Chapter 92: The art of a good con.
Jun Yi just switched on another Tv and they caught up. Mo Liang had clasped his hands together and he was still talking.
"I wanted to give Mei Mei the whole world after marrying her. Everyone knows that her family cut her off after she married down. The burden of maintaining her old lifestyle now fell to me and I will tell you, it was no joke. I was...am lucky that she is a considerate woman and she was willing to find a job.
Pride would not let her return to her old circles, she looked for jobs that were below the standard of her education and training. I was still in space pilot school at the time and was working two jobs at the same time. We opened a company together, Space M, which was my idea. We were both breaking our backs at both ends to make a living and prove to everyone that we could rise to the top on our own.
I don’t think that we both realized we were spending less and less time together. I don’t know what it was like for her but for me, I was drowning in loneliness. For years, I tried ---tried to be present, tried to communicate, but the company, proving a point to her family, it was more important for her than anything else.
I am not blaming her, I was equally driven and in the end....we just lost our way. Mostly me because I was weak and made a mistake."
Like the good actor he was, with a bit of coaching, he made a masterful stroke. He had subtly shifted the blame, while looking like a man owning up to his mistakes. He made no outright accusations, said no harsh words, didn’t make fun of their situation the way Mei Mei had done--just suggested that outside forced had pushed him into doing what he did.
"I should have been stronger. I should have resisted." he added slowly.
Gao Jiajia wiped away a tear from the corner of her eyes, cleared her throat and asked, "So, why didn’t you resist?"
Mo Liang crossed one leg over the other and interlaced his finger on his knee. "Loneliness is an illness that can drive a person insane. We are all human, none of this was made to walk this earth alone. Doctor Tang Yue, she was in the same boat as I was. I cannot tell you her story, if she wishes to she will come out to the media herself.