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

"real?"

Xu Daikui thought she had misheard, her moist eyes revealing disbelief.

Sure enough, he wavered when he heard that he couldn't marry the woman he loved.

However, getting a divorce is incredibly good news for her.

They no longer need to bother each other.

Catching the joy in her eyes, Zhou Yanci's handsome face turned even colder, "Mm."

...

Outside the police station, the sunlight was blindingly bright.

Xu Daikui looked up, feeling a slight warmth, and instantly felt as if she had seen the light of day again.

Catching the smile on her lips, Zhou Yanci coldly tossed out a sentence, "Get in the car."

Xu Daikui guessed that the two were going directly to the Civil Affairs Bureau to complete the formalities, so she sat in the passenger seat without hesitation and properly fastened her seatbelt.

The two were in a small space, their breaths mingling, and the air gradually became thinner.

Thinking of something, Xu Daikui spoke first.

"How much is the bail? I'll transfer it to you."

"One hundred thousand."

Zhou Yanci said irritably.

So expensive?

She had seen it on TV before, and it seemed to only cost a few thousand dollars.

She frowned slightly, thinking that as long as she bought the villa in Yushui Bay as soon as possible, she would have the money, so she assured him, "I will pay you back within this month."

Zhou Yanci curled her lips into a sarcastic smile, "We're husband and wife. Are you in such a hurry to distance yourself from me that you can't wait to become someone else's stepmother?"

Xu Daikui realized that she was talking about Mengmeng.

It seems he firmly believes that Mengmeng is Shen Jun's child.

fair enough.

She said calmly, "Divorce is better for both of us."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Yanci suddenly slammed on the brakes and stopped the car. His knuckles tightened and turned white as he gripped the steering wheel, and his entire demeanor became gloomy.

"You hit Xu Jiaojiao today just because of a bouquet of flowers?"

His magnetic voice was cool, clear, and permeated with a chilling aura.

Xu Daikui knew that even if he bailed her out, he wouldn't let her off so easily.

He will definitely use other means to retaliate against himself and avenge Xu Jiaojiao.

She pursed her lips indifferently. "Xu Jiaojiao brought this on herself. She wanted to plant out-of-season roses in a hospital full of patients, and I tolerated it. But I've been raising those sunflowers for six years. They are like my children, carefully nurtured by me. I told them not to touch them, but she still deliberately brought people to destroy them all. She went too far..."

After explaining herself word by word, she realized why she had said so much to Zhou Yanci.

He was on Xu Jiaojiao's side. If she explained too much, what would happen other than to provoke his dissatisfaction, ridicule, and disgust?

Besides, Xu Jiaojiao was injured, and he felt sorry for her; he would never forgive himself so easily.

she knows.

"Then why did you say you didn't know me in prison?"

"Why are you taking your anger out on me for no reason?"

Zhou Yanci looked at her with deep, unfathomable eyes.

Xu Daikui choked for a moment before clenching her fingers and saying, "You and Xu Jiaojiao are cut from the same cloth. Everything she did was at your behest!"

Zhou Yanci curled his lips into a smile. "You saw me instructing her?"

Xu Daikui was puzzled.

What does he mean?

Aren't all the bad things Xu Jiaojiao did intentionally tolerated by him?

There's not much difference between deliberately condoning it and directly instigating it, is there?

Her tone turned cold. "Xu Jiaojiao said it herself. You asked her to come and replace the hospital's plants, and those roses too. They were supposed to be displayed at your wedding. She even calculated how many to put before digging up my sunflowers without a word!"

Zhou Yanci remained silent for a long time after hearing this, before finally saying as if to clarify, "I did not say that."

Xu Daikui, "....."

Did he never mention planting roses, or did he intend to marry Xu Jiaojiao?

She really couldn't understand him anymore.

Perhaps it's because they've never truly seen through it.

Her heart was filled with a suffocating feeling, making it hard for her to breathe.

Every time she met Zhou Yanci, it was the same. Even though she had already begun to hate him, she would still be affected by his few words.

She really never wanted to see him again.

"Buzz—"

Suddenly, her cell phone rang.

Looking down, I saw Shen Jun.

He must have known he was in trouble, and came specifically to check on his safety.

Without hesitation, she answered the call immediately, "Feed...Shen Jun..."

Before the words were finished, Zhou Yanci's icy voice rang out, "Get out of the car!"

Xu Daikui glanced to the side and saw that the man's face was extremely dark. It seemed that she had offended him again.

Could it be because she spoke ill of Xu Jiaojiao?

She shouldn't have said so much and explained so much; she just humiliated herself!

"We haven't arrived at the Civil Affairs Bureau yet..." she explained.

Zhou Yanci's heart sank into a valley. He didn't even look at her. "Jiaojiao is still in the hospital. Do you think your affairs are more important than hers?"

Xu Daikui gripped her phone tightly.

He felt sorry for Xu Jiaojiao and was worried about her, so he said it so bluntly.

They even claimed that the two were innocent.

How ridiculous?

She nodded.

She is certainly not as important as Xu Jiaojiao.

With her breath stuck in her throat and unable to pass through, she opened the car door without hesitation and got out.

The car immediately drove out of her sight.

It was so fast that it didn't even take a blink of an eye.

It's clear how much he cares about Xu Jiaojiao.

...

"Daikui? Hey, what's wrong?"

Are you listening?

Xu Daikui stood there stunned for a few seconds, but Shen Jun's voice on the other end of the line pulled her back to reality.

"Oh, I'm listening. What's wrong?"

The fact that he could answer the phone meant he had left the police station, and Shen Jun breathed a sigh of relief.

"Are you alright? Xu Jiaojiao is out of danger now. How did things get so serious?"

Shen Jun had a bad feeling ever since Xu Daikui injured her forehead that day.

Unfortunately, the worst thing still happened.

Hearing Shen Jun's concerned question, Xu Daikui knew that he was on her side, and her mood inexplicably improved.

"Didn't you hear the rumors from the hospital?"

Logically speaking, the Xu family should be cursing her everywhere right now, calling her a vicious and wicked woman, and making up stories about how she bullied Xu Jiaojiao.

"I know you wouldn't hit someone for no reason."

Shen Jun comforted her.

"Yes, thank you for believing me."

Shen Jun chuckled, "Are you alright now? Where are you? I came to see you."

He seemed to genuinely care about her.

Xu Daikui felt a warmth in her heart and nodded in agreement. It would be a good opportunity for her to ask Xu Guodong's family how they were planning to deal with him.

...

Zhou Yanci sped along the asphalt road, the window rolled down, and the cold winter wind chilled him to the bone.

He walked aimlessly.

Just then, his phone rang; it was Wen Yayun.

"Yanci, your father and I are both at the hospital. Jiaojiao was just moved to a regular ward, and they are both very upset. What are you going to do about this?"

Xu Jiaojiao and her mother saved her life.

Li Xuelan personally performed the heart bypass surgery back then, and over the years, her heart has been carefully cared for thanks to Li Xuelan.

Although her health hasn't improved much over the years, the surgery was successful.

Moreover, she needed blood transfusions every time she went for treatment, and Xu Jiaojiao had the same blood type as her, so she was the one who donated blood to her every time.