Wife, please behave yourself.

Chapter 154 Tell Me Everything

Looking at An Zhaoran who had said those words.

Liu Changcun was somewhat moved. He had never felt this kind of unconditional trust and care from Lin Wanran before.

My thoughts became chaotic for a moment, and it took me a long time to finally come to my senses.

He told An Zhaoran to stay in the rest room and not go anywhere, while Liu Changcun walked out of the door and headed towards the station director's office.

Liu Changcun stopped briefly as he rounded the corner.

He turned around and glanced at the figure who had also walked out the door and was silently watching him. He saw An Zhaoran smiling and cheering him on after noticing that he had turned around.

Smiling, he walked towards the elevator.

Liu Changcun intended to take the elevator upstairs, but when he saw that the elevator was stuck on the first floor and showed no sign of going up, he decided not to wait any longer and instead walked towards the stairwell of the fire escape.

As I entered the stairwell and was about to head to the third floor, with one foot already on the step, my gaze was drawn to the patterns on the wall.

Liu Changcun thought for a moment that he was seeing things.

He stopped stepping up the stairs and moved closer to the wall.

He slowly squatted down and looked at the pattern left on the wall.

A cartoon pig's head with Liu Changcun's name drawn next to it. Almost the moment Liu Changcun saw this picture, the image of An Zhaoran appeared in his mind.

Throughout the entire television station, although most people had an impression of him, there was no one else besides An Zhaoran who could do such a pointless thing.

As he looked at the scene before him, Liu Changcun's smile widened.

After staring at it for more than ten seconds, he finally mustered his energy and headed towards the stairs.

We finally arrived at Anju Nan's office.

Liu Changcun, who was standing at the door, took a deep breath and then raised his hand to knock on the door a few times.

After hearing the response from inside, he reached out and turned the doorknob.

We entered the house.

Liu Changcun closed the open door and walked to the table.

Liu Changcun and An Junan haven't seen each other for a long time since their senior treated them to dinner.

Although he has been running around the station recently, as the station director, An Junan would hardly run into him unless he deliberately sought him out, even if they were in the same area.

Liu Changcun, who was once the son-in-law of Anju Nanshi, was chosen as the future son-in-law.

Whenever they meet, a smile involuntarily appears on their faces, and their eyes are full of admiration for each other.

However, upon meeting him now, he no longer had his usual smile. Instead, he looked Liu Changcun, who had entered the room, with a serious expression, and only now did he truly put on the airs of a TV station director.

"sit down."

Liu Changcun sat down and looked at An Junan across the table.

He maintained a relatively calm demeanor throughout, waiting for the other party to speak first.

"Ranran told me everything, you've been divorced, right?"

"Ah."

Liu Changcun responded, having nothing to hide about it.

No sooner had he finished speaking than An Junan suddenly raised his hand and slammed it on the table, glaring angrily at the young man he had once held in high regard.

It took a long time before he quietly withdrew his hand.

Upon seeing this, Liu Changcun was the first to apologize.

"Uncle, I'm so sorry."

"Forget it, since it's already happened, there's no point in saying anything like that."

Upon hearing Liu Changcun's apology, An Junan seemed much more at ease.

While saying this, his gaze remained fixed on Liu Changcun.

"The show was well done; I didn't expect it to achieve such good results."

"It's all the result of our joint efforts. Zhaoran has also helped me a lot recently."

"..."

Despite his calm demeanor, An Junan couldn't help but break down when he heard Liu Changcun use the affectionate term "Zhaoran."

After a moment of silence, they moved on from the topic of the program and instead began asking about other real-life situations they wanted to know.

"What was the reason for your divorce?"

"Disagreement."

Upon hearing Liu Changcun's response, An Junan nodded slowly, acknowledging the explanation.

After all, marriage in modern times is not like it was in their era.

In the past, most fathers got married through introductions, and even if they didn't get along after marriage, they would make do for the sake of their children.

But today's young people are very different from those of the past; if they feel they can't go on living together, they will not hesitate to choose divorce.

Although Liu Changcun did not explicitly state it, it is not difficult to see from this answer that the real reason for his decision to divorce was not because either of them had made a mistake that forced them to divorce.

However, even though he knew this, Anju Nan still didn't quite understand.

After all, Liu Changcun had two children with his ex-wife. If it were just a matter of disagreement, they wouldn't have gotten to the point of divorce so easily.

For reasons unknown, An Junan, who had been silent for a long time, finally spoke up and asked again.

“Start from the beginning and tell me everything you’ve been through.”

Seemingly in order to better understand Liu Changcun, An Junan asked this question.

Their gaze fell on his face, their expressions serious as if they were interrogating him.

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"You won!"

Chi Jinhe smiled and congratulated Shen Ruzhi behind her.

The results of last week's monthly exam have been released, so the classroom was filled with the murmurs of students discussing the results.

As a witness at the time, Chi Jinhe was well aware that Shen Ruzhi in front of him had made an agreement with Liu Songyan.

The ranking will be based on the results of this monthly exam.

Although it is unclear what the winner of this agreement will receive, judging from the published rankings, it is clear that Shen Ruzhi has won.

The test papers for each subject were distributed, and Liu Songyan was called out by the English teacher because of his serious imbalance in his subjects.

So much so that after class, only Chi Jinhe and Shen Ruzhi remained in their seats.

Despite the congratulations from the person in front of her, Shen Ruzhi's face showed no joy. Instead, she kept looking worriedly towards the classroom door.

She witnessed firsthand the English teacher's unpleasant expression and Liu Songyan's calm departure from the classroom.

"Are you not happy?"

It wasn't until Chi Jinhe's words came that Shen Ruzhi, who had been in a daze, came back to her senses.

The gaze that had been fixed on the classroom door was turned away, and instead looked at the worried girl in front of her.

"Happy..." Shen Ruzhi tried to put on a victor's smile, but she couldn't manage to smile no matter what she did.

Chi Jinhe was puzzled by his awkward appearance.

After all, Shen Ruzhi had been studying hard all this time in order to win this exam.

He was almost always the first to arrive at class every day, and even after evening self-study, he was always the last to leave.

Hard work eventually paid off.

However, Shen Ruzhi showed no joy at the victory; instead, she appeared quite disappointed.

Chi Jinhe didn't understand why the other person was acting this way.

Unable to find answers to her questions, she could only silently watch as the other person kept looking in the direction of the classroom door.

A few minutes later, Liu Songyan appeared at the door.

The next second, Shen Ruzhi, who was sitting in her seat, hurriedly got up.

Then he strode towards the classroom door, leaving the bewildered Chi Jinhe sitting blankly in her seat.

Seeing Shen Ruzhi step forward, she grabbed Liu Songyan, who had just returned to class, and pulled him out again.

Outside the classroom.

After leaving the classroom, Shen Ruzhi let go of the other person's hand and turned back to look at them with a surprised expression.

His face showed confusion as he looked at Liu Songyan in front of him.

Looking at the boy's calm expression.

"How come you only got such a low score on your English test?"

"He didn't perform well."

"..."

Such a flawed explanation would not be believed by Shen Ruzhi at all.

He stared at the other person without saying a word until Liu Songyan silently avoided his gaze, and only then did he receive a new answer from him.

"Regardless of the process, you won in the end."

"you do this delibrately?"

It wasn't until she heard Liu Songyan's words that Shen Ruzhi, who had been confused, suddenly realized what was going on.

She looked at the boy in front of her with great confusion, not understanding why he was doing this.

"Why did this happen? You did so well in all the other subjects, but you only got a little over 80 in English!"

The last exam last week was English, and Shen Ruzhi saw Liu Songyan in person in the exam room.

She didn't believe that Liu Songyan's true ability was reflected in that score.

Full of thirst for knowledge.

However, Liu Songyan, who was being questioned, silently looked away after meeting Shen Ruzhi's gaze.

He turned his head to look at the ground to the side, and after a long while, he changed the subject and asked.

Are you feeling better?

After a few days of rest, Shen Ruzhi has now fully recovered.

"Already healed."

With a quick reply, Shen Ruzhi then steered the conversation back to the main topic.

"I want to know why you only got such a low score?"

The girl's persistence was clearly more serious than Liu Songyan had anticipated. He turned his gaze back to Shen Ruzhi's face, looking at her with a thirst for knowledge.

Liu Songyan remained silent for a long time, until classmates kept coming and going around him.

Finally, after a sigh, he gave his reply.

"Because I didn't finish writing it."

"why?"

"I don't want to write."

"So... you still let it slide, didn't you?"

After a period of hard work, Shen Ruzhi finally achieved good results.

She, who had always been at the middle level, made it rare to break into the top ranks of her grade, while Liu Songyan was only a few places behind her.

If he scores a little higher in English, it will be inevitable that his ranking in the whole school will surpass Shen Ruzhi's.

Victory is certainly something to be happy about.

However, this victory, achieved only because others let her win, did not make Shen Ruzhi happy; instead, it made her feel a strange sense of humiliation.

Shen Ruzhi's gaze remained fixed on the boy in front of her, waiting for a reply, but she did not hear a response from him for a long time.

She reluctantly returned to the classroom only after the school bell rang again.

Liu Songyan silently followed him into the classroom and sat down in his seat.

Chi Jinhe, who was sitting to the side, witnessed the whole thing.

She didn't understand why the atmosphere between the two of them was so strange after they returned to the classroom.

First, she glanced at Liu Songyan, who remained silent beside her, and then turned to look at Shen Ruzhi, whose face was filled with resentment.

Chi Jinhe only withdrew his observational gaze after the teacher entered the classroom.

The teacher in the classroom began to teach the lesson.

But Chi Jinhe showed no sign of paying attention.

Instead, he looked curiously at Liu Songyan sitting next to him.

Looking at the boy beside me, I saw that although he had placed his textbooks on the table, he did not pay any attention to them.

His brows were furrowed, as if he were struggling with something.

She wasn't quite sure why Liu Songyan, who was usually so calm, would suddenly show such an expression.

It was as if... he was a little nervous at that moment.

He used to never care about Shen Ruzhi's feelings, and his attitude towards the vice class monitor was never kind.

However, since last week's monthly exam, his attitude towards Shen Ruzhi has changed significantly.

Since yesterday, Liu Songyan has shown obvious changes.

Not only will he no longer ignore Shen Ruzhi in the back seat.

Instead, they became more and more concerned about each other.

It seems that something happened between the two of them while I was away.

Something happened... that she didn't know about.

(End of this chapter)