Even though Deng Wentao was clear about the situation, he knew Feng Qingqing might not necessarily come to Beijing to treat his mother as they wished.
Even so, he could not bring himself to dampen his wife Fang Guangmei's desperate need to show off. Thinking of this, his heart ached. As the one who shared her bed, he understood better than anyone the pressure his wife had been under lately. Whether it was the burden from his mother, his sisters-in-law, or even the strained relationship between the two of them, it had all left Fang Guangmei’s nerves as taut as a drawn wire—she was on the verge of a breakdown.
Thinking of this, the words he had meant to use to dissuade her stayed caught in his throat for a long time, eventually swallowed back down. Regardless, he decided, he would let his wife have a few days of relief. As for what would happen later—he would worry about that later. He was truly afraid his wife wouldn't be able to handle it if he intervened now.
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