It's hard to quit, but it's the perfect marriage!

Zhu Xi, both self-pitying and stubborn, reopened the bloody wounds of her childhood for Zhou Yinghuai to see.

"I've always said I owe Uncle Yu a debt of gratitude. Do you want to know what it is?"

Her dark eyes were clearly brimming with tears, clearly showing that she was in extreme pain.

Zhou Yinghuai's self-righteous joke inadvertently struck at the deepest wound beneath her optimistic exterior.

Zhu Xi turned her back, not allowing anyone to see her tears.

When Zhou Yinghuai saw her clenched fist, his heart felt as if it were being squeezed and crushed by a thousand hands.

He is committing a sin.

"I don't want to," he said tenderly. "I just want you to stop crying."

Zhu Xi stared at the soft, comfortable toes of her shoes and silently shed tears until a pair of shoes of the same style but a different color pressed against her toes.

Until she was pulled into a pair of strong arms by a cool, woody embrace, until a gentle murmur came from above her head.

"Zhu Xi, I'm so sorry."

Zhou Yinghuai paused, then tightened his arms around the sobbing girl in his arms, gently patting her back to help her catch her breath. "I didn't know any of this."

He truly had no idea that Zhu Xi had experienced so much in her childhood.

A six-year-old child, a suddenly torn family, and broken parental love.

Her good intentions backfired unexpectedly, completely wiping out her joyful childhood.

Zhu Xi nestled in his arms, tears streaming down her face, her body trembling uncontrollably.

Parents' divorce was not a big deal in itself.

It doesn't matter if they don't love her.

What truly hurt her was that her normal upbringing became the biggest cause of her parents' divorce.

She would never forget how, many years later, she gradually grew into adulthood.

I saw He Mianxin and Yu Qinghua happily with Yu Sui and Yu Qinghuan on the streets of Libei City.

Her mother was so kind and gentle, with a loving smile.

But that smile froze abruptly when it landed on her.

It was a beautiful late autumn evening, and the setting sun took away the last warmth of the city.

Zhu Xi wanted to leave alone.

He Mianxin, however, did not let her off the hook.

She walked towards her biological daughter with an arrogant and disdainful look, tightened her shawl, and gave her a lot of cash.

His words, however, were full of impatience towards her.

"Your father and I are divorced. He insists on fighting for custody of you, and I can't do anything about it."

She and her brother are what she refers to as "you".

The phrase "I have no choice" is taken for granted.

"Take this money."

Zhu Xi was still young and didn't know whether she should accept the offer.

He rushed over to offer his congratulations. He shielded her behind him, sarcastically calling her "Mom," and added, "I have plenty of money; I'm rolling in scholarships from school."

He Mianxin's expression softened slightly upon seeing the congratulations. "Hehe, how about coming to Libei to study? Mom will arrange everything for you. You like chemistry, so Mom will send you to the best chemistry department, okay?"

Congratulations! He coldly declined, saying, "I don't need it."

Zhu Xi hid behind Zhu He and heard hurried footsteps.

Yu Qinghua strode over, took the cash that He Mianxin had left hanging in mid-air, and greeted the siblings with a smile.

Zhu Xi blushed as she stood behind Zhu He.

Then, upon hearing Yu Qinghua's accusation, he said, "How many times have I told you? It's that blind man making things up."

"Your accident back then wasn't Zhu Xi's fault; it was your own carelessness."

That was the first time Zhu Xi and Yu Qinghua met.

She still remembers those words.

Yu Qinghua defended her.

-

Zhou Yinghuai's T-shirt was soaked.

Tears streamed down my face, and it hurt so much to have them clinging to my heart.

On the way back to Yilongju, the car was not going fast.

Zhu Xi huddled in the back row, wrapped in a blanket, so her expression was not visible.

He would glance at her through the rearview mirror every now and then.

"Congratulations." He still spoke rather ungentlemanly, and forcibly changed the subject. In this situation, he really couldn't bear to let her go back to her home alone.

The car came to a stop, and the red light ahead was slowly counting down.

Zhou Yinghuai turned to look at her and happened to see her red, tear-stained eyes.

He smiled and said gently, "How about I take you camping?"

"Fenggutian, which was developed in the height of summer, is very nice. It has mountains and water, and I've always wanted to go there."

Zhu Xi's wet eyes were also looking at him, the scales of guilt continuing to tip.

She didn't know why she had shown him her wound just now.

Clearly, this isn't a relationship where we're completely honest with each other.

Hoshi was completely unaware of all this suffering.

"Weren't you going to a meeting at the company?" Zhu Xi murmured, her voice nasal, as she slowly sat up.

During lunch, she overheard his plans for the afternoon: he was going to a meeting at the company headquarters.

The light turned green, and the car behind honked twice to urge them on.

"I want to skip work too," he joked. "Sister Xi, can you take me for a ride?"

Zhu Xi nodded and said, "Go ahead."

She accepted his kindness.

Zhou Yinghuai released the brakes and headed straight for the outskirts.

at that time.

Receiving a call from the person in charge of Fenggutian while soaking in a beauty salon in the sweltering summer heat startled me so much that I flung my face mask three meters away.

"Depend on."

Startled awake in the sweltering summer heat, I cried out, "Who? Who did you say? Who's going to Fenggutian?"

"It's General Manager Zhou from Dazhou Group." The person in charge was also surprised, and added, "General Manager Zhou specifically requested the most secluded courtyard."

This time, even in the sweltering summer heat, the phone almost flew out of the air.

"Damn, are you blind? Don't you know what's going on in that yard?"

The person in charge felt like he was being unfairly treated. "Boss, President Zhou specifically requested this."

In the sweltering summer heat: "You fucking bastard, get the hell out of here and greet me!"

He cursed and pushed open the window, looking up at the sky. "Damn it, is the sun in the north or the east?"

A waiter standing nearby hissed, "The sun is in the sky."

In the sweltering summer: "..."

The car entered the Fifth Ring Road elevated highway and sped along.

Zhu Xi also moved from the back seat to the front passenger seat.

She sat with her knees drawn up to her chest, suddenly feeling that the city was completely unfamiliar.

Zhou Yinghuai unscrewed a bottle of water and gave it to her.

Zhu Xi shook her head, "I'm not thirsty!"

"You have to drink even if you're not thirsty!" he said forcefully and arrogantly. "Don't you care about your voice?"

Zhu Xi behaved herself this time, said "oh," and took a sip.

He glanced at him and took another sip.

Zhou Yinghuai ruffled her hair. "Good girl!"

Zhu Xi had almost recovered her composure, and after a while, she started joking around again.

"Zhou Yinghuai, would it embarrass you to attend your friend's wedding looking like this?"

Zhou Yinghuai shook his head with a smile, increasing the pressure in his hands as he rubbed her head, "What nonsense are you talking about?"

Zhu Xi leaned back, trying to avoid his "abuse," and said, "Sorry for my lapse in composure just now. But if I put on a show like this tomorrow, Mr. Zhou, you'll be utterly humiliated."

She raised an eyebrow, rubbed her sore eyes and nose, and said, "Sister Xi didn't take you flying, so your face flew away."

Zhou Yinghuai's outstretched arm missed its target, and he obediently kept both hands on the steering wheel.

His gaze was fixed on the BMW emblem on the car in front of him. "Zhu Xi, your agreement to marry me is a matter of face for me, Zhou Yinghuai!"

"This is a huge favor to me!"