Mr. Lu, don't be arrogant.

"Now I want to be like you. I want to struggle out of this mire, shed all the dirt, and become a woman who can completely control her own destiny."

"Sister Ren..."

"Wanying, I've lived too naively these past few decades.

I have been pampered by my parents since I was a child and have never suffered any grievances.

When I met Ah Hai later, he protected me in every way and I never heard a harsh word from him.

Including the time when I first started dating Xi Dianning..."

When mentioning Xi Dianning, Ren Zichen paused for a moment.

Mu Wanying did not urge her.

Hold your phone and be a good listener quietly.

After a while, Ren Zichen continued speaking.

"I am a flower pampered in a greenhouse, accustomed to asking for things and being cared for, but I didn't realize that one day the window would be broken, and the wind, rain, and frost would seep in."

Ren Zichen was silent for a long time again.

There was a pause before she spoke again.

“But Xi Dianning made me realize this.

He was like the devil who pierced my window paper with his own hands, allowing me to see the darkness of this world and taste the cruelty of this world.

In that darkness and cruel torture, I, who had never experienced the ravages of a storm, completely collapsed and almost gave up my life.

Mentioning this, Ren Zichen began to sob.

It seems like we have returned to those dark days.

Mu Wanying could hear it.

But she was not a person who was good at comforting others, and she only called out "Sister Ren" softly.

Hearing her call, Ren Zichen slowly walked out of the past.

She wiped the moisture from the corners of her eyes and continued to tell Mu Wanying about her feelings.

"It wasn't until you showed up, and until Ke Ke said there was a silly girl coming to the company, that I suddenly saw a ray of different light in this dark life.

During those days, my spiritual food was listening to Keke and Yufei talk about you. I asked them again and again, and they kept telling me again and again.

Gradually, gradually, I seemed to want to die less, and I seemed to be less anxious to go down and look for Ah Hai. It seemed that I had a little attachment to this world again.

I spent my days doing nothing, locking myself in a dark room, just wanting to see if this girl they were talking about could turn the tide and save Deep Sea Dawn, which had been defeated by me. I wanted to see how this girl would solve the problems she faced, step by step.

Having said this, Ren Zichen's faint sobbing finally stopped.

The dullness in his voice began to fade away.

She said, "Of course you did it! You really did it! Wanying, do you know?

At that time, you really opened my eyes! You made me start to re-examine my failed life!

You made me understand that the future may be full of wind, frost, snow and rain, but as long as you are fearless, you can bravely go for it!

Crying and running away won't solve anything.

What I need is not to compromise, cry and escape, nor to blame others and feel sorry for myself, but to learn to face all storms bravely.

From now on, I will be like you, moving forward resolutely towards what I want. I want to be able to spread my wings one day and protect the people I want to protect under my wings!

Once he opened his mouth, Ren Zichen poured out all the words that had been pent up in his heart for a long time.

The melancholy in her voice gradually disappeared.

Instead, there is toughness hidden beneath the softness.

Mu Wanying listened quietly and only agreed after Ren Zichen finished his long speech.

"Sister Ren, well said! I'm really happy for you that you think this way.

This is what women should be like! They should have their own goals to strive for, their own direction to move forward, and be a towering tree standing shoulder to shoulder with men, rather than a vine entwined and dependent on men.

"Yes! You are absolutely right! We should strive to grow and be brave enough to be a towering tree standing tall in the long forest, rather than a soft and delicate vine that clings to a man."

"Ok!"

Mu Wanying gave a sound of affirmation from the bottom of her heart.

On this cold winter night, they were separated by a vast distance, but their souls were tacitly connected and resonated in the silent sky.

But thinking of Ren Zichen's situation and Xi Dianning's power and madness, Mu Wanying was still worried about Ren Zichen.

After hesitating for a while, she finally asked.

"Sister Ren, what should we do from now on? Have you thought it through? Xi Dianning is definitely not an ordinary person. If he can be so crazy, he will definitely not let you go easily. Even if you learn to resist, I'm afraid it will be difficult..."

Mu Wanying sighed and finally mentioned the child in Ren Zichen's belly, which she had always been reluctant to mention.

"Sister Ren, I haven't dared to ask before, but since we've talked so much tonight, I'm just going to take the liberty of asking. What are your plans for the baby in your belly..."

"He's my baby! He's the continuation of my life. I want to give birth to him!"

Ren Zichen answered quite straightforwardly.

Without a moment's hesitation.

After hearing this, Mu Wanying felt relieved, but at the same time, she was also worried.

The reason she let go was because she didn't have to worry about the innocent little life in Ren Zichen's belly dying halfway.

The reason for the worry was because of Ren Zichen.

However, before she could ask anything, Ren Zichen had already begun to explain her doubts.

"Wanying, I'm not afraid to tell you that when I first found out I was pregnant, I wanted to have it removed. But I gradually gave up the idea.

Because I knew that if I did that, Xi Dianning would go completely crazy and force everyone related to me to death.

As the baby slowly grew in my body, I gradually developed feelings for him and began to accept his existence. I even couldn't bear to abort him.

Wanying, do you know? Just now, I yelled at Xi Dianning that the baby was a bastard. It was very satisfying when I yelled, but after that, I started to feel heartbroken. I even felt that it was a sin.

"Sister Ren..."

"Didn't you just ask me what I'm going to do in the future? Didn't you ask me if I had made up my mind? Wanying, I'm telling you, I have.

Since God has given me this child, I will use my life to protect him and love him. But I can't compromise with Xi Dianning, who once tortured me to such an extent!

"Then Sister Ren, you..."

Mu Wanying tried to guess what was in Ren Zichen's mind.

But Ren Zichen didn't give her too much time to speculate.

He told her the answer directly.

"Children need fathers! I will not let my child grow up in a broken family, nor will I let my child be born without a father's love."

"What does Sister Ren mean?"

Mu Wanying seemed to understand Ren Zichen's thoughts.

But some people can't believe it.

I can't believe that the weak woman who was once oppressed and almost suffocated would have changed like that.

But the fact is that the weak woman stood up.

The weak woman told Mu Wanying in the most gentle voice in the world.

"What I mean is: for the sake of the baby in my belly, for the sake of my child's future and happiness, I will marry Xi Dianning. But how, when, and how we marry should not be decided by Xi Dianning, but by me.

And after that, all of Xi Dianning's connections and resources, and all of his Xi family's connections and resources, will all be used by me.

If one day in this Jiangcheng, I, Ren Zichen, will be the king of the entertainment industry, and no one will be able to bully me, and no one will dare to bully me!"

"Sister Ren, what great ambitions! I can finally rest assured that you can let go of the past and think this way. You have something to rely on and pursue."

If a person has no hope or pursuit, he may go to extremes at any time.

But it’s different when you have something to rely on and something to pursue.

After hearing what Zi Chen said, Mu Wanying finally put her mind at ease.

Although she felt sorry for Ren Zichen.

But having come this far, this is the best solution.

"Thank you!" Ren Zichen said solemnly, and after a moment's silence, he said, "Wanying, I only told you these things, and haven't even told Keke yet.

Firstly, I think I will need your help in many areas along the way, and I can't hide it from you; secondly, I feel that you are the only person who can understand me so far."

"I understand! Sister Ren, feel free to do it. As long as you have made up your mind and don't regret it, I will always stand by you and have your back."

Mu Wanying gave Ren Zichen an affirmative answer without thinking.

This deeply moved Ren Zichen.

Before hanging up the phone, they talked about some company matters, including who to send to the site of the villa project.

After hanging up the phone, Mu Wanying lay on the bed and couldn't help but think about Ren Zichen's words and Ren Zichen's changes. As she thought about it, she suddenly thought of herself.

once Upon a time.

She thought that so-called independence and autonomy meant courage, stubbornness and tenacity, and the severing of all bad relationships that she thought should be cut off.

For example, she was young and ignorant back then.

At that time, in order to prove herself, she did not hesitate to high-five Jiang Shangru three times to sever the father-daughter relationship, and vowed that she would never recognize him or rely on him.

But after experiencing so much wind, frost, rain and snow, I suddenly understood.

True independence is far from this!

True independence is the courage to remain unyielding in the face of adversity and the spirit to remain neither humble nor arrogant in the face of a torrent of change.

It is the courage to actively accept one's own courage and the wisdom to recognize others in time.

It is to always maintain a kind original intention, but to always know how to bravely change and integrate the environment you are in, to know how to take and seek, to cleverly use all the things and forces around you, to actively arm yourself, and let the once fragile self become brave, strong, and even indestructible little by little, and gradually, gradually, you can control your own destiny.

Instead of being impulsive when encountering problems and easily cutting off all your own paths!

"Wanying, are you asleep?"

Mu Wanying was still in a daze when her grandmother's old voice came from the door.

When Mu Wanying shook her head and sat up, her grandmother had already pushed open the door and walked slowly towards her with a cane.

Mu Wanying quickly got off the bed, not even bothering to put on her shoes before running over to support her grandmother, saying softly, "Not yet, grandma, why aren't you sleeping yet?"

"You're a busy kid. You haven't been home for a while. Grandma misses you!"

Grandma touched Mu Wanying's head.

Mu Wanying habitually leaned on her grandmother's arms. Even after she helped her grandmother sit down beside her bed, she still rested her little head on her grandmother's arms.

"Grandma, I'm sorry for neglecting you! But don't worry, once I make enough money, I'll quit my job and stay with you every day, okay?"

"Silly child, what nonsense are you talking about? If people don't work, they will starve to death." The grandmother also hugged her granddaughter in her arms.

After the two of them stayed together for a while, the grandmother asked Mu Wanying hesitantly.

"Wanying, Grandma wants to ask you something. Where did you find this Xiao Zhang? Did you get a good understanding of her character when you were looking for her?"

Grandma spoke in a very low voice, almost leaning over to ask Mu Wanying's ear.

It seemed as if he was afraid that Aunt Zhang from the next room would hear it.

Mu Wanying said "hmm" and did not tell her grandmother that it was Jiang Shangru who helped find this person.

She also never told her grandmother that she was going to look for Jiang Shangru and her mother.

I just told my grandmother that I knew her and that she was reliable. Then I asked her, "What's wrong? Grandma, didn't you always tell me how good my aunt was? What happened?"

Mu Wanying asked vigilantly.

Grandma hesitated for a while, and finally told Mu Wanying with a frown.

"Everything else is fine. He's very nice to me and Wanxin, doesn't cause trouble, and is diligent. But it's just that...it's just that I've felt like he's been a little dishonest these past few days. I always feel like he's been rummaging through my cabinets when I'm not paying attention.

Wanying, why don't you ask the person who introduced her to us? If her character is really questionable, we can't keep her at home!"

"Looking through your cabinet?" Mu Wanying asked in disbelief, her brows furrowed.