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The Shocking Question in the Church: The Tangle and Choice of a Bizarre Love Affair.

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By Emotional ScribePublished about a year ago 6 min read
The Shocking Question in the Church: The Tangle and Choice of a Bizarre Love Affair.
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On the stage of life, love often makes its appearance in the most unexpected way, presenting astonishing, perplexing, and even shocking stories. Today, I am going to tell you a real absurd love history. It is full of taboos, struggles, and choices, and I believe it will make you think more deeply about love and human nature.

The story begins like a dramatic scene in a movie. In a quiet church, the priest is about to ask questions for a couple. However, a childish voice breaks the silence. "Leo, are you really going to marry my mother?" This sentence from the son is like a huge stone thrown into a calm lake, instantly creating huge waves. The groom, Leo, stares at his son in a daze. The bride is equally shocked. The priest and all the relatives and friends present are stunned speechless by this sudden scene. The church is so quiet that one can almost hear everyone's heartbeat.

"David, you should call me dad from now on because I will marry your mother." Leo's answer makes this already unimaginable scene even more complicated. "You are already my own brother. Why should I call you dad?" David looks up, confusedly looking at Leo beside him. And the bride standing aside is already sweating all over in this not-so-hot early summer. Leo tightly holds the bride's hand, and the sweat on his hand has already flowed onto hers.

Why on earth does such a scene occur? Why does Leo's younger brother become his son? Let's turn back the clock to eight years ago.

In that summer eight years ago, Lucy, a recent college graduate, went to Shenzhen to work because she couldn't find a good job. With her education and good looks, she easily found a job in a family business. However, at first, the personnel manager didn't take her seriously and was about to let her leave when a twist of fate occurred. Victor, in his forties and a key figure in this story later, came before Lucy. After looking at Lucy's resume and asking her some questions, he asked Lucy to come to work the next day and gave her his business card. Lucy felt incredulous. Things had taken such an unexpected turn.

The next day, Lucy found the company's location according to the address on the business card. It is an electronics factory in Futian District and is very large in scale. The security guard took her to a building inside the company and to a door on the third floor. After announcing herself, Lucy saw Victor. Victor warmly shook her hand and said that he had prepared an office and a bedroom for her right outside his own office and asked her to be his secretary. Lucy felt overwhelmed but also worried about whether she could handle this job. Victor, however, was full of confidence in her. To welcome her joining, he booked the largest entertainment hall in Dynasty Hotel. All middle-level and above cadres would attend in the evening to give her a welcome party.

Lucy was embarrassed by the evening dress among the several sets of clothes sent by Victor because it was very revealing at the chest. She was about to change it when the accompanying staff told her that such evening dresses were popular here and that this was arranged by Victor and hoped she would wear it. Helplessly, Lucy had to put it on as required. In the evening, Victor personally came to pick her up to go to the banquet. Sitting in the car and arriving at the hotel, the hotel security greeted them respectfully. Entering the hotel room, there were already many people sitting inside. Victor grandly introduced Lucy to everyone, and everyone applauded warmly. In the following banquet, everyone came to toast Lucy. Lucy had never drunk alcohol before and felt very embarrassed. At this time, Victor's son Henry stood up and toasted on behalf of Lucy. After a few drinks, Lucy felt dizzy. At the dance party, because she had drunk too much, Lucy fell into Victor's arms.

When Lucy woke up, she found herself and Victor lying naked on the bed. She burst into tears immediately. Victor, however, said that he liked her so much and that he wanted to marry her. It turned out that Victor's wife had passed away five years ago. His son Henry was just studying abroad at that time. Until Henry returned after completing his studies, Victor didn't remarry. Helplessly, thinking of the customs of her hometown, Lucy felt that since she had given her body to a man, she must marry him. So she resigned herself to her fate.

Soon, Lucy became Victor's wife, and a grand wedding was held. At the wedding, she saw the gloomy look in Henry's eyes. After marriage, Lucy became a full-time housewife and lived a leisurely and comfortable life. But as Victor was busy with work, Henry and Lucy spent more and more time together. One night, while watching the World Cup, something that shouldn't have happened occurred. Soon, Lucy became pregnant, but she didn't know whose child it was. After the child was born, fortunately, it looked like both her husband and Henry because they looked very much alike. Lucy realized that she couldn't go on like this anymore, so she began to distance herself from Henry and tried to find a partner for him. But Henry just wouldn't agree.

However, fate took another turn. Last winter, Victor was unfortunately killed in a car accident after entertaining guests. Only Henry, Lucy, and their son were left in the family. Lucy proposed to go back to work. Henry appointed her as vice chairman and general manager, and he himself became the chairman. They went to work, entertained guests, and traveled on business together. Life seemed to return to the past. But Lucy always dared not cross that forbidden line. Until one day, Henry confessed his love to her. After struggling, Lucy's defenses collapsed again.

They took their son to the park to play. The son innocently said, "Mom, it's good if you marry brother." So, they decided to get married and prepared for the wedding in the way of a Western church wedding. But troubles also followed. How could they tell their son that he was his brother's son? Henry decided to tell him when he grew up.

This absurd love history makes people sigh with emotion. Love is sometimes like an uncontrollable storm, making people lose their way in it. Lucy's fate is influenced by a series of accidents and impulses and falls into an inextricable predicament. She once dreamed of marrying a prince but never thought she would fall into such a complicated emotional entanglement. And Henry, from his silent love at the beginning to his brave pursuit later, his emotions are constantly challenging the moral bottom line.

This story also makes us think. In the face of love, how should we choose? Should we follow our inner impulses or stick to moral bottom lines? When love conflicts with ethics, where should we go? Perhaps everyone's answer is different, but this story undoubtedly sounds an alarm for us, making us think more carefully about our actions and choices when facing love.

In life, we often encounter various temptations and challenges, especially in terms of relationships. But we can't make wrong decisions because of temporary impulses. Otherwise, it may bring irreversible harm to ourselves and others. Just like Lucy and Henry in the story, although their actions stem from love, they violate ethical and moral principles and bring great troubles to themselves and their children.

I hope this story can make everyone have a deeper understanding of love and human nature and be more rational in making choices when facing emotional problems. I also hope that in life, everyone will cherish the people around them, stick to moral bottom lines, and let love bloom brightly on the right track.

Finally, may everyone find their own true happiness, stay away from absurd emotional entanglements, and move towards a beautiful future.

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Emotional Scribe

In the ocean of emotions, I am like a delicate scribe, using words to sketch the colorful pictures of love and pain, joy and sorrow. Every story is a touch of the soul, and every perception is a precipitation of life.

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