Seeing how furious Shi Weiwei was, Shi Liang feared she would really cause trouble and explained:
"Do you know that Kong Lilin's father is a fourth-rank official at court?
Kong Lilin is a son of the principal wife, a fine-looking man, and has opportunities for promotion ahead of him. Where else could you find such a good match?
Now that this good fortune has landed in your lap, you should be secretly celebrating."
After hearing this, Shi Weiwei felt she really had landed a bargain and stopped making a fuss.
Most importantly, Shi Weiwei felt she was marrying better than Zheng Hejie, which pleased her immensely.
Song Yaoyao: [Ha! Shi Weiwei just can't stand seeing her best friend Zheng Hejie do well. What kind of best friend is that?
You're better off without a best friend like her!]
Guagua: [And so, both Zheng Hejie and Shi Weiwei got married.
Zheng Hejie was very happy after her marriage. Three months later, she became pregnant, and ten months after that, she safely gave birth to a son.]
After a pause, Guagua continued:
[Shi Weiwei was the complete opposite. She was practically Zheng Hejie's foil.
Only after marrying into the family did Shi Weiwei learn why the principal wife's son of a fourth-rank official had taken an interest in her.
It wasn't that she possessed some great charm that had captivated him. Rather, Kong Lilin was in poor health and couldn't consummate a marriage.
Kong Lilin was handsome and exceptionally talented, but because he had been born prematurely, his health had always been poor. Most daughters of court officials were unwilling to marry him.
Kong Lilin himself didn't want to marry either. He felt he couldn't give a wife happiness. Marrying her would only condemn her to living as a widow with a