Zhong Wei ignored Ye Chu as well. Her gaze was fixed on the gorgeous ripples produced by the collision, and her entire being drifted into a trance once more.
“This is actually a nice place. It would be great if it could just stay this quiet,” Zhong Wei said suddenly, though her gaze remained fixed ahead.
“Are you talking to me?” Ye Chu looked around, and after confirming there was indeed no one else, he spoke. “Humans are social creatures. Enjoying a moment of quiet is fine sometimes, but if it stays quiet forever, it becomes equally unbearable. Only the dead can endure that.”
“Are all you men just possessive and controlling? It is disgusting.” Zhong Wei tapped the golden book at the bow of the boat with her hand. Her slender fingers danced upon it, incredibly agile and beautiful, drawing the eye.
Ye Chu was taken aback, not expecting Zhong Wei to ask such a question. Looking at this stunningly beautiful woman, he thought for a moment and replied, “I suppose so!”
This answer finally made Zhong Wei turn her head to look at Ye Chu, a hint of surprise in her eyes. “I thought you would deny it. I did not expect you to actually admit it. So that means there is not a single good man among you?”
“That is not exactly it! Possessiveness and control do not dictate good or bad,” Ye Chu said. “When a man marries a woman, he hopes to find someone beautiful, graceful, with a hot figure, and loyal only to him. That is perfectly understandable. Just like when a woman looks for a man, she hopes he is handsome, powerful, wealthy, and romantic. You cannot say that all women are bad just because of that, can you?”
Zhong Wei did not expect the man in front of her, whom she supposedly despised, to say such a thing. “In the past, I was exactly as you described. I hoped to find a handsome, powerful, and dazzling man, and I did indeed meet such a man and became engaged to him. Back then, I thought my life was going to be wonderful and felt that heaven was blessing me.”
“And then? You do not like handsome and good-looking men anymore? You prefer ugly and cowardly ones?” Ye Chu smiled. “Your taste cannot be that heavy, can it?”
Zhong Wei’s expression did not change at his words. She continued to gaze into the distance and spoke, “A young girl’s heart is full of poetry. Being engaged to him, I secretly had a crush on him too. Every young girl hopes her other half is a hero, and he was indeed such a dazzling figure, so dazzling that no one dared to look at him directly. After getting engaged to him, I thought about marrying him, having children, and living happily ever after in deep affection.”
“But that was just a dream, and reality always shatters beautiful dreams. He was indeed outstanding, so outstanding that heaven and earth would lose their colour in comparison, but so what? After we got engaged, he started sending people to follow me, forbidding me from contacting any men. He would dictate everything I did, and everything I did had to be according to his wishes. Everything had to go his way. He did not need a woman with her own thoughts. He only needed a vase that would obey his every command, and I was the vase he wanted to craft. Tell me, compared to women’s vanity and dreams, are men’s possessiveness and control not even more disgusting?”
Ye Chu was secretly surprised. He had not expected that someone would actually want to keep such a woman as a canary in a golden cage. That was a rather domineering move, and Ye Chu could not help but admire it.
“No! I never deny that men have possessiveness and a need for control! But I cannot tolerate you placing a lunatic who has given up on treatment in the ranks of men!” Ye Chu said very firmly.
“You called him a lunatic?” Zhong Wei turned her head to stare straight at Ye Chu, suddenly revealing a bizarre smile. It was the first time she had ever heard someone insult him like that. Who was Zhao Haibo? He was an outstanding figure, an existence that inspired awe in the eyes of others, yet he was as obedient as a dog in front of her. But now someone was calling him a lunatic. She wondered if Zhao Haibo would go mad if he found out.
“Is there a problem with that? A normal man, even if he does not want his woman to contact other men and likes a woman who obeys his every word, would not go so far as to completely cut off her contact with men, let alone be so overbearing as to make her obey him in absolutely everything,” Ye Chu said. “What is a life for two people? It is not about one side having total control, but about the two slowly adjusting to each other. That is why married couples often bicker but can never be separated.”
“I did not expect you to actually make some sense!” Zhong Wei looked at Ye Chu and said, “So you mean to say you can achieve that?”
Ye Chu shrugged. “You can try living with me, and then you can seek the answer for yourself.”
Zhong Wei suddenly laughed, her laughter bright and blooming. She swayed her waist, her slender, hand-span waist incredibly sexy. Paired with her alluring figure, it exuded an infinite charm.
“What if I say I accept your offer? Do you dare?” Zhong Wei seemed to have heard a massive joke. Even if she were willing, no one would dare to snatch what belonged to him. Yes, that was right. In his eyes, she was simply his property.
Ye Chu shrugged and did not answer her. He grabbed the railing at the bow of the boat and gazed ahead.
“He is indeed sick. You are not wrong about that. But at the same time, you are sick too,” Zhong Wei said suddenly.
Ye Chu did not reply. He just gazed ahead, and Zhong Wei did the same. Standing side by side with Ye Chu, the scene looked quite harmonious and peaceful.
However, this peaceful and harmonious scene was broken. When Zhao Haibo came to look for Zhong Wei, he found her standing side by side with a man, looking out at the gorgeous ripples outside.
In an instant, blood rushed to Zhao Haibo’s head. He stared straight ahead. The silhouettes of the two, one tall and straight, the other slender, formed a very romantic and beautiful picture against the backdrop of countless gorgeous collisions blooming around them.
“Zhong Wei, remember your own identity!” Zhao Haibo roared, startling the two who were immersed in their own thoughts.
Only then did Zhong Wei realise that the scene of her standing side by side with Ye Chu was somewhat ambiguous. But she would not apologise for it. She glanced at Zhao Haibo and said, “I do not need you to manage me!”
“You…” Zhao Haibo glared angrily at Zhong Wei and raised his hand as if to slap her, but he ultimately held back.
He did not dare to strike Zhong Wei, nor could he. The anger suppressed in his chest was completely transferred onto Ye Chu. “Did you go to the Rakshasa Land with him? Did you escape our protection yesterday just to see him?”
“Think whatever you want!” Zhong Wei could not be bothered to explain. She snorted, looked at him, and said, “My affairs do not require your interference.”
Zhao Haibo gritted his teeth in anger, staring fixedly at Ye Chu and said, “Kid, if you do not give me an explanation, you will die here today.”
- Ye Chu shrugged, looked at Zhao Haibo, and said, “Does it need an explanation? She likes looking at the gorgeous scenery here, and so do I. Two people standing here looking at it together, does that necessarily mean something?”