Chapter 196: Scheming
Shen Zhenbai ignored his son’s confusion and said, "Imagine getting a person to support you when you are at your lowest. At this time, Qiao Qing is at her lowest. If you approach her and act like you love her, what will she do! She will literally fall head over heels in your love. Then how easy it would be to manipulate her!"
"On the other hand, the other heiresses of the influential families are confident and rich themselves. If you try to approach them, there will be very few things that you could offer to them. You would have to spend endlessly just to get familiar with them."
"In case of Qiao Qing, as she has not seen the society, it is very easy to fool her. Moreover, expensive gifts and other things would not be needed as long as you pretend to provide her with emotional support. Do you understand what I am trying to say?"
Shen Yong thought for a while. Now that he considered everything, he felt that his father actually made sense. It was very easy to lure emotionally vulnerable people in your trap. On the other hand, it would be really difficult to get a confident person to fall in love with him mindlessly.
Despite understanding the situation, he still had few doubts in his mind. He did not hesitate anymore and asked Shen Zhenbai, "But as you said, this Qiao Qing seems to be an unfavoured daughter. Will the Qiao family support our Shen group on account of Qiao Qing?"
"Of course they will do. It’s not that they don’t love their daughter. It’s just that they wanted her to be perfect which she is not. They feel that she would not be able to get anywhere in her life. Naturally they would also feel that she won’t get a good match for marriage because of her looks."
Shen Zhenbai continued, "So if you become her boyfriend now, they will be more than happy to have their daughter be with an excellent guy like you. They would support the Shen group wholeheartedly fearing that if they disappointed you, their daughter would suffer."
Shen Yong nodded after considering all the things that Shen Zhenbai said. However, his heart still could not accept that he had to marry a monster.
He said, "This is all fine. But how can I bear to see her face everyday? There is no way that I could be willing to spend time with her."