Please Like Her 30 – (Beware) Brother-Father & original FL scenes + Variety show’s final episode recording
Shang’s mansion.
The man who had just passed his golden birthday rapidly lost weight in the span of a month, looking utterly disheveled and completely white-haired.
His hair was messy, and there were some unhealed wounds on his face, including his palms. The wounds that had once almost shown bone were healing, but the scars remained.
No one could tell that this was the same man who had once been a powerful figure in the business world, looking so lively just a month ago at his birthday celebration.
Since his failed suicide attempt, he had been confined to this room. There were no objects in the room that he could use to harm himself, and he was under 24-hour surveillance.
He sat despondently at his desk, holding a photo of his wife from the past. The medicine bottle on the table had long been empty, but he hadn’t seen his wife in his dreams since.
When he heard the sound of the door opening, he slowly raised his head and looked toward the doorway.
It was his son, with a faint resemblance to his younger self in his features, just like the man standing beside his wife in the photo.
Looking at the cast on his son’s leg, his expression grew even colder. He said, “You’re blocking my way.”
If it weren’t for Shang Mu’s intervention, he might have already reunited with his wife.
Shang Mu walked in with a crutch, wearing a gentle smile on his face, and he greeted, “Father.”
Shang An closed his eyes, his weariness unhidden on his face, and said, “Get out.”
Shang Mu continued to smile and asked, “Father, have you ever thought about whether, by continuing like this, Mother would be willing to see you?”
Shang An ignored Shang Mu, but the increasingly unpleasant expression on Shang An’s face revealed his inner anger.
He understood this logic, of course, but he was unwilling to admit it.
Under the influence of the medication, he had decided to face death. He thought that, even if he reached the afterlife, he and his wife were so deeply in love that she would forgive him.
But when he was sober, that courage evaporated.
Would his wife really forgive him?
If there was another world underground, would his wife still want to see him? These were questions he didn’t have answers to.
The useless medication had never brought him to his wife. Instead, it had caused him increasing headaches and weakened his body.
But he was unwilling to give up, so he increased the dosage, with no effect.
He experienced various hallucinations, some strange and absurd, and at times, he couldn’t distinguish between dreams and reality. He found himself back where he had first met his wife, waiting and waiting, but he could never find his wife.
He began to feel disappointed, even desperate.
Whether it was towards himself or the medication.
He knew that many things within the company had been handed over to Shang Mu, and he felt like he had been effectively confined at home by his own son. However, he didn’t even have the energy to get angry; he just felt an endless fatigue, even sensing that his waking hours seemed to be dwindling.
Increasingly, distorted and strange images kept appearing, making it difficult for him to distinguish reality from illusion.
In countless midnight moments, he experienced cold sweats and argued with the air, even experiencing occasional incontinence due to fear.
But when he woke up, he would forget all of this, as if nothing had ever happened.
Shang Mu’s voice continued, “Father’s health has improved a lot, so I’m relieved. There are still many matters in the company waiting for Father to handle.”
Shang An sneered, “Are you suggesting that I return to the company?”
“Of course,” Shang Mu responded with innocence, “I’m just concerned about Father’s health. Do you think I’m trying to seize power?”
“Never mind,” Shang An closed his eyes again and said, “Let the company be in your hands. Your mother’s anniversary is approaching, so arrange for someone to send me abroad at the same time as before.”
Shang An and his wife had met after an opera performance overseas. They used to go there for a date every year on the anniversary of their meeting. His wife’s death anniversary was close to that date, and after that, he would spend half a month nearby every year.
For Shang An, his son risked life to save his life, although it wasn’t the result he had wanted. But these shallow father-son feelings had, albeit reluctantly, grown a bit stronger recently.
Shang Mu’s gaze fell on the empty medicine bottle on the table.
He told his father that the medication’s side effect was hallucinations, but he never told his father that those hallucinations would never occur again.
In other words, no matter how many times Shang An took such medication, it would only harm his body, and he would never see his wife again.
When the medication lost its effect and he was placed in a free environment, he naturally wanted to rely on other means to create hallucinations.
Shang Mu didn’t do anything. As a son, he doesn’t have the authority to control his father.
Shang Mu lowered his head and just pursed his lips, obediently responding, “Yes, father.”
Waking up from a nap.
Shang Lu, wearing slippers, walked towards the bathroom, feeling like she had forgotten something.
What was she originally planning to do yesterday? It got interrupted.
It shouldn’t be related to Chi Yan; it was further back.
It had nothing to do with Shang Mu; it was even earlier.
As Shang Lu brushed her teeth while thinking, there was a knock at the door from outside, followed by Lin Yanyan’s shrill scream, and not even a door could stop her.
“Chi Yan? Why are you at Lulu’s house? What did you do to my Lulu? Ahhh—”
Shang Lu nearly choked on her own foam.
Help! She remembered.
She was originally going to tell Lin Yanyan that she and Chi Yan were together, but Shang Mu’s situation had distracted her, and she had forgotten.
Shang Lu quickly rinsed her mouth and went out to the rescue.
Seeing Lin Yanyan, who looked like she was about to explode, Shang Lu had to pull her aside immediately. “Calm down, calm down.”
Chi Yan, on the other hand, remained calm and glanced at Shang Lu, saying with some helplessness, “You explain.”
After that, he went into the kitchen.
Lin Yanyan immediately accused Shang Lu, “I know you two have a good relationship, and I know you’re neighbors. It’s normal for you to freeload off him as a single woman, but can’t you have some awareness? It’s a man and a woman alone together, and you’re even in your pajamas. You just let him directly into your house?”
Lin Yanyan’s series of remarks made Shang Lu contemplate.
It seems… she did.
Between her and Chi Yan, they had crossed some boundaries from the beginning, but at the time, because they had known each other for so long, they didn’t see any problem.
By the time she fully realized it, they were already together.
Oh, wait, that’s not the main point.
Shang Lu looked at Lin Yanyan and earnestly said, “Yanyan, I need to tell you something.”
Lin Yanyan didn’t consider herself smart, but in times like these, a strange intuition made her cover her ears. “I have a feeling you’re about to tell me something not so good.”
Shang Lu also didn’t take Lin Yanyan’s hand off, but took out her phone and said, “Alright, if you don’t want to hear it, I’ll tell Sister Jiang Jing first.”
Lin Yanyan : “?!”
How could that be? Of course, Shang Lu have to tell her first!
So, Lin Yanyan pressed Shang Lu’s hand, her mouth pouted so much that she could almost hang a bag on it, but still reluctantly said, “Go on, I’m listening.”
Shang Lu was very direct : “I’m in a relationship.”
The little stray hairs on Lin Yanyan’s forehead seemed to stand up at this moment. She stood up directly and asked, “Who? Who!”
Shang Lu didn’t say anything, just glanced in the direction of the kitchen and then shrugged.
Lin Yanyan’s brain froze for a moment.
She blinked her eyes and wanted to ask, ‘How could it be him?’ But then she felt that when it came to Shang Lu, it could only be Chi Yan.
Unexpected, yet also expected.
He told his father that the medication’s side effect was hallucinations, but he never told his father taht those hallucinations would never occur again.
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