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

They definitely deserve to be held responsible.

This complicated love triangle definitely needs to be resolved.

Xu Daikui's tears fell silently, her eyes revealing a broken light, and she turned and left.

Back in her hospital room, she picked up the divorce papers and sent a message to Zhou Yanci.

*

In the ward.

The three of them squinted with joy when they heard that I would take responsibility.

Zhou Yanci looked calmly at the sleeping Xu Jiaojiao, and slowly said, "I will send the best caregivers to take care of her 24 hours a day, and I will also invite a foreign medical team to treat her. If Jiaojiao never wakes up in her lifetime, the Zhou family will bear all her medical expenses for the rest of her life."

Li Xuelan nodded in satisfaction, then hurriedly asked, "If Jiaojiao wakes up in a few days, your engagement ceremony on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year will still proceed as planned, right?"

"The doctor said that as long as we talk to Jiao Jiao's ear often, she will wake up soon."

Xu Guodong nodded, "Yes, our Jiaojiao and you have been childhood sweethearts. This silly girl is so devoted. She's willing to risk her life for you. Yan Ci, you can't let her down."

Wen Yayun also agreed, "Jiaojiao is indeed a good girl. I think we should proceed with the engagement as planned..."

"The Zhou family only has one wife."

Before she could finish speaking, Zhou Yanci interrupted her.

"My only wife is Xu Daikui."

"What do you mean?"

Li Xuelan looked on in disbelief, "Our Jiaojiao did this all for you..."

"I have already compensated her."

Zhou Yanci stood with one hand in his pocket, his cold and handsome face expressionless, and his eyes showed no gratitude when he looked at them.

Instead, it sounded like he was deploying a routine task, his tone mechanical and cold.

"Tell me what you want, and the Zhou family will satisfy you."

"But my marriage is not open to outsiders."

Li Xuelan was stunned. "But you and Jiaojiao are in love. Jiaojiao has always longed for a family of her own, a family that you can build together. Yanci, you two are a match made in heaven."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Yanci slightly curled his lips, "Jiaojiao has such good parents, her family is already very complete. Xu Daikui is all alone. Compared to longing for a family, I think she probably wants more."

The statement itself didn't seem wrong, but Li Xuelan still felt that Zhou Yanci was blatantly implying that they didn't care about Xu Daikui at all and were unworthy of being parents.

"We're talking about Xiaokui..."

She was about to explain something when Zhou Yanci interrupted her with a gentle voice, "Uncle, Aunt, Jiaojiao and I have known each other for many years. I will not abandon her. Don't worry, even if the Zhou family goes bankrupt, she will still be able to receive the best medical care."

These words completely calmed Xu Guodong and Li Xuelan's restless hearts.

They all know that rich people don't easily change their wives. Zhou Yanci's decision not to divorce doesn't mean he has feelings for Xu Daikui. Perhaps he just wants to create a loving husband persona in front of the public. In his heart, he still cares most about Xu Jiaojiao. Otherwise, how could he be willing to take responsibility for her for a lifetime?

He would rather go bankrupt than not let Jiao Jiao receive the best treatment. Doesn't that show his truest feelings?

As long as his heart is with Jiaojiao, whether or not they get a divorce is actually not important.

It was only a matter of time before Xu Jiaojiao married into the Zhou family.

"Alright, alright, then we're relieved. We trust you." Li Xuelan immediately changed her expression and looked at Zhou Yanci.

Zhou Yanci nodded, then looked at Wen Yayun, "Let's go."

Li Xuelan knew they still needed to deal with the Zhou family's bankruptcy, so she didn't try to persuade them to stay any longer, and simply smiled as she saw them off.

Once inside the elevator, Wen Yayun turned to Zhou Yanci and asked, "You really don't want to marry Jiaojiao?"

Zhou Yanci's dark eyes remained completely devoid of any light. "Mom, do you know who spread the news of the engagement?"

Wen Yayun realized something and couldn't believe it. "You mean Jiaojiao? How could that be? She's so innocent and kind. Is there some mistake?"

simple?

Kind?

Zhou Yanci's expression was inscrutable.

"Mu En has evidence, and this time the lamp was originally intended to kill Xu Daikui."

Just because he doesn't handle many things doesn't mean he's unaware of them.

"What?"

Wen Yayun was struck dumb again, her face completely blank.

The faces of Xu Daikui and Xu Jiaojiao appeared in my mind at the same time, one quiet and reserved, the other bright and flamboyant.

Is it really that Xu Jiaojiao can't tolerate Xu Daikui?

Probably not, Xu Jiaojiao has always been kind and generous...

For a long time, the elevator was so quiet you could hear a pin drop; neither of them said another word.

After sending Wen Yayun away from the hospital, Zhou Yanci dialed Mu En's number.

"Check all the surveillance footage from before and after the incident at the hotel, and also, Li Xuelan."

Donating blood is a good thing, but now he feels that some people are simply incapable of doing good things.

Mu En nodded, "Okay, Mr. Zhou."

After hanging up the phone, he walked towards the ward on the second floor. When he reached Xu Daikui's room, his WeChat suddenly rang.

Upon opening it, I saw that it was a message from Xu Daikui.

Zhou Yanci, let's meet. I'll be waiting for you on the rooftop.

Rooftop?

He frowned slightly, as if thinking of something, and turned around and hurriedly went up the stairs.

He saw Shen Jun staying by Xu Daikui's bedside, so he went to deal with Xu Jiaojiao's matter.

Pushing open the rooftop door, one sees a woman wearing a light blue hospital gown standing on the edge of the rooftop. She is slender, with long hair flowing down her shoulders, which is being blown about by the cold wind.

Hearing that she had arrived, she slowly turned around.

Her porcelain-white, delicate face was completely bloodless, and her eyes stared at me with an empty, cold gaze.

"It's so windy, aren't you afraid of catching a cold?"

He frowned slightly, took off his suit jacket, and was about to walk over to put it on her.

But before he could take a single step, he heard a woman's cold voice.

"Don't come any closer."

"Zhou Yanci, sign the divorce papers."

Xu Daikui, expressionless, threw a piece of paper at him. The paper drifted slowly in the cold wind until it reached his eyes. The five large characters "Divorce Agreement" came into view.

He let the card fall to the ground without picking it up.

"Come here, this isn't the place to talk."

He ignored her unrealistic words, staring only at the woman's pale face, and whispered his instructions.

Xu Daikui's nose was also red at this moment, but it wasn't from the cold.

She shook her head. "Sign it, and I'll come over."

She stood in the cold wind for more than ten minutes, going over and over the events from her first meeting with Zhou Yanci to the present day.

The more I think about her, the colder my heart becomes.

It's even colder than the freezing weather outside.

All she really wanted today was relief.

Even at any cost.

"Xu Daikui, if you have anger or resentment, you can take it out on me, but don't joke around with your own body."

Zhou Yanci's face was ashen, but his deep voice was clear and unquestionable.

"I'm only asking you whether you'll sign or not," Xu Daikui said calmly, looking at him.

She will not back down an inch.

Zhou Yanci stared at her for a long while. Then, he gritted his teeth, snorted coldly, and with a icy expression, stomped the piece of paper on the ground under his foot, crushing it into pieces.

"Xu Daikui, don't threaten me. The more determined I was to marry you at the beginning, the more determined I am to not divorce you now. We have many years ahead of us, and we will take it slow together. If you listen to me, we will get back together, and I will make up for all the wishes you have in your heart."

"I've memorized every single one of these 1,314 notes. Think back to the days when you loved me, those beautiful moments. Shall we relive them together?"

He asked, his heavy footsteps slowly approaching her.

Xu Daikui listened with a moment of realization.

Those beautiful memories from the past surfaced in her mind.

Those were truly wonderful times.

It was so beautiful that no matter how cold and heartless Zhou Yanci was, or how much he hated her, she couldn't bear to hate him or leave him.

But now they have no results.

What lies between them is not just misunderstanding, but also the stark reality of human relationships.

She no longer had the energy to fight.

So be it.

She slowly backed to the edge of the rooftop, her fingers gripping the railing, her eyes lifeless as she stared at him. "Zhou Yanci, don't come any closer! If you come any closer, I'll jump!"

She looked at the man who was now inches away from her and grumbled angrily.

Zhou Yanci stopped in his tracks, staring at her in disbelief.

Xu Daikui stared at him, her voice cold and clear, each word distinct.

"Today you either sign the divorce papers, or you can collect the corpse of this unworthy Mrs. Zhou."