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"Yunshu, look at me, come down first, okay?"

Jiang Chi suppressed his anger and gently coaxed her:

"It's windy outside, you'll get cold standing there, why don't you come down?"

His voice was so gentle it was almost pleading, and his gaze was fixed on Liu Yunshu, as if afraid she might fall if she lost her balance.

"Ah Chi, what should I do...?"

She murmured, tears welling up again, mingling with the coolness of the night wind, leaving icy marks on her face.

"I'm coming down... Will you all abandon me?"

Her voice was filled with the fear of being abandoned.

"No." Liu Chengyan and Jiang Chi said in unison, their voices colliding.

"I will never abandon you... Yun Shu, I will never abandon you... never."

Before Jiang Chi could speak again, Liu Chengyan spoke with an unprecedented humility and an unwavering obsession.

"If you're in pain... if you can't let go of either side... I... I can allow... allow him... to be with me..."

He paused, as if saying what he was about to say would require all his pride and reason to be exhausted.

His eyes were churning with a frantic struggle and a final, desperate compromise.

"We can...share you. How about that?"

"You no longer need to suffer through painful choices, no longer need to feel like you've betrayed anyone... You have both of us at the same time... Is that alright?"

These words were like a thunderclap, shattering the stagnant air in the studio.

Jiang Chi abruptly turned his head, his scarlet gaze fixed on Liu Chengyan's face, the ferocity in his eyes almost tearing the man apart:

"Liu Chengyan, are you fucking insane?!"

Liu Chengyan didn't even glance at him.

His gaze was fixed on Liu Yunshu's face, which was filled with a frantic obsession and an almost humble plea.

"Yunshu, as long as you come down, as long as you're alright, I'll agree to anything you ask. Okay?"

Liu Yunshu's pupils suddenly contracted, and the confusion in her eyes deepened.

She looked at Liu Chengyan, then at Jiang Chi, her lips trembling, unable to utter a complete sentence:

"Shared ownership? This...how is this possible..."

The body shook violently due to extreme emotional fluctuations and the cold.

Her legs, dangling outside the window, swung even more wildly out of control.

The night wind howled and whistled, filling her thin clothes, as if it would throw her off the windowsill at any moment!

Liu Chengyan's heart jumped into his throat.

"Jiang Chi!!"

He growled hoarsely, his gaze, for the first time, filled with urgency and near-collapse, as he looked at Jiang Chi.

"Say yes! Hurry!!!"

Jiang Chi's reason screamed in rejection of this absurd and insulting proposal.

However, when his gaze met Liu Yunshu's eyes again, which were filled with tears, confusion, self-doubt, and on the verge of collapse.

All principles, all anger, all pride, were utterly vulnerable before her.

He clenched his teeth so tightly his knuckles turned white, and his voice was hoarseer than ever before, "Fine, I agree!"

Liu Yunshu stared at him blankly, tears streaming down her face like a broken string of pearls.

"Why... Ah Chi... why did you agree to such an absurd thing... you were so angry... you should hate me, despise me..."

Jiang Chi looked at her pale face and the despair teetering in her eyes, and his heart felt like it was being repeatedly crushed by a blunt instrument.

"Because you are Liu Yunshu."

His voice was terribly hoarse, each word sounding as if it were being squeezed out of his throat, carrying a burning heat.

"Because I love you, because I want you to be well, even if... even if I have to share you with someone else, I'll accept it."

As Jiang Chi finished speaking, the studio fell into a deathly silence, broken only by the rustling of fallen leaves outside the window in the night wind.

"No...no..."

Liu Yunshu's voice trembled violently, and she shook her head violently, her body hanging outside the window swaying even more wildly.

"This isn't fair to you... I shouldn't... I shouldn't have let you do this..."

The extreme pain and dizziness caused her already weakened body to lose its last bit of balance in an instant!

"ah--!"

She let out a short scream and suddenly fell backward toward the boundless darkness outside the window!

"Yun Shu!"

Liu Chengyan's roar almost shattered his eardrums. He rushed forward without regard for anything, leaning half his body out of the window and holding her arm tightly.

Jiang Chi rushed over like a madman, grabbed Liu Yunshu's arm tightly, and the weight of the three of them was suspended in mid-air.

"Hold on tight! Yunshu, hold on tight!"

Jiang Chi's voice was choked with sobs, and the bloodstains on his palms smeared on her sleeves, blooming into glaring red plum blossoms.

With the combined efforts of the two, Liu Yunshu was safely pulled up.

The moment her feet touched the cold floor, Liu Yunshu's legs went weak and all her strength vanished.

As if all his bones had been removed, he collapsed straight to the ground.

Liu Chengyan and Jiang Chi reached out at the same time, one on the left and one on the right, to steadily support her weak body.

Shen Wan rushed over, crying, and snatched Liu Yunshu from the two men's hands, hugging her tightly.

"My Niannian... scared Mommy to death... really scared Mommy to death..."

Liu Yunshu leaned weakly against her mother's warm, trembling embrace.

After excessive emotional and physical exhaustion, my consciousness became somewhat hazy.

She raised her heavy arm and gently patted her mother's back, her voice weak and hoarse:

"Mommy...don't cry...it's because I'm not feeling well...I'm sorry...I'm so sorry..."

"It has nothing to do with Niannian! It has absolutely nothing to do with her!"

Shen Wan interrupted her, her voice choked with emotion yet unusually firm.

Liu's father stood to the side, his face ashen, and said in a deep voice, "Chengyan, come with me to the study."

After he finished speaking, he turned to Jiang Chi, his tone softening slightly, but still heavy with weariness: "Jiang Chi, you come too."

The study door slammed shut, cutting off all outside noise.

Mr. Liu stood with his back to them, remaining silent for a long time.

Finally, he slowly turned around, his gaze first landing on Jiang Chi's face.

That look in his eyes was incredibly complex, containing guilt, helplessness, and a kind of do-or-die determination.

"Jiang Chi, you saw Niannian's condition with your own eyes."

He paused, as if he found it difficult to say what was coming next, and his Adam's apple bobbed with difficulty.

"I know this request is utterly absurd, and a great injustice and insult to you."

"But if you... if you still have feelings for her and still want her..."

He took a deep breath, as if using all his strength, before uttering that utterly absurd plan:

"You and Niannian, have a proper wedding in China. As for Chengyan..."

His gaze shifted to Liu Chengyan, whose head remained bowed, and his voice was filled with weariness and desolation.

"You guys... go abroad, find a place where nobody knows you, and hold another one."

"To outsiders, Niannian is just your sister and Jiang Chi's wife. As for internal matters... you can handle it yourselves."

Liu Chengyan suddenly raised his head, his eyes instantly filled with a storm of emotions.

Shock, elation, disbelief, and deep guilt.

The intense clash of emotions caused cracks to appear on his usually calm and composed face.

"Dad! You...you really agree? You're willing..."

Liu's father's eyes were filled with helplessness and heartache: "I'm not doing this for you, Liu Chengyan."

"I'm saving Niannian's life! Look at the state she's in now?! You forced her to sit on the windowsill, delirious, she almost... almost died!"

As he finished speaking, his voice rose uncontrollably, trembling with lingering fear.

"If anything happens to her, Liu Chengyan, I will never forgive you for the rest of my life! I will never forgive myself for being such a negligent father!"

Liu Chengyan opened his mouth, but only managed a broken, almost inaudible sound: "...Dad."

Jiang Chi stared blankly at Liu's father, at that face filled with exhaustion and helplessness.

"Uncle..." His voice was terribly dry, "What's wrong with you...?"

"I know this is absurd."

Mr. Liu interrupted him, his voice filled with a deep sense of helplessness.

"But what can I do? Niannian is in this state; I can't just stand by and watch her walk onto the windowsill again, can I?"

"It's just... I'm sorry to have wronged you, child. It's our Liu family that's sorry."

Jiang Chi forced a smile, his mind filled with the image of Liu Yunshu's weak state.

Was she wronged? Of course she was. But compared to her life, what did this little bit of grievance matter?

"I don't care." Jiang Chi's voice was soft, but it carried an undeniable firmness. "As long as she's alright, that's enough."

Looking at the two young men before him, both of whom had lost their composure because of Liu Yunshu, Liu's father finally let out a heavy sigh.

He waved his hand, his voice filled with deep weariness:

"Alright, go keep an eye on Niannian and make sure nothing else happens to her."

The two responded and turned to walk towards the door.

Liu Chengyan looked up and saw Liu Yunshu standing at the end of the corridor.

Moonlight streamed through the window, bathing her in a hazy glow, making her look like a fragile porcelain doll.

Liu Chengyan stopped abruptly, his heart pounding as if struck by something, the pain making it hard to breathe.

Jiang Chi also saw her, and the weariness in his eyes was instantly replaced by tenderness.

He strode forward, his voice extremely gentle: "Why did you come out? It's cold outside, why don't you go back to your room and lie down?"

Liu Yunshu didn't move, she just looked at them, her voice as faint as a wisp of smoke: "What...are you talking about?"

Liu Chengyan's throat tightened, and he stepped forward to stand beside Jiang Chi.

His gaze was fixed on her, his voice filled with an unprecedented tenderness and humility: "I'm talking about... how to make you happy from now on."

She looked at the two men in front of her, whose eyes were also filled with her, and saw the tenderness and restraint in their eyes.

Am I...very selfish?

"Unselfish," Liu Chengyan and Jiang Chi said in unison.

Liu Chengyan grasped her slightly cool fingertips, his fingertips gently stroking the back of her hand, his voice hoarse:

"You're just too good, so good that we can't bear to let you go."

Jiang Chi also reached out and placed his hand on the back of her hand.

The warmth of my palm seeped through my thin skin, carrying a reassuring power.

"We'll be here for you from now on, and we won't make you sad anymore."