After five years of a cold marriage, I can no longer hide the child I secretly gave birth to.

A bittersweet sadness washed over me like a tidal wave.

0719.

July 19th is Xu Jiaojiao's birthday.

The phone number ending in 888 should be Zhou Yanci's new phone number.

To avoid his harassment, he has even changed his phone number.

The card password was set to Xu Jiaojiao's birthday, and it was so blatantly revealed to her.

What is she still clinging to?

Some things that were previously unclear suddenly became clearer.

She stood by the window for a long time, enjoying the cool breeze, before returning to her office.

...

When she got home that evening, she made sweet and sour pork, steamed tofu, and a stir-fried potato and mushroom stew for Xu Meng.

"Baby, eat more."

Seeing Xu Daikui's kind smile, as if she was in a good mood, Xu Meng wrote a sentence in her notebook.

"Mom, have you taken care of everything today? Will that woman cause you any more trouble?"

Xu Daikui shook her head. "No more."

Now that Zhou Yanci has taken action, they should no longer be allowed to cause trouble at the hospital.

Since becoming the head of the Zhou family, that man has always been ruthless and taciturn.

There are many rumors that Zhou Yanci is a cold-faced ruthless and decisive figure in the business world, and that anyone who provokes him is digging their own grave.

He only showed some tenderness towards Xu Jiaojiao, the female companion who accompanied him to various social occasions.

However, his protectiveness of Xu Jiaojiao inadvertently saved her a lot of trouble.

She didn't know whether to be happy or sarcastic.

Mom, you look so beautiful when you smile. Mengmeng hopes you can be happy every day.

As far back as she can remember, her mother appeared strong on the surface, but often hid in her room and cried alone late at night.

She likes to draw because her mother does, but her mother's drawings are all dark-themed.

She rummaged through the large box she kept under her bed, which contained many beautiful paintings with dark and rich colors.

She added a touch of shimmering light to each of her dark paintings.

However, she also noticed a portrait of a handsome man in the painting.

That was the only one with a sunny disposition.

I suppose my mother just likes that kind of man, or maybe it was her father who never showed up.

"Mom too."

Xu Daikui held her soft little hand, staring into her dark eyes, "Mengmeng, even if no one cares about us, we should still live happily."

"There's an art exhibition going on in Haishi this weekend. Mom, let's buy tickets later and go see the paintings, okay?"

Xu Meng nodded, raising both hands and feet in agreement.

She wrote a sentence in her notebook.

"Mom, if we go, we might even see my own paintings, and some fans might ask me for autographs."

Xu Daikui touched her cheek, "My daughter is so amazing, that's for sure."

Heidegger's exhibition was a joint effort with several overseas galleries, and tickets were generally only available to the wealthy or those with connections.

Xu Daikui planned to use Xu Meng's name to buy tickets, since the art exhibition also displayed her paintings.

The organizers will definitely welcome her buying tickets.

...

After putting Xu Meng to sleep that night, Xie Jia called her.

"That bastard Zhou Yanci, I don't know if he's out of his mind. Today, Fang Qing asked him for the password, and he just avoided answering. What do you think he means? Is he trying to give you a bad promise?"

Xu Daikui: "I don't think so. Didn't he tell Assistant Fang? He did send me a text message."

"He still has your number? Didn't you say he deleted and blocked you a long time ago?"

Xu Daikui said in a calm tone, "I couldn't get through to his number before, so he changed his phone number because he was afraid I would bother him. I guess he got my number from Fang Qing."

It's impossible that he still remembers, right?

Although she had never changed her phone number in the past ten years, he only saved it a few days before the wedding.

"Alright, I'll ask Fang Qing when I get here..."

As Xie Jia was speaking, Xu Daikui suddenly saw three words pop up on her phone.

My sister-in-law.

It was Zhou Yingying who called her.

She doesn't usually visit the temple unless she has a specific reason.

"Jiajia, Zhou Yanci's sister called me. Should I answer?"

She is now very resistant to contacting any members of the Zhou family.

"Don't answer. That mercenary fool only ever uses you. Calling you in the middle of the night can't be anything good. You're not some tool the Zhou family can just throw around. You're getting a divorce anyway, there's no need to give them any more face!"

Xie Jia, full of a sense of justice, cursed the Zhou family members repeatedly in front of her.

Xu Daikui was deeply moved as she listened.

"Jiajia, you're so good to me. If homosexuality were legal here, I would definitely save up a lot of money to marry you."

She had been lonely since childhood, and every friend who appeared in her life would abandon her in an instant.

Xie Jia was the only one she got along well with since college.

Even knowing that her father and mother didn't love her and that her husband was cheating on her, she was still as good to him as ever.

In this world, the people she cares about most right now are herself and Mengmeng.

"That's what I think too. Men's penises make them bloated when they're about to come. I should have just kept it between the two of us; I wouldn't want those stinky men!"

"Honey, who are you calling a stinky man?"

As Xie Jia continued talking, Xu Daikui heard a man's magnetic, reproachful voice coming through the receiver, muttering and then followed by heavy, panting breaths.

The call was immediately disconnected.

Xu Daikui, "....."

Some images unsuitable for children suddenly appeared in her mind.

Fang Qing usually seems so serious, I never expected him to be so fierce in private.

It seems there are some things that women just can't play together.

...

Zhou Yingying lay on the bedroom bed, her soft white hands stroking Xiao Nibao's fluffy head. She noticed that Xu Daikui hadn't answered any of her five phone calls.

She frowned.

Xu Daikui must have done it on purpose!

In the past, whenever she made a phone call, Xu Daikui would rush over to help her, no matter if it was the middle of the night or if it was raining knives.

A year ago, her daughter Ni Bao got an upset stomach and suddenly started foaming at the mouth in the middle of the night. She was terrified and immediately called Xu Dai Kui.

Without saying a word, Xu Daikui braved the torrential rain at one o'clock in the morning and rushed over with a first aid kit.

She was soaked to the bone, but she didn't utter a single complaint.

She loved her second brother deeply, so he always granted her every request and never dared to disobey him. But now he dared not answer her calls.

She went way too far!!!

Seeing the little teddy bear sneezing repeatedly and looking listless, she felt incredibly sorry for him.

Remembering that her second brother was still working downstairs, she grabbed her teddy bear and stormed downstairs.

...

Xu Daikui saw that Zhou Yingying finally gave up after making five phone calls, so she put down her phone with relief.

Xie Jia is right.

In the past, she devoted herself wholeheartedly to anything related to the Zhou family, even the slightest bit, for Zhou Yanci's sake.

Zhou Yingying cherishes her dog more than her own eyes; she calls on her to treat it whenever it has even the slightest headache or fever.

She always took her to the doctor, and she went to the doctor for treatment seven or eight times in the middle of the night, making herself sick several times in the process.

There's really no need to do those unnecessary and cheap things anymore.

Anyway, nobody appreciates it.

Thinking this way, she closed her eyes with a clear conscience, ready to go to sleep, when her phone started buzzing again.

In the dim light and shadow, she looked at the three 8s at the end of the number on the screen, which were jumping rapidly, and her heart suddenly became chaotic again.

Why did Zhou Yanci call her in the middle of the night?