Xiaoxiu’s murder has become a fact, and the culprits are Liao Suifang and Li Chengtian. If Wang Chongjiang hadn't taken Liao Suifang and Zhuo Zhuo away, and Li Chengtian deliberately let Chen Youxi discover Xiaoxiu's green nails in order to keep Liao Suifang, maybe it would still be a mystery whether Xiaoxiu died.
On the day Xiaoxiu was murdered, Li Chengtian took the initiative to help bury the body and destroy the evidence in order to prevent Liao Suifang from going to jail. Liao Suifang was deeply moved and felt that Li Chengtian loved her very much.
It was precisely because Li Chengtian had been helping her keep secrets and forgiving her cheating on Wang Chongjiang that when Wang Chongjiang offered to take her and Zhuo Zhuo to Guangzhou, she refused.
Liao Suifang refused in order to repay Li Chengtian's kindness. It's a pity that she doesn't know that Li Chengtian marrying her is not love at all. The honest and dull Li Chengtian seems to be the giver of this family, but in fact he is also the manipulator of this family's tragedy.
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Liao Suifang was pregnant with Wang Chongjiang's child, but Wang Chongjiang ran away. Liao Suifang was young, beautiful and concerned about face. In order to prevent the fact that she was pregnant out of wedlock from becoming a source of ridicule for her neighbors, she was anxiously looking for a spare tire.
Just at this moment, Li Chengtian took the initiative to stand up and want to marry her. Li Chengtian knew that the child in Liao Suifang's belly was not his, but he was still very considerate of Liao Suifang and Zhuo Zhuo. If the videotape in Wang Chongjiang's hand had not been seen by others, perhaps no one would know that Zhuo Zhuo was Wang Chongjiang's child.
Li Chengtian and Liao Suifang have been married for 20 years. During these twenty years, Li Chengtian has been kind to Liao Suifang and can be called a model husband. Liao Suifang was also moved and determined to live a good life with Li Chengtian and forget Wang Chongjiang.
But after Wang Chongjiang came back, Liao Suifang still couldn't control her heart. She fell in love with Wang Chongjiang again, rekindled her old relationship with him, and prepared to elope.
Liao Suifang felt indebted to Li Chengtian. When she was in the most difficult time, it was Li Chengtian who helped her through the difficulties regardless of his own reputation. Now that life is finally getting better, she is leaving Li Chengtian. She knew that Li Chengtian only wanted her to be by his side, but she couldn't do it.
She is unwilling to live with Li Chengtian. She had a guilty conscience after eloping with Wang Chongjiang. She was caught in this tangled emotion all day long, which led to Xiaoxiu's murder later. She and Li Chengtian were forced to become grasshoppers on the same boat, one prospered and the other suffered losses.
However, Liao Suifang has no regrets. In Liao Suifang's view, Li Chengtian is loyal and has deep affection for her. I have always thought so, but until I saw what Li Chengtian said to Chen Chenyouxi, I realized that he didn't care that much about Liao Suifang.
Hypocritical
Li Chengtian said this to Chen Youxi: At the beginning, your mother carried your brother in her belly, seeking death and survival. I looked at her pity and gave her a home. I didn't expect her to treat me like this.
Li Chengtian’s words reduced Liao Suifang to the dirt. He believed that he did not marry Liao Suifang out of love. He just felt that Liao Suifang was pitiful. He was kind-hearted and did not want to see others suffer, so he gave Liao Suifang a home.
If Liao Suifang had repaid his kindness, he should have cleansed himself and lived a good life with him, but Liao Suifang was not only dissatisfied, but also betrayed him. He felt too wronged and sad.
But, is this really the case?
Liao Suifang is fair-skinned and beautiful. Not only is she beautiful, but she also has a good temperament, but Li Chengtian is ordinary in every aspect. If Liao Suifang hadn't been anxious to find someone to take over when she was unmarried and pregnant, he would never have crossed paths with Liao Suifang in his life. Liao Suifang would not look at him twice, let alone wrong herself and live with such an ordinary man for the rest of her life.
His marriage to Liao Suifang seemed to be a benevolent move, but in fact it was a cunning and self-interested move to take advantage of the situation.
How many people would envy a man like him who could marry a beauty like Liao Suifang. As long as Liao Suifang doesn't mention that the child is not Li Chengtian's, Li Chengtian can live proudly and become the envy of others. This vanity was his purpose in marrying Liao Suifang.
It was only Li Chengtian who packaged this highly purposeful marriage into the illusion that her husband was caring for the family and virtuous, so that people ignored his scheming.
Pulled nails
Wang Chongjiang is rich and capable. If Liao Suifang takes Zhuo Zhuo to Guangzhou, not only can she and Wang Chongjiang stay and fly together, but she can also treat Zhuo Zhuo. Zhuo Zhuo is Liao Suifang's favorite, and she hopes that Zhuo Zhuo's illness will be cured.
But since the affair between her and Wang Chongjiang spread, Li Chengtian not only forgave her for cheating on her during the marriage, but was also willing to endure the criticism from the villagers. Liao Suifang became soft-hearted and was not ready to leave with Wang Chongjiang.
However, Li Chengtian didn't know that Liao Suifang rejected Wang Chongjiang. When he heard Zhuo Zhuo say that Liao Suifang was going to Guangzhou with Zhuo Zhuo and Wang Chongjiang, his expression changed.
He deliberately proposed to go fishing at the river on the weekend, letting Chen Youxi find Xiaoxiu's nails in the box, and then silently watched Liao Suifang anxiously as a bystander.
Xiaoxiu's death was related to them, and Liao Suifang did not want to go to jail. In order to cover up the incident, she could only dye her nails green and pull them out with her own hands, thus obscuring Chen Youxi's excuse for discovering Xiaoxiu's nails.
After the matter barely passed, Liao Suifang asked Li Chengtian: Why did you do this?
Li Chengtian said calmly: I already know, you have to take Zhuo Zhuo with Wang Chongjiang.
Liao Suifang asked: So you want to threaten me with that green nail?
Li Chengtian said: I just don’t want you to leave.
The conversation between the two seems ordinary, but it reveals a lot of information. Li Chengtian said that he did this just because he was reluctant to let Liao Suifang go. The implication is that if Liao Suifang were to leave, he would do more outrageous things in order to keep Liao Suifang.
And Liao Suifang also saw the essence of the matter clearly through this incident. She was disappointed with Li Chengtian, not only because Li Chengtian threatened her, but also with the warning.
Li Chengtian knew very well that once the police found out about Xiaoxiu's nails, Liao Suifang and him would be doomed. But he did nothing and pretended that nothing was wrong, putting all the pressure on Liao Suifang alone.
Liao Suifang had no choice but to pull out her nails to cover up all this. The fingers are connected to the heart, it hurts just thinking about it. But she had to do this because this was the warning Li Chengtian gave her. This time, she just pulled out her nails. If Liao Suifang still plans to elope with Wang Chongjiang, she doesn't know what the next warning will be.
Seeing this, I suddenly understood that Li Chengtian had been caring about Liao Suifang and worked hard for 20 years. Why did Liao Suifang never fall in love with Li Chengtian?
In fact, she always wanted to forget Wang Chongjiang and live a steady life with Li Chengtian. But Li Chengtian's kindness to her was all what Li Chengtian thought was good, not what she wanted. Li Chengtian's kindness was indeed impeccable, but it made her feel stressed and guilty.
A good relationship should be that you like me and I like you too. Li Chengtian's kindness came with its own pressure, so Liao Suifang had to live with him out of gratitude.
In this marriage, Liao Suifang seemed to have the initiative, but in fact the initiative was in Li Chengtian's hands. Because he knew that Liao Suifang didn't love him, but he used tricks to keep her by his side, and even packaged himself into a sympathetic character.
He seems honest and dull, but in fact he is very scheming. He didn't want to admit that he was incompetent, so he used shady methods to protect his self-esteem.
Margaret Yourcenar said: The dirtiest thing in the world is self-esteem. Because with self-esteem, a person's vulnerability, inferiority, sensitivity and uselessness have the best excuses and cover.
Li Chengtian is like this. He had a strong self-esteem and was sensitive and suspicious, so he fell into self-doubt and denial, and fell into a vicious cycle. He feels that the world is not kind, so he uses malice to speculate on others and does not hesitate to hurt others in order to achieve his goal. He believed that this was the only way to maintain his poor self-esteem.
It's a pity that all these are his self-deception. All the plans will be in vain, and everyone will be separated at the end of the song. It's all just a dream. The day I woke up from the dream was the day I was shattered to pieces by reality.
Pathological possessiveness
Li Chengtian's emotions are pathological. He has no money or power, and the only thing that can keep Liao Suifang is his kindness.It's a pity that Liao Suifang doesn't care about his kindness. Helpless, he could only use coercion and inducement to keep Liao Suifang.
Li Chengtian's way of retaining Liao Suifang was also very scheming. He knew that Xiaoxiu was the key to retaining Liao Suifang, so he secretly left Xiaoxiu's nails.
Xiao Xiu was killed. When he went to bury Xiao Xiu's body, he still thought of leaving some clues to restrain Liao Suifang. This kind of twisted psychology is truly terrifying.
If he really loved Liao Suifang, how could he be willing to threaten Liao Suifang and make her live in fear? How could he be willing to let her pull out her nails? How could she be willing to be separated from her beloved every day? His possessiveness towards Liao Suifang was too pathological.
Psychologist Horney believes that morbid jealousy is the root cause of excessive possessiveness. The extreme psychological manifestations of morbid love in love include restrictions on the partner's personal freedom, monitoring, surveillance, stalking and even domestic violence.
Li Chengtian seems to love Liao Suifang, but in fact he loves himself the most. He has extremely low self-esteem deep down. He always feels that he has no merits and is inferior to others in every aspect, and cannot keep his partner for a long time. When he saw Liao Suifang in contact with Wang Chongjiang, he would feel anxious, thinking that his partner would fall in love with him at any time. In order to make their love stable, they achieve their goals through pathological possessive methods.
Xiaoxiu was killed and the cruelty of having her fingernails pulled out was the result of Li Chengtian’s twisted psychology.
But Li Chengtian is cowardly. He knew clearly that Liao Suifang and Wang Chongjiang had problems, but in front of Wang Chongjiang, he did not dare to speak, did not dare to resist, and did not even dare to confront Wang Chongjiang and declare his sovereignty.
Li Chengtian knew that he was no match for Wang Chongjiang. He was afraid that if Wang Chongjiang was really angry, he would take Zhuo Zhuo and Liao Suifang away from him at any time, and he would have nothing. He didn't dare to gamble or challenge Wang Chongjiang head-on, so he played dirty tricks behind his back in an attempt to get Liao Suifang out of Wang Chongjiang's life and restore everything to peace.
A person who has no responsibility, no bottom line, is vicious and hypocritical, is more terrifying than a rich and powerful but carefree person like Wang Chongjiang.
I think this is the reason why Liao Suifang couldn't make herself fall in love with Li Chengtian despite all her efforts.
Abnormal love grows wantonly and ends in embarrassment. Li Chengtian's morbid possessiveness kept Liao Suifang's person, but he could not keep Liao Suifang's heart.
To love deeply is not to possess, but to fulfill. Li Chengtian imposed his self-righteous love on Liao Suifang to cover up his twisted mind. In the end, it would only harm others and himself, leaving only regrets.
is like the verdict of Wang Xifeng in " Dream of Red Mansions ": The mechanism was too clever, and it cost Qingqing's life.
