It seems you often buy

  Zhong Yuchen stood up, "Got it? You overestimated her."

  Then left.

  Hong Tang furrowed his brow and looked at Zhong Yu Chen's figure, asking: "What does he mean by that?"

  "Which means he won't be marrying Song Linqiang."

  "What?!"

  Manting patted his shoulder, "Don't you know what kind of person he is? Can't you see through his thoughts? The engagement was just a cover-up for the public, he's waiting, waiting for someone to come back."

  Hongtang was taken aback, "Meizhen?"

  Màn Xù Yáo smiled but didn't speak, which was taken as tacit consent.

  "Will someone who has been gone for four years come back?" Hongtang shook his head, "I think if you don't love someone, then you just don't love them. Even if you know the other person is getting married, it doesn't change that."

  "The key is, they two are not the problem of not loving, but too much love. Before, didn't you hear Ershao say? Between them, there was no quarrel, no breakup, only hugging each other too tightly, so it's inevitable that they would suffocate each other. He also believed that she would come back one day." Mu Xiangyao raised his wine glass and took a sip.

  "It's already August 10th now, and until December 28th, there isn't much time left..."

  "Yes, it won't be long." As he said this, Mukuro Yo was staring at something, lost in thought.

  Shu Xiao Ai called Dou Dou upstairs, tried the shower temperature, and gave it a bath. Dou Dou was very obedient, squatting on the ground, motionless, letting her wash its body.

  After washing up, Shu Xiao Ai took the hair dryer and thoroughly dried it. She rubbed her sore waist and lay on the bed reading a book.

  It wasn't until five thirty that she came downstairs again and found Zhong Yuchen changing his shoes.

  He beckoned her as she stood on the stairs, "Come down."

  Shu Xiao Ai walked down the stairs, took out two bags of coconut powder and mixed two cups of coconut juice, placing one in front of him and holding the other with a straw.

  "Why just one straw?"

  "This is a special straw I bought last time, just one, otherwise, after I finish drinking, I'll give it to you?"

  Zhong Yuchen disliked it and said, "No need, it's disgusting."

  "If it's a woman you love, don't even mention a straw, even if she just takes a sip and feeds you, you'll think it's pretty good."

  "He snorted, 'Probably, maybe, possibly.'"

  Shu Xiao Ai silently drank coconut juice until she finished it. She stood up but was pulled back by him.

  "Does it still hurt?"

  She was forced to sit back down, humming a sound, "It's swollen, but if you want, I'll cooperate anytime."

  "Even female anchors aren't this dedicated."

  The smile at the corner of her mouth faded away, "What do you want to say?"

  He pulled out a box from his suit pocket and handed it to her, "Take two, there have been several times when we didn't use protection, you know I don't like T-shirts."

  As he spoke, he pushed the coconut juice that was originally for him in front of her, the implication clear.

  Shu Xiao Ai took it and looked at the words on the box, saying, "This brand isn't cheap, right? It seems to be very effective."

  "It seems you buy this often." He said indifferently.

  "Zhong Yuchen, you're really going to choke someone to death every minute." She opened the box, took out four pills, and swallowed them in front of him.

  "I said two." He frowned.

  "Just in case, it's better to take double the dose of emergency contraceptive pills, you can be at ease." After saying that, she stood up and went upstairs again with the box clutched in her hand.

  Lying in bed, covered with a quilt, Shu Xiao Ai closed her eyes.

  Zhong Jiali woke up and was given a hangover soup by the maid. After drinking it, she felt much better.

  "Am I not in One Thousand and One Nights? Why am I at home?"

  "Second Master drove you back," replied the maid, "and Second Master also left a message before he left."

  Zhong Jiali frowned, "What?"

  "Tell Second Brother not to let him drag you back from the bar next time, otherwise he'll throw you directly into the cesspit."

  Upon hearing this, Zhong Jiali sneered, "Really meddling in other people's business, who told him to drag me back home? Ridiculous."

  Put on shoes and wave hands at the female servant, "Get out."

  The maid quickly walked out of the door and closed it behind her.

  She opened the wardrobe, took out a new set of clothes and changed into them, washed up, put on a delicate makeup, grabbed her bag and went downstairs, dialing Xu Liang's phone as she walked, but it showed that his phone was already turned off.

  Zhong Jiali almost smashed her phone, she drove directly to her husband's house and didn't see Xu Liang's figure, then went to the Zhong family and still couldn't find him. Finally, Zhong Jiali was furious after searching everywhere and couldn't find anyone, so she went to the police station and pulled out the surveillance footage from a few days ago outside her own front door. Following his car, she retrieved the surveillance footage one by one, only to discover that his car had stopped in a small district not far from her own villa, and to return home, she would have to pass through the entrance of that small district.

  Zhong Jiali drove into the neighborhood.

  After going in, she looked around and saw the cars parked downstairs in the community. Finally, under a building at the back, she saw Xu Liang's car.

  Parked the car a bit further away and went to the supermarket in the residential area to buy quite a few things to eat, sat in the car, occasionally glancing at Xu Liang's car.

  The sky gradually darkened and it started raining.

  Fortunately, the lighting in the community is still bright enough.

  At around 7 or 8 o'clock, she finally saw Xu Liang's figure, but he was holding an umbrella with one hand and had a long-haired woman on the other side.

  From afar, the woman looked very petite and pretty.

  Xu Liang put his arm around her shoulders, walked to the front of the car, opened the door himself and got in. The petite woman held up her umbrella and stepped back, watching as he drove away before turning around and heading towards the entrance of the building.

  Zhong Jiali was immediately furious, almost wanting to tear that woman apart.

  She got off the car and ran towards the entrance of the building immediately.

  Standing at the door of the second floor, her hand was stopped from pressing the doorbell. She went downstairs and got back into the car, drenched from head to toe.

  At this moment, she felt that Xu Liang's claim of not having the ability was simply false. She had even bought him drinks at a bar for several days in a row and couldn't bear to part with him.

  Even if she now knows he may not want to spend his life with her, Zhong Jiali still doesn't want a divorce.

  Although she often feels frustrated with him, she loves him too much.

  Back home.

  Xu Liang is already at home.

  Seeing her coming back drenched, he took a towel and came forward with concern, "Jiali, why didn't you buy an umbrella?"

  Her eyes were red, "Didn't buy."

  He held her in his arms and said, "Let's have a good talk."

  Then he pulled her hand and went upstairs.

  "I'll go take a bath first." She walked into the bathroom and came out completely naked.

  Xu Liang flashed a glance at her eyes and said, "You put on your clothes first, I have something to tell you."

  Zhong Jiali pushed him onto the bed and pressed against him, "Don't say anything to me, I just want to do it with you."

  Xu Liang pushed her and said, "You get up first."

  "I won't get up." She was like a madwoman, tearing at his clothes.

  No matter how she sat on him or rubbed against him, he wouldn't have any excited reaction, which was something Zhong Jiali never expected.

  Some people were skeptical, had he really become useless?

  She won't understand how a man who spent an afternoon with another woman could still have energy for her.

  Getting off him, Zhong Jiali lowered her head, "Aren't we fine? From university to marriage until now, we've been together for more than six years. Must it be like the rumors say, and come down with a seven-year itch?"

  "Didn't I tell you? Suddenly, something's wrong with me down there and the X function is gone. Are you going to spend a life without X with me from now on?"

  "We can go see a doctor and then say, even if it's not good, I'm willing to live this kind of life with you."

  "But Carrie, do you want to spend your whole life without having children of your own? I don't want to see you like this, Carrie. Let's just get a divorce."

  "Is there another woman?"

  He hesitated for a moment, "No."

  "Really?"

  "Of course it's true, I've never lied to you, do you think I'm a person who lies?"

  "Do you really have to divorce me?" She was heartbroken.

  "Uh-huh."

  "What if I asked you to leave with nothing?"

  Xu Liang was stunned, but still said, "Jiali, when a couple gets divorced, the property is divided equally between them. Is that the reason? Jiali, can I have a small portion?"

  Zhong Jiali looked at him carefully, "Since you think so about divorce, why not do it this way? After the divorce, you immediately resign from the Zhongshi Group and leave with a clean slate. If you can do that, I'll agree to it."

  Her attitude was beyond Xu Liang's expectation.

  The other day she was crying and drinking alone at a bar, but how did she suddenly change?

  "Isn't it for my own good? You love me so much, yet you're willing to leave with nothing; why aren't you saying anything?"

  "You know, after graduating from university, I climbed up to that position step by step in the Zhong family company. Now you want me to leave my job and cut ties with them completely? Isn't this what you wanted all along, for me to lose everything?"

  "Can you climb up to the deputy manager's position without me?" Zhong Jiali was about to get out of bed.

  "Xu Liang furrowed his brow, 'Jiali, if you can tolerate that I cannot give you X behavior, then let's not divorce.'"

  Zhong Jiali felt uncomfortable in her heart, some truths even if the other party did not say it out loud, but had already become apparent.

  Have they really become so apathetic?

  She lay there, turning her body sideways, and the once strong-willed her silently shed tears.

  The couple slept in the same bed but had different dreams.

  That night, Zhong Jiali couldn't fall asleep. She thought more about two questions. No matter whether he lied or not, there was only one question between them: He didn't love her anymore.

  She wants to save her marriage, first and foremost, she needs to confirm whether his inability is true or false.

  If it's true, she won't divorce him; if it's false, she also won't divorce him. She'll try every means to have a child with him and then get rid of the mistress.

  That's her plan.

  Neither of them will get divorced.

  There are two reasons why she insists on not divorcing: she wants to save face and she loves Xu Liang.

  At night, Zhong Yuchen did not go to Shu Xia'ai's room to sleep. Shu Xia'ai thought he wouldn't come in the morning, but who knew that while she was dreaming, she felt a pair of strong arms embracing her.