CHAPTER 860: CHAPTER 771: DISLOCATED LIVES 59

Wen Jianyun and Liu Yun are not the kind of people who hide their illness from their family. In the past, when the family of three watched TV dramas together, they would always disdain the characters who insisted on hiding their illness from their loved ones.

You think hiding your illness from your family is good for them, but you have no idea what kind of regrets and pain the people being kept in the dark are left with.

If the sick person unfortunately dies, your family would feel lifelong pain and regret when they remember not taking good care of you during your illness, not comforting you when you were suffering, or even worse, not seeing you for the last time when you died.

Is this what it means to be good to others? Nonsense! This is selfishness, achieving one’s self-sacrifice, being moved by one’s courage to face illness and death alone, without thinking about the pain of the ones kept in the dark.

So, if Wen Jianyun knew he had stomach cancer and that it was incurable, he would certainly inform Shuangshuang right away to prevent her from having any regrets.

However, Shuangshuang was having a hard time at the Fang Family, and the Fang Family cut off all her outside contacts, even confiscating her phone to prevent her from wasting time on it instead of studying.

In such circumstances, if Wen Jianyun and Liu Yun wanted to contact Shuangshuang, it would definitely be through the Fang Family members. If the Fang Family not only refused to let Shuangshuang return to the Wen Family but also claimed it was Shuangshuang’s own decision, with their personality, it’s entirely possible.

So, when he was dying, if his daughter Shuangshuang was unwilling to even make a phone call or see him one last time, and considering she hadn’t returned to the Wen Family since going to the Fang Family, Jianyun and Liu Yun’s coldness towards Shuangshuang is somewhat understandable.

In fact, the past Shuangshuang was not timid; this was evident from her later decision to leave the Fang Family, abandon her studies, start her own business, and ultimately succeed, not merely expecting recognition from the Fang Family.

But the past Shuangshuang was just a teenage girl without any prior memories. At the beginning of the identity exchange, wanting to gain recognition from her biological parents and family, she naturally tried to ingratiate herself.

Jianyun and Liu Yun had educated Shuangshuang well; although they pampered her so much they were afraid detergent might harm her hands, their moral teachings were impeccable.

They taught Shuangshuang that people could live luxuriously if they could afford it but should not waste, that one could be proud of their knowledge but not look down on others’ crudeness, and that one could be pampered without doing chores, but should not despise others or think oneself superior.

If you have money, you can hire others to work for you, and that is the motivation to earn money. People earn money to live well, eat well, dress well, and have fun—otherwise, what’s the point of having so much money?

Because Jianyun and Liu Yun had educated Shuangshuang so well, when she learned she was not the Wen Family’s child, she swapped back with Wen Zhijin without any resistance and never thought of leeching off the Wen Family’s wealth.

Later, the reason Shuangshuang never returned to the Wen Family was partly due to the Fang Family’s coaxing words, but mostly because of her own shame.

Shuangshuang felt ashamed for having lived a good life in the Wen Family for so long and having enjoyed a life and all the love of Wen Jianyun and Liu Yun that she shouldn’t have, while their own daughter endured years of hardship.

The more she recalled the love Jianyun and Liu Yun showed her, the less she dared to return, fearing the cold looks from Jianyun and Liu Yun, which would be a greater blow than the Fang Family’s cold treatment.

In fact, if Jianyun’s stomach cancer had occurred months later, by which time Shuangshuang had completely seen through the Fang Family’s true nature and decided to give up on them, this lifelong regret for Shuangshuang could have been avoided.

Shuangshuang is decisive by nature; if she truly gives up, she never looks back. In the past, after being disappointed by both the Fang and Wen families, she chose to leave alone and never returned to the city where both families were, nor did she inquire about them.

Looking back now, Shuangshuang feels a bit of regret. If her past self had inquired about both families, she could have uncovered the misunderstandings with Jianyun and Liu Yun earlier and would not have spent her life unable to let go.

Reflecting on the past and now seeing all the misconceptions cleared up early in this life, Shuangshuang feels somewhat relaxed, but more loathing for the Fang Family, along with some regret.

Before giving the Fang Family a million, Shuangshuang hadn’t discovered Jianyun’s stomach cancer, and so hadn’t understood the cause of past misunderstandings.

After giving them the million, she immediately found out about the cancer, leaving her feeling as disgusted as if she’d swallowed a fly. If she’d realized this earlier, she wouldn’t have given the Fang Family a cent, but she realized it too late, and the Fang Family took advantage.

Now, Shuangshuang has made up her mind. No matter what the Fang Family wants, they can forget about getting another cent from her. She doesn’t even want to give them the annual fifty thousand anymore.

Resolute in her decision, Shuangshuang entered the Fang Family, completely ignoring Fang Zhan and Bai Xiao’s cold faces. She coldly sat on the sofa in the middle of the living room, surrounded by bodyguards to keep the Fang Family from bothering her, and waited to see what they had to say.

The atmosphere in the room was awkward because, apart from a blood relation, Fang Zhan and Bai Xiao were like strangers to Shuangshuang. And since she didn’t take the initiative to offer them a way to respond, they stood awkwardly, unsure of how to speak with her.

As for Grandpa Fang and Grandma Fang, they were bullies at heart. Despite their sarcastic remarks towards Shuangshuang in the past, they were always silent and amiable outsiders.

Now, with Shuangshuang bringing a group of bodyguards and sitting coolly in the middle of the living room, the bodyguards filled the small space, making it look like a movie scene with a mafia boss lady. The imposing appearance, along with her impatient expression, exerted invisible pressure on them.

Faced with the tough Shuangshuang, Grandpa Fang and Grandma Fang immediately cowered, not daring to speak, huddled nervously with Fang Shaosheng in the inner rooms, leaving only Fang Zhan and Bai Xiao in the living room to face Shuangshuang.