The Overnight Chosen Wife: Darling, Kiss Me Deeper

"Well, you're right." Luna did not defend Cedric. That guy's character was questionable. From what she had heard about him from Cheng Yu so far, he seemed to have a fling with Ruby, then started sticking onto Lanni and not too long after, started flirting with Cheng Yu. Who the hell would trust such a guy? 

Even so, she was not going to completely discourage her, just in case the young man had stopped flirting around and seriously wanted to be with Cheng Yu. "You need to give it time and see his true character. If he truly loves you, you will find out soon enough." 

Cheng Yu gripped her phone tightly. "You don't understand. It's not about true love and whatnot. I'm just… not willing to be in a relationship." 

Luna recalled why she and Cheng Yu understood each other so well. They had a lot in common, especially in relation to their families. They both had disagreements with their mothers but Cheng Yu's was much worse. 

When she was a little girl and her brother was a baby, their father passed away in an accident. Just a few months after, their mother remarried and brought them with her to her new marital home. 

Cheng Yu's stepfather had no qualms about Xiao Ying, who was just a few months old at the time, since it was easier to deceive a baby. He just had to pose as the real father and Xiao Ying would be like a true son to him. 

However, Cheng Yu was different. She was already old enough to know that her father had died and was never coming back, and the man her mother had married was her stepfather. Hence, he disliked her from the moment they first met. He would pretend to love her and treat her like a real daughter when Cheng Yu's mother was around but when it was just the two of them, he would scold her and call her all sorts of names. Cheng Yu grew up to be terrified of him and would keep as much distance from him as possible. 

At first, she thought that all would be alright as long as she kept away from the man and did not piss him off. However, she couldn't have been more wrong. The man had more motive than that. 

When she was a young teenager undergoing the first awakening of puberty and becoming sensitive of her body as a girl, the man went too far. In order to scare her away from home, he touched her inappropriately when her mother was not home. 

Cheng Yu's first reaction was, of course, to run away and hide. She waited for her mother to return before she went back home and told her about it. No matter what his reason was, his perverted actions could never be excused and he should have been sued for s.e.x.u.a.lly assaulting a minor.

However, Cheng Yu's mother, Xing Lin, was the worst kind of person on earth. Not only did she not trust her own daughter, but she also blamed her for what happened. She accused Cheng Yu of dressing up inappropriately and went as far as to say that she was trying to seduce her husband. The worst blow was her saying that her biological father's death was her own fault—that she was an unlucky girl who had jinxed her own dad to his death. 

After that incident, Cheng Yu became an introvert who was not willing to trust anyone and rarely made friends. She could no longer play with her schoolmates and spent as much time in the library as possible. She would only go back home when she really had to, and even then, she would keep to her room and have her brother send her meals.

She was especially afraid of the opposite s.e.x and had sworn to never get into a relationship with a man. What was worse, her mother always strived to do things that would hurt her feelings; like taking away everything she liked. If Cheng Yu took a liking to any animal and took it in as a pet, Xing Lin would either kill it or send it away. 

She even tried her best to drive a wedge between Cheng Yu and the only person she cared for—her brother. When she couldn't do it, she resorted to doing worse things; like not allowing her to go the university she initially wanted and trying to force her away from her dreams. She had even once tried to force Cheng Yu into an early marriage for the sake of vexing her daughter and only gave up when there was no family that was willing to accept the girl as a daughter-in-law. 

Now, although she still went back home sometimes for the sake of her brother, she was still at loggerheads with both her mother and her stepfather. 

For a girl with such a tragic past and a cruel shadow cast over her life, she could only be with a man if he was trustworthy, of unquestionable character and he gave her a sense of security. 

Cedric was definitely not the kind of man that could be considered as good enough. 

However, Luna still thought that it would be best if Cheng Yu found a loving man and settled down. She had already experienced enough loneliness while growing up. How could she spend the rest of her life on her own? 

She took her friend's hand and patted it comfortingly. "Xiao Yu, not everyone is the same. There has to be someone out there who will treasure you and not hurt your feelings." 

"Luna, I want to think that way too, but life is not a novel. It doesn't always have to turn out the way we want it. Just because my past wasn't happy doesn't mean my future will be great." she frowned. 

"Look at me, aren't I the best example?" Luna pointed at herself. "I don't have a nice past with mothers but what about now? There is someone who treats me better than she would treat her own daughter-and we are not even related in any way." 

"That just means you are lucky." Cheng Yu shrugged. 

"No, Xiao Yu. It just means, there is always a light at the end of the tunnel. If you shut your eyes completely, how will you see that light when it appears?"