Chapter 1469: She Was Just Another Cinderella Story
Yan Chen’s mother was a woman from a respectable family. She would not speak rudely, but the hidden meaning in her everyday conversations was very hurtful. Moreover, she could always find ways to complain about Lan Waihu, thus destroying her sense of dignity. Although Lan Waihu wanted to tell Yan Chen about what had been happening, she just could not.
First of all, Yan Chen’s mother had been acting as though she cared about Lan Waihu like a delicate treasure.
Secondly, Yan Chen needed peace to recover from the side effects that he suffered from. Hence, Lan Waihu tried to keep trivial matters away from him. Also, she lived with a pervasive sense of guilt that she was the reason behind all his sufferings. Therefore, she did not want him to be distracted by these temporal affairs.
Thirdly, even if she wanted to tell him about her situation, there was no way that she could describe it. After all, Yan Chen’s mother had only emotionally abused her. She disdained her recklessness, so what she had always been doing was to ’correct’ her and make her a qualified wife for their family.
Within a month, Lan Waihu had pined away dreadfully. Her dignity was completely shattered, almost gone. She started to remain remarkably still and silent, as she had to ’correct’ her flaws to meet his mother’s standards. She acted more and more like a lady by speaking and behaving cautiously. Nonetheless, his mother still managed to find a lot of flaws in her behavior.
She was extremely bored. She had no friends, except Yan Chen. Her servants were nice to her, but their relationship would not get any closer. Sometimes, they would also be judgmental. They probably thought that she was just another Cinderella story.