“Unfair?” Old Master Shen looked at him in puzzlement, “Why?”
Morphy pondered for a moment and then said slowly, “I don’t love her. I can’t bring her happiness.”
Old Master Shen laughed. “Love can be nurtured. If you love Miss Yayoi, you can also love Xu Wenjing.”
“Impossible.” Morphy said confidently, “I only love Yayoi. I only want to marry her in my life.”
The smile on Old Master Shen’s face gradually subsided. He seemed more serious and his gaze became sharper. He asked in a deep voice, “Morphy, are you pissing me off?”
Morphy curled up his lips slightly, “Grandpa, I don’t want to make you angry. I am just showing my attitude.”
“But your attitude pisses me off.” Old Master Shen said coldly. “Now that you have showed your attitude, then I will also show mine. As long as I am still alive, I will definitely not let that woman be a member of the Shen family.”
Old Master Shen had said this before, so Morphy was very calm. He only laughed softly, “Grandpa, we both have showed our attitudes clearly. By the way, Yayoi and I truly love each other. If you can’t accept her, I have no choice but to leave home.”
Old Master Shen narrowed his eyes, revealing a sharp light. “Young man, are you threatening me?”
Morphy smiled. “No, Grandpa, I’m not threatening you. I’m just expressing my determination to you.”
“You….” Old Master Shen was annoyed by Morphy’s attitude. His chest suddenly hurt, and Old Master Shen quickly covered his chest with hands.
Morphy panicked at first, but he quickly calmed down. Looking at Old Master Shen’s face that twisted out of pain, Morphy said with a mocking smile. “Grandpa, you don’t have to pretend illness. I know that you’re pretending to be sick to force me to compromise.”
Old Master Shen looked up at him with pain and disappointment.
At that moment, Xu Wenjing walked in. Seeing Old Master Shen clutching his chest in pain, she hurriedly rushed over, and opened the drawer of the bedside table to take out a bottle of pills. She untied the lid, poured several pills on Old Master Shen’s palm, and then poured a glass of water for him. After Old Master Shen took the pills, she quickly fed him some water, and then patted his chest to make him feel better.
Noticing Xu Wenjing’s behaviors, Morphy frowned and subconsciously asked, “What are the pills for?”
Xu Wenjing looked up at him and answered truthfully, “For angina pectoris.”
“Angina pectoris?” Morphy frowned and turned to look at Old Master Shen, who had already felt better. “Grandpa, when did you develop angina pectoris?”
Old Master Shen coldly glanced at him and snorted, “I develop angina pectoris because of you!”
Morphy shut his mouth and stopped talking.
Xu Wenjing hesitated for a moment and then said, “Morphy, I heard what you said just now outside the door. If you don’t want to marry me, I won’t force you…”
Morphy looked at her in surprise, while Old Master Shen stopped her excitedly, “Xu Wenjing, what are you talking about?”
Xu Wenjing smiled at Old Master Shen and pleaded, “Grandpa, calm down please. Let me explain, okay?”
Looking at her pleading expression, Old Master Shen helplessly sighed, “Alright, go ahead.”
“Thank you, Grandpa.” Xu Wenjing smiled and then looked at Morphy. She did not conceal her love for him in her eyes. She smiled bitterly and said, “Morphy, I know you don’t love me and probably will never fall in love with me. Therefore, I don’t want to force you to marry me. If we get married, not only you and I, but also grandpa and the entire Shen Family will live in great pain. I am not a legitimate member of Shen family. My grandfather saved grandpa Old Master Shen’s life. Grandpa Old Master Shen pitied me and brought me home. In fact, Grandpa Old Master Shen has repaid my grandfather by raising me up.”
Xu Wenjing looked at Old Master Shen with tears in her eyes. She pursed her lips and continued with a smile, “I owe the Shen family a debt of gratitude. I’ll pay it back. I can break the engagement between us and give you freedom.”
“Xu Wenjing, you don’t owe the Shen family anything.” After Old Master Shen heard her words, he felt more pitiful for her, because she was so sensible.
Morphy did not expect such a reversal of her attitude. He did not know what to do and could only stare at her in shock.
The faint sadness in her eyes actually made him somewhat guilty. When they were young, they got on well with each other. She always called him “Morphy” and followed him anywhere. After she went abroad, they contacted less and less.
After she returned home, they had alienated a lot. And because of the engagement, he didn’t even treat her politely.
It seemed that he was too unkind.
“Xu Wenjing, are you serious?” Morphy asked doubtfully.
Xu Wenjing replied with a smile, “Morphy, I mean it.”
Morphy had a mixed feeling when he heard she called him Morphy in the same way as before. He stared at her deeply for a long time before he said, “Thank you, Xu Wenjing.”
Xu Wenjing raised her lips and smiled. Then, she lowered her head to hide the sadness in her eyes.
Only in this way will he be nice to her. She was very sad.
They reached an agreement, but Old Master Shen didn’t agree with them at all. “Xu Wenjing, you don’t have to do so. In my heart, you are my granddaughter-in-law, the only one.”
“Grandpa….” Xu Wenjing looked at Old Master Shen helplessly, then at Shen Morphy.
Morphy smiled helplessly and patiently persuaded him, “Grandpa, now Xu Wenjing is willing to do this, why are you so stubborn? Do you really want us to live unhappily together?”
Old Master Shen glared at him coldly. He was as stubborn as ever. “I told you love can be nurtured. As long as you marry Xu Wenjing, you will know what a good girl she is. You will find that she is much better than Yayoi.”
“Grandpa, how can I make it clear to you? No matter how good Xu Wenjing is, I don’t love her. I only love Yayoi. Yayoi is the only one I love in the world.”
Before they got angry again, Xu Wenjing hurriedly said, “Morphy, go back to your work now. I’ll persuade grandpa.”
She made Morphy a sign to leave.
Morphy looked at Old Master Shen angrily, and then quickly walked out of that suffocating room.