at him and said: "You know, it's hard to find three people in this world who have such a complicated relationship like us."

  Shao Qi smiled bitterly, yes, it's really hard to find such a melodramatic relationship in this world. She was his fixed mistress, the original partner; while he himself was his younger brother and also played the role of a kept man, the third party in an affair.

  It's rare that both the original partner and the third person are one woman and one man.

  Wiping away the bitterness in his heart, Shao Qi smiled and said: "Sister, you didn't find me just to drink tea today, did you? Or should we also be like the original pair and the third party, threatening and enticing each other, and having a big fight?"

  Yang Lei was taken aback for a moment, then burst out laughing and said: "If you think it's possible."

  Shao Qi smiled. The two mistresses, one younger than the other, were fighting over the same man, which was quite intense. However, they were all civilized people and there was no need for that.

  "Is my mom with you?"

  "Hmm, she's fine, her condition has improved," Yang Lei said, fiddling with his fingernails, his voice suddenly becoming softer and slowly disappearing like the wind.

  "I can tell, she actually misses you."

  The atmosphere was momentarily silent, and it was clear that they both knew that if they were not allowed by that person, the mother and son would meet and cause unpredictable consequences.

  "Then, trouble you to take care of her for me," he said, and Shao Qi stood up, bowing deeply to the woman.

  "What are you doing?!" Yang Lei stood up, pushed Shao Qi back into the chair and sat down again: "You know I'm a guy who lost both parents, I actually wish your mother was by my side, these days she gave me a lot of maternal warmth and care, Shao Qi, I really envy you, having such a good mother."

  There was a hint of moisture in his eyes, and Shao Qi knew that his mother was the best mother in this world. In that poor and remote place, her frail body, which had never worked hard before, had borne the heavy responsibility of raising him up.

  Such a kind and strong woman, fate seems to always be suspicious of her nature, constantly bringing all kinds of hardships.

  She never complained even when she was exhausted and fell ill with pain that made her wish she were dead, nor did she ever blame him.

  She just silently endured it, and was unwilling to give him any trouble at all.

  "Yes, she is the best mother in the world," suppressing the moisture in his heart, Shao Qi looked at Yang Lei's slightly downcast emotions and comforted him: "There are not many mothers who are not great, your mother must have loved you very much when she was alive?"

  "Hehe."

  Yang Lei smiled, but the crystal-clear eyes couldn't hide the emotional turmoil inside. She took a deep breath and looked at Shao Qi quietly, as if suddenly enveloped by a grey sorrow that was impenetrable.

  "You think I'd be your brother's bedmate and still have the status I have today in the entertainment industry?"

  Shao Qi looked at her without speaking, some things were unspoken rules, and there was no need to say them out loud.

  However, he also believes that Yang Lei's success today is not solely due to her so-called "hidden rules", but rather just luck.

  After all, gold is always hard to find opportunities to shine, and glass, even in the light sometimes has a more brilliant glow than diamonds, but as soon as people know that the glowing object is glass, then the glass can only be worthless.

  But Yang Lei was unwilling to hide it anymore, as if the long-closed floodgate of a dam had been opened by a small hole, and the water that had been pent up for so long would pour out without restraint.

  "Would you like to hear my story?" Looking at the desktop, Yang Lei lightly sipped the slightly cool clear tea, and the eyelashes on her light eyeliner trembled slightly.

  "Whatever you'd like to say." Shao Qi listened with rapt attention.

  He is actually not familiar with Yang Lei. Even when she suddenly said she wanted to help him enter the entertainment industry in high school, he was more guarded than surprised and moved.

  There's no way around it, his childhood experiences and characteristics at this age have destined him to have a subtle guard and sense of distance towards anyone.

  At this moment, no matter what the purpose is, let Yang Lei be willing to talk, he doesn't mind listening, after all, it's just someone else's story. Now he can afford to waste anything, and the most excessive thing is time.

  The tea fragrance is refreshing and elegant, the green color is intoxicating, in the faintly romantic poetic atmosphere, those long-forgotten stories are slowly told by Yang Lei's mouth.

  Her parents were together by fate and human effort, after their youthful and reckless days they eventually got married and had children. However, after getting married, they discovered that their personalities were like fire and water, constantly arguing every three days and having a big fight every five days. The word "divorce" appeared countless times, whether openly or secretly, but each time it was nipped in the bud because of her existence as their child.

  They didn't treat her as a thorn in the eye or a stab in the flesh, nor did they ever ignore her like air. They didn't harbor any grudges against her either; it's just that they completely misinterpreted her sense of existence.

  Every time they quarreled, Father just beat her up, while Mother rescued her and scolded her to death, calling her a money-loser, a broom star, and whatnot.

  Of course, scolding is just scolding, and the education she had never been harsh until one day her father was killed by a usurer because he couldn't pay back the money. It wasn't until then that her mother realized that although she and her father were lifelong sworn enemies, they actually couldn't live without each other.

  Without leaving any will or making any arrangements, her father died outside and the news came back, her mother went to that city and never came back.

  At that time, she had just experienced the college entrance examination and was still inquiring about the procedures for borrowing money to study. When the usury came to the door, she was sold to a high-end nightclub as a recruitment girl because she couldn't pay back the money.

  With her beauty, she needs a noble match, and naturally, the threshold is not low.