"I believe you."
Is Chen Jingyi really as laid-back as she appears on the surface to Tang Rao? The more I look, the less it seems so.
"I heard Tang Rao call you Jingyi? I'm Sheng Xuan, Tang Rao's wife. As Tang Rao's woman, I think I have the most say on this. He never falls short when it comes to us sisters. Kao Shan Street was opened just for us."
Sheng Xuan knew Tang Rao would never use material things to entice a woman unless she was particularly special to him.
Her appearance was meant to stir up their relationship.
Chen Jingyi had noticed Li Shengxuan before. She had never seen a woman as radiant as Li Shengxuan. Just one glance could make you feel there's nothing more to wish for in life.
For such a woman to say she is Tang Rao's wife, and for someone like her to willingly stay with Tang Rao and even speak up for him, that alone is enough to make any man devoted to her.
"Sister Jingyi, it's our first time meeting as well. Tang Rao can be a bit outspoken at times, but he definitely has no bad intentions. Would you give him a chance, and give us a chance to be sisters?"
Wang Han also stood up to speak for Tang Rao.
Initially, it would be a lie to say she wasn't upset seeing Tang Rao come back with another woman. She didn't expect that not long after Tang Rao found a woman, he would bring another home before settling the sisters well at home. Wasn't he quite a playboy as a man?
Only when Li Shengxuan spoke up for Tang Rao did Wang Han change her mind, and she too began to persuade.
Li Shengxuan was the one who understood Tang Rao the best, and she believed Sheng Xuan had her reasons for standing up.
This time, she chose to conform to Tang Rao and not do anything Tang Rao would hate.
Tang Rao was already such a man, and he had brought her back; it was too late for regret.
"Are you all Tang Rao's women?"
Chen Jingyi noticed the woman standing behind only when Wang Han stood up; she hadn't realized Wang Han was there.
"Yes, we are all Tang Rao's women. We guarantee with our dignity that being liked by Tang Rao is indeed a tremendously happy thing."
Several more women stood up to endorse Tang Rao.
These were all people who followed Tang Rao. To some extent, the women would feel reluctant when with Tang Rao, but once together, their opinions of Tang Rao changed, and changed drastically.
"You must all be crazy, sharing your man with other women. Are you really doing this willingly?"
Chen Jingyi couldn't believe any woman would willingly share their man with another, herself included, as no woman could be that generous.
"Selfish women may be unwilling to share their men with others, but we're different."
You Xiaoxiao didn't know why, but when she saw the other sisters speak up for Tang Rao, she couldn't resist either. It seemed that recommending Tang Rao out, having Chen Jingyi accept Tang Rao as her man, would prove Tang Rao's excellence.
Why did a man they all valued so highly become worthless in front of her?
"We like him because he's excellent, and we're willing to share him also because of his excellence."
Tang Rao was almost overwhelmed with emotion by the words of his senior and junior wives.
Before Chen Jingyi, Tang Rao had never heard such praise from them. If it weren't for this specific time and place, he wouldn't have known he was such an admired presence in the ladies' hearts.
"But I'm not like you. I don't want to share my man with others, and I can't do that. Even if Kao Shan Street were given to me, I wouldn't want it."
Chen Jingyi indeed yearned for Kao Shan Street, but it was limited to liking that mysterious place. If she wanted to see it, she could visit at any time, and she could afford to buy things. Giving up her love for Kao Shan Street's offerings didn't seem worthwhile for her.
"Hey, you woman!"
Tang Rao wasn't very pleased. He spoke so much to the women, only to get this result?
"We've pleaded and reasoned with you, talked so much, and that's your response?"
Tang Rao brought together so many women, and for this one, he even set up a grand show, yet returned empty-handed. It was quite displeasing.
"Feelings are mutual; just because you like me doesn't mean I have to like you back."
Among this group, the one who could breathe the most sigh of relief was Chen Jingtian. His daughter was about to regain clarity and finally see Tang Rao's true nature.
"Daughter, let's go back to East Island. I'll arrange a good negotiation with the Northern Island Master when I have time. I refuse to believe that without Tang Rao, the interactions between the two islands can't continue."
Chen Jingtian was deeply affected by Chen Jingyi's breakup with Gu Yi. For him, as long as Chen Jingyi wasn't with Tang Rao, the bad man, he didn't care who she was with.
To prevent Tang Rao and Chen Jingyi from being together, he was even willing to temporarily set aside the collaboration between the two islands.
"That's impossible. The future of the Northern Island belongs to my good son-in-law. My son hasn't even split yet. If you want to collaborate with the Northern Island, you still need to negotiate with my son-in-law. We're old now; for many things, we old folks can't make the decisions. I hope you can understand."
Chen Jingtian knew Beiyuan was in the Kao Shan Sect, but he didn't expect Beiyuan to come out at this moment and put the power of life and death entirely in Tang Rao's hands.
"You old man, you're still the Island Master now. You still call the shots. You don't have a reason to refuse when you can make the islands thrive even more."
Chen Jingtian told Beiyuan all the severe words he could think of.
In response, Beiyuan only gave Chen Jingtian an eye-roll and left him with one cold sentence: "No, now it's Tang Rao who calls the shots."
The words cut deep. Chen Jingtian lingered over Chen Jingyi for five seconds and on Beiyuan for at least the time of a stick of incense.
Surely during this time of incense burning, Chen Jingtian must have thought through a lot, and it was time for him to make a choice.
"Daughter, all men are unfaithful. It's just some are openly so, while others aren't so obvious about it. Tang Rao is openly unfaithful, but he treats his women well. Actually, being with him is beneficial for you."
Poof!
Was that really Chen Jingtian speaking just now?
Tang Rao almost couldn't believe his eyes.
"Dad, what did you just say?"
Chen Jingyi really hoped she was hallucinating. The person who had been keen on her being with Gu Yi was now shifting to support her being with Tang Rao? This wasn't a good sign.
"I'm saying, Tang Rao isn't bad. He's young and promising. Why not give it a try with Tang Rao?"
Chen Jingtian's face flushed as he struggled to get the words out.
"No, I'm genuinely not interested in Tang Rao. If you want to try, you try with him."
As Chen Jingyi spoke, she turned to leave, her face showing a hint of anger.
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