Emily wanted to defend herself, but in Winnie's view, it was nothing but an excuse.
"I want you to think about it. I want you to look at love in each other's shoes."
Winnie did not want to give up, not because of guilty, nor making herself better. She just felt it a pity
that they separated though they loved each other, and worried that they would regret this impulsive
decision.
Hearing Winnie's words, everyone in the room became silent.
Emily didn't know what to say. Leo was afraid his words would have an impact on Emily. Daenerys had
said what she should say and had no idea what she could say, while Brian was drenched in his love.
Winnie was right that their love was hard-won, so he must cherish it more and protect Winnie who had
held on love in difficult times with whole heart.
"Leo, what’s your attitude? Will you be happy if she leaves?"
Winnie asked Leo who did not say a word.
"I..."
Leo hesitated and then sat up straight.
"I've been trying to explain my blind date, but Emily didn't give me a chance."
"Emily, if you will leave, listen to me as listening to a friend telling a story, give me a chance to speak."
Leo had to explain. Even if Emily wanted to leave, he wanted her to leave in peace of mind.
However, Emily was determined not to listen. She felt that she had said all she needed to say, and
there was no point in listening to her friend. She wanted to leave, but Leo pulled her wrist.
"I still love you, I never change. I was forced by my mother to have that blind date. I would rather be
forced by my mother to have a blind date than ask you to come back to me, because I think my love for
you is selfish. I am a selfish person and do everything for my own peace of mind. I feel that I am like a
womanizer that I have no right to love you and that I am not worthy of being with you."
"But nothing will change the fact that I love you."
Leo finally made his explanation. Hearing that, Emily felt pain in her heart.
She still dared not believe Leo's words, had no courage to start over and wondered if she would be hurt
again if she went back to him.
Were they destined for each other? Would it work out if they were together? If not, would she be sad
again for the same man?
"I don't love you anymore. It's over. From now on we are friends."
Emily gave a cruel answer, shook off Leo's hand, and walked away regardless of others.
Leo's heart was broken when he heard the door slamming decisively.
Winnie and Brian were on their way home.
"It seems that love is not smooth for anyone. It's a pity they parted like that."
Winnie sighed, as if her heart floating in midair.
"I think Emily still can't get over the fact that Leo liked me and can't accept the fact that Leo used her.
Actually, her love is deeper than Leo's."
Winnie said with remorse and thought she was the root.
"Don't blame yourself. There is nothing between you and Leo. Emily and Leo both said you were not
the reason."
Brian persuaded Winnie.
"I think love is a matter of two people. They will not listen to other people's advice until they wake up."
Brian reached out and took Winnie's hand.
"Don't always take all the responsibility on yourself. Again, if they are destined to be married, no one
could part them from each other."
"If Leo really loves Emily, he will find a way; if Emily really loves Leo, she will give Leo an opportunity.
So don't worry about what God has arranged."
Brian gave Winnie a brief lesson, enlightening her not to care too much about it, not to blame herself.
"You're right. I shouldn't worry about other people's love. I should think about how to keep my own love.
My man is going on a blind date soon, so I should do something to sabotage it, how do you think?"
Winnie joked at Brian, but when she spoke, she felt her heart heavy like a stone in it.
"Good, welcome. I have not come up with a way to refuse it yet."
Brian was not kidding. He really wanted a person to sabotage the blind date.
"I'm not going. Your grandfather will kill me if he knows. Find someone else."
Winnie thought it was funny, even if she went to sabotage the blind date, Brian would have countless
blind dates, did she have to sabotage it every time?
"Which famous socialite is your blind date?"
She said it didn't matter, but she could not help but ask.
"I don't know. Grandpa was going to tell me but I didn't listen to him. They will arrange it, I just need to
show up. No matter who she is, she could not replace you."
Brian did not know about it and did not want to ask. For him, Winnie was the only woman in his heart.
"Go with me, and wait for me aside."
Brian suggested, so Winnie would not have wild thought and he could feel less guilty.
"Me? Forget it. You’d better go by yourself. I have things to take care of. In the evening, I have to tell
your father about Vanessa's departure, I must not make him think too much."
Winnie was surprised about Brian’s suggestion. It was cruel to her to look at her man having a blind
date with another woman.
Besides, if she was there, Brian would be constrained. Her existence would affect Brian's judgment and
he might lose a chance to be a good girl.
Whatever the reason, it was inappropriate for Winnie to appear on that occasion.
When Winnie and Brian returned home, Vanessa was at home.
Brian went back to his room, and Winnie went to Vanessa's room.
"Is everything ready at school?”
Winnie came to Vanessa and asked.
"Yes, I am in the same dorm with my best classmates."
"Did you tell Brian?"
Although determined to go, Vanessa still felt embarrassed. No matter how indifferent they were to her
sister, they took good care of her for so many days.
She felt she was impolite to leave like that.
"Yes, he doesn’t want to you leave, for fear that you will be bullied out there alone. Then he offered to
arrange the best dorm for you, but I refused. I think you have grown up, you have to make your own
decisions and try to solve the problem."
"If you are not comfortable in the dormitory, you can ask Brian for help."
Winnie had to convey Brian's idea to Vanessa, so that Vanessa knew everyone was worried about her.
"Thank Brian for me, but I've arranged it myself."
"Did you tell Rufus and Stella?"
Vanessa continued to ask.
"No, I am going to tell them at supper. Stella and Joshua will come back in a moment."
Vanessa wanted to move out, so Winnie wanted her to solve it by herself. She would offer her help on
the side.
"Ok, I'll tell them this evening at dinner."
Vanessa knew that she could not escape. If she wanted to leave in peace of mind, she must explain it.
Stella and Joshua came early, but Vanessa came down at dinner time.
When dinner started, Vanessa wasn't going to say it right away, but Stella mentioned what happened
that day.
"Vanessa, you must be uncomfortable at that dinner in the old house. I want to say sorry to you.
Because of the circumstances of our family, it was not appropriate for us to stand up for Winwin."
Stella had been caring about this matter. She felt she should say sorry to Winnie and Vanessa.
"Stella, I really feel uncomfortable about what happened that day. I can't see my sister being treated
like that, but I understand you. I'm her sister, but I didn't stand up for her, either."
Since Stella raised this topic, Vanessa was not going to delay.
"Rufus, Stella, Joshua, I have something to say to you. I'm going to move to school, I..."
Before Vanessa finished her words, Stella interrupted her.
"Why? We will be worried about you if you live in school."
Hearing that, Vanessa felt warm in heart and gave a faint smile.
"Stella, strictly speaking, I have nothing to do with your family, but Rufus and you and Joshua take me
like a family member, which makes me feel like at home. I really appreciate it."
"I've got all my excuses for moving out, but I don't think I should lie to you. Actually, my leaving is
directly related to what happened that day."
Vanessa had been thinking of an excuse for an afternoon, but she decided to give it up. It was
disrespect to lie to the people who loved her.
"It hurts to see my sister to be inferior to the cooker in the Bennet family. We are poor and we are
orphans, so we are looked down upon. If I continue to make things difficult for my sister, she will have a
much harder time."
"Rufus, Stella, I don’t mean you look down upon us. I know you are good to my sister, when I am
capable, I will repay you."
"When I talked to my aunt on the phone, I always told her that you have been so good to my sister and
me. But I didn't expect the people in the old house hated my sister."
"In order not to cause trouble to my sister, in order not to be a burden to my sister, I have to move out."
Vanessa told the truth, and after that, she felt better. Anyway, she could not stay here.
"Vanessa, this is not the old house, and they will not often come here."
Stella understood the meaning of Vanessa that she was afraid of becoming a burden to her sister, and
she was disappointed at them.
"But this is the Bennet family, and they can despise my sister even if they only come once. As an
outsider and a junior, I have to be polite to them and can't help my sister. The best I could do was to
move out, so that they could criticize my sister less."
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